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I've got quite a few Hasbros, fewer circa 1997 Jakks (still on the card) and two LJNs. I would consider selling most of the Jakks and probably the LJNs, but I think I'd hang on to the Hasbros. Old magazines make for good bathroom reading material, but it wouldn't kill me to part with them. The only autographs I have are (I think) one of the American Eagles from USWA and Kerry Von Erich's on his WWF poster and I'm not parting with Von Erich's.

1. Jericho/Benoit vs. HHH/Austin - May 01 RAW 16. Midnight Express vs. Ric Flair/Barry Windham (Clash of the Champions IV), 8. Raven/Saturn vs Malenko/Benoit (Horseman) - Spring Stampede 99 24. Hart Foundation vs Demolition - SummerSlam 90 4. Steiners vs Sting/Luger - Superbrawl 1 13. Harts vs. Quebecers - Royal Rumble 94 5. Owen/Bulldog vs Michaels/Austin - Raw 1997 21. Steiner Brothers vs. Money Inc - Cage Match, August 93 3. The Rockers vs. Oriental Express - Royal Rumble 90 19. Hart Foundation vs Brain Busters - SummerSlam 89 6. Shawn Michaels/Deisel vs Ramon/123 Kid - 1994 Action Zone 22. Dustin Rhodes/Ricky Steamboat vs. The Enforcers - Clash, Nov. 91 31. Pillman & Liger vs. Benoit & Beef Wellington - Clash 19 15. TWGTT vs. Eddie Guerrero & Tajiri (Smackdown, May 22 03) 7. Edge/Rey vs Benoit/Angle vs 2 out of 3 falls, Smackdown Nov. 02 10. TWGTT vs. Mysterio & Kidman (Vengeance 2003),

OVW Wrestling TV Report for July 24, 2004 -Show open -Your announcers are Jim Cornette and Dean Hill -Jersey Shore Crew (Aaron “The Idol” Stevens and Danny Inferno) w/ Nova vs. Steve Levington and Mike Taylor -Trudi DeNucci is missing, as she was taken out last week by Beth Phoenix. Nova joins us on commentary. Taylor and Idol lock up and trade hammerlocks and wristlocks. Levington tags in and hooks Idol in a wristlock. Taylor tags in and (surprisingly) goes to a wristlock. Idol punches his way out and makes the tag to Inferno. Inferno whips Taylor into the corner. He follows him in and gets caught with a boot. Inferno reverses an Irish whip into the corner, but Taylor jumps over the top rope to avoid impact. Taylor catches Inferno with a punch and knocks Idol off the apron. Taylor goes for a springboard, but gets pulled down mid-hop by Idol, smashing his knee on the apron on his way down to the floor of the Davis Arena. Idol rolls him back into the ring, where Inferno gets two off a pin attempt. Idol tags in and goes to work on the knee. Inferno tags in and goes to work on the knee. Nova, breaking the monotony of tag, work the knee, tag, work the knee, says very matter-of-factly, “I’m very proud to be a low-life scumbag. I’ve been one my entire life.” Taylor tries to crawl to make the tag, but Idol grabs him. Taylor then kicks him off and tags in Levington. Levington is a house of fire, knocking down the Jersey Shore Crew with punches and clotheslines. Levington kicks Idol in the back of the head twice. He goes for the pin, but it’s broken up by Inferno. Inferno tries to powerbomb Levington, but Taylor catches him with a leg lariat. All four men are in the ring and Cornette says the situation looks like “a monkey trying to make love to a football”, which is a variation of one of my favorite sayings. Anyway, Levington runs into the ropes, but Nova hits him from behind. He staggers into a waistlock by Inferno and Idol clotheslines him down. Inferno makes the pin. Crowd breaks into a big “Nova sucks” chant as we go to the first break. -BREAK -Cornette is out to announce one of the main events for next month’s finale at Six Flags: Kentucky Kingdom. But first, we get a review of last week's tag match with Adrenaline and the Jersey Shore Crew. Adrenaline (John “Tank” Toland and Chris Cage) join Cornette in the ring. As a note, Cornette is as tall as Cage and taller than Tank. Tank says he wants a match with the JSC at Six Flags. Cage says he wants a match with the JSC at Six Flags. Cornette says it will be a six-man tag match and Adrenaline will have a surprise partner. He says the surprise partner at Six Flags will be the biggest drawing wrestler in Louisville history, Jerry “The King” Lawler. The Jersey Shore Crew comes out to attack Adrenaline as we go to a break. * ½ -BREAK -Cornette introduces a review of last week's match between Johnny Jeter and Johnny Nitro. -Joey Matthews w/ Melina vs. Elijah Burke -Burke has a pretty nice afro going for him. We start off with a lock up into some hammerlock reversals. Burke gets a quick roll-up for two. Matthews slaps the shit out of Burke and goes to a headlock. Burke fights out with a hiptoss and clotheslines Matthews over the top. Melina comes over to check on Matthews. She distracts Burke and Matthews attacks him from behind, knocking him out of the ring. Melina comes over and delivers a kick to Burke’s ribs. Matthews throws him into the ring. He goes to the top rope and hits a clothesline for two. Matthews with a suplex, again for two. The crowd starts a “We want Synn” chant. Burke gets whipped into the corner and Matthews follows that up with a big clothesline. Matthews starts disrespecting Burke by slapping him in the back of the head. Matthews tries for a suplex, but Burke floats over and hits reverse DDT. Burke gets to his feat and goes to town, hitting Matthews with a flurry of punches. Burke with an atomic drop followed by a shoulder tackle. Matthews hits a knee to the gut, but gets caught with a Sky High when he tries to come off the ropes. Burke goes for the pin, but Matthews is out at two. Melina distracts the referee and out comes Synn and she attacks Melina. The referee is trying to break up the women. Matthews hits a double arm DDT and goes for the cover, but there is no ref to count. The ref is back in the ring, but he didn’t see the pin. Out comes Johnny Jeter and he drops Matthews’ throat over the top rope while the referee wasn’t looking. Burke hits a Russian legsweep and gets the pin. A Russian legsweep gets the pin? Ug. ½* -BREAK Cornette is out to announce the second main even for the final Six Flags show of the summer, but first we flash back to Matt Morgan’s match from last week. Morgan comes out and joins Cornette in the ring. Outside of frequently referring to Big Bad John as “Big Dumb John”, he didn’t give that bad of a promo. Morgan says he’s defending the OVW Heavyweight title against Big Bad John in a No DQ match at Six Flags. -BREAK -Cornette says Kenny Bolin wants to come out and complain, but before that, we go back to last week's match with Matt Cappotelli and Carlos Colon. All of Bolin Services comes out and Bolin bitches about what happened last week. Cappotelli comes out to confront B.S. He proceeds to stutter and stammer his way though a promo, calling Bolin a liar no less than four different ways. He even goes as far as to refer to Bolin Services as a Jerry Springer reunion. Anyways, he says he can beat Jerome Crony with one hand tied behind his back and Bolin wants him to prove it next week. So now we’ve got a match for next week. Cornette adds the stipulation that if Cappotelli wins, he gets five minutes alone with Bolin. Yea. -BREAK -Seth Skyfire (1/2 of the tag team champions) vs. Brent Albright -First lock up ends in a draw. Second lock up ends with Skyfire in the corner. Third lock up ends with Albright in the corner and Albright slapping Skyfire. Skyfire ducks a clothesline and hits a slap of his own. Skyfire gets a quick two with a roll up. Skyfire with a sunset flip over the ropes for a two count. He hits a springboard cross body and goes for the cover, but Beth Phoenix comes out and distracts the referee. Out comes Alexis Laree (who will face Phoenix at Six Flags) to even the field. Seth Skyfire gets tossed over the top rope as we go to a break. -BREAK -We’re back to action and Albright has Skyfire in a bearhug. Albright rams Skyfire into the corner. Skyfire punches his way out, but is caught with an overhead belly-to-belly suplex. Albright goes for the pin, but only gets two. Snap suplex gets two for Albright. Backdrop gets two for Albright. Albright starts hammering Skyfire with forearms. He goes for the Crowbar, but Skyfire turns it into a sunset flip and gets two. Both wrestlers collide and are down. Both are back up and start trading punches. Skyfire wins the battle and starts hitting clotheslines and dropkicks. Skyfire hits a spinning heel kick for a two count. Albright is groggy and Skyfire connects with the Running Enziguri. He goes for the pin, but only gets two. Skyfire goes to the top rope, but takes too long, as Albright meets him up there and tosses Skyfire off with an overhead belly-to-belly suplex. Albright goes for the pin, but only gets two. Albright catches him with a hotshot and goes for the pin. Skyfire gets his foot on the rope, but Phoenix knocks it off before the ref sees it. ** ¼ -Post match, Laree comes in to protest the decision and gets attacked by Phoenix. Out comes Skyfire’s partner, Mac Johnson. Out comes Albright’s partner, Chris Masters. Johnson gets taken out and Phoenix locks in the Crowbar on Laree. Albright locks in the Crowbar on Skyfire. Adrenaline comes out for the save as we fade out. - The End Result: Pretty bland show this week, but they are setting up for the summer-ending show at Six Flags on August 13th. Nothing here to see and I’m really not looking forward to next week’s match with Crony and Cappotelli.

Monica Nunez Here is the full card: Mike Tyson vs Danny Williams (heavy) Laila Ali vs Monica Nunez (s middle) Nelson Dieppa vs Archie Solis (WBO jr flys) Randy Griffin vs Julio Garcia (middle) Russell Chasteen vs George Linberger (heavy) Willie Stewart vs Vitaliy Kopytko (s middle) Nick Casal vs John Rudolph (welter) Devon Alexander vs Lance Leggett (welter) Timur Ibragimov vs Earl Ladson (heavy) Start time per Ticketmaster is 6:30. And as a point of reference, Freedom Hall maxes out at 19,169.

Last I heard, Freedom Hall is only a 1/3 sold out. One of the local news programs mentioned that there is a slight possibility that the fight will be blacked out in Louisville. The same station had an interview with the promoter who said they are hoping to attract some last minute buyers with their recent promotion. There is a tractor trailer advertising the fight sitting in Slugger Field's parking lot. Tyson, Laila Ali (who may be just as big of a draw as Tyson in Louisville) and some of the other undercard fighters had an open workout at 4th Street Live! (Louisville's new entertainment complex). They are promoting the hell out of the fight, but I'll be surprised if the arena is half full.

After doing a little searching, Flex is a 2 time USWA Tag Team Champion with Bart Sawyer, beating Jerry Lawler and Bill Dundee both times. They were unseated by Reggie B. Fine and Brickhouse Brown. I really don't remember Flex Kavana all that well, as that run was about 8 years ago, but you're probably right about it being unimpressive. I would just put it on there for the sake of history.

His stint as Flex Kavana in USWA could be included. I'm pretty sure he was a tag champion down there, but I can't remember who he held the title with. I want to say he teamed up with or worked against Bill Dundee at some point as well. If that would be included, it would be interesting to see the evolution of The Rock from super tool (if you never saw the Flex character, take my word for it) to WWE superstar to movie star.

My desktop at work.

Not yet. The problem is on my owrk computer and I haven't really had time to sit down, read about and fix the problem. Hopefully I'll have some time this afternoon.

I'm pretty sure that was him. It took me a second to place him when his name was announced.

I suppose this is a better place for reviews, so this the OVW Report's new home. --------------------------------------------------- OVW Wrestling TV Report for July 17, 2004 -First off, congratulations are in order for the Louisville Bats, as they picked up a win last night against Syracuse. They are in a tough race with Indianapolis to see who is the worst team in the International League West. Right now Louisville is only the second worst team, holding a two game lead over the Indians. Way to bring honor to the city whose name is synonymous with baseball bats. Anyways…. -Review of Mike Mondo cheating to beat Matt Cappotelli last week. -Show Open -Your announcers are Jim Cornette and Dean Hill. -Matt Cappotelli vs. Carlos Colon w/ Kenny Bolin, Jerome Crony and Nurse Lulu -This is Cappotelli’s second straight show-opening match. Ray Ramsey is your referee. Kenny Bolin joins us for commentary. Huge “Bolin sucks” chant to start things off with. Colon wins the lock-up. Cappotelli reverses an Irish whip into the corner, hits two arm drags and gets a two count. Cappotelli locks in an armbar, but that’s broken when Colon pulls Cappotelli to the mat by his hair. Cappotelli ducks a clothesline and returns the favor by pulling Colon to the mat by the hair. Cappotelli hits an armdrag and a legdrop. Cappotelli runs the ropes, but is tripped by Jerome Crony and Colon takes control. Colon hits a backdrop and gets a two count. He then shows his inner-Ultimate Fighter by hitting Cappotelli with some mounted punches. Cappotelli makes it to the ropes, but Crony is there waiting and chokes him on the middle rope. Colon snapmares Cappotelli over and hits the chinlock. Cappotelli tries to power out, but gets kicked back down. Colon clothesline gets two. Cornette and Bolin are going on and on about “Mean” Gene Mondo (Mike Mondo’s brother who is seven months younger than Mike. For some reason I’m expecting a midget to fill this role). Colon jumps to the apron and jumps back in, going for a legdrop, but Cappotelli moves out of the way. Cappotelli with some punches and a back elbow for Colon. Colon gets hit with a flying forearm, which gives Cappotelli a two count. Cappotelli whips Colon into the ropes, but he puts his head down too early and eats some boot. Cappotelli is quick to recover, though, as he hits Colon with a neckbreaker for two. Crony jumps up on the apron to distract Cappotelli, but Cappotelli decks him. Lulu hops up on the apron and gets smooched by Cappotelli. Bolin tries to repeat last week’s finish by distracting Cappotelli while he slides in the Bolin Briefcase to Colon. Colon goes to hit Cappotelli from behind, but he moves and Bolin get knocked off the apron. Cappotelli rolls up Colon for the three count. Mike Mondo comes in and Cappotelli gets double teamed until Steve Levington runs out to run off Bolin Services. * ¾ -We get a replay of Matt Morgan’s terrible promo on John Cena from last week. -Then we get the same John Cena package from last week, showing clips from the Great American Bash match. -BREAK -Matt Morgan (OVW Champion) vs. Rory Fox and Robbie Dawber in a non-title handicap match - Morgan makes a production assistant get on his knees and uses him as a step into the ring. The bell rings and the sacrificial lambs rush Morgan, but are met with a double chokeslam. Then they get hit with a double clothesline and a double noggin knocker. Morgan whips Dawber into the ropes and Dawber gets nailed with a big boot. Fox gets hit with a sidewalk slam. Morgan nails a sit-out powerbomb on Fox. Morgan hits a double legdrop and places one hand on each man and gets the pin. Post-match, Morgan knocks down the referee and starts choking Fox and Dawber. Big Bad John comes out with a chair and a tug of war ensues for the weapon. John wins the battle and Morgan positions himself ever so carefully while Big Bad John has the chair over his head. Morgan finally gets ready, takes the chairshot and proceeds to run off to the dressing room. DUD. -Promo for the Six Flags: Kentucky Kingdom show on July 23rd. -Jim Cornette has Big Bad John. John briefly talks about his match at Six Flags with Mike and Mark Bell. He adds that he’ll be watching the Cena vs. Morgan match very closely at Six Flags. -Review of the Johnny Jeter vs. Joey Matthews match from last week. -“The Thrillseeker” Johnny Jeter vs. Johnny Nitro w/Melina -Robert Brisko is the referee. Nitro wins the lock-up. The two trade wristlock reversals. Jeter gets a quick two-count. Jeter knocks Nitro down with a shoulder block. Nitro goes for a hip toss, but gets caught with a knee to the abdomen. Jeter takes Nitro down with a rana. Multiple dropkicks gets a two count for Jeter. Jeter runs into the ropes, but gets tripped by Melina. Jeter goes after Melina and then takes off to the dressing room. He comes back with Synn and she chases off Melina. Back in the ring, Jeter hits Nitro with a back elbow. Nitro reverses an Irish whip, sending Jeter into the corner. Nitro with a scoops slam for two. Nitro gets another two count from a backdrop. Nitro hammers on Jeter and sends him into the corner with HUGE Irish whip. Nitro goes for the pin, but Jeter kicks out at two. Nitro locks in a surfboard, but Jeter quickly powers out. Irish whip by Nitro is reversed, but Jeter is hit by a head slam. Two count on Jeter and Nitro goes back to the surfboard. Nitro lets go of the hold and dropkicks Jeter in the head. Nitro does a little break dancing before dropping a leg across the throat of Jeter. Nitro goes of the pin and gets two. Nitro goes for a belly-to-back suplex, but Jeter is able to shift his weight. Jeter falls on top of Nitro and gets a two count. Nitro is quick to get up and starts hammering on Jeter. A bodyslam on Jeter gets two and Nitro goes to the surfboard for a third time. Jeter powers out, but gets taken to the corner. He fights his way out and hits a flying forearm. Jeter hits a spin kick off the ropes for two. Nitro charges Jeter in the corner, but Jeter gets a victory roll and the win. Melina comes in the ring and slaps Jeter, which prompts Synn to attack her. Synn gets a few good shots in before Nitro comes over and suplexes her. Joey Matthews comes out to continue the attack on Jeter. ** -BREAK -Cornette has Johnny Jeter and Jeter challenges Joey Matthews and Johnny Nitro to a tag match at Six Flags. He adds that anybody who wants to can be his partner. Synn says she has a person from her past that will make a great partner for Jeter. We’ll find out who it is next Friday at Six Flags: Kentucky Kingdom. -Review of the Troubleshooters naming Beth Phoenix as the newest member of their team. -BREAK -Adrenaline (Chris Cage and John “Tank” Toland) vs. The Jersey Shore Crew (Aaron “The Idol” Stevens and Danny Inferno) w/ Nova and Trudi Denucci -Cage and Inferno start out. Cage wins the lock-up as Nova joins us on commentary. Cage gets Inferno in a headlock. Inferno throws him off into the ropes, but Cage knocks him down with a shoulder block. Inferno goes for a hip toss, but Cage reverses it and hits one of his own. Cage tags Tank in and Tank goes to a headlock. Cornette asks about Nova’s opinion about Beth Phoenix joining the Troubleshooters (The Crew will face the Troubleshooters next Friday) and Nova goes on a hilarious rant about how he’s beat women before and he’s not afraid to do it again. Tank hits an armdrag on Inferno and make the tag. Cage goes for a wristlock, but gets caught with a right hand. Inferno tags in Idol and Idol goes to the headlock. Idol gets thrown into the ropes and hits Cage with a shoulder block. Idol runs into the ropes and is hit by multiple armdrags from Cage. Nova on Adrenaline’s yellow and black tights: “Hey, the Killer Bees called and they want their tights back. Buuzzzzzzzz!” Cage tags in Tank. Cornette suggests the Jersey Shore Crew wear yellow and brown tights so they can be “called the Drizzling Sh…well never mind.” Stiff forearm takes down Tank and Idol makes the tag. Inferno slams Tank, but Tank moves out of the way of an elbow drop. Tank hits a Japanese armdrag and a dropkick. Nova says he’s going to ringside and cheat for the Crew. Cornette asks him if he’s actually admitting to cheating before he does it, to which Nova replies, “Of course!” Tank makes the tag and Adrenaline whips Inferno into the ropes, hitting a legsweep/legdrop combo. Cage gets a two count on Inferno. Cage starts throwing dropkicks at anything that moves. Neat spot where Cage has Inferno in a standing headlock and Idol in a leg scissors. Tank comes in with a dropkick and Cage takes the Jersey Shore Crew down. Inferno reverses an Irish whip, sending Cage into the ropes. Idol has the top rope pulled down and Cage goes tumbling to the outside. Idol throws him back in the ring and Inferno gets a two count. Inferno tags in Idol as we go to a break. -Promo for the July 23rd Six Flags: Kentucky Kingdom show. On the card, we’ve got Matt Morgan vs. John Cena; Seth Skyfire and Mac Johnson vs. Adrenaline for the Southern Tag Titles; and The Troubleshooters will face The Jersey Shore Crew in a Six-Person Tag Match. -We’re back to action and Cage is trying to break out of a chinlock, but fails. Inferno punches Cage down and tags in Idol. Idol takes Cage down with a backbreaker and hits a running legdrop for two. Cage punches Idol, but Idol falls into Adrenaline’s corner and punches Tank off the apron so Cage can’t make the tag. The referee has his back turned and the Jersey Shore Crew hit Cage with a double backdrop. Pin attempt on Cage only gets two, as Tank comes in for the save. Cage gets whipped into the corner and Idol takes him down with some mounted punching. Idol goes for the pin, but Cage kicks out at two. Inferno tags in and hits a snapmare and a knee drop for two. Cage blocks a suplex attempt and rolls Inferno up in a small package for two. Inferno goes back on the offensive and tags Idol back in. He misses a legdrop, but Cage can’t get to the corner to make the tag. Inferno tags in and gets a two count. Idol tags back in and hits a snap suplex for two. Inferno tags in a goes to a chinlock. Idol tags back in and the Jersey Shore Crew sets up Cage for a double backdrop, but Cage flips out and falls into the corner! Inferno whips Idol toward Cage, but Cage moves out of the way. Cage crawls through Inferno’s legs and makes the hot tag! Tank hits multiple clotheslines on the Jersey Shore Crew. Tank hits a flapjack on Inferno and nips-up. Idol gets whipped into the ropes and is hit with a one-handed spinebuster. Tank goes for the pin, but it is broken by Inferno. Cage comes back into the ring to fight off Inferno. The referee is trying to break up Cage and Inferno, but while his back is turned, Tank has Idol rolled up. Nova comes in the ring, but is met with a spear from Tank. Idol tries to take advantage of the distracted Tank, but Tank hits him with a double sledgehammer and goes for the pin. Trudi Denucci distracts the referee and Nova comes in and hits Tank with a wrench. Idol rolls on top of Tank and gets the pin. Great tag match and funny commentary from Nova. *** -Post-match, Southern Tag Team Champions Seth Skyfire and Mac Johnson come out to talk to the referee and protest the decision. The Jersey Shore Crew attacks, but Skyfire, Johnson, and Adrenaline fight back. The Troubleshooters come out and a HUGE brawl erupts. Beth Phoenix goes after Trudi Denucci and tries to break her arm with a Payne Killer as we fade out. -The End Result: Great tag team match and a good match from Nitro and Jeter. I continue to hate Matt Morgan and his segment to build him up as some monster wasn’t that good. Short of the Matt Morgan/Big Bad John stuff, there is not a whole lot to complain about this week.

I had that one, too. I think the only decent wrestling shirt I ever owned was a circa '93 Bret Hart shirt, and even it wasen't that great.

In the same vein as that, Rick Rude grinding Rick Steamboat's face into the arena floor. I remember after that incident, one of the Apter mags had a picture of Rick Jr. and a note written in crayon saying "Please don't hurt my daddy". Was this before or after their Iron Man Match?

I owned and wore a "Hacksaw" Jim Duggan t-shirt. Not that this justifies it, but it was 1991 and I was 10 years old.

Hart Foundation vs Demolition - SummerSlam 90 Austin & HHH vs. Jericho & Benoit - Raw, May 2001 Pillman & Ligar vs. Benoit & Wellington - CotC 19 Owen Hart & British Bulldog vs. Austin & Michaels - Raw, 5/26/97 Sting & Luger vs Steiners - SuperBrawl I

Now that I think about it, I think the twins were on a UK Hockey poster a few yaers back.

No, we'll probably get that, too, as we might get too much original programming.

"If Cowboy Bob had wore a condom instead of a cast, we wouldn't be having this conversation." Awesome.

I can't say I'm surprised at the Bret/Foley stuff from Flair's book referenced.

Does Rosey get a real superhero name now?

On the plus side, I was able to get my laundry put up without missing anything.

Liberty, Kentucky produced twins that look like that? I didn't know that part of the state had it in them. Granted they are both pretty stupid, but that's expected.

And how would I go about doing that? I'm not terribly skilled when it comes to doing things outside of Windows. And I'm using a PC, so I don't have a battery.

Judging from Cornette and Hill's reactions in the recap package, it was treated as a big upset. It was played off as two young guys win the big one over Johnny Ace's chosen team. Skyfire and Johnson even went into the crowd to celebrate. I would say in was the equivalent of Kidman and London winning the Smackdown tag titles.

I was bored while visiting the hometown this weekend and I caught my first OVW show in over a month. This was the end result. ------ OVW Wrestling TV Report for July 10, 2004 -Show Open -Your announcers are Jim Cornette and Dean Hill. -Matt Capotelli vs. Mike Mondo w/ Kenny Bolin and Jerome Crony -Mondo wants a test of strength. Capotelli goes in and gets a thumb to the eyes for his trouble. The two reverse wristlocks as Kenny Bolin joins us for commentary. He says “Mean” Gene Mondo, Mike Mondo’s little brother who is 7 months younger than Mike (that’s not a typo), will soon be joining Bolin Services. Mondo gets whipped into the corner and is back dropped by Capotelli. Capotelli drops a leg and goes to the top rope, but is stopped by Mondo. Capotelli goes over the top rope after Mondo ducks a body press attempt. Mondo with some mounted punches. He goes for the pin, but only gets a one count. Mondo locks in a chinlock, but Capotelli quickly powers out. Mondo reverses Capotelli’s Irish whip. A hotshot gets two for Mondo. Mondo hits a top-rope splash for two. Capotelli catches a quick inside cradle for two. Mondo gets back on the offensive by whipping Capotelli into the corner. He follows him in and gets hit with a boot. Capotelli is a house of fire, hitting three clotheslines. He hits a neckbreaker for two. Capotelli whips Mondo into the ropes and hits a spinebuster. He only gets two, as Mondo got his foot on the bottom rope. Crony distracts the referee and slides the Bolin Services briefcase into Mondo. Mondo hits Capotelli with the briefcase and gets the pin. A decent match, but some parts seemed a bit jumpy. * ½ -Break -Jim Cornette announces the main event for the July 23rd Six Flags: Kentucky Kingdom show. OVW Heavyweight Champion Matt Morgan will face WWE United States Champion John Cena. -We’re treated to Cena highlights from his Great American Bash match. -Cornette interviews Matt Morgan. Morgan proceeds to deliver a very bad promo about what he’s going to do to Cena. He also manages to get the theme park’s name and date wrong. -Break -Joey Matthews vs. Johnny Jeter -This is Jeter’s OVW return after being out for four months. Matthews wins the lock-up. Matthews takes Jeter down into a pinning position for two with a headlock. Both get back to their feet and lock up. The two reverse wristlocks and Matthews gets another headlock on Jeter. Jeter breaks the headlock by throwing Matthews into the ropes. Matthews hits a shoulderblock. He hits ropes again but is hit by a Johnny Jeter dropkick. Jeter then clotheslines Matthews over the top rope. Matthews is quick to recover and pulls Jeter out under the bottom rope. Jeter then throws Matthews back in. Matthews quickly gets back to his feet and catches Jeter on the apron, ramming his head into the post. Matthews back outside and throws Jeter in the ring for a two count. Matthews hits a backbreaker for a two count. Matthews with a suplex for two. Matthews ties up Jeter in a surfboard, but Jeter powers out. Matthews sends Jeter to the corner and the two start trading punches. Jeter hits two clotheslines and gets a two count. Jeter picks Matthews up and gets a knee to the gut as a thank you. Jeter reverses an Irish whip and hits a leg whip clothesline for two. Jeter hovers over Matthews and gets stunned with a jawbreaker. Matthews hits a German suplex for two. Matthews sets Jeter on the top rope in the superplex position, but Jeter punches him off. Jeter perches himself on the top rope, but Matthews falls into the ropes to knock Jeter down. Matthews goes back to the corner and Jeter somehow knocks Matthews back off the turnbuckle. The spot looked like Matthews should have won. Anyway, Jeter hits a top rope leg whip clothesline for the win. A good match despite the weird spot at the end. **. -Break -We get a video review of Seth Skyfire and Mac Johnson beating The Troubleshooters (Chris Masters and Brent Albright) for the OVW Southern Tag Team Titles. -Backstage promo with Skyfire and Johnson. -Break -Jim Cornette interviews The Troubleshooters. They introduce Beth Phoenix as their new manager. -A review of the Matt Morgan/Rodney Mack/Big Bad John situation. In a nutshell, Mack called out Morgan and attacked him. Mack is about to hit Morgan with the OVW Title belt, but Morgan throws powder in his eyes. Big Bad John comes out to run off Morgan and get tackled by a blinded Mack. Officials break up the incident and we have a TV main event. -Rodney Mack vs. Big Bad John -There is only three minutes left in the show, which doesn’t give the guys a lot of time to do anything. The end result is some back and forth brawling and a run-in by Matt Morgan, which turns into a big melee. The show ends with Morgan jawing at Mack and Big Bad John as he walks back to the dressing room. Dud. The End Result: This was the first time I have seen OVW in about a month, so I was a little out of the loop. However two out of the three matches were watchable, so it wasn’t all bad. ------------ All comments and snide remarks welcome.