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Young unheard of upstart beats better known wrestler in an upset. Heel beats him down and acts like a dick, foreshadowing an upcoming heel turn to come on television. Plus, gives off the "anything can happen in the WWF" feeling.

Not only were the participants technically not part of the WWF Roster, but the result looks way too Attitude influenced. A good guy clown turning evil and ripping a womans clothes off? This isn't 1999 you know... For shame on you... My Card (That Sucks)... - World Champion Diesel def. IC Champion Jeff Jarrett. Only the World Title was defended. - Lex Luger def. Tatanka in a Steel Cage Match. - Shawn Michaels def. Davey Boy Smith with the help of Sid. - Tag Team Champions The Smoking Gunns def. Well Dunn - Bam Bam Bigelow def. Bob Holly - Hakushi def. Aldo Montoya - 1-2-3 Kid & Razor Ramon def. the Blu Brothers - Jimmy Delray def. Doink The Clown Gotta boost house show business somehow, baby! Screw the kids and families in attendance, Sunny's clothes are coming off!

I thought this was interesting, and that you guys might like to see it. It's in a topic about the Bruiser Brody/Lex Luger cage match where Brody refused to sell for Luger. Also, the topic of Brody's murder came up, and Dave addresses that too: "As far as Brody and Gonzalez is concerned. The bathroom they were in had a plexiglass wall. There were at least seven people who saw it, four of whom I have spoken with, all with the same story. Jose started stabbing. There was no first move by Brody. Two gave statements to the police. The other two knew the score on the island. I received letters from another witness that I passed on to Barbara Goodish with very detailed explanations of what they saw and why they couldn't testify. As far as Jose's motives, in the last few years he has spoken openly to many people about it. There are no secrets. He has admitted doing it. No such thing as double jeopardy. He blamed it on Brody not selling for him in a Nassau Coliseum match in the 70s (Gonzalez was an underneath guy, Brody was programmed as a top heel at the time) and that it had been building up inside of him for many years. He wasn't trying to kill him, but wanted to get his respect back. A deal where Brody didn't sell for his tag champs was part of it, but Gonzalez understood that was business because of the Japanese photographers there, but he also felt it hurt his company's business. Regarding Luger, it was no rib. They had breakfast the morning of the show. They had worked the night before and there were minor problems. Luger said he wouldn't put Brody over in the cage or the rest of the week and Matsuda was furious since Luger was leaving in a few days. Ironic story. Luger was bragging to Brody how much he had signed with Crockett for and why he can't put anyone over and Brody was just looking to scare him, and he climbed out. He left the building, no showed the next few dates. Matsuda in the dressing room was loving every minute of him. He told Ron Simmons and I think Dewey Forte that this is what happens when a football player thinks he can mess with a trained wrestler. I know, not that Brody was a trained wrestler or Luger was much of a football player."

Keep in mind Skip & Sunny didn't show up until May. True, but they were doing dark matches then; I checked your website and they were on there in February.

I doubt that Tazz one mentioned above...but I read that rumors online said that Taker would be brought back in all white, like a Mordecai type thing, and that Jake Roberts would be involved in "saving Taker's soul" or something stupid like that...thankfully, they decided to scrap the whole thing the next night and just forget it, and Taker stayed basically as he was. I never heard about Val joining DX, but I did hear that they messed around at house shows and had Test wear DX shirts a few times, but never had him join.

Here's mine: 1) Undertaker won a 20-man battle royal at 9:00 to earn a shot later at the WWF title. 2) Chris Candido w/ Sunny d. Doink the Clown at 11:41 with a superplex. After the match, Doink turned back into evil clown Doink, and beat down Candido and ripped Sunny's clothes off. 3) Jeff Jarrett d. Bob Holly at 9:14 with an inside cradle to retain the WWF IC title 4) Lex Luger and British Bulldog d. Bam Bam Bigelow and Tatanka at 6:45 when Bulldog hit the running powerslam on Tatanka 5) Shawn Michaels and Hakushi d. Razor Ramon and 123 Kid at 15:32 when HBK pinned Kid with the superkick. 6) Smoking Gunns d. Heavenly Bodies at 9:19 with the Sidewinder to retain the WWF tag team titles. 7) Diesel and Undertaker go to no contest in the WWF title match at 12:14 when the Million Dollar Corporation and Shawn Michaels all interfered. 8) Bret Hart d. Owen Hart in a steel cage match at 21:40

I can buy this as being the WWE MOTY. It's one match I got into a lot, and didn't think I would at all going in. But without Eddy's bladejob, I agree that it wouldn't be very memorable. I don't remember a lot from the first half of the match, just Bradshaw hitting a fallaway slam on the announce table. Good match, one I'd like to see for a second time. I never did see their GAB match, either. I liked Brock vs. Eddie, WM main event, and JBL/Eddie this year. Not sure what I'd pick for a WWE MOTY though.

Taker as Big Show's father??? That reminds me of another question. When Rock and Sock beat Big Show/Taker for the tag titles on RAW in 1999, Paul Bearer came to the ring and whispered something in Taker's ear, and Taker walked off and left. They never went any further with that...was this just a way to keep an injured Taker out of action, or was an angle planned?

IIRC that was a tease to his religious preacher gimmick where he started showing up in the crowd with "REPENT" signs and shit like that? That was 98 right? That was in 98, but what I'm talking about happened right after WM15 in 1999, a month or two before he left for WCW.

Yep.

Velocity: 1) Scotty 2 Hotty vs. Jobber 2) Bob Holly vs. Spike Dudley 3) Paul London vs. Akio 4) Charlie Haas vs. Rene Dupree Smackdown: 1) RVD/Rey vs. Eddie/Booker vs. Bashams vs. Luther/Jindrak (tag titles) 2) Kurt Angle vs. Roderick Strong (Kurt Angle Invitational) 3) John Cena vs. Kenzo Suzuki (US title) 4) Funaki vs. Nunzio (CW title)

Edited in complete spoilers at the top.

I read he might need knee surgery.

1/14/05, Vincennes, IN: Punk vs. Candido (IWA vs. NWA Midwest title vs. title) Wildcards vs. Iron Saints (IWA tag team titles) Thomaselli vs. Delirious Hero vs. Double C Sydal vs. Nigel Mercedes Martinez vs. Daizee Haze Plus Jimmy Jacobs, Josh Abercrombie, and more 1/15/05, Highland, IN Wildcards vs. Boz/Bradley (cage match for tag titles) Corporal Robinson vs. New Jack Mercedes Martinez vs. MsChif Chris Candido vs. Danny Daniels (titles on the line if Candido wins 1/14) Jimmy Jacobs vs. Claudio Castagnoli Petey Williams vs. Chad Collyer Brandon Thomaselli vs. Josh Abercrombie Chris Hero vs. Trik Davis Plus Steve Stone, Chandler McClure, Iron Saints, Eric Priest, Larry Sweeney, and Silas Young.

RVD taking time off for his injury will be good for him.

Richard Trionfo called in the following results from tonight's Smackdown taping in Orlando, Florida: Dark Match: *The Shane Twins defeated Shannon Moore and Steve Madison Velocity *Scotty Too Hotty pinned ? *Bob Holly defeated Spike Dudley *Akio pinned Paul London *Charlie Haas defeated Rene Dupree Smackdown: *The Basham Brothers won a Fatal Four Way match, defeating WWE Tag Team champions Rob Van Dam & Rey Misterio, Eddie Guerrero & Booker T, and Mark Jindrak & Luther Reigns as Rey was pinned by Danny. Van Dam didn't do anything in the match but was attacked and "injured" after the match. Van Dam was stretchered out. The Bashams are the new Tag Team champions. *Backstage, The Big Show made Kurt Angle apologize to Joy Giovanni for last week. *They aired a recap of the Four Way and Van Dam's injury. *Backstage, JBL's crew walked into Big Show and Joy Giovanni. Amy Weber didn't want to apologize to Giovanni, setting up a match between the two women later tonight. *In the Kurt Angle Classic, Kurt Angle forced Roderick Strong to tap out. *WWE United States champion John Cena pinned Kenzo Suzuki. *Amy Weber beat Joy Giovanni via forfeit when she didnt come out. There is a storyline of what happened to Giovanni with everyone in Teddy Long's office as she is "missing." *WWE Cruiserweight champion Funaki defeated Nunzio *Carlito Caribbean Cool and JBL both said they didn't know what happened to Joy when questioned by Teddy Long. Miss Jackie and Torrie Wilson said they saw Orlando Jordan following her. *They did a "ceremony" where JBL, with his cabinet, was presented with "Man of the Year" from the Florida Agridculture Group (F.A.G, get it?). Kurt Angle confronts JBL and it turns out Joy is in the trunk of the limo, unconscious. She is taken off and given oxygen. Big Show hits the ring and chokeslams Orlando and everyone else. *Kurt Angle, Mark Jindrak, and Luther Reigns talk backstage reveal they set everyone up and did it to Joy. Show stalks them as the show ends. *In a dark match, The Undertaker defeated Orlando Jordan and WWE champion John Bradshaw Layfield in a casket match.

I'm not positive, since I haven't seen any of the shows with Sal and Vito on them yet, but I THINK they're separate, but I could be wrong...anyone want to help me out here?

Of all the cruiserweights they could bring in...

Match review: Jimmy Jacobs vs. Brandon Thomaselli (IWA-MS 12/18/04) This is from the "Rumble in Rensselaer" card. For your story, Thomaselli is the hot young newcomer in IWA-MS, and has been in several big matches since arriving in October. Jacobs is the frustrated IWA veteran, who just lost his light heavyweight title to Delirious in a contraversial decision, and has been getting more and more frustrated over the past few months. Jacobs beat Thomaselli in a competitive 25 minute match back in November, and this is a 2/3 falls rematch: First fall: Jimmy goofs around to start, putting on a girl's sweatshirt/jacket at ringside and locking up with it on. He then wears a guy's sweatshirt and continues goofing around. They then lock up and Thomaselli controls for a bit before Jacobs goes after the arm and then into a wristlock. Thomaselli does a great backflip into a reversal. Jacobs gets the ropes. Another lockup sequence, and Thomaselli works over Jacobs on the mat and then hits a beautiful bridging suplex for 2, with Jacobs countering out of it into a pin for a 2 count. Jacobs takes Brandon back down and continues going after the arm, and shows some frustration with a palm strike to the head. Thomaselli gets out of it and pins Jacobs for 2 and then into a chinlock. Jacobs continues to get more frustrated. They do a sloppy sequence in the ropes where Jacobs flips Thomaselli to the floor and then fakes a dive. Back in, and they shake hands and Jacobs fakes out going for a cheap shot, and Thomaselli does an "I saw that" kind of joking around motion. They lock up again. Jimmy grabs the leg and Thomaselli does another great counter out of it but Jimmy goes to a headlock and Thomaselli counters out of that into a suplex/pinning combination for 2 and then another one for 2, getting out of the headlock. More applause from the fans as Jimmy gets more frustrated. Jacobs bails to the floor and just stands there as if he's contemplating something. He gets back in and they lock up again. They have a hard break and then do it again. Jacobs REALLY takes Thomaselli down hard this time and hits more palm strikes to the head. Brandon is close to the ropes, but instead of taking the break he proves he can outwrestle Jacobs and takes him to the mat for a pin for 2, and Jacobs bails, getting more and more pissed off. Back in, at 12:00, Jacobs gets a waistlock and then goes for the Contra Code but Thomaselli counters to the Air Raid Crash which Jacobs counters to a sunset flip for 2, which Thomaselli counters to a pin for 2. Back up, and now Jacobs is pissed, and they talk trash. Jacobs pushes Thomaselli and asks him if he thinks he's a big shot. He tells Brandon he isn't shit and slaps him, and now they trade chops and punches and forearms. Thomaselli splashes Jacobs in the corner. They fight over a suplex and Jacobs swings it into a hard neckbreaker. Back up, and Jacobs hits a REALLY HARD chop, talks more trash, and then hits headbutts before dumping Brandon with a suplex. The fans still cheer Jacobs, even when he's turning heel before their eyes. More trash talk, and a forearm to the back and then a second big suplex puts Thomaselli down. More trash talk from Jacobs. Jacobs looks to Ian Rotten on commentary and asks "is this your boy?" He pins Brandon for 2. Jacobs takes a break to tell the fans that he's been in the company way longer than Thomaselli and that he deserves respect. Thomaselli fights back with chops but Jimmy rakes Brandon's eyes. "This is my spot!" Jacobs says as he blasts Thomaselli with forearms. Thomaselli fights back with more chops but then gets caught with a HUGE boot to the face by Jacobs in the corner for a 2 count. That almost got a "holy fuuuuuuuck" from Prazak. Jacobs pulls him to the middle and hooks an Indian deathlock into a chinlock but Thomaselli won't tap. Jimmy goes for his Tomikaze type move, but Thomaselli counters into a pinning combination for the first fall at 18:00! Second fall: And now Jacobs is REALLY pissed. He chops away at Thomaselli. They trade shots. Inverted STO by Jacobs into a camel clutch. He blasts Thomaselli with HARD crossface shots. He then goes from the camel clutch to a quick pin for 2. Jacobs still can't put Thomaselli down for a fall. Jacobs tosses Thomaselli to the floor and hits a tope on him. He then hopes Thomaselli will get counted out, but Thomaselli gets back in at nineteen. That's a great touch right there. Jacobs is pissed. More shots to the face. Vertical suplex for 2. Senton across the chest for 2. Jacobs pins him repeatedly, but Thomaselli always kicks out. He goes to a surfboard and just slams Thomaselli's face into the mat, almost like Super Dragon's curb stomp. More repeated pinfall attempts, but Thomaselli counters one to a two count of his own. They trade shots, hard forearms. Thomaselli hits a handspring leg lariat and both guys are down. Thomaselli hits a reverse suplex type thing for 2, and Jacobs then rolls him up for 2 right out of that. Still 1-0 Thomaselli. He goes for the Air Raid Crash (Kryptonite Krunch) and Jacobs rolls him up again for 2. They fight up top and Thomaselli hits a superplex, but Jacobs leans back and pins him...for 2! Jacobs sets up for a top rope Tomikaze, but Thomaselli blocks. He misses a 450 and gets caught by a Jacobs lariat. Jacobs hits a SICK SICK SENTON BOMB off the top with all his weight going into Thomaselli's chest for only 2! Jacobs now realizes he has to go to the contra code, and he goes for it, but Brandon counters into a tombstone which Jacobs counters into a piledriver attempt which Thomaselli counters to an Air Raid Crash which Jacobs counters to a pinfall for 2 which Thomaselli counters to a pinfall for 2. Jacobs goes to the apron and Thomaselli scoops him up and hits the Air Raid Crash for the second straight pinfall at 28:15! Thomaselli wins it in two falls! Post match: Jacobs goes to shake Brandon's hand and then slaps him in the face and tells him to stay "down there, in YOUR spot." Jacobs goes off on Ian Rotten, about how he shows favoritism to this new kid, and how Jacobs got screwed out of the light heavyweight title. Jacobs goes total heel, telling the fans and Ian to get a life. Ian tells him he respect Jimmy, but Jimmy can't forget where he came from. Ian books him in a rematch with Thomaselli at the next Rensellaer show where the loser must say "I respect you" to the other guy. This match was storytelling in wrestling at its finest, with the bitter Jacobs finally snapping after months of buildup. It shows the difference between having a random match between two guys and having a match with a story to tell, and how much difference that makes when you have the latter. Great work by both guys here, a great near-30 minute match, a great story told, and a great set up for the next show. The announcing by Dave Prazak and Ian Rotten was also good, as we got to hear Ian surprised as he watched the match unfold at how frustrated Jimmy was getting. Great storytelling. One of the best IWA-MS matches in 2004, in my opinion, (and they've had a lot of good ones) because of the storytelling and the great, realistic work by both Jimmy and Brandon. The 12/18 show as a whole is a lot of fun, and I suggest everyone should check it out at www.smartmarkvideo.com because there isn't one bad match on the entire tape, there's some good matches, some funny stuff with Alex Shelley, Ian, and Petey Williams, and a cage match main event. Good stuff from IWA. I just hope people get the tape to find out for themselves, as Ian can't afford to book guys like Styles, Joe, Danielson, etc that often anymore. Thoughts, comments, opinions are welcome. Thanks for reading.

DOI posted this: " Shane Twins Sign WWE Contracts In a sign of WWE looking for new talent, the WWE signed The Shane Twins to three year deals today. The Shane Twins are Mike and Todd Shane and are a tag team out of the Florida area. The Shane Twins worked for NWA TNA briefly in 2002. Ron Niemi, who assisted the Shane Twins throughout their careers told the DOI the following: "I am extremely proud of the Shane Brothers and feel this signing is LONG overdue but comes at a great time as they are in the greatest condition of their career and are one of the best tag teams in the world right now. Mike and Todd are like family to me and I couldn't be any happier for them and the entire roster and office of NWA Florida feels the same way. Watch for Mike and Todd to make a LOT of noise in the WWE!" Niemi worked closely with the Shane Twins in NWA Florida. The Shane Twins will join a very tag team depleted WWE. It is not known when they will debut, but with the lack of true tag teams on Raw and Smackdown, I wouldn't be surprised to see them debut sooner than later. The DOI congratulates The Shane Twins on their new jobs. Special Thanks to Will Rivera for major assistance on this story "

WWF...WWE what's the difference.

1) Tajiri d. Steven Richards 2) Grenier d. Val Venis 3) Trish d. Molly Not very exciting. Oh, and Masters won a dark match. CREDIT: Wrestlingobserver.com

Apparently Gabe Sapolsky has been impressed with Mike Shane, who he's starting to give a push in FIP. So maybe he's decent. But I really have no idea.

The Shane Twins, Mike and Todd from Florida have signed a developmental deal with the WWE, according to Mike Johnson. They were infamously "The Johnsons" in the early TNA days.

According to PWInsider, New Jack wasn't in any dark match.