OAO One Night Stand

[Hunter's Torn Quad 0]

--No real major news coming out of last night's show. It was Rob Van Dam's swansong, unless plans change. There were no major injuries coming out of the show, although I have to presume at least some of the guys in the ladder match woke up knowing they'd been in combat. The RVD vs. Orton finish was changed because they thought everyone knew, and then when they did it, realized it didn't appear anything but a tiny percentage of the crowd knew. Oh well.

[mysterious_w 0]

How come for the lumberjacks match MVP was introduced as US Champion but Chavo wasn't introduced as Cruiserweight Champion? And how long has it been since he's been on PPV?

 

Vengeance could be really good if they make it 3 and a half hours long and cut down on the number of video packages. As long as they get some time, the Cruiserweight, US, WWE Tag Team and World Tag Team matches could all be very good.

[Hawk 34 0]

MVP wasn't even a lumberjack. You're probably confused with Marella. Whom got far to much time last night.

 

The Marella-Maria thing can't end well. As for the titles, there are 9 titles and that's just one more then the usual # of matches. Wouldn't be shocked to see them set up a 4 Corners match wtih either both tag titles on the line to tease a unification or the same with the US/IC titles.

[mysterious_w 0]

Aww... now you've just given me a fantasy booking idea that's so awesome in my mind that it'll obviously never happen. Londrick beat D&D on SMackdown this week, everyone escapes getting split up in the draft, and there's a tag team unification bout between Hardy's, MNM, and WGTT. Which would be the greatest 3-way tag bout (and probably greatest tag bout overall) since the Dudleys/Hardys/E&C wars of 2000-2001.

[Jingus 0]

The facts about the poor unfortunate Mr Ong and the rich and prosperous Mr Singh.

 

http://www.hershlaw.com/caseinv/ci_oth_cp.html

 

The case was filed by Norman and May Ong of Concord, California on behalf of their son Brian Ong who died as a result of injuries suffered during an Open Gym night at All Pro Wrestling in Hayward. Brian Ong, then 27 years old, began All Pro Wrestling Hayward's Beginner's Camp in March, 2001 and was fatally injured on May 28, 2001 as a result of being thrown to the mat twice after being asked to volunteer to "receive" a professional wrestling move (called the "flapjack") from a 7 foot, 400 pound wrestler who was being specially trained by APW to be a professional wrestler.

 

The evidence showed that Brian Ong "had his bell rung", meaning having some sort of head injury and being woozy and disoriented after being thrown to the mat the first time he tried the move and was killed after being thrown the second time.

 

....

 

Mr. Ong, age 24, enrolled in All Pro Wrestling's Hayward, CA Boot Camp and was fatally injured as a result of being thrown to the ground in a practice wrestling maneuver. According to the complaint, Mr. Ong suffered a concussion during a practice session and instead of being advised to seek medical attention and take time off from his training to fully recover, he was given a lower evaluation for not avoiding injuries and was told to continue practicing and performing.

 

The complaint goes on to state that Mr. Ong, at 5 feet, 7 inches and 185 pounds, was subsequently pitted against a sparring partner more than twice his size and that the enormous disparity in size between Mr. Ong and his opponent, a massive 7 feet, 3 inches and weighing 400 pounds, increased the risk of harm to Mr. Ong. He was thrown twice off his sparring partner's shoulders, lost consciousness when his head hit the floor and died in the ambulance on the way to the hospital. All Pro Wrestling did not provide Mr. Ong with any protective gear or any supervision by APW staff, and the floor mats provided were not adequate to cushion the impact of such maneuvers.

 

http://www.khali.info/the-great-khali-brian-ong-incident (with handy diagrams).

 

What happened was that, Brian Ong got towards Khali, Khali got down, Brian hopped on his back, but as Khali got up and pushed him above, Brian didn't bounce off in tandem and instead he grabbed Khali's shirt, which caused him to turn 90 degrees and land on his skull.

 

(Note that the latter source also says that the majority of Khali's critics are either racist, people who think all wrestling sucks, going with kayfabe, Undertaker marks or cruiserweight fans, so it might be a little biased.)

 

Both of those explanations have one massive hole in them: that's not what a flapjack is. With a flapjack, the guy giving the move grabs the bumper, hoists him up into the air, and then falls backward onto the mat, having the other guy take a face bump.

 

Those sites seem to be describing something more like a backdrop. Except with a backdrop, you're supposed to land on your BACK, not your face.

 

There is no move in wrestling where you bend down, an opponent charges you, you straighten up, and then they go flying in the air and land on their face (unless your opponent is Jack Evans who can do a 450 anytime, anywhere). These "explanations" are describing a move that doesn't exist.

[King Cucaracha 0]

The Marella-Maria thing can't end well.

 

I get the feeling some bright-spark on the booking team saw the two together on a runsheet or something, thought "Tee hee, Maria Marella, that's a funny name" and justified his yearly salary by deciding they should pair them together.

 

It either gets dropped within a month, or Marella turns into a sleazy Italian-stereotype heel off of it (Salvatore Sincere K7, don't act like you don't want it.)