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[Guest Brian]

I’m heading into shorter reports, so that I can do this in less time. Not as much play-by-play. Angle development again in this show, RAW is loaded with good matches and enough time. Hopefully, it’s still as enjoyable and should be an easier read. If you’re not following me, I’ll give you the Survivor Series card as of before this show:

 

WWF Title: The Rock vs. Stone Cold Steve Austin (Winning company gets WWFE)

WCW Title: Chris Jericho vs. The Undertaker

 

If you’re following the show, you can see a card coming together. Next week begins the Cruiserweight G-1 Tournament, and because I haven’t transcribed the job my announcers and X-Pac have been doing (in theory), here’s the rules:

 

- Two brackets of six cruiserweight wrestlers (Bracket A: Rey Mysterio, Matt Hardy, Juventud Guerrera, Spike Dudley, Hurricane Helms, and Essa Rios) (Bracket B: Tajiri, Mystery Alliance Member, Sho Funaki, Chavo Guerrera, TAKA Michinoku, and Billy Kidman).

- Round Robin Tournament based on points (two for win, one for draw, zero for loss).

- Action will take place on house shows and TV. All matches will be released on two tapes.

- The winner of Bracket A faces the person in second place of Bracket B, likewise for the other two. Winners of both matches will meet in a winner take all match to designate the winner of the tournament and the number one contender to X-Pac dual titles. The winner will also face X-Pac at the Royal Rumble PPV.

 

Now that I’ve updated everyone, onto the show:

 

 

WWF SmackDown – 11/8/01

 

Austin cuts a promo on RVD, basically saying that RVD needs to go back to basics after costing him the match on Monday, and Austin recommends that RVD leave an open challenge tonight for the hardcore title. As for the Rock, Austin has a special opponent for him. He thinks that there’s one man in the locker room who has a lot to prove tonight, a man who’s come back after leaving and has declared himself a free agent. He thinks Shamrock…what…Ken Shamrock…what…the world’s most dangerous man, to prove just how good he is tonight against the Rock. Shamrock’s music hits, and he tells Austin that he doesn’t have to prove anything. Especially to the Rock, a man he defeated for the King of the Ring title in 1998. But Shamrock is in the mood for an ass kicking, and he can show everyone who forgets just what he’s about today. The camera focuses on Austin with a grin on his face.

 

Backstage in the commissioner’s office, Kane, Angle, and the APA are all in the back complaining about Booker T, Shamrock, and Test respectively. Foley says he’ll solve all their problem by booking the seven of them, and an alliance member of their choosing, in a Survivor Series’ match, and Regal looks on stunned and disgusted.

 

 

<Commercial Break>

 

 

We return backstage to see Storm run down Helms on how the Hurricane is not working for him and how people will never see him as a threat if this continues. Storm says the match on RAW was the last straw. Storm says that after talking with Justin Credible, he’s decided to leave the ship before it sinks anymore. He leaves Helms with one word of advice before going: “Vertibreaker.”

 

Intercontinental Championship (Alliance banned from ringside)

Edge vs. Tazz

Tazz had asked earlier in the night that the Alliance be banned from ringside, with Christian reacting unhappily. Trade off offense early, lots of counters until Tazz no sells a clothesline. Tazz starts punding away and works the neck. Different tazplex variations. Edge makes a comeback, which gets stopped by Tazz. He pounds away and goes for a dragon tazplez, but edge reverses and takes control. Double knockout, and Spike Dudley goes down to the ring. Tazz locks the Tazmission, sees Spike and starts to show off, but doesn’t pay enough attention to Edge, and Edge breaks the hold and misses a clothesline, but Edge gets caught in a waistlock, flips over on the German suplex, and catches Tazz with the downward spiral for the win at 6:12. Christian rushes the ring but Edge fights him off, and as Tazz gets up and Spike hits the Dudley Dog on him; and he and Edge return to the back.

 

Jeff Hardy and X-Pac sign a contract for their match at Survivor Series in the Commissioner’s office.

 

 

<Commercial Break>

 

 

Backstage, Austin and RVD are talking in the back. Austin says eventually, RVD will get better and not lose matches like that, more like Stone Cold; but RVD’s just fine being “R-V-D”. Austin says that, “You’re never going to be a great superstar like that, and you should be helping out your fellow Alliance members in their Survivor Series match. Prove that RVD can win matches.” RVD accepts.

 

WCW Tag Team Titles

Dudleys vs. The Hollies vs. The Impact Players

A brawl from the get go, as both teams cycle through a lot of spots quickly too heat up the crowd. Hollies and Impact Players eventually get brawling on the outside, and when Crash escapes into the ring, the Dudleys hit the 3-D for the win at 4:37. Impact Player continue to brawl with Hardcore before he gets a double superkick.

 

Test says he’ll rip Angle’s head off before the Survivor Series tonight on SmackDown, and takes the US title in the process.

 

 

<Commercial Break>

 

 

Backstage, Farooq tells Bradshaw that he thinks he should take a shot at hardcore title tonight so he can give RVD a taste of what’s going to happen at Survivor Series. Bradshaw says RVD shouldn’t have stuck his nose in their business.

 

Albert and X-Pac vs. the Hardys

Jeff and X-Pac meet in the ring with a grapple. Usual matwork by X-Pac, as he leads into an armdrag. He tags in Albert, and Albert takes control. Albert works over Jeff, and Jeff tries to make the comeback with a sunset flip, but Albert goes wild and tags in X-Pac. X-Pac works over Jeff and goes for the broncobuster, but Jeff dodges, and catches X-Pac coming off the corner with a dropkick. Albert comes charging in, and Jeff hits another dropkick. Matt comes out and they hit the poetry in motion on X-Pac. Matt gets up and gives Albert the Twist of Fate, and Jeff gets the Swanton Bomb for three at 5:09.

 

Booker T is in the back saying he’s going to get Kane tonight one-on-one for challenging him at Survivor Series. Kane can protect his big brother but who’s going to protect him.

 

 

<Commercial Break>

 

 

US Championship

Angle vs. Test

Angle comes out with a mic and says that Test doesn’t even value the European title like Angle did when he was the champ, and for that he’ll get his assed kick. Kurt rushes the ring only to get stomped by Test. Angle gets whipped and Test goes for the big boot early, but Angle fights back with the right hands. Up against the ropes and Angle whips Test across. Test reverses but Angle holds on and goes for the Angle Slam; Test drops behind Angle and gets him in a waistlock, and Angle uses a drop toehold to catch Test in the ankle lock. Test makes the ropes, and Angle breaks the hold. Angle catches Test with a chop block, and works the leg. Angle lifts Test up and hits him with a kneebreaker, followed into a figure four attempt, but Test kicks Angle away with his good leg. Test tries to get up but Angle kicks the floor right out from under him. Back to the leg for Angle. Angle gets a single leg grapevine, but Test makes the ropes. Angle carries Test up and pushes him against the ropes, but Test reverses the whip and backdrops Angle, who hits the mat and rolls to the outside. They brawl on the outside with Test in control, and Test throws Angle into the stairs. Back in the ring, and Test whips Angle against the ropes and hits a clothesline for two and a half. Test picks Angle up and throws him into the corner, but Angle hits Test with and elbow as he’s heading in. Angle comes charging with a clothesline, but Test ducks and hits a neckbreaker for two. Test back up with Angle and whips him into the ropes. Angle ducks the big boot and goes for the Angle slam, but Test drops and reverses that into a sidewalk slam for a near fall. Test whips Angle again, who ducks a clothesline, and catches the big boot into the ankle lock for the tap at 8:45. Booker T rushes the ring to get some shots on Angle, but Undertaker and Kane make the save.

On the SmackDown screen shows Jericho, who comes on as Undertaker is in the ring. Jericho: “Undertaker, I’m sorry you got in my way on Monday. But you’re also getting in my way at Survivor Series. Y2J deserves better than you. Why do I have to be the one with everything to lose? What about you, what have you put on the line? Nothing. A dozen years of destruction, that’s what I want. I want to end your career at Survivor Series! I want to never…eeeeeever, see your face on my television again after that day.”

(Undertaker and Kane stand stunned, as Angle gets up oblivious to what happened)

 

 

<Commercial Break>

 

 

Backstage the Cruiserweight G-1 match-ups for next week are posted. All the cruiserweights gather, with Eddy looking or. TAKA draws the mystery opponent on RAW. Rey and Juvi draw a SmackDown match against each other. Eddy: “You’re going to give them a hell of a match SA’s.”

 

Hardcore Championship

RVD vs. Farooq

Big brawl from the start. Farooq lays in some stiff shots, and throws RVD against the ropes and hits a big spinebuster. Pin for two, and Farooq goes bouncing off the ropes and attempts a splash. RVD dodges, and comes back up with some right hands. RVD tosses Farooq into the ropes and does a leapfrog, then his splits as Farooq comes back the other way, but Farooq stops and hits RVD with a forearm to the back of the neck. Farooq takes control and whips RVD across. RVD gets a backbody drop on the way back. Pin for two. Farooq works over RVD in the corner. He whips RVD across but RVD uses the turnbuckle to slingshot over a RVD hits some kicks in the corner. RVD gets cocky and Farooq picks him up and throws him in the corner. RVD blocks a punch, and springboards off the ropes with kick. Rolling thunder off the ropes gets two. RVD picks up Farooq and whips him across, goes for the superkick but Faroor rolls out by the announcers table and grabs a chair, but RVD hits baseball slide sending Farooq to the barrier. RVD throws the chair in the ring, then moves over to Farooq who kicks him in the gut and goes for a suplex. RVD reverses it and drops Farooq on the barrier. Up on the apron RVD hits the spinning leg drop to Farooq. RVD throws Farooq back in the ring, and covers him for two and a half. RVD picks him up and whips him into the ropes, but Farooq kicks him and goes for the Dominator, but RVD drops out of it and hits a superkick, and gets the five star frogsplash for the win at 5:27.

 

 

<Commercial Break>

 

 

Austin tells Tazz that he’s disappointed in him; that his three wins got him nowhere. Tazz says he’ll get his revenge, but Austin better look out for himself.

 

Booker T vs. Kane

Even match to start until Kane gets control. Basically beats Booker around the ring until Booker hits a spinning heel kick. Booker takes control and works Kane’s arm. Kane makes a comeback and goes for a chokeslam, but Booker breaks the hold and hits the bookend for the win at 4:12. Basic match.

 

 

<Commercial Break>

 

 

Rock vs. Ken Shamrock

Rock and Shamrock do a big counter sequence which ends with Shamrock going for the ankelock and Rock making the ropes. They go at it again and Rock gets the urinage, but Shamrock elbows out and they go neutral again. Rock charges at Shamrock for a grapple but Shamrock goes ape-shit chopping away at his knees with some kicks. Rock in the corner and Shamrock lays it in, and get a choke with the foot. Ref break it, and Shamrock whips a limping Rock across the ring. Shamrock charges and Rock hits an elbow, and tosses Shamrock in the corner. Right hands by the Rock, but Shamrock blocks the fourth and starts chopping at the knee again. Shamrock with a knee-breaker into a single leg grapevine. Rock makes the ropes, but Shamrock drag him back into the middle of the ring. Elbows to the knee and back to the grapevine. Rock again makes the ropes and Shamrock picks him up by the leg. Dragon screw by Shamrock, and he hooks the leg for two. Shamrock hangs the Rock’s leg in the ropes in the corner, and starts to kick away at it, but Rock fights out with the right hands. Shamrock catches one and send him into the ropes, but Rock hits the Maivia Hurricane. Both men back up and they slug it out. Rock tries to whip Shamrock, but Shamrock reverses and send the Rock, drops his head and allows Rock to hit a sunset flip. Shamrock rolls through on the sunset flip and out of the ring, and the Rock slides out. He tries to throw Shamrock out to the stairs, but Shamrock reverses and send the Rock knee-first into the steps. Shamrock gets Rock back in the ring, and goes right for the ankle lock, but Rock makes the ropes. Shamrock brings the Rock up and goes for the whip, but Rock reverses and hits the spinebuster but collapses. (Austin moves to the ring) Ref starts the count, and both guys get up around eight and trade punches. Rock gets the first whip and drops his head, and Shamrock goes for a fishermen’s suplex with the bad leg hooked, but Rock breaks and kicks him for a DDT, but Shamrock blocks and goes for the Northern Lights. Rock jumps off behind him, but falls wrong on his knees onto the ropes for support. Shamrock charges to try and hit the Rock, but Rock charges and hits a clothesline. Rock gets up and gets ready for the people’s elbow, but Austin get on the apron and the Rock jaws with Austin, throws the armband at him and bounces off the first rope, the second, sets up the elbow but Shamrock curls the leg and gets the ankle lock. Rock doesn’t submit, but passes out under the pain at 12:03. Austin starts to get in the ring but Shamrock shoots him the evil eye as he’s celebrating and Austin backs off. Camera fades off focused on Austin with a big smirk on his face.

[Guest Undisputed Champion]

Awesome! This is the best fantasy booking on this board.