December 2006 News Archive (Page 3)

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- Bobby Lashley hits the ring and gets on the mic. Lashley thanks the fans for the support since he came to ECW. He talked about Big Show being the biggest and toughest opponent he has ever had and that if he ever wanted another title shot, he could have it.

Lashley mentions that the fans can pick his next opponent for the ECW World Title in two weeks by voting on ECW.com with the choices being Rob Van Dam, Sabu or Test. He also mentions going over to Iraq recently for the Tribute to the Troops show when Rene Dupree's music hits. He calls Lashley a corporate puppet and that he is only being run by the man, just like the troops overseas. Dupree said the show for the troops was necessary because they are getting their asses kicked overseas.

- ECW World Champion Bobby Lashley defeated Rene Dupree. Very quick match that saw Dupree get in little offense. The finish saw Lashley hit Dupree with a Spear in the corner followed by a Dominator for the win.

- Brad Armstrong is at the announcers table with Joey Styles and Tazz for the next match. Clips are shown from last week when Matt Striker low blowed Balls Mahoney.

- Matt Striker defeated Balls Mahoney. Striker hit a big running boot to the face on Mahoney in the corner early on. Mahoney came back later on with his right hands as the fans chanted "BALLS" with all of them and dodged a kick from Striker. The finish saw Mahoney miss a leg drop after going up to the top rope and Striker finished him with the Golden Rule to get the pinfall.

- Test cuts a promo backstage. He says everyone has failed when they have tried to beat him in ECW. Test told the fans to vote for him because he deserved a title shot on January 2.

- RVD cut a promo backstage as well. He said the fans should vote for him because he is the biggest reason why anyone watches ECW.

- Hardcore Holly was in the ring with a mic in hand. They show footage from last week when he was DQ'ed in a match against CM Punk. Holly said there was a bad rumor floating around that he tapped out last week. He said the referee saved Punk's life by stepping in and that Punk should send the referee a Christmas card. Holly called out Punk and added, "Just remember, I'm a weapon and I'll always be a weapon." Zero reaction from the fans on that line.

Punk comes out and gets a good reaction from the crowd. Tazz for some reason couldn't believe Punk was actually coming out to accept Holly's challenge. When Punk got in the ring, Holly added that he had three minutes to make him tap out.

- Hardcore Holly vs. CM Punk ended in a No Contest when Punk couldn't submit Holly in three minutes. Right off the start, Punk took Holly down and attempted the Anaconda Vice, but Holly fought out of it. They had a timer in the left corner counting down from three minutes. After some back and forth action, we were down to 10 seconds left. Punk got Holly down and was about to apply the Anaconda Vice again when time expired. After the match, Punk complained to the referee and Holly attacked him from behind. Holly then gave Punk the Alabama Slam.

- Backstage, Shannon Moore was on his cell phone when Daivari bumped into him. Daivari told him to watch out because when he messes with him, he is also messing with The Great Khali. Khali is shown standing behind Daivari. Daivari told Moore he was going to teach him a lesson in the ring tonight.

- The Great Khali vs. Shannon Moore ended in a No Contest. Before the match, it looked like it would be Daivari facing Moore, but Daivari left the ring and Khali stayed as the bell rang. The match looked to have finished when Khali hit Moore with this two handed slam when Tommy Dreamer ran out. Dreamer took out Daivari with a steel chair as the bell rang numerous times. Khali then came out and took out Dreamer with a big boot into the chair. Khali knocked off the top of the ring steps and gave Dreamer the two hand slam on top of it. Medical officials came out to check on Dreamer, while Khali threw Daivari up on his shoulder and left.

- A video package on Sabu aired.

- We then see a shot of medics putting Tommy Dreamer on a stretcher and being taken away.

- Footage from two weeks ago when Mike Knox dumped Kelly Kelly by attacking her is shown. Backstage, Mike Knox is in a suit. Knox said he is asked every day about the "horrible" thing he did to Kelly Kelly. He brings up what if that was your girlfriend or wife constantly showing off her body to the public. Knox said it hurt him more to do what he did to Kelly than it hurt her.

- Test defeated Rob Van Dam & Sabu in a Triple Threat Match. Lots of double teaming by RVD and Sabu on Test early on. Test was then thrown from the ring and RVD and Sabu went at it. The finish saw RVD crotch Sabu on the ropes and then land a dropkick. RVD followed that up with a Five Star Frog Splash from the top rope, covered, but Test ran back and threw RVD out of the ring through the ropes. Test then covered Sabu and got the pinfall.

After the match, Tazz's music hit and he got into the ring. He asked the fans who they think should face Bobby Lashley in two weeks for the ECW Title. Sabu receives a mixed reaction, Test gets booed and RVD gets the most cheers. They then go to the graphic and reveal that RVD won the poll over on ECW.com with 45% of the vote. Test then takes out RVD with a big boot and heads to the back. Sabu helps RVD to his feet. They shake hands and RVD celebrates his win in the poll with the fans.

• Edge and Shelton Benjamin will be appearing on CNN Headline News' Showbiz Tonight later tonight promoting the WWE Tribute to the Troops event that will air next Monday on Christmas night.

• WWE Champion John Cena and Torrie Wilson appeared on NBC's Today Show earlier this morning to collect toys for NBC's toy drive.

• Last week's Smackdown drew a 2.6 broadcast rating with a 4.7 share. This is the same figure the show drew last week.

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Last night, TNA Wrestling taped three hours worth of matches and events. They'll air on iMPACT over the next three weeks. Here are the results:

Hour 1 - Airdate December 28

- James Storm & Chris Sabin beat Christopher Daniels & Petey Williams & Christoper Daniels by DQ after Storm hit Williams with a chair. Jerry Lynn came out after the match and argued with Sabin on the floor.

- Samoa Joe arrived at the building with a female who I guess was meant to be his girl. Joe was on crutches.

- Team 3D cut a promo saying they’d beaten every team in TNA Wrestling apart from LAX. Brother Runt interrupts them, dressed as Santa. He asks Ray and Devon why they didn’t help him last week. They ask if he’s been drinking and they got into a fight. LAX hit the ring and attack all three former Dudleys until Team 3D make a comeback, with Ray setting Homicide up on a table then powerbombing Brother Runt on top of him and through the table. Really cool segment.

- Robert Roode beat Lance Hoyt.

- Sting beat Abyss and Christian Cage in a three way “Nightstick on a Pole” match. Tomko got involved and used the nightstick but Sting took it from him and knocked out Cage for the win. Afterwards, Jim Cornette announced Abyss vs Sting vs Christian Cage in a three way Elimination Match at Final Resolution.

- Samoa Joe was voted TNA MVP of 2006 by the fans. As Joe accepted his award, Kurt Angle interrupted, holding the female that Joe entered the building with. He said if he didn’t get a rematch, he’d snap her ankle. Joe agrees to give Kurt another match, but he snaps her ankle anyway, and runs off as Joe chases after him to end the show.

Hour 2 - Airdate January 4

- Rhino beat Robert Roode. AJ Styles attacked Rhino afterwards.

- Voodoo Kin Mafia cut another promo asking WWE to accept their $1m challenge.

- Homicide beat Brother Runt in a Street Fight
- Christian Cage vs Kurt Angle went to a no contest after Samoa Joe hit the ring and brawled with Angle. Jim Cornette came out and announced that Joe vs Angle at Final Resolution will be a 30 Minute Iron Man match. This got a huge pop to close the second hour.

Hour 3 - Airdate January 11

- AJ Styles, Chris Sabin & James Storm beat Rhino, Petey Williams & Christopher Daniels after Sabin pinned Daniels. Fun match.

- Kurt Angle beat Matt Bentley. Pretty much a squash. After the match, Raven came to the ring and caned Bentley.

- Konnan came to the ring to cut a promo but was cut short by Team 3D, who attacked him. This led to a brawl with LAX.

- Jim Cornette announced that Tomko is barred from ringside for Christian vs Sting vs Abyss at Final Resolution.

- Abyss beat Tomko by DQ after interference from Christian Cage, who was locked in a cage at ringside but managed to escape. Kurt Angle was doing commentary during the match and was attacked by Samoa Joe. Sting came out and saved Abyss from a beat down. Abyss then turned on Sting to close the show.

Several new TNA Wrestling Home Video DVD releases are set to go on sale in the coming months. They are:

Bound For Glory 2006: Includes the full three-hour October Pay-Per-View epic event, plus bonus footage from the “InterAction” fanfest and much more. Coming in January.

No Surrender 2006: Includes the full three-hour September Pay-Per-View event, featuring the Ultimate X match with The Latin American Exchange vs. AJ Styles & Christopher Daniels. Coming in February.

Genesis 2006: Includes the full three-hour November Pay-Per-View event, featuring the first-ever bout between Kurt Angle and Samoa Joe. Coming in February.

Best Of The Tag Teams, Volume 1: Featuring the top tandems in TNA, including The Latin American Exchange, America’s Most Wanted, Team 3D, The Naturals, Voodoo Kin Mafia and AJ Styles & Christopher Daniels. Coming in March.

Phenomenal: The Best Of AJ Styles, Volume 2: A release dedicated to the most decorated star in TNA Wrestling history! Includes top TNA matches as well as a behind-the-scenes look at “The Phenomenal One”. Featuring exclusive interviews, never-before-seen photos, a look inside his private life and one of his first matches as a pro from 2000. Coming in April.

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30-Man Battle Royal: Winner gets a WWE title shot later tonight
It eventually came down to five heels against DX. Things seemed to go the traditional ‘face makes comeback’ way with Triple H disposing of Chris Masters, but surprisingly enough, Triple H got tossed to the floor in short order. HBK ended up side stepping Johnny Nitro to eliminate him leaving us with a final four of Garrison Cade, HBK, Randy Orton & Edge.

HBK cleaned house and ramped up the crowd but got briefly distracted by Edge just long enough for HBK to get plastered with a Cade lariat. Cade celebrated and Orton tossed him out. Edge was out on the outside while Orton went for an RKO on HBK. Michaels blocked the RKO and caught Orton charging him to eliminate him. HBK thought he had the battle royal won, but Edge came in from nowhere to dump Michaels over the top and win the title shot later tonight.
Winner: Edge

Todd Grisham was in the back with Edge. Edge put over how he was going to foil WWE’s plans for New Year’s Revolution by beating WWE Champion John Cena later tonight. Randy Orton came in to congratulate him. Edge said he was setting his sights higher than the Tag titles tonight and walked off. Orton looked a little upset.

Maria was in the back with Chris Masters. She asked him about the Torrie Wilson stuff last week. Masters said Maria shouldn’t be afraid. He said Carlito was the person who spat in his face first before he got his ‘pay back’. He said this week, Carlito would experience what his girlfriend experienced last week, the Master Lock.

Chris Masters v. Carlito
Carlito jumped Masters during his entrance and beat him down the aisle and the two fought around the ring until Carlito hit a flying forearm that sent both men into the crowd. The two fought through the crowd until Masters took a TV camera and swung it into Carlito’s head, busting him open. Masters high tailed it out of the arena shortly thereafter. Carlito was incredibly pissed off after hitting the ring post with the ring.
Winner: No Contest

The World’s Greatest Tag Team & Johnny Nitro v. The Hardy Boyz
Both Hardy Boyz walked very gingerly to the ring. Eventually,

Matt whipped Haas to the corner and Jeff came in and hit the leap frog senton into the corner. Jeff and Matt tossed out the WGTT before Matt picked up his brother and tossed him to the outside, sending him crashing into their opponents. Matt quickly followed up with a top rope moonsault to the floor. The crowd chanted ‘holy sh_t’ as we went to commercial.

Shelton tagged in and went back to the half crab while yanking away at Jeff’s hair. Jeff eventually fought back and hit a wheel kick before finally tagging in Matt. Matt cleaned house on the World's Greatest Tag Team, hitting the clothesline/bulldog combo. Matt hit the side effect on both Shelton and Haas, before going for a cover on Benjamin, but Haas broke it up. Matt tossed Haas to the outside and went for the twist of fate on Benjamin. Haas recovered quickly while Johnny Nitro assaulted Jeff Hardy on the outside. Haas leapt up on the apron and brained Matt in the head. Shelton rolled up Matt and held the tights to score the pin fall.
Winners: Johnny Nitro & The World’s Greatest Tag Team via pin fall

Todd Grisham was in the back with Umaga and Estrada in the back. Girsham asked him who he’d rather Umaga face next week. Estrada said it didn’t make a difference. He said nobody on earth could stop the Samoan Bulldozer, Umaga. He said if you really had to choose though, they’d choose Cena. Estrada said there were two reasons. He said Umaga could beat Cena easier than he could beat Edge. The second was to get revenge for Cena’s beat down on him last week.Melina was in the back walking around with Johnny Nitro. They walked around and saw Kevin Federline. Nitro said if he does to Cena what he did to Hardy, K-Fed will have no problems ‘bitchifying’ John Cena next week. K-Fed said he was here to address America. Melina said he was brave and gave him a hug.

JR was live with Sylvester Stallone. He asked him about his Rocky movie. Stallone said he wanted to have a certain emotional goodbye for his character. Stallone said the character was fairly biographical for him and maybe he was in denial. King asked him about a concept like The Contender in the WWE. Stallone said people didn’t understand their ability to absorb punishment and they are incredibly underrated as athletes. Stallone said he knew because he was in the ring with Hulk Hogan early on in his career. He said he had nothing but respect for it.

King asked him about what he thought about celebrities wrestling like K-Fed. Stallone said K-Fed would struggle to beat Cena’s wardrobe and that it was a death wish. King thanked Stallone and Stallone in return thanked King.

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• In today’s Free Lance-Star out of Fredericksburg, Virginia, the paper is running an article where Johnny Nitro is hyping the big January 1st RAW, which will include WWE Champion John Cena vs. Kevin Federline. The article states that a WWE spokesman said that it is “likely” K-Fed will be at tonight’s RAW.

• It was originally reported that Jim Ross was going to ask for the January 1st edition of RAW off to see the Oklahoma Sooners play in their bowl game. However, his request was denied by WWE.

• Tonight's RAW will run THREE hours and begin at 8 p.m. EST. Enjoy!

On the UFC website homepage, you can check out the latest "Real Quick with Mike Swick" video, where he interviews celebrities at the 2006 Spike Video Game Awards. One of those celebrities was Kurt Angle, who said the following:

Kurt Angle: Hopefully in the future, Dana [White] will have me on his show and we'll be able to do one fight. I'd like to go against Tito Ortiz, maybe Chuck Liddell. Randy Couture. Of course, Randy's out of ... He'll come out of retirement for me. Him and I used to go blows back in the amateur days, so.

Mike Swick: So, not only are you a fan of the UFC, you wanna get in there and fight in the UFC.

Kurt Angle: Oh yeah, you know what, I'm 38 years old. I want to at least get one fight in before I'm 40.

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- Kane defeated MVP in an Inferno Match. When Kane made his entrance and got into the ring to do his arms up/arms down pose, the fire around the ring shot up instead of pyro in the four corners. Lots of back and forth action between the two during the match, with the flames shooting up each time they hit a move. At one point, MVP tried to escape the ring, but the flames shot up and prevented him from doing so. Later in the match, Kane got one of the turnbuckle covers and lit it on fire. Kane tried to put it in MVP's face, but MVP gave Kane a low blow and through the turnbuckle that was on fire out of the ring. MVP then went up to the top rope, but Kane pushed him off and MVP hit the announce table with force. Kane then followed that up by getting up on the top rope, jumping over the flames and taking out MVP on the outside. The finish then saw MVP try to crawl under the ring, but Kane pulled him back out, lifted him up and pushed him into the fire around the ring. MVP's suit caught fire and he ran around until officials came out and put him out with a fire extinguisher.

- Backstage, we see WWE Divas Ashley, Jillian Hall, Kristal Marshall and Layla around a Christmas tree. Smackdown GM Teddy Long came in and told all the Divas that they would be taking part in a Naughty or Nice Lingerie Match tonight.

- Smackdown GM Teddy Long came out and announced the scheduled WWE Tag Team Title Match between Paul London & Brian Kendrick vs. William Regal & Dave Taylor will now be a Ladder Match. Long isn't done yet. The Hardys and MNM have also been added to the match.

- Paul London & Brian Kendrick retained the WWE Tag Team Titles in a Four Way Ladder Match against The Hardys, MNM and William Regal & Dave Taylor. The match first kicked off with London & Kendrick and The Hardys throwing Regal & Taylor and MNM out of the ring so the two teams could start off the match. One spot saw London climb up the ladder and Nitro tried to dropkick him off, but London moved. Mercury attempted a jump up another ladder, but Matt Hardy pushed that over and Mercury crashed on the outside. Another spot saw The Hardys attempt a Poetry in Motion on London, but London moved and Jeff Hardy crashed into a ladder. London then put Matt Hardy on a ladder and Kendrick jumped off the top rope hitting a foot stomp on Matt over the ladder. Another scary spot saw MNM setup a catapult with two ladders and then try to superplex Jeff Hardy on it.

Jeff countered the superplex and jumped off the top of the ladders, allowing both ladders to hit MNM in the face. Joey Mercury got busted open badly from this shot and looks to have broken his nose. Mercury is removed from the match and Michael Cole adds later that he has been rushed to the hospital. Nitro then got up on the ladder and reached for the tag titles, but Jeff came up and took out Nitro with a big sunset flip powerbomb. The finish then saw London and Matt Hardy climb up a ladder at the same time, London knocked Matt off and grabbed the WWE Tag Team Titles to win the match.

- The Boogeyman defeated The Miz. Not much of a match at all. The Miz started the match by going outside the ring and stalling. Miz tried pulling Boogeyman outside with him, but Boogeyman pulled him back in. The finish saw Miz jump off the top rope, but Boogeyman caught him around the throat and hit a big sitdown powerbomb to get the pinfall. After the match, Boogeyman pulls out worms and puts them in Miz's mouth.- Backstage, we see Jillian Hall and Layla El helping each other change into lingerie for the Naughty or Nice Lingerie Match later tonight.

- Backstage, Chavo Guerrero said he would dedicate his match with Chris Benoit tonight to Vickie Guerrero for the WWE U.S. Title. Vickie promised that Benoit would lose the U.S. Title tonight.

- Chris Benoit defeated Chavo Guerrero w/ Vickie Guerrero to retain the WWE United States Title. Solid match between the two. Chavo went after Benoit before the bell even rang. Benoit came back with some offense on his own. At one point during the match, Benoit attempted a Sharpshooter, but Chavo poked Benoit in the eyes to break it up. Chavo comes back with a big superplex on Benoit from the top rope. Benoit then counters a suplex attempt by Chavo into a Crossface, but Chavo breaks it up when he gets to the ropes. Chavo attempted the Three Amigos, but Benoit counters and gives Chavo eight german suplexes in a row!

The finish then saw Benoit lock in the Sharpshooter on Chavo, but Vickie Guerrero came into the ring with the U.S. Title. Benoit grabs Vickie and goes to put her in the Sharpshooter, but Chavo rolls up Benoit. Benoit counters that roll up back into the Sharpshooter and Chavo taps out to allow Benoit to retain his title.

- Gregory Helms defeated Jimmy Wang Yang to retain the WWE Cruiserweight Title. Lots of back and forth action between Helms and Yang. Some of the action spilled to the outside and Helms hit Yang with a quick swinging neckbreaker. Another spot saw Helms jump off the top rope, but Yang caught him with a big kick to the face. The finish saw Yang attempt the Yang Time, but Helms countered and attempted a sky twister, but it missed and Helms instead hit Yang's face off his knee for the pinfall. Helms busted his mouth during the match. JBL was all over the fans in Richmond for not appreciating the match.

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• This week’s edition of TNA iMPACT pulled an all-time high, coming in at a 1.2 cable rating with a 1.8 share. Partial credit for the high rating comes from the fallout of Sunday’s TNA Wrestling Turning Point pay-per-view.

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- The show opens with WWE Champion John Cena coming to the ring. King Booker and Finlay come out to confront Cena. World Heavyweight Champion Batista hits the ring to make the save. Teddy Long comes out and announces that Cena will wrestle Finlay tonight in the main event.

- WWE Tag Team Champions Paul London & Brian Kendrick & Jimmy Wang Yang defeated WWE Cruiserweight Champion Gregory Helms, William Regal & Dave Taylor.

- Matt Hardy defeated Joey Mercury.

- Backstage, Mr. Kennedy and MVP argue. They finally agree to work together tonight to take out The Undertaker and Kane.

- A hearse is parked in the entrance aisle.

- The Undertaker & Kane vs. Mr. Kennedy & MVP ended in a Double Count Out. Undertaker and MVP brawled to the back to cause the count out. Kennedy then got into the hearse and looked to run Kane over. The lights in the arena then went out and when they came back on, Undertaker was inside the car with Kennedy. Kennedy ran off and Kane sat up.

- Chavo Guerrero defeated Funaki. Before the match, Chavo got on the mic and said that Chris Benoit owed Vickie Guerrero and apology. Benoit watched the match from ringside. After the match, Benoit attacked Chavo and locked him in the Sharpshooter. Vickie then slapped Benoit. Benoit stared at Vickie and then left.

- Vito defeated Sylvan.

- A segment took place with The Miz eating "crazy food" such as a pig's tongue and monkey brains. He refused to eat a plate full of worms. When Miz went to put the lid back on the pot, The Boogeyman popped out with a mouthful and Miz took off.

- WWE Champion John Cena defeated Finlay.