The Raw Review 7/20 - 7/26

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July 26, 1993

Bam Bam Bigelow def. Bret Hart by count out

Mr. Hughes def. Russ Greenberg

The Smoking Gunns def. Dwayne Gill & Glen Ruth

Doink def. Phil Apollo

 

July 25, 1994

Tatanka def. Nikolai Volkoff

The Headshrinkers def. Joey Stallings & Barry Hardy

Jim Neidhart def. Jim Powers

Yokozuna def. Adam Bomb by count out

Duke Droese def. Dwayne Gill

 

July 24, 1995

Shawn Michaels def. Jimmy Del Ray

The Smoking Gunns def. John Faulkner & Rick Stockhauser

Waylon Mercy def. Gary Scott

Bret Hart def. Hakushi

 

July 22, 1996

The Smoking Gunns NC Shawn Michaels & Ahmed Johnson; Tag Title Match

Marc Mero def. The Goon

Mankind def. Freddie Joe Floyd

Goldust def. Barry Horowitz

Shawn Michaels & Ahmed Johnson def. The Smoking Gunns by DQ; Tag Title Match

 

July 21, 1997

Vader def. Ken Shamrock by count out

Brian Christopher def. Brian Walsh

The Godwinns def. The Headbangers and The New Blackjacks (pinned) in a three-way match

The Patriot def. Hunter Hearst Helmsley by DQ

Goldust def. Faarooq by DQ

Bret Hart, Owen Hart, & Davey Boy Smith def. Steve Austin, Dude Love, & The Undertaker in a Flag Match

 

July 20, 1998

D-Lo Brown def. Hunter Hearst Helmsley to win the European Title

Steve Williams def. Pierre in a Brawl for All Match

Skull NC Animal

Steve Blackman def. Jeff Jarrett

Owen Hart def. Faarooq

The Rock def. X-Pac by DQ; IC Title Match

Kane & Mankind def. Steve Austin by DQ in a Texas Tornado Handicap Match

 

July 26, 1999

The Acolytes def. Edge & Christian; Tag Title Match

Val Venis & The Godfather def. Droz & Prince Albert in a Street Fight

Kane def. The Undertaker & The Big Show by DQ

Triple H def. Ken Shamrock

The Rock NC Mr. Ass & Chyna in a handicap match

 

July 24, 2000

Steve Blackman def. Road Dogg; HC Title Match

The Big Show & Lita NC Shane McMahon & Stephanie McMahon-Helmsley

Bull Buchanan def. The Godfather

The Undertaker NC Kurt Angle

Tazz def. Scotty 2 Hotty

Edge & Christian def. The Hardy Boyz and The Dudley Boyz (pinned) in a Triple Threat Match for the Tag Titles

Trish Stratus def. Lita in a Strap Match

The Rock & Kane def. Kurt Angle & Chris Benoit by DQ

 

July 23, 2001

Rob Van Dam def. Matt Hardy; HC Title Match

Lance Storm def. Albert to win the Intercontinental Title

Tajiri def. Raven

The Undertaker def. Rhyno

Chris Jericho def. Chris Kanyon

Torrie Wilson def. Trish Stratus on a Spanking, Paddle on a Pole Match

Booker T & The Dudley Boyz NC Kurt Angle, Edge, & Christian in a Tables Elmination Match

 

July 22, 2002

Rob Van Dam def. Jeff Hardy in a Ladder Match to unify the Intercontinental & European Titles

William Regal & Molly Holly def. Bubba Ray Dudley & Trish Stratus

Brock Lesnar def. Tommy Dreamer in a Singapore Cane Match

D-Lo Brown NC Shawn Stasiak

Chris Benoit def. Booker T

The Big Show def. Spike Dudley

The Rock def. Eddie Guerrero

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Bam Bam Bigelow def. Bret Hart by count out

 

I remember that, that's when Lawler was bashing Bret's parents on upper level, right?

 

Bret Hart def. Hakushi

 

Interesting, I always thought they fought one time which was the first IYH,

 

Booker T & The Dudley Boyz NC Kurt Angle, Edge, & Christian in a Tables Elmination Match

 

God, I miss ECK.

 

Chris Benoit def. Booker T

 

What a great feud they had, I miss that too.

 

The Big Show def. Spike Dudley

 

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Time to crank out the recaps for those matches...all are by CRZ (slashwrestling.com) except the Hart/Hakushi match which is recapped by Kevin James Podsiadilk on the RSPW message boards:

 

Bam Bam Bigelow v. Bret Hart - Luna Tunes comes out wearing a lovely black

cast, which goes unmentioned by the commentators, while Hart is introduced

as the King of the Ring, for those of us who forgot. Heenan says Lawler is

in town, which shouldn't come as a shock to anyone because this is last

week's taping. Heenan goes on to call Tiny Tim a "dried up old prune," and,

in reference to the Hart parents: "Which one's Stu again?" After a Bam Bam

flurry, and subsequent Hitman flurry, Bigelow ends up on the outside of the

ring. Hart takes turns between hurting Bigelow on the outside and turning

to face Luna for no reason. They both go back in, and Hart climbs to the

top and does the flying sitdown on Bigelow. Apparently, this hurts his

knee, because the commentators spend the rest of the match talking about it.

We take an ad break, and when we come back, Hart is on the outside holding

his knee while Bigelow and Luna make out. Hart coms back in. Bigelow with

half hour suplex for 2. Devastating whip into the buckly. Hart tries to

come back with a cross body, but Bam Bam catches him and slams him. 2.

Headbutt. (Savage: "This guy's great!") Second headbutt. Third -- no,

Hart rolls away. Bigelow should know better, the third one NEVER works.

Hart with punches and impressive back suplex. Hart with punch, dropkick. 2

count for Hart. They trade blows, and Bigelow gets the better of the

matchup. Bigelow with dropkick that completely misses, but Hart sells.

Chokehold, and another ad break. We come back to the same hold. "Let's go

Bret! Let's go Bret!" Bigelow misses a dropkick, and Hart comes roaring

back. Punches, baaaaack body drop. Bigelow with headbutt, Hart answers

with elbow. 2 for Hart. Hart drags Bammer's hairless head across the rope.

Hart with headbutts to the extreme lower back (figure out Heenan's comment).

2 for Hart. Hart with clothesline from the ropes. 2 again. Hart with

punches and sleeper. Bigelow takes Hart to the corner to break the hold,

but Hart comes back with a reverse DDT. Yes, the Sharpshooter is imminent,

so let's cue Jerry Lawler, who is in the balcony next to the Harts, with a

working microphone. Of course, Hart breaks the hold and starts for the

balcony. He gets as far as the second row before Bigelow wakes up, goes

out, headbutts him, and brings him back. Lawler tries to carry the Harts in

an "interview," but the Harts rank very low on the clever rejoinder scale,

so Lawler flies solo, and is merciless with his comments. Hart gets

pummelled. Bigelow for 2. I wonder why, if he's so offensive to the

commentators, one doesn't find a why to turn off his mic. Bigelow misses

the BUTT drop from the top, Hart punches away. Hart with two clotheslines

(notice Hart isn't dumb enough to try three of anything) and a 2 count.

Hart with ANOTHER DDT variant, and off he goes to find Lawler. Yeah, why

bother to pin him. Referee "Blind" Dave Hebner gets to 10 faster than Nobbs

and Sags were fired, and that's that. By the time Hart gets to the balcony,

Lawler is long gone. Watch those security guards push kids out of the way

so the wrestlers can get through. Ha ha ha... Anyway, Hart ends up

consoling his "obviously" distraught parents.

 

 

Hakushi (w/Shinja) vs. Bret Hart

 

Once again, prior to the Hitman's entrance, Shinja produces the burlap

bag, and Hakushi extracts that faux cranium from it. Thank you once

again for sharing that with us, Hakushi. I understand Hakushi is

working on a rather unusual ventriloquism act in his spare time...

 

We interrupt this column to ask this very important question regarding

next week's main event: Do Savio and Razor have what it takes to take

the tag titles from Owen and Yokozuna? The answer: no, of course not.

We now return to your regularly scheduled main event, already in

progress.

 

Enter the Excellence of Execution. Unfortunately, he has nothing to

top Hakushi's performance, so he just hands out his glasses and gets on

with it. But Shinja, as luck would have it, snags his cufflink on the

Hitman's boot as he re-enters the ring. As Hart gets back out in order

to untangle them, Hakushi starts the match by leaping out of an

alternate dimension to land a chop to the Hitman's back. Hakushi

pounds Hart from pillar to post, or actually post to post, then drops

him over the railing, which will incur a $20 fine, due to the local

ordinances. A series of stomps, chops, and a scoop and slam lead up to

Hakushi's first big move, a belly-flop flip right onto the Hitman's

raised knees. Bret's turn. Atomic drop, clothesline, turnbuckle

souffle, followed by a taste of top rope for dessert. Various blows,

leading up to a backbreaker. More general roughing, all pretty dull,

so Hakushi decides it falls to him to liven things up. When Bret tries

to give him a cross-corner whip, Hakushi not only reverses it, but

makes like Hideo Nomo and tosses a vicious sinker that not only drops

like a stone but totally misses all three turnbuckles, leaving the

projectile, Bret, to squarely impact the base of the post. On second

thought, that's a bit too lively. Let's take an

 

-- ad break --

 

Hakushi finally rescues Bret from his precarious location, gives him a

cross- corner whip (three inches), and follows it with a backflip,

handspring, and shoulder right into Hart's face. 9.4 from the judges.

The Hitman slumps down, Hakushi presses him with his foot into order to

make sure he stays there, then does a corner-based variation on the

Bossman sit. Hakushi plays to the crowd, finds they really don't want

to play, and so he gets back to work. For his next trick, he

clotheslines Bret, but holds on to his arm in order to pull him right

back up for another clothesline. This sort of gives new meaning to the

term "rope-a-dope". After about three cycles of this, the Hitman has

had quite enough, blocks, and gives both of them a back suplex

headache. Hakushi recovers first, with a savant kick. Then, Hakushi

whips him, but Hart reverses, and does a gut-wrench suplex.

Unfortunately, he turns Hakushi a bit too far, and the Japan native is

able to land on his feet. Your turn to try it, Hitman. Bret gives it

his best shot, but can only land partially on his feet, the rest of his

body landing horizontal on Hakushi's knee in a backbreaker. Cover for

2. Next, Hakushi does another cross-corner whip, and this time gets

the whole six inches. Hakushi positions him just so, climbs the

turnbuckles... and nails the flying headbutt. Fortunately, Hakushi is

no Bam Bam Bigelow, so Hart kicks out at 2. Hakushi with a snap

suplex, and then, the Japanese version of the reverse chinlock, the

nerve pinch. Bret is quickly out of that, comes off the ropes, jumps

behind his opponent, and starts pushing him in the direction of the

ropes. Hakushi, confronted with three openings between the ropes,

decides to take the lowest one. Hart, unfortunately, had the highest

one in mind. As a result, friction with the mat allows Hakushi to stop

short of exiting the ring, while Bret has no such luxury. Hakushi

ascends the turnbuckles to ponder his next action with regard to the

floor-lying Hitman. "Jump, jump, jump!" urges Jerry Lawler.

Meanwhile, on a ledge somewhere in New York City...

 

-- ad break --

 

Bret's still on the floor, which is just as well for him, as he gets a

great view of Hakushi's next move, a cartwheel into a backflip *over*

the ropes and landing on the Hitman. The judges have no choice, they

all pull out their "10" cards. But while we are watching the replay on

double feature, the turning point in the match occurs: Hart rises

first, slugs Hakushi, then takes his skull, and another convenient skull

belonging the Shinja, and attempts to fuse them together. He doesn't

quite succeed in that, but the effect is sufficient. For his next

trick, the Hitman climbs up two ropes high, then jumps back off, again

flattening both of his Oriental opponents. Selecting the one with more

body art and less clothing, Bret Hart rolls him into the ring, and does

the backbreaker the way he had meant to in the first place. Two ropes

up for an elbow drop and a two-count. Shinja crawls up on the apron

for a better look, and Hart decides that will be okay, as long as

Shinja stays right there. Hart borrows from his brother-in-law and

executes a bulldog for 2, then a small package for 2. Vince is starting

to wonder what it will take to put Hakushi away. I'll give only one

hint: it has three syllables, and starts with an 's'. Bret tries a

roundhouse. Wrong. Hakushi ducks, and hits a back suplex. Up to

the top rope in a jiffy, Hakushi tarries there a while, then leaps.

Liftoff! Re-entry! Ouch! The canvas really felt that. Hart takes

the fallen flier, sits him atop another turnbuckle; no, better yet,

stands with him on top of the top turnbuckle, for about a big a suplex

as you can get. And would you know, that leaves Hakushi laid out,

flat on his back, legs spread out, just begging to be locked into a...

that it, a Sharpshooter! Hakushi has nothing left to fight it off.

Bret holds it a few extra seconds, then releases it, not because the

referee was starting to get on his case, but because a certain annoyance

named Shinja was coming in at six o'clock high. Bret Hart decides to

unload Jerry Lawler's entire repertoire on the would-be mime: two

punches, a face rake, and the coup de grace, a piledriver. Vince

strongly hints, well, be honest, outright says that this will likely

be the last we see of Shinja for a long while, in order that he can

devote himself full time to being the judge at the O. J. Simpson

trial. It's a dark night in the land of the rising sun (though

technically, it's, what, about 2 p.m. JST as this match takes place?)

Ah, here we are, at long last, time for the run-in, and it's... not,

as we would likely expect, Isaac Yankem Doodle, but instead,

Jean-Pierre LaFitte, who is making off with the bag containing Hakushi's

Hart-head. Don't ask me what this is supposed to mean, I can't make,

well, you know, or tails of it either. Bret Hart clearly has no idea

what has happened, nor can I think of any reason why he should care if

he did, either.

 

 

THOSE DAMN DUDLEYZ and NAPPY T v. KING EDGE & CHRISTIAN and KURT ANGLE in an elimination tables match - Angle wants to start for his team - oh, surely that's the BEER talking. Booker wants to start, but D-Von holds him back - so Angle gives *D-Von* the forearm in the back instead. Right, right, right, right, right, kick, kick, right, right, right, into the ropes, back elbow. Head to the buckle. Right, right, into the opposite corner is reversed, but Angle gets the elbow up. Angle with a running clothesline. Crowd responds to his "woooo!" with a whoop of their own. Tag to Christian, open shot. Right hand. Snapmares him over - kick in the back, kick in the head, stomp, overhand punches to the back (five). Stomp. Tag to Edge, open shot, into the ropes for a double hiptoss. Right hand by Edge. Gutshot, right, into the opposite corner - Edge runs at him, D-Von drops and dumps him onto the apron - Edge tries an apron run, ducking D-Von's clothesline...and unfortunately running into Bubba Ray's boot to the face. Bubba Ray takes Edge's head to the STEEL steps - why not put him through a table now? Because there's ten minutes left in the show, I suppose. Right, right, back in for D-Von - and now Booker gets the tag. Open stomp. T with a chop. Arm wringer...Edge reverses...T reverses back and connects with a back heel kick. Head to Bubba Ray's boot - tag to Bubba Ray. Open shot to the ribs. Right. Bubba Ray is screaming a lot. Another straight right. Choke on the second rope, knee in the back. Snapmares him over - kick between the shoudlerblade. Dropped headbutt - off the ropes with an elbowdrop. Double axehandle to the chest. Edge fires back to the gut - right, right, Dudley strikes him down again. D-Von in - into the ropes, double flapjack. D-Von covers - ha ha, who had D-Von in the "first guy to forget there are no pinfalls in this match" pool? Right hand, tag to Bubba Ray - scoop...and a slam. Bubba Ray is on the second rope - oh no, it's the dreaded SENTON THAT NEVER WORKS!! Bubba Ray has his "why do I ever TRY that move?" face on. Both men down - tag to Christian! Right hand for Bubba Ray, right hand for D-Von as he comes in, right hand for Booker T before HE can come in - ducks a swing from Bubba, floats into a snap Slop Drop, ducks a swing from D-Von and floats THAT into the perpendicular backbreaker - T coming in again, which brings in *Angle* - HE knocks him out of the ring and follows. Christian and Edge have Bubba - BIG double suplex! Whip is reversed on the outside and it's Angle going into the steps. Christian brings in a table - he and Edge set it up. But they've taken too long - Bubba Ray with a gutshot to Edge, and dumping him outside the ring - Christian doubles over when D-Von's trick knee acts up - 3D (Dudley Death Drop) takes Christian through the table...and out of the match. (5:24) As referee "Blind" Earl Hebner tries to clear the remains of the table out of the ring, Edge is back up...and coming off the rop with a double clothesline to both Dudleyz! Edge off the ropes - oops, he picked the side Booker T was standing on, so he shouldn't be TOO surprised when he finds himself tripped up and getting pancaked. T back in the ring - right hand, chop, kick (Chef Boyardee Double Feature of Christian's elimination)

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6.1 stomp, stomp, stomp, stomp - dirty look for Angle... Edge put in the ropes...duck, powerslam attempt fails, Edge down the back and hits the Edge-O-Matic! Bubba Ray comes in - Edge ducks his clothesline and keeps running until he hits D-Von with a forearm. Bubba Ray manages a cheap shot on Angle, though, then turns back to catch Edge with a hot shot. Bubba Ray outside and bringing a table in - Angle over to take Bubba Ray into the barricade, while inside the ring D-Von gets the table up. Edge hits the SPEAR! on D-Von...but Booker T surprises him with a spinebuster through the table! (7:15) Well, it's Angle alone now...let's see if he steps up. Right hand for Bubba Ray on the floor, back in - right for T, right for D-Von, right for T, right for D-Von, "Iblockyourpunchyoudon'tblockmine" for a returning Bubba, right, right, but D-Von manages to get one in - make that three. Stomp, stomp, stomp, stomp, T joins him for a double stompdown. Bubba Ray pulls him to centre, then drops a forearm. D-Von drops a forearm. T asks them to go outside, and let him have him alone. Scoop...and a slam. T off the ropes with the kneedrop. Tag to Bubba Ray. Scoop...and a slam. "Now you die!" D-Von with "What are you doing?" "D-Von!" "What?" "Let's get the damn tables." Booker T takes the chance to get in a bitchslap or two as the table it put in - the Dudleyz stay on the outside while T gets it ready. T has him in the front face and is going for the suplex...but Angle blocks! Another block! Third attempt - it's ANGLE with a suplex! Both Dudleyz come in - and they both get forearms for their troubles. Bubba runs at him - backdrop over the top rope to the outside! Ducks a swing from T - German suplex! D-Von put through the ropes! Angle goes outside as well - right for D-Von - Angle takes the table out on the floor and turns it ninety degrees. D-Von with a right - right, right, right...aha, now I see why he set it up that way - D-Von runs at Angle, but he catches him in a belly-to-belly overhead suplex - BUT THE TABLE DOESN'T BREAK!! That'll ruin their plans. Bubba Ray comes over - forearm in the back - again - open-handed slap - Angle fires back - now they're trading punches - now it's Angle alone - and now Angle is back over to D-Von with a right. Setting up that table again - a SECOND belly-to-belly overhead suplex breaks that table. (11:10) Angle back in the ring - Booker T ducks the clothesline - gutshot - off the ropes with the axe kick! T breakdances back up, pissing off Ross completely. T with some words for the crowd...and of he ends up walking into an OLYMPIC SLAM! Unfortunately, he doesn't hit the table square, and THAT one doesn't break Ross: "I wonder where these tables came from - Dudleyville, the Dudleyville lumber company?" Bubba Ray back in - trying to set up the table but one of the legs it toast - so he sets it up in the corner. Angle back up - right, tossed through the ropes. T with a forearm to Angle - but the whip is reversed and T makes SURE it breaks THIS time! (12:14) Man, Angle's gonna get five jobs out of three people - two men left. Right for Bubba Ray, Dudley fires back, Angle, Dudley, Angle, Dudley, Angle, Angle, Angle, crowd chants "Angle" (!), whip attempt is reversed by Dudley, pulled into a short clothesline but Angle ducks THAT...waistlock grabbed, but Dudley's trick knee acts up. Dudley going for a clothesline - Angle ducks but Hebner doesn't....ohhh he goes down. This is the cue for NICK PATRICK to amble out. Dudley chops Angle down - elbowdrop. Forearm to the head. Dudley outside...and coming back in, bringing a table with him. Dudley sets the table up - crowd chanting again - Dudley setting him up for the powerbomb, but Angle slides down the back - forearm in the back - going for the Olympic Slam - but Patrick moves the table out of the way! Angle is unhappy, and Patrick senses it...he goes to hightail it, only to be met outside the ring - head to the announce table! Again! Angle climbs onto the table and clamps on the Anglelock on Patrick! But THEOLD STONE COLD is out and sprinting over to the announce table - forearm in the back breaks up the anklelock! Repeated forearms in the back by Austin - Angle rolled into the ring - KICK WHAM STUNNER. Austin feeds him to Bubba Ray, who powerbombs him through the table. No ref, but we'll assume the bell rings here. (15:04) They play *Austin's* music...but not for long, as KANE, JERICHO & THE APA are out again - Austin hotfoots it through the crowd. Austin's music plays again as our final shot is of Angle in the remains of a table...out like a light. War Zone credits, WWF logo, see ya later!

 

 

BOOKER T (Houston, Texas - 256 pounds - with RAW is brought to you by Vin Diesel IS Triple X, a strange meat product IS Slim Jim, and a glorified speed alternative IS Stacker 2!) v. CHRIS BENOIT (Edmonton, Alberta - 229 pounds) to decide the #1 contender to the unified intercontinental championship

referee: NICK PATRICK

I hope Fit Finlay walks out and watches this match! Lockup, arm wringer by Benoit, T reverses, grabs a waistlock - shoves T into the ropes, T with a shoulderblock. T has taped ribs, did I mention? Lockup, arm wringer by T, Benoit shoves him into the corner, Patrick wants the break and gets it for a microsecond before Benoit drives his shoulder into those injured ribs, shoulder, shoved back into the corner, pulled out and shoved back again, forearm in the small of the back, into the ropes, T ducks the clothesline and gives Benoit a crescent kick. Chop, chop, whip is reversed into a gutshot by Benoit - Benoit with a backbreaker across the knee - 1, 2, no. T put into the corner back first. Benoit pulls him up - snap suplex. Cover, tix onsale crawl, 1, 2, no. European elbow, T elbows back, elbow, Benoit elbows, T reverses a whip attempt and pulls him into a big kick. Benoit chop, chop, in the ropes, reversed, T with a sleeper - Benoit turns in and gives T a death suplex. Benoit shakes it off and starts to...remove a turnbuckle cover from the second rope. Right, right by T, right by Benoit, T, Benoit, T, T chops, slap, into the ropes, big back body drop out. Clothesline. Benoit put in the ropes, Benoit ducks, but T hits a flying jalapeno. Benoit into the ropes again - T with a big spinebuster! T is going up top...but Benoit is back on his feet. So T gives him a missile dropkick instead! 1, 2, NO! Kick doubles Benoit over - T off the ropes...took too long, Benoit slips away from the axe kick! Right to the ribs by Benoit - grabs the waistlock - T back elbow, elbow, Benoit forearm in the back, grabs the waistlock again - German suplex! Benoit holding on - TWO! THREE! T back elbow, elbow, FINALLY unclasping his hands - tries a standing switch but Benoit also throws a mean elbow...off the ropes, ducks T's clothesline, waistlock - FOUR! And a bridge! 1, 2, NO! Benoit tries another suplex, T is out, Benoit ducks the roundhouse, Benoit with a slap, into the corner, T is up and over, crisscross rollup out - 1, 2, NO! Benoit runs T into the exposed eyebolt...then takes him down and applies the Crippler crossface! I didn't see him tap, but Patrick calls for the bell - either he gave up or he's out cold. (5:53) Benoit takes on van Dam next week. Replay shows T *did* tap - just the camera angle, okay.

 

 

WELL IT'S THE BIG SHOW (Tampa, Florida - 500 pounds) v. SPIKE DUDLEY (Dudleyville - 150 pounds)

referee: Robinson

Spike gives an expository glance at Bischoff on his way to the ring. Spike with a shoulder in the gut - lookit him bounce! Dropkick - is swatted away. Well it's the big stomp. Show rips off Dudley's shirt - stomp, stomp. Walks over his chest. Wow, is Spike WHITE. Knee to the (taped, natch) ribs. Well it's the big ram into the turnbuckle. Well it's the big forearm to the small of the back. ahhhhhhhhhhhTHECHOKESLAAAAAM - for some reason, I don't think he'll get up from that. 1, 2, 3. (1:03) Bischoff motions to Show to get a table. Show, get the table! But before Show can do anything, BUBBA RAY DUDLEY is out with an uppernut, chop, chop, chop, whip doesn't happen - Show attacks the injured arm. Show chokeslams Bubba Ray through Spike AND the table! Show yuks it up and so does Bischoff. Play his music!

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Doink def. Phil Apollo

Wasn't Phil Apollo one of the face Doinks a year or 2 later?

[Guest Choken One]

Who WASN'T?

 

This week isn't Historic...Which bodes well since all the previous HISTORIC weeks have sucked this year...

[Guest Boo_Bradley]

July 22, 2002

Rob Van Dam def. Jeff Hardy in a Ladder Match to unify the Intercontinental & European Titles

 

That should be considered Historic

 

 

PLUS: D Lo vs Stasiak was 3MW's debuet

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The Smoking Gunns def. Dwayne Gill & Glen Ruth

Who would've thought the jobbers in the match would've become former champions in the WWF. We all know Dwayne Gill as Gillberg, but you also have Headbanger Thrasher... well, not that anyone really cares, but still kinda interesting. I always find fun in that, like the time I found an old RAW tape and one half of the tag team jobbers fighting the "Two Dudes with Attitudes" was a young Chris Kanyon.

[Guest undisputedjericho]

Booker T & The Dudley Boyz NC Kurt Angle, Edge, & Christian in a Tables Elmination Match

How do you have a no contest in a table match?

 

That Thursday was when Kurt won the WCW title from Booker.

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Doink def. Phil Apollo

Wasn't Phil Apollo one of the face Doinks a year or 2 later?

Well I'm Bored sooooooooo...let's break out some old CRZ recaps for these matches.

 

Doink (The Clown) v. Phil Apollo - Vince amazes me with his move calling.

Vince mentions that Luger will talk about getting expelled from college, as

well as steroids in wrestling, in later interviews. Hmmmmmm. Doink wins

with the buttdrop off the top (I guess the Kunze Stump Puller is gone), then

give Savage a look. Taking the mic, *we* get an ad break instead.

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July 22, 2002

Rob Van Dam def. Jeff Hardy in a Ladder Match to unify the Intercontinental & European Titles

 

That should be considered Historic

 

 

PLUS: D Lo vs Stasiak was 3MW's debuet

JEFF HARDY (European champion - Cameron, North Carolina - 218 pounds) v. ROB VAN DAM (Intercontinental champion - Battle Creek, Michigan - 235 pounds) in a ladder match to unify the titles

Hardy walks underneath the ladder; van Dam does not. Chad Patton is outside the ring but ladder rules state he won't be neede 'til the end. Lockup, van Dam goes behind, standing switch, van Dam drops down with an armdrag, Hardy with a headscissors, both men back up. We go again. Lockup, side headlock by Hardy - van Dam powers out, Hardy up and over, van Dam with a dropkick but (I think) Hardy hooked the ropes and avoided contact. van Dam...goes for a cover? Well, they're rolling around on the mat - backing into the corner, Hardy punching the gut, kick, kick, into the opposite corner, Hardy up and tries to go over but the feel land on the shoulders...van Dam tries to pull Hardy out but finds himself on the wrong end of a headscissors takeover - van Dam against the ropes - Hardy clotheslines him out! Hardy grabs the ladder - van Dam back in - baseball slide dropkick to the ladder out! van Dam on the apron - moonsault to the floor! van Dam takes the ladder and sets it up under the title - Hardy just there in time - shot to the back - and pulls him hard into the centre. Stomp, stomp. Into the ropes is reversed, van Dam with the splits and Hardy is over - Hardy grabs van Dam's legs and does a split-legged double legdrop over them. Hardy puts the ladder inposition - climbing up - van Dam pulls him off, back first. van Dam grabs the ladder - Hardy up, dropkicking the ladder out of his hands. After sharing a look, each man leaves the ring on an opposite side and grabs another ladder from the floor. Two ladders in the ring, two men in the ring - there's a joust - they do it again - van Dam drops his ladder...so he hits Hardy's with a spin kick putting Hardy down. "RVD" chant will out volume squealing girls any day, I guess. Hardy placed on the ladder - van Dam off the ropes with a tumbling run splash. van Dam sets his own ladder underneath the belt and starts the climb - touching the belt - but Hardy is up after him - shots in the back - and a Russian legsweep off the ladder to the mat! Hardy puts his ladder on top of van Dam and climbs to the top - swantonbomb onto the ladder! That hurt both men but it looks like Hardy is up first. Foot Locker replay as Hardy starts up the ladder. van Dam up - climbing the opposite side - right, right, Hardy right, van Dam right, reaching but not finding, right, right, sunset flip over the top of the ladder and Hardy goes down powerbomb style! Give THAT a Foot Locker replay from the belt cam! van Dam drops the leg out of the spin - Hardy on the ladder - Rolling Thunder by Rob van Dam! Ladder standing again. Hey, remember last year when these guys were doing this for the hardcore title? Is this elevation? Hardy up - using HIS ladder to strike van Dam - Hardy climbing up - van Dam back kick, back kick, kicks out the ladder and Hardy flips to the mat. van Dam with a SPLASH from HIS ladder! Foot Locker replay of Hardy's tumble...and van Dam's (not a frog) splash - van Dam is up - he's gonna get it this time - got it. Ladies and gentlemen, we have a new - 37th, and final - European champion. (6:58) From here on out (well, for tonight anyway) he's the "unified intercontinental champion." van Dam helps Hardy up and raises his hand post-match. Let's take one more replay of the final two moves.

 

 

SHAWN STASIAK (already in the ring) v. D'LO BROWN (already in the ring)

referee: JACK DOAN

You know, I wouldn't expect this match to go longer than TWO minutes, actually. Kick by Stasiak, right, suplex - no, Brown on his feet - bodyslam, cover, 1, 2, no. Into the ropes, heel kick. 1, 2, no. Right, into the ropes is reversed, Brown ducks, Stasiak with a powerlsam for 2. "Thirty seconds!" Hey, that actually WAS thirty seconds! Brown with a small package for 2. European uppercut by Stasiak - he goes to an armbar. "What the hell are you doing? You got two minutes - what is THAT?" So Stasiak moves to a hammerlock - "All right, thirty seconds!" - scoop - slam on the hammerlock. Kneedrop - "ten nine eight" - cover, 1 - "seven six five...you should have entertained me." Right. "Four" Right. "Three" - Right, left, right - "Two" - TWO BIG SAMOAN LOOKIN' GUYS hit the ring. "One!" Brown gets whipped, pressed up and Samoan dropped down. Stasiak gets a full nelson into a slam. Brown takes a top rope splash - and Stasiak gets a Vaderbomb. I'm guessing these are the "Island Boyz." They leave the ring....and we go to an ad break. Oh, yeah - let's stop the official time at "One" and call it (1:28)

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The Smoking Gunns def. Dwayne Gill & Glen Ruth

Who would've thought the jobbers in the match would've become former champions in the WWF. We all know Dwayne Gill as Gillberg, but you also have Headbanger Thrasher... well, not that anyone really cares, but still kinda interesting. I always find fun in that, like the time I found an old RAW tape and one half of the tag team jobbers fighting the "Two Dudes with Attitudes" was a young Chris Kanyon.

Um well okay CRZ didn't really go into detail with jobber matches during his early recapping:

 

Smoking Scotsmen v. Dwayne Gill & Glen Ruth - Heenan says Glen's mother, who

Lord Alfred Hayes dated for awhile, is Dr. Ruth. Heenan saves this overlong

match.

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Booker T & The Dudley Boyz NC Kurt Angle, Edge, & Christian in a Tables Elmination Match

How do you have a no contest in a table match?

 

That Thursday was when Kurt won the WCW title from Booker.

Actually re-reading the recap of the match (which is posted) the Alliance could have been considered the winners of the match but since there was no ref around at the end I guess technically it goes as a no contest.