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The title says it all...if you can hook me up with a good deal, just give me a PM or something. I'd also be interested if you have WCW Nitros and Thunders for the same time period. Thanks!

Still lots of stuff that needs to go, people!

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Shawn Michaels vs. Ken Shamrock, IYH: Degeneration-X, 12/97: The story here is that Shamrock is the babyface contender in his first PPV main event against the cocky heel veteran Michaels, who has the advantage with DX on his side. Of course this is right after Survivor Series 1997, and the WWF needed a challenger for a month before doing the big HBK/Undertaker match at the Royal Rumble. I've always thought that the WWF should have done the casket match back in October at Badd Blood and then done the first Hell in a Cell at the Rumble (seems like more of a blowoff match), but oh well. Ross predicts that if Shamrock hits the belly-belly suplex, it'll be all over. They start with HBK running all over the place, much like at WM14, only to be caught by a big boot to the face by Shamrock. HBK bails and stalls for a full minute. Back in, and HBK goes to the arm of Shamrock but gets overpowered, tossed into the corner, and beat up. HBK gets bieled across the ring, and then Shamrock hits a huge back body drop. Shamrock sends HBK to the corner where he bumps like a pinball up and over to the floor. More stalling from HBK, who clutches at his back like we'd see him do after the casket match in January. Back in, and Shamrock gets in a right hand before HBK slows things down, takes Shamrock to the corner, and hits some punches. Shamrock shoves him away so HBK tries again and gets pushed away. Shamrock punches HBK in the gut to knock him down. HBK grabs a front facelock but Shamrock blocks and hits a hanging suplex of his own and HBK bails again. Shamrock gets sick of waiting and reaches through the ropes to knock HBK and HHH's heads together. Back in, and HBK tries a sunset flip but Shamrock grabs him and lifts him up, tossing him into the corner. Punches. To the other corner, and more big bumping by HBK. He gets crotched on the ropes, and Shamrock shakes the them for fun. He tries the belly-belly, but HBK blocks and distracts the ref long enough to hit a low blow to take advantage for the first time in the match. Shamrock gets dumped to the floor and HHH beats him up behind the ref's back. HBK heads up top and hits a cross body to the floor. Crowd isn't too lively for any of this, but the match is just fine at this point. Shamrock fights back with some more punches, one of them really connecting pretty hard. But Shamrock is outnumbered on the floor, and Chyna shoves him into the ring post. HBK distracts the ref some more as HHH does a number on Shamrock and then rolls him in, and now HBK takes total control. He focuses on the back of Shamrock, dropping a second rope elbow. He whips Ken hard from corner to corner. A funny part comes when Shamrock takes a drop toe hold into the ropes, like Rey does for the 619. Shawn distracts the ref and HHH punches Shamrock, but Shamrock has his eyes closed selling and doesn't know HHH hit him, so he doesn't sell whatsoever. Ross tries to cover it saying that Shamrock is so beaten down "wow, he didn't even MOVE!" Shamrock fights back with punches (again), but HBK gets a springboard cross body that Ken rolls through on for 2. HBK goes to a chinlock in the first resthold of the match. Shamrock eventually fights out and comes off the ropes, blocking a hip toss and getting a funky rolling cradle for 2. HBK knocks Shamrock down with a clothesline and then hooks Shamrock in a sleeper as we take one more long resthold. Shamrock fights out and tries to break free by running HBK back into the turnbuckles. He finally breaks free and hits punches and then a running clothesline. Back body drop. Powerslam for 2. Hurricanrana. More punches. HBK with a crucifix pin that Shamrock counters for 2. HBK tries a rana and Shamrock hits a sitdown powerbomb for 2. HHH and Chyna trip up Shamrock and they then beat him up some more. Back in, and a slam by HBK and then the big elbow drop. He tunes up the band...and Shamrock ducks it and hits the belly to belly! JR screams "it's over!" so obviously it isn't. Anklelock, and DX runs in to save the title at about 18:30. Postmatch, Shamrock is dumped from the ring. Owen Hart returns and beats the HELL out of HBK. Cool stuff to finish. He shoves him off the apron and through the announce table, which the camera doesn't get a good shot of. Final thoughts: This match was well put together and told the story of the "upstart young babyface challenger" quite well. If you notice, Michaels only gets one two count the entire match, early on. Shamrock, on the other hand, gets repeated nearfalls on Michaels that the crowd was getting into at the end. The interference by DX was also well done and while people hate cheap DQ finishes like this, it keeps Shamrock strong, it makes sense with DX there at ringside, and sets up a rematch, though it never happened. Plus, this match was just a bridge to get them to HBK vs. Taker and HBK vs. Austin. I didn't like that Shamrock, a UFC vet, didn't use a single submission on HBK the entire match, and instead his transition move every time was a punch. Okay, maybe you could explain it by saying that Shamrock just wanted revenge on DX and wanted to beat the hell out of Michaels, but his prematch promo talks about how much he wants the title, and it would have been nice to see him WRESTLE a little more here. This match is good, but definitely not up to most Shawn Michaels PPV main events of the time. I'll go **1/2 here.

Austin vs. Rock, from IYH: Degeneration-X in December 1997: http://s13.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=0LRUJAG...T80TB6J3PCB3URM Dreamer vs. Richards, Singapore cane match on RAW: http://s13.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=0A2OEXO...SI2GKWHNMTKOFO8

http://www.pwinsider.com/audio/CenaShow216.wma Here it is, hope the link works!

Million Dollar Team vs. Dream Team...Taker's debut at Survivor Series 1990: http://s13.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=3J2CHS0...C60NWXPKGJB6K62 Meng vs. Goldberg: http://s13.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=2EYBDQM...QH0WO6EHSY5HYST

This year's NWO is so much like last years. Think about it: 1) Title match main event that received at least some build 2) #1 contender's match involving Cena and Angle 3) Matches added at the last second (Booker vs. Heidenreich and cruiserweight title this year, APA vs. WGTT and Hardcore Holly vs Rhyno last year) 4) Guy from RAW in attendance 5) Crap nobody cares about (Noble vs. Nidia, Diva crap this year)

Velocity: 1) Kenzo Suzuki vs. Hardcore Holly 2) Charlie Haas vs. Rene Dupree 3) Heidenreich vs. Mike Mondo Smackdown: 1) Danny Basham vs. Rey Misterio 2) Funaki/London/Moore vs. Chavo/Akio/Spike 3) Angle's hometown challenge 4) Cena vs. Booker T 5) Luther Reigns vs. Nunzio 6) Undertaker vs. Mark Jindrak Plus, the new movie parody, a couple matches announced for No Way Out, Batista in the house, and some other stuff.

Nah, listened to it live, but there should be a link up soon at PWInsider.com if you want to brave the spyware.

The full interview was really good. Cena is really charismatic, as is Show. Line of the night went to Show, as they were talking about how it's great to see Batista becoming successful. Show: "He's got a Goldberg like intensity...but he can work, too."

I liked my plan better. Ditch Heidenreich. Make the tag title match into a 6-Man with Jordan & Booker. Add Nunzio & Kidman to the cruiser match, and remove Funaki & London to have a seperate CW title match. I'd much rather watch my card. I agree with you. They could even make Cabinet vs. Eddie/Rey/Booker a 6-man elimination match, which could be fun. But that ain't what they're doing, so oh well. Let's just hope London wins the title on PPV and Booker/Heidenreich isn't God awful.

Is that the Ultimate Warrior guy? Yep, Ryan Wilson, the former Red Shirt security guy.

So after the SD tapings, it's looking like: JBL vs. Show Angle vs. Cena Taker vs. Luther Booker vs. Heidenreich Bashams vs. Eddie/Rey 6-Man cruiser match (Funaki vs. London vs. Moore vs. Akio vs. Chavo vs. Spike?) Divas crap

Booker v Heidenreich at NWO? What great build!! Meltzer was right, so I guess they've been planning this match since last week when they realized they had a PPV coming up with no matches booked for it.

Well, they have to make the fans think that Big Show will win on Sunday so they'll actually buy the PPV.

Okay, full spoilers are now posted.

Dude, anyone can write a Wikipedia entry.

-NWA World Heavyweight champion Jeff Jarrett vs. Diamond Dallas Page -Ultimate X Match for the World X division title held by AJ Styles as he faces three opponents TBD -Abyss vs. Jeff Hardy, Falls Count Anywhere in Universal Studios -Raven vs. Dustin Rhodes in a Bullrope match Plus the spoilers make it look like they're going towards a Monty Brown and Trytan feud (uggh), and maybe AMW and Team Canada again.

Edited more results up at the top.

Cena just beat Booker, no surprise there. Angle did another hometown challenge and won in about a minute. They did a segment where JBL told Teddy that he was setup and wasn't in the limo, etc, and Teddy said Batista would be at No Way Out on Sunday, so it looks like they're doing whatever they can to pop a buyrate there.

6-Man cruiserweight match with Chavo/Spike/Akio vs. Moore/Funaki/London, interrupted by some of the faceless bimbos protesting something. Funaki got the pin for the face team on Akio. --The next Wrestlemania video is a Pulp Fiction one with Booker T and Eddie Guerrero.

Dark: *Matt Cappoteli & Scotty Too Hotty defeated The Shane Twins. Velocity: *Hardcore Holly defeated Kenzo Suzuki with the Alabama Slam. *Charlie Haas defeated Rene Dupree. *Heidenreich defeated Mike Mondo. Smackdown *Rey Mysterio defeated Danny Basham. They announced Rey and a mystery partner would challenge the Basham Brothers at No Way Out. Rey then revealed his partner would be Eddie Guerrero. *Backstage, WWE champion John Bradshaw Layfield complained to Teddy Long about Batista coming to Smackdown. Long told Bradshaw that he made his own bed and now he’d have to lie in it. *WWE Cruiserweight champion Funaki & Paul London & Shannon Moore defeated Spike Dudley & Akio & Chavo Guerrero when Funaki pinned Spike. The match was stopped for several minutes when several of the newer Divas came out to ringside and marched around the ring with signs advertising their name and the No Way Out PPV this Sunday. Torrie Wilson was the special guest ring announcer. *Wrestlemania 21 Pulp Fiction spoof with Eddie Guerrero and Booker T. *Kurt Angle defeated someone billed from Cleveland in the Olympic Challenge. Angle said he was going to beat whoever he had to face at No Way Out and faced off with John Cena as they passed. *John Cena pinned Booker T to make it into the finals of the Wrestlemania 21 title shot tournament. Cena will face Kurt Angle this Sunday at No Way Out. *Backstage, Heidenreich made fun of Booker T for losing. *Backstage, The Big Show did an interview promoting the barbed wire Steel Cage match. They had barbed wire on the background of the interview set. *In his locker room, John Bradshaw Layfield spoke to The Bashams and Orlando Jordan about the Barbed Wire Cage Match. He said he wasn’t afraid of Batista and if he showed up, Batista was in for a fight. *Luther Reigns pinned Nunzio. He cut an interview about The Undertaker. Taker came out and brawled with Reigns and Mark Jindrak, leading to.... *The Undertaker pinned Mark Jindrak. Reigns beat up a cameraman and then hit Taker from behind with the camera. Jindrak and Reigns walked out but as they were in the aisle, the Undertaker’s gong was heard and he sat up. *They played the trailer for “Be Cool.” *Carlito Caribbean Cool approached Teddy Long and said that next week, Long was going to feel Cool’s wrath. *John Bradshaw Layfield, Orlando Jordan, and The Bashams came to the ring. Batista showed up in a convertible, and takes a baseball bat out of his car and destroy’s Bradshaw’s limo. Bradshaw’s cabinet run to the limo. The Big Show comes to the ring and confronts Bradshaw when he’s alone. The Cabinet attacked Show. Batista ran in for the save and had a face off with Show as the show went off the air. Dark Match: *Undertaker & John Cena & Big Show defeated Kurt Angle & Heidenreich & WWE champion John Bradshaw Layfield. Other Smackdown Taping Notes: Tazz was plugging new toy WWE cars....It appeared a six man Cruiser bout would be added to No Way Out this Sunday. Added to No Way Out: Bashams vs. Eddie/Rey for the tag titles.

We have a fourth match! According to the PWInsider radio show, Eddie/Rey vs. Bashams for the tag titles was already announced at the tapings tonight, and Rey will be facing one of the Bashams either on Smackdown or Velocity (didn't catch which one).

If I had to guess who wins, I'd say Leben. Why? Because they already planted the seeds for a Swick/Leben fight down the road, so I can't see them leaving that hanging for no reason.