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Post by Neo Zeed on Sept 1, 2023 16:29:39 GMT
 Denver Coliseum(Denver, CO)
March 25th, 1996Judgement Night hits the cable airwaves on USA Network with a hard opening shot of a COMPLETELY sold out Denver Coliseum, fans are packed to the rafters with over 9,000 here going CRAZY as we return to US soil tonight for the first time after a massively successful Canadian tour! The host of Judgement Night is shown standing in the middle of the ring with geographically appropriate outfit as the crowd goes bonkers around her.... The most searched for personality on AOL today opens the show with an introductory monologue about how THIS is the wildest, most controversial, most unpredictable 2 hours on cable TV today, and TONIGHT we are back in the saddle from the Denver Coliseum in the USA(crowd POPS!), where ANYTHING goes, THIS is JUDGEMENT NIGHT... The crowd loses it as Sunny's opening fades into a highlight montage set to Tupac's All Eyez On Me, showing clips of Sting and The Ultimate Warrior in their early days in Mid-South Wrestling as The Blade Runners.... Warrior and Sting's career highlights are woven through clips of various World Tag League battles and moments from last week; clips of Steve Austin and Shane Douglas being arrested after the near riot they started in Calgary, the barbaric "Maximum Violence" match last week that hospitalized both Terry Funk and Cactus Jack(Pillman pushing the ladder over that sent them careening off of the entrance stage through a triple stack of flaming tables), Taz's incredible German Suplex of the 600 pound Yokozuna last week on Bushido at the Budokan, Randy Savage's flying elbow drop that put Jeff Jarrett away, Sabu's triple jump moonsault off the referee's back against Mike Rotunda, rounding out with clips of Shawn Michaels and Bret Hart's training footage from their respective training camps for the last 6 weeks.... PYRO explodes over the ring and on the entrance stage as Jim Ross shouts over the noise and the crowd, we are LIVE and we are just 6 DAYS away from Best Of The Best III: Redemption City Showdown '96 live on pay per view this Sunday night from Japan at the Tokyo Dome! Tonight we are set for a monumental clash, all eyez are on Judgement Night tonight live here in the Denver Coliseum to see the reunion of The Ultimate Warrior and STING! These two former tag team partners split up and went their separate ways almost a decade ago, Sting went to WCW, while Warrior went to WWF. Both of them have dominated this sport individually as WORLD CHAMPIONS and now, TONIGHT, LIVE, here on the USA Network, The Blade Runners ARE BACK! Jim Ross and Joey Styles opening from the commentary booth is suddenly interrupted when the dreaded hot shot wannabe 90's wiz kid; Lance Wright, leads out Lex Luger and Rob Van Dam to a chorus of boos!....
In The Ring:
Hype Central Promotions(Lex Luger & Rob Van Dam W/Lance Wright)
Luger and Van Dam taunt the crowd with total complete arrogance and deeply unlikeable confidence. Lance Wright has emerged here in Best Of The Best as one of the fastest rising new managers in this sport's history once he signed the hottest free agent; "The Total Package" to his new startup sports representation agency "Hype Central Promotions". It's a new age, it's 1996, it's not the 80's anymore, this isn't Jimmy Hart and Hulk Hogan, Captain Lou Albano, no Lance Wright is on the cutting edge of all of the movers and shakers for any sports agent in the industry, he's a smart, intelligent man that is on the edge of all the changes approaching this sport, AOL, the internet, the new millennium. It was Lance Wright that signed the hottest international martial arts superstar Rob Van Dam and has established him as one of the sport's true future stars. Hype Central was truly put on the map two weeks back when Luger put Sting away with a victory that catapulted him up the Top 10 Rankings(Luger currently is ranked #4). Sting did not protest the defeat despite the fact that he was screwed over and cheated by Lance Wright and Rob Van Dam, he just got even with a vicious attack here last week on Judgement Night.... Lance Wright addresses the big match tonight saying that this tag team main event signifies all of his hard work for everything he's done and sacrificed to get Hype Central Promotions off the ground in 1996. Nobody gave him a chance, nobody believed in him, but look at them now headlining this program on live television in the biggest match of this promotion's history here tonight! All of a sudden Wright is interrupted when Sting and The Ultimate Warrior appear together on the Jumbo Tron over the entrance stage! The crowd loses it! Sting and Warrior are JACKED for tonight's main event, the Blade Runners ARE BACK! For one night only, to KICK SOME ASS!(HUGE pop!)... The Stinger informs Lance Wright that the Blade Runners have put in a request with the Championship Council for some additional security, so that things dont get out of hand lie they did in Stinger's loss to Lex Luger two weeks ago. Sting drops the bombshell that there has been a special guest referee signed for tonight's main event, and that man is.... AHMED JOHNSON! The crowd goes bonkers as Ahmed steps into the camera shot on the Jumbo Tron wearing a sleeveless black and white striped referee shirt! Sting and Warrior are fired up! Luger, Wright, and Van Dam are outraged! It's ON! Sting & The Ultimate Warrior vs Lex Luger & Rob Van Dam with Ahmed Johnson as special guest ref! TONIGHT!
World Tag League Match:
Owen Hart & The British Bulldog(2-2-1)
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The Public Enemy(0-5)After commercials we get the entrances of Owen Hart and The British Bulldog, who again come out for the second week in a row without Jim Cornette. Owen & Bulldog aren't antagonizing the crowd or pandering to them either, they are just focused on the ring and this upcoming bout as they are still very much in the hunt in the Tiger Division of the WTL. Joey Styles notes that this World Tag League has brought out different aspects of all of these teams in this competition over the last 5 weeks, perhaps Owen and Bulldog experiencing the crowd reaction they did in their home arena in Calgary last week really lit a competitive fire under them as they both seem more focused than ever.... Public Enemy come out next to Inni Kimoze Here Comes The Hot Stepper, carrying A TABLE! The crowd boo's when all of a sudden security and referees rush out to stop them, informing them that they CAN NOT take the table down to the ring! Rocco and Johnny Grunge put up a surprisingly competitive battle even without their table or any weapons. After weathering an initial onslaught from Owen and Bulldog they fight back with Rocco hitting Owen with a springboard moonsault press off the ropes for a 2 count. Johnny Grunge hits Bulldog later on with a slingshot somersault plancha to the floor! Later on Rocco hits Owen with a rana off the apron to the floor! Owen and Bulldog regain the momentum with Bulldog sending Rocco careening into the steel steps with sickening force! The finish comes at 5:14 after PE miss with their Drive By finisher, then Bulldog puts Rocco Rock away with a vicious running power slam for the 1, 2, 3. Owen and Bulldog celebrate the victory with intensity after moving their record to 3-2-1, keeping them in the hunt for the race for 1st place in the Tiger Division of the WTL! On Location:
The Benny Hinn MinistriesWe cut away from Bulldog and Owen's celebration to a special feature on the rise of the Benny Hinn Ministries faith based support program open for athletes all around the world to come and receive the Lord's blessings on their careers. Hinn's ministries are nearing completion on an 11,600 square foot athletic training facility located at his mega church in Atlanta(all financed by Evander Holyfield donating all of his winnings from his victory over Karelin at BOTB II last month). Benny Hinn took great interest in Best Of The Best after it was revealed that Lou Thesz's original World Championship Of Pro Wrestling contained melted down materials from the original Spear Of Destiny that killed Jesus on the crucifix. Thesz gave the title to Antonio Inoki recently to put on the line in the 10 Man Mega Battle against the KOK at BOTB III this weekend in Tokyo... The video feature plays with One Of Us by Joan Osborne playing in the background as it shows Hinn casting his supernatural Jesus powers onto Ted Dibiase, a former villain that suffered from greed but has turned a new leaf. Dibiase donated most of his fortune to the Hinn ministries after being anointed on Hinn's televangelist program on TBN. The Hinn Ministries instituted Dibiase as their ambassador for their faith based athletic outreach program with an open door for all Best Of The Best wrestlers. The first to step forward were the former WCW Tag Team Champions The American Males, Marcus Bagwell and Scotty Riggs. Riggs and Bagwell struggled in BOTB earlier this year but have since gone 4-1 in the World Tag League ever since Dibiase took them under his wing. The team recently appeared on the Trinity Broadcasting Network to reveal their name change from The American Males to The American Power Team!Benny Hinn is the one true conduit for the supernatural powers of Jesus Christ. His touch and his energy has powerful physical effects to heal, inspire, change, we've seen it in action with Evander Holyfield, and now The American Power Team. Bagwell and Riggs recent appearance on TBN with Jan Crouch is shown in the feature with Hinn present to give his blessings for protection as the APT prepares to face off against The Eliminators this Saturday Night on Shockwave on TBS! It's a battle of 4-1 teams fighting for second place in the Dragon Division and the toughest test yet for the new attitudes of the APT. The feature moves along to show another recent wayward soul that has found refuge at Hinn's athletic outreach program, none other than the wrestler formerly known as The Native American Tatanka....  The video shows Tatanka on his recent appearance on Benny Hinn's program on TBN surrounded by Bagwell, Riggs, Hinn, Dibiase and Jan Crouch as they pray over him to rid him of all of his savage Native American heritage, replacing his evil spiritual beliefs with Jesus, washing him in the blood. Benny Hinn cuts a promo in the video about how the blood of Jesus will wash away all of the Indians evil traditions and devilish ways, wiped off the face of the earth with no trace of their evil history. The moment Hinn puts his hands on Tatanka he immediately drops to the floor with a slam and begins convulsing and foaming at the mouth! When he's revived he's no longer Tatanka, he's Chris Chavis, the Christian name he was given. The video shows Chavis dying the red out of his hair, trashing his feathered head dress and everything else he owns that identifies him as his native heritage. Chavis is shown in an interview talking about the guidance he's gotten from Ted Dibiase, who reached out to him to help him find his way here. Under this new program with the Hinn Ministries Chavis hopes to spread the gospel to all Native Americans to save all of their souls from a fiery damnation for an eternity in Hell, punishment for believing in the wrong god. After his baptism Chris Chavis has began training with Hinn's athletic program to make a comeback in the sport of wrestling here in Best Of The Best.... Music Video:
Firestarter by The ProdigyAfter the commercial break we get a hard hitting highlight montage music video set to brand new music by The Prodigy, showcasing all of the key moments in the build up to Best Of The Best III: Redemption City Showdown '96. The clip weaves highlights of Eddie Guerrero vs Dean Malenko's battles throughout the past three years going back to their days in New Japan with Eddie as Black Tiger, all the way up to the very first match in BOTB history when they battled on Shockwave back in January. Sabu and Vader's showdowns and violent attacks on each other are shown with footage of The Ultimate Warrior fighting with Ahmed Johnson back in Vegas at BOTB II. The video goes through all of the training footage of Bret Hart and Shawn Michaels, both of whom were removed from the traveling road schedule to train exclusively for the last 6 weeks for what will be the biggest match in this sport in a long time. Bret Hart returned home to Calgary for his training camp, which seen him return to work with his legendary father Stu Hart, as well as a grueling training camp that brought in guests like Olympic gold medalist wrestler Kevin Jackson, The Thrillseekers, even one of the arch rivals of Shawn's mentor Jose Lothario; Mil Mascaras. Bret even went as far as bringing in "Gentleman" Chris Adams and famous Canadian kickboxer Jean Yves Therault to train on countering and avoiding Shawn's Sweet Chin Music. Bret left Canada to acclimate in Japan for the final 2 weeks of training prior to the epic showdown in the Tokyo Dome... ![]() For Shawn Michaels he returned home to San Antonio Texas to train with his mentor Jose Lothario. Michaels was shown training with fellow Kliq members along with traveling upstate to Austin to work with elite strength and conditioning coach at the University Of Texas. Michaels took his training camp to Big Bear high altitude training camp where he worked with boxing legend Oscar De La Hoya on his conditioning. Michaels returned to Texas to Dallas where he was revealed to have worked with UFC Champion Ken Shamrock and his Lions Den submission wrestling academy on specific counters and reversals for Bret's Sharpshooter. Through an exchange of interviews recently both Shawn and Bret challenged each other to make their bout in the Tokyo Dome a 60 Minute Iron Man Match! The news was broken today that The Championship Council has approved the stipulation, it is now OFFICIAL, this will be an IRON MAN MATCH! Shawn proved he could go the distance back at BOTB I when he wrestled a total of over 73 minutes, including a losing effort against Sting in the opening match, a 48 minute winning performance in the 30 Man Champions Rumble, followed by capturing the Undisputed Title by defeating Ric Flair in an impromptu match immediately after winning the Rumble...
The music video rounds out with footage of the carnage the Kings Of Kings have wreaked on Japanese pro wrestling. The destructive invasion of NJPW by Nobuhiko Takada's UWFI group, the invasion of AJPW by Akira Maeda's Rings group, and the alignment of the two organizations to form the Kings Of Kings. The UWFI and Rings were brought together by Yoshiaki Fujiwara in a shocking moment where Fujiwara was being honored by Best Of The Best on Bushido. Together this group plans to resurrect the full power of the UWF. The only thing stopping them from taking over the world is Antonio Inoki and his team of 5 that he's put together to face them in Mega Battle at Best Of The Best III. The Tokyo Dome sold out in record time once this match was signed, the most important match perhaps ever in this sport. It all goes down this Sunday night live on pay per view from the Tokyo Dome in Japan. Call and order NOW! Singles Match:
Hakushi vs Mike EnosWe return to the live shot of the Denver Coliseum with Mike Enos already in the ring stretching and ready to make his BOTB debut when all of a sudden a HUGE bolt of lightning strikes the entrance stage! Sparks fly and the lights go out! Hakushi makes his way out in his trademark Japanese Raiden gear in all white! Hakushi dominates and finishes Mike Enos off after just 2:17 with a flying headbutt, moving his record to 5-0 in Best Of The Best. Hakushi is on the rise and has really solidified himself as one of the top contenders to the Undisputed World title! In The Ring:
Raven(W/Beulah) & Stevie RichardsAfter the match we get the entrance of Raven with Beulah and Stevie Richards the King Of Swing aka "Dancin" Stevie. Last week on Worldwide Raven gave Stevie the job of finding him the biggest, nastiest, strongest, most mindless follower he could to serve as his personal bodyguard and their muscle. Stevie thought he had the answer with The One Man Gang, but Raven was disappointed when the former UWF Mid South Champ came out dancing and having fun in his WWF Akeem "The African Dream" attire. Raven rejected Stevie's finding and ordered him to take him out with the superkick. Raven enters the ring with Stevie and Beulah and cuts a promo about how much of a failure Stevie Richards is to him, he gave him a simple job to bring him the biggest and strongest freak he can possibly find and he couldn't have screwed up any more than what he did. Stevie apologizes and informs Raven that he thinks he has found his guy, Stevie brings out none other than..... WHOA! That's... THATS GIANT GONZALEZ!?!! The crowd doesn't know how to react as the big 7'7" monster comes lumbering out to the ring in his naked caveman outfit. Giant Gonzalez steps over the top rope to enter the ring and Raven facepalms and shakes his head, no way this is what Stevie brought to Best Of The Best. Stevie is all excited telling Raven that it just doesn't get any bigger than this! Raven tells Stevie this is a joke! He's way too slow and way too stupid, get rid of him! Raven turns and exits to walk away with Beulah as Stevie tries to attack Giant Gonzalez! Gonzalez no-sells Stevie's offense before sending him flying across the ring with a throw! Giant Gonzales grabs Stevie by the neck to pull him up but Stevie drops him with a low blow! The big man drops to his knees! Stevie gets up and NAILS him in the face with the sweet chin music! Giant Gonzalez is OUT! Stevie leaves him laying and tries to chase after to catch up to Raven.... World Tag League Match:
The Legion Of Doom(3-1-1)
vs
Harlem Heat(3-2)Ring announcer Joel Gertner brings the fans to their feet when he announces that the following match is a World Tag League match and is for 1st place in the Dragon Division! The crowd goes nuts as Harlem Heat make their way out for truly one of the most highly anticipated matches of the night! The Legion Of Doom make their entrance next to their classic "WHAT A RUSH" entrance music donning their blue tights/facepaint, but without their blue spiked shoulder pads(which sit at the bottom of the Elbow river in Calgary thanks to the Public Enemy). It's a hard hitting back and forth battle with Harlem Heat shocking everyone by dominating most of the match! Jim Ross and Joey Styles on commentary question whether the LOD have perhaps lost a step here in Best Of The Best, they just don't dominate the same way they used to. Hawk and Animal rally with the crowd's full support to put up a fight but it's just not enough to overcome Stevie Ray and Booker T's athleticism and team work, Harlem Heat put Hawk away for the pinfall after their Heatseeker after an INTENSE 10 minute battle! Hawk and Animal retreat totally dejected after losing, dropping their record to 3-2-1. Harlem Heat celebrate the huge win after moving their record to 4-2 as they are now in sole possession of 1st place in the Tiger Division of the WTL! Training Montage/Interview:
"The Heartbreak Kid" Shawn Michaels(C)After the match we get an intense training montage with Shawn Michaels killing himself in the gym under the watchful eye of Jose Lothario as an interview with The Champ plays through cutting in and out. Michaels rips hard pull ups on a bar, upside down push ups against a wall, hard long running sessions, weight training, sparring, all while his interview reveals him talking about a new level of mental clarity and maturity that he's reached in 1996. Michaels reveals that he's changed as a man, he's focused on his career and being there for his family, but he's still driven by the fact that many people still don't give him the respect as the Champion. Michaels talks about how much it drives him to push harder that there are still so many fans and critics that still consider Bret Hart the uncrowned Champion of the sport(he technically never lost his WWF title, the belt was destroyed by Brian Pillman and an injury pulled him from the title unification bout against then WCW World Champ Ric Flair). Singles Match:
Hunter Hearst Helmsley vs Too Cold Scorpio IIBack down in the ring and Too Cold Scorpio wraps up his entrance set to All The Way Live by Coolio while his opponent Hunter Hearst Helmsley is shown already in the ring focused and determined for this following rematch. These two locked horns earlier this year in Scorpio's BOTB debut where they wrestled each other to a time limit draw. Tonight it's time to settle this.... Scorpio keeps the crowd hot with high flying moves but Helmsley cuts him off and grounds him to wear him down with holds, ultimately finishing him off with an impressive Pedigree at 11:44! What an incredible back and forth battle! Helmsley is getting a spattering of cheers from the crowd as he salutes them with the Kliq hand gesture until all of a sudden he's attacked by Paul E. Dangerously's new alliance!... The crowd boo's as "Stone Cold" Steve Austin, Brian Pillman, and Shane Douglas beat Helmsley down before placing his right hand inside a steel folding chair! Austin and Pillman hold Helmsley down as Shane Douglas gleefully prepares to dive off the middle turnbuckle to break Helmsley's hand! All of a sudden the 123 Kid races out with Rey Mysterio Jr. and Marc Mero(with Sable) to stop them! The crowd goes CRAZY as all 3 men race into the ring swinging steel chairs! The 123 Kid is FIRED UP! Austin, Douglas, and Pillman retreat to the entrance ramp with Paul E. as the Kid challenges all 3 of them to face off against him, Mero, and Mysterio in a six man match at the Tokyo Dome at BOTB III! Paul E. Dangerously accepts the challenge and it's ON! "Stone Cold" Steve Austin, Shane Douglas, & Brian Pillman vs 123 Kid, Rey Mysterio Jr. & Marc Mero(with Sable) at Best Of The Best III at the Tokyo Dome! UNBELIEVABLE! In The Ring:
The Four Horsemen
"The Nature Boy", "The Enforcer", "The Crippler", & "The Beast"
After the break the Denver Coliseum all rises up to their feet with a HUGE ovation when The Four Horsemen entrance music hits the speakers! Ric Flair, Arn Anderson, Chris Benoit, and Dan Severn take their time making it out to the ring soaking in the adulation from the Denver crowd, this is Horsemen country! Ric Flair gets the crowd riled up with his antics as he calls out the new Dangerous Alliance, challenges Shawn Michaels for a rematch that he's entitled to for that belt. Arn takes the mic and talks about Brian Pillman costing him and Benoit in the World Tag League, for all of the damage that Pillman has done to the Horsemen in 1996 he's a marked man and he's going to pay. Arn makes the official announcement, due to the fact that the Horsemen all have their hands full, Arn/Benoit are going for the gold in the WTL, Dan Severn is set to face Ken Shamrock for the UFC gold in May, and Ric Flair has his sights set on regaining the Undisputed World Title, the Horsemen are officially putting A BOUNTY on Brian Pillman's head.... $100,000! Arn says that anybody that takes Pillman out will be paid in full... All of a sudden the promo is interrupted when "The Macho Man" Randy Savage comes out to the stage to cut them off!.... We've seen a change in Savage here recently, he's ditched the colorful outfits and has let his facial hair go, he's dressing in all black, he's still overcome with bitterness about how he was screwed over by The Horsemen and lost his WCW World Title back at Starrcade in December. Savage says that he doesn't care how much these fans love Flair, he knows he's a gutless coward and he hates his GUTS! Savage makes the challenge for Ric Flair to face him in one last battle, one last fight, right here NEXT WEEK on Judgement Night! There will be no rematch, this is it! Ric Flair accepts Savage's challenge! It's ON! Randy Savage vs Ric Flair in the final battle right here LIVE on Judgement Night next week! GOOD GAWD! Tag Team Match
Special Guest Referee: Ahmed Johnson
The Ultimate Warrior & Sting
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"The Total Package" Lex Luger & Rob Van Dam(W/Lance Wright)
Michael Buffer's "LETS GET READY TO RUMBAAAAAAL" gets the Denver Coliseum FIRED UP for tonight's main event! Ahmed Johnson gets a massive pop when he comes out first in his referee gear! Luger and Van Dam get boo'd as they make their entrance first with Lance Wright. The crowd blows the roof off of the arena when Sting and Warrior come out to Warrior's entrance music sprinting together to the ring to take the fight right to their opponents! It's all out pandemonium as Sting and Warrior kick ass! Luger and Van Dam flop all over the place and end up outside the ring on the floor as Warrior and Sting take control! Ahmed manages to restore order for tag team rules with Luger and Van Dam isolating Sting. Lance Wright's interference gives Luger and Van Dam an advantage until Sting fights back and makes the tag to Warrior! Warrior comes in tossing Van Dam and Luger around like ragdolls! Later in the match Lance Wright gets involved again and causes a mishap, Luger moves out of the way of Warrior's flying shoulder block and accidentally hits Ahmed Johnson! Both men recover and eye each other in a moment of intensity before slugging it out! Luger and Van Dam beat Sting down on the floor with Lance Wright's help as Warrior and Ahmed fight it out, spilling out to the elevated catwalk entrance ramp in a violent brawl! This is chaos and we're out of TIIIIIII..... ©1996 Neo Zeed Corp.
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Post by Baker on Sept 2, 2023 3:58:43 GMT
Benny Hinn Ministries is gold. Best act in the company. Where can I get their merch? Finding a way to make Tatanka & the American Males interesting is what fanfic is all about.
Hyped for Vader vs. Sabu. There's a reason I've book that very match in at least one fanfic draft.
Warrior vs. Ahmed can't possibly have a finish. Talk about an irresistible force meeting an immovable object...
Popped for the Giant Gonzalez sighting. I know you're a fan. Aww man. I was hoping Giant Gonzalez would stick around longer as the Flock's freak. The way you wrote it does fit with Stevie's character though. The One Man Gang/Akeem thing was pretty clever as well. This whole "Flock searches for their Giant" thing is good stuff.
While I can appreciate the outside-the-boxness of it, I just can't get behind the Luger/RVD/Lance Wright pairing. And not JUST because Lance Wright is one of the biggest wastes of space to ever participate in the wrestling business. RVD & Luger is just too weird a pairing for me even if I did like both guys at times.
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Post by Neo Zeed on Sept 2, 2023 17:37:58 GMT
 The Budokan Arena(Tokyo, Japan)March 28th, 1996Tonight's episode of Bushido hits TBS at 8:05pm sharp with a hard opening shot of the sold out Budokan Arena with the entire 7 man Championship Council in the ring for a special honorary ceremony. Lou Thesz, Karl Gotch, Billy Robinson, Nick Bockwinkle, Verne Gagne, Danny Hodge, and Satoru Sayama, the entire Championship Council governing body of Best Of The Best is present in the ring along with several other officials and a trio of Japanese ring card girls holding bouquets of flowers.... Mike Tenay and Phillip Rhee open the show on commentary welcoming the television audience for the third and final part of the Bushido event that took place here at the Budokan Arena on March 12th 1996. We have a huge show tonight as the final Bushido event before the massive Best Of The Best III: Redemption City Showdown '96 live on pay per view this Sunday night at the Tokyo Dome in what will truly be perhaps the biggest event ever in the history of this sport... In The Ring:
The Championship Council & Team InokiThe Championship Council presents an honorary ceremony for all 5 members of Team Inoki on this the eve of their Mega Battle bout against the Kings Of Kings at Best Of The Best III: Redemption City Showdown '96 in just 3 days live at the Tokyo Dome on pay per view. Kenta Kobashi comes out first representing All Japan Pro Wrestling with a standing ovation from the fans in the Budokan Arena. Minoru Suzuki comes out next followed by Masakatsu Funaki(who gets the loudest pop so far from the crowd) both representing Pancrase. Keiji Mutoh comes out next representing New Japan Pro Wrestling to the loudest pop yet. All four men stand together in solidarity as Antonio Inoki makes his way out next to a huge standing ovation with camera bulbs flashing everywhere as he makes his way into the ring wearing Lou Thesz's original old World Title belt...  Inoki, Mutoh, Kobashi, Suzuki, and Funaki are all given wreaths of flowers around their necks along with bouquets from the ring girls as the crowd cheers them on. This is the final stand against the UWFI and Rings, the Kings Of Kings, this is the final battle for the biggest prized titles in this sport, the IWGP Heavyweight Championship(Takada), the Triple Crown World Heavyweight Championship(Maeda), and Lou Thesz's Original World Championship Of Professional Wrestling being put on the line by Inoki.... Four Corners Match:
FMW vs W.A.R. vs Michinoku Pro vs EMLL
Hayabusa vs Yuji Yasuraoka vs Gran Naniwa vs Atlantis
The Budokan Arena comes alive for tonight's featured Four Corners Match, one fall to a positive finish with NO time limit! These four warriors each represent different promotions with Atlantis repping Mexico's EMLL. Atlantis brings the Lucha to the Budokan, dominating all of the other 3 competitors throughout the opening minutes with clean technique. At one point Atlantis lands a HUGE air plancha from the top turnbuckle onto all 3 of the other wrestlers on the floor! Yasuraoka and Gran Naniwa form a bond later on to work together and dominate Hayabusa and Atlantis. Hayabusa and Atlantis are forced to work together to overcome the teamwork of Yasuraoka and Naniwa before facing off against each other. After a brutal back and forth exchange of big moves it's Hayabusa that drops Atlantis with his Pheonix Driver! Hayabusa thrills the audience as he ascends the turnbuckles to the top for his 450 SPLASH! The crowd gasps as Hayabusa smashes down onto Atlantis before hooking the leg for the victory at 11:49!  Hayabusa celebrates the victory flying the FMW flag after having his arm raised! What an incredible phenom this young athlete is and what an incredible show stealing performance here tonight at the Budokan Arena! Breaking New:
Greg Lloyd After the commercial break we get a breaking news announcement ringside at the commentary booth with Mike Tenay announcing that the Best Of The Best has just recently made the contract signing official, NFL linebacker Greg Lloyd has been signed to make his Best Of The Best debut live on pay per view on April 21st at Best Of The Best IV: Chi-Town Wrestlewar '96! Greg Lloyd joins the commentary booth greeted by Tenay and Phillip Rhee as Tenay recaps the news that broke back in Super Bowl week in Arizona back in January, Pittsburgh Steelers linebacker Greg Lloyd had announced that he would enter a training camp to compete in Best Of The Best in the offseason. He's been training for the last 6 weeks and he's signed the contract to step into the Best Of The Best ring!...   Greg Lloyd is one of the most physically imposing and dominant athletes on the field in the National Football League. At only 6'2" and 230 pounds Lloyd isn't the biggest in the NFL, but he's definitely one of the baddest. Lloyd also is a believer of the Bushido way, the martial arts code of honor. The Pittsburgh Steelers advanced to Super Bowl XXX this past season with Lloyd playing a major part in the success of their feared defense. Greg Lloyd is interviewed briefly by Mike Tenay at the commentary booth about how big of a fan he has been of Best Of The Best since it started earlier this year, especially the Bushido series. Lloyd makes it clear that this company did not hire him for his disposition, he's here to hurt people, he's here to test himself on the ultimate Dream Stage. Greg Lloyd makes his in-ring debut LIVE on pay per view on April 21st in Chicago Illinois on pay per view it will be Best Of The Best IV: Chi-Town Wrestlewar '96! In The Ring(Contract Signing):
Peter Aerts & The Championship Council Back in the ring and the Championship Council is on hand for a very special contract signing in the ring. Thesz, Gagne, Bockwinkle, Hodge, Robinson, Gotch, and Sayama are all present again as the Japanese ring announcer brings out the Dutch kickboxing legend, the reigning 1995 K-1 Grand Prix Champion.... PETER AERTS.... The Lumberjack makes his way out with humble respect towards the Japanese crowd that adores him from his K-1 battles all over Japan. Aerts enters the ring and bows to the 7 man Championship Council before addressing the fans. Aerts Dutch is translated to Japanese with English subtitles saying that he's honored to sign this new 2 year contract to fight exclusively in Best Of The Best. Aerts calls out Ultimo Dragon to settle their feud once and for all in a rematch, and he hopes to one day challenge for the Best Of The Best Undisputed World Heavyweight Championship Title... The crowd applauds as Peter Aerts officially inks his 2 year contract at the podium set up in the ring. Just as the Japanese ring girls gift Aerts his flower bouquet all of a sudden several Kings Of Kings wrestlers storm the ring for a VICIOUS ATTACK! The Championship Council scramble to get out of the ring as the KOK destroy Peter Aerts! Hiromitsu Kanehara, Kazushi Sakuraba, Yoji Anjo, and several other lower level Rings/UWFI shooters jump Peter Aerts, destroying the podium in the ring in a massive dishonor. The Championship Council is shown completely shocked and disgusted as the KOK batter and stomp Aerts until he can't get up! Security and referees race out to break up the melee as we cut away to commercials!... Rings Rules Bout:
Bob Backlund vs Tsuyoshi KohsakaAfter the commercial break the crowd is on their feet at the Budokan Arena for the introductions for tonight's main event, the main event of the entire show here at the Budokan that we have been bringing to you here on TBS for the last 3 weeks on Bushido. Tsuyoshi Kohsaka represents the dreaded Kings Of Kings as a shooter from the Rings promotion, he is one of the 5 members of the KOK that will fight in the 10 Man Mega Battle main event at Best Of The Best III this Sunday night at the Tokyo Dome on pay per view. Bob Backlund gets a huge standing ovation as one of the most respected legends here in Japan, a former WWF World Champion that has stepped up and fought in some thrilling battles in the UWF and UWFI in the past, he's no stranger to these shoot style rules that this bout will be contested under.... TK punishes Backlund early on with vicious low kicks and open palm striking combos that pop the old man's head backward on impact! Backlund finally manages to wade through TK's strikes to score a takedown but he's quickly tied up in TK's guard. The two technical wrestlers flip and reverse each other in back and forth scrambles on the mat reminiscent of Lou Thesz style pro wrestling, old school shoot style. Backlund forces TK to use rope breaks with an arm scissor and then a single leg boston crab. TK never allows Backlund to clinch or take him down again, destroying him with kicks until dropping him with a hard knee right to the head! Backlund goes down and doesn't get back up! Tsuyoshi Kohsaka wins via first round KNOCKOUT! The KOK wrestlers storm the ring to carry TK around on their shoulders in a massive celebration! Backlund remains down face down until doctors are able to turn him over to try to revive him. What a brutal devastating knee strike! The Kings Of Kings stand tall together, Akira Maeda, Nobuhiko Takada, Kohsaka, Kiyoshi Tamura, and Yoji Anjo as we cut away to another commercial break.... In The Ring:
"The Heartbreak Kid" Shawn Michaels & Bret "The Hitman" Hart
Tonight's Bushido comes to an end with footage of the face off between Undisputed World Champion Shawn Michaels(with Jose Lothario) and Bret "The Hitman" Hart in the middle of the ring in the Budokan Arena. The Championship Council is standing in the ring for the ceremony as both men are introduced to standing ovations... Michaels and Bret face off with an intense staredown face to face, man to man. The 60 Minute Iron Man Match has been signed and made official for this Sunday night, live on pay per view at the Tokyo Dome. Bret Hart is the man that many feel is still the uncrowned World Champion of this sport, while Shawn Michaels holds an Undisputed World Championship title belt that he fought hard to win back at BOTB I in Houston in January. These two men will enter the ring for 60 minutes at the Tokyo Dome but in the end.... there can be only one....
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 Myriad Convention Center(Oklahoma City, Oklahoma)
March 30th, 1996
Tony Shiavonne and Bobby "The Brain" Heenan open up Shockwave with the crowd going NUTS around them! We are just 24 hours away from the pay per view event of a lifetime, Best Of The Best III: Redemption City Showdown '96! Tonight we have a stacked card here on TBS with a SOLD OUT Myriad Convention Center here in Oklahoma City! Tonight is the night, second place in the Dragon Division of the World Tag League '96 is on the LINE! The 4-1 Eliminators are coming off of their very first loss here in Best Of The Best last week when they were defeated by the Steiner Brothers on Judgement Night, they are angry, hungry, and determined to bounce back with a big statement tonight in our main event. Standing across the ring from them are the former WCW World Tag Team Champions, the team formerly known as the American Males, Marcus Bagwell and Scotty Riggs. These two athletes have found a new focus and a new attitude ever since they were taken in by the Benny Hinn Ministries with the blessings of Jesus. Now, they have a new name, The American Power Team. The APT is 4-1 in the WTL but now they face their toughest test this season, the team that annihilated them earlier this year before they found Christ. It will be The Eliminators vs The American Power Team in a battle of 4-1 teams TONIGHT IN THE MAIN EVENT! In the co-main event of the evening we will see the Olympic gold medalist freestyle wrestler, one of BOTB's brightest young rookies Kevin Jackson return to the ring, Rob Van Dam in action, and so much more! Singles Match:
Psicosis vs Juventud Guerrera
Tonight's opening match features the debut of the 21 year old luchadore Juventud Guerrera coming out high fiving the fans to his entrance music, a generic version of Vega's theme from Street Fighter 2(the tuning and drum beats are slightly different to avoid legal action from Capcom). Guerrera weighs in at just 165 pounds and stands at 5' 7" but his name literally translates to "The Spirited Warrior". Tony Shiavonne tells Heenan on commentary that Mike Tenay has been calling him all week from Japan hyping this guy as a tremendous talent, he's the son of legendary luchadore Fuerza Guerrera and he's made a name for himself in Mexico's AAA promotion... Juventud has really got his hands full tonight making his debut against the man making his entrance next to Ill Triello by Ennio Morricone, the undefeated Psicosis. The Myriad Center turns dark with red, white, and green lights spinning over the ring during the slow build of Psicosis' entrance music, with the 3-0 rudo Psicosis stepping out with a snarl upon his face just as the trumpet crescendo hits! Mike Tenay notes that Psicosis is tied at the #10 spot in the official rankings with Sabu and Steve Austin, this could be the match that solidifies him as a Top 10 threat to the Undisputed Title... Psicosis and Juvy tear the house down right from the opening bell in a lightning fast battle of pure lucha right here on The Superstation! Heenan and Shiavonne scream and shout at every high spot, in their hysteria Heenan shouts a line that lives on forever in replays and advertisements for Shockwave for years to come;.. "THIS IS 6:05 PM SATURDAY NIGHT WRESTLING!" Psicosis fights nasty and ruthless with brutal chops and holds but he's stunned with counters, Juvy's speed is INCREDIBLE! Guerrera surprises Psicosis with a close 2 count after a moonsault press. Later on Psicosis gets dumped over the top to the floor with Juvy running and diving over the top with a wild plancha! Both men are down and out with the crowd going NUTS! Both men recover and fight it out on the floor with sickening chest chop duels! Psicosis drops Juvy by slamming him into the steel railing before climbing his way up to the top turnbuckle! The entire arena rises to their feet as Psicosis climbs the turnbuckles before flying off with a CORKSCREW SOMERSAULT PLANCHA! The two warriors recover and battle around the ring with referee John Finnegan being known to be much more flexible with the rules, he just lets it go without any countout. The fight goes up to the elevated catwalk entrance ramp that connects to the apron of the ring where Juvy sends Psicosis careening off of the opposite side back down to the floor! Juvy waits for Psicosis to recover before running and diving off the ramp to hit him with a hurricanrana that sends Psicosis tumbling across the padded floor! The crowd goes crazy with a standing ovation as both men lay down and out on the floor! Once the two warriors recover Psicosis lands a low blow to snuff out Juvy's momentum before vertically suplexing his legs into the steel steps! Juvy rolls around clutching his left knee in agony as we cut away to the first commercial break.... After the commercial break both men are back in the ring down and out and this crowd is ELECTRIC! What a battle! The match passes the 10 minute mark and Psicosis resorts to throwing a handful of powder at Juvy's eyes! Juvy ducks under and the powder goes into referee John Finnegan's eyes instead! Finnegan goes down clutching his face blinded! Juvy scoops Psicosis up and drops him with his JUVY DRIVER! Juvy makes the cover for the pin but the ref is still struggling with the powder in his eyes, HE CAN'T SEE! Juvy gives up the cover and goes to referee John Finnegan's aid until Psicosis recovers and attacks him from behind! Psicosis pulls Juvy up and drops him with a brainbuster before going up to the top rope for the finish with his flying guillotine legdrop.... only for JUVY TO ROLL OUT OF THE WAY LAST SECOND! This is UNBELIEVABLE! These two warriors are down and out, they are putting it all on the line here tonight, we've never seen anything like this! Juvy fights through the pain in his left knee to get back up and attack Psicosis, setting him up for a brainbuster of his own, only for his knee to give out while attempting the lift! Juvy drops Psicosis to the side and collapses clutching his knee! Psicosis recovers and stands over Juvy looking down at him as he grimaces in pain holding his hurt knee. Psicosis taunts Juvy to get up, pushing his face with his knee, smacking him. Psicosis reaches to pull Juvy up by his hair but Juvy catches him off guard and pulls him down into a small package rollup just as the referee recovers barely able to see!... 1... 2... 3! HE GOT HIM! WHAT AN UPSET! JUVENTUD GUERRERA! The crowd goes wild! What a debut! Juvy never gets a chance to even have his hand raised as Psicosis throws referee John Finnegan through the ropes to the floor before putting the boots to his injured knee! Psicosis goes up to the top turnbuckle and drops a FLYING GUILLOTINE right across Juvy's throat! The crowd boo's and tosses trash at Psicosis as he takes his time going up for ANOTHER flying guillotine! Juvy is hurt! More referees and security race out to stop Psicosis from going up again as we cut away to commercials.... Promos:
The Ultimate Warrior vs Ahmed JohnsonAfter the break we return with pre-recorded green screen(BOTB III logo in the background) promos from Ahmed Johnson, he's JACKED, intense! Ahmed screams and stumbles and stutters over his words as he tries to say that nobody thinks he's ready for Warrior, they think he's too young, too inexperienced, TOMORROW NIGHT he WILL be ready for anything that Warrior throws at him! He's going to prove everybody wrong and he's going to show EVERYBODY that the Ultimate Warrior is a mortal man just like him, he bleeds the same color blood, his heart beats, he feels pain, and tomorrow night on pay per view AHMED JOHNSON WILL NOT BACK DOWN! NEVER BACK DOWN! (Ahmed beats his chest as he repeats the line with intensity) NEVER BACK DOWN! NEVER BACK DOWN! NEVER BACK DOWN! The screen flips with an effect to show Ultimate Warrior cutting a promo snarling and screaming, this is the destiny of the stars, the planets, the energy of the cosmos speaks to the Warriors that pump the blood through the veins of the celestial bodies that are set to destroy one another in unholy combat once and for all forsaken! THE TRUTH OF THE MATTER IS THAT ALL MATTER MUST FIGHT TO SURVIVE! AHMED JOHNSON YOU KNOW THIS TRUTH TO BE TRUE! FEAR IS IN THE EYE OF THE BEHOLDER AND THERE IS NO FEAR IN AHMED JOHNSON'S EYES! THERE IS NO FEAR IN HIS SPIRIT! (Warrior changes his tone and begins talking in a low whisper)... Tomorrow night in the Tokyo Dome the Warrior will rise once again, the warriors of all nations of the East will speak to the heavens... AND THE HEAVENS WILL CRACK OPEN TO REVEAL THE ULTIMATE TRUTH! THAT THERE CAN BE ONLY OOOOOOOOOOOONNNNNNNNNEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!! AAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGHHHHHH!  vs  Tomorrow night LIVE on pay per view from the Tokyo Dome, The Ultimate Warrior vs Ahmed Johnson in the Ultimate Clash Of The Titans, it will be Best Of The Best III: Redemption City Showdown '96! Pick up your phone and call your local cable or satellite provider and ORDER NOW! Singles Match:
Rob Van Dam(W/Lance Wright)
vs
Aldo Montoya
We return back down to the ringside area and Tony Shiavonne and Bobby Heenan show the replay of what happened during the break, Juventud Guerrera refused medical attention and was able to hobble out of the ring on his own, earning a standing ovation from the crowd here. What an impressive debut from one tough young athlete. Another tough young masked wrestler is shown already in the ring for our next bout, Aldo Montoya. Montoya has struggled to an 0-2 record here in BOTH in 1996 he's looking to get his career back on track tonight. Montoya's opponent Rob Van Dam gets boo'd upon his entrance as he comes out with his sports agent Lance Wright to Son Of A Bitch by Kyuss. Montoya gives Van Dam a surprising challenge at the opening bell, coming at him with all he's got! Van Dam turns the tide by leapfrogging over Montoya with a full splits leap into the air like JCVD in Bloodsport. Van Dam drops Montoya with a spinning back kick to the face! The finish comes at 2:13 when Rob Van Dam puts Aldo away with a pinfall following his Split Legged Moonsault out of the corner for the 1, 2, 3! Lance Wright pushes the referee away to raise Van Dam's hand himself and it's all boo's and thumbs down as they celebrate the impressive victory... Breaking News:
"Macho Man" Randy Savage vs "Nature Boy" Ric Flair(The Final Battle)After the match we get a special breaking news report. The match was made on Judgement Night earlier this week on the USA Network, now it has been signed and it's official. "The Macho Man" Randy Savage will face off against one of his biggest arch rivals of his career, "The Nature Boy" Ric Flair in their final battle ever, one on one LIVE next week on Judgement Night!..... The news comes that next week's Judgement Night has been moved to a very special night due to the travel schedule as the roster and production team make their way back from Japan next week, Judgement Night will take place next WEDNESDAY night at 8pm LIVE from The Mid-South Coliseum in MEMPHIS TN! The bad blood between these two boiled over in their epic battle at Wrestlemania VIII four years ago when Savage won the WWF title from Flair. They dueled again in another classic battle at WCW Great American Bash last year, then Flair swindled Savage out of his WCW World Championship with help from the Horsemen at the final WCW event ever just 3 months ago at Starrcade 95. Savage has been so driven to regain his belt that he's gone off the deep end, he's grown out his facial hair, he's started dressing in all black, and he's made some choice comments directed towards the fans for cheering for Flair and the Horsemen here lately in Best Of The Best. Now both Savage and Flair are dead set on regaining the Undisputed World Championship that is currently around Shawn Michaels waist, and this head to head battle will decide which one will move forward one step closer! Now the final battle has been set, the contract has been signed for Memphis next Wednesday night on a special edition of Judgement Night. It will be Savage vs Flair for the final time ever, and the news was broken just today that both men will be in Japan for Best Of The Best III for a very special announcement that will be made regarding this match. Pick up the phone and call your cable or satellite provide NOW to order Best Of The Best III: Redemption City Showdown '96 live on pay per view from the Tokyo Dome tomorrow night! Music Video:
She Drives Me Crazy by Fine Young Cannibals
After the breaking news announcement for next week's special WEDNESDAY edition of Judgement Night we cut away to a music video highlighting Marc Mero and his valet Sable, with a focus on Sable set to She Drives Me Crazy by Fine Young Cannibals... The highlight video shows clips of Marc Mero's transformation into the athlete he has become in Best Of The Best. Mero's shift in focus has seen him go 4-0 in Best Of The Best, he's currently ranked #9 in the official Top 10 Rankings. Behind Mero's success is an intelligent, brave, and powerful woman... Sable. Last week Sable made a name for herself here in Best Of The Best when she stood up to Shane Douglas, spitting in his face before smacking him in the mouth! It was something everybody in BOTB had been wanting to do ever since Shane's infamous incident in Calgary two weeks ago where he spit in the face of the beloved legend Stu Hart(causing a near riot in the sold out Saddledome). The match was set last week, Paul E. Dangerously's new alliance of "Stone Cold" Steve Austin, Brian Pillman, and Shane Douglas will square off against the trio of the 123 Kid, Rey Mysterio Jr, and Marc Mero in six man action! Sable will be there to even the odds if Paul E. decides to stick his nose where it doesn't belong, Sable has already proven that she's more than capable of holding her own!(SHE DRIVES ME CRAZAY!~~~) This match will only be available live on pay per view tomorrow night from the Tokyo Dome in Japan, call your local cable or satellite provider NOW and order Best Of The Best III: Redemption City Showdown '96!World Tag League Match:
The Can-Am Express(1-4)
vs
The Hardcore Guns(2-3)Ring announcer Joel Gertner brings the Oklahoma crowd to their feet doing the intros for the first of two matches featured tonight from week 6 of the World Tag League. The Can Am Express make their way out first with Doug Furnas and Phil Lafon actually getting some boo's from the OKC crowd. This duo came into the World Tag League 96 season with so much hype but they are currently dead last in the Dragon Division with a 1-4 record, a loss here virtually eliminates them from any chances of qualifying for the Final Four tournament set for Best Of The Best V in May where new Undisputed World Tag Champs will be crowned live on pay per view. Billy and Bart Gunn make their way out next and seem to be the favorites with the crowd, they come out all business looking to stay alive in one of the toughest divisions in any sport today, the Dragon Division of the Best Of The Best 1996 World Tag League. The Guns get the crowd hot by turning the match into a fight! It's wild 2 on 2 brawling with referee Randy Anderson struggling to gain control or enforce any traditional tag rules. The Hardcore Guns work together to send Furnas flying off of the elevated catwalk ramp to the floor before dropping Lafon with a double vertical suplex on the ramp! The Guns pull up the padding on the concrete floor but it backfires on them as Doug Furnas fights back, clotheslining Billy Gunn over the railing into the laps of the front row fans before dropping Bart with a SITOUT POWERBOMB ONTO THE CONCRETE! Bart Gunn is knocked out! Furnas rolls around clutching his tailbone before fighting back and forth with Billy Gunn on the opposite side of the railing! Furnas gets the best of the exchange before vertical suplexing Billy back over the railing ON TOP OF BART ON THE FLOOR! Furnas and Lafon finish Billy Gunn in the ring after a superkick to the face from Furnas sends him into a Cobra Clutch Suplex with a bridge for the pin by Phil Lafon at 9:02! The Can Am Express WIN! Furnas and Lafon have their hands raised in victory as Billy and Bart struggle to recover out on the floor together dejected in defeat.... Up Close W/Mike Tenay:
The Kings Of KingsAfter the match we get the second part of a two part Up Close edition from Mike Tenay. Last week Tenay took a closer look at the 5 men on Team Inoki in the upcoming 10 Man Mega Battle at the Tokyo Dome tomorrow night at Best Of The Best III: Redemption City Showdown '96! Tomorrow night's main event sold out the Tokyo Dome faster than ever before, this is truly the match of a generation, once ever. Team Inoki stand to face off against the virus of shoot style wrestling that has infected all of Japanese Pro Wrestling over the last year. The Kings Of Kings are the collective united forces of the UWFI and Fighting Network Rings. The union was brought together by Yoshiaki Fujiwara earlier this year on Bushido in what was supposed to be an honorary ceremony for Fujiwara(whom at the time was strongly being considered for the 7th and final spot on the BOTB Championship Council).  The story begins with the original UWF in Japan in 1984. The rivalry between Tiger Mask vs Akira Maeda built the UWF into a hybrid wrestling odyssey, blending martial arts with old school style submission oriented pro wrestling from the black and white days of the sport. What was old and forgotten had become new again, but it proved to be a concept that was too far ahead of it's time. Yoshiaki Fujiwara was a key figurehead in the story of the UWF, as well as rising young star Nobuhiko Takada. The original UWF would fail after the rivalry between Tiger Mask vs Maeda boiled over and split the promotion apart. Tiger Mask retired from the sport altogether to start Shooto martial arts organization in Japan. Maeda, Fujiwara, and Takada all returned to Antonio Inoki's New Japan Pro Wrestling in 1986. Once Maeda returned to New Japan in the mid-80's a showdown against Antonio Inoki was what the entire country of Japan wanted to see. Maeda had taken Inoki's hybrid style concepts to a new level, and his bad attitude towards traditional style pro wrestling made him a renegade favorite among hardcore shoot style fans in Japan. With Maeda, Fujiwara, and Takada's rise in NJPW their shooting style gained much more exposure and popularity. Maeda and Takada became tag team partners and champions together, but alas the Maeda vs Inoki match would never happen. This is the reason why tomorrow night's main event showdown is so highly anticipated in Japan, Akira Maeda has directly called out Inoki to face off against him at the start of the match! Maeda and Takada left NJPW again in 1988 to start a reborn UWF. This time the group would be wildly successful in the ring and at the box office, with some of the biggest crowds in pro wrestling history from 1988 until 1990. Fujiwara stayed behind in NJPW to run the dojos with his mentor Karl Gotch, where they groomed two young shooters named Minoru Suzuki and Masakatsu Funaki. Eventually by 1990 Fujiwara defected again from NJPW to the new UWF, bringing Gotch, Suzuki, and Funaki along with him. The core of the new UWF was the star power of Akira Maeda and the rising popularity of his former tag partner turned arch rival Nobuhiko Takada. These two rivals put on the most heated battles in the new UWF. Suzuki, Funaki and Fujiwara ruled the undercards along with one of Takada's training partner's Yoji Anjo. But it would all fall apart in December 1990. The new UWF died due to political issues within the group that had financed the promotion, and Maeda and Takada would split up to form 2 new rival shoot style promotions in 1991; UWFI and Rings. The two groups would redefine martial arts and pro wrestling over the course of the next 5 years. Akira Maeda's Rings promotion produced a dangerous young heavyweight shooter in Tsuyoshi Kohsaka, who defeated former WWF Champion Bob Backlund by knockout last week on Bushido at the Budokan Arena. Kohsaka will be among the 5 shooters on team KOK at the Tokyo Dome tomorrow night... Takada's dojo in UWFI was run by legendary catch master Billy Robinson and produced new young shooters like Kiyoshi Tamura, a dangerous and dynamic grappler that recently made a strong debut here in Best Of The Best injuring his opponent with a Lou Thesz style bicep crusher hold. Tamura defected from UWFI to Rings last year but he has burried the hatchet and reunited with his UWFI Takada Dojo past in a show of unity, he will represent both dojos on the 5 man Kings Of Kings team tomorrow night at the Tokyo Dome.... Nobuhiko Takada's UWFI was also endorsed by Lou Thesz in the beginning. Thesz granted Takada and UWFI the use of his original World Championship of Pro Wrestling title belt when he endorsed Takada as the true grand champion of the sport. The UWFI group would launch an invasion of NJPW last year that angered Thesz and led to him repossessing his title belt, withdrawing his support for their cause, denouncing the UWFI as dishonorable. Thesz brought his title belt to the USA in 1996 when he was granted as head councilman of the Best Of The Best Championship Council, the governing body that controls all athletic competition aspects of this promotion. Thesz recently revealed the true origins of his Original World Championship of Pro Wrestling title belt when he gave it to Antonio Inoki to put on the line in the 10 Man Mega Battle at the Tokyo Dome tomorow night at Best Of The Best III. The belt was made of melted down alloy material that contains original bronze and gold from the crowns of the original kings that wrestled in the bible as well as the Spear Of Destiny that killed Jesus on the crucifix. This is the reason why Takada's UWFI sent Best Of The Best an imperial edict of battle scroll directly to Lou Thesz's council chamber at the beginning of the promotion in January of this year. This is why the forces of the old UWF have reunited, with Fujiwara brining Akira Maeda back together with his former tag team partner Nobuhiko Takada to form.... The Kings Of Kings.... The alignment came after Rings had successfully invaded AJPW, with Maeda capturing the Triple Crown World Championship in February of this year. Nobuhiko Takada still had control of the NJPW IWGP Heavyweight Championship after successfully defending it against Hashimoto on neutral soil in Mexico City on Judgement Night that same month. Together with the two major titles the KOK controls Japanese Wrestling. But it's Thesz's original Championship belt that they seek. This virus now finds itself on the eve of making its way into American soil, only Team Inoki can stop them tomorrow night at the Tokyo Dome at Best Of The Best III: Redemption City Showdown '96. Only on Pay Per View tomorrow night... ORDER NOW! Music Video:
Firestarter by Prodigy
Prior to commercial break we get a music highlight video with clips of the Sabu vs Vader rivalry mixed in with the music video for the brand new track Firestarter by Prodigy. It all started when Vader crushed El Hijo Del Santo in front of 90,000 in the sold out Estadio Azteca in Mexico City. Jim Cornette even went as far as trying to unmask the hometown hero of the event until the extreme beholder of justice Sabu made the save. The stadium went nuts as Sabu stood toe to toe with Vader before taking the fight directly to him, dropping him after a series of aerial attacks. Things escalated on the February 12th episode of Judgement Night when Sabu saved Harlem Heat from being put out of the World Tag League with injuries in a lights out surprise attack on Vader. Sabu's attack backfired as Vader got the best of him and chokeslammed him through the commentary table ringside... I'm the trouble starter, punkin' instigator
I'm the fear addicted, a danger illustrated
I'm a firestarter, twisted firestarter
You're a firestarter, twisted firestarter
I'm a firestarter, twisted firestarter
The music video moves along to the February 19th episode of Judgement Night from Las Vegas where Vader got involved in Owen & Bulldog's WTL battle against the Legion Of Doom. Sabu came out to even the odds, turning the match into an impromptu six man brawl, Sabu & The LOD vs Camp Cornette! It ended with LOD helping Sabu put Vader face first through a table propped up in the corner! I'm the ***** you hated, filth infatuated, yeah I'm the pain you tasted, fell intoxicated
I'm a firestarter, twisted firestarter You're the firestarter, twisted firestarter
The violence continued to escalate in Seattle on Judgement Night earlier this month. Owen & Bulldog faced off against Public Enemy in WTL action with Jim Cornette ringside. Vader came out to save Cornette from a beating at the hands of PE(after Cornette heavily interfered in their match) until Sabu came out again to attack The Mastadon! Sabu downed Vader by throwing a barrage of opened steel chairs at him before putting Jim Cornette through a table with a leg drop off the top rope down through a table on the floor! The incident put Jim Cornette in a neck brace with a cervical concussion. The pain and suffering Jim Cornette endured from the attack made him furious, he promised that extreme violence was coming for Sabu.... And it did.... March 18th.... Judgement Night live.... just after Sabu defeated Mike Rotunda clean the lights went out, when they came back on it was Vader with a barbed wire baseball bat! The bat was left stuck in Sabu's skin.... one of the most gruesome and disturbing moments on live tv in 1996.... I'm the self inflicted, mind detonator, yeah I'm the one infected, twisted animator
I'm a firestarter, twisted firestarter You're the firestarter, twisted firestarter I'm a firestarter, twisted firestarter starter The match was set for the Tokyo Dome tomorrow night, Sabu vs Vader one on one at the Tokyo Dome in Japan at Best Of The Best III! Sabu issued the challenge through the Championship Council for a barbed wire match but Lou Thesz personally vetoed the request without even allowing a hearing. Sabu issued an appeal in response but Thesz continually blocks him at every turn. Lou Thesz made a public statement abhorring hardcore extreme wrestling and wanting the violence removed from Best Of The Best, making it clear that if Sabu and Vader wanted to face each other at the Tokyo Dome at BOTB III they would have to do so like athletes under traditional rules of Best Of The Best...  vs  So it is written, so shall it be done.... Sabu vs Vader, one on one for the first time ever, under traditional rules with one of the more strict referees(Charles Robinson) given the task of refereeing this battle. Live in the Tokyo Dome TOMORROW NIGHT only on pay per view it will be Best Of The Best III: Redemption City Showdown '96, call your cable or satellite provider and ORDER NOW!.... Ringside:
Greg LloydWe return to the ringside area of the sold out Myriad Center in Oklahoma City with Tony Shiavonne down on the front row with a special guest, NFL linebacker for the Pittsburgh Steelers, Greg Lloyd! The crowd cheers as Lloyd stands and acknowledges them. Shiavonne notes that Greg Lloyd is one of the most intense players in the NFL today for the Steelers, he just played in the Superbowl two months ago and now it's been announced earlier this week on Bushido that Lloyd has signed to compete here in the Best Of The Best ring on April 21st live on pay per view in Chicago Illinois it will be Best Of The Best IV: Chi-Town Wrestlewar '96!
Greg Lloyd is interviewed by Tony Shiavonne where he reveals that he's been training for several months and he will be ready to kick some butt on the 21st in Chicago! Shiavonne notes that they still have not found an opponent for Greg Lloyd, quite honestly not a lot of people are too thrilled about stepping into the ring with him. All of a sudden the interview is crashed by Stevie Richards! The King Of Swing! Stevie Richards crashes the interview and takes the mic from Tony Shiavonne! Greg Lloyd appears to be agitated and puzzled, Stevie is wearing cut off daisy dukes style shorts and a Flock of Seagulls t-shirt cut off at the naval. Stevie tells Greg Lloyd that his man Raven gave him the job of finding the biggest, nastiest, meanest, scariest monster he can possibly find and he thinks he just found his man! Stevie Richards asks Greg Lloyd if he would be interested in a job opportunity as the muscle for his man Raven! Greg Lloyd says you got to be joking right, get out of my face! Stevie tells him to look at him when he's talking to him and smacks Greg Lloyd in the face! Greg Lloyd sets the crowd off by sending Stevie Richards flying with a vicious right hand! Down goes Stevie Richards! Lloyd gets the crowd going nuts telling Stevie to bring it on! Security fights to hold him back! Stevie recovers and staggers away clutching his jaw!... Singles Match:
Kevin Jackson vs Mike EnosFreestyle Wrestling legend Kevin Jackson is shown wrapping up his entrance high fiving the fans around the ring before stepping up to Mike Enos in the face off before the bell for tonight's co-main event! Jackson is currently 2-0 as a rookie in Best Of The Best he's made the transition from the Freestyle Wrestling by going pro here in Best Of The Best in 1996, foregoing a run at this summer's Olympic games in Atlanta(Jackson won Gold in the 1992 games but had a falling out with his training team Foxcatcher last year after a 5 year run with the team). Mike Enos just cant hang with Jackson once the bout hits the canvas, it's seemless transitions around from side to back control, set ups for huge belly to back suplex followed buy butterfly suplex that gets a 2. Enos cheats to get some offense in but he's quickly countered and put away with a devastating Death Valley Driver for the 1, 2, 3 at 1:55! Impressive win here from the Gold medalist moving to 3-0 on the verge of cracking the Top 10 Rankings. Jackson celebrates the victory with intensity screaming from the top turnbuckles! On Location:
Tokyo JapanAfter the commercial break we get a shot of the massive Tokyo Dome in Japan, the site of Best Of The Best III: Redemption City Showdown '96 tomorrow night only on pay per view(Call and order now). The outside shot of the venue shows the scope and scale, while the empty Dome inside shows all of the thousands of seats that will be filled tomorrow night as this place sold out all tickets in record time for this event. This is truly once in a generation event...  The video package shows the round of press conferences held across the country all week, Fukushima, Osaka, Yokohama, Tokyo. The Tokyo press conference featured Bret Hart and Shawn Michaels facing off face to face with the Undisputed World Championship on the table in the foreground, Jose Lothario standing by Michaels' side staring Bret down with him. The weigh ins earlier that afternoon seen Bret at 6' tall and weighing in at 228 pounds, in perhaps the best shape of his career. Bret has done it all in his career, a 2 time WWF Tag Team Champion, a 2 time WWF Intercontinental Champion, 1991 and 1993 King Of The Ring tournament champion, 1994 Royal Rumble Co-winner, and 3 time former WWF World Champion. Many say that Bret is still the uncrowned Champion of this sport since he never truly lost his WWF Championship earlier this year, he was stripped of the title(after the belt itself had been physically destroyed by Brian Pillman with a sledge hammer) after not getting medical clearance to compete in the Title Unification bout against WCW Champion Ric Flair earlier this year. Shawn Michaels weighed in at 6'1" and 225 pounds and is quite possibly the most dynamic athlete in any sport right now in 1996, even more dominant than Michael Jordan of the Chicago Bulls. HBK is the Undisputed World Champion and he won that title by going over 73 combined minutes in the ring at Best Of The Best I: A New Beginning back in Houston in January. After losing a hard fought battle against Sting in the opening match, Michaels went over 48 minutes to win the Champions Rumble Match earning the #1 Contender status. Then Champion Ric Flair came out to shock the world by putting his title on the line immediately after the Rumble on the spot. Michaels weathered interference from the Four Horsemen but it was Bret Hart that interfered to save him, stopping Ric Flair from using the WCW World Title belt as a weapon(instead using it to KO Flair, payback for the Horsemen costing him his WWF title). Michaels made the cover and won the ultimate prize in this sport, the unified World Championship(the old WCW World Championship Belt remains as the ultimate belt). Michaels defended the strap by defeating Sting in the rematch at Best Of The Best II: The Revenge Of The Warriors last month in Vegas. That same night Bret defeated Chris Benoit in the best match of the night. The stage was set for the ultimate showdown one on one in the Tokyo Dome to finally claim the one true Undisputed World Champion of Professional Wrestling, The Champ; Shawn Michaels, "The Heartbreak Kid" vs The Challenger; Bret "The Hitman" Hart! The match was set to be competed under Iron Man Match rules tomorrow night in the Tokyo Dome, 60 minutes from bell to bell, the man with the most falls in the end will be declared the first real true global World Champion since Lou Thesz. Shawn Michaels has proven he can go over 60 minutes, he won the 1995 Royal Rumble last year from the #1 spot, then went over 73 minutes in the ring at BOTB I in January. But Bret Hart has been in Japan for the last 2 weeks acclimating to everything, he's focused and as sharp as he's ever been. This is Bret's opportunity to become the best there is, the best there was, the best there ever will be.... It all goes down tomorrow night live on pay per view from the Tokyo Dome in Japan, Best Of The Best III: Redemption City Showdown '96 call your cable or satellite provider and ORDER NOW! World Tag League Match:
The Eliminators(4-1)
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The American Power Team(4-1)
We return down to the ringside area of the Myriad Center here in OKC with Saturn and Kronus making their way out to Demanufacture by Fear Factory. The Eliminators are on the edge here ready to attack as they take the ring ready to rebound from suffering their first loss here in BOTB last week against the Steiner Brothers. One Of Us by Joan Osborne brings out Ted Dibiase's American Power Team, the newly repackaged tag team of Scotty Riggs and Marcus Bagwell, reborn Christians under the Benny Hinn Ministries athletic outreach program. The tension is palpable as the APT enters the ring with Dibiase standing across from The Elmiinators! This is such a critical match in the Dragon Division of the WTL here TONIGHT! The growd gasps and boo's as Ted Dibiase, Riggs, and Bagwell are attacked during their pre-match prayer! Saturn and Kronus show no mercy, picking up right where they left off when they destroyed the American Males back earlier this year in a lopsided massacre. This time it's different, Riggs and Bagwell are feeling the spirit and manage to fight back! Dibiase shouts encouragement and support from the outside as the APT overpower The Eliminators with sharp tag team wrestling! The battle goes back and forth through multiple commercial breaks throughout the 15 minute regulation time limit. The Eliminators attempt to cheat later in the match with a steel chair but Ted Dibiase is able to stop them, grabbing the chair from Saturn and throwing it to the side. The APT score several nearfalls and near rollups but The Eliminators put their faith to the test, the dual stereo martial arts kicks, dual moonsaults, Saturn's elbow drop, Kronus cartwheel handspring moonsault plancha over the ropes! The Eliminators look to put it away with the Total Elimination on Riggs but Bagwell is able to break the fall at 2.9999! The clock winds down in the final seconds with both teams down and out! This match is going to OVERTIME! Both teams are totally spent and exhausted in the 5 minute overtime, we've gone through our final commercial breaks and we are staying with this match until we have a winner! It's do or die as the APT fight to survive several nearfalls from big power moves from The Eliminators. Saturn and Kronus have Riggs and Bagwell beat but they just can't put them away, they manage to kick out of everything and survive until the final 5 minute overtime clock expires! This match ends in ...... A DRAW! And we're out of TIIIIII...... ©1996 Neo Zeed Corp.
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 Universal Studios Florida(Orlando, FL)March 30th, 1996Worldwide hits the airwaves of your locally syndicated network on a late night Saturday night on the eve of Best Of The Best III: Redemption City Showdown '96 with Joey Styles welcoming the television audience standing in front of a wall of monitors and editing equipment. This is your last stop for all the news and hype for tomorrow night's pay per view extravaganza from the Tokyo Dome in Japan, the wrestling event of a lifetime that is set to change the course of this entire sport. Stay tuned for the next hour right here on Worldwide as we have late breaking news, hype, and we are set for World Tag League action with The Horsemen taking on The Pit Bulls in our main event!... Best Of The Best has made a lot of waves with the first 2 pay per view events in 1996. Best Of The Best I: A New Beginning was released on VHS just this week and it shot to the top of the Billboard charts for top weekly rentals. Best Of The Best II: The Revenge Of The Warriors from Las Vegas got rave reviews from critics and fans as a turning point in the promotion. What you want to do right now is to pick up your phone, call your cable or satellite provider now and order Best Of The Best III: Redemption City Showdown '96. This is the trilogy completed, everything that has been going on in this promotion all year will boil over tomorrow night LIVE on pay per view in the sold out Tokyo Dome in Japan. The past, the present, and the future is all on the line, live on pay per view tomorrow night, call and ORDER NOW! Breaking News:
Steiners vs Thrillseekers at BOTB IIIRight at the start of the show Joey Styles gets right down to business by breaking the news about the huge World Tag League bout that has been moved to the Tokyo Dome in Japan tomorrow night for Best Of The Best III: Redemption City Showdown '96. This match was supposed to take place earlier tonight on Shockwave from Oklahoma City but the bout was moved earlier this week to the Tokyo Dome for pay per view. The Steiner Brothers are undefeated at 5-0 and in sole possession of 1st place in the Dragon Division after their huge win last week over The Eliminators on Judgement Night. The victory over Saturn and Kronus gave The Eliminators their first loss ever in Best Of The Best. Rick and Scott Steiner will put their undefeated record on the line tomorrow night when they take on the resurgent Thrillseekers(Chris Jericho, AKA Lionheart, and Lance Storm from Calgary). The Thrillseekers struggled to an 0-3 start in the WTL but have won 2 in a row in impressive fashion to move to 2-3, still very much a threat in the Dragon Division. Neither of these teams are strangers to the Land Of The Rising Sun but this will be perhaps the biggest crowd that either has ever competed in front of, LIVE on pay per view, TOMORROW NIGHT! The Steiners and Thrillseekers will hook it up in the final bout from week 6 of the WTL, while tonight in our special main event we will see the team of Arn Anderson & Chris Benoit step into the Worldwide ring here in Universal Studios Florida to take on The Pitbulls(W/Kimona)! The World Tag League has wrapped up it's mid-way point with week 6 concluding tomorrow night in Japan, the next 6 weeks will be a fight to the finish to determine the top 4 teams to qualify for the Final Four tournament set to crown the very first BOTB Undisputed World Tag Team Champs live on pay per view in May at Best Of The Best V! Live Telephone Call-In(From Japan):
Jim CornetteBack in the studio Joey Styles has Jim Cornette on the phone from Japan with an interview about Vader's upcoming match against Sabu tomorrow night on pay per view at Best Of The Best III: Redemption City Showdown '96. Jim Cornette tells Joey Styles and for all of the fans watching to be sure and buy this pay per view, tune in tomorrow night to see Vader lay waste to that scarred up freak Sabu. Cornette states that he knows people call Sabu the most homicidal, suicidal, genocidal, death defying athlete in the sport of wrestling today, but deep down inside of his scarred up body in that heart that beats in his chest, he knows the truth.... Sabu fears Vader...Tomorrow night when Sabu steps into the ring with Vader it's going to be a massacre, Sabu is going to pay for every attack, he's going to pay for putting Jim Cornette in a neck brace with a cervical concussion, real extreme justice will be delivered tomorrow night at the Tokyo Dome on pay per view! Joey Styles asks the question that has been on everybody's minds lately, what is his status as the manager for Owen Hart & The British Bulldog(currently in the World Tag League). Joey cites that Jim was not in their corner in Calgary two weeks ago on Judgement Night, and he wasn't in their corner on Judgement Night this past Monday either. Jim Cornette cuts Joey Styles off saying there is no issue, he's still the manager for Owen and Bulldog, he's just been out of action a little bit ever since that freak Sabu put him through a table and nearly broke his neck! Everything is fine with Camp Cornette, Owen & Bulldog are focused on the World Tag League, Vader is focused on ending Sabu's life, when they get together they are the strongest force in this sport, they make Paul E. Dangerously's little trio look like childs play! Often immitated, never duplicated, Camp Cornette is #1! Music Video:
Zero by Smashing Pumpkins(The Guerrero vs Malenko Rivalry)Prior to the commercial break we get a special highlight music video set to Zero off of the new Smashing Pumpkins album Melon Collie and the Infinite Sadness. The video shows live exclusive footage from Smashing Pumpkins Australian stop in their World Tour cut in and out with clips from the ongoing rivalry between Eddie Guerrero vs Dean Malenko. Both Eddie and Dean were virtual unknowns in the sport of pro wrestling when they first battled in Japan in 1993. The two dueled in two hard fought battles in Fukushima and Osaka that Spring. A year later they met again, only this time Eddie wrestled under his "Black Tiger" persona in Japan. The series didn't really become a rivalry until they met on American soil last year in ECW. The battles between Malenko vs Guerrero became a hot commodity among hardcore wrestling fans until ultimately the buzz led to both of them signing with WCW last Fall. The two would face off on WCW Saturday Night and Monday Nitro taking their rivalry to primetime cable. When WCW closed it's doors and was bought out by Best Of The Best, Guerrero and Malenko were among the first names signed. The two would face off in the very first ever Best Of The Best match opening the debut episode of Saturday Night Shockwave back in January.  Eddie would pin Dean for the victory in their first meeting in BOTB. Since then both men have gone on to be two of the best in 1996. Eddie Guerrero holds a 4-1 record while Dean's loss to Eddie remains his only defeat, he's currently 3-1, both wrestlers find themselves just outside the Top 10 Rankings. Now the rivalry goes back to where it all started, in front of the biggest crowd that either has ever competed in front of, the sold out Tokyo Dome in Japan! Eddie Guerrero vs Dean Malenko II tomorrow night live on pay per view it will be Best Of The Best III: Redemption City Showdown '96 CALL AND ORDER NOW! Live Telephone Call-In(From Japan)
"Stone Cold" Steve Austin
Back in the studio and Joey Styles is surprised when off-screen producers interrupt him with news that they have a live call in from Japan from "Stone Cold" Steve Austin. Joey's surprise turns to intimidation when Steve Austin informs him what he will do to him if they don't air his call. Austin called in to give Joey a piece of his mind, him, Brian Pillman, and Shane Douglas are set to face the trio of Marc Mero(W/Sable), Rey Mysterio Jr., and The 123 Kid tomorrow night at the Tokyo Dome in six man action. Austin tells Joey Styles that he looks stupid hosting a show that looks like it should be on Nickelodeon with a bunch of jackasses in the crowd that look like their sitting around waiting for Hulk Hogan to show up. Austin tells Joey Styles you will never catch him dead wrestling on that god forsaken program and Joey should be embarrassed for even being on it. Stone Cold continues with his tirade about how it's all part of a bigger picture here with this promotion, they do a lot of really stupid bullsh*# here, this whole World Tag League, , you got Marc Mero dressing up in all leather what's his gimmick!? What's he supposed to be? Austin tells Joey what he is and the entire sentence gets censored out! As for Rey Mysterio Jr. and the 123 Kid he's going to show the world tomorrow night on pay per view what happens when you put kids in the ring with a grown ass man. Austin tells Joey that he's already made it clear he's not here in Best Of The Best to be fed crap, as far as he's concerned that's exactly what this entire 3 man team they are facing tomorrow night is. Austin goes on further saying that he's a man of his word, he's the man that put Mikey Whipreck in a wheel chair for the rest of his life. Everybody around here has a real short memory when it comes to what he's capable of. Austin says he's the most dangerous man walking in this sport today, he's not going to follow any of the rules of this promotion, he can give a damn less about Brian Pillman or Shane Douglas quite honestly, the fact of the matter is this; Stone Cold does what he wants, when he wants, to whoever he wants to do it to, and that's the bottom line..... World Tag League Match:
Arn Anderson & Chris Benoit(1-4)
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The Pit Bulls(W/Kimona)(2-3)Joey shoots it down to the small little compact studio arena here in Universal Studios for tonight's featured World Tag League bout with The Pit Bulls wrapping up their entrance to Thunderkiss 65 by White Zombie. Pitbulls 1 and 2 are accompanied by the seductive Kimona... The smaller crowd comes alive when the Four Horsemen entrance music hits the speakers to bring out Benoit and Arn! Arn and Benoit pause on the middle of the elevated catwalk entrance ramp looking around at the fans for a moment as Joey recaps the damage that Brian Pillman has done to their WTL season, costing them several matches to where they find themselves in the cellar of the Tiger Division with a 1-4 record. Arn and Benoit suddenly sprint to the ring and attack The Pit Bulls all at once in a wild brawl as referee Nick Patrick calls for the bell! Arn brawls with Pitbull 1 while Benoit takes Pitbull 2 over the top rope down to the floor! The brawling continues until Nick Patrick is able to restore order with Benoit taking on Pitbull 1 one on one in the ring. The Pitbulls overcome Benoit and toss him around with power moves until the hot tag is made to Arn, who comes in dominating! Arn's momentum is cut off with Kimona reaching into the ring to trip him up on a rope running sequence! The Pitbulls work Arn over and set up their Superbomb but Benoit stops it! Benoit drops Pitbull 2 off the top rope with a SUPERPLEX! Later on the finish comes with Arn dropping Pitbull 1 with the DDT! Benoit takes Pitbull 2 out and backs Kimona away from the ring as the ref counts the pinfall, 1... 2.... 3! The Horsemen WIN! The Pitbulls retreat with Kimona as Benoit and Arn have their arms raised in victory, holding up the Four Horsemen hand symbol with honor! After the instant replay of Arn's devastating DDT Joey Styles shows the computer graphic of the current World Tag League standings.... Tune in tomorrow night live on pay per view at Best Of The Best III as week 6 of the WTL wraps up with a highly anticipated showdown between The Steiner Brothers vs The Thrillseekers from the Tokyo Dome in Japan! Pick up the phone and order now! Music Video:
Evidence by Faith No MoreThis week's episode of Worldwide comes to an end with a music video highlight package set to Evidence by Faith No More, recapping the last 6 weeks of training and preparation put in by Shawn Michaels and Bret Hart on the eve of their head to head Iron Man Match tomorrow night live on pay per view from the Tokyo Dome... The two best wrestlers in the world are set to face off tomorrow night in the Tokyo Dome. Shawn Michaels has stepped up as the Michael Jordan of professional wrestling in 1996. His reunion with his mentor Jose Lothario and a refocused attitude has made him nearly unbeatable. His victory over Sting last month in Las Vegas solidified him as the true Undisputed World Champion....  To many, Bret Hart is STILL the real uncrowned champion of wrestling. Bret never truly lost the WWF title, instead he was the victim of circumstance and an injury that derailed his start here in Best Of The Best. The Hitman has worked his way back to the top of the Rankings and has pulled out every stop to prepare for the toughest test of his career. Bret returned home to Calgary to train for 4 weeks, he worked with his legendary father Stu Hart to return to his roots, he brought in legendary Canadian kickboxer Jean Yves Therault to prepare for Michaels' Sweet Chin Music, he even brought in Jose Lothario's arch rival Mil Mascaras to help get ready for Michaels....  Shawn Michaels under Jose Lothario's training has focused mostly at his home gym in San Antonio, with trips to elite strength and conditioning specialists, including a trip to Big Bear to work with boxing great Oscar De La Hoya in high altitude. Lothario even took Michaels upstate to Dallas Texas' "Lions Den Submission Wrestling Academy" owned by UFC Champion Ken Shamrock, where he worked specifically on countering and escaping Bret's Sharpshooter submission. Michaels is beyond being in shape and is one of the most dynamic athletes in any sport in the world today.... The shots taken at each other in promos last month seen things escalate to the match being made officially a "60 Minute Iron Man Match". The clock will be running for 60 minutes, the man with the most pins/submissions over his opponent in the end will be the Undisputed World Champion Of Pro Wrestling. Shawn Michaels has proven he can go 60 minutes already, he went over 73 minutes total in the ring in Houston in January at Best Of The Best I: A New Beginning to be left standing as the Champion in the end. Bret Hart has relocated his training to the secluded mountains of Japan for the final 2 weeks of his camp, he's acclimated to the brutal travel, jet-lag, time change, everything. The two weighed in virtually identical, yet their personalities and in-ring styles couldn't be more different. This is the battle of a generation... This is the biggest match in this sport and this pay per view tomorrow night is the must see wrestling event of the year. Bret Hart vs Shawn Michaels in a 60 Minute Iron Man Match for the Undisputed World Championship of Pro Wrestling, tomorrow night live only on pay per view from the Tokyo Dome in Japan, it will be..... ©1996 Neo Zeed Corp.
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Due to the graphic nature of this live pay per view(language, violence), this uncensored program is recommended for mature audiences only.... Tonight's pay per view broadcast opens up with a shot of the fully sold out Tokyo Dome in Japan with the crowd quiet in observance of the emotive performance of the Japanese folk song "Tsugaru Jonkara Bushi" played with the classical Tsugaru-jamisen instrument by a performer in the middle of the ring....
A Japanese ring announcer shouts an intense introduction from ringside as the musician plays on. The crowd comes alive at the sight of the Kings Of Kings team with the spotlight put on them on a stage to the left of the ring, behind the seated section. Nobuhiko Takada, Akira Maeda, Kiyoshi Tamura, Tsuyoshi Kohsaka, and Yoji Anjo stand wearing matching red and black jumpsuits as they are introduced by name by the ring announcer....
The Tsugaru-jamisen performance continues in the ring as the lights are raised on another stage on the opposite right side of the ring, where Team Inoki gets a HUGE ovation from the fans! Antonio Inoki, The Great Muta, Kenta Kobashi, Masakatsu Funaki, and Minoru Suzuki stand wearing matching yellow and white jump suits eyeing Team KOK from the opposite side of the ring as they are introduced....
The music plays on as the ring announcer introduces Bret "The Hitman" Hart and "The Heartbreak Kid" Shawn Michaels just as the lights raise up to show them flanking both sides of the big screen jumbo-tron on the entrance stage! Bret and Shawn look around at the grand spectacle in street clothes as they are introduced to cheers, this is IT! This is the biggest pay per view event of this generation! The music hits a crescendo just as pyro explodes on the entrance stage and over the ring!.....
 Jim Ross and Joey Styles welcome the American pay per view audience from their ringside commentary booth as we are set for Best Of The Best III: Redemption City Showdown '96 LIVE for 3 full hours here tonight from the Tokyo Dome in Japan! This Dome is a sight to behold folks, and this place is sold out for what will be perhaps the most important event in the history of this sport, certainly of this decade! In our main event it will be 5-on-5 Mega Battle between Team Inoki vs The Kings Of Kings! The IWGP Heavyweight title, the Triple Crown World Heavyweight title, and Lou Thesz's original World Championship Title will all be on the line in a winner take all match that will determine the fate of this entire sport.... Also tonight, we are set for the 60 Minute Iron Man Match in our co-main event, the Undisputed Champion Shawn Michaels has a lingering dispute over his claim as Champion, since Bret Hart never truly lost his WWF Championship. Tonight it will be settled once and for all as these two are set to battle for 60 minutes in a war of attrition, in the end only 1 man will be left standing as the one true World Champion of Pro Wrestling. The entrances of Eddie Guerrero and Dean Malenko bring the half capacity Tokyo Dome crowd to their feet. Styles notes that these two started this rivalry here in Japan, they have battled in ECW, on live cable TV in sold out arenas in WCW, even taking it to the limit in the very first ever match in the start of this Best Of The Best promotion back in January. Now these two are set to open up tonight's massive pay per view event one on one and the stakes are much higher for this rematch. Both Eddie and Dean find themselves as fringe top 10 challengers with Eddie being 4-1(his lone loss being to Chris Benoit) and Dean being 3-1(his lone loss being to Eddie in the first BOTB match ever)....  Eddie stays sharp and focused early on to manage to avoid Malenko's clutches with rapid rope running and counters, high impact, high risk aerial assault! Just as Malenko appears to move one step ahead of Eddie to set up a hold he's instantly countered with Eddie staying 2 moves ahead of him in a mat chess match between a high flyer vs mat technician. The half full Tokyo Dome crowd begins to fill up during the course of the bout, with Dean finally managing a huge counter pushing out of a Tornado DDT attempt from Guerrero, sending Eddie crashing into the canvas with sickening force! Malenko wrestles with urgency and and the edge of a desperate athlete, still feeling the effects of his only loss here to this same opponent in Best Of The Best just 11 weeks ago at the Center Stage Theater in Atlanta Georgia. Dean wears Eddie down with holds and suplexes. Eddie fights back with a counter followed by a targeted attack that concentrates on Malenko's right knee. Guerrero damages Malenko's knee with dropkicks, leg drops, even dragging him to the corner post to smash it around the steel from the floor! Eddie's attempt at wracking Dean's right knee on the ring post a second time backfires as Malenko is able to kick him backwards into the steel guard railing with a vicious impact! Eddie smacks the back of his head on the steel and is stunned! Dean limps out to the floor to drag Eddie back in just to break the countout at 9.999! Malenko struggles with his knee before getting rolled up, only to counter Eddie into a small package that gets reversed and flipped out of, rolling directly into Dean's leg scissor hold on Eddie's right arm! Eddie does a front roll out of Dean's leg scissor hold and kips up to his feet just at the same time that Dean rolls and transitions up into a fighting stance down on his injured knee! The Tokyo Dome crowd cheers, ooohing and aaahing at each transition and reversal before a standing ovation as they stare each other down!... After another series of back and forth rollups and reversals it's Eddie that gets the upper hand on The Iceman, finally catching him with his Tornado DDT out of the corner to put him down! Guerrero goes up top and flies almost 3/4's across the ring with a Frog Splash but Dean rolls out of the way at the last second, causing Eddie to smash into the canvas! Dean limps towards Eddie and stomps him down before puling him up into the Double Underhook POWERBOMB! Eddie manages to stop it mid-air on Dean's shoulders, catching himself in the position and staggering Malenko with punches! Eddie pulls himself backwards to counter the powerbomb with a rana but Dean stuffs him by catching him between his legs, quickly transitioning his grip on Eddie's legs into the.... TEXAS CLOVERLEAF! The Tokyo Dome crowd swells with an oooooooohhhhhhhhh as Dean cranks back on the Cloverleaf in the middle of the ring! Eddie tries to reach for the ropes but he's forced to SUBMIT! Referee Yuji Shimata urgently calls for the bell and tackles Malenko off of Eddie to break the hold! Dean Malenko WINS! Eddie got caught in the Texas Cloverleaf and was forced to submit at 13:56! Malenko limps and winces in pain and fatigue as the referee raises his arm to a standing ovation from the Tokyo Dome crowd that continues to fill up. Eddie Guerrero rolls out of the ring and walks to the back frustrated in defeat. Jim Ross and Joey Styles go over the instant replay of Eddie missing the frog splash, countering Dean's double underhook powerbomb with a rana that was then countered by Malenko into the Cloverleaf for the win. Malenko raises his arm and respectfully acknowledges the crowd as they cheer him on as Joey Styles notes how big of a win this was for Malenko, avenging his only loss here in BOTB and moving his record to 4-1 in the ring...
After the match Jim Ross and Joey Styles kick it backstage to Mike Tenay for an interview with Paul E. Dangerously and his "New Alliance", "Stone Cold" Steve Austin, "The Loose Cannon" Brian Pillman, and Shane Douglas. Paul E. cuts off Tenay to shout at him that this is the night where he sets off to finish what he started back in WCW in 1992, this is the night that the 3 most dangerous and pissed off athletes in this sport make the statement that THIS is the turning point where this organization takes everything that they have coming to them in this sport in this BUSINESS! Shane Douglas backs Paul E. up and agrees with him before saying that they are prepared to make an example out of Mero, Kid, and Mysterio tonight, this goes out to the rest of the Kliq, to the Horsemen, Hulk Hogan, all of the legends and the big stars of the past can KISS MY ASS! Pay attention here tonight and feast your FUCKING EYES on the future, the PRESENT of this sport in 1996! Steve Austin takes over the promo and says that as far as the 3 pieces of trash they are about to face are concerned all three of them are a bunch of Alex Wrights, it's the same old story time and time again, it doesn't matter if it's WCW or Best Of The Best, Eric Bischoff is going to find out what happens tonight that everything changes, he's not here to make Bischoff's garbage look good on a live pay per view, everybody is going to find out tonight what Steve Austin is capable of.... Brian Pillman cuts in and laughs it up while Shane Douglas smiles and rubs his hands together with a sinister grin beside him. Pillman says we are just moments away from the revelation of the new Alliance but he claims that everybody knows that Eric Bischoff's real dog and pony show tonight will be the Iron Man Match between Shawn Michaels and Bret Hart. some in this business say I'm a marked man that the Horsemen have a price on my head, but you can't put a price on the biggest pay per view match in the history of Eric Bischoff's career as a CEO! You can't put a price on an idea! The idea that this new alliance is about to revolutionize the entire professional wrestling and sports entertainment business hahaha!....
We return back to the live shot of the Tokyo Dome with the three man tag team of 123 Kid, Rey Mysterio Jr., and Marc Mero(W/Sable) making their way out to the ring together to Rey Mysterio's entrance music Sad But True by Metallica. The trio make the long walk down the elevated catwalk entrance ramp with all 3 of them fiery and intense, ready for this heated six man grudge match. Sable follows behind the three men and watches on as they briefly go over their strategy together before entering the ring. Just Another Victim by Helmet/House Of Pain brings out Paul E. Dangerously's trio of Pillman, Austin, and Shane Douglas together. Austin keeps his distance from rest as he looks around at the Tokyo Dome crowd in disgust en route to the ring. Austin, Pillman, and Shane Douglas are mobbed by Mysterio, Mero, and Kid as soon as they try to make their way through the ropes! The referee calls for the bell and we're off!...  It's all out madness as Steve Austin brawls with Marc Mero out on the floor while Mysterio and 123 Kid work together to fight with Shane Douglas and Brian Pillman in the ring! Austin clotheslines Mero over the steel railing into the laps of the front row fans before scaring Sable back and taking a shot to the back of the head from Mero! Mero drags Austin into the crowd and proceeds to brawl with him in a violent scramble! Back in the ring and Kid/Mysterio team up to backdrop Pillman out of the ring before hitting Shane Douglas with a double spinning heel kicks! Sable watches on with concern as Austin batters Mero with a steel chair to his back out in the audience, leaving him laying before making his way back to the ringside area! Austin joins forces with Pillman and Shane Douglas to overwhelm Kid and Mysterio back in the ring. Mero recovers and drags himself back to the ring later on to even the odds, setting up a huge spot as Austin, Pillman, and Douglas are knocked out to the floor together to regroup near Paul E.. Mysterio gets whipped into the ropes by Mero and Kid and backdropped into a SOMERSAULT SENTON ONTO ALL 3 MEN ON THE FLOOR! Joey Styles shouts OH MY GAWD on commentary as Mysterio takes out Austin, Pillman, and Shane Douglas in a huge crash on the floor! The crowd in the Tokyo Dome gasps on impact and all four men lay scattered out on the floor in pain. After another brawl around the ring between all six men the referee is finally able to restore order with Shane Douglas going one on one with 123 Kid for a long stretch of back and forth action. Kid batters Douglas with martial arts kicks but Shane is able to ground him with submission holds to take control of the match, slowing the pace down and taking the crowd out of the equation. Paul E. watches on from the ringside area with Sable watching on from across the opposite side as 123 Kid is shut down on the mat in rest holds that have the Tokyo Dome crowd nearly silent. Pillman and Austin are tagged in and out to batter and belittle Kid until he's able to fight back with a shot that drops Pillman, setting up the hot tag to Marc Mero! Mero comes in hot dropping everyone with punches! The momentum shifts back and forth between both teams until Rey Mysterio and Shane Douglas find themselves the legal men. The referee begins to lose control after Paul E. Dangerously gets involved! Marc Mero and Rey Mysterio work together in the ring as Austin fights with Kid out on the floor! Paul E. climbs into the ring with a steel chair as the referee is distracted with a shot intended for Marc Mero's back, only for Sable to get into the ring to stop him! Sable rips the chair out of Paul E.'s hands and backs him up threatening him! All of a sudden shock overtakes the Tokyo Dome as Sable turns around and DROPS MARC MERO WITH A LOW BLOW FROM BEHIND! Jim Ross shouts on commentary WHAT THE HELL!? as Mero drops to his knees clutching his groin, turning to look up at Sable in total disbelief! WHAT IS GOING ON HERE!? Paul E. distracts the referee as Sable kicks Mero over and forces him out of the ring as he grimaces in agony clutching his groin! Sable grabs the steel chair while the ref is still distracted by Paul E. and blasts Rey Mysterio Jr. in the BACK! Rey stumbles forward into a BELLY TO BELLY SUPLEX by Shane Douglas! Sable tosses the chair and stands back as Paul E. pushes the ref to divert his attention back just in time to count the pinfall as Shane Douglas hooks Mysterio's leg for the 1... 2.... 3! It's OVER! Immediately after Shane Douglas has his arm raised Mero and everyone else in the Tokyo Dome look on in utter shock as Sable embraces Shane Douglas with a KISS! WHAT THE HELL!? NO WAY! Sable has doublecrossed her own husband Marc Mero and helped Paul E. Dangerously's New Alliance win this match! Shane Douglas has avenged his loss to Rey Mysterio last month by pinning him here in the Tokyo Dome and Sable.... SABLE is with SHANE DOUGLAS! Sable has joined Paul E. Dangerously's alliance!... The crowd in the Tokyo Dome boo's as Sable watches on with Paul E. as Austin, Shane Douglas, and Brian Pillman destroy Marc Mero in the ring while they celebrate the victory. Mero tries to fight back with emotion but he's outnumbered as Kid and Mysterio are kept out of the ring. This is UNBELIEVABLE! Austin puts the boots to Mysterio and Kid every time they try to fight their way into the ring. Pillman and Shane Douglas laugh and taunt Mero as they hold him up for Sable to slap him in the face! Sable kicks Mero while Douglas and Pillman hold him up! Mero, Kid, and Mysterio are left laying destroyed as Paul E. Dangerously's New Alliance make their exit taunting the fans....
Jim Ross and Joey Styles are shown at their ringside commentary booth in complete shock at what just transpired. The new Dangerous Alliance has defeated the team of 123 Kid, Marc Mero, & Rey Mysterio Jr. after Shane Douglas pinned Rey at 11:05 after Sable turned on Marc Mero to align herself with Shane Douglas and Paul E.'s New Alliance. JR and Joey pull it together to talk about the next big Best Of The Best pay per view set for April 21st live from the UIC Pavilion in Chicago Illinois it will be Best Of The Best IV: Chi-Town Wrestlewar '96!.... Fans you do not want to miss this event live on pay per view, tickets go on sale tomorrow morning and they expected to sell out fast. Already signed for this huge pay per view event is a very special attraction making his in-ring debut, perhaps the toughest man in the NFL today, Pittsburgh Steelers linebacker Greg Lloyd(a tae kwon do black belt)... Greg Lloyd is shown watching from ringside as a guest of honor in the Tokyo Dome as Joey Styles hypes up his BOTB debut signed for pay per view for April 21st in Chicago. Lloyd led the Steelers to Super Bowl XXX this past January in Arizona(the same game where Brian Pillman ran onto the field during the 3rd quarter). Lloyd will step over into the world of professional wrestling and he's made it very clear that he will be coming here to Best Of The Best to hurt people. Call your cable or satellite provider now and request this event on April 21st, LIVE from the UIC Pavilion in Chicago it will be Best Of The Best IV: Chi-Town Wrestlewar '96!
The Japanese crowd in the Tokyo Dome comes alive when the ring announcer sets the stage for the following grudge match! Jim Cornette leads Vader out to the ring wearing his traditional horned mask shooting out fog, setting the Tokyo Dome off with cheers as he lumbers down the seemingly mile long elevated catwalk entrance ramp. Jim Cornette is still wearing the neck brace from the cervical concussion he suffered when Sabu put him through a table here in BOTB weeks ago. White Zombie's More Human Than Human brings out The Most Homicidal, Suicidal, Genocidal, Death Defying Athlete in Sports today, SABU to the Tokyo Dome next. Sabu makes his way down to the ring with intensity eyeing the 400 plus pound Mastadon standing ready for him in the ring! Jim Ross talks about the sick feeling he has in his gut for this match, he does not have a good feeling about this, this could get ugly folks.... Sabu and Vader stand across from each other for their intros from the Japanese ring announcer shouting their names at the top of his voice! Sabu strikes his pose pointing to the massive dome during his intro as Vader snarls and motions for him to bring it on! The referee calls for the bell as both men continue eyeing each other with intensity!....  Sabu tries to keep his distance from Vader early on as he goes after the bigger man's legs with drop kick attacks, quickly rolling out of range as he circles the 6'5" 450 pound monster. It's only a matter of time before Vader's speed is able to close the distance for him to get his hands on Sabu, and the mauling ensues. Sabu is torn apart with punching and clubbing forearm strike combos with a vicious right hand upside his head causing him to fall over stunned. JR and Joey Styles note that this match is set to be contested under traditional Best Of The Best wrestling rules, Championship Councilman Lou Thesz rejected Sabu's requests for this to be a barbed wire match(and shot down his request for an appeal with a hearing denied by the Championship Council). Thesz made it clear to referee Charles Robinson that these two will have to face each other under the rules of BOTB here in Tokyo tonight, this is not the place for violence and blood, Best Of The Best is about the competition of honor.... Vader takes his time and paces himself as he throws Sabu around like a ragdoll into the ropes and corner turnbuckles, continuing to beat him down with strikes, splashes, elbow drops, pushing referee Charles Robinson away to take full advantage of the 5 counts. Jim Cornette stalks the outside watching with intensity as Vader wears Sabu down with his patented Bear Hug wearing the life out of his scarred up body. Sabu riles the crowd up when he fights back to escape Vader's clutches, managing to stun the beat with punches before hitting the ropes and building up speed to smash him with a flying leg lariat! Vader staggers stunned but stays on his feet! Sabu quickly climbs out to the apron and catapults himself up to the top rope to fly off with a flying crossbody press, only for Vader to catch him and fling him viciously with a fallaway slam that sends him into the ropes with sickening force before collapsing to the canvas in pain! The Mastadon nearly decapitates Sabu with his short arm clothesline but he's instructed by Jim Cornette from the outside to take his time and punish the scarred up freak! Break him! Vader whips Sabu into the ropes with sickening force before crushing him with a running body block in the corner! Sabu collapses after being crushed but Vader pulls him up and does it twice more, back and forth across the ring, destroying Sabu with devastating splashes. Sabu brings the Japanese fans to life by refusing to stay down, recovering to his knees trying to throw punches at Vader's gut! Vader pulls Sabu upright by his hair and smacks him several times taunting him! Sabu stuns the big man out of nowhere with a LOW BLOW TO THE GROIN! Referee Charles Robinson was out of line of sight to see it and missed it! Vader staggers backwards clutching his groin! Sabu staggers to his feet and climbs up to the top turnbuckle before flying off with a missile dropkick aimed directly at Vader's knee! The crowd swells with cheers as Vader staggers and almost goes down, stumbling backwards into the ropes to hold himself up! Sabu runs the ropes on the opposite side and builds up speed to dive into Vader to take him over the top rope in a spill out to the floor! Both men crash off the apron to the floor with Vader landing on his feet and Sabu stumbling back into the steel guard rail! Referee Charles Robinson begins a count as Sabu attacks Vader out on the floor with punches and throat thrusts staggering him! Sabu brings the fans to their feet in the Tokyo Dome as he races back into the ring and runs the ropes to build up speed to drill Vader in the face with a baseball slide that sends him tumbling backwards OVER the steel guard railing into the audience! Sabu quickly pulls the railing closer to the ring apron before scrambling to climb up to the apron and hit Vader with a springboard moonsault plancha OVER THE STEEL RAILING! Vader falls back on impact in a way that causes Sabu's knees to smash into the steel chairs on the way down, knocking some of the fans back in a chaotic scene! Jim Cornette frantically attempts to revive Vader as the ref's count hits 6 with both men down and out on the floor! Vader and Sabu recover and exchange punches before Vader pulls Sabu up into a military press and THROWS HIM INTO A CLUSTER OF OPENED EMPTY CHAIRS! Sabu cradles up in agony in a tangled mess of chairs in the fetal position as Vader limps over towards him, all while referee Charles Robinson keeps a steady count in the ring.... 7..... 8...... Vader approaches Sabu but the extreme beholder of justice manages to recover and throw an opened steel chair in his face! Vader clutches his face as he falls backwards to the concrete floor! Charles Robinson continues his count as Sabu bashes chairs over Vader's back out in the crowd still!..... 9..... 10........ The ref frantically calls for the bell to rule the bout a double countout at 9:49 but the violence continues out in the crowd as Vader fights back in a dueling chair battle with Sabu! Sabu nearly falls over after a chair shot to the shoulder but he fires back and drills Vader right in the face with a chair shot of his own, immediately opening up a nasty cut that covers Vader's face in blood!.... Referee Charles Robinson continues to call for the bell over and over again as blood begins running down Vader's masked face! Sabu knocks Vader back over the guard railing to the ringside area as Jim Cornette stands back and watches him fly off a steel chair with a springboard over the railing to his Vader with his Air Sabu leg lariat! The crowd in the Tokyo Dome swells with cheers as Sabu drags a TABLE out from under the ring and bridges it from the apron to the steel railing! Sabu stuns Vader with strikes before pulling him over the table and scrambling back into the ring to open up a steel chair! Sabu runs and springs from the chair to the top rope, balancing himself for a brief moment before dropping down to PUT VADER THROUGH THE TABLE! The table crunches with a wholesome snap as Sabu drops down putting Vader face first through the wood! The Tokyo Dome crowd goes crazy! Jim Cornette is a panicked mess as Vader lays motionless face down in the wreckage with Sabu rolling around in pain nearby! Cornette waits for Sabu to try to recover before taking a shot with his tennis racket! Sabu turns around just in time to catch the racket and scare him back into the ring trying to get away! Sabu follows Cornette to get his hands on him as more referees begin running out of the back down the long elevated catwalk entrance ramp! Vader begins to recover as Sabu grabs Jim Cornette by his collar of his shirt in the ring! The bell continues going off repeatedly as chaos ensues in the ring! Vader attacks Sabu with a steel chair to the back to stop him from hurting Jim Cornette! Sabu is laid out and hit with the Vader Bomb in the corner! Charles Robinson tries to stop Vader from going up for another Vader Bomb but he gets CHOKESLAMMED OUT OF HIS SHOES! Three more refs hit the ring just as Vader hits Sabu with a second Vader Bomb that causes him to start spitting up blood! Vader punches one of the referees out before grabbing one of the Japanese refs trying to stop him and POWERMBOMBING HIM! Jim Cornette tries to stop Vader as he chokeslams the third ref! Vader has snapped! Security and referees begin running out of the back as the bell continues going off! Jim Cornette tries to stop Vader from going after a 3rd Vader Bomb on Sabu but he gets pushed to the canvas! Vader wipes the blood from his face, looks at it for a moment, then goes up and CRUSHES Sabu with a third Vader Bomb! Vader finally walks away furious with Jim Cornette cautiously following him while security and EMT's race out to the ring to calm the situation and get Sabu to medical help, he's been crushed by 3 consecutive Vader Bomb's after this bout was called off as a double countout, this was way out of control, UNBELIEVABLE! Sabu recovers and barely is able to walk out eventually as he refuses the stretcher or the medical help from the EMT's....
After the match we cut away to dual side-by-side shots of the locker rooms of Bret "The Hitman" Hart and "The Heartbreak Kid" Shawn Michaels as they are set to go head to head in the Iron Man Match for the Undisputed World Championship in just about an hour. Bret is shown lacing up his boots in his dressing room with a serious look of determination in his eyes for what has to be the biggest match of his career. Shawn is shown pacing back and forth in his dressing room getting mentally prepared as his mentor Jose Lothario hypes him up in the background. Michaels' Undisputed World Championship title belt is shown on the table in the background glistening in all of it's glory and gold. The old WCW Big Gold Belt became the title after Bret's WWF Championship belt was physically destroyed earlier this year by the Horsemen's Brian Pillman(after he had injured Bret's knee with the same sledge hammer he used to destroy the belt). Due to the injury Bret was not given medical clearance for the Title Unification Bout against WCW World Champ Ric Flair back in January of this year. Bret was forced to be pulled from the match by doctors and Flair would end up the Undisputed World Champion with his WCW World Title belt becoming known as the true Undisputed Heavyweight Title....  Shawn Michaels earned his title by winning the 30 Man Champions Rumble back in January by going 48 minutes in one of the most dangerous fields ever for a Rumble style match. Michaels would win the Rumble and would have to take his shot at Flair's Undisputed Title immediately on the spot there after the bout. It was Bret that came in to stop Flair from taking Shawn out with the Undisputed Title belt in the bout while the ref was distracted, Shawn would stand tall as the one true Champion in the end. Never before have we seen the high level of training that both Bret and Shawn put in for this showdown here in Tokyo. This bout is set for 60 minutes, both of these men are ready to put it all on the line for the title. Bret told Shawn during the build up of this bout that even though his WWF Championship is gone forever he never truly lost that title, he will go down as the final WWF Champion and the best there ever was, that it was a title belt that Shawn will never know the feeling of holding. Shawn responded this week in the Tokyo press conference saying that may be true, but Bret also has never held this Undisputed World Championship Title belt that he currently holds, it's one of the most prestigious title belts that has been held by some of the greatest this sport has ever seen, and HBK is here in Japan to make sure that Bret never knows what it feels like to hold this belt up or to wear it around his waist!
Back down at the ring in the Tokyo Dome and the Thrillseekers make their entrances, "Lionheart" Chris Jericho and Lance Storm, two men that trained with Bret in his training camp in Calgary. The Thrillseekers make it down to the ring as Joey Styles on commentary notes their 0-3 start in the World Tag League, after their time training with Bret in Canada they have since won back to back matches to get to 2-3 to stay alive in the race for the Final Four in the highly competitive Dragon Division..... The Steiner Brothers, Rick and Scott make it out next with Styles noting their huge win over The Eliminators last week on Judgement Night. It was the first time that anybody was able to defeat The Eliminators here in Best Of The Best and it gave The Steiner Brothers the best record in the World Tag League at 5-0. Rick and Scott take the ring and stand across from Jericho and Storm getting ready as Jim Ross talks about the rumors that everyone heard all week, that both Steiners suffered injuries in that win over The Eliminators and many wonder if they were not given medical clearance for this bout back earlier this week at the Shockwave taping. This match was originally scheduled for Shockwave this week but was moved to this live pay per view tonight. The crowd is on their feet for the intros as Styles on commentary notes this will be Canada vs USA matchup, neither of these teams are strangers to Japan, this is a huge critical bout in the World Tag League as we approach the final 6 weeks of the 96 season to crown the inaugural Undisputed World Tag Champs......  The Thrillseekers take an early advantage with quick maneuvering and cunning tagging and ring positioning. Eventually The Steiners are able to counter Lance Storm with a hot tag built up to Scotty, who comes in tossing both Thrillseekers with devastating suplexes! The Steiner Brothers control the bout with power wrestling with a major strength advantage, overpowering Jericho and Storm with amateur grappling sequences and counters. The Thrillseekers fight to stay alive, with Jericho breaking up a sure pinfall at 2.9999 after Storm is hit with Scotty's Avalanche Samoan Drop! Storm is able to make the tag to Jericho but he's soon overwhelmed by double team moves from The Steiners, including their Steiner DDT(a diving DDT by Scott as Rick holds him up on his shoulders)! Storms is BARELY able to break the pinfall attempt at 2.999999999! All four teams wear down with fatigue as the 10 minute mark approaches with Rick wearing Jericho down with rest holds. The Thrillseekers find their second wind after another comeback by Jericho and a tag out to Storm, who rolls Rick into his Single Leg Boston Crab after a back and forth rope running exchange of leapfrogs and lariat counters! Jericho flies into the ring and hits Rick with a guillotine leg drop out of nowhere as Lance cranks back in the Single Leg Boston Crab! Scott responds by rushing the ring and flooring Storm with a vicious running double axe handle to the back to break his hold! The referee loses control as Jericho and Scott Steiner brawl out to the floor while Rick and Lance Storm grapple in the ring! Scotty lifts Jericho up into a powerslam but Jericho pushes out and sends Scott stumbling face first into the RING STEPS with a sickening crash! Back in the ring and Rick tosses Lance Storm across the ring with a massive release German Suplex! Jericho springboards into the ring to nail Rick in the face with a flying spinning heel kick! Rick is down and out! The Thrillseekers rally to recover and hit the top ropes in opposite corners as Rick recovers to his feet! JR and Joey build on commentary as Jericho and Storm leap off simultaneously hitting Rick Steiner with stereo MISSILE DROPKICKS TO THE FACE! Lance Storm scrambles to make the pin as Jericho flies out of the ring to take Scotty out with a plancha..... 1..... 2.... 3!.... WHAT!?! THEY DID IT!!! The THRILLSEEKERS! Chris Jericho and Lance Storm collapse victorious and emotional they have UPSET The Steiner Brothers to give them their first loss ever in Best Of The Best! This is their 3rd win in a row after starting off 0-3! The Thrillseekers have UPSET The Steiner Brothers with a pinfall at 11:54! WOW! CHRIS JERICHO AND LANCE STORM! Rick and Scott retreat exhausted and defeated, limping, bruised and battered. The Thrillseekers have pulled off perhaps the biggest upset in the World Tag League so far to really make a statement with a win over the 1st place team in the World Tag League Dragon Division right here in the Tokyo Dome. The referee raises their arms and they embrace in celebration! The Thrillseekers have evened their record to 3-3 and put the Steiner Brothers at 5-1. Jim Ross notes that we definitely seen a Steiner Brothers team here tonight that was not 100%, they were still clearly injured from that battle against The Eliminators last week. This World Tag League is sure to get interesting here in the next final 6 weeks of the league, it may come down to who can stay healthy, these Thrillseekers are for sure coming on strong here in the Dragon Division.....
Jim Ross and Joey Styles are shown at their commentary booth during the intermission and both are hyped to the gills for the rest of the show we have left, including the most anticipated heavyweight showdown this sport has seen in perhaps the last 6 years when The Ultimate Warrior and Ahmed Johnson just moments away from going toe to toe here in the Dome. Also we still have the Undisputed Championship on the line in the 60 minute Ironman bout with Shawn Michaels vs Bret Hart and the 10 Man Mega Battle for all of the marbles, every Japanese major title in one of the most important matches with the future of this whole sport on the line, still to come! JR shoots it to the ring where the entire 7 man Championship Council is present for an honorary intermission ceremony. Lou Thesz, Billy Robinson, Verne Gagne, Nick Bockwinkle, Karl Gotch, Danny Hodge, and Tiger Mask Sayama are all in the ring with Best Of The Best CEO Eric Bischoff for a major announcement regarding this upcoming special Wednesday edition of Judgement Night on the USA Network LIVE this Wednesday April the 3rd from the legendary Mid-South Coliseum in Memphis Tennessee! Eric Bischoff's English gets translated to Japanese for the Tokyo Dome crowd as he breaks the news that the contract has been signed for the main event of this Wednesday's episode of Judgement Night live as two arch rivals are set to battle it out for the FINAL time ever in a major title eliminator bout in the top 10 Rankings. The Macho Man Randy Savage is signed to face off against "The Nature Boy" Ric Flair one on one for the last time and tonight we have a very special announcement. The Macho Man comes out to the ring first dressed in all black, his facial hair growing out of control, he takes the ring and keeps his distance from the Championship Council and Eric Bischoff as The Four Horsemen Theme Song hits the Tokyo Dome PA system to bring out Ric Flair! Flair and Savage stand across the ring from each other eyeing each other with intensity as Bischoff makes it official, this bout has been signed and set for live television this Wednesday April 3rd on the USA Network. The winner of this bout will take a major step forward closer to a title shot at whoever comes out of the Iron Man Match tonight. Eric Bischoff reveals to both Ric Flair and Randy Savage that the ruling has been made by the Championship Council to appoint a very special guest referee for this match to ensure the integrity and honor of the bout. Eric Bischoff brings the Tokyo Dome crowd to their feet when he brings out none other than.....  Ricky "The Dragon" Steamboat!Savage and Flair look on in surprised states as their mutual rival makes his way out to the ring! Jim Ross notes on commentary the battles that Steamboat has had against both Flair and Savage in his legendary career. Joey Styles follows up saying that Steamboat has been retired from the sport but this is huge news that he's been signed to be the special guest referee for the final battle between Randy Savage vs Ric Flair for Judgement Night LIVE on the USA Network this Wednesday night at 8pm!....
Flash bulbs from the photographers go off as Dragon enters to stand in the background of a face to face staredown between Randy Savage and Ric Flair in the middle of the ring! This is IT! These two men are sworn enemies and the hatred is strong. Savage beat Flair at at WWF Wrestlemania for the WWF World Title, while Flair and the Horsemen cheated Savage out of his WCW World title at the final WCW show ever Starrcade '95 just 3 months ago. The fans of Best Of The Best have had a change of heart and have started to cheer Flair and the Horsemen lately, and it's driven Savage over the deep end. The Macho Man has grown edgier and darker over recent appearances in Best Of The Best... Savage points his finger in Flair's face during their staredown before diverting his attention to Steamboat with his finger in his face as he talks inaudibly to both men! Security stand in between both men keeping everyone apart! These two bitter rivals will enter the ring to face off for the final time ever this Wednesday night live on Judgement Night, in the end..... there can be only one.....
Jim Ross and Joey Styles are hyped at their ringside commentary booth as we are just moments away from the ultimate clash of titans here in the Tokyo Dome, this is going to be a battle reminiscing of King Kong vs Godzilla as former WWF World Champion The Ultimate Warrior is set to face off against undefeated heavyweight Ahmed Johnson! The Japanese ring announcer brings the Tokyo Dome crowd to their feet as he shouts the introductions violently at the top of his lungs, bringing out Ahmed Johnson first! Ahmed's entrance music brings the unbeaten 32 year old out to the entrance stage. Jim Ross notes that Ahmed weighed in for this bout at over 300 pounds, standing at 6'2", it really does not get any bigger with any more pressure on this young athletes career than this right here, taking on a legend like Warrior here in a sold out Tokyo Dome in Japan. Ahmed looks around the Tokyo Dome with fury in his eyes as he walks down to the ring focused and determined! The crowd's silence is broken when The Ultimate Warrior's entrance music strikes the PA system of the Tokyo Dome! Jim Ross shouts his famous line business is about to pick up as Warrior comes sprinting out of the back full speed down the long elevated catwalk entrance ramp! The crowd comes alive as Warrior hits the ring shaking the ropes while Ahmed watches on pacing back and forth in his corner maintaining his focus! Warrior never turns his eyes off of Ahmed as he stands up on the turnbuckles with pyro exploding over the ring above him in the shape of his facepaint! The smoke from the pyro wafts through the Tokyo Dome as Warrior and Ahmed stare each other down from opposite corners in a moment of pure intensity and power! The is ELECTRIC! The referee steps forward after the intros and the crowd swells with cheers as he calls for the bell!.... Warrior and Ahmed look around at the sold out Tokyo Dome crowd while staring each other down with palpable intensity flowing through the moment. Jim Ross says on commentary that Warrior comes into this bout at 6'2" and 280 pounds, he's actually 20 pounds smaller than Ahmed but his experience is a major advantage, he's been in all time battles with legends like Hulk Hogan, Andre, Undertaker, and he proved back in Las Vegas at Best Of The Best II he could match Ahmed's strength muscle for muscle when these two locked horns in the Four Corners Match in Caesars Palace! Warrior and Ahmed step to each other feeling the energy in the Dome running through their veins before engaging in a test of strength to start the bout off! Warrior's challenge is answered by Ahmed in a brutal engagement of power, a physical tug of war going back and forth! Finally it's Warrior that gains the advantage, dropping Ahmed to his knees! Ahmed rallies to fight back with a burst of strength as he gets back up to his feet, wowing the crowd as he begins to overpower the Warrior! Ahmed struggles with Warrior's strength and breaks the test with a headbutt before whipping Warrior into the ropes! Warrior ducks under a lariat attempt and runs back from the other side with tremendous momentum built up for a vicious clothesline! Ahmed absorbs the impact and stands his ground unaffected! The two clash again with Ahmed standing his ground again! Finally Ahmed counters Warrior with a big boot to the face that drops him, but he jumps right back up! FEELING THE FORCE! Warrior no-sells Ahmed's chops and forearm strikes before fighting back and staggering him with hard punches! Ahmed finally goes down after three consecutive running axe handle strikes! The crowd cheers as Warrior pulls Ahmed up and whips him into the ropes to hit him with his flying shoulder block! Down goes AHMED! The Ultimate Warrior amps up as he pulls Ahmed up into his Guerrilla Press DROP, followed by his ULTIMATE SPLASH! Warrior rolls Ahmed over and goes for the pin for the quick finish in less than 2 minutes but Ahmed kicks out at 2.9999! The crowd gasps! Warrior is stunned! Ahmed has kicked out of the Guerrilla Press Drop and Ultimate Splash! Warrior pulls Ahmed up and tries to whip him into the ropes again but Ahmed reverses him and drives him into the canvas when he bounces back into a SPINEBUSTER! Both men are down and out! Ahmed recovers first and pulls Warrior up for the PEARL RIVER PLUNGE but Warrior kicks out of the pinfall attempt at 2! Ahmed can't believe it! Ahmed looks over at Warrior shaking his fist in total disbelief as he begins to feel the power to recover! Warrior no sells Ahmed's strikes and ends up knocking him out to the apron! Ahmed is able to counter Warrior's running double axe handle by dropping down and pulling the ropes down, causing Warrior to spill out over the top rope to the floor in a crazy hard landing on the padded floor! Ahmed rolls under the bottom rope into the ring to recover and break the refs count while Warrior works his way back to his feet struggling to recover down on the floor! Ahmed works his way back to his feet and runs for an awkward plancha hitting Warrior hard with a DIVE OVER THE TOP ROPE! UNBELIEVABLE! Ahmed has taken Warrior out on the floor with a plancha over the top! Both men are down and out on the floor and barely able to get up and break the referee's countout count at 9.9! Ahmed attacks Warrior and sets him up for another Pearl River Plunge, smashing him into the canvas with everything he's got! Johnson hooks the leg for the pin but Warrior amazingly kicks out at 2.9999! Ahmed is furious! Ahmed Johnson kicks Warrior down with stomps before diverting his attention to the ring apron where he starts pulling at the loose corner cloth that drapes over the side of the ring. Ahmed works the apron up and starts ripping it desperately until he exposes the padding in the corner! The referee tries to stop Ahmed but he can't, Ahmed nudges him away from him and pulls the padding and cloth apron canvas up in a desperate act to expose the BARE WOOD PLANKS OF THE RING! Warrior begins to recover and fights back with an assault that fires up the Tokyo Dome crowd! Warrior hurts Ahmed with an atomic drop before putting him down with a clothesline! Warrior kicks Ahmed down in the corner where the padding and canvas has been ripped up to expose the hard wood before himself working to further expose more of the unforgiving wood planks underneath the padded canvas! Jim Ross freaks on commentary this is getting out of hand! Warrior pulls Ahmed up and tries to PILEDRIVE HIM INTO THE HARD WOOD FLOOR OF THE RING! Ahmed fights it and backdrops Warrior into the corner turnbuckles, causing him to drop head first down into the exposed wood! Ahmed struggles to get up and pull The Ultimate Warrior into the position for a brutal PEARL RIVER PLUNGE.... ONTO THE HARD EXPOSED WOOD! The Ultimate Warrior IS OUT! Ahmed is gasping for air fighting the fatigue as he struggles to his knees looking down at The Ultimate Warrior before puling himself up and working him into the position for a 4th Pearl River Plunge, ANOTHER on the exposed wooden planks of the ring! Warrior bounces his head off the hard wood on impact with a sickening force! Ahmed rolls over and hooks the leg for the pinfall as the Tokyo Dome crowd gasps and counts along..... 1..... 2..... 3! AHMED JOHNSON! AHMED HAS DEFEATED THE ULTIMATE WARRIOR! Both men stay down and out next to each other with the ring apron and padding a ripped up mess in the quarter corner of the ring they have brawled into! This is UNBELIEVABLE! Ahmed Johnson has defeated The Ultimate Warrior at 11:16 after 4 Pearl River Plunges, including the last 2 being onto the hard unforgiving wood planks of the ring after the padding and canvas was ripped up. This was one hell of a battle here in the Tokyo Dome on live pay per view and we officially have a new heavyweight force in Best Of The Best as Ahmed Johnson has defeated The Ultimate Warrior here tonight to move his record to 7-0, he has to be, HAS TO BE considered the #1 contender to the Undisputed World Title after a win like this, no question about it! Ahmed finally is able to barely recover to his feet to have his arm raised as Warrior rolls over to his knees with his facepaint worn almost all the way off! Warrior has been defeated here tonight but he stands and shows his respect shaking Ahmed Johnson's arm, raising his hand to get a standing ovation from the Tokyo Dome crowd! Warrior bows out of the ring and struggles clutching his ribs as he makes his exit, stopping mid-way down the ramp to turn and look back as Ahmed flexes for the fans to his entrance music with pyro exploding over the ring! Ahmed Johnson has officially arrived!
After the match we cut away to dual side-by-side backstage shots of Team Inoki and The Kings Of Kings set for tonight's main event here in the sold out Tokyo Dome. Both teams are shown preparing for the bout, with the Kings Of Kings locker room showing Tamura and Anjo taping their fists while Takada rolls with various trainers on mats to warm up. Team Inoki's locker room shows Inoki himself looking on at the monitor with a concerned focus as he mentally prepares for what will be the most pivotal war to determine the fate of this entire sport later tonight. This 10 Man Mega Battle Match will be for the Triple Crown, IWGP Heavywight, and Lou Thesz Original World Championship titles, winner takes all, later tonight in our main event!.... Back down to the ringside commentary table with Joey Styles and Jim Ross hyping up tonight's epic double main event with the first one set for right now, we are just moments away from the 60 minute Iron Man Match for the Undisputed World Championship!....
The Japanese ring announcer brings the fans in the Tokyo Dome to their feet when he shouts at the top of his lungs that the following match is the 60 Minute IRONMAN Match for the Undisputed World Championship! Bret "The Hitman" Hart's music hits the speakers to bring him out to the Tokyo Dome first! The Hitman walks out in his classic pink and black gear with his leather jacket and sunglasses as he looks around at the massive Dome for a moment before walking down the huge ramp that connects to the apron. Bret makes the walk while Joey Styles and Jim Ross call him the uncrowned Champ of this sport, his contract signing with Best Of The Best at the end of last year was a major news story in this sport, this man is truly The Best There Is, The Best There Was, And The Best There Ever Will Be! The Hitman makes it to the ringside area where he gives his sunglasses away to a younger fan ringside with their parents before making his way into the ring to a huge pink and black pyro explosion over him! Bret stands in the best shape of his career here at 38 years old, he's mentally matured in the ring but at 6' and 233 pounds he's stronger, faster, sharper and more prepared for this match than any other match of his career, Bret really wants this title! The crowd comes alive when Shawn Michaels entrance music hits the speakers to bring him out with Jose Lothario backing him up! Michaels comes out to the Tokyo Dome all business ready to go, wearing the Undisputed World Championship title belt around his waist proudly! Michaels weighed in at 6'1" and 225 pounds for tonights Iron Man bout, he's proven he can go over an hour back at BOTB I in January. HBK enters the ring and pyro goes off above him as he strikes his pose wearing the belt! HBK and Bret stand face to face in the middle of the ring as referee Yuji Shimata goes over his final instructions, with Michaels unstrapping and handing the belt over! Jim Ross and Joey Styles cover the rules as the ref clears the ring, this match is set to go for a full 60 minutes. The wrestler with the most finishes(pins or submissions) at the end of the 60 minute regulation will be declared the winner, its that simple, and folks it just doesn't get any bigger than this in our sport, this is the big one! Bret and Shawn stand face to face in an intense staredown as the ref calls for the bell! The 60 minute clock starts counting down at the bell!....  After a long stand off staredown to start the match it's Michaels that takes the first shot with a punch right to Bret's mouth! Bret fights back in a back and forth brawl in the early minutes, punches, chest chops, first with Shawn taking the upper hand, then Bret answering and taking control! Both men brawl it out but they both fight with a paced focus and concentration knowing this is a marathon, not a sprint! The brawling evolves into a technical back and forth series of counters and reversals starting with Bret backflipping to his feet to counter a belly to back Suplex by Shawn! The two engage in a series of quick rollups with each man seeking to get on the scoreboards early, but neither able to secure anything past a quick 2 count, one after another until they both kip and roll away into another staredown, with both men intense, breathing heavily, adjusting their gear as they lock eyes!.... Jose Lothario shouts coaching to Shawn as he reengages with Bret while the Tokyo Dome crowd watches on silently with great interest. Michaels ends up escaping a Sharpshooter attempt early on, then the entire first 15 minutes sees the match break down into a brawl that spills out of the ring and spends a lot of time out on the floor. Both Bret and Shawn take vicious shots being sent crashing into the ring posts, the apron, the steel railings, the ring steps, everything! The brawl goes up to the elevated catwalk entrance ramp where Bret is able to counter the sweet chin music with head movement worked on in his training. Bret is able to hurt Michaels back with a vicious vertical suplex out on the ramp, then Michaels gets dropped off the middle turnbuckle of the ring down onto the timekeepers black cloth covered table ringside moments later, only.... THE TABLE DOESN'T BREAK! Michaels takes out the timekeeper and ring announcer in a wild crash as the table just collapses over on impact. From the 16 minute mark on Bret takes the upper hand of the match working Shawn's hurt back over in the ring. Bret methodically works Michaels down with stomps, elbow drops, submission holds, but HBK refuses to submit, the score remains tied at 0-0 as the match approaches the 20 minute mark.... Michaels finds an opening and counters Bret later on, managing to transition around Bret in a counter and reversal sequence to catch Bret in submission holds that target his right arm. Michaels is able to wear Bret's arm down in an extended Fujiwara armbar stalemate before Bret is forced to use a rope break. After another quick escape out of Bret's second Sharpshooter attempt Michaels is countered later on and spends time getting his back further torqued by Bret's camel clutch hold in the middle of the ring. Shawn is put in major trouble in the camel clutch but Bret is unable to get a submission as HBK refuses to give up! Michaels fights through the pain and is able to escape into a counter that transitions into a bicep slicer style hold on Bret's right arm! Bret is forced to use another rope break! Shawn fights back and finds openings to counter and land big moves on Bret as the 30 minute mark approaches! Michaels goes after Bret's right arm with attacks but he's cut off with Bret hurting him with a counter into a tilt-a-whirl backbreaker! Bret quickly goes after Shawn by locking his legs in the position, fighting against Shawn to finally turn him over into..... THE SHARPSHOOTER! Michaels screams out in agony reaching for the ropes but he's caught in the middle of the ring! HBK is forced to tapout! The referee tackles Bret off of HBK and calls for the bell for the first finish of the bout! Bret has caught HBK and capitalized on his hurt back to score a submission with the sharpshooter! Michaels recovers in his corner with Jose Lothario shouting advice to him as Bret regroups for the restart! Bret takes a 1-0 lead at the 31 minute mark! We're past the halfway point! Both men are showing signs of fatigue! Bret's right arm is hurt while Michaels' back is a wreck! Bret has taken a 1-0 lead with a sharpshooter submission at 31 minutes... From the 31 minute point up through the 45 minute mark it's Shawn Michaels slowly overtaking Bret to take the momentum of the match, emptying out his arsenal on The Hitman with a fury as Jose Lothario coaches him on from the outside! Michaels finds his spirit in the match with Lucha Libre style attacks, channeling his training in San Antonio with Lothario, catching Bret with arm drag takedown sequences, dropkicks to Bret's right arm, a moonsault press that gets the nearest fall so far, and even his old Teardrop Suplex finisher at the 45 minute mark, only for Bret to kick out of every pin attempt at 2! Michaels fights desperately to tie the score but everything he does, Bret kicks out of everything at 2 or he's able to get his foot under the ropes to maintain his 1-0 lead as the match reaches the 45 minute mark! Bret fights back and is able to drop Michaels with a russian legsweep and the neutral Tokyo Dome crowd cheers both men on as they lay exhausted down and out! The crowd comes even more alive as Michaels kips up to his feet clutching his back, but still feeling the fighting spirit! Michaels tunes up the band and goes for the Sweet Chin Music but Bret cunningly rolls under it to counter and evade it for the second time tonight! Bret fights Shawn into the corner and sets him up for a Superplex but HBK fights back with punches from up top, knocking Bret down into the canvas! Michaels sets the Tokyo Dome off when he rises to the top turnbuckle and flies off to hit Bret with a FLYING ELBOW DROP! HBK struggles to cover Bret for the pin attempt but The Hitman kicks out at 2.99999! Both men are completely exhausted and down and out on the canvas! Michaels goes after Bret's hurt right arm before trying to catch him with a 3rd Sweet Chin Music attempt, only this time Bret drops out of the way at the last second and Shawn HITS THE REFEREE YUJI SHIMATA INSTEAD! He's OUT COLD! Bret and Shawn go after each other in a back and forth series of reversals that ends with Bret lifting Shawn into a vertical suplex, only for Shawn to fight it in mid-air and cause Bret to stagger backwards dropping him OVER THE TOP ROPE! Shawn spills over the top and drags Bret out with him in a violent crash off the apron to the floor! The referee Yuji Shimata is out cold in the ring as Bret and HBK roll around exhausted and beaten down on the floor when all of a sudden the crowd boo's as Paul E. Dangerously's New Alliance comes running out of the back!.... NO WAY! Somebody has got to stop this! Paul E. Dangerously's trio of Steve Austin, Brian Pillman, and Shane Douglas are on their way out down to the ring as the match hits the 54 minute mark with Bret Hart holding onto a 1-0 lead with 6 minutes left! Douglas, Austin, and Pillman are boo'd as they attack both Bret Hart and Shawn Michaels! Bret and Shawn are rolled into the ring and attacked as the referee is still knocked out cold! The crowd comes alive with cheers as Bret and Shawn fight back! Michaels and Bret work together to fight off Paul E.'s New Alliance, with Bret clotheslining Austin/Douglas over the top rope to the floor! Pillman tries to take out Bret with a steel chair but HBK saves him with a Sweet Chin Music to Pillman's FACE! DOWN GOES PILLMAN! Pillman rolls out of the ring to the floor as Bret and Shawn back into each other, immediately tying up in an exchange of back and forth reversals ending with Shawn reversing Bret's small package rollup into a sequence of counters that ends with Michaels capturing Bret's injured right arm into a la magistral rollup..... 1..... 2..... 3! The crowd goes crazy! He DID IT! Shawn Michaels has tied this match at 1-1 at 56:04, this match is TIED with less than 3 minutes left! All of a sudden the cheers get louder when Ric Flair leads out Chris Benoit and Arn Anderson with him to attack Steve Austin, Brian Pillman, and Shane Douglas in a wild brawl that has a mob of security trying to pull them apart!..... It's chaos out on the floor as 3 of the Four Horsemen are here to go after Brian Pillman in a wild brawl with Paul E. Dangerously's new alliance! Back in the ring Shawn Michaels and Bret Hart are knotted up at 1-1 as the 60 minute clock expires with both men in a grappling stalemate on the canvas! The bell rings! Bret Hart and Shawn Michaels have just gone 60 minutes inside the squared circle and they finish with a tied score of 1-1! Confusion sets in as security has isolated the brawl between the Horsemen and the New Alliance while Eric Bischoff comes running out to the ring to settle the tie here in the Iron Man Match! After a meeting with the officials the ring announcer translates that this Iron Man Match is going to...... SUDDEN DEATH OVERTIME! Bret disputes but quickly gets ready as the referee clears the ring. The crowd swells with cheers as Shawn Michaels pulls himself together clutching his back! The first man to finish his opponent now will win this match and stand tall as the UNDISPUTED WORLD CHAMPION! THIS IS IT! After another back and forth fight it's Shawn Michaels that is able to lock Bret in the SHARPSHOOTER! Shawn cranks back as Bret fights to try to reach the ropes! Bret is able to push himself up and roll out to escape it but Shawn sets it up and catches him..... SWEET CHIN MUSIC! Bret Hart GOES DOWN! Shawn collapses on top of him..... 1...... 2...... 3!!!!! THE HEARTBREAK KID SHAWN MICHAELS! WHAT A BATTLE! Shawn Michaels has caught Bret Hart with the Sweet Chin Music to score the winning fall in sudden death overtime after going nearly 62 minutes! Jose Lothario scrambles into the ring to raises Michaels for the Championship title belt to be strapped around his waist as Bret recovers in total dejection and disbelief, furious as he makes his exit! Your winner, and STILL the Undisputed World Heavyweight Champion, The Heartbreak Kid...SHAWN MICHAAAAAAEEEEELS! Pyro explodes over the ring as Michaels celebrates with his music playing. Michaels hurt his back early on in this match when he bounced off of the timekeepers table ringside, he submitted to the Sharpshooter at the 31 minute mark. Bret held onto a 1-0 lead until Paul E. Dangerously's New Alliance came out in an attempt to crash the match. Michaels and Bret fought off the Alliance and then Michaels was able to catch Bret with a rollup to finally tie the bout 1-1 with just 3 minutes left. The bout ended in a tie in regulation as the Horsemen came out to fight off Paul E.'s new alliance. BOTB CEO Eric Bischoff came out and ruled the bout must go on in sudden death overtime, where Michaels was finally able to put Bret down with the Sweet Chin Music to win it all 2-1 to retain his Undisputed World Title.....
After the match Jim Ross and Joey Styles are shown at their commentary spot showing the final full attendance number for tonight's pay per view, with a sold out crowd of over 63,221 in attendance! The celebrities are shown ringside and the hype and buzz in the Tokyo Dome is unbelievable as we are just moments away from the huge main event!..... The Kings Of Kings make their entrances first with Nobuhiko Takada and Akira Maeda leading out Tsuyoshi Kohsaka, Kiyoshi Tamura, and Yoji Anjo out to the ring in their matching red and white gear. The crowd comes alive with the loudest reaction of the night so far when Antonio Inoki leads out Team Inoki, with The Great Muta coming out in full costume accompanied by Kenta Kobashi, and Pancrase stars Minoru Suzuki and Masakatsu Funaki. The crowd goes NUTS for Team Inoki! Inoki presents Lou Thesz's Original World Championship title belt as the KOK present the IWGP Heavyweight Title and the Triple Crown World Championship, all put on the line here tonight!.... After the Japanese national anthem plays the crowd remains on their feet with ooooooh's and aaaaaaahs as Inoki stands his ground in his corner eyeing Akira Maeda standing across the ring from him! It does not get any bigger than this! This crowd is ELECTRIC! Inoki and Maeda step towards each other to start the match as soon as the bell rings! The crowd stays hot as Inoki and Maeda engage in a battle that has been over a decade in the making, sending the fans into a frenzy in a back and forth exchange of martial arts kicks and strikes! Maeda and Takada tag in and out to work Inoki over, giving him the beating he's had coming for years! Inoki weathers the beat down and sets the crowd off when he fights back and builds up a hot tag out to Muta, who comes in dominating the KOK team. Muta and Kobashi destroy Anjo and Kohsaka but it's Tamura from the KOK team that regains the momentum for his team. Tamura shines with dominant grappling and striking exchanges against Funaki and Muta. Funaki goes at it in shoot style exchanges against Maeda and Takada until the match spirals out of control near the 20 minute mark, devolving into a brawl between all 10 men! All of a sudden Minoru Suzuki shocks the entire Tokyo Dome and the country of Japan when he double crosses Inoki with a vicious kick to the face while the ref is distracted! Inoki goes down and gets PINNED by Maeda for the victory for the Kings Of Kings! Suzuki helps the KOK team beat down Funaki and the crowd is completely shocked in the Dome. Minoru Suzuki has double crossed Team Inoki to help the Kings Of Kings win this match and gain control of Lou Thesz's original World Championship Belt! Takada straps the belt around his waist as Suzuki unites with the KOK in celebration, standing tall as the shows goes off the air!..... ©1996 Neo Zeed Corp.
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Post by Baker on Oct 9, 2023 22:27:23 GMT
Big night for the New Dangerous Alliance that also featured star making performances from The Thillseekers and especially Ahmed Johnson who downed the Warrior in a main event anywhere in the world. That dream match along with Sabu/Vader would have drawn my dimes.
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Mid-South Coliseum(Memphis, TN)
April 3rd, 1996 A very special Wednesday edition of Judgement Night hits the airwaves on USA Network LIVE with a shot of a long stretch limo pulling into the Mid-South Coliseum parking lot backstage and the doors open up to reveal "The Nature Boy" Ric Flair with Arn Anderson and Chris Benoit! It's 3 of the Four Horsemen decked out in classy suits all business as they file out of the limo ready for action TONIGHT!..... The camera shot immediately cuts to the hard opening shot inside the Mid South Coliseum in Memphis with Sunny standing in the middle of the ring with the sold out crowd of over 10,000 going NUTS!....  Sunny goes through her opening monologue that sets the crowd off with a HUGE pop segueing into the opening highlight music video set to All Eyez On Me by Tupac, with clips of Best Of The Best III pay per view this past Sunday at the Tokyo Dome; Shawn Michaels dropping Bret Hart with the Sweet Chin Music to win the Iron Man Match and retain the Undisputed Title, The KOK defeating Team Inoki with Minoru Suzuki double crossing Inoki to join the KOK, Ahmed Johnson defeating The Utlimate Warrior after his 4th Pearl River Plunge(his second on the hard wood exposed planks of the ring), Sable turning on Marc Mero to align with Shane Douglas and the new Alliance, the all out violence of Vader vs Sabu that resulted in a double countout finish, Vader being put through the table face first, then Vader's assault on 2 referees before leaving Sabu spitting up blood following 3 Vader Bombs. The upset win of the Thrillseekers over the Steiners and Dean Malenko avenging his lone loss in BOTB with a Texas Cloverleaf submission win over Eddie Guerrero round out the highlights.... Pyro explodes around the Mid South Coliseum as Jim Ross and Joey Styles welcome the television audience, tonight's show is STACKED! Three out of the Four Horsemen will be in action tonight in a HUGE double main event! First we will see the team of Arn Anderson & Chris Benoit take on one of the original rivals of the Horsemen in Hawk & Animal, the Legion Of Doom in a World Tag League rematch! Then it's the big one folks, the most anticipated bout we've seen on this program so far, the FINAL battle between Ric Flair vs Randy Savage with the news broke last Sunday on pay per view that the legendary former rival of both men, Ricky "The Dragon" Steamboat will referee this bout!.... Sunny remains in the ring and brings the fans to their feet after JR & Joey's intro by bringing out the current REIGNING Undisputed World Heavyweight Champion.... "The Heartbreak Kid" Shawn Michaels!....
In The Ring:
Undisputed World Heavyweight Champion
"The Heartbreak Kid" Shawn Michaels(W/Jose Lothario)
The Memphis crowd loses it when Michaels music hits the speakers! The Champ makes his way out to the ring wearing the Undisputed World Championship belt around his waist with his mentor Jose Lothario by his side. Jim Ross and Joey Styles note on commentary how much credit Lothario really deserves for the training he put Michaels through, for him to be able to go 62 minutes this past Sunday in Tokyo with Bret Hart and to come out of it still holding that Championship is truly amazing... Michaels takes the ring and pyro explodes above him as he strikes his trademark pose with the title around his waist! The Champion is back on American soil! Michaels cuts a promo about his battle against Bret Hart at the Tokyo Dome and how he feels like he has earned the right to be called the true Undisputed World Champion. HBK says he's prepared to defend his title against anybody any place, any time! All of a sudden HBK's interview is interrupted when Bret Hart's entrance music hits the speakers! The Hitman! Things get tense in the Mid South Coliseum as Bret makes his way into the ring wearing his trademark glasses and leather jacket to stand across from HBK wearing the Undisputed World Title belt! Bret tells Michaels that he didn't come out here to make excuses for last night, there is no denying that Michaels gave him the toughest match he's ever had in their Iron Man Match, he's reached the highest level in this sport without a doubt. Bret informs Michaels and everyone else watching that if they think this loss is going to send him off into the sunset, that he's just going to disappear, everyone is sadly mistaken(HUGE pop!).... Bret tells HBK that he's not going anywhere, he's going to be back here in Best Of The Best wrestling week after week, wrestling every week, whatever it takes to work his way back to a rematch for that title belt. Bret tells HBK that next time maybe they can do it without the Dangerous Alliance sticking their nose in their business and maybe next time we can stick to the rules that were signed into the contract. Bret notes that he read their contract for the Iron Man Match over at least 100 times and nowhere in it does it say anything about any Sudden Death Overtime, but that's neither here nor there.... whats done is done.... Just as HBK goes to respond he's cut off by the slimy rumbly grime and grit New York voice of Paul E. Dangerously cutting him off as he leads out the New Dangerous Alliance out to the ring!.... Michaels, Lothario, and Bret stand their ground as Paul E. Dangerously makes his way into the ring, followed by Shane Douglas holding the ropes open for the newest member of the organization, Sable, followed by Pillman giving the rolling camera Hollywood Blondes taunt into the upside down broken Horsemen gesture. Steve Austin brings up the rear with an unpleasant, pissed off, don't give a shit, don't want to be here attitude.... Sable takes the microphone and tells Sunny to scram out of the ring in a tense moment with Shane Douglas laughing and gesturing for Sunny to get out. Sunny is intimidated out of the ring by Austin and Shane Douglas as Paul E. Dangerously criticizes Eric Bischoff's dog and pony show at the Tokyo Dome, calling the entire pay per view an unmitigated disaster. It is what it is, and it isn't what it isn't....Austin, Douglas, and Pillman stand on high alert standing across from Michaels and Hart as Paul E. tells both of them, lets be honest, their "Ironman" match was one of the worst pay per view main events in the history of this business. Shane Douglas takes the microphone from Paul E. all of a sudden and gets intense as he shouts to call it like it is, the fu*king match SUCKED! You want to talk about stealing the show in the Tokyo Dome, you're looking at the only thing to save that god d*mned bullS*IT PAY PER VIEW RIGHT HERE! THE DANGEROUS F*#ING ALLIANCE!! The crowd mostly boo's as Douglas looks around with intensity as Austin and Pillman stand toe to toe with Shawn Michaels and Bret Hart! Shane sets everything off as the tension rises, telling Bret after losing to Shawn fu*king Michaels in a match like that he regrets not spitting in his face back in Calgary instead of his pathetic piece of s**t old man! Bret tackles Shane Douglas to the canvas in a wild hockey style fight as all out pandemonium breaks out! Austin, Pillman, and Shane Douglas attack Bret and Shawn! Michaels and Hart fight back in a WILD 2 on 3 melee! The fight spills out of the ring to the floor with Michaels going toe to toe with Steve Austin while Bret gets double teamed by Pillman and Shane Douglas! Meanwhile in the ring Jose Lothario stands his ground with Paul E. Dangerously! The crowd goes NUTS! All of a sudden Sable drops Jose Lothario with a low blow from behind! Paul E. kicks Jose Lothario while he's down and out! All of a sudden out runs Marc Mero full speed like a crazed madman right into the ring! Mero stops Sable and Paul E. from attacking Jose Lothario and he's got a wild look in his eyes as he stares Sable down! Shane Douglas notices what's going on and takes a steel chair into the ring to smash Mero across his back! He's OUT! The new Dangerous Alliance takes over with a violent beat down on Michaels, Bret, and Marc Mero with Shane Douglas going nuts with the steel chair! Pillman holds Michaels up by his hair forcing him to watch as Shane Douglas destroys Jose Lothario with the chair! The crowd comes alive with cheers when the 123 Kid and Rey Mysterio come racing out to the ring with chairs to make the save! Paul E., Shane Douglas, Sable, Austin, and Pillman all make their escape to the elevated catwalk entrance isle taunting everyone as Kid and Mysterio back them off!..... Bret rolls around clutching his ribs in agony as Michaels can barely drag himself to Jose Lothario's side, he's out, we need serious medical attention out here immediately for Jose Lothario, this was an absolutely disgusting act of violence here by Paul E. Dangerously's new Alliance.... World Tag League Match:
The Eliminators(4-1-1)
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The Can-Am Express(2-4)After the first round of commercials we return to the live shot of the Mid South Coliseum with Doug Furnas and Phil Lafon wrapping up their intros for our opening World Tag League bout, the first match of week 7 of the 1996 season. The Eliminators make their way out next to Fear Factory's Demanufacture. Saturn and Kronus started off 4-0 but lost their first match ever in Best Of The Best when the Steiner Brothers defeated them in an all out war last month here on Judgement Night. The match took a physical toll on both teams, with The Steiners next bout pushed back due to injuries while The Eliminators struggled to a time limit draw against The American Power Team(Bagwell & Riggs with Ted Dibiase) in their next bout. Saturn and Kronus get back on track with a clean pinfall victory over the Can Am Express after the Total Elimination at 5:49! Furnas and Lafon came out strong to start the match off but they stood no chance, the Eliminators were focused and determined here and as sharp as we have ever seen them here in Best Of The Best, moving their WTL record to 5-1-1. Backstage Interview:
Ricky "The Dragon" SteamboatAfter the bout we cut away backstage for an interview with Sunny, who is with our special guest referee for tonight's main event, none other than the legendary Ricky "The Dragon" Steamboat. Steamboat in the interview says that the Championship Council reached out to him to referee this bout because nobody knows Savage or Flair better, he's seen the good and the bad side of both men in the ring. Even though he's retired from in-ring competition Steamboat is still able to ensure this match goes down without any interference, no controversy, there will be a clear cut winner and loser in this match tonight. In The Ring:
Raven(W/Beulah) & "Dancin'" Stevie Richards AKA "The King Of Swing" Esq.Back out to the live shot of the Mid South Coliseum and Offspring's Come Out And Play brings out Raven with his girl Beulah and his lackey Stevie Richards, aka Dancin Stevie Richards the King of Swing Esquire. Raven cuts a promo in the ring about despair and hopelessness of coming from a broken home, the weakness of coming from an addiction riddled family. This is why he seeks the strength, not of his own physical strength, but his ability to impose his mental strength on the others that have been cast out by society, the misfits, the freaks, the wandering souls. Raven addresses Stevie Richards ongoing search to answer his request for a new muscle. Stevie has failed Raven in his quest to find the biggest, strongest, most mindless freak to serve and protect him. Stevie responds telling Raven that he's got the answer for all of his prayers tonight, he's got not 1, not 2, but 3 of the biggest, strongest, and freakiest monsters, the core unit from one of his own personal favorite factions in pro wrestling history.... Stevie Richards is overcome with excitement as he brings out to Raven none other than.... The Shark, Meng, and The Zodiac! From THE DUNGEON OF DOOM!.... Raven looks on in total disgust as Stevie brings all 3 men into the ring, The Shark formerly known as Earthquake, Zodiac aka Brutus The Barber Beefcake, and Meng all file into the ring only to be rejected by a facepalm by Raven as he shakes his head in disappointment. Raven tells Stevie Richards that this is pathetic, asking him does he look like Kevin Sullivan to you?! Raven tells Stevie Richards this isn't The Dungeon Of Doom, get rid of all of them! Stevie immediately drops Zodiac with a superkick to the back of the head! The Zodiac collapses to the canvas as Shark runs the ropes and gets drilled in the face with another superkick! Meng puts up a fight and stands his ground even after Stevie drills him in the face with a SUPERKICK! Meng just shakes it off and puts Stevie down with the Tongan Death Grip! Raven pushes Beulah off of him before he gets up out of the seated position out of the corner and puts the boots to Meng from behind! Meng trades punches with Raven before taking a boot to the gut and getting dropped with a DDT! Meng is OUT! Raven pulls Stevie up and throws him out of the ring before ordering Beulah out to make their exit, leaving Meng, Zodiac, and The Shark laying!.... Backstage Interview:
Camp Cornette(Owen Hart, The British Bulldog, Vader, and Jim Cornette)After another commercial break we get Sunny backstage in the locker room with an interview with the reunited Camp Cornette, despite all the rumors all 3 men, Owen Hart, The British Bulldog, and Vader are here together with Jim Cornette! Jim Cornette shouts to Sunny that there was never any controversy and never any doubt that Owen and Davey Boy were still Team Cornette through and through, and Vader proved what he could do in Japan last Sunday with what he did with Sabu putting him on the SHELF! Cornette gets red in the face as he screams that he's often imitated, NEVER duplicated, and Camp Cornette is united and stronger than EVER! Vader takes over the promo and screams into the camera with intensity that Sabu felt the power and the fury in Japan at the Tokyo Dome, sending the message to Sabu wherever he's at hiding his broken scarred up body, remember the taste of that blood that he spit up in the Tokyo Dome if they ever cross paths again! It will be VADER TIME! Owen and Bulldog reassure Sunny that it's true that they have always been loyal to Jim Cornette because he's the best manager in this sport, look at all of the success he's had in this sport it speaks for itself. Owen insists that he and Bulldog have been focused on the World Tag League to get the gold belts at the end, but they do have one issue with one man and that's Shane Douglas. Owen sends the message to Shane Douglas that he crossed the line when he spit in his father's face back in Calgary on this program last month, he will never forget it and they will make him pay for what he's done. Owen insists that he doesn't care about his stinking rotten no good big brother Bret but Shane Douglas has to answer for what he did and he needs to keep the rest of the Hart Family name out of his dirty mouth!.... In The Ring:
Jeff JarrettBack down to the live shot inside the Mid South Coliseum here in Memphis and Jim Ross and Joey Styles are surprised on commentary when their hype for tonight's double main event is interrupted with the entrance of Jeff Jarrett! Jarrett comes out to the ring all business with a microphone to crash the live broadcast to run down tonight's main event between Savage vs Flair. Jarrett talks about his recent battles with both men before saying that he hopes they both wipe each other off the face of the earth! Jeff Jarrett talks about his history here in Memphis with his father, his grandfather, his three generation heritage in this territory. Jarrett says that this is the house that his family built, there is nobody here in this building tonight that can take him down here in his home territory in Memphis, not one man! Double J issues an open challenge to anybody in the back to prove him wrong, come out here and take him on RIGHT NOW Memphis wrestling style, falls count anywhere in the building! After a delay with no answer Jarrett begins calling out anyone here in Memphis with the balls to take him on, this is his city, his territory, give him both Flair and Savage at the same time! Bring out Steamboat, anybody! All of a sudden the crowd goes bananas when Jarrett's open challenge is answered by Memphis wrestling god himself....  Jerry "THE KING" Lawler! The King has come home! Jeff Jarrett can't believe it! Jarrett vs Lawler falls count anywhere in Memphis, THIS IS HAPPENING!.... Falls Count Anywhere Match:
Jeff Jarrett vs Jerry "The King" LawlerThe King beats Jarrett all over the ring with some of the most devastating punches in the history of the sport, flopping Jarrett from pillar to post! The match spills out to the floor and INTO THE CROWD! Eventually the two men brawl their way over to the concession stand where things get ridiculous! Lawler goes for his piledriver onto the concrete floor but Jarrett backdrops him onto the cold hard slab! Lawler rolls around in agony clutching his back! Jarrett locks Lawler in the figure four leglock later on but he gets reversed and is forced to give up the hold! Lawler beats Jarrett up through the crowd to the backstage area in and out of the restroom with fans jumping in and out of the shaky camera shot as the fight travels through the backlot, towards a nearby music truck with various equipment! Lawler bashes Jeff Jarrett with a microphone stand and a drum symbol but he's only able to get a 2 count when he makes a cover! Lawler tries to pull Jarrett up by his blond hair only to get dropped with a low blow! Jarrett stumbles and staggers into the music equipment before locking eyes on a nearby acoustic guitar! Jarrett picks up the guitar and looks at it for a moment as he mouth breathes totally exhausted, pausing for only a moment before rearing back and smashing it over Jerry Lawler's head! Lawler collapses and Jarrett makes the pinfall, 1, 2, 3! Jarrett rolls off of Lawler and has his arm raised by the referee after winning via pinfall at 11:22! Jarrett has defeated the all time legend of Memphis wrestling Jerry "The King" Lawler in a WILD impromptu brawl, UNBELIEVABLE! In The Ring:
StingAfter the match we get the arrival and entrance of Sting out to the ring to a huge ovation from the Memphis fans! Stinger takes the ring in street clothes and sunglasses without any facepaint on as he cuts a very serious and somber promo about his history and friendship with Lex Luger. There was a time when they were like brothers, then Luger sold his soul time and time again. Sting talks about the lack of any type of resolution since their last match on Shockwave last month, since the tag match with the reunion of Sting and Ultimate Warrior as the Bladerunners taking on Luger and his Hype Central stablemate Rob Van Dam last week. Here we are with nothing settled. Sting calls out for Lex Luger to come out to the ring to face him face to face, no drama, no fighting, don't bring Lance Wright out here. After a delay and some continued calling out finally Luger answers Sting and comes out to the ring very serious, alone. The two former friends face off face to face with Luger telling Sting they both want the same thing. Luger tells Sting he knows that they will forever be connected in the eyes of the fans, that he never wanted things to be like this. Luger says he wanted Sting to join him in signing with Lance Wright, the kid has got what it takes to take us both to the top. It was Sting's choice to turn his back on Luger, it was his decision, his rejection that started this whole thing, but now it's time to finish it once and for all.... Lex Luger calls out Sting and challenges him to face off one last time, winner take all, winner moves one step closer to the shot at the title while the loser might as well ride off into the sunset for good. Either way it goes, when this is over we go our separate ways. Sting accepts Luger's challenge and tells him we do this on Shockwave this Saturday night, TBS on The Superstation, Loser Leaves Best Of The Best, and to make sure nobody sticks their nose in this match, lets make it a STEEL CAGE MATCH! WHOAH! Sting and Luger have put it all on the line here tonight and this battle is set for this Saturday night on Shockwave on TBS at 6:05pm, Sting vs Lex Luger in a Loser Leaves Town STEEL CAGE MATCH! This is IT! These two former friends will settle this once and for all and in the end, there can be only one..... Backstage:
"The Macho Man" Randy SavageWe return from the commercial break with a backstage shot of "The Macho Man" Randy Savage getting ready for tonight's huge main event battle against Ric Flair, pacing back and forth ready to snap! Savage has drifted off the deep end lately here in Best Of The Best, his development into this new darker, more angrier persona has been a gradual shift in the version of Snap It To A Slim Jim Savage we were used to in WCW. Now tonight he's got what he wants, the one thing that has nearly driven him over the edge of sanity, one last battle with Ric Flair.... This match will be massive in the rankings for whoever wins this, while absolutely devastating to the loser at this late stage of both men's careers. Flair and the Horsemen cheated Savage out of his WCW World Championship title back in December of last year and one thing has led to another here in Best Of The Best in 1996 to lead us to this point here tonight! Savage vs Flair for the final time ever with Ricky "The Dragon" Steamboat as special guest ref! Mach gets overwhelmed with the intensity and kicks the camera man out of his dressing room before slamming the door! World Tag League Match:
The Legion Of Doom(3-2-1)
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Arn Anderson & Chris Benoit(2-4)The Legion Of Doom make their way out to the ring without their trademark shoulder pads(which rest at the bottom of the elbow river in Calgary after being stolen and trashed by Public Enemy last month). Hawk and Animal have struggled recently and many question if time has caught up with them, they have lost their lead in the Tiger Division of the WTL with a tough loss to Harlem Heat last week. Arn and Benoit make their way out next to a huge ovation. These two men look to salvage their quest for the World Tag Titles after having their WTL season nearly wrecked by Brian Pillman ever since he was fired from the group earlier this year. It's a hard hitting, intense, urgent, physically brutal match with all four men taking a beating in a long grueling war! Arn and Benoit weather a beating early on to hang in the match and take control with smart strategic tag team wrestling. Joey Styles and Jim Ross note how familiar Arn and the LOD are with each other, the LOD have a lot of history with the Horsemen and these two teams already tore each other up in a hard hitting battle(won by the LOD) earlier this season in the WTL! The LOD nearly get the victory after their Doomsday Device on Benoit, only for their pin attempt to be broke up by Arn Anderson. All of a sudden as the referee is distracted it's Ric Flair that runs out with a loaded fist and drops Hawk from the elevated catwalk entrance ramp! The crowd cheers as the Horsemen cheat their way to a victory with Arn finishing Hawk with a DDT! Benoit dives into the ring with a Flying Heatbutt to finish Hawk off for the pinfall victory for the Horsemen at 14:26! Flair, Arn, and Benoit destroy the blue tights/facepaint LOD before Flair goes NUTS on the microphone, screaming! Flair shouts to Randy Savage that if he wants a war, he's got OLD SCHOOL HORSEMEN WAR TONIGHT! Flair is FIRED UP! The Horsemen have made a statement! Flair wants SAVAGE! On Location:
The Control Center W/Mike Tenay
After the commercials we kick it over to Mike Tenay at the Control Center hyping up the next pay per view extravaganza Best Of The Best IV: Chi-Town Wrestlewar '96! Already signed for this pay per view will be the in-ring debut of NFL linebacker Greg Lloyd, perhaps the toughest man in the NFL today, has yet to find an opponent willing to face him as of this airing of this update! Greg Lloyd is scheduled to make an appearance tomorrow night on Bushido on TBS at 8:05 on The Superstation! More news relating to the Horsemen, the newest member Dan "The Beast" Severn is on location tonight in Coldwater Michigan where he is currently training for his upcoming UFC Superfight Championship fight against Ken Shamrock in Detroit this May. Severn is currently the NWA Heavyweight Champion and will look to bring the UFC gold to the Horsemen when he faces off against Shamrock at the Cobo Hall on May 17th at UFC IX! Tenay also covers the kick off of week 7 of the World Tag League here tonight with the 2 matches we seen, with big wins for Arn/Benoit and The Eliminators. Tune into Shockwave this Saturday night at 6:05 on TBS for 3 major WTL bouts, the first place Steiner Brothers vs The American Power Team, Owen & Bulldog taking on Harlem Heat for superiority in the Tiger Division, plus the resurgent Thrillseekers look to keep their 3 bout win streak going when they face off against The Hardcore Guns. Week 7 wraps up on Worldwide later this Saturday night when the Public Enemy take on The Pit Bulls in a rematch of one of the most violent battles we have seen in the 96 inaugural WTL season! Tenay wraps up his update with the recap from Tokyo with the biggest win of the nigh being Ahmed Johnson taking down The Ultimate Warrior, solidifying himself as undoubtedly the true #1 contender to HBK's Undisputed World Championship. Mike Tenay sends his congratulations to Ahmed for the victory before sending it down to the live broadcast with JR/Joey Styles at the Mid South Coliseum!.... Live Interview Via Satellite:
Ahmed JohnsonJim Ross and Joey Styles hype up tonight's massive main event battle set for next here on USA Network but first we have a live interview via satellite from Pearl River Mississippi with the unstoppable undefeated force Ahmed Johnson! The news was just broke that Ahmed is the rightful #1 contender after his victory over Warrior in Tokyo. The Championship Council made a unanimous ruling that Ahmed is the top contender to the Undisputed World Championship. JR asks Ahmed the first question in the interview if he believes that his time is now. Ahmed says that he's feeling the effects of his battle with Warrior and he's got a lot of healing to do, it was the fight of his life. Ahmed pledges to be back to challenge for the Undisputed Championship saying that yes, his time is now, he is the future of this sport and the future is now, it's 1996 and he will never back down! After the final commercial break ring announcer Michael Buffer brings the Mid South Coliseum to their feet with his trademark LETS GET READY TO RUMBAAAAAAAAAAAAAAALLLLLLLLL....... The Final Battle
Special Guest Referee: Ricky "The Dragon" Steamboat:
"The Nature Boy" Ric Flair vs "The Macho Man" Randy Savage
Ricky Steamboat makes his entrance first in his black and white referee shirt with Joey Styles and JR noting how much of a legend this man is, he's been in some of the all time wars with both Flair and Savage, he knows both of these men better than anybody, if there is anybody qualified to referee this bout it is The Dragon!
Savage makes his entrance next and he's INTENSE! Savage is razor focused as he makes the walk to the ring, jumping the ropes and immediately threatening/pointing at Steamboat to back off of him! Flair's music hits the speakers to get a huge pop as he makes his way out taking the ring with the big match gaze in his eyes. THIS IS IT! One of the biggest rivalries in the history of this sport has come to this!
Steamboat goes over his final instructions and calls for the bell and its immediately an all out war! The brawl goes in and out of the ring, back and forth up and down the elevated catwalk entrance ramp! Savage sends Flair flopping all over the place, eventually busting him open getting the blood running down his face, staining his blond hair! Finally Flair gradually works his way back into the match one chest chop at a time, eventually staggering Savage and working him over, softening him up for the Figure Four! Savage reverses the hold and forces Ric Flair to reach for a rope break! Savage refuses to break the hold until Steamboat forcefully pulls him apart from Flair! Savage pushes Steamboat back and threatens him!
Later on in the match Flair takes the momentum with a spirited fight that has Savage reeling! Savage pulls Steamboat in to shield himself from a running knee strike from Flair, but Flair stops himself at the last second before moves Steamboat out of the way! Savage clubs Flair from behind with a double axe handle! A series of rollups and reversals gets the crowd gasping and counting along until both men kick out and lay side by side totally beaten and exhausted with blood from Flair's forehead staining the canvas!
Flair and Savage recover and all of a sudden the crowd boo's when Brian Pillman comes strutting out to the ring with a purpose! Savage holds Steamboat and distracts him while Pillman smashes Ric Flair with a steel chair! Flair is KNOCKED OUT! Savage pushes Steamboat away and goes up to the top rope to fly across the ring...
FLYING ELBOW DROP!
Steamboat looks around and notices Pillman but is forced to count the pinfall as Savage hooks the leg!
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3!
Randy Savage has done it! Savage has put Flair down for good but damnit NOT! NOT LIKE THIS! Brian Pillman has cost Ric Flair this match! Steamboat is hesitant to raise Savage's hand as he looks around at Pillman lurking around the ringside area. Steamboat finally notices the steel chair laying on the floor and starts to backtrack until all of a sudden Savage knocks him down from behind! WHAT THE HELL!
Brian Pillman joins Randy Savage in the ring and the two men both work together to beat down Ric Flair and Ricky Steamboat as Jim Ross goes NUTS on commentary, trash flies into the ring! WHAT IS THIS!...
Chris Benoit and Arn Anderson rush out of the back with the crowd going ballistic! Benoit and Arn hit the ring but they are quickly followed by Steve Austin, Shane Douglas(W/Sable) and Paul E. Dangerously! Benoit, Arn, Steamboat, and Flair are completely destroyed with "The Macho Man" Randy Savage working together with the Dangerous Alliance! Jim Ross can't believe it on commentary, The Macho Man has joined the Dangerous Alliance! Good GAWD ALMIGHTY!...
Randy Savage salutes Paul E. Dangerously to a chorus of boo's before joining in with Austin, Pillman, and Shane Douglas on the attack on Steamboat, Flair, Arn, and Benoit! Ricky Steamboat is laid out by Pillman and Austin and held down for Savage to crush his throat with a brutal flying elbow! Savage drops one on Flair before all of a sudden Marc Mero, the 123 Kid, and Rey Mysterio come running out to make the save! Savage knocks them off the apron one by one to keep them out of the ring as the attack continues! Arn Anderson is set up and dropped with a spike assisted piledriver onto a steel chair by Steve Austin and Brian Pillman! Savage goes up and drops ANOTHER Flying Elbow onto Flair as he's held down by Shane Douglas and Sable! The bell just keeps going off over and over through it all as trash flies all around the ring! This is MADNESS! Randy Savage is now with the Dangerous Alliance! Lord help us all!....©1996 Neo Zeed Corp.
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Jeff JarrettBack down to the live shot inside the Mid South Coliseum here in Memphis and Jim Ross and Joey Styles are surprised on commentary when their hype for tonight's double main event is interrupted with the entrance of Jeff Jarrett! Jarrett comes out to the ring all business with a microphone to crash the live broadcast to run down tonight's main event between Savage vs Flair. Jarrett talks about his recent battles with both men before saying that he hopes they both wipe each other off the face of the earth! Jeff Jarrett talks about his history here in Memphis with his father, his grandfather, his three generation heritage in this territory. Jarrett says that this is the house that his family built, there is nobody here in this building tonight that can take him down here in his home territory in Memphis, not one man! Double J issues an open challenge to anybody in the back to prove him wrong, come out here and take him on RIGHT NOW Memphis wrestling style, falls count anywhere in the building! After a delay with no answer Jarrett begins calling out anyone here in Memphis with the balls to take him on, this is his city, his territory, give him both Flair and Savage at the same time! Bring out Steamboat, anybody! All of a sudden the crowd goes bananas when Jarrett's open challenge is answered by Memphis wrestling god himself.... Jerry "THE KING" Lawler! The King has come home! Jeff Jarrett can't believe it! Jarrett vs Lawler falls count anywhere in Memphis, THIS IS HAPPENING!.... Falls Count Anywhere Match:
Jeff Jarrett vs Jerry "The King" LawlerThe King beats Jarrett all over the ring with some of the most devastating punches in the history of the sport, flopping Jarrett from pillar to post! The match spills out to the floor and INTO THE CROWD! Eventually the two men brawl their way over to the concession stand where things get ridiculous! Lawler goes for his piledriver onto the concrete floor but Jarrett backdrops him onto the cold hard slab! Lawler rolls around in agony clutching his back! Jarrett locks Lawler in the figure four leglock later on but he gets reversed and is forced to give up the hold! Lawler beats Jarrett up through the crowd to the backstage area in and out of the restroom with fans jumping in and out of the shaky camera shot as the fight travels through the backlot, towards a nearby music truck with various equipment! Lawler bashes Jeff Jarrett with a microphone stand and a drum symbol but he's only able to get a 2 count when he makes a cover! Lawler tries to pull Jarrett up by his blond hair only to get dropped with a low blow! Jarrett stumbles and staggers into the music equipment before locking eyes on a nearby acoustic guitar! Jarrett picks up the guitar and looks at it for a moment as he mouth breathes totally exhausted, pausing for only a moment before rearing back and smashing it over Jerry Lawler's head! Lawler collapses and Jarrett makes the pinfall, 1, 2, 3! Jarrett rolls off of Lawler and has his arm raised by the referee after winning via pinfall at 11:22! Jarrett has defeated the all time legend of Memphis wrestling Jerry "The King" Lawler in a WILD impromptu brawl, UNBELIEVABLE! 
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The Manhattan Center(New York, NY)April 4th, 1996 Bushido returns to the Manhattan Center for tonight's episode after a massively successful event at the Budokan arena in Tokyo. Tonight we are now less than 3 weeks away from Best Of The Best IV: Chi-Town Wrestlewar '96 live on pay per view April 21st in Chicago's UIC Pavilion. NFL linebacker Greg Lloyd is signed to make his Best Of The Best debut at the PPV and he's here TONIGHT to address the lack of any challengers stepping up to sign the dotted line to face him. Also tonight we will see "The Shooter" Dean Malenko, "The Man Of 1,000 Holds", "The Iceman" in Pancrase rules action one on one with a dangerous challenger from Japan Takefumi Ito! Tonight's' main event will see the return of perhaps arguably the biggest star to emerge from the Bushido series here on TBS, The Ultimo Dragon returns to Hybrid Rules competition to take on dangerous Muay Thai kickboxer Thantavan Napataya in a Lucha vs Thai boxing style vs style matchup! Commentators Mike Tenay and Phillip Rhee send it up to the ring for Bushido analyst/interviewer and kickboxing legend Don "The Dragon" Wilson as he brings out Pittsburgh Steelers linebacker and Tae Kwon Do black belt, Greg Lloyd! In The Ring:
Greg LloydLloyd makes his way out to Wu-Tang Clan's Protect Ya Neck, bowing and wiping his feet before stepping onto the mats of the ring here in the beautiful Manhattan Center theater. The first subject brought up is the announcement that Greg Lloyd is set to display his black belt martial arts skills right here next week on Bushido on TBS in an honorary Tae Kwon Do exhibition ceremony. Lloyd's interview reveals that he's put together his own hybrid style of fighting in his training for his BOTB debut on the 21st in Chicago, it's a mixture of his Tae Kwon Do and NFL background, but he's also spent time working with pro wrestling legend Paul Orndorff to alter his style for the squared circle at Chi Town Wrestlewar '96.  Interviewer Don "The Dragon" Wilson notes that as of tonight's program still there has been no challengers step forward to sign the contract to face Greg Lloyd at the pay per view on the 21st. Wilson notes that he's not at liberty to mention any names but there have been negotiations with a few potential challengers but all of them have backed out. Don Wilson asks Greg Lloyd if he believes that the BOTB roster fears him, if he will find an opponent for the 21st with now less than 3 weeks until the event. Greg Lloyd responds saying that he has come here to step up and face his greatest challenge as a martial artist, somebody somewhere has to have the balls to step into the ring to face him.... All of a sudden the voice of Taz, "The Human Suplex Machine" crashes the interview.....  Taz is here! The Human Suplex Machine makes his way down the ramp to the ring in a tense moment as security and referee's scramble to get between him and Greg Lloyd! Taz informs Greg Lloyd that he's no LT, this isn't the WWF or the NFL, this damn sure isn't Pittsburgh this is MY fu#*ing house. The crowd goes NUTS! Greg Lloyd gets intense as Taz tells him that if he's looking for somebody that's got the balls to fight him, he came to the right place brotha, I'll choke your fu#*ing ass out right here, right now motherfu#*a! The crowd loses it as Taz puts a middle finger up right to Greg Lloyd's face! Lloyd lunges to push Taz away and the whole ring erupts in a massive melee! Bodies of referees and security guards fly as Taz and Lloyd tie into it sending the crowd into a frenzy! Taz and Greg Lloyd fight with security trying to rip at each other in a violent pull apart! A dozen security guards are able to pin Greg Lloyd into the corner as he shouts for Taz to bring it on! This is OUT OF CONTROL! Taz wants Greg Lloyd! Pancrase Hybrid Wrestling Rules Match:
"The Shooter" Dean Malenko
vs
Takefumi Ito
After the first commercial break we get the entrance of Dean Malenko for our opening match of the night, set for Pancrase rules. Malenko's opponent is a Pancrase veteran Takefumi Ito here for an interpromotional bout as part of the ongoing partnership with Bushido and Pancrase. Malenko makes his way into the ring with a stone cold icey glare as he's totally focused on his opponent, coming off of the heels of a massive submission victory over Eddie Guerrero this past Sunday night at the Tokyo Dome at BOTB III on PPV(avenging his only loss here in BOTB). Malenko ends up in a stalemate early on as both men spend the opening minutes deadlocked in the standing clinch position. Ito is able to land only light knees while Malenko is able to break the clinch with a HUGE forearm strike that staggers Ito. Ito quickly fires back with a wild palm strike but Malenko quickly shoots in to take it down to the canvas! Once the bout hits the ground Ito's defensive grappling skills negate any of Malenko's attempts to advance his position or transition into any holds. During the stalemate on the ground all of a sudden the crowd stands up and turns their attention to Chris Benoit walking out to the middle of the ramp to watch the action.... The commentators are puzzled as to why Benoit is here? Benoit watches on with great interest as Malenko struggles on the mat with Ito. Once the bout is stood up for inactivity Ito attempts to open up with palm strikes and low kicks. Malenko takes a vicious kick to the body before tying up in a rapid fire series of standing switches and reversals, ultimately with Malenko cartwheeling around Ito's body into a devastating Octopus hold! Ito reaches for the nearby ropes but Malenko is able to spin him around towards the center of the ring and peel back to force the verbal submission at 5:49! What a victory by Dean Malenko! With an Octopus HOLD! After Malenko has his arm raised in victory Benoit makes his way into the ring with a microphone for a tense standoff. Chris Benoit tells Dean Malenko that he's here tonight to break the news that his tag team partner in the World Tag League Arn Anderson suffered a neck injury this past Monday night on Judgement Night, he suffered a cervical concussion at the hands of the Dangerous Alliance when they were attacked, he's going to be on the shelf for the next 4-6 weeks. Arn Anderson is going to be out of the rest of the World Tag League. Chris Benoit mentions his history with Dean Malenko as a former tag team during their days in the independent scene working from town to town trying to make a name for themselves. They have history, he has respect for Malenko and what he can do, the Horsemen have had their eye on him as a potential prospect for some time now. Chris Benoit officially asks Dean Malenko to step in for Arn Anderson, to be his tag team partner for the rest of the World Tag League! Dean Malenko looks on at Chris Benoit with an intense ice cold stare as the camera shot very slowly focuses in on his eyes cutting into Benoit's soul in a staredown. Dean looks around at the fans cheering for him for a moment before turning and walking away from Chris Benoit without saying a word! Benoit watches on in disappointment as Malenko walks away.... Beyond The Mat:
The Undisputed World Heavyweight Championship BeltThis week's 60 Minutes documentary style investigative Beyond The Mat feature takes a closer look at the history and lineage of the current Undisputed World Championship title belt currently being worn by the Champion, "The Heartbreak Kid" Shawn Michaels... The feature retells the events that led to this belt being used as the Undisputed Championship title today, the ultimate prize in the sport of professional wrestling. When Best Of The Best launched in January of 1996 the promotion attempted to unify both the WWF and WCW World Championship Titles. The bout was set for late January with WWF Champion Bret Hart set to take on WCW World Champion Ric Flair, but the match would never happen. Then Horsemen Brian Pillman took a sledge hammer to Bret's WWF Championship title belt and destroyed it(before the Horsemen injured Bret's knee, causing him to be pulled from the title unification bout due to the injury). When the dust settled Ric Flair stood tall as the Unified and Undisputed World Champ, with his WCW World Championship title belt serving as the new title, the premier title belt in the sport. The belt would end up around Shawn Michaels' waist at the Best Of The Best I: A New Beginning pay per view event later in January of this year. Michaels defended the title by defeating Sting at Best Of The Best II, then defended it by defeating Bret Hart this past Sunday night in Tokyo at Best Of The Best III in the controversial finish of their Iron Man Match. The use of the former WCW World Title belt connects the Undisputed Championship to a proud history and lineage of former Champions going back to Orville Brown and the beginning of the NWA in the 1940's, up to the proud reign of Lou Thesz, on to the legendary reigns of Harley Race, The Funk Brothers Terry and Dory Jr, Kerry Von Erich, Dusty Rhodes, and "The Nature Boy" Ric Flair. Flair took the big gold belt with him when he left WCW for the WWF in 1991, wearing it on WWF television(censored out) as he claimed it was the real true World Title belt in the sport. In 1994 the title belt returned to WCW and would end up for grabs in the 3 ring 60 man World War III battle Royal in November 1995. The Macho Man Randy Savage would outlast all 59 other competitors to claim the vacant title, wearing the strap proudly into the final ever WCW event at Starrcade at the end of December 1995. Savage was cheated out of the belt by Flair and the Horsemen, beginning his downward spiral that we've seen unfold here in Best Of The Best in 1996, culminating Savage's allegiance with Paul E. Dangeorusly's Dangerous Alliance that was revealed last night on the special Wednesday edition of Judgement Night.... Hybrid Rules Bout
Lucha Libre vs Muay Thai
The Ultimo Dragon
vs
Thantavan NapatayaRing announcer Joel Gertner brings the fans to their feet for the intros to tonight's main event! Thantavan Napataya is introduced hailing from Thailand and is wearing boxing gloves. Ultimo Dragon gets a huge ovation from the NY crowd as he's introduced as being UNDEFEATED in Hyrbid Style competition. Both fighters bounce and shadow box in their corners during the intros before referee Big John Mccarthy brings them to the center for the final instructions. This bout is 3 rounds, with the first round being 10 minutes, the second and third being 5 minutes each. This bout can be won via submission, kayo, or judges decision(the ringside judges are Gene Lebell, Dave Meltzer, and Black Belt magazine editor Jim Coleman). During the intros we get a shot of the recently signed Dutch Kickboxing legend, the reigning K-1 Grand Prix Champion Peter Aerts. Aerts is shown watching ringside as a special guest as Mike Tenay on commentary notes his 2 epic battles against Ultimo Dragon earlier this year, with the news that Aerts is set to return to Bushido next week here on TBS... Napataya and Dragon bring the fans to their feet with a wildly fast and chaotic opening exchange of punching/kicking combos and flying knees, spinning wheel kicks, back and forth slugging exchanges! Dragon connects with open palm strikes but gets tagged with vicious leg kicks! Napataya is able to shed Dragon's takedown attempts off and light him up with rapid fire punching combos that stagger him! After a wild and crazy opening the fatigue takes over and the action stops with Dragon and Napataya staying deadlocked in a clinch. Napataya is able to use Thai clinch techniques to keep Dragon off balance, punishing him with knees and elbows! As the 10 minute first round progresses its Napataya that begins to pull away and take the round, keeping the fight standing and destroying Dragon, while covering up and blocking any of Dragon's strikes. Dragon is only able to clinch up and avoid further punishment as the time advances to the latter minutes... Late in the first round Napataya corners Ultimo Dragon and opens up with lethal combos of knees, kicks, elbows, dropping Dragon in the corner! The referee pushes the Thai striker away and counts Dragon down to 5, 6, 7, 8.... Dragon shakes it off and returns to his feet to break the count at 9! Peter Aerts is shown watching on with deep interest as Dragon staggers forward to meet Napataya with another exchange of strikes, this time connecting with a brutal spinning back kick that staggers Napataya backwards! Dragon follows up springing off of the ropes into a FLYING ARMBAR that catches the kickboxer totally off guard! Napataya is rolled into the canvas locked into the cross armbreaker and is forced to submit with just seconds remaining in the first round! IT'S OVER! The ULTIMO DRAGON WINS! What a battle! Dragon rolls off of Napataya to his back as the kickboxers cornermen scramble into the ring to tend to his arm. Dragon recoups to his feet to have his arm raised in victory as Peter Aerts is shown watching on from his seat.... On Location:
The Takada Dojo(Japan)
After the match this week's Bushido comes to an end with an on-location shot of the outdoor training compound of the Takada Dojo, the home Dojo of the Kings Of Kings organization. Nobuhiko Takada, Akira Maeda, and all of the combined forces of UWFI and Rings and their newest member Minoru Suzuki all stand around a pile of wood with the Triple Crown, IWGP Heavyweight, and the original Lou Thesz World Championship titles all nearby. The titles are shown being put onto the wood and lit in a massive funeral pyre.... The flames tower several feet into the air and engulfing all of the gold while the KOK watch on, the reflection of the fire shown in Takada, Maeda, and Suzuki's eyes as this week's show fades out to the copyright screen.... ©1996 Neo Zeed Corp.
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Barton Coliseum(Little Rock, Arkansas)
April 6th, 1996 It's Saturday night on TBS with Tony Shiavonne and Bobby "The Brain" Heenan opening up this week's Shockwave on commentary with a shot of the SOLD OUT Barton Coliseum, over 8,000 in attendance here in Little Rock! The entire Best Of The Best promotion is still reeling from last weekend's pay per view spectacular in Japan, the talk this week is the shocking events on Judgement Night where Randy Savage aligned with Paul E. Dangerously's new alliance. Ric Flair and Arn Anderson were destroyed by the new Dangerous Alliance, as was Ricky "The Dragon" Steamboat(who referee'd the final battle match between Flair vs Savage). The crowd in the Coliseum is going nuts as the steel cage hanging above the ring is showcased during the intro. Shiavonne and The Brain recap the events this past Wednesday on Judgement Night where we seen Paul E.'s thugs Steve Austin, Brian Pillman, and Shane Douglas beat up both Bret Hart and Undisputed Champ Shawn Michaels, with Jose Lothario being hospitalized with a bad concussion. It's all building up to the massive pay per view on April 21st in Chicago it will be Best Of The Best IV: Chi-Town Wrestlewar '96! Tonight's program on the Superstation will be a major stop on the road to Chicago as we are set for 3 major World Tag League bouts, plus the critical Loser Leaves Best Of The Best STEEL CAGE battle between former best friends Sting vs Lex Luger, TONIGHT! World Tag League Match:
Harlem Heat(4-2)
vs
Owen Hart & The British Bulldog(W/Jim Cornette)(3-2-1)
Shockwave opens up with the first of two scheduled meetings between these Tiger Division foes. Owen and Bulldog come out looking sharp and focused with Jim Cornette trailing behind them snarling at the camera and fans booing them. This is a huge match for Owen and Bulldog with a victory here they can take 1st place in the Tiger Division. Harlem Heat come out to a huge ovation as the commentators recap their major win over the Legion Of Doom last week to take 1st place in the Tiger Division. Both teams duel through two commercial breaks in a back and forth battle up to the regulation time limit, where Jim Cornette's attempt to interfere backfires, he's knocked off the apron when Bulldog hits the ropes sending him to the floor! Owen hits Stevie Ray with a missile dropkick to the back that sends him into a running powerslam by Bulldog. Cornette grabs Booker T by the ankle to stop him from breaking up the pin, 1, 2, 3! Owen and Bulldog pull it off and both erupt in a huge celebration! Stevie Ray and Booker T retreat to the entrance isle in total disbelief, they've just been defeated by Owen and Bulldog by pinfall at 14:07! Owen and Bulldog celebrate the win with Cornette as they have just moved into 1st place in the Tiger Division with a 4-2-1 record, dropping Harlem Heat to 4-3. Heenan notes on commentary that these two teams are going to meet again later this season this is not over!
Backstage Arrivals(Earlier Tonight):
Sting / "The Total Package" Lex Luger(W/Lance Wright)
Prior to another round of commercials we get replays split screen of the arrivals of the two former best buds that will clash tonight in the biggest match of either man's careers, INSIDE a STEEL CAGE, the loser of this match will be forced to leave Best Of The Best. Sting is shown making his way through the parking garage of the Coliseum to the dressing room while the other side of the split screen shows Luger pulling up in the opposite lot in a stretch limo with his sports agent Lance Wright. This has gotten very personal between these two top 10 heavyweights, both of them have agreed that this league is not big enough for the both of them. TONIGHT, both Sting and Luger will enter this steel cage that is suspended over the ring and in the end.... there can be only 1!.... Just before the cut to commercials Shiavonne freaks out on commentary when a 3rd camera shot, a current one happening right now of another limo pulling up and the squad of Paul E. Dangerously, Randy Savage, Shane Douglas(with Sable), Brian Pillman, and Steve Austin all filing out WHOA! The Dangerous Alliance is here! In The Ring:
The Dangerous Alliance:
"The Macho Man" Randy Savage(W/Paul E. Dangerously), "Stone Cold" Steve Austin, Brian Pillman, & Shane Douglas(W/Sable) After the break we get Just Another Victim by Helmet/House Of Pain bringing out Paul E. Dangerously's new Dangerous Alliance. One by one Savage, Douglas with Sable, Pillman, and a pissed looking Steve Austin make it down to the ring together to boo's. The Macho Man explains why he signed with Paul E. Dangerously explaining his bitterness over being screwed out of the Undisputed World Championship belt that Shawn Michaels currently has, back at Starrcade 95 by the Four Horsemen. All of the fans turned on Savage and started to cheer for Flair and the Horsemen here in Best Of The Best, all the fans forget about how it was Sting that eliminated him from the Champions Rumble back in Houston, every body cheers for Sting when he forced Savage to submit in the 4 way at Caesars Palace. Savage says that everybody was ready to count him out 3 years ago when Vince Mcmahon tried to put him out to pasture, everybody counted him out of the World Title picture here in Best Of The Best. Savage gets the boo's riled up when he says that Paul E. Dangerously and the Dangerous Alliance is taking over this entire sport, and as far as he's concerned all of the fans can STICK IT! Savage says in his promo that the Four Horsemen are DEAD, they killed them last week. Mach then says that what he did to Ricky Steamboat, another crushed larynx, that was a receipt for Paul E. Dangerously for 4 years ago when Steamboat helped bring this organization down in WCW, that hit on Wednesday night was a personal gift to the Dangerous Alliance from The Macho Man ooooooh YEEEEEEAAAAAAh! All of a sudden Savage's promo is interrupted when SHAWN MICHAELS appears on the big screen over the entrance stage! The CHAMP! HBK tells the Dangerous Alliance that he couldn't make it to Little Rock tonight due to scheduling conflicts as the Undisputed World Champion of this promotion, but he's PISSED about what they did to Jose Lothario on Wednesday night on Judgement Night! HBK tells Paul E. to make no mistake even though he's not there in Little Rock tonight, the KLIQ is still in the house! The 123 Kid and Hunter Hearst Helmsley step out to the entrance stage and the crowd goes wild! HBK makes the challenge on behalf of Kid and Helmsley for Savage to pick a partner and face them TONIGHT! The crowd loses it! Savage accepts the challenge and Brian Pillman cuts in and not only volunteers to be his partner, but INSISTS that they do this.... RIGHT NOW!..... WOW! Kid and Helmsley are fired up ready to go! Kid gets on a mic and tells the Dangerous Alliance they are ready to go right now if Pillman and Savage got the guts, they will send the rest of the DA to the dressing room and take them on 2 on 2! It's ON!.... Paul E. sends Austin and Douglas/Sable to the back and stays ringside for the impromptu bout! This is happening RIGHT NOW!.... Tag Team Match:
"The Macho Man" Randy Savage & Brian Pillman(W/Paul E. Dangerously)
vs
The 123 Kid & Hunter Hearst HelmsleyIt's all Macho Man in this lopsided affair as Pillman only mocks and acts crazy, jumping in and out of the match causing chaos while Savage totally dominates Helmsley and Kid for 5 minutes. All of a sudden as Savage has Kid dead to rights there's a man in the background running through the crowd, jumping the guard railing and leaping into the ring! It's... SHAWN MICHAELS!..... HBK blows the roof off the Coliseum as he waits for Savage to turn around and face him for the SWEET CHIN MUSIC! Savage goes DOWN! Steve Austin and Shane Douglas come running back out to help Brian Pillman go after him but HBK leaps the railing and escapes into the crowd where he's swarmed by the fans! The Kliq RULEZ! Macho Man struggles to recover before going crazy once he's realized what has happened! Kid and Helmsley escape to the entrance isle as the Dangerous Alliance eye Shawn Michaels in the crowd while we cut away to the break!... The Control Center Update W/Mike Tenay:
After the commercial break we get a cut away to the control center where Mike Tenay breaks the news that the match has been officially SIGNED for the upcoming pay per view live in the UIC Pavilion in Chicago, at Best Of The Best IV: Chi-Town Wrestlewar it will be Taz, "The Human Suplex Machine" vs the toughest man in the entire NFL, Tae Kwon Do black belt linebacker for the Pittsburgh Steelers, GREG LLOYD! Taz vs LLOYD live on pay per view in hybrid rules action it will be BEST OF THE BEST IV: CHI-TOWN WRESTLEWAR 1996!.... Mike Tenay reveals the latest breaking news, JUST announced today, that tickets will go on sale on Monday morning at 9 a.m. for a live Judgement Night from the Hoosier Dome in Indianapolis on April 22nd, the night after Best Of The Best IV. Already signed to main event this massive event is the undefeated phenomenon Ahmed Jonson, fresh off of his victory over the Ultimate Warrior in Japan. Stay tuned for breaking news as this event is expected to be one of the biggest in the young history of this promotion so far...
Singles Match:
"The Man Of 1,000 Holds" Dean Malenko
vs
Joey Maggs
Dean Malenko makes his way out ice cold focused as the commentators recap his huge submission victory over Eddie Guerrero last weekend at Best Of The Best III, avenging his lone loss here in Best Of The Best. Dean's win on Bushido earlier this week moved his BOTB record to 5-1. Malenko makes quick work of Maggs with a submission victory at 2:33 using an Octopus Hold. After the victory Malenko looks on with caution as Arn Anderson(with his entire left arm in a cast/sling) makes his way out with Chris Benoit to confront him! Malenko stands his ground as Benoit eyes him face to face while Arn breaks the news that he's going to be out of action with a broken collar bone for up to 2 months after the attack him and Flair endured on Judgement Night at the hands of Randy Savage & The Dangerous Alliance. Arn reveals that we may not see Ric Flair for a while after the injury he suffered to his back that same night, more importantly his pride has been destroyed with the loss to Savage being one of the most devastating losses of Flair's illustrious career. Arn admits that the loss to Savage and the beating he and Flair took from the Dangerous Alliance eliminated Ric Flair from the World Title picture and may have killed the Four Horsemen. Arn tells Dean Malenko that The Horsemen always had respect for him and at one time they were considering him as the newest member, they always had their eye on his career as a prospect. Arn brings up Dean's history as a tag team partner with Benoit in the past before asking him to take his spot in the remainder of the 1996 World Tag League. Dean looks on at Arn and Benoit for a moment of intensity before simply nodding, setting the crowd off as he extends a handshake to Benoit! Benoit shakes Malenko's hand and it's official! Dean Malenko will take Arn Anderson's spot with Chris Benoit in the World Tag League for the rest of the 96 season! Benoit & Malenko!   This is UNBELIEVABLE! Dean Malenko has accepted Arn Anderson's request without saying a word, "The Man Of 1,000 Holds" and "The Crippler" will team up in an attempt to save the Horsemen's season in the World Tag League! Up Close W/Mike Tenay:
Christopher Chavis(formerly Tatanka)After the match we get another issue of Mike Tenay's weekly investigative reporting style segment Up Close, this week taking a look at the return of the wrestler formerly known as Tatanka in the WWF; Chris Chavis. Chavis as Tatanka was a huge star when he debuted in the WWF in 1992 as an undefeated Native American Warrior. Tatanka shocked the wrestling world when he sold out on his fans and joined Ted Dibiase's Million Dollar Corporation two years ago. When the WWF closed it's doors in the end of 1995 Tatanka went on a hiatus and experienced a spiritual revolution. Tenay's introspective looks at the recent developments with the Benny Hinn Ministries constructing their new 11,000 square foot athletic training complex with a faith based outreach program for athletes of any sport seeking the lord's blessing. Benny Hinn's interest in Best Of The Best began when Evander Holyfield hired him as his spiritual advisor for his showdown against Aleksandre Karelin at Best Of The Best II back in February. Holyfield won the bout and donated all of his winnings to Hinn's Ministry. After that Ted Dibiase surfaced at the Hinn television programming where he was blessed onstage with Benny Hinn's anointing powers. Dibiase was given the role as the head spiritual advisor for Hinn's athletic outreach program for other pro wrestlers. The American Males, Marcus Bagwell and Scotty Riggs were the first to step forward to join Hinn's Ministries with Dibiase taking them under his wing, resurrecting their careers. The Males changed their names to American Power Team and are currently 4-1-1 in the World Tag League. Mike Tenay recaps Tatanka recently making his way to Benny Hinn's athletic outreach program through his connections with Ted Dibiase his former manager. Tatanka is shown trashing all of his native american heritage, burning his feathered head dress and renouncing all of his native spiritual connections for the name of Jesus. He dropped the Tatanka name and has reverted to his god given Christian name, Chris Chavis. The video shows Chavis training at the Hinn Ministries athletic compound for a comeback here in Best Of The Best set for this week's Worldwide(check your local listings). The video focuses in on Chavis recent appearance on Hinn's television program where he received Benny Hinn's supernatural powers. Once Hinn put his hands on Chavis he immediately felt the supernatural power of the lord, flopping down to the stage like a fish out of water. The segment shows the aftermath with Chavis trashing all of his native american ties, even going as far as going through skin bleaching treatments to lighten his skin tone, even erasing the trademark red dye out of his mowhawk. Chavis is fully devoted to reviving his career in Best Of The Best with the power of the lord, with the Benny Hinn Ministries and Ted Dibiase in his corner he could be a force to be reckoned with.... World Tag League Match:
The Hardcore Guns(2-4)
vs
The Thrillseekers(3-3)
Chris Jericho and Lance Storm continue their red hot run in the WTL with their 4th consecutive victory, this time a submission win over the Hardcore Guns with Jericho forcing Billy Gunn to tap with the Liontamer at 7:16. The Thrillseekers move to 4-3 an incredible turn around after their 0-3 start to the 96 season. With this win and their huge upset over the undefeated Steiner Brothers last weekend at the Tokyo Dome this team of the Thrillseekers may be the best team in the entire WTL right now, these guys are red hot.... Backstage:
"The Macho Man" Randy Savage & The Dangerous AllianceWe cut away backstage and The Macho Man is furious over being knocked out by Shawn Michaels earlier tonight in what was an apparent set up by the Kliq, payback for the Dangerous Alliance's attack on Michaels this past Wednesday on Judgement Night(where Jose Lothario was hospitalized). Savage tears through the backstage dressing room with Pillman, Austin, Shane Douglas and Paul E. Dangerously trailing behind him while he throws trash cans around, kicking in doors, even throwing a random innocent janitor to the concrete in a violent outburst! Finally Savage kicks open a dressing room door and finds alleged Kliq associate Aldo Montoya! Savage immediately downs Montoya and the entire Dangerous Alliance put the boots to him in violent shaky camera shot beat down! Singles Match:
Eddie Guerrero
vs
Juventud GuerreraEddie Guerrero looks to rebound from his loss to Malenko in Japan last weekend by stealing the show in a thrilling fast pace technical Lucha showcase against Juventud Guerrera! Juvy hangs with Eddie move for move in rapid fire exchanges of counters and reversals before ultimately the bout hits the floor outside the ring. Both guys land HUGE air planchas, with Juvy clearing the top rope with his Air Juvy taking out Eddie. Later in the match Eddie lands a massive air plancha off the top turnbuckle out over the steel guard railing INTO THE CROWD to take out Juvy! The action makes it back into the ring after a near countout when suddenly the referee gets accidentally taken out! As the ref is down it looks like Juvy has the match won as he goes for his 450 splash! All of a sudden Psicosis runs out and pushes Juvy off the top rope to the canvas! Payback for Juvy's massive upset win over Psicosis in his debut here on Shockwave last week! Psicosis goes up to the top to hit Juvy with his gullotine legdrop but Eddie recovers and stops him with punches. Eddie springs off of the ropes to hit Psicosis with a dropkick that sends him tumbling off of the turnbuckles down from the apron to the floor! Guerrero ends up hitting Juvy with a devastating TORNADO DDT and makes the cover just as the ref wakes up to the count the pinfall at 9:17! Eddie WINS! Just as Eddie has his hand raised he's attacked from behind by Psicosis! Psicosis' beat down is stopped when Juvy recovers to knock him out of the ring, sending him retreating to the elevated catwalk entrance ramp! Psicosis looks on with a snarl as Eddie and Juvy face off with each other with intensity before finally Juvy extends a handshake offer! Eddie looks around at the crowd for their approval before cautiously accepting Juvy's handshake out of respect! In The Ring:
Raven(W/Beulah) & "Dancin" Stevie Richards aka "The King Of Swing"Raven makes his way out after the commercial break with a miserable look on his face, hopelessness in his eyes as he's followed by Beulah and Stevie Richards acting like a goofball hamming it up for the camera while Offspring's Come Out And Play airs over the PA system as background noise. Once in the ring Raven addresses Stevie Richards recent failures to bring him the biggest and strongest freak muscle he can find. All of his attempts have been total disappointments, The One Man Gang/Akeem, Giant Gonzalez, even the trash Dungeon Of Doom freaks from WCW. Raven asks Stevie, "Who do I look like huh? Hulk Hogan?!". All of a sudden Raven's promo and bullying of Stevie Richards is interrupted when none other than Kevin Sullivan comes out to the ring to confront him!  Sullivan is HERE! WHAT!? What is going on!? The Taskmaster confronts Raven and tells him and Stevie Richards that they should have more respect for the Dungeon Of Doom, for John Tenta one of the best big men in the history of this sport, for Meng, one of the toughest son of a bi*#*%* that ever walked this planet! Sullivan makes a Johnny Polo/Scotty Flamingo reference that pisses Raven off! Raven whips his hair back and faces off with Kevin Sullivan with his jaw clenched when all of a sudden Meng rushes into the ring out of nowhere for a sneak attack from behind! Meng and Kevin Sullivan destroy Raven and Stevie Richards sending them running, retreating to the entrance isle! Raven is furious!.... World Tag League Match:
The Steiner Brothers(5-1)
vs
The American Power Team(4-1-1)
The Steiner Brothers get cheers from the fans when they show their respect to Bagwell & Riggs' prematch prayer. It's all respect between all 4 competitors here and despite a spirited effort the APT is no match for the Steiner Brothers, who take it after a pinfall at 10:09. Rick and Scott shows their respect to the APT after the match and raise their arms. Scotty Riggs and Marcus Bagwell retreat with Ted Dibiase defeated but still holding their heads high giving thanks to Jesus. The Steiner Brothers celebrate the win with their entrance music playing! This was a huge rebound from their upset loss to the Thrillseekers in Japan this past weekend, keeping their grip on the Dragon Division with a 6-1 record. Satellite Interview:
Bret "The Hitman" HartAfter the match we get a cut in interview via satellite with Bret Hart discussing the attack he suffered at the hands of the Dangerous Alliance this past Wednesday on Judgement Night. Hart says that he knows what Paul E. Dangerously is trying to do, to throw him off track, to take his focus off of the World Title. Bret promises that he's still focused on the belt, as far as he's concerned it was the Dangerous Alliance that cost him in Japan, their time will come when they will have to pay for everything they've done from the Calgary incident to costing him the match against HBK in Japan last weekend. The only thing Bret is focused on right now is getting back in the ring with Shawn Michaels, as far as he's concerned Michaels is STILL not the Undisputed Champion, Bret is still the best there is the best there was, and the best there ever WILL BE! Steel Cage Match
Loser Leaves Best Of The Best:
"The Total Package" Lex Luger(W/Lance Wright)
vs
Sting
The cage is lowered and the entrances of both Luger and Sting are dramatic and emotional as this match has been years in the making, building ever since Best Of The Best launched this past January, but going back to their battle in WCW four years ago that sent Luger to the WWF. Luger has a different attitude as he makes it to the cage, he even goes as far as shocking everyone by sending Lance Wright to the back! Wright is stunned! Luger instructs Lance Wright to let him face Sting alone, this is personal, this match is everything.... Sting makes his entrance visibly emotional as he takes the cage and stands face to face to the man he once considered his best friend, his brother. The tension in the Coliseum is palpable and the crowd is at a fever pitch as the two battle it out in the Steel Cage with their Best Of The Best career's on the line! Both men send each other into the closed top/cyclone fence style steel cage throughout the match. The hard hitting battle see's Sting finish Luger off with the Scorpion Deathlock submission at 12:48! Sting WINS! Luger has been defeated and must LEAVE Best Of The Best! Unbelievable! After the match Sting watches on with his facepaint wore off as Luger makes his exit, leaving the door of the cage open for the entire Dangerous Alliance to rush out!.... Steve Austin, Brian Pillman, Shane Douglas, and "The Macho Man" Randy Savage destroy Sting with the cage door locked! This is MADNESS! NO! Sting is laid out with the bell ringing over and over against while Randy Savage drops flying elbow drops on him over and over again! Luger turns to look on for a moment as if he thought about helping his former friend but he ultimately turns and walks away for the final time, leaving Sting to be annihilated as the copyright screen brings the show to a close in a scene of violent pandemonium..... ©1996 Neo Zeed Corp.
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Universal Studios Florida(Orlando, FL)April 6th, 1996
This week's episode of Worldwide opens with a replay of the World Tag League match between The Pitbulls vs Public Enemy from the February 24th episode of Worldwide, where The Pit Bulls debuted their new seductive and mysterious valet; Kimona. It was Kimona's interference that cost Public Enemy the match, giving The Pitbulls the victory in one of the wildest and most extreme tag team matches we've ever seen here on Worldwide. Referee John Finnegan was reprimanded by the BOTB Championship Council for allowing the match to get as violent as it did without declaring a countout or disqualification. TONIGHT, we will get the REMATCH! Pitbulls vs Public Enemy part 2, right here on Worldwide in our main event! Joey Styles welcomes the TV audience from the Best Of The Best Arena control center here in Universal Studios Florida. We have a STACKED show for you for the next hour, including 3 matches; the debut of Chris Chavis the wrestler formerly known as Tatanka, Hakushi in action, and the World Tag League rematch between division rivals The Pit Bulls vs The Public Enemy in a bout that is sure to turn BOTB Arena upside down here at Universal Studios! Singles Match:
Chris Chavis(W/Ted Dibiase)
vs
JT Smith
The smaller crowd here fills up the more compact studio arena with the fans all coming to their feet when Joan Osborne's What If God Was One Of Us brings out Chris Chavis, the man formerly known as Tatanka(accompanied by Ted Dibiase). Chavis comes out with noticeably lighter skin tone due to the skin bleaching treatments we seen in Mike Tenay's Up Close segment on Shockwave earlier tonight on TBS. His red mowhawk is gone, he's out in black speedo tights with matching boots and knee pads with Ted Dibiase by his side as he passes out miniature New Testament bibles to the ringside fans. Chavis resurfaced recently as a part of the Benny Hinn Ministries athletic outreach program via his connections with Hinn's pro wrestling ambassador, converted born again Christian Ted Dibiase. Chavis denounced all of his Native American savage beliefs to become a Christian with Benny Hinn's spiritual guidance. Chavis and Dibiase huddle for a brief pre-match prayer before starting the match. JT Smith takes the fight right to Chris Chavis at the bell but he's quickly countered and overpowered easily. JT gets flopped and slammed around the ring before cheating to get the upper hand. JT floors Chavis in a side headlock but Ted Dibiase rallies the Florida crowd behind him to help give him the spirit to work his way up and out of the hold! JT lands punches as Chavis attempts to recover but they have no effect! Chavis feels the holy spirit and no-sells JT's punches before chopping him down and finishing him off with his Revelations Drop for the 1, 2, 3 at 4:53! In The Studio:
Update With Joey StylesJoey Styles recaps the recent happenings coming out of the massive Tokyo Dome pay per view last weekend. Best Of The Best III sold out the Tokyo Dome on Sunday night. It was at that event where Sable stunned everyone when she double crossed her own husband Marc Mero to join Shane Douglas in the Dangerous Alliance. The Alliance made their presence felt in the main event Iron Man match between Bret Hart and Shawn Michaels, then attacked both men th on the special live Wednesday edition of Judgment Night earlier this week. Michaels and Bret were beat up with HBK's mentor Jose Lothario hospitalized with a concussion(he was held up and knocked out by Paul E. Dangerously, the slimy coward).  Later that night in the main event at the historic Mid-South Coliseum in Memphis Randy Savage went toe to toe with Ric Flair in what was supposed to be "The Final Battle" in the main event, with Ricky "The Dragon" Steamboat as special guest ref. Brian Pillman came out and smashed Ric Flair in the face with a steel chair while Steamboat was distracted. Savage was able to put Flair away with a pinfall after a flying elbow drop. Steamboat realized what had happened after declaring Savage the winner, but before he could reverse his decision Savage knocked him out. It was a truly shocking moment when Savage united with Paul E. Dangerously and his new alliance after the match in a total devastation beat down of Flair, Steamboat, Arn, and Chris Benoit.  Earlier tonight on Shockwave HBK and the Kliq got a bit of payback when Michaels set Randy Savage up for a knockout Sweet Chin Music. Savage snapped and destroyed the backstage area looking for the Kliq throughout the rest of the program, eventually finding alleged Kliq associate Aldo Montoya backstage(Montoya was hospitalized after being attacked by the entire DA). It all came to a head when Sting was trapped in the Steel Cage with the entire Dangerous Alliance following his Loser Leaves BOTB victory over Lex Luger in the main event. Randy Savage destroyed Sting with repeated flying elbow drops as Shockwave went off the air earlier tonight. This new Dangerous Alliance has wrecked Best Of The Best. "Stone Cold" Steve Austin, Shane Douglas(W/Sable), "The Loose Cannon" Brian Pillman, and now "The Macho Man" Randy Savage has completed his dark downward spiral in 1996 by making this new alliance a legitimate force in the sport of wrestling. Surely this is all going to boil over on a hot live episode of Judgement Night back on our normal time at 8pm LIVE on USA Network on Monday night from the Kiel Center in St. Louis! You do not want to miss this episode of Judgement Night on Monday night, Sting and the Dangerous Alliance are expected to be in St. Louis for the event. The main event will see one of the most highly anticipated showdowns of the 1996 World Tag League season as the Eliminators are set to face off against Harlem Heat in the main event! All roads lead to Chicago on April 21st Sunday night LIVE on pay per view from the UIC Pavilion it will be Best Of The Best IV: Chi-Town Wrestlewar '96! If you missed Bushido this past Thursday night on TBS you missed the controversial face to face meeting between Pittsburgh Steelers linebacker Greg Lloyd and "The Human Suplex Machine" Taz in one of the wildest moments we've seen on Bushido. Greg Lloyd's search for an opponent for April 21st at Best Of The Best IV in Chicago has been answered as Taz has signed the contract and made this match official....
Greg Lloyd led the Pittsburgh Steelers to Super Bowl XXX in January of this year, he's a black belt in tae kwon do and a strong believer in the Bushido martial arts philosophy, accepting no one way as a way, never limiting yourself to any one style. For Taz he's an undersized heavyweight that has fought for respect in Best Of The Best this year since he debuted in January. Taz is one of these new hybrid warriors like what you see on the Ultimate Fighting pay per views. A judo black belt and a veteran of the no-rules ECW promotion(as seen on Hard Copy and American Journal last year), Taz has gone 5-0 in BOTB this year, with a victory over Yokozuna at the Budokan Arena in Japan last month moving him into the Top 10 Rankings(he's currently ranked 9th). Now the match has been signed and set for Best Of The Best IV, it will be Taz vs Greg Lloyd in Hybrid Rules, Judo vs Tae Kwon Do, NFL vs Extreme Wrestling, Brooklyn vs Pittsburgh, LIVE ON PAY PER VIEW APRIL 21ST!  Joey Styles concludes with coverage of the huge news story that broke this past week that Judgement Night the following night after the pay per view on April 22nd will be at the 65,000 seat Hoosier Dome in Indianapolis Indiana! Tickets went on sale last week and are going fast, this is truly expected to be one of the biggest Best Of The Best events of this year. Ahmed Johnson has already signed to compete at this event, it will be LIVE on the USA Network from the HOOSIER DOME on April 22nd! Singles Match:
Hakushi
vs
Chris AdamsFormer WCCW star Chris Adams makes his in-ring BOTB debut representing the UK in this international matchup against Japan's Hakushi. Adams surfaced recently in the training footage helping Bret Hart prepare for HBK's Sweet Chin Music, as he's one of the masters and innovators of the "superkick" use in pro wrestling. Adams puts up a tough battle against Hakushi but ultimately is defeated by pinfall at 8:55 after a flying headbutt. On Location:
Taz Dojo(Brooklyn, NY)
After commercials we get a shot of "The Human Suplex Machine" Taz in the Taz Dojo in Brooklyn with his face covered by a shredded black towel as he cuts a promo about the match signed to face Greg Lloyd. Taz talks about Wrestlemania, 1 year ago, Bam Bam Bigelow took on LT in the main event, and it was the biggest bulls*## match thats ever been put on pay per view. The Human Suplex Machine says that football players have no business stepping into his ring in his sport, this isn't the NFL, this is my world. Taz pledges to make an example out of Greg Lloyd, saying he doesn't care that people call him the toughest man in football, he doesn't care about Lloyd's black belt in tae kwon do, he doesn't care if Lloyd wants to bring Kevin Greene or the entire Pittsburgh Steelers locker room to Chicago, bring Jack Lambert, BRING EVERYBODY! Taz swears he will choke Greg Lloyd out, screaming into the camera after ripping the towel off his head! APRIL 21ST!
World Tag League Match:
The Pit Bulls(W/Kimona)(2-4)
vs
The Public Enemy(0-6)The Pit Bulls come out to White Zombie Thunderkiss '65 with Kimona by their side wearing matching leather. PE come out next to Here Comes The Hotstepper with trash cans and tables and it's ON! Both teams tear into each other at the bell and destroy the BOTB Arena in a madhouse! The brawling goes through the crowd and out to the Universal Studios lot where crazed fans jump in and out of the camera shot! Cookie sheets, trash cans, brooms, steel chairs, full Surge drinks, everything is a weapon! Kimona gets involved but PE catch her in the act and put her through the table with the Pit Bulls' own finisher, the SUPER BOMB! She's OUT! The Pit Bulls fight back but get put away with the Drive By for the pinfall victory for Public Enemy at 12:26! PUBLIC ENEMY GET THEIR FIRST WIN! Rocco Rock and Johnny Gruge retreat to the crowd to wave their arms and party with the fans in celebration as The Pitbulls tend to Kimona while she's still knocked out in the wreckage of the broken table.... ©1996 Neo Zeed Corp.
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Kiel Center(St. Louis, MO)
April 8th, 1996 After a special Wednesday edition last week Judgement Night is BACK tonight on Monday night here LIVE from St. Louis' Kiel Center COMPLETELY SOLD OUT! The show opens with a hard shot of Sunny standing in the middle of the ring with the audience going bonkers for her....  Sunny opens the show in the ring and gets the crowd going with her introductory monologue, this is JUDGEMENT NIGHT! The opening highlight music video montage set to Tupac's All Eyez On Me fades in as the crowd goes NUTS! The montage shows nothing but clips of how the new Dangerous Alliance has formed and grown to the force they are today, Paul E. Dangerously has united "Stone Cold" Steve Austin, Brian Pillman, and Shane Douglas with the recent addition of Sable and the turning of "The Macho Man" Randy Savage last week on Judgement Night. Now, Paul E. suddenly finds himself with more power in the sport of pro wrestling than he's had in his hands since 1992 when the original Dangerous Alliance ruled WCW. The opening montage music video ends with footage of Sting being totally decimated while trapped inside the steel cage with Savage, Austin, Pillman, and Douglas at the end of this weekend's Saturday Night Shockwave.... After the opening video the pyro is shown going off around the Kiel Center with the sold out capacity St. Louis crowd going crazy! Jim Ross and Joey Styles welcome the television audience with hype for tonight's HUGE main event World Tag League showdown between Harlem Heat vs The Eliminators! The Steiner Brothers will also be in action here tonight, plus Stevie Richards has announced that the search is over, he has found Raven's man and he's ready to debut him here TONIGHT! All of this plus the BOTB Championship Council is here tonight with a special honorary ceremony presentation to honor some of the true all time great legends of St. Louis wrestling, plus so much more, we are LIVE and anything can happen here tonight, you do not want to change that channel! All of a sudden out of nowhere out walks the current head councilmen of the Best Of The Best Championship Council, Lou Thesz!
In The Ring:
Lou Thesz
Thesz is accompanied by 2 security guards as he makes his way into the ring with their help. Sunny passes the all time legend the microphone and the head councilman of the governing body that controls all of the competition aspects of this league addresses the entire federation of the Best Of The Best with a state of the union promo. Thesz states that the 7 man Championship Council that he speaks on the behalf of, all pledged with honor to uphold the integrity of Best Of The Best as an athletic sports league. The sole mission statement of this league is the unify a 1 true World Champion of pro wrestling, undisputed, and justice for all. The Championship Council is vastly unpleased with the current state of Best Of The Best, the violence, the breaking of the rules, and most of all the Council is displeased with the presence of the so called "Dangerous Alliance" brought here by Paul E. Dangerously. Thesz addresses the Alliance havoc they have wreaked here in Best Of The Best just within the past few weeks, the injuries they've inflicted on the top stars, the interferences, the destruction they've caused. The Council is prepared to take action and they put the accountability of all the damage done by the Dangerous Alliance on the shoulders of the CEO of Best Of The Best; Eric Bischoff. Lou Thesz sends a warning to Bischoff that the Council is prepared to make a move to releave him of his duties as CEO if more is not done to stop the Dangerous Alliance! All of a sudden this brings out Eric Bischoff himself, hustling out to the ring stressed....  Eric Bischoff apologizes to Lou Thesz, the Championship Council, and all of the BOTB fans for everything before promising that steps are being taken to stop Paul E. Dangerously. Bischoff pledges that he has Best Of The Best headed in the right direction and he's currently negotiating deals with some of the best talent in the world that he's working to bring here to Best Of The Best in 1996. All of a sudden Bischoff and Thesz's awkward face to face is interrupted when Sting walks out! The crowd absolutely loses it when Sting's entrance music hits the PA!  Sting enters the squared circle with Lou Thesz and Bischoff to address the Dangerous Alliance, their attack on him on Shockwave this past Saturday night on TBS. Sting says that they tried to take him out on Shockwave, he's hurt, but he's not injured he's just PISSED OFF! Sting gets intense as he talks about being the man that got rid of the Dangerous Alliance four years ago back at Wrestlewar '92, War Games, Sting's Squadron with Nikita Koloff, Ricky Steamboat, Barry Windham, and Dustin Rhodes, we took the Dangerous Alliance down once and for all. If Paul E. Dangerously and The Macho Man Randy Savage are bringing it back, there's nobody better for the job of taking them down again than STING! Sting talks about how it's the same name but different faces, a lot has changed since 1992, but some things still remain. Sting is all of a sudden interrupted by the new Dangerous Alliance theme song Just Another Victim by Helmet/House Of Pain, bringing out Paul E. with "The Macho Man", "Stone Cold", "The Loose Cannon", and Shane Douglas with Sable!... The new Dangerous Alliance enters the ring and faces off with Lou Thesz, Eric Bischoff, and Sting with the crowd and everything just TENSE! You can just feel it's something in the air that is ready to explode, like a drug deal gone wrong scene from Scarface.... The Macho Man takes a mic and tells Sting the beat down he got on Saturday night was payback, payback for eliminating him from the 30 Man Champions Rumble back in Houston in January, payback for forcing him to submit back in Vegas in February in the 4 Corners Match, and brother paybacks a BITCH oooooooooOOOOOOOOHHHHHH YEEEEEEEEAAAAAAHHHHH..... Savage says that Sting was just another name on the hitlist, just like Flair, just like Steamboat, the next one up is the man that's wearing HIS belt, and that's The Heartbreak Kid Shawn Michaels! Macho Man states that he's next in line for a shot at the Heartbreak Kid but there's 1 name in his way on the top 10 rankings, and that name is STING! Macho Man is calling him out! Paul E. takes over on the mic and addresses Sting bringing up the War Games match from 4 years ago before challenging him to.... a REMATCH! Paul E. sets it up for the #1 Contenders title shot at HBK on the line, challenging Sting to put together a NEW Sting's Squadron to take on the new Dangerous Alliance in a 2 ring steel cage WAR GAMES MATCH! The winning team captain will get the shot at HBK's Undisputed World Championship at Best Of The Best IV: Chi-Town Wrestlewar '96! Paul E. Dangerously addresses Eric Bischoff's claims that he's negotiating with some of the top talent to bring to Best Of The Best, saying that he too has been negotiating and scouting with one of the most dangerous names in sports and he's going to unleash him TONIGHT as the 5th member of the new Dangerous Alliance! Paul E. challenges Sting to put together a new team of 5 to take them on in War Games THIS SATURDAY NIGHT ON SHOCKWAVE! Just as Sting goes to answer all of a sudden he's interrupted when Marc Mero and Rey Mysterio Jr. come out to the entrance stage!... Marc Mero tells Sting that if he needs to put together a new Sting's Squadron if he needs 4 men, Mero and Mysterio volunteer to help him out because they have unfinished business with all 5 of the scumbags in the ring that call themselves the "Alliance", especially that foul mouth chump Shane Douglas! Sting accepts Paul E. and Savage's challenge for War Games on Shockwave before accepting Mero and Mysterio's offers to join Sting's Squadron! Sting then rides the momentum of the moment and hypes the crowd up into a frenzy by calling Paul E. to give these people a taste, lets make it a six man TONIGHT! Sting, Mero, and Rey Mysterio Jr. vs any 3 men that Paul E. wants to put in the ring with them TONIGHT! Paul E. Dangerously accepts the terms and Sting's challenge for tonight! IT'S ON! Sting, Mero, & Mysterio vs The Dangerous Alliance TONIGHT, then Paul E. has pledged to debut a 5th man tonight as the newest member of the Dangerous Alliance, and it's been set! Stings Squadron vs The Dangerous Alliance in War Games 2! This Saturday Night on Shockwave on TBS! Sting already has Marc Mero and Rey Mysterio Jr. signed up for his Squadron but still needs 2 more men, while Paul E. has promised to debut a new 5th man later tonight! This is OUT OF HAND! Singles Match:
Konnan vs Koji KanemotoAfter the commercial break we return to the live shot of the Kiel Center with the entrance of Olympic Gold Medalist and undefeated 3-0 rookie prospect Kevin Jackson! Jackson takes the commentary booth with JR and Joey Styles for our opening international challenge. Former Mexican Heavyweight Champion Konnan makes his way out first representing Mexico. JR and Joey Styles recap Konnan losing his title in the Unification bout against Shawn Michaels back in Aztec Stadium in Mexico City here on Judgement Night earlier this year. Konnan's loss started a near riot in Mexico City, he's back now in Best Of The Best tonight taking on the debut of young NJPW star Koji Kanemoto in this Mexico vs Japan international bout... It's revealed by Kevin Jackson on commentary that he has signed on to face the winner of this match at Best Of The Best IV: Chi-Town Wrestlewar '96 live on pay per view from the UIC Pavilion in Chicago on April 21st! Konnan fights dirty early on to take an advantage, eventually taking it to the mats where Kanemoto counters and reverses a grappling exchange of holds. Kevin Jackson on commentary talks about his training and how this match on the 21st against whoever wins this bout will be the biggest match of his BOTB career so far, he's ready to take the next step up in competition. Kanemoto is a smaller wrestler under 200 pounds, he can fly like a junior heavyweight but he's advanced his technical submission wrestling skills thanks to recent training with UWF alumni Kazuo Yamazaki in the NJPW dojos. Yamazaki lands a nice plancha once the battle hits the floor but Konnan answers with a rolling somersault senton off the apron moments later. Back in the ring and Konnan gets battered with kicks and forearm strikes before being forced to tap out at 9:51 to the Koji Clutch! Kanemoto wins and eyes Kevin Jackson after having his arm raised, this bout will be big time at Best Of The Best IV: Chi-Town Wrestlewar '96 on April 21st on pay per view, Kevin Jackson vs Koji Kanemoto one on one!
In The Ring:
Raven(W/Beulah & Stevie Richards)After the commercials the time has come, Stevie Richards has claimed that he's found Raven's man, his freak, his new muscle. After weeks of searching Stevie Richards believes he can produce the monster that Raven wants here TONIGHT!... Offspring's Come Out And Play brings Raven out with Beulah by his side and Stevie following behind with a big smile, anxious rubbing his hands together. The trio of 1996 grungers make it into the ring where Richards can't wait to break the news to Raven, who looks on at him in near disgust. Stevie breaks the news to Raven that he's made a giant breakthrough in his search for Raven's freak monster muscle that he's sent Stevie on a quest to find. All of a sudden Stevie is interrupted when "The Taskmaster" Kevin Sullivan comes out to the ring to confront Raven! JR is surprised on commentary that Sullivan is here, he just resurfaced this past weekend on Shockwave. Sullivan enters the ring for a face off with Raven, calling him out for being Johnny Polo, Scotty Flamingo, but through all the flannel and the leather jacket, there is an emptiness in Raven's eyes that is very real. Sullivan tells Raven that he can peer into his soul and see how empty it is, how hopeless it is, the nothingness that has eaten away at his heart bleeds as black as the night. Kevin Sullivan tells Raven that he seeks to unite with him, that the two of them working together could unite a force of evil that can not be stopped! Just as Raven looks on in severe disinterest Stevie DRILLS Kevin Sullivan in the back of the head with the Stevie Kick! Sullivan goes down and Raven never even flinches or blinks! Stevie Richards stomps Kevin Sullivan down until all of a sudden Meng comes out to attack him and Raven! Meng drops Stevie with a thrust kick to the throat before cornering Raven with the TONGAN DEATH GRIP! Raven wilts in the hold until all of a sudden everyone in the crowd's attention turns to a giant man standing 6' 6" weighing 294 pounds blitzes through the crowd, jumps the guard railing and enters the ring.... JR and Joey freak on commentary! That's Bryan Clark! Adam Bomb! What the HELL!? Meng gets obliterated with a ridiculous PUMPHANDLE SLAM! Kevin Sullivan gets pulled up and thrown over the top rope to the floor! The massive beast looks on at Raven staring back at him as Stevie Richards recovers and starts celebrating, this is HIS MAN! All of a sudden the behemoth grabs Stevie Richards by the neck and rips him up into the PUMPHANDLE SLAM, Richards is KNOCKED OUT! Raven steps out to the center of the ring and looks up at the massive freak looking back at him breathing heavily, ready to SNAP! Raven says nothing, just turning away and walking out! The massive force pulls Stevie Richards lifeless body up onto his shoulder and carries him out following Raven as they make their exit together, leaving Meng and Kevin Sullivan totally destroyed!.... World Tag League Match:
The Steiner Brothers(6-1)
vs
The Pit Bulls(W/Kimona)(2-5)The Steiner Brothers are shown wrapping up their entrance high fiving all the ringside fans after returning from the commercial break. This is the team with the best record in the World Tag League so far with a 6-1 record, they handed The Eliminators their lone loss in Best Of The Best but then were upset by The Thrillseekers in Japan at BOTB III last weekend. They still maintain 1st place in the Dragon Division but they have to fight to hold onto it here tonight taking on The Pitbulls. The Pitbulls make their way out noticeably missing their valet Kimona, who was put through a table by The Public Enemy this past Saturday night on Worldwide in The Pitbulls embarrassing loss(giving Public Enemy their 1st win of the 1996 WTL season). Pitbull 1 and 2 take turns cutting a promo saying that they are through with Kimona, they don't need a manager all she's done is hold them back. The Pitbulls show their respect to The Steiners as the best tag team in the sport and they want to face them straight up here tonight! The Pit Bulls give The Steiner Brothers all they can handle in a battle of power moves and suplexes, hard stiff brawling out on the floor even a brief fight in the crowd between Pitbull 2 and Rick Steiner before the action moves back to the ring. Pitbull 2 takes control of the match and showcases incredible power as he dominates both Rick and Scott until suddenly Kimona comes out to the ringside area wearing a neck brace! Kimona waits until the referee is distracted before hitting Pitbull 2 with a low blow that drops him! Kimona walks out flipping The Pitbulls off with middle fingers! Pitbull 2 is seriously hurt and forced to tag out. The Steiner brothers counter Pitbull 1 and manage to take the upper hand, finishing him off for the victory after their Steinerizer at 7:33! The Pitbulls retreat furious going after Kimona as The Steiners celebrate the win, moving their WTL record to 7-1, best in the league! In The Ring:
The Four Horsemen(Ric Flair, Arn Anderson, Chris Benoit, & Dan Severn)We return from commercials and JR and Joey Styles are stunned when The Four Horsemen entrance music hits the speakers! Whoa! They are even more shocked when Arn Anderson, Ric Flair, Chris Benoit, and Dan "The Beast" Severn come out in full force to the ring! The HORSEMEN ARE HERE! Flair is BACK! Arn still has his arm in a sling from the broken collar bone he suffered last week, while Flair is walking with a limp after nursing an injury sustained in his back after the vicious attack at the hands of the Dangerous Alliance last week after losing to Randy Savage in their final battle. Ric Flair cuts a promo getting the crowd riled up that he's down and out, the Horsemen were hurt, Arn is out of action for the next 6 weeks, and the medical doctors of this company have refused to clear Flair to wrestle with his back in the condition its in right now. But The Horsemen still have The Crippler and they have The Beast, and even if Flair is in a wheel chair he is still a better wrestler than Pillman, Austin, and Shane Douglas and he will still keep coming after Randy Savage! The promo is suddenly interrupted when Randy Savage comes out to the entrance stage with Paul E. Dangerously by his side! Savage calls out the Horsemen to put any one of them in the ring with him one on one TONIGHT! Arn Anderson answers Savage's challenge by pitting him against Dan "The Beast" Severn, be careful what you wish for you just might get it! Savage accepts the challenge and it's ON! WOW! Dan "The Beast" Severn will look for revenge for the Horsemen when he steps into the ring to take on "The Macho Man" Randy Savage TONIGHT in our new main event! UNBELIEVABLE!  vs  Dangerous Alliance vs Four Horsemen, Savage vs Severn TONIGHT! It's ON! We cut away to side-by-side shots of the two locker rooms, Sting is getting ready with Marc Mero and Rey Mysterio Jr. in one shot while Austin, Pillman, and Douglas are shown making their way through the backstage area towards the entrace stage together INTENSE, this six man tag team match is coming up NEXT.... Six Man Tag Match:
Sting, Rey Mysterio Jr., & Marc Mero
vs
Brian Pillman, "Stone Cold" Steve Austin(W/Paul E. Dangerously), & Shane Douglas(W/Sable)
After the break we get the entrance of Austin, Pillman, and Shane Douglas coming out to Just Another Victim by Helmet/House Of Pain. Paul E. Dangerously leads the trio out to the ring with the smuggest of confidence in his eyes, while Sable stays by Shane Douglas' side. The trio is mostly boo'd but there are some cheers for them until The Stinger's entrance music hits the speakers! The Kiel Center goes crazy for the entrance of Sting, Marc Mero, and Rey Mysterio Jr. SPRINTING OUT FULL SPEED TO THE RING! This fight is on! The crowd goes nuts as Sting goes at it with Brian Pillman, spilling over the top to the floor while Rey Mysterio connects with a springboard rana entering the rint that immediately takes Steve Austin down! Marc Mero blitzes Shane Douglas with a tackle and a flurry of punches! This is crazy! The referee fails to ever restore any order as Rey Mysterio Jr. steals the spotlight, shooting over the top rope with a somersault seated senton onto Brian Pillman on the floor! Sting and Steve Austin trade punches while Mero takes out all of his frustrations on Shane Douglas' face with Sable and Paul E. watching on trying to stay out of harms way! Sable gets involved with scratches down Mero's back that distract him just long enough for Steve Austin to come running aroud the corner taking him out with a running forearem strike! The bell just keeps ringing over and over again and this match never even gets a chance to get started before it's decended into a no-contest melee! The Macho Man comes out to tip the advantage to The Dangerous Alliance and it becomes a one sided beat down. Shane Douglas puts Marc Mero down with chair shots to his back while Austin sends Mysterio flying off the elevated catwalk entrance ramp into a crazy awkward crash landing off to the side down near the steel railing! Savage, Austin, Pillman, and Shane Douglas gang up on Sting in the ring until all of a sudden out runs two former allies of Sting's, two former foes of the Dangerous Alliance!..... DUSTIN RHODES AND BARRY WINDHAM! Jim Ross loses it on commentary blowing his vocal chords out! Rhodes and Windham race into the ring swinging steel chairs! The Dangerous Alliance are cleared out as Marc Mero and Rey Mysterio Jr. join the fight! Sting recovers and unites with his 5 man Sting's Squadron! It will be Sting, Dustin Rhodes, Barry Windham, Marc Mero, and Rey Mysterio Jr.! Paul E. is shown looking on in total shock and disbelief as he retreats with Savage, Austin, Pillman, Douglas, and Sable! Sting has brought back his original Sting's Squadron team mates Barry Windham and Dustin Rhodes from their original War Games match to complete his team for the rematch! It will be Sting, Windham, Rhodes 2 rings, these two teams going at it in the War Games match THIS SATURDAY NIGHT free on TBS at 6:05 pm on SHOCKWAVE! Live Interview Via Satellite:
Greg Lloyd
Jim Ross and Joey Styles welcome Pittsburgh Steelers all pro linebacker Greg Lloyd to the broadcast from his home in Pittsburgh via satellite. The news was broken over the weekend that Greg Lloyd will face "The Human Suplex Machine" Taz live on pay per view at Best Of The Best IV: Chi-Town Wrestlewar '96! Make no mistake, these two will be putting the War in Wrestlewar on the 21st when they clash in Chicago in Hybrid Rules action. Greg Lloyd reveals that he had never heard of Taz prior to being confronted by him on Bushido on TBS last week in their controversial faceoff. Lloyd reveals that he's since been studying the tapes of Taz in action non-stop in preparation for their bout, the same way he would an opponent in the NFL he's dissected Taz's entire fighting style from the tapes. Lloyd reveals that he's been working in the gym on a gameplan for what he will do to Taz based on his strengths and weaknesses that he's broken down from the film, he will be ready to test himself here in the ultimate stage the Best Of The Best on April 21st. Joey Styles breaks the news that Greg Lloyd will be on Bushido this Thursday night on TBS at 8:05 pm for a very special honorary presentation where he will present a Tae Kwon Do ceremony displaying his black belt skills in the martial art. In The Ring:
Legends Of St. Louis Wrestling Honorary CeremonyAfter the commercial break we return with the entire 7 man Championship Council(Lou Thesz, Danny Hodge, Nick Bockwinkle, Verne Gagne, Karl Gotch, Billy Robinson, & Satoru Sayama) on-hand with Sunny in the ring for a special honorary ceremony to commemorate and honor some of the all time legends of St. Louis pro wrestling; Bob Orton, Harley Race, Dory Funk Jr., and Jack Brisco! The Championship Council presents all 4 men with honorary plaques with another one presented to the family of Pat O'Connor who is honored posthumously(O'Connor passed away in 1990). All of a sudden the entire ceremony is crashed when Jeff Jarrett makes his way out on a microphone interrupting everything, getting boo'd mercilessly as he enters the ring with all of the legends being honored. Jarrett says on the mic that this is a crying shame that this promotion decided to waste all of this valuable television time on a LIVE broadcast on a bunch of washed up old senior citizens, instead of a hot young commodity like Double J! Jarrett brings up his big win over Jerry Lawler last week in his hometown of Memphis before saying this should have been his time, that if anybody deserves to be honored with a plaque it's him, not some old dead loser like Pat O'Connor! The crowd boo's as Jarrett shocks everyone taking the plaque away from Pat O'Connor's family and DESTROYING IT! Jarrett stomps the plaque into pieces causing the family members to retreat out of the ring. Dory Funk Jr. takes a mic and tells Jeff Jarrett he's got a lot of nerve coming out here and disrespecting the men that paved the way for him to have the career he has, saying he's got a lot to learn about respect! Dory smacks Jarrett in the face! Double J is PISSED! Dory tells Jarrett that he's not too old to kick his ass right here TONIGHT! Jarrett tells Dory to bring it on before punching him back! Everyone clears out of the ring and we get an impromptu brawl! DORY FUNK JR. VS JEFF JARRETT... RIGHT NOW!.... Singles Match:
Jeff Jarrett vs Dory Funk Jr.The crowd cheers the old man on as he beats Jarrett all over the ring, sending him out to the floor where he bounces him off the guard rails, steel steps, and ring posts! Jarrett takes Dory over the guard railing into the crowd where he smashes chairs over his back! The brawl covers most of the Kiel Center before making it back to the ring where Dory appears to have Jarrett finished in the classic Spinning Toe Hold finisher! Jarrett is able to kick out and put Dory away after a DDT for the pin at 7:10! Dory struggles to recover as Jarrett stirs around under the ring, pulling out... an acoustic guitar! The crowd lets Jarrett have it with boo's and trash as he waits for Dory to stand up before shattering the guitar over his head! The legendary former World Champ collapses with Jeff Jarrett strutting over his lifeless body!.... Live Interview Via Satellite:
Bret "The Hitman" HartAfter the break we get a live satellite interview with Bret "The Hitman" Hart, who is currently rehabbing bruised ribs suffered at the hands of the Dangerous Alliance after their attack on the last episode of Judgement Night. Bret breaks the news that he will be recovered soon and he's here to reveal that he's signed the contract to main event the upcoming Best Of The Best V: A Matter Of Respect pay per view set for Miami Florida on May 12th! Bret answers JR's question about who his opponent will be and Bret says that as of yet they have not signed an opponent, but he will be open to face anyone, he hopes to get a rematch with Shawn Michaels for the Undisputed World Title but he knows that HBK does not want to face him. Bret continues talking about how unhappy he was about being screwed over in Japan in the Ironman match, his bitterness grows as he discusses how there was never anything about an "Overtime" in the contract. Bret points out that he forced Shawn to submit first in the Ironman Match, he scored the first fall, that right there should show you who the better wrestler was that night. It took interference from the Dangerous Alliance and a surprise overtime stipulatio for Michaels to get out of Japan with that belt. Bret reveals his thoughts that he has no association with Sting and has no plans to be involved in any War Games matches, he's purely focused on the title, the Dangerous Alliance can not break his focus on the ultimate prize of wearing the Undisputed World Championship belt around is waist.... World Tag League Match:
The Eliminators(5-1-1)
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Harlem Heat(4-3)Tonight's co-main event World Tag League battle gets the Michael Buffer "Lets Get Ready To RUMBAAL" treatment and it brings the Kiel Center to it's feet with the hype! Booker T vs Saturn starts the match off and it builds and grows over the course of 14 minutes into an all out battle of attrition! Harlem Heat dominate the first half of the match until The Eliminators cut off their momentum with a huge comeback after the first commercial break. Stevie Ray stops The Eliminators from winning by breaking up a pin after the Total Elimination on Booker. Booker later moves out of the way of Saturn's flying elbow drop to turn the momentum. Harlem Heat work their way back into the match and nearly win it after hurting Saturn with their Heat Seeker only for Kronus to break up the fall at 2.99999!... Fatigue sets in after the second commercial break with both teams down and out! Saturn accidentally takes out the ref Charles Robinson with a superkick after Booker moves out of the way at the last second! The ref is OUT! Harlem Heat drop Kronus in the ring before taking Saturn out to the floor for a 2-on-1. Kronus recovers and cartwheels across the ring before moonsaulting OVER THE TOP ROPE to hit Harlem Heat with a plancha! Saturn takes Stevie Ray out with a steel chair before holding it up to Booker T's head for Kronus to hit with a running big boot that knocks him out! Booker is rolled back into the ring and the ref is revived in time to count the pin! 1, 2, 3! The Eliminators take it! What a battle! Both teams are hurt and struggling to recover as the ref can barely stand to raise Saturn and Kronus' arms! What a huge win for Saturn and Kronus to keep them in the race for 1st place in the Dragon Division with the Steiner Brothers, moving their record to 6-1-1. Meanwhile Harlem Heat's WTL season continues to go up and down, after a 2-0 start they fell to 2-2, then took 1st place in the Tiger Division after 2 wins in a row put them at 4-2. They've now lost 2 in a row to lose 1st place and fall to a 4-4 record....
Interview:
Ahmed Johnson
After the match we get a pre-recorded expose style sit-down interview held by Jim Ross earlier today with the top contender Ahmed Johnson. Johnson is coming off of the biggest win of 1996 when he took down The Ultimate Warrior in the Tokyo Dome in Japan last weekend at BOTB III. Ahmed talks about how he's had no calls or offers for a shot at the Undisputed World Title and he believes that this promotion is protecting their golden boy Shawn Michaels because they know he will beat him. Ahmed says he will be ready for his shot and he believes he's earned it with a perfect 7-0 record. Ahmed talks with JR about signing to main event the upcoming April 22nd episode of Judgement Night that will take place at the 65,000 seat Hoosier Dome in Indianapolis in what will be one of the biggest events of 1996 so far. It will be live and free on USA Network the Monday night after Best Of The Best IV on pay per view. Ahmed Johnson reveals to Jim Ross that he has no opponent signed for the Hoosier Dome before talking about the reason why he requested this interview in the first place, he's here to officially ask the question that is on everybody's mind here so far... Ahmed says he just wants to know one thing..... Where's Hulk Hogan?.... Johnson claims that he wants Hulk Hogan, he wants the challenge to face the greatest power this sport has ever seen, he officially calls out Hulk Hogan to come out of hiding and face him in Best Of The Best, Ahmed calls out Hulk Hogan to step forward and face him at the Hoosier Dome on Judgement Night on April 22nd! Singles Match:
"The Macho Man" Randy Savage(W/Paul E. Dangerously)
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Dan "The Beast" Severn(W/Arn Anderson)Dan "The Beast" Severn makes his way out to the Four Horsemen entrance music with his NWA World Heavyweight title belt, with Arn Anderson wearing a cast by his side. Savage comes out to a mix of boo's and cheers with Paul E. Dangerously. Michael Buffer goes through the intros for both men while they stand across the ring from each other, then referee Tim White brings both men to the center for a faceoff while he goes over his final instructions! Savage vs SEVERN! Severn ties up with Savage early on and tosses him with suplexes, outwrestling him on the mats until Savage fights dirty to take the upper hand, using groin strikes, eye gouges, fish hooking, head butts! The match spills out to the floor in a brawl until all of a sudden Brian Pillman runs out to get involved! Pillman clips Severn's knee out from under him from behind as Paul E. distracts the ref! This brings out Benoit and Flair for a melee that causes the ref to call the match off as a no contest! Benoit goes directly after Brian Pillman in a violent fight! Flair and Severn fight with Macho Man until all of a sudden...  KEN SHAMROCK!Good gawd almighty! That's UFC Champion KEN SHAMROCK! WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON!? Shamrock races out to the ring and drops Flair with a kick to his injured back before tossing Severn and Benoit with suplexes! Jim Ross freaks on commentary, what the hell is this!? Ken Shamrock! Shamrock shakes hands with Paul E. Dangeorusly as Austin and Shane Douglas race out to join in on the beat down! Ken Shamrock has joined the Dangerous Alliance as the 5th man for the War Games Match against Sting's Squadron on Shockwave this Saturday night on TBS! The Dangerous Alliance beat up Arn, Benoit, Flair, and Severn as we fade out to the copyright screen bringing this week's show to an end!.... ©1996 Neo Zeed Corp.
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The Manhattan Center(New York, NY)April 11th, 1996 Bushido hits the TBS airwaves at 8:05 pm with immediate coverage of the shocking Best Of The Best debut of Ken Shamrock this past Monday night on Judgement Night!... Shamrock, the reigning UFC Champion of the Octagon, has signed with Paul E. Dangerously as his 5th member of the new Dangerous Alliance! This 5 man force will enter the double ring steel cage for War Games THIS SATURDAY NIGHT right here on the Superstation 6:05 pm, it will be The Dangerous Alliance vs Sting's Squadron II, THE REMATCH four years in the making!....
Shamrock and the Ultimate Fighting Championship have both been featured and covered here on Bushido on Thursday nights on TBS. The UFC revolutionized martial arts and evolved new hybrid warriors over the last 2 and a half years since their first event. All martial arts were given an open invitation to the UFC Octagon for an 8 man openweight no holds barred full contact fighting tournament. Shamrock entered the first UFC tournament with his background being in shoot style pro wrestling in Japan, training under the tutelage of Karl Gotch along with a class of young shooters in the same Dojo as Minoru Suzuki, Masakatsu Funaki. Shamrock debuted in the original Japanese UWF shoot style wrestling federation before moving on to Pro Wrestling Fujiwara Gumi along with Suzuki and Funaki following the death of the UWF in 1991.  Coming up in UWF and PWFG Ken Shamrock earned the reputation as one of the toughest, and most legitimately dangerous submission grapplers be it Japanese or foreigner, with several shootfight wins over kickboxers and boxers in mixed hybrid style competition special attraction bouts. Shamrock rose up the ranks to become the top gaijin in Pancrase eventually scoring wins over Suzuki, Funaki, and Bas Rutten to win King Of Pancrase title. It was with this shoot style wrestling background that Shamrock entered the very first UFC tournament in UFC 1 in November 1993. Shamrock was defeated by Royce Gracie in the semi finals of UFC 1 but he came back to dominate the renegade fighting league in the years after that loss, eventually dominating Royce in their rematch last April in a grueling 40 minute time limit draw(there were no judges). Shamrock is the reigning king of the Octagon in 1996, going on to capture the Superfight Championship with a guillotine submission victory over UWFI alumni Dan Severn at UFC VI last year. Shamrock would defend his title with impressive performances against Oleg Taktarov at UFC VII then a submission win over the massive brawler Kimo at UFC VIII this past February.  Shamrock has appeared here in Best Of The Best from time to time as a special guest, with his victory over Kimo being covered here on Bushido. Shawn Michaels was revealed to have trained to counter the Sharpshooter at Shamrock's Lions Den submission wrestling academy in his training camp for the Iron Man match against Bret Hart at the Tokyo Dome last weekend. Rumors have swirled all year about his negotiations and offers received from The Four Horsemen, The Kings Of Kings, Best Of the Best's Eric Bischoff, Pancrase, even Hype Central Promotions young upcoming agent Lance Wright has made him an offer. In the end Ken Shamrock has shocked the world, on the eve of his scheduled May 17th UFC title defense in the rematch against Dan Severn(a Four Horseman). Now, Ken Shamrock has signed Paul E. Dangerously as his new manager and has joined the Dangerous Alliance for WAR GAMES this Saturday Night on Shockwave on TBS: The Superstation at 6:05pm! Tonight's episode of Bushido is stacked with a very special martial arts exhibition from Steelers linebacker, Tae Kwon Do black belt Greg Lloyd. Also K-1 Grand Prix Champion kickboxer Peter Aerts returns to the Bushido ring to take on "The Supreme Fighting Machine" Kama in our main event!... Martial Arts Exhibition
Tae Kwon Do(Greg Lloyd)Commentators Mike Tenay and Phillip Rhee(black belt martial artist, actor, screenplay writer for hit action movie Best Of The Best) introduce a very special in-ring ceremony set for the Manhattan Center tonight with NFL Pro Bowl linebacker Greg Lloyd from the Pittsburgh Steelers here for a Tae Kwon Do exhibition. After all the hype and all the waiting Lloyd will finally step into the ring at Best Of The Best IV: Chi-Town Wrestlewar '96 to make his debut against "The Human Suplex Machine" Taz! The BOTB Championship Council is present for the ceremony as Greg Lloyd comes out in full gi with his black belt to go through a traditional Tae Kwon Do kata. During the respectful presentation the commentators talk about Greg Lloyd's reputation as arguably THE toughest, most intimidating man in the NFL today. Nobody wanted to step up to sign the contract to face Greg Lloyd on PPV on April 21st, it was last week when Taz stepped up to the challenge in their controversial face off. These two are going to tear into each other one on one live on pay per view on the 21st in Chicago in Hybrid Rules...  During the exhibition Lloyd showcases beautiful form in his kata's, high level Tae Kwon Do, with an excellent board breaking display at the end. Lloyd executes a perfect spinning kick that sends the boards flying into shattered pieces. On commentary Mike Tenay talks about how we've seen NFL players cross over into wrestling in the past to mixed results, most recently the big Lawrence Taylor match at WWF Wrestlemania last year. I think it's safe to say this Greg Lloyd is unlike any NFL player we've ever seen step into the squared circle. Greg Lloyd showcases honor and respect with a bow to the Championship Council watching on from ringside. The camera pans up to one of the upper balconies of the Manhattan Center to show Taz watching on with his jaws clinched in fury.....
This is going to be one hell of a showdown on April 21st at Best Of The Best IV live on pay per view, Judo vs Tae Kwon Do, Extreme Wrestling vs NFL, Pittsburg vs Brooklyn, "The Human Suplex Machine" vs "The Toughest Man In The NFL" in Hybrid RULES combat! Two men will enter the ring, in the end there can be only one!.... Beyond The Mat:
San Soo
Tonight's Beyond The Mat feature takes a closer look at the Chinese martial art of San Soo, otherwise known as Tsoi Li Ho Fut Hung (蔡李何佛雄) or 5 Family Fist (五家拳). This offshoot style of Kung Fu distanced itself by not basing it's style on any of the animal styles of Kung Fu, instead focusing on the human form in live active military combat. There are no San Soo competitions and there is no way to fully and truly "spar" in San Soo style, due to it's focus on targeting the most sensitive parts of the human anatomy, including the eyes, nose/throat, base of the skull, and all of the critical organs. San Soo also incorporates the use of Chinese weapons, staffs, swords, knives. The news broke recently that Best Of The Best has just signed the female kickboxing phenom Kathy Long(she played Michelle Phifer's stunt double as Catwoman in Batman Returns). Long has a black belt in multiple martial arts, including San Soo. Kathy Long is signed to make her BOTB debut at Best Of The Best V: A Matter Of Respect on pay per view in May. Another black belt in San Soo that has signed to test his might here on Bushido next week is UFC veteran Thadeus Luster. We will see San Soo put to the test here in Bushido right here on the Superstation TBS next week when Thadeus Luster steps into the ring here in the Manhattan Center to take on The Ultimo Dragon! San Soo vs Lucha Libre, Thadeus Luster vs Ultimo Dragon right here on Bushido next Thursday night at 8:05 on The Superstation! Breaking News:
Koji Kitao vs John Tenta Sumo Match Mike Tenay breaks the news after we return to the commentary booth that the match has been signed for next week, we will see the legendary Sumo champion from Japan Koji Kitao, an associate member of the controversial Kings Of Kings group from Japan. Kitao will take on Sumo veteran and journeyman big man wrestler John Tenta, better known as Earthquake!... The ring ropes will be removed right here in the Manhattan Center and we will see a Sumo showdown, Koji Kitao vs John Tenta in Sumo rules competition one on one RIGHT HERE next week on Bushido on TBS at 8:05! Hybrid Rules Bout
Dutch Kickboxing vs Supreme Fighting
Peter Aerts
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"The Supreme Fighting Machine" KamaWe get a big elaborate entrance from Kama in his return to Bushido here for our main event! Kama makes his way out to the ring to generic hip hop beats while Peter Aerts comes out to a rendition of the Dutch national anthem with an entourage of cornerment. Aerts is wearing kickboxing shorts and gloves while Kama stands across the ring from him for the intros with bare knuckle taped fists. It was revealed last month here on Bushido that 26 year old Aerts has signed an exclusive contract with Best Of The Best and he's been given a tough first opponent here tonight in The Supreme Fighting Machine! Joel Gertner goes through the boxing style introductions before both Aerts and Kama are brought to the center for Big John Mccarthy's final instructions. The two heavyweights stand face to face with Kama standing bigger and taller over Aerts. Kama is 6' 6" and 330 pounds while Aerts stands at 6' 3" and weighing 243. The first round gets under way and it's Kama that commits a foul early on with a closed fist series of uppercuts in the initial clinch that bloody Peter Aerts nose! The referee backs Kama away to clean up Aerts nose while he instructs the ringside judges to deduct 1 point from Kama. After the restart the two engage in another violent clinch with Aerts unleashing a series of uppercuts before breaking away, pushing Kama back and JUST barely missing with a high kick! Kama scrambles to shoot in for a takedown, driving Aerts back across the ring only to get spun around and devastated in the thai clinch! Aerts hammers into Kama's body with a series of knees and an elbow strike that drops him to the canvas! Kama rolls around stunned clutching is ribs grimacing in agony as the referee counts him down, 6.... 7.... 8..... 9..... 10! It's OVER! Peter Aerts has put Kama away with a knockout win in just 1:44 of the FIRST ROUND! What a performance! The ref raises Peter Aerts arm in victory and he's scooped up by is cornermen in celebration!...
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The Takada Dojo FoundryBushido comes to and end with the footage of all of the metallic materials from the Triple Crown, IWGP Heavyweight titles and the material from Lou Thesz's original World Championship Belt all being melted down into an alloy. The stories of Thesz's World Title belt being made from the Kings of ancient biblical times with bronze from the spear of destiny, all running in molten form to make a new Championship title belt. The new belt is finished and polished in the footage with Nobuhiko Takada, Akira Maeda, Minoru Suzuki looking on at it's glistening faceplate that reads.... NEO Universal Hybrid World Championship..... ©1996 Neo Zeed Corp.
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April 13th, 1996 Tony Shiavonne and Bobby "The Brain" Heenan open up tonight's episode of Saturday Night Shockwave here on TBS right at the 6:05 start time just completely overwhelmed with excitement! The double ring steel cage structure is shown glistening in all of it's glory as the crowd goes nuts in the Five Seasons Center, TONIGHT we are locked and loaded for WAR GAMES! The rematch, the new Stings Squadron vs the new Dangerous Alliance four years in the making and it's all free here tonight on The Superstation! We are now just 8 days away from the big pay per view spectacular Best Of The Best IV: Chi-Town Wrestlewar '96, live on April 21st. Pick up the phone now and call your cable or satellite provider and order now! The match that everybody is talking about for Chicago is the Hybrid Rules bout signed last week between "The Human Suplex Machine" Taz taking on Pittsburgh Steelers all pro linebacker Greg Lloyd, tae kwon do black belt and perhaps the most feared man in the NFL today. Tonight, Taz will be in action here in Cedar Rapids with an open challenge to anyone from the NFL. Taz issued the open challenge and former Atlanta Falcon and veteran of WCW/WWF "Hacksaw" Jim Duggan has stepped up to answer it! We will see Taz vs Duggan TONIGHT, plus World Tag League action heats up, Ahmed Johnson is here, Jeff Jarrett is here, and so is Bret "The Hitman" Hart, plus TONS more! The opening is suddenly interrupted when Come Out And Play by Offspring hits the PA system to bring out Raven, accompanied by Beulah, Stevie Richards, and the man we all mostly know of as "Adam Bomb" that debuted this past Monday night on Judgement Night... In The Ring:
Raven(W/Beulah), Stevie Richards, & ?Raven leads the pack with Beulah clinging closely to him as Stevie Richards follows them jumping around like a goofball, all excited about the big 6'6" 300 pound freak following him lumbering to the ring in a leather jacket and grungy 1996 street clothes(wearing a tattered Countdown To Extinction era Megadeth shirt with holes in it)....  Raven drops down to a seated position in the corner of the ring with Beulah in his lap as Stevie gets overly excited upon stepping through the ropes, hurting his back that was injured when his new monster pulverized him into the canvas with a vicious pumphandle slam on Monday. The big man steps over the top rope and looks around like he's ready to snap. Stevie Richards cuts a promo selling his back and neck hurting still as he introduces his prize freak monster that he found for Raven. Richards talks about how he dug this man up from Raven's past, but that times have changed. Richards introduces the man's new name inspired by Richards' favorite comic book... This.... is.... Venom....
Venom looks around with a menacing wide eyed intensity as Raven brings himself to his feet and smacks Richards right across the face! Raven takes the microphone away from Stevie Richards and looks Venom up and down before telling him that tonight, he's reborn, this is his new family. Raven peers into Venom's eyes as he tells him that he can feel his pain, he can feel the rage that flows through his veins, the hatred, the bitterness, the anger and frustration. Raven tells Venom that he will take his pain away and make it his own. Stevie keeps patting Venom on the back and chest smiling like a goofball until all of a sudden Venom snatches him up and presses him up over his head before dropping him OVER THE TOP ROPE TO THE FLOOR! Jesus! Stevie crashes into the padded floor outside the ring with a sickening thud before rolling around in pain clutching his back and wrist! Venom appears on the verge of attacking Raven but Raven just stands his ground looking him in his eyes! Venom backs down and kneels before Raven, bowing his head! Raven reaches over and caresses the monster's head in a fatherly way before making his exit. Venom follows Raven and Beulah, scooping Stevie Richards up off the floor and carrying him out on his shoulder as he follows Raven out.... World Tag League Match:
The Thrillseekers(4-3)
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Dean Malenko & Chris Benoit(W/Arn Anderson)(3-4)
Our first World Tag League bout of the evening features the WTL debut of Dean Malenko. Malenko comes out with Benoit to the Horsemen entrance music accompanied by the injured Arn Anderson. Arn has his arm in a sling after the attack by the Dangerous Alliance 2 weeks ago left him with a broken collarbone that will put him on the shelf for the next 2-3 months. With Arn's injury knocking him out fo the rest of the WTL 96 season, the Horsemen reached out to a man that they had been scouting earlier this year when they were looking for a replacement for Brian Pillman(they eventually chose NWA Champion Dan Severn), "The Man Of 1,000 Holds" Dean Malenko. The Championship Council approved Malenko as Arn's substitute with a unanimous vote in a hearing earlier this week after Dean accepted the Horsemen's offer. Malenko and Benoit have experience teaming together in the past and they are now given the task of trying to save the Horsemen's 1996 WTL season, since another loss will virtually eliminate them from contention in the Tiger Division. Lance Storm and Chris Jericho make their way out next with a sense of urgency, riding the momentum of a 4 match win streak after getting off to an 0-3 start this season. Everybody is still talking about the Thrillseekers victory over the undefeated Steiner Brothers on pay per view at the Tokyo Dome last weekend at BOTB III. Shiavonne covers the May 12th pay per view Best Of The Best V: A Matter Of Respect '96 set for Miami Florida where we will see the Final Four of the World Tag League, both of the Tiger and Dragon Division Championship Matches and the winners will face off later that same night to crown the very first ever BOTB Undisputed World Tag Team Champions... It's high drama and high intensity with these 2 teams competing with their entire seasons on the line! Chris Benoit starts the match off against Lance Storm in a showdown of technical scientific chain wrestling sequences between 2 sharp and agile young Canadian athletes stealing the show. Storm is able to one-up Benoit with crafty cartwheels and leap frogs, quick explosive rope running but he's eventually cut off and shut down with a textbook Dragon Suplex with a bridge for a razor close nearfall. Malenko is tagged in and goes to work on Storm's left arm with Arn Anderson coaching from down on the floor. It's a showcase of submission holds from Malenko on Storm's left arm, smooth transitions from move to move that keep Storm on the defense until Benoit is tagged following a rope break. Benoit attacks Storm's arm like a savage with stomps, elbow drops, using the ropes to prop it up on for attacks. Storm finds an opening and counters Benoit before struggling to try to get back to Jericho across the ring for a tag. Benoit beats Storm to the tag and Malenko drags him back to the center of the ring to lock him back down with a Fujiwara armbar on the left arm. Storm agonizes over his left arm being torqued by The Iceman as Jericho shouts and rallies the crowd behind him from their corner, giving him the spirit to fight through. Lance works his way up into a spin and kip up out of the hold before dropping Dean with an arm trap step over enziguiri that flips him all the way over into the canvas with a front flip! Malenko goes down! Storm goes down! Both men simultaneously crawl over and tag out at the same time! The crowd goes NUTS when Storm finally manages to tag out to bring in a fired up Lionheart! Jericho takes it to both Malenko and Benoit with chops, forearm strikes, dropkicks, spinning heel kicks. This crowd is ELECTRIC! Jericho takes Malenko over the top with a clothesline before locking up in a series of standing switches with Chris Benoit, ultimately rolling under a hammerlock transition into a teardrop style side suplex! Jericho leaves Benoit laying and springs off of the middle rope near the corner turnbuckle up and over the adjacent top rope out to hit Dean Malenko with a MOONSAULT PLANCHA ON THE FLOOR! WOW! CHRIS JERICHO! LIONHEART! Everybody is down and out and this crowd is going ballistic! Benoit rolls out of the ring to attack Jericho but Storm recovers and runs the ring to dive through the middle ropes to take him out! This entire crowd is on their FEET! UNBELIEVABLE! After the commercial break we return to the action with the crowd still white hot as the match has spilled over into the second ring set up for tonight's War Games main event, with Chris Jericho battling Chris Benoit in one ring while Dean Malenko and Lance Storm fight in the other! Jericho gets dropped with Benoit's snap suplex to set him up for the Flying Heatbutt! Benoit flies across the ring but Jericho moves out of the way, caushing him to crash face first into the canvas! Jericho pulls himself up and drags Chris Benoit to set him up for his lionsault in the ring on the right while Dean Malenko drops Lance Storm with a jumping leg lariat in the ring on the left! Jericho bounces off the ropes on the far side to build up speed and hit the springboard from the middle rope for the Lionsault, only for Malenko to step up and reach over from the middle rope of the other ring to stop him by grabbing his long blonde hair! Both men trade punches from the middle ropes of opposite sides of where the 2 rings are butted up against each other until Malenko wins the exchange, pulling Jericho up and over into a Superplex into the left ring! Jericho bounces on impact before rolling around clutching his back in pain! Malenko recovers just in time to get drilled in the face with a superkick from Lance Storm! Down goes Malenko! The referee is able to restore the match back in the original right side ring with Jericho going after Benoit. Both men trade chest chops and forearm strikes until Benoit takes the upper hand chopping Jericho down with vicious shots that redden his chest. Jericho rallies the crowd by fighting back from the brink of defeat, battering Benoit back into the Thrillseekers corner where he tags out to Lance Storm. The Thrillseekers work together quickly with Storm scoop slamming Benoit into the canvas while Jericho ascends to the top turnbuckle. Storm follows Jericho up and works with him with a top rope reverse slam/moonsault, slamming Jericho down into Benoit! Jericho quickly rolls away for Storm to make the cover as the legal man but Malenko flies across the ring to break up the pinfall at 2.9999999999999! Back in the ring Lance Storm and Chris Benoit end up running the ropes in a series of counters that ends with Storm hooking Benoit in his backwards roll into the single leg Boston crab! He's got him! Benoit can't reach the ropes! Dean Malenko runs in and desperately breaks the hold with a running double axe handle to the back of Storm's head! Jericho comes flying in to attack Malenko, fighting him out to the apron in a heated brawl! Malenko stuns Jericho and scoops him up and flies off the apron into the FIREMAN CARRY GUT BUSTER ON THE FLOOR! Jericho is HURT! Malenko tries to make it back up to the apron but Lance Storm drills him down to the floor with a baseball slide! Storm goes after Benoit only to get countered into the CRIPPLER CROSSFACE! Benoit torques on Lance Storm's left arm in the hold and forces him to tap out! IT'S OVER! What a BATTLE! All four men are down and out as the crowd goes crazy! Arn Anderson helps Dean Malenko recover into the ring with Benoit to have their hands raised in victory! Storm and Jericho unite in the ring completely heartbroken, the Thrillseekers win streak has been brought to an end by Chris Benoit and Dean Malenko via pinfall at 13:38. All four men are totally exhausted. The crowd applauds as Benoit and Malenko both offer handshakes to Storm and Jericho after the match. The Thrillseekers show their respect shaking hands with Arn, Benoit, and Malenko before bowing out completely dejected with a noticeable tension/distance between them making their exit. This is as devastating a loss as it gets for this young tag team, dropping them to 4-4 ending that amazing win streak they had going. Benoit and Malenko stand at 4-4 tied with The Thrillseekers in the Tiger Division now, both teams will need to win out their final 4 matches of the season to stay alive, even then it will take a near miracle for either of these teams to qualify for the Final Four in May for the straps.... Tony Shiavonne is informing The Brain and the tv audience that he's being given breaking news in his earpiece that something is happening backstage during our opening bout here, we did not want to cut away from this critical WTL match but the cameras caught something and I can't even believe this.... Backstage:
Marc Mero
The footage shows the arrival of Marc Mero to the Five Seasons Center parking garage backstage, with the look of a mad man. Mero's wife Sable left him in a surprise double cross at the BOTB III PPV last weekend in Japan when she aligned with Shane Douglas of the Dangerous Alliance. Mero is a part of Sting's Squadron for tonight's War Games battle against Shane Douglas and the DA in TONIGHT's main event! Mero's walk through the parking lot is suddenly stopped when he's totally blindsided by Shane Douglas ramming into him from behind with a full speed tackle that slams him onto the concrete! Sable watches on as Shane puts the boots to Marc Mero stomping him down into the concrete as his cursing is censored out with beeeeeeeeeeeps.... Sable gets involved and kicks Mero in the face before Shane Douglas takes his belt off and humiliates him, strapping him down and choking him with it until he foams at the mouth. Shane Douglas is INTENSE! Mero is out! Douglas spits on Mero while he's down before escaping security with Sable!.... World Tag League Match:
The Legion Of Doom(3-3-1)
vs
The American Power Team(W/Ted Dibiase)(4-2-1)
After the commercials we get Marcus Bagwell and Scotty Riggs wrapping up their entrance with Ted Dibiase of the Benny Hinn Ministries. Bagwell and Riggs are shown high fiving ringside fans and handing out miniature New Testament bibles before huddling for their pre-match prayer. The Legion Of Doom make their way out to a huge pop from the Cedar Rapids Iowa crowd, WHAAAAAAAT A RUUUUUUSH! Hawk and Animal make it out in their new blue facepaint and matching tights but noticeably without their matching blue shoulder pads(thrown into the river in Calgary on Judgement Night by Public Enemy last month). The Brain notes the skid that the LOD have been on lately in the WTL, they've dropped to 3-3-1, they don't have the same here in 1996 this isn't the same Road Warriors from 10 years ago 1986. Bobby Heenan is starting to wonder if the LOD have lost a step and gotten old, while this APT team is young and hungry and in the mix of the highly competitive Dragon Division at 4-2-1. Tony Shiavonne notes that the APT really put the entire WTL on notice when they took The Eliminators to a tie limit draw recently... It's all Hawk and Animal dominating early on just clubbing and throwing both Riggs and Bagwell while Dibiase watches on from the outside. After completely dominating the match the LOD go for their Doomsday Device with Animal lifting Riggs onto his shoulders! Bagwell stops Hawk from flying off with the clothesline and Riggs is able to roll Animal down into a victory rollup... 1..... 2..... 3! THEY DID IT! THE AMERICAN POWER TEAM WINS! WHAT AN UPSET! Bagwell and Riggs jump around the ring getting the crowd fired up in their celebration after defeating the Legion Of Doom via pinfall at 5:56! Ted Dibiase raises both Bagwell and Riggs' arms. Hawk and Animal are furious with each other, pushing and arguing with intensity as they make their exit falling to 3-4-1 in the WTL. Mike Tenay joins Dibiase and the APT after the match for an interview and they shower all thanks and praises to Jesus, they are coming after those World Tag Team Championship title belts at A Matter Of Respect. Tony Shiavonne and Bobby Heenan cover the current standings in the WTL Dragon Division, the top 3 teams are heating up down the stretch with the final 4 weeks of the 96 season ahead. It's down to the 7-1 Steiner Brothers, 6-1-1 Eliminators, and now the 5-2-1 American Power Team at the top of the division... In The Ring:
Ahmed JohnsonThe Iowa crowd comes back alive as Mike Tenay brings out the undefeated Ahmed Jonson out for a special interview in the ring. Ahmed is informed that he's currently ranked #1 in the Best Of The Best top 10 Rankings, but he will have to wait to receive any shot at the Undisputed Title since the winning team captain of tonight's War Games is set to get the shot at HBK's belt at Best Of The Best IV in Chicago on PPV on April 21st. Tenay asks Ahmed about his surprising challenge on his recent sit down interview with JR where he called out Hulk Hogan out of retirement to face him next Monday night, April 22nd in the Hoosier Dome in Indianapolis! Ahmed backs up his challenge saying that he's conquered the ultimate force the Ultimate Warrior, he wants his shot at the Undisputed Title but he wants to prove himself against the greatest of all time, he wants to be.... immortal.... Johnson looks directly into the camera and sends the challenge to Hulk Hogan, he's got an open contract for the Hoosier Dome on April 22nd, he always idolized Hogan as his biggest hero, there is no greater challenge! All of a sudden Eric Bischoff comes running out; the CEO of Best Of The Best! Bischoff comes out to the ring with urgency to interrupt the interview with Tony and Heenan noting how much of a hot seat he's currently on with his job possibly being on the line in tonight's War Games main event... Bischoff crashes the segment to break the news to Ahmed Johnson that he's personally reached out to Hulk Hogan this past week to negotiate for a contract with Best Of The Best! The crowd goes NUTS! Bischoff notes that he was brought in here as the CEO for his success in WCW, with Nitro on TBS and they wanted this to be the Best Of The Best, the best in the history in this sport is Hulk Hogan, a man that has transcended this sport and drawn some of the biggest record breaking crowds, mainstream media attention, he's a pop culture icon, an American hero, he's held the WWF World Championship and the WCW World Championship, he's body slammed Andre The Giant at Wrestlemania, that man is Hulk Hogan! Eric Bischoff gets Ahmed Johnson fired up and the crowd hot as he breaks the news that Hulk Hogan is coming to Minneapolis THIS MONDAY NIGHT on Judgement Night LIVE on USA at 8pm to give everyone his answer the offer that is on the table! Ahmed is left stunned! Hulk Hogan is COMING HERE on MONDAY NIGHT IN MINNEAPOLIS ON JUDGEMENT NIGHT! I can't believe it! Singles Match:
"The Human Suplex Machine" Taz
vs
"Hacksaw" Jim DugganAfter the break we return with the beloved Hacksaw Jim Duggan wrapping up his entrance with 2x4 and American flag in hand. The former Atlanta Falcon stepped up to answer Taz's open challenge for anyone from the NFL to face him here tonight. The Human Suplex Machine comes out to War Machine by Kiss with his face obscured by a shredded orange towel, his wrists taped, and a scowl upon his face. This one ends quick after the intros from ring announcer Joel Gertner. Hacksaw gets caught early and dumped on his head with a devastating T-Bone Tazplex. Taz stands over Hacksaw and clubs him down with forearm strikes as he tries to get up before locking on the Tazmission for the tapout in just 1:18! Taz keeps the hold on Hacksaw until he's choked completely unconscious! Duggan is OUT! Taz moves his BOTB record to 6-0 with a complete domination here tonight, he's set to face the toughest player in the NFL today Greg Lloyd of the Pittsburgh Steelers, a tae kwon do black belt live on pay per view next weekend it will be Best Of The Best IV: Chi-Town Wrestlewar '96! Backstage Interview:
Sting's SquadronAfter the match we get Mike Tenay in the dressing room of the Sting's Squadron with 1 man noticeably missing, Marc Mero, who was viciously jumped and humiliated by Shane Douglas earlier tonight. Tenay breaks the news that Mero was taken to the hospital here in Cedar Rapids and is OUT of tonight's War Games main event! Sting's Squadron is 1 man short of a complete 5 man team, with Sting, Rey Mysterio Jr., Barry Windham, and Dustin Rhodes standing together for their team interview. Sting is completely fired up, WAR GAMES, TONIGHT! As far as the Marc Mero situation goes, Sting reveals that he's always got a surprise up his sleeve, the Dangerous Alliance have made a lot of enemies here lately, even though they took out Marc Mero the Sting's Squadron WILL have a 5th man and Sting knows just the man for the job! Dustin Rhodes cuts a quick promo talking about how he's glad to help Sting take this alliance down again just like they did in this same steel cage 4 years ago, he's not afraid of Ken Shamrock the one person he knows this team has to watch out for is Paul E. Dangerously, he knows he will always have a hustle, a con up his sleeve but best believe Sting's Squadron has an ace in the hole for tonight! Rey Mysterio pledges to stand tall with Sting to the bitter end, united we stand, divided we fall, the Dangerous Alliance is going down! Barry Windham cuts in with intensity saying that he didn't come here tonight for Sting or for any of this Squadron or for any of these fans out in the arena, he came here to join Sting's Squadron for this War Games match for one thing and one thing only, the $100,000 bounty that the Four Horsemen put on Brian Pillman's head! Windham sends the message that he was at one time a true Horsemen, he may not be friends with them anymore but he knows that when they put their money on the line you can take it to the bank, and they better be ready to cash out after tonight because Brian Pillman's ass is his! In The Ring:
Dusty RhodesAfter another commercial break we get Dusty Rhodes, "The American Dream" making his way out to the ring! Dusty gets cheered on from the Iowa crowd as Shiavonne and Heenan talk about how this wasn't on the format, they had no idea he was supposed to be here tonight, he's the man that came up with the idea for the War Games cage that hangs over the double ring set up for tonight... Dusty takes a mic in the ring and talks about how proud he is to be one of the innovators of the War Games idea. We are going to see one of the best War Games imaginable later tonight, and he's here tonight to show his support to his son Dustin who will be in that match taking on the Dangerous Alliance. Dusty says that Dustin is a big boy he can fight his own battles, but he's here tonight to talk about one man that crossed the line last week on Judgement Night, Jeff Jarrett for his cowardly act of attacking Dory Funk Jr. The crowd boo's as Jeff Jarrett steps out to the entrance area with a mic and addresses Dusty, calling him one of the fattest and most disgusting sights he's ever seen, he's really let himself go, and he's got some nerve coming out here and mentioning the name of the great one Jeff Jarrett. Dusty tells Jarrett it made him sick to see him spit in the face of tradition the way he did, and he's not too old or too fat to whoop his butt! Dusty tells Jarrett that he's willing to come out of retirement to put him in his place, this Monday night LIVE on Judgement Night! Jarrett laughs him off and accepts his challenge and it's ON! "The American Dream" Dusty Rhodes is coming out of retirement this Monday night to take on Jeff Jarrett one on one! World Tag League Match:
Owen Hart & The British Bulldog(4-2-1)
vs
The Can-Am Express(2-5)The Can-Am Express team of Doug Furnas and Phil Lafon make it out to the ring first ready for action in a critical match for their WTL season. The team entered the 1996 WTL season with a ton of hype as one of the strongest international tag teams. Even though they have struggled to a 2-5 record they have put up some tough fights and some of the best matches in the season so far. Owen and Bulldog make it out next with Jim Cornette leading the way. Owen and Bulldog have a real big opportunity to move out in front of the Tiger Division with a win here tonight, they caught a huge break when Harlem Heat lost to the Eliminators on Judgement Night this past Monday night and the decline of the LOD.... Furnas and Lafon put up a tough fight in a highly competitive bout only for Jim Cornette's outside interference tripping Furnas up, his distracting of the referee to help give Owen and Davey time to double team, it all mounts up and is too much for the Can-Am Express to overcome. Owen forces Furnas to submit to the sharpshooter for the victory at 8:11! Bulldog and Owen have moved out in front of the Tiger Division with a lock on 1st place at 5-2-1, while the Can-Am Express are virtually eliminated from playoff contention with this loss dropping them to 2-6. In The Ring:
Bret "The Hitman" HartAfter the commercials Bret "The Hitman" Hart comes out to the ring with a black suit case to cut a promo about his controversial loss to Shawn Michaels at the Tokyo Dome last weekend at Best Of The Best III. The Iron Man Match seen Bret score the first fall, at that point if it were a standard wrestling match Bret would have won the title clean in that moment, but this was Iron Man rules, 60 minutes. Michaels would only tie it up at 1-1 late in the final minutes after the Dangerous Alliance interfered trying to take both men out, then won the deciding Sudden Death Overtime fall to win the match 2-1. Bret again brings up that there was never anything in the fine print of their contract for the Iron Man Match that said anything about Overtime, it was something that officials ringside came up with on the spot. Bret makes it clear that he still agrees with all of his true fans that all believe that he is STILL the real rightful true World Champion of this sport. The Hitman opens the brief case and the gleam of gold immediately shines out of it, he pulls out..... The Hitman reveals that he's put up his own money, a $1,000,000 bond to have this new WWF style World Championship belt made. As far as he's concerned he never lost this belt, this is the new belt, he will file an appeal with the Championship Council to have this belt officially recognized as the real World Championship of Professional Wrestling, because I am STILL the best there is, the best there was, the best there EVER WILL BE! Unbelievable! Bret has brought out a new title belt after his original WWF Championship was destroyed back in January by Brian Pillman... War Games Match:
Sting's Squadron(Sting, Dustin Rhodes, Barry Windham, Rey Mysterio Jr., & ?)
vs
The Dangerous Alliance(Randy Savage, Steve Austin, Shane Douglas, Brian Pillman, & Ken Shamrock)Michael Buffer brings the sold out crowd to it's feet with his iconic LETS GET READY TO RUMBAAAAAAAAL introduction, setting off firewroks above the ring as the double steel cage comes down over the 2 conjoined rings! It's time for WAR GAMES! Dustin Rhodes makes his way out first to be the first man in for Sting's Squadron while Just Another Victim by Helmet/House Of Pain brings out Stone Cold Steve Austin with Paul E. Dangerously by his side. The commentators briefly explain the rules, that both teams flipped a coin backstage, the team that won the coin toss will send their next man out at the 5 minute mark. Members of every team will come out alternating every 5 minutes until all 10 men have entered the match. Marc Mero was hospitalized by Shane Douglas earlier tonight in a backstage attack, he's out, but Sting has promised a replacement mystery man. Once all 10 men have entered the match the doors of the cage are locked for good, the only way to win is to force your opponent to verbally submit/quit! Stone Cold and Dustin Rhodes start the match off going at it in an even back and forth 5 minute opening, two Texans slugging it out inside the steel cage with Dustin Rhodes gaining the upper hand riding the momentum of the crowd as he slams Austin face first into the fencing of the cage wall! Dustin downs Austin with a big sidewalk slam just as the clock begins to wind down for the first 5 minutes.... The 5 minute mark hits to bring out "The Loose Cannon" Brian Pillman! Paul E. frantically motions for Pillman to hit the ring and it's the old Hollywood Blondes; Austin and Pillman double teaming Dustin Rhodes for the next 5 minutes! We hit the 10 minute mark with the crowd coming alive for Sting's Squadron member Barry Windham coming out and going right after Brian Pillman in an attempt to take him out and collect the $100,000 bounty put on his head by the Horsemen! Rhodes and Windham battle it out with Dustin taking on Austin in one ring and Windham chasing Pillman into the other, finally getting his hands on him and flopping him all over the ring with a vicious beating! Austin counters Rhodes in the other ring and drops him in the corner with stomps! We hit the 15 minute mark with the buzzer going off to bring out Shane Douglas with Sable by his side representing the Dangerous Alliance! Paul E. watches on with a twisted grin as his original trio of Austin, Pillman, and Shane Douglas overtake Barry Windham and Dustin Rhodes in a 3-on-2 mismatch! Douglas drops Windham and helps Pillman take him out with a double back body drop sending him flying into the cage wall! Pillman ties Windham up in the ropes and smacks him around laughing and taunting him while Shane Douglas moves over to help Austin take out Dustin Rhodes in the other ring. Rhodes and Windham are dominated as the countdown winds down for the next 5 minute interval.... The 20 minute mark brings out the next member of Sting's Squadron to even the odds and it's Rey Mysterio Jr. flying out in a full sprint, hitting the ring like a fury of energy taking out Austin, Shane Douglas, and Brian Pillman with a high flying aresenal of lucha attacks! Mysterio sets the crowd off into a frenzy with ranas, arm drags, dropkicks, using the two sets of ropes where the rings are butted together to do multiple springboard attacks! Rey Mysterio has this crowd on their feet! With the odds now even at 3 vs 3, it's Mysterio, Windham, and Dustin Rhodes working together to overwhelm Douglas, Pillman, and Austin until we hit the 25 minute mark to bring out.... The Macho Man RANDY SAVAGE! A mix of boo's and cheers hit as Savage races out full speed hitting the steel cage like a madman! Savage takes out Mysterio before dropping Windham and Rhodes with intense flurry of punches! Sable and Paul E. Dangerously stalk the outside of the cage as the Dangerous Alliance DOMINATES with a 4 on 3 advantage! It's all out pandemonium in the cage! The brawl spreads out into both rings with Austin beating up Rey Mysterio in one ring, while Savage gets tied up in a brawl with Windham in the other as Shane Douglas and Pillman double team Dustin Rhodes nearby. The crowd swells with anticipation as the clock winds down to the 30 minute mark to bring out the 4th man on Sting's Squadron and it's the Team Captain himself..... STING!.... Sting sets the arena off into a frenzy as he hits the cage like a bat out of hell, facebusters, Stinger Splashes for EVERYONE! Austin, Pillman, and Douglas get taken out and the crowd goes NUTS as Sting corners Randy Savage for a one on one showdown in one of the rings all to themselves! The audience goes bananas as Sting gets his payback beating Savage all over the ring! Meanwhile the camera's catch Shane Douglas being passed an object through the fence by Sable and it appears to be.... Handcuffs!.... Shane Douglas uses the handcuffs to knock Sting down with a shot to the back of the head! He's down and out! Savage helps him string Sting up and handcuff him to the cage wall! NO! Somebody has to stop this shouts Tony Shiavonne, while Heenan replies questioning "WHO!? THIS IS WAR! THERE ARE NO RULES!".... Sting is strung up and handcuffed to the cage wall and beaten repeatedly by Randy Savage and it's now again back to a 4 on 3 advantage for the Dangerous Alliance. Things go from bad to worse for Sting's Squadron with the 35 minute buzzer goes off to bring out the 5th and final man for the Dangerous Alliance, the UFC Champion....  KEN SHAMROCK! Shamrock hits the cage and tosses Barry Windham and Dustin Rhodes with ease with overhead belly to belly suplexes before opening up on Sting with punches while he's defenselessly cuffed to the cage wall with both arms strung up! Shamrock gets ahold of Rey Mysterio and attempts a suplex but Rey reverses him and sets the crowd off by hitting him with a drop kick that knocks him back into the corner! Mysterio makes a stand by taking out Austin and Shane Douglas before running and flinging Ken Shamrock out of the corner with a lucha style arm drag out of the corner after springing off him into a moonsault! The crowd goes NUTS! Rey Mysterio JR! Randy Savage cuts Rey off with a devastating attack from behind. The Dangerous Alliance has a full 5 on 3 advantage in the final minute as Sting is strung up with handcuffs passed into the cage to Shane Douglas by Sable. The clock winds down for the 40 minute buzzer to bring out the 5th and final man for Sting's Squadron and we have no clue who it could be, we know it won't be Marc Mero... The crowd all stands and swells with cheers as the buzzer goes off to bring out....  CACTUS JACK! Cactus Jack is BACK! WITH A STEEL CHAIR! Paul E. looks on in total shock as Cactus makes his way to the cage with the chair with a sadistic smile on his face! Cactus hits the ring and takes out Douglas, Savage, Austin, and Pillman with the chair to set the crowd off into a frenzy! This is CRAZY! Ken Shamrock kicks the steel chair into Cactus' face to kill his momentum then locks Rey Mysterio into a rear choke on the mats right in front of Sting! The Dangerous Alliance recover and take control of the match, Dustin Rhodes, Barry Windham, Cactus Jack, all laid to waste as Sting is handcuffed and beaten with the steel chair! Shamrock chokes the life out of Rey Mysterio and Sting has no choice but to surrender.... It's over......... The crowd boo's and throws trash at the cage as The Dangerous Alliance has defeated Sting's Squadron by forcing Sting to quit in order to save Rey Mysterio's life after he was choked unconscious by Ken Shamrock. Shamrock, Shane Douglas, Brian Pillman, Randy Savage, and Stone Cold continue the merciless beat down as Paul E. and Sable enter the cage to celebrate this is out of hand and WE'RE OUT OF TIIIIIIII....... ©1996 Neo Zeed Corp.
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Universal Studios Florida(Orlando, FL)April 13th, 1996 Worldwide hits the airwaves on a late night on Saturday night on your locally syndicated network with a match already in progress, a messy wild brawl between the Hardcore Guns team of Billy and Bart Gunn fighting it out with Rocco Rock and Johnny Grunge of Public Enemy! Joey Styles welcomes the TV audience on commentary at a heightened intensity as this brawl between these two teams has gotten OUT OF HAND!.... World Tag League Match:
The Hardcore Guns(2-5)
vs
The Public Enemy(1-6)Billy Gunn fights with Rocco Rock up in the bleachers of the Universal Studios Florida arena here with the fans going crazy around them! Bart fights with Johnny Grunge around the ringside area and there are cookie sheets and trash can parts strewn around the ring from earlier in this battle that we are just now joining in progress to open this week's episode of Worldwide! Joey Styles on commentary talks about the rise and fall of the new "extreme" attitudes of the team formerly known as the Smoking Guns(former WWF Tag Team Champs). The duo started the WTL 2-2 with a big upset win over the LOD earlier on in the season. Since the Championship Council has cracked down on the violence and weapons usage in BOTB the Guns have been forced to tone down their act, they've lost 3 in a row to fall to last place at 2-5. Public Enemy have sealed their fate here in Best Of The Best by drawing the ire of their biggest detractor, Championship Councilman Lou Thesz. They got off to an 0-6 start but picked up their first win last week with a revenge payback win in their rematch against The Pit Bulls(where they put their valet Kimona through a table here last week). The chaos ensues until PE put Billy Gunn through a table with their Drive By for the pinfall win at 10:17(only the last 5 minutes were shown on the broadcast). Public Enemy pick up their 2nd win in a row! The crowd cheers them on as they celebrate getting the entire mini-arena waving their hands like they just don't care along to Here Comes The Hot Stepper!....
Breaking News Update:
Savage vs Michaels @ Best Of The Best IVAfter the match we join Joey Styles in the control center here at Universal Studios for his proper intro to this week's Worldwide, breaking the huge news that has developed after the Dangerous Alliance defeated Sting's Squadron in the War Games earlier tonight on Shockwave on TBS! With the stipulation that the winning team captain would get the shot at Shawn Michael's Undisputed Championship we now have our official main event title match set and official, it will be "The Macho Man" Randy Savage finally getting his shot at the belt he was screwed out of back at the final WCW event ever at Starrcade this past December....
Savage vs Michaels for the Undisputed Championship live on pay per view from the UIC Pavilion in Chicago NEXT Sunday night April 21st it will be Best Of The Best IV: Chi-Town Wrestlewar '96! The Dangerous Alliance completely dominated Sting's Squadron earlier tonight on Shockwave in the War Games match. Paul E. Dangerously's organization has just about completely taken over Best Of The Best with this victory, with many within this industry speculating that we could see BOTB CEO Eric Bischoff fired over his failure to stop their rise. The Macho Man developed a darker edge after returning from his loss in the 4 Corners #1 Contenders Match back in Las Vegas at BOTB II in February. Savage shocked the world when he revealed his allegiance to Paul E. Dangerously after the new Alliance helped him defeat Ric Flair in their Final Battle. The Dangerous Alliance went after Shawn Michaels in his Iron Man Match at BOTB III last weekend then beat him and his mentor Jose Lothario up on the Wednesday edition of Judgement Night last week. Lothario was hospitalized with a severe concussion after being attacked by Paul E. Dangerously during the melee(Lothario was held for Paul E. to hit him while he couldn't defend himself). Michaels got his payback last week on Shockwave when he tricked the Dangerous Alliance into thinking he wasn't in the arena, only to make a surprise entrance through the crowd to drop Savage with the Sweet Chin Music. Savage snapped after the attack and destroyed the backstage locker room, eventually finding associate Kliq member Aldo Montoya for a beating so bad it put him in the ER. The Macho Man will have Paul E. Dangerously in his corner for this title match while Jose Lothario is expected to make his return from the concussion to be in Michaels corner. The Macho Man vs The Heartbreak Kid for the Undisputed World Championship, one on one live on pay per view, pick up your phone and call your cable or satellite provider NOW and order Best Of The Best IV: Chi-Town Wrestlewar '96! ^The Hoosier Dome in Indianapolis, the site of the April 22nd Best Of The Best LIVE episode of Judgement Night set for the night after Best Of The Best IV pay per view. Ahmed Johnson is signed to headline this event and has called out Hulk Hogan to face him.... Joey continues with his update about the April 22nd Judgement Night event the Monday night after the pay per view scheduled for the 65,000 seat Hoosier Dome in Indianapolis, with the news being broken this past Monday night that Eric Bischoff has established contact with the legendary Immortal Hulk Hogan. Ahmed Johnson called Hogan out in a recent sit down interview with Jim Ross and an offer has been made to The Hulkster to face him live on USA Network on April 22nd from the Hoosier Dome. Bischoff broke the news earlier tonight on Shockwave that Hogan has answered him and announced that he will be in the Target Center in Minneapolis THIS MONDAY NIGHT ON JUDGEMENT NIGHT to give his answer!  Speaking of Judgement Night this Monday night at 8pm LIVE on the USA Network from the Target Center in Minneapolis, not only will Hulk Hogan make his return but the match has been signed that Dusty Rhodes, "The American Dream" will come out of retirement to take on Jeff Jarrett one on one! Plus, World Tag League action with 1st place Owen & Bulldog rematching the struggling LOD looking to turn their season around, the 6-1-1 Eliminators taking on The Hardcore Guns, and Harlem Heat vs Public Enemy 2! This will be the final Judgement Night before BOTB IV on pay per view next Sunday night with The Dangerous Alliance, The Four Horsemen, Cactus Jack, and SO MUCH MORE! Styles caps his Control Center update with the latest coverage of the World Tag League season, which capped week 8 tonight with Public Enemy picking up their 2nd win in a row after an 0-6 start.... Week 9 of the WTL season begins on Judgement Night and we are on the final stretch with just 4 weeks remaining in the 1996 season. The road to crown the first Undisputed World Tag Team Champions ends on May 12th in Miami Florida at Best Of The Best V: A Matter Of Respect '96 live on pay per view where we will have both the Tiger and Dragon Division Championship Matches, with the winners facing off later that same night in the Championship final for the belts.... Singles Match:
Rob Van Dam(W/Lance Wright)
vs
Jason CastroAfter the first commercial break we get a shot of Jason Castro already in the ring ready to go for our next match. Rob Van Dam makes his way out with his sports agent Lance Wright, who lost his major meal ticket last Saturday night on Shockwave when Sting ran Lex Luger out of Best Of The Best by defeating him in the Loser Leaves Town match. With Luger gone Lance Wright has pledged to focus on Rob Van Dam to elevate him to one of the hottest young stars in Best Of The Best. Van Dam showcases impressive kicks in this quick squash over Jason Castro, beating him with a Split Legged Moonsault for the pinfall at 2:05. A Closer Look(Courtesy of NFL Films):
Greg Lloyd; The NFL's Toughest Man
After the match Joey Styles seques into a special feature presentation courtesy of NFL Films focusing on Greg Lloyd being one of the most feared, intimidating, toughest men in the NFL. Many would say he is THE toughest man in the league today. Lloyd impressed everyone with a special display of his black belt martial arts skills on this past Thursday night's Bushido on TBS, he's set to go head to head against "The Human Suplex Machine" Taz at Best Of The Best IV: Chi-Town Wrestlewar '96 next Sunday night live on pay per view! Lloyd was drafted and developed by the legendary 4 time Super Bowl winning Steelers head coach Chuck Noll. By 1993 Lloyd emerged as one of the baddest men in the league, with an almost Mike Tyson-like aura he led Pittsburgh to have one of the most ferocious defenses in the league for the last 3 seasons. Last year Lloyd rallied the Steelers defense to a run to Super Bowl XXX this past January(the game known for Brian Pillman's stunt where he ran onto the field in the 3rd quarter). Greg Lloyd credits much of his success in the NFL to his Tae Kwon Do training...
Taz vs Greg Lloyd will be a Hybrid Rules match, 3 rounds, Judo vs Tae Kwon Do, Extreme Wrestling vs NFL Football. Taz confronted Greg Lloyd on Bushido two weeks ago without any fear, he stepped up to take a job that no other wrestler in Best Of The Best wanted. This is the match that has everyone talking, the USA Today, ESPN, the NY Times have all covered Lloyd's crossing over from the NFL into the Best Of The Best ever since he broke the news back during media week of Super Bowl XXX in Arizona earlier this year. It all goes down live on pay per view April 21st in Chicago, Best Of The Best IV: Chi-Town Wrestlewar '96! Singles Match:
Chris Chavis(W/Ted Dibiase)
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The BarbarianThe Barbarian is wrapping up his entrance when we return to the shot of the smaller more intimate Nickelodeon vibes of the BOTB arena here at Universal Studios Florida where Worldwide is filmed. The orange and white color theme of the arena has the ring white(with the BOTB/Worldwide logo in orange in the center) with the top and bottom ropes/turnbuckles white, and the middle orange, with a long black elevated catwalk entrance ramp connecting to the apron tying into the smaller little entrance stage with mechanical futuristic doors that slide open and closed as wrestlers walk out. Chavis makes his way out with Ted Dibiase and he's feeling the spirit, the wrestler formerly known as Tatanka won his BOTB debut here on Worldwide last week after recently showing up in the Benny Hinn Ministries athletic training center working with Dibiase and The American Power Team(Scotty Riggs and Marcus Bagwell). Chavis is noticeably whiter since he's undergone skin bleaching treatments in an attempt to distance himself from his Native American heritage, he also no longer has the red dyed mohawk he's just wearing black tights/kneepads/boots. Chavis prays with Dibiase before entering the ring and dispatching his opponent in incredible fashion, immediately countering him at the bell and dropping him with the Revelations Drop(his version of the Samoan Drop) for a quick pin in just 12 seconds! WOW! Chavis is fired up in celebration with Dibiase after the bout.... Music Video:
Real American(Hulk Hogan)This week's Worldwide comes to a close with the full music video for Real American, the entrance theme song of Hulk Hogan as he's set to make his return this Monday night on Judgement Night live from the Target Center in Minneapolis to answer the offer that was made for him to sign and compete. The music video shows Hogan's rise in the WWF in the 1980's, his victory over The Iron Shiek to win the WWF Championship in 1984, his classic moments and victories, the partnership with Mr. T at Wrestlemania I, the massive crowd in Toronto for the match against Paul Orndorf, the record 90,000+ that sold out the Silverdome to see him take down Andre at Mania III, the title victories at Mania V, VII, his WCW World Title victory in WCW at Bash At The Beach 94 with the victory over Flair. Hogan was cheated out of his title through a series of events in WCW last year and he disappeared by the end of the year as WCW was set to close it's doors with 1 final show at Starrcade in December...  Many wonder if the Hulkster is finished and ready to announce his retirement from pro wrestling this Monday night live from the Target Center in Minneapolis for Judgement Night when he's expected to make his first appearance since last November. Will Hulk accept Ahmed Johnson's challenge for The Hoosier Dome on April 22nd or will he be ready to lay his boots down and walk away as the greatest of all time? We will find out LIVE this monday night at 8pm on USA Network it will be.... JUDGEMENT NIGHT!.... ©1996 Neo Zeed Corp.
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Post by Neo Zeed on Dec 16, 2023 17:12:42 GMT
Still undecided on what to do with Pillman as we are at the April 15th date of his Hummer wreck that nearly crippled him. Was the Hummer his own personal vehicle or a rental? Where was the wreck exactly, like what city? How would this alternate universe have changed this or was it an inescapable fate like in The Time Machine? Like here in this alternate timeline he's set to appear in Target Center in Minneapolis still fresh and healthy for a live Judgement Night episode, then travel to Milwaukee for Shockwave filming on Tuesday(aired Saturdays). Would he be driving that or in an airplane? How did travel work back then? Would he even be driving to/from the airport or in a rental or what? No Hummer? So much to consider and it's all super heavy.
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Post by jTjohncenaGOAT on Dec 16, 2023 22:40:42 GMT
Still undecided on what to do with Pillman as we are at the April 15th date of his Hummer wreck that nearly crippled him. Was the Hummer his own personal vehicle or a rental? Where was the wreck exactly, like what city? How would this alternate universe have changed this or was it an inescapable fate like in The Time Machine? Like here in this alternate timeline he's set to appear in Target Center in Minneapolis still fresh and healthy for a live Judgement Night episode, then travel to Milwaukee for Shockwave filming on Tuesday(aired Saturdays). Would he be driving that or in an airplane? How did travel work back then? Would he even be driving to/from the airport or in a rental or what? No Hummer? So much to consider and it's all super heavy. I think life changing injuries and deaths should stay. Would Owen Hart still be alive had he left WWF and went to WCW. Yeah, probably. But it almost feels like cheating. Which sucks because in my own story, I'm about to roll up on January 18th, 1993 and it's going to suck. While I got your page tied up. I fully expect to go back and read the entire thread. But do you have a starting point where I can jump right into (for now)? I want to stay up with what you're doing, but it may be a few weeks before I get the entire thread read up.
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The Target Center(Minneapolis, MN)
April 15th, 1996 Judgement Night hits the air LIVE with the completely sold out Target Center going coconut bonkers as Sunny stands in the middle of the ring, with Taz in the corner to her left and Pittsburgh Steelers linebacker Greg Lloyd to her right(with security guards keeping them apart as they eye each other)... On the road to Chi-Town Wrestlewar '96 in 6 days on pay per view this Sunday night we are LIVE tonight from Minneapolis MINNESOTA! Sunny blows the crowd up with her opening intro monologue as Taz and Greg Lloyd continue eyeing each other from the opposite corners with a fade in to the opening music video montage set to All Eyez On Me by Tupac.... This week's opening music video montage shows the clips of Taz suplexing Yokozuna and Kama in his biggest wins here in BOTB, seguing into the clips of Greg Lloyd NFL footage mixed with clips of his Tae Kwon Do exhibition on Bushido last week. The opening montage continues with footage ofBrian Pillman pushing both Terry Funk and Cactus Jack over on the ladder sending them plummeting from the entrance stage through a triple stack of flaming tables(putting both of them in the ER), the clips of Shane Douglas' sneak attack on Marc Mero earlier this past weekend on Shockwave with a humiliating lashing with his belt after the beat down, in front of his wife Sable(who left Mero to join the Dangerous Alliance with Shane Douglas back in Japan two weeks ago). The montage shows Ric Flair and Ricky Steamboat getting hammered with Flying Elbow Drops by Randy Savage when he shocked the world and aligned with Paul E. Dangerously. Ken Shamrock's reveal as Paul E.'s 5th man for the War Games on Shockwave last Saturday Night rounds out the montage with the Dangerous Alliance standing tall in the double ring steel cage... The music continues as the opening montage fades back into the live shot of the sold out crowd here in the Target Center with Jim Ross and Joey Styles welcoming the television audience while pyro goes off on the entrance stage and over the ring! We are LIVE here tonight for 2 hours on the USA Network with just 6 days until Best Of The Best IV: Chi-Town Wrestlewar '96 on pay per view but the big news tonight is that HULK HOGAN is scheduled to be here!... In-Ring Face Off:
Taz/Greg Lloyd
JR shoots it back to the ring where Sunny is on stand by for an in-ring face to face interview with the two men who will wage war inside the ring at Best Of The Best IV: Chi-Town Wrestlewar '96 this Sunday night, April 21st at the UIC Pavilion in Chicago(tickets are still available). Taz and Greg Lloyd stand a few feet apart from each other with a palpable intensity as the crowd goes crazy for their staredown! vs Sunny asks Greg Lloyd the first question, whether or not he will wear his Tae Kwon Do gi into the match this Sunday against Taz in Chicago. Lloyd responds that he still hasn't decided on wearing the gi or not, he knows that Taz has a background in Judo and could use the gi for throws. Lloyd says that he will wait until the fight to reveal whether or not he wears the gi. Taz takes the pic from Sunny and responds saying that he doesn't care if Lloyd wears a gi, or if he comes to Chicago wearing his full Steelers uniform with pads and a fuc*#ing helmet, one way or another he's going to get choked out! Taz tells Greg Lloyd that he doesn't need a gi to throw his ass all over this ring and that we don't have to wait until Sunday night, we can prove it RIGHT HERE RIGHT NOW! Taz shoves the mic back at Greg Lloyd and triggers him to shoot in for a tackle style takedown! Sunny scrambles to get out of the ring as all out pandemonium erupts! Taz gets pushed back into the corner by Lloyd as security fights to break them apart in a mad violent scramble! Lloyd is backed off into the opposite corner going berserk as 4 guards hold him back! Taz fights back on the 3 much bigger security guards on him, knocking two of them down with punches before grabbing the other with a head and arm trap OVERHEAD SUPLEX! The crowd goes nuts as Taz rushes after Greg Lloyd being held back across the ring! This is out of control! More security rush into the ring to pull these two apart and this will be one hell of a showdown this Sunday night folks, LIVE on pay per view "The Human Suplex Machine" Taz vs the baddest man in the NFL today Greg Lloyd! On-Location:
Downtown Minneapolis We cut away from the melee being pulled apart in the ring with a LIVE shot of the downtown Minneapolis skyline as a helicopter lands on a tall skyscraper! The crowd in the Target Center is heard going NUTS when Hulk Hogan steps out of the chopper and is escorted into the building by an entourage of police and security! HOGAN IS IN MINNEAPOLIS and he's coming here TONIGHT! Jim Ross and Joey Styles question what Hulks intentions are, have we seen the end of Hogan's career? Will he retire tonight? Or will he accept Ahmed Johnson's challenge to face him one on one at the Hoosier Dome next Monday night on Judgement Night!?!?! Don't turn that channel! World Tag League Match:
The Eliminators(6-1-1)
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The Hardcore Guns(2-6)We return from the first round of commercials with Billy and Bart Gunn wrapping up their entrances to Too Much Fun by Daryl Singletary. Demanufacture by Fear Factory hits to get the crowd on it's feet as it brings out Saturn and Kronus, the mighty Eliminators.... The Eliminators totally dominate the match and waste little time in finishing Billy Gunn with the Total Elimination for the pinfall victory at 2:34, pure annihilation by easily one of the best tag teams in the world. Saturn and Kronus celebrate the win with intensity moving their record to 7-1-1, neck and neck with the 7-1 Steiner Brothers in their ongoing race for 1st place in the Dragon Division of the WTL. Joey Styles notes that the date that everyone has circled in this sport is the April 29th Judgement Night in Cleveland in 2 weeks, we will see the Stieners vs Eliminators rematch with 1st place on the line. It was the Steiner Brothers that handed The Eliminators their 1st loss ever here in BOTB weeks ago on Judgement Night... Backstage Interview:
Marc MeroAfter the match we get Sunny backstage for an interview with Marc Mero, a frustrated man that has lost his wife to Shane Douglas and the Dangerous Alliance. Sable double crossed her husband back in Japan at BOTB III on the last pay per view. This past Saturday night on Shockwave Marc Mero was taken out of the War Games match after being attacked in the parking lot by Shane Douglas prior to the show. Douglas humiliated Mero after the beat down by strapping him with his belt as Sable watched on. Mero is intense in the interview and is holding a thick leather strap as he calls out Shane Douglas! Mero challenges Shane Douglas to bring Sable to Chicago this Sunday night for a LEATHER STRAP MATCH at Best Of The Best IV: Chi Town Wrestle-War '96! Mero pledges that after he gets payback on Douglas he's taking the leather strap to Sable because payback is a bitch(snaps the leather strap together to make a loud POP!).... On Location:
7th Street(Downtown Minneapolis)After the commercial break we return to Judgement Night with a LIVE shot of a stretch limo making it's way down 7th street in Minneapolis towards the Target Center being escorted by police cars. This is a live shot here and you can see Hulk Hogan in the limo as it's led by a brigade of police cars with their sirens and lights going. The people of Minnesota are lined up on the sides of the street like a parade watching and cheering the limo being escorted through to the arena. We get a cutaway side-by-side shot of Ahmed Johnson backstage here at the Target Center watching on from a monitor as the limo makes it down 7th street... THE HULKSTER is ON HIS WAY TO THE TARGET CENTER! HULK HOGAN! Do NOT change that channel! Singles Match:
"The American Dream" Dusty Rhodes
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Jeff JarrettBack from commercials and it's Jeff Jarrett making his way out for one of our marquee matchups tonight, a one on one duel with the one and only "American Dream" Dusty Rhodes coming out of retirement! Dusty makes his way out in blue jeans and a t-shirt, elbow pads, and cowboy boots, a little overweight and slow to make it down to the ring but still, it's THE AMERICAN DREAM! Jarrett starts off strong but is soon overtaken by The American Dream as JR and Joey Styles don't count him out, citing the recent upset of George Foreman over Michael Moore a few years ago to regain the Heavyweight Championship. This could be Dusty's big night! Rhodes gets the crowd going nuts with flopping Jarrett all over the place with Bionic Elbows! The match heads out to the floor for a wild brawl IN THE CROWD! Jarrett is totally decimated by Dream in a chaotic brawl through the Target Center through a commercial break and back around again! The brawl makes it back to the entrance isle that is elevated like a catwalk, connecting the ring to the entrance stage. Jarrett busts Dusty Rhodes with a steel chair and knocks him down on the ramp! Double J mocks Rhodes and taunts the crowd as Dream struggles to get up to his knees, revealing a bad cut that bleeds down over his face in a dramatic and gruesome scene in the middle of the elevated catwalk ramp! Jarrett overtakes Rhodes on the ramp and beats him all the way back to the ring a bloody mess, his face completely covered in a crimson mask, bloody spit flying as he breaths out heavy breaths of exhaustion! The American Dream ends up getting locked in Jarrett's Figure Four in the center of the ring with blood everywhere, crimson blotch stains on the canvas right on the D and G of the Judgement Night logo. Dusty refuses to submit and ends up passing out to the pain and the blood loss, the referee stops the match to give Jarrett the victory at 11:14 via referee stoppage! Jarrett leans up and refuses to release the hold until all of a sudden Dusty's son Dustin Rhodes races out to put the boots to him to break it up!  Rhodes throws Jarrett out of the ring before helping his dad recover! Dusty is pulled up a bloody mess and he pushes Dustin away from him in a blinded panic, putting his hands up ready to fight back at his own son! Dusty wipes the blood out of his eyes as he falls back towards the ropes barely able to stand up! Dustin helps him stay standing and the two embrace in a dramatic scene while Jeff Jarrett is shown retreating completely pissed, his big moment has been ruined! Dusty Rhodes has reunited with his son Dustin here I can't BELIEVE THIS, what a moment! Backstage Interview:
Cactus JackAfter the match we cut away backstage with Sunny on stand by with an interview with the legendary Cactus Jack, the man that returned on Saturday night to help Sting's Squadron fight The Dangerous Alliance when he took the place of the injured Marc Mero. Cactus cuts a promo about Brian Pillman pushing him and Terry Funk off of the ladder in the incident that took them out and sent both of them to the hospital. Cactus says that he and Funk suffered 3rd degree burns, the Funker is still suffering from a broken hip from the fall. Cactus Jack calls Brian Pillman a sick man for what he did, but being a sick man is definitely something he respects. Cactus Jack vows to take out the new Dangerous Alliance one by one for what they did to his little buddy, they crippled Mikey Whipreck, and he wants to start at the bottom with the so called Loose Cannon, Brian Pillman! Cactus challenges Brian Pillman to face him one on one if he has the guts, this Sunday night at Best Of The Best IV: Chi-Town Wrestlewar '96 in a..... LAST MAN STANDING MATCH! BANG BANG!!!... In The Ring:
The Four HorsemenAfter the break we return to the live shot of the Target Center and all of the Hogan hype is suddenly interrupted when the Four Horsemen entrance music hits the PA system! "The Nature Boy" Ric Flair, "The Beast" Dan Severn, "The Enforcer" Arn Anderson, and "The Crippler" Chris Benoit make it out to the ring all class, $5,000 suits, Rolex watches, Severn's NWA World Title glistening in all it's glory.... The Horsemen take the ring to a HUGE standing ovation and JR and Joey are totally surprised, Ric Flair is BACK! We did not have the Horsemen on the format and we have not seen or heard from Ric Flair since Randy Savage defeated him the night he aligned with Paul E. Dangerously's new Dangerous Alliance. Minneapolis is without a doubt, most definitely Horsemen country... Flair is highly emotional and wastes little time in getting totally fired up, his face red, spit flying as he shouts out at Randy Savage and the Dangerous Alliance, Steve Austin, Brian Pillman, Savage, Shane Douglas, Ken Shamrock you can't kill the Four Horsemen, this is legacy, this is honor, "THIS! IS! FOREVER! WHOOOOOOOO!"...... Flair challenges Paul E. Dangerously to make the match for this Sunday night on pay per view, Chi-Town Wrestlewar '96, Ric Flair and Dan "The Beast" Severn vs Ken Shamrock and any other member of the D.A. Paul E. wants to put in front of them! The Four Horsemen will take on the Dangerous Alliance head on in Chicago, Flair and Severn! WHOOOOO! World Tag League Match:
Harlem Heat(4-4)
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The Public Enemy(2-6)After the Horsemen make their exit we get more hype for the arrival of Hulk Hogan who we have been following all night as he makes his way to the Target Center. All of a sudden Harlem Heat's entrance music hits to set the crowd off with cheers, raising the roof! Booker and Stevie Ray make it out as Joey Styles talks about their up and down rollercoaster season in the WTL so far, saying that they are still very much alive in the Tiger Division of the league at 4-4 but they really can not afford to lose again as we are down to the critical final 4 weeks of the season. Public Enemy make their way out to Hot Stepper with 2 TABLES! The crowd goes from raising the roof to waving like they just don't care like it's fu*#ing 1996! The bout quickly devolves into a 4 man brawl, 2-on-2 all over the ring and catwalk entrance ramp. One of the tables gets propped up against the top rope out on the catwalk entrance ramp only for Stevie Ray to back body drop Rocco Rock through it! The crowd goes NUTS! Public Enemy recover to take the advantage after the commercial break, setting Stevie up on the table for their DRIVE BY! Stevie rolls off the table at the last second and Johnny Grunge crunches through the table with a front flip off the top rope! Booker T flips off the opposite top rope for a somersault guillotine legdrop to put Grunge away for a pin at 8:11! Harlem Heat pick up a hard fought must have win here to move to 5-4, ending Public Enemy's 2 match win streak to drop them to 2-7! Booker T and Stevie Ray celebrate the win getting the sold out Target Center raising the roof! Backstage Parking Lot:
The Arrival Of Hulk HoganAfter the match we get the live cutaway to the backstage parking garage of the Target Center as Hulk Hogan's police escort makes it's way into the arena! The police lights from the Minneapolis PD cruisers light up the scene as the limo pulls into the garage and HULK HOGAN steps out! Hogan IS HERE! The Hulkster! The Immortal ONE! We get a side by side cut in of Ahmed Johnson watching on a monitor backstage! Hogan has an intense gaze in his eyes as he exits the limo and makes his way into the backstage area before we cut away to another round of USA Network commercials! Don't go anywhere ladies and gentleman the one and only Hulk Hogan is HERE in the Target Center! We will find out later tonight if Hulk is ready to hang up his boots and retire or if he's ready to make a comeback to face Ahmed Johnson here on Judgement Night next week from the 65,000 seat Hoosier Dome in Indianapolis! In The Ring:
The Dangerous Alliance
After the commercials we return to the live shot of the Target Center with Just Another Victim by Helmet/House Of Pain bringing out Paul E. Dangerously and the new Dangerous Alliance to the ring! "The Macho Man" Randy Savage, "Stone Cold" Steve Austin, Shane Douglas(W/Sable), Brian Pillman, and UFC Champion Ken Shamrock.... The crowd boo's the Dangerous Alliance as they take their time making it to the ring where Paul E. starts off by bragging about their win over Sting's Squadron in the War Games match this past Saturday Night on Shockwave. Paul sends the message to Sting that that was payback for four years ago in WCW before threatening Eric Bischoff that his days as CEO of this promotion are coming to an end. Paul E. gets the boo's riled up when he says not even Hulk Hogan can save Eric's career in this sport, he's finished. Paul E. addresses Ric Flair's challenge earlier tonight to put Ken Shamrock in the ring against Flair and Severn in Chicago at Chi-Town Wrestlewar '96 this Sunday night on PPV. Dangerously accepts the challenge and makes the match official, he will put none other than "Stone Cold" Steve Austin together with Ken Shamrock to take on Ric Flair and Dan "The Beast" Severn in tag team action at Best Of The Best IV! JR and Joey Styles freak on commentary! WHOAH! Flair & Severn vs Austin & Shamrock THIS SUNDAY NIGHT AT BOTB IV! LIVE ON PPV! Brian Pillman takes the mic and vows for the Dangerous Alliance to complete their takeover of this entire sport this Sunday night at Best Of The Best IV: Chi-Town Wrestlewar '96! Ken Shamrock is the UFC Ultimate Fighting Champion, The Macho Man is going to bring home the Undisputed Championship, as for him he only wants simple things in life, he doesn't care about gold titles, all he wants is life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness the things that he was promised as a constitutional rights! Pillman accepts Cactus Jack's challenge earlier tonight to take him on in a LAST MAN STANDING MATCH in Chicago this Sunday NIGHT! Shane Douglas takes the mic and the crowd goes full blown boo's and thumbs down cutting him off to where he can't even speak, he has to wait, and he gets furious about it, only making it worse! The Target Center lets him have it! Douglas sends the message that he's too good for this miserable piece of s*#t town and so is Sable, f*#* this place! The crowd goes unhinged with boo's, a full drink flies into the ring and barely misses him! Shane Douglas says that this organization the Dangerous Alliance is out for blood in Chicago this Sunday night on pay per view, and as far as Marc Mero goes, he couldn't measure up, in the ring or in the bedroom(Sable holds up her her hands just 2 inches apart as Shane Douglas laughs). Douglas accepts Mero's challenge for a strap match this Sunday at Best Of The Best IV and vows to further humiliate him right in front of his own wife! The Macho Man takes over the mic to wrap it up and he tells everyone that he's been counting down the days, hours, minutes, and seconds to get his hands on Shawn Michaels. That Championship Belt is coming back to the rightful owner this Sunday night, with Paul E. Dangerously and the Dangerous Alliance being the most powerful organization in this sport today, Shawn Michaels is in for a really bad night OOOOOOOOOOOH YEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAH! Savage's promo is suddenly interrupted when Shawn Michales makes his way out with the Undisputed World Championship belt! HBK is HERE! Shawn Michaels comes out with Kliq having his back, 123 Kid and Hunter Hearst Helmsley! The three of them make it down to the ring to face off with the Dangerous Alliance in a tense showdown! Shawn Michaels tells everyone he is ready for Randy Savage this Sunday night at Best Of The Best IV and that if the Dangerous Alliance want to stick their nose in his business they will have to deal with the Kliq! The 123 Kid takes the mic and shouts with intensity at Paul E. that if the DA even think about getting involved, they are going to have 1 very big problem and 1 medium size problem in Chicago THIS SUNDAY NIGHT YEAAAAAAH! KLIQ IS IN THE HOUSE! The crowd goes CRAZY! The tension boils over and all out chaos breaks out as The Dangerous Alliance attack Michaels, Kid, and Helmsley until all of a sudden out runs Cactus Jack and Marc Mero! It's 5 on 5! But the Dangerous Alliance gain the upper hand until out runs..... STING! The Target Center goes ape s#*t! The Stinger hits the ring and clears Savage, Shamrock, Austin, Douglas, and Pillman! Sting and Shawn Michaels back into each other and quickly turn around to face off in their fighting stances! The crowd goes fu*#ING CRAZY! Cactus and Mero hold Sting back as HHH and Kid hold HBK back! The DA retreat to the entrance isle all furious as we cut away to commercials!.... World Tag League Match:
The Legion Of Doom(3-4-1)
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Owen Hart & The British Bulldog(W/Jim Cornette)(5-2-1)After the break we get the Michael Buffer "LETS GET READY TO RUMBAAAAAL" treatment for our main event! The crowd boo's the entrances of Owen Hart and British Bulldog with Jim Cornette, the team that currently sits at 1st place in the Tiger Division. The LOD get a huge pop when their WHAT A RUSH entrance music hits to bring them out, still missing their blue shoulder pads that matched their new blue facepaint/tights color scheme they debuted in BOTB at the start of the WTL. Joey and JR recap the recent decline of the LOD speculating that their prime days may be behind them, we may have seen the fall of the LOD here in recent weeks. This is a critical match for their 96 season since another loss will put their Final Four hopes on life support. This is the rematch from early on in the season when these two teams wrestled to a no-contest, we will find out finally tonight which team will take the next step towards a Tiger Division title! Jim Cornette joins Joey and JR at the commentary booth for the bout... Hawk and Animal come out starting strong at the bell, working together better than they have in recent weeks to dominate Owen Hart. Bulldog gets involved to turn the momentum. Owen is able to make the tag and Bulldog comes in matching power with first Hawk, then Animal in a duel of strength wrestlers. Davey Boy kips around and wrestles with more agility than we've seen in him in a while as he outmaneuvers LOD in a showcase of his talent. Hawk and Animal fight back to overtake Bulldog after the commercial break. During the match Jim Cornette on commentary talks about the rumors going around that Vader has been out of action recently due to several injuries sustained at the hands of Sabu back in Japan after their battle at BOTB III. Cornette claims that these rumors are preposterous, Sabu could never hurt or injure Vader he's a scarred up freak that got what he deserved back in Japan. Cornette says that Vader will return soon but we may have seen the last of Sabu.... Later on the LOD make a critical mistake in a botched team move that sends them clashing heads and knocking each other out! Owen is able to make the hot tag and finish it with a small package rollup on Hawk for the pinfall at 9:52! Owen and Bulldog WIN! Hawk and Animal walk out the most dejected and heartless we've ever seen them. They returned here in BOTB in 1996 smaller, less intense, wearing blue, now they've hit rock bottom in the World Tag League falling to a 3-5-1 record. Jim Cornette and Owen celebrate the hardest in the ring despite Bulldog carrying most of the work to win the bout, either way Owen and Davey have taken control of the Tiger Division moving to 6-2-1!... JR and Joey Styles are on edge heading into the final commercial break, folks the time is at hand, coming up next, HULK HOGAN IS BACK! Will he accept Ahmed Johnson's challenge or will he hang his boots up and retire here tonight, coming up NEXT!.... In The Ring:
Hulk Hogan
After the commercial break we return to the live shot of the Target Center here in Minneapolis and the crowd is on the edge of their seat! Best Of The Best CEO Eric Bischoff is standing in the middle of the ring where he brings the crowd to their feet, ladies and gentleman the one and only all time icon of this sport, the Immortal... HULK HOGAN!.... The crowd goes nuts with the biggest pop of the night when Real American hits the PA system to turn the place into a madhouse!.... The Hulkster walks out to the entrance stage to a hero's welcome! He's BACK! Hogan makes his way down to the ring with a sense of high emotion in his eyes like this may be it, we may be seeing the end of an era in this sport as Hulk could very well retire here tonight on the USA Network live here on Judgement Night... Hogan takes the ring takes the microphone to thank all of the fans for all of their years of support, whether it was in the WWF or in the WCW brother, it's been a long road that's led us here tonight dude. Hulkamania has been through a lot over the years man, we've been to the top of the mountain brother and then had to climb our way back up from the bottom, through it all no matter what it's always been the Hulkamaniacs, all the little Hulksters out there that has kept him alive man, from the training and the vitamins and the prayers to believing in yourself, one thing is for sure dude, Hulkamania is forever!.... Eric Bischoff takes the mic and asks the critical question that has been on everybody's mind, many people believe we have seen the end of Hulk Hogan's career but there has been a challenge. Next week, April 22nd, LIVE from the Hoosier Dome, 65,000 fans will be onhand and Ahmed Johnson has issued the challenge. Eric Bischoff asks Hulk Hogan will he accept Ahmed's challenge to face him next week at the Hoosier Dome. Hulk takes the mic and looks around at all of the fans in the Target Center cheering him on, the emotion swells and the intensity grows until Hulk's eyes bulge as he screams into the microphone!.... YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!! Unbelievable! The crowd loses it! Ahmed Johnson is shown in a picture-in-picture cut away nodding on with intensity as he watches on the monitor backstage! Hulk's music plays and he flexes with fury, right here LIVE on Judgement Night 8pm on the USA Network from the SOLD OUT Hoosier Dome in Indianapolis, HULK HOGAN VS AHMED JOHNSON! This week's Judgement Night closes with an ad for Best Of The Best IV: Chi-Town Wrestlewar '96 THIS SUNDAY NIGHT Live on pay per view, call your cable or satellite provider NOW!.... ©1996 Neo Zeed Corp.
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Post by Neo Zeed on Dec 17, 2023 14:11:05 GMT
Still undecided on what to do with Pillman as we are at the April 15th date of his Hummer wreck that nearly crippled him. Was the Hummer his own personal vehicle or a rental? Where was the wreck exactly, like what city? How would this alternate universe have changed this or was it an inescapable fate like in The Time Machine? Like here in this alternate timeline he's set to appear in Target Center in Minneapolis still fresh and healthy for a live Judgement Night episode, then travel to Milwaukee for Shockwave filming on Tuesday(aired Saturdays). Would he be driving that or in an airplane? How did travel work back then? Would he even be driving to/from the airport or in a rental or what? No Hummer? So much to consider and it's all super heavy. I think life changing injuries and deaths should stay. Would Owen Hart still be alive had he left WWF and went to WCW. Yeah, probably. But it almost feels like cheating. Which sucks because in my own story, I'm about to roll up on January 18th, 1993 and it's going to suck. While I got your page tied up. I fully expect to go back and read the entire thread. But do you have a starting point where I can jump right into (for now)? I want to stay up with what you're doing, but it may be a few weeks before I get the entire thread read up. I agree, it's even a rule we can't use wrestlers after their death point(which is interesting to even think about that we have that as a rule, fan fiction fascinates me in the same way Quantum Leap does). Man I think you hopped in right at the best time honestly, this project is just now starting to hit it's groove and I've been able to work out some major booking kinks, the future is bright going forward. Starting out in January 1996 with this roster and this format with 4 weekly shows that are vastly different was a challenge, but I like that it was a mess because if this were a real scenario it would have been a clusterfuck mess too. ECW irl gets flack for starting their first TNN show with a clip show well I started Best Of The Best with 2 clip shows! HA! But I'm happy with the continuity that has been going, I'm happy with the character development with Austin and Randy Savage. I was able to bridge the ECW Steve Austin into Stone Cold better than what we got in real life, there was a nice development there from show to show with him once he popped up. There's a nice freedom with booking Austin in early 96 that almost anything you do is going to be better than Ringmaster but he's still kind of a nobody so you're not pegged into a corner you can job him out here and there if need be still. Also satisfied with how Savage went off the deep end over the 4 months of the project ever since he lost his belt at Starrcade 95, we end up with dressed in black bad guy Savage a little earlier in this universe. Characters come in like they are going to be a big deal only to disappear, storylines are hinted at and started only to be dropped and not mentioned again, it becomes a show by show booking approach at some point where I went through a period where I didn't know what I wanted to do with the overall direction just a few basic ideas here and there. But to me this added an element of authenticity to the fed. Another element that comes from my AFL football revision history that I ran on Wrestlingclique for years is booking it out like a Paul Heyman ECW segment, chain of events, stream of consciousness. With this method I can't really plan things out long term because everything that happens depends on how the characters react to events in the moment, the future is too cloudy like the foreground of a N64 game, it makes it fun to write(compared to my ECW feds back in the day that were meticulously planned out long term). But my last PPV was a dud, so I'm motivated for the next PPV to go all out. It's booked out in a way that it is impossible to be anything other than a banger to end 2023 right in fan fic.
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Post by Neo Zeed on Dec 18, 2023 19:52:08 GMT
Breaking News April 16th 1996 Brian Pillman dead at 32 after early morning car crash in Minneapolis Professional wrestler and former NFL player Brian Pillman was killed in a fiery car crash on 35W en route to the Minneapolis Airport from the Target Center after the ‘96 Lamborghini Diablo he was driving struck a diesel tractor trailer before colliding a barricade. Police reports and witnesses claim Pillman was driving in excess of over 120 mph and could have been intoxicated while driving(Pillman was also reportedly not wearing a seatbelt). The wreck happened at 1:23 AM just hours after Pillman appeared on live television Monday night, he was scheduled to appear at a TV taping in Milwaukee on Tuesday night before a scheduled match on pay per view in Chicago this Sunday night. The lines between fiction and reality were never more blurred in professional wrestling than they were by “The Loose Cannon” Brian Pillman in 1996, as the wrestling promotion that employed him went to great lengths to create the illusion that he was a renegade outsider that at one time was legitimately fired by the company(shortly after he ran onto the field during the 3rd quarter of Super Bowl XXX in Arizona this past January, a stunt that got Pillman in very real trouble but made him a quasi celebrity). No statements have been issued by the Best Of The Best promotion as of this news report. The promotion finds itself in a major dilemma since their Thursday night program that airs on TBS was filmed several weeks ago(Bushido is filmed every 3 weeks in the Manhattan Center in NYC), while they are also set to film Saturday’s episode of Shockwave tonight in Milwaukee with their entire roster shaken up by the news. Pillman had just wrapped up filming a 2 part episode as guest star on the hit CBS series Walker Texas Ranger and was scheduled to appear in several other series(Highlander, Renegade, and a minor role in a yet to be named Wesley Snipes film). Best Of The Best also had major plans to push Pillman as a top star going forward in 96 with rumors of a Ladder Match against Shawn Michaels to have been in plans. The loss of one of the sports most charismatic and talented stars has shocked the entire pro wrestling industry.
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Post by jTjohncenaGOAT on Dec 19, 2023 21:35:33 GMT
Oh man. I didn't see that coming. That's like a year and a half earlier than it happened in real life, right?
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Post by Neo Zeed on Dec 21, 2023 2:59:10 GMT
Oh man. I didn't see that coming. That's like a year and a half earlier than it happened in real life, right? Yes, 18 months I believe. I let fate decide and rolled a chance cube and got this outcome. In real life Pillman was out of WCW, not yet signed to WWF, just popping up at the tri-weekly ECW shows. His wreck happened on a Monday night in 1996 in a Hummer and from what I've read he was lucky to have survived. So in this universe he gets in a wreck in a smaller even more exotic vehicle since he would have had way more money and he doesn't survive it. Absolutely gutting this fan fiction, which has been pretty much built around him all of 2023, to have a major character killed off like that on the eve of the big show of the year, right when pushing the Dangerous Alliance the faction he was in.
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Post by Neo Zeed on Dec 23, 2023 12:11:13 GMT
The Manhattan Center(New York, NY)April 18th, 1996 Tonight's episode of Bushido opens with a picture of Brian Pillman with text underneath revealing the news of his passing earlier this week due to a tragic auto accident in Minneapolis. Pillman was just 32 years old, leaving behind a wife and 2 children. The text fades into a disclaimer that tonight's episode of Bushido was filmed prior to Pillman's passing...
We cut away to the opening shot from the Manhattan Center the headquarters for Bushido here every week in NYC with both of the martial artists for our opening hybrid rules bout already in the ring, the crowd going off with cheers as ring announcer Joel Gertner is on standby for the opening intros as Mike Tenay and Phillip Rhee welcome the television audience! We are just days away from Best Of The Best IV: Chi-Town Wrestlewar '96 LIVE on pay per view from Chicago and tonight we start off Bushido with a BANG!.... Hybrid Rules Bout
Lucha Libre vs Son Soo Kung FuThe Ultimo Dragon vs Thaddeus LusterRing announcer Joel Gertner brings the fans to their feet during the intros as this is 3 rounds, the first round is 10 minutes while rounds 2 and 3 will be five minutes each(with a 1 minute rest in between rounds). This bout can be won by knockout, submission, or doctor stoppage. If there is no finish at the end of 3 rounds we will have a judges decision for the winner, with the 3 judges ringside for tonight being Gene Lebell, Dave Meltzer, and Bill "Superfoot" Wallace. Dragon uses a rope-a-dope strategy in the first round, staying in range but evading or blocking all of Luster's strikes in a rapid fire showcase of lightning fast reflexes and skill. After the initial flurry Luster begins to wear himself out, leaving an opening for Dragon to turn the tables with a beautiful striking combo in the corner, open hand palm thrusts to the face and abdomen, a series of low kicks, then a devastating spinning back kick that drops the Kung Fu master for a 7 count. Later on in the first round Luster attempts a long range diving kick but Dragon is able to roll under before springboarding off the ropes into a moonsault all the way over him! Luster explosively repositions himself into a spinning crescent kick but Dragon ducks underneath and executes a beautiful transition from the clinch, flipping over into the DRAGON SLEEPER! Luster is forced to tap out after just 2:23 of the first round! INCREDIBLE! THE ULTIMO DRAGON WINS! Honor and respect is shown between both competitors after the bout. Ultimo Dragon has scored yet another dominant victory here over another very dangerous martial artist here tonight on Bushido, moving his BOTB record to 5-0-1. During the instant replay commentator Phillip Rhee(black belt in multiple martial arts, actor and screen play writer for the Best Of The Best action film) notes that Dragon has truly developed into one of the most versatile and dangerous hybrid style warriors in the world since the launch of the Bushido program here on TBS. Dragon has a unique lucha style of wrestling that has a tremendous balance between striking and submissions, with his ability to take the fight into the air that has really given him an edge over the more traditional martial arts styles he's faced.... Beyond The Mat:
Sumo WrestlingThis week's Beyond The Mat with Mike Tenay feature focuses on one of the most beloved martial arts of the Land Of The Rising Sun; the art of Sumo Wrestling. Tonight's main event here on TBS we will see the ring ropes removed as Japanese Sumo Champion Koji Kitao(an associate member of the Kings Of Kings organization) will face none other than John Tenta(formerly known as Earthquake, an experienced veteran in Sumo in Japan). The art of Sumo Wrestling is all about power, strength, and size. Competitors must force their opponents outside of a circular ring called a "donyo'" or by forcing them to touch the canvas with anything other than the soles of their feet. Sumo was born in Japan and has a proud history in the Land of the Rising Sun that goes back centuries. Many of the ancient traditions are still maintained in Japanese Sumo, including the ritual of Shinto salt purification. Tonight we will see in our main event the BOTB debut of former Sumo champion Koji Kitao. Kitao stands at 6'7" and weighed in for tonight's bout against John Tenta at over 400 pounds. Kitao dominated the sport of Sumo in the 1980's before transitioning into pro wrestling(he teamed with Tenryu to defeat Demolition at Wrestlemania VII). Kitao is a veteran of the UWF shoot style wrestling in Japan and has recently aligned with the dreaded Kings Of Kings organization that has taken over Japanese wrestling(they captured all of the major titles in a winner take all bout at BOTB III in the Tokyo Dome weeks ago on PPV). Koji recently made the move into movies with a role in the upcoming Jean Claude Van Damme film The Quest, available everywhere in theaters April 26th... Kitao's opponent for tonight's main event Sumo battle is no stranger to the sport and has a controversial history with Koji, none other than 6'7", 480 pound Canadian John Tenta, formerly known as Earthquake(or Shark in WCW last year). Tenta dominated Japanese Sumo by going 24-0 before returning to the West to become a pro wrestler. Tenta put his Sumo skills on display on WWF Raw two years ago when he defeated Yokozuna in a Sumo rules bout similar to what we will see later tonight in the main event. Tenta and Kitao had an infamous run in in a pro wrestling match in Japan 5 years ago that ended in controversy. Now the two monsters will battle it out under Sumo rules later tonight in our main event, the ropes will be removed, in the end there can be only 1.... Update W/Don "The Dragon" WilsonBret Hart's Championship Belt, Severn/Shamrock
The BOTB Bushido correspondent Don Wilson(retired kickboxing legend turned actor/broadcast journalist) is at the commentary booth with Tenay and Rhee to break the latest news on the eve of Best Of The Best IV: Chi-Town Wrestlewar '96 set for pay per view LIVE this Sunday night from Chicago. Wilson leads off with the breaking news that the Championship Council has refused to recognize Bret "The Hitman" Hart's new Championship belt as an officially sanctioned title. Bret debuted a new WWF style Championship belt to replace the one that Brian Pillman destroyed back in January, revealing that he put all of his family's land in Calgary and $1,000,000 of his own personal money up for a bond for the title. Bret still refuses to accept defeat in the Iron Man Match back in Tokyo at BOTB III vs Shawn Michaels, citing that he won the first fall of the match clean, while Michaels fall that tied it 1-1 came as the result of interference from the Dangerous Alliance(who tried to take out both of them). Bret also cites the fact that there was never an agreement in the contract for any "Sudden Death Overtime", the extra period where Shawn was finally able to catch him with the Sweet Chin Music for the winning fall. Bret debuting his new title still claims to be the one true Undisputed World Champion since he never technically lost the belt and the controversy surrounding the Iron Man Match.... The biggest news coming out of this past Monday night was the signing of the tag team co-main event for the pay per view, pitting The Dangerous Alliance team of Ken Shamrock & "Stone Cold" Steve Austin against the Four Horsemen team of "The Nature Boy" Ric Flair & Dan "The Beast" Severn.... This is a highly anticipated battle where we will see two rivals collide in Ken Shamrock vs Dan Severn. Both of them have backgrounds in Japanese shoot style pro wrestling with Shamrock coming from the Pro Wrestling Fujiwara Gumi/Pancrase side while Severn was a veteran of the UWFI. They would both go on to dominate the UFC in 1994-95. Shamrock defeated Dan Severn in the UFC with a submission two years ago to capture the UFC Championship title. Severn fought back in the UFC after that loss, he won the 1995 "Ultimate Ultimate" All Stars style tournament last December. The two are on a collision course for a rematch at UFC IX next month but sources have confirmed that the political opposition that has gotten the UFC thrown off of pay per view has made major progress to get the event banned from taking place in the city of Detroit where it's scheduled for May 17th. All eyes will be on Chicago this Sunday night live on pay per view where we will see Severn vs Shamrock 2 when these two lock horns in the squared circle this time! Dan Severn is the reigning NWA World Champion and first appeared in Best Of The Best back in January in the 30 Man Champions Rumble. The Beast later would become the newest member of the Four Horsemen after he was revealed as the fourth man with Flair, Arn Anderson, and Chris Benoit. Ric Flair's arch rival Randy Savage shocked the world weeks ago on Judgement Night in their "Final Battle" match when Macho Man joined the new Dangerous Alliance led by Paul E. Dangerously. As the Dangerous Alliance geared up to face a new Sting's Squadron in War Games action last week, Paul E. revealed his newest member of the Alliance, UFC Champion Ken Shamrock. Shamrock wrecked everyone in the War Games Match in his debut on Shockwave last weekend, forcing Sting to quit(while handcuffed) to save Rey Mysterio from being choked to death in a submission. Ric Flair made his return this past Monday on Judgement Night and made the challenge, "The Nature Boy" and "The Beast" vs Paul E.'s newest client Ken Shamrock and any other member of the DA he wants to put in front of them. Paul E. later accepted the challenge and made it official that "Stone Cold" Steve Austin would partner with Shamrock for the biggest match of Austin's career.... It all happens this Sunday night live on pay per view from the UIC Pavilion in Chicago. Pick up your phone now, call your cable or satellite provider and order NOW!.... AND, don't miss Jean Claude Van Damme in the new hit film The Quest, the ultimate martial arts movie hitting theaters NEXT FRIDAY! Sumo Wrestling Rules Bout
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John TentaAfter more commercials for Jean Claude Van Damme's "The Quest" hitting theaters next Friday we return to the Manhattan Center for Joel Gertner bringing the fans to their feet for tonight's Sumo heavyweight clash! Both Tenta and Kitao are already in the ring wearing the traditional Sumo thongs, both are standing at 6'7", with Tenta having a weight advantage at 468, while Kitao weighed in at roughly 400 even, so nearly 900 pounds combined in the ring! Referee Big John Mccarthy takes the center of the ring and it's ON! The ring ropes are gone, the first man to push his opponent off the ring to the floor wins! Tenta has never been defeated in this style battle while Kitao is a former Japanese Champion. Nobuhiko Takada, Minoru Suzuki, and Akira Maeda(collective leaders of the Kings Of Kings organization) are shown up in the upper deck balcony watching on as the referee gets it going.... It's Godzilla giant monster battle in the center of the ring when both 400 pounders clash in an intense tug of war upon impact! Tenta is able to overpower Kitao back near the edge of the ring but Kitao manages to cut around to bring it back, nearly tipping Tenta over into the canvas with fast speed. Tenta recovers and lands a huge palm thrusts upwards towards Kitao's neck as he drives him back across to the opposite edge! Kitao shifts and parries into a clinch that stalls out the action in a stalemate with both heavyweights gasping for air! The KOK are shown watching on from the upper deck balcony of the Manhattan Center as Koji Kitao goes for a throw, managing to just barely lift Tenta off his feet before failing and dropping him back. Both men stagger and nearly fall over in the clinch before regaining their collective balance in another back and forth tug of war at each other's waist wraps. The two end up spinning away from each other into their stances before re-engaging in a dramatic series of shoulder block style collisions! Tenta batters Kitao backwards only to get hammered backwards with a vicious counter! Koji Kitao batters John Tenta backwards with palm thrusts and a massive drive to send him falling off the ring to end it at 4:27! Koji Kitao wins it! John Tenta is down on the floor hurt! Koji Kitao has his hand raised before bowing to the KOK seated in spotlight up in the upper deck of the Manhattan Center..... On-Location
The Taz Dojo(Brooklyn, NY)This week's Bushido closes with a brief appearance in the darkened closed Taz Dojo in Red Hook Brooklyn, with "The Human Suplex Machine" set to face off against the baddest man in the NFL Greg Lloyd this Sunday night on pay per view LIVE at Best Of The Best IV: Chi-Town Wrestlewar '96! Taz knees before the camera with his face obscured by a shredded black towel as he cuts a promo about fear, fear is the mindkiller, fear is death. Taz reveals that he is on the quest to find the 1 man in this world that can push him to the brink of death, kill me where I stand, to die in honor, bring me the motherfucker that can put me out of my misery. Taz reveals that he hopes and prays every night that maybe Greg Lloyd can be that man on April 21st in Chicago, this Sunday night.... ©1996 Neo Zeed Corp.
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Post by jTjohncenaGOAT on Dec 23, 2023 22:17:20 GMT
Was Dragon’s match supposed to be a three falls match or did I misread that?
Also, I’ll be trying to figure out what the Earthquake controversy was.
I’ll edit more comments as I go. I’m on my phone.
Love the Bret Hart story. That’s great! Reminds me of the Flash movie I just watched. Some events can’t be changed, they’re destined to happen. Like how it’s WMXII but better. Great touch.
It’s not popular on here I know but MMA never interested me. So kudos on you for getting me excited to see KS & DS fight.
Match was superb. I loved Yoko v Quake way back. So I found this super fun!
Ending has me asking a lot of questions. Taz wants to die?
Great show. Can’t wait for the next.
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Post by KITN on Dec 24, 2023 5:33:34 GMT
One fall, but three rounds to achieve that fall like in MMA or british rounds wrestling. Kitao was a bully and a douchebag as both a sumo and a pro wrestler. He was booked to lose to Tenta, who was a more legitimate and respected guy as both a sumo and a pro wrestler, but Kitao didn't think he should have to put Tenta over because he thought he was a better sumo than him. So Kitao just refused to sell, tried to gouge Tenta's eyes out for real, and then shoved the ref to force him to disqualify him. Then Kitao got on the mic and said wrestling was fake and Tenta could never beat him for real.
EDIT: And I do like the character wrinkle for Taz, because I had been starting to feel that just presenting him straightforwardly as ECW Taz wasn't going to work here. Like, I love Taz. We all love Taz. But Peter Senerchia has no legitimate wrestling or judo background. He was good at throwing a suplex and could present himself legitimately for a particular audience that couldn't understand a double wrist lock with diagrams and flash cards. And he beat UFC guys in ECW, but those were very much the tomato can dregs of the sport. Here, trying to present him as the real legitimate shooter-man in a company where you've already incorporated some of the greatest fighters in combat sports of the era was going to run the risk of getting silly. I mean, for god's sake, you had Aleksandr Karelin in this company. Like, when Dan Severn starts suplexing dudes to death, how is Taz not going to look like cosplay? But by making it so that he's not just a miserable bastard, but he is specifically in BoTB to find the fight that will make him feel alive again (and then kill him) I think is really interesting to give the Taz character some meat.
I have also enjoyed seeing the way you write out matches involving wrestlers and other mixed martial artists, particularly cruisers like Dragon and Mysterio. It could be very easy to fall into the trap of treating non-technicians as canon fodder and just winding up with a main event of Bret Hart vs the Super-Racist Royce Gracie but you've shown, to borrow a phrase from Kazushi Sakuraba, "In fact pro wrestling is strong." You've treated it as a martial art with strengths and weaknesses that can beat any other fighting style on any given day, just like any other.
Another thing that helped me appreciate this fic more is, and I promise I don't say it as a dig, I just had to accept that this story does not take place in any version of reality except your version where wrestling is real. Chris Chavis would never betray his heritage or permanently, irreparably bleach his skin for a wrestling angle. But he would here, because wrestling is real. Jim Hellwig would never job to Ahmed Johnson (for several reasons), but he would here, because wrestling is real and there's no jobbing, Ahmed just beats him because he broke his neck with the Pearl River Plunge. Hakushi can beat One Man Gang with lightning magic that will never be seen again and that is an acceptable finish to a match... less because wrestling is real and more because you were probably stoned out of your gourd booking that (she said affectionately). But I digress.
I could also talk about your Bret Hart, but I worry this is going on too long as it is. Just want to let you know that I've been reading and paying attention and I am a fan.
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Post by Neo Zeed on Dec 24, 2023 13:15:52 GMT
Love the feedback, thanks for reading guys. Always free to post whatever here. @kitn you really picked up on a lot of things I been trying to go for. I struggle to bring in UFC guys because Taz is my guy and I feel like it waters his character down to bring them in, but with Bushido being no one way as a way, open mind open mat it was inevitable they were going to start popping up. One thing I did want to go with for him was the david vs goliath element, something that was never really pushed with Taz anywhere I don't think. He was always like an invincible character that couldn't be hurt or be in peril, he would no-sell stuff, etc. Taking him out of the Bingo Hall I want him to be the smaller little short guy that is way overmatched and has that Bret element where he has to always overcome the odds, always in peril because he's 5 foot tall. Also that promo channeling some 300 Spartan warrior mindset.
For a warrior the only honorable death is to die in battle violently, for a Spartan to go their entire lives to never find a man strong enough to kill them on the battlefield, to end up dying slow an old man on a death bed sick was just not what they wanted. Taz to find this man will need to cross paths with somebody a little more homicidal, suicidal, genocidal I believe somewhere down the line in 1996, we will see.
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Post by Neo Zeed on Dec 29, 2023 2:23:58 GMT
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April 20th, 1996 Tonight's episode of Shockwave hits the TBS airwaves at 6:05 pm sharp with wrestlers all out on the entrance stage for a 10 bell salute for Brian Pillman, who was tragically killed in an auto accident on April 16th. Tonight's show was filmed less than 24 hours after Pillman's death and the shock and hurt is strong in the eyes of those on the stage, Dustin Rhodes, Barry Windham, Steve Austin, Jeff Jarrett, Flair, Severn, Arn, Benoit, Malenko, The Pitbulls, Marc Mero, The Steiner Brothers, Jericho, Lance Storm, Bret, Owen, Bulldog, Vader, Jim Cornette, Bagwell, Riggs, Ted Dibiase, Mr. JL, Steve Armstrong, Mike Enos, Raven, Beulah, Stevie Richards, Venom, Doug Furnas, and Phil Lafon.... Tony Shiavonne and Bobby "The Brain" Heenan welcome the television audience from commentary after the 10 bell salute with the disclaimer that this entire promotion, all of us here at Best Of The Best have truly been rocked and shaken this week with the tragic death of Brian Pillman. We are set for perhaps the biggest 3 days starting tonight, going into Chicago tomorrow night for Best Of The Best IV: Chi-Town Wrestlewar '96 live on pay per view, then on Monday night April 22nd we are set for Hulk Hogan vs Ahmed Johnson live on the USA Network from the Hoosier Dome in Indianapolis for Judgement Night! This entire 3 day weekend of shows will all be dedicated to Brian Pillman, a beloved family member, one of the greatest young talents this sport has ever seen, he will be missed.... In Memory Of:
Brian PillmanA Jim Ross narrated music highlight video tells the story of Brian Pillman, from his 30 throat surgeries that he endured as a child to his reputation as an undersized underdog story with the Cincinnati Bengals in the NFL. Pillman became a beloved fan favorite as Flyin Brian in WCW before twisting the lines between fiction and reality as the Loose Cannon in Best Of The Best. Pillman's death earlier this week has broken the heart of the entire Best Of The Best promotion, everyone from all of the athletes in the ring to the production crew behind the scenes, the character he portrayed on screen was in no way reflective of the reality that he was beloved by all, and his smile will live on forever in the hearts and memories of everyone in BOTB.... World Tag League Match:
Chris Benoit & Dean Malenko(W/Arn Anderson)(4-4)
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Shiavonne and Heenan are still emotional as they get the action going for tonight's opening World Tag League bout, with both of them in agreement that this may be their hardest program they've ever had to make it through after losing Brian Pillman less than 24 hours ago at the age of just 33 years old in a tragic auto accident in Minneapolis. The team of Chris Benoit and Dean Malenko won their first match in the league together last week in a stunning critically acclaimed win over The Thrillseekers. Dean Malenko accepted the Horsemen's offer to take Arn Anderson's spot in the league after an attack at the hands of Randy Savage & The Dangerous Alliance put him out for 6-8 weeks with a collar bone injury. The Pitbulls were recently abandoned by their valet Kimona after they failed to stop Public Enemy from putting her through a table recently on Worldwide... Malenko and Benoit are revealed by the commentators to have dedicated tonight's match to Brian Pillman and it shows with a total domination of Pitbulls 1 & 2. Arn Anderson watches on from the floor with his arm still in a sling as Benoit and Malenko work together with technical precision, pinpoint targeting Pitbull 1's left leg to set up the submission win at 5:13 where Malenko forced him to tap to the Texas Cloverleaf! Benoit and Malenko celebrate the win with Arn with emotion after having their arms raised, moving their record to 5-4.... Breaking News:
Hulk vs Ahmed(Contract Signing)
After the match we cut away to Mike Tenay with footage from Indianapolis Indiana earlier this week where The Immortal Hulk Hogan met with Ahmed Johnson in downtown Indianapolis for the huge public contract signing for their head to head showdown set for THIS MONDAY NIGHT, LIVE on USA Network on JUDGEMENT NIGHT at 8pm! HULK HOGAN VS AHMED JOHNSON! Hulk Hogan returns for the first time since his controversial WCW World Title loss at Halloween Havoc last year, while Ahmed Johnson is undefeated 7-0 in Best Of The Best and coming off of a huge iconic victory over The Ultimate Warrior last month in Japan at the Tokyo Dome at BOTB III on pay per view. The video footage of the contract signing shows a huge crowd on hand in Indy to witness the two heavyweights put their names to the paper before an INTENSE face to face staredown! Camera bulbs flash and the fans are HYPED cheering both of them on! Also just signed for the Hoosier Dome; Jeff Jarrett will take on the returning Dustin Rhodes one on one plus 2 major World Tag League bouts; The Pitbulls vs Owen/Bulldog, and The Eliminators vs The Thrillseekers! Tickets for the Hoosier Dome are going fast but are still available for April 22nd, this Monday night the night after BOTB IV LIVE on the USA Network at 8pm on JUDGEMENT NIGHT Triangle Match:
Mike Enos vs Mr. JL vs Steve Armstrong
The three way match with Enos vs JL vs Steve Armstrong finds all 3 men fighting desperately for their first wins in BOTB, with Enos coming in at 0-2, Armstrong at 0-2, and Mr. JL at 0-4. Enos takes the early advantage dominating both JL and Armstrong with a strength advantage before being outwitted by Armstrong in a drop toe hold counter. Armstrong gets cut off later on once JL gets tagged in. The crowd comes alive for Mr. JL as he takes out both opponents with fast arm drags and drop kicks prior to hitting both of them with a plancha through the rope to the floor! All 3 men fight their way back into the ring when all of a sudden out runs a vicious 6' 6" 300 pound monster hits the ring with a fury..... [ Thats.... thats VENOM! Stevie Richards and Raven come walking out slowly to the middle of the entrance ramp to watch as Venom decapitates Mr. JL with a running big boot to the face before dropping Enos/Armstrong with a double chokesam! The referee scrambles out of the ring calling the match off with the bell ringing over and over again! JL gets sent flying over the top rope to the floor while Venom rips Steve Armstrong up into his pumphandle slam! Shiavonne informs Brain that he was told by Stevie Richards earlier today that he's named this move The MELTDOWN! Mike Enos gets pulled up by Venom next and decimated with the maneuver! Raven, Beulah, and Stevie Richards join Venom in the ring as the huge beast breathes heavy, fuming with intensity! Raven sulks into the corner seated with Beulah clinging to his lap as Stevie Richards prances around Venom cutting a promo about how their fortunes have changed. Stevie claims that there is nobody smart enough to match wits with his man Raven, there's nobody strong enough to outmuscle Venom, there's nobody skilled enough on the dance floor to challenge his kingdom of swingdom, therefore henceforth he shall be known not only as Dancin' Stevie Richards but now Dancin Stevie Richards "The King Of Swing" Esquire. All of a sudden Richards' goofball antics are suddenly interrupted when Kevin Sullivan appears in the crowd with a microphone cutting him off! Sullivan cuts a completely oddball rambling promo that borderlines on incoherence, going on about the death of the Dungeon and the rebirth of the darkest mind this sport has ever seen. Sullivan claims that he can peer into Raven's soul, he sees a darkness that he knows he can harness to conquer the light, he can be a father to him like the one he never had. Raven rises and cuts Sullivan off telling him that he's not made to play the part of the son, that Sullivan is a lunatic when all of a sudden Raven, Stevie, and Venom are jumped from behind.... It's MENG AND HUGH MORRIS! Beulah scrambles out of the ring as Raven and Stevie are knocked to the canvas! Meng tackles Venom over the top rope to the floor in a violent brawl! Hugh Morris puts the boots to Raven and Stevie as Kevin Sullivan watches on still from the crowd, it's been a set up! Another huge freak comes lumbering out to help Hugh Morris in the ring and it's..... ABDULLAH THE BUTCHER!..... Abdullah helps Hugh Morris beat up Raven and Stevie in the ring as Meng and Venom brawl over the railing into the crowd! Kevin Sullivan makes his way down and comes over the railing to the ringside area as Raven fights back in the ring, dropping both Hugh Morris and Abdullah with DDT's! Kevin Sullivan rolls into the ring and kicks Raven to the face to knock him down! Sullivan goes after Stevie Richards until Beulah rolls into the ring and drops him with a low blow! Raven recovers and drops Kevin Sullivan with a DDT! Sullivan rolls out to the floor knocked out! Abdullah recovers and goes after Raven only to get drilled in the back of the head with the Sweet Chin Music from Stevie Richards! Raven pulls Abdullah into another DDT and makes the cover for the pin.... 1, 2, 3! Raven and Stevie retreat out of the ring with Beulah all a beaten mess as Venom and Meng continue slugging it out on the entrance stage while security tries to break them apart right as we cut out to commercials!.... On Location:
The Control Center W/Mike TenayMike Tenay welcomes the TV audience back from commercial break with an extended Control Center update of what is set to be the biggest weekend in Best Of The Best, we are now just 24 hours away from Best Of The Best IV: Chi-Town Wrestlewar '96 live on pay per view tomorrow night from the UIC Pavilion in Chicago! We will see "The Heartbreak Kid" Shawn Michaels take on "The Macho Man" Randy Savage with the Undisputed World Championship title on the line! Also "The Human Suplex Machine" Taz vs "The Baddest Man In The NFL" Greg Lloyd in Hybrid Rules action! Tenay shows the replay of the press conference in Chicago earlier this week with the face off of Shawn Michaels and Randy Savage at the podium to flash bulbs going off. Savage had Paul E. Dangerously by his side for the press conference while Michaels had the returning Jose Lothario, the man that many credit for HBK's success in Best Of The Best in 1996. Lothario suffered a devastating concussion at the hands of Paul E. Dangerously weeks ago on Judgement Night when the Dangerous Alliance went after HBK. Lothario is back and will be in HBK's corner for this title defense in Chicago, and he's made it clear that he's ready to punch Paul E.'s lights out if he even thinks about sticking his nose in this match! The Macho Man at the press conference dug his finger into HBK's chest during their face off until Michaels slapped his sunglasses off his face, starting a HUGE melee! Savage is shown trashing the podium going completely NUTS! Michaels is held back by security!
Tenay shifts over to the replay of the public weigh ins at the Sears tower with Taz vs Greg Lloyd stepping onto the scales. Both men stepping onto the scales and flexing for the flash bulbs is replayed prior to their final face to face showdown before their Hybrid Rules bout at the pay per view in the UIC Pavilion tomorrow night! This match will be 3 rounds, the first round will be 10 minutes, rounds 2 and 3 will be 5 minutes each(with a 1 minute rest in between rounds). The match can be won by knockout or submission only unless a doctor stops the bout. If there is no finish after 3 rounds we will get a judges decision. Greg Lloyd's crossover from the NFL into Best Of The Best has garnered mainstream media attention ever since he broke the news back in media week of Super Bowl XXX in Arizona this past January. This match has garnered attention from USA Today, ESPN, as well as several Pittsburgh newspapers, TV, and radio stations on hand at the weigh ins to cover the event. All bets are off when these two hybrid warriors clash in Chicago tomorrow night, two men will enter the ring and only 1 will be left standing in the end.
Another huge match that we saw come together this past Monday night on Judgement Night, the UFC Champion Ken Shamrock and the NWA Champion Dan "The Beast" Severn will NOT wait until UFC IX on May 17th to get it on, they WILL square off in tag team action THIS SUNDAY NIGHT at BOTB IV in Chicago. Ken Shamrock shocked everyone when he revealed that he has signed Paul E. Dangerously as his new manager by joining the Dangerous Alliance as the 5th man in the War Games match here on Shockwave last week. Dan Severn has brought not just the NWA World Championship belt but also pride and prestige back to the Four Horsemen here in Best Of The Best. Now, Severn will partner with "The Nature Boy" Ric Flair in a quest for personal revenge against the Dangerous Alliance, to defend the honor of the Four Horsemen against Paul E.'s duo of Ken Shamrock & "Stone Cold" Steve Austin, perhaps the 2 legitimately most dangerous human beings walking the planet Earth. Steve Austin's transformation from Superstar to Stone Cold has been frightening, his promos got more and more unhinged leading up to the vicious assault on Mikey Whipwreck left the young wrestler paralyzed from the neck down in a wheel chair for the rest of his life. Austin upon signing with Paul E. earlier this year revealed that he has refused any preliminary bouts against lesser known opponents in Best Of The Best, he's refused to wrestle on Worldwide or Bushido(which he has called Eric Bischoff karate kid bullsh*# on multiple occasions), he's refused to get in the ring with the likes of Savio Vega or Alex Wright. Now Paul E. Dangerously has delivered by setting Austin up in the biggest profile match of his career, Flair & Severn vs Austin & Shamrock TOMORROW NIGHT ON PAY PER VIEW!....
Best Of The Best IV: Chi-Town Wrestlewar '96 will be live only on pay per view tomorrow night. If you haven't called your cable or satelite provider to order this pay per view you may want to pick up the phone right now to get that done. We will also see the Leather Strap Match between Marc Mero vs Shane Douglas(With Sable) in a match where if Marc Mero wins, he's promised to use the leather strap on Sable for payback for double crossing him to join the DA. Another blockbuster matchup will be in the under-200 lbs division when NJPW's best Junior Heavyweight set to take on US Olympic gold medalist in Freestyle wrestling, one of BOTB's strongest rookies of 1996; Kevin Jackson. This big international matchup will be the toughest test of Jackson's pro career so far, while a win here for Kanemoto would go a long way to restore the honor of the NJPW after they have been embarrassed by the UWFI/KOK over the past year....  It all goes down TOMORROW NIGHT live on pay per view, pick up the phone and dial now, call your cable company or your satellite provider immediately and get this event ordered! World Tag League Match:
The Thrillseekers(4-4)
vs
The American Power Team(W/Ted Dibiase)(5-2-1)After the break we return to the Wisconsin Center Arena for the intros for our next bout, a do or die battle in the WTL with 2 very promising young teams fighting to stay alive in the Dragon Division(currently being led by the 7-1 Steiner Brothers and 7-1-1 Eliminators). Only the top 2 teams from the Tiger and Dragon divisions will square off in the final four at Best Of The Best V: A Matter Of Respect '96 next month to crown the very first Undisputed World Tag Champions. The Thrillseekers are coming off of a critically acclaimed battle against Benoit/Malenko last week on Shockwave in what has to be one of the best matches we've seen in BOTB this year period. As great of a match as it was the Thrillseekers found themselves on the losing end, dropping them to 4-4 and putting their playoff hopes on life support. Storm and Jericho keep their distance and stay focused during Bagwell and Riggs pre-match prayer with Ted Dibiase, the spiritual ambassador for the Benny Hinn Ministries. The APT pick up right where they left off back when these two teams met in week 2 of the 1996 WTL season when they scored what had to have been considered a major upset on Worldwide with a rollup pinfall victory. That victory was what really established Riggs and Bagwell as a threat in the Dragon Division after they had struggled in BOTB leading up to the start of the WTL. Riggs and Bagwell dominate the first few minutes with several nearfall rollups, only for Jericho to make the hot tag to turn the momentum. The Thrillseekers work together seamlessly with quick tagging and advanced double team moves, the double leapfrog stereo superkicks, then their top rope reverse slam/assisted moonsault that they debuted last week, all only to get razor close 2 counts! Bagwell and Riggs save each other from being pinned until Jericho is able to take Riggs over the top rope to the floor with a clothesline that sends both men tumbling off the apron! Storm catches Bagwell rushing into him and counters him with a devastating knee to the midsection, transitioned immediately into a spinning rollup pinfall for a 3 count! The Thrillseekers WIN via pinfall at 9:11! The Thrillseekers are STOKED in celebration after having their arms raised in victory, they've saved their WTL season moving their record to 5-4. Jericho and Storm need a lot of things to happen but there's still a chance. The APT regain their composure after the loss and shake hands out of respect before bowing out, this is a hugely devastating loss here dropping them to 5-3-1 they were gaining on The Steiners and Eliminators in the race for the final four until this loss.... Full Fight Replay(Courtesy SEG Sports):
Ken Shamrock vs Dan Severn @ufc VI(July 1995)Mike Tenay joins Shiavonne and Heenan to do commentary over a replay of the UFC fight between Ken Shamrock vs Dan Severn just 9 months ago at UFC VI. The two are set to face off in a rematch at UFC IX in Detroit next month, but they will hook it up in tag team action here in Best Of The Best tomorrow night in tag team action. Dan Severn will team with fellow Horsemen Ric Flair while Shamrock will be teamed up with "Stone Cold" Steve Austin to form the most lethal dangerous pairing imaginable. Mike Tenay takes the lead on commentary to talk about how this showdown last July was truly a throwback to old school pro wrestling. Ken Shamrock is the current UFC Champion and a product of training with legendary Karl Gotch in the UWF dojos in the late 80's. Shamrock evolved his style of wrestling in Pro Wrestling Fujiwara Gumi in the early 90's before making the move to Pancrase in 1993. At the same time that Shamrock was a top gaijin in Pancrase, so was accomplished American wrestler Dan Severn in the UWFI federation. So when these two went after each other at UFC VI last July it was a UWFI vs Pancrase showdown between hybrid style pro wrestlers. Shamrock would take Severn out with a vicious guillotine choke to win the fight and the UFC title. The rematch set for May 17th in Detroit at UFC IX next month has the entire pro wrestling and martial arts community abuzz, but fans will not have to wait! Tomorrow night Shamrock and Severn will step inside the squared circle at Best Of The Best IV: Chi-Town Wrestlewar '96! It will be The Four Horsemen vs The Dangerous Alliance, Severn & Flair vs Shamrock & Austin! TOMORROW NIGHT! World Tag League Match:
The Steiner Brothers(7-1)
vs
The Can-Am Express(2-6)
The crowd comes alive for the Steiner Brothers introductions as they stand across the ring from Doug Furnas & Phil Lafon of the Can-Am Express. The Steiners have run away with first place after ending The Eliminators undefeated run in BOTB but they would turn around the next week and get upset by The Thrillseekers in Japan at BOTB III on PPV(many believe the injuries they sustained vs The Eliminators cost them the match vs The Thrillseekers the following week). The Can Am's came into the 96 WTL with a ton of hype as one of the favorites in the Dragon Division, however their disappointing 2-6 record just doesn't tell the story of the all out battles they've fought week in and week out in this tough division. Furnas & Lafon took the Steiner Brothers into overtime back in week 2 of the WTL in a losing effort, it was at the time the first overtime match of the season.... Furnas & Lafon give it everything they have in a flurried attack in the first 5 minutes of fast paced action. It's a submission game on Rick Steiner as the Can Am's tag in and out working his left shoulder in fujiwara armbars and double wristlock holds that force rope breaks. Finally Rick works with the momentum of the crowd to muscle up and counter a hold into a backdrop on Doug Furnas! Scotty Steiner makes the hot tag and it's a barrage of brutally stiff suplexes dumping both Furnas and Lafon on their heads! We get Scotty raising Furnas up with a huge gorilla press slam onto Lafon before the Steiners regroup together with the crowd going nuts! After the first commercial break we return with Scotty Steiner working over Phil Lafon into the camel clutch! Furnas flies into the ring to break up the hold, bringing in Rick Steiner to kickstart a 4 man brawl for all in and around the ring! Furnas and Lafon take the best the Steiners have to offer and push them to their limits into the 15 minute regulation time limit! Once again, just like their first battle in week 2, this match is going to OVERTIME! The five minute overtime kicks off with The Steiners cranking up the intensity in a fight to put away a tough and stubborn opponent in the Can Am Express, a team that has essentially been eliminated from qualifying for the Final Four tournament for the titles next month, but still fighting for their pride, their honor. The Steiners put Doug Furnas away with their Steinerizer only for Phil Lafon to break up the pin at 2.99999! Lafon makes a hot tag in later but gets put away with a huge counter into a Frankensteiner by Scotty off the turnbuckles! Scotty makes the cover for the pin only for Furnas to break up the fall at 2.999999! Furnas and Lafon will not DIE! All four men are COMPLETELY EXHUASTED as the match gets close to the 20 minute mark! The overtime period winds down to the final minute as Rick and Scott try desperately to put it away with their Steiner DDT! All four men are down and out as Scotty struggles to make the pin attempt just as the bell goes off! The Steiners and Can Am's are totally exhausted as they look around wondering what just happened, this match HAS GONE THE FULL TIME LIMIT and is.... A TIME LIMIT DRAW! UNBELIEVABLE! This has to be considered a major shocker here as the 2-6 Can Am Express has pushed the Steiner Brothers through 15 minutes of regulation and 5 minutes of overtime for a time limit draw! WHAT A MATCH! All four men are unhappy about the decision and their is a spattering of "5 More Minutes" chants but it's not happening, this one is over! The Steiners suffer a shocker here dropping their record to 7-1-1(tying them with the 7-1-1 Eliminators) while Furnas & Lafon have really made a statement here even though they are out of contention at 2-6-1... In The Ring:
Bret "The Hitman" HartAfter another round of commercials we return with the crowd in the Wisconsin Center Arena going nuts for Bret "The Hitman" Hart's music hitting the PA system to bring him out, with his new WWF style Championship belt draped over his shoulder. It was revealed on Bushido on Thursday on TBS that the Championship Council of BOTB does NOT recognize his title belt as an official title, despite it containing the molten gold from his destroyed belt recast into the new one, despite Bret putting up all of his family property in Calgary along with $1,000,000 of his own personal money to bond the title. The Hitman cuts a promo devoted entirely to Brian Pillman, revealing that he always will consider him a part of the Hart Foundation, bringing up his long history in his father Stu's Canadian Stampede promotion in Calgary, telling stories about how tough he was, about what it was like to be around him backstage here in BOTB this year. The Hitman talks about how Pillman blurred the lines of fiction in reality like no other, but yet the reality of it is that there are some things more important than wrestling, things like family, we lost a member of the family when Brian Pillman was lost this week. The Hitman says that on behalf of the entire BOTB locker room, he thinks it's only fitting to dedicate this new Championship title belt to the man that destroyed the original, this one is for Brian Pillman.....
Singles Match:
Vader(W/Jim Cornette)
vs
One Man Gang
Tonight's main event is no contest as Jim Cornette's return of Vader results in a total destruction of the former UWF Mid-South Champion One Man Gang in a lopsided affair. We haven't seen Vader since the no-contest he went to vs Sabu in Japan at BOTB III last month in the Tokyo Dome in Japan. Many rumors circulated that Vader was injured by Sabu in the confrontation in Japan but Jim Cornette denied these reports. We have not seen or heard from Sabu since Japan last month, when he refused medical treatment and walked out of the ring barely able to stand... Vader annihilates One Man Gang with Jim Cornette watching on from ringside exuberantly. The Vader Bomb puts OMG away for the pinfall at 4:07, then Vader adds a special touch with a brutal Vadersault after the match! The Mastadon flexes and celebrates with the V hand gestures with Jim Cornette as Tony Shiavonne exclaims that WE ARE OUT OF TIIIII....... ©1996 Neo Zeed Corp.
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Universal Studios Florida(Orlando, FL)April 20th, 1996 Tonight's program opens with a silent tribute to Brian Pillman, lost earlier this week in a tragic auto accident at just 33 years old. The tribute is followed briefly by a text disclaimed that tonight's program was filmed prior to his passing....
Worldwide kicks off tonight with a hard opening of 2 Cold Scorpio making his entrance into the smaller, more intimate BOTB arena here within Universal Studios Florida to brand new music Return Of The Mack by Mark Morrison(available everywhere in stores next week) getting the sold out crowd of roughly 800 Florida tourists moving! Scorpio has transformed Worldwide into a house party or an episode of Soul Train as he dances and grooves his way out while his opponent Jake Steele is shown already in the ring getting ready. Scorpio high fives and dances around with the ringside fans! Joey Styles welcomes the nationally syndicated TV audience from commentary hyping up Best Of The Best IV: Chi-Town Wrestlewar '96 set LIVE for pay per view tomorrow night, in less than 24 hours! For the next hour we will bring you all of the news and updates for the pay per view as well as hype for this Monday night's historic episode of Judgement Night LIVE from the Hoosier Dome in Indianapolis!... Singles Match:
2 Cold Scorpio vs Jake Steele
It's all Scorpio in a showcase of incredible athleticism, finishing Steele off with his "Tumbleweek" Corkscrew Moonsault Legdrop for the pin at 2:13! What an impressive performance by 2 Cold here evening up his BOTB record at 2-2-1, Return Of The Mack hits after the victory and we spend more time partying and dancing than wrestling as the extended celebration is on! 2 Cold Scorpio is most definitely in the house! Control Center Update W/Joey Styles:
Hulk Hogan vs Ahmed JohnsonAfter the match we finally join Joey Styles in the Control Center within Universal Studios Florida for an update on the biggest heavyweight showdown of 1996 set for THIS MONDAY NIGHT LIVE ON JUDGEMENT NIGHT!..... Hulk Hogan is back! The Hulkster's return live on Judgement Night was the most watched, highest rated event Best Of The Best has seen yet since the federation launched in 1996. Ahmed Johnson took down The Ultimate Warrior in Japan at BOTB III last month in the Tokyo Dome, then called out his all time hero, the man he looked up to and idolized the most coming up in the mean streets of Pearl River Mississippi, The Hulkster! Best Of The Best CEO Eric Bischoff reached out and opened negotiations to bring Hogan to Best Of The Best last week on Judgement Night in Minneapolis. Hogan made his first televised appearance since his controversial title loss in WCW last year and accepted Ahmed's challenge for a one on one showdown in the Hoosier Dome in Indianapolis THIS MONDAY NIGHT! It will be LIVE and free on the USA Network on Judgement Night at 8pm, Hulk vs Ahmed! Does still have what it takes to make 1 last run at the Undisputed World Title? Will Ahmed Johnson's unstoppable 7-0 undefeated streak continue!? These two men will enter the ring this Monday night in front of 65,000 fans in the Hoosier Dome to do battle, in the end.... there can be only 1..... Joey Styles continues to plug Judgement Night this Monday night live on the USA Network with the news broke earlier tonight on Shockwave that Jeff Jarrett has signed to take on the returning Dustin Rhodes to settle the score of their confrontation last week. We will also see 2 major World Tag League bouts as the 7-1-1 Eliminators take on the 5-4 Thrillseekers, then the 1st place team of Owen & Bulldog at 6-2-1 take on The Pitbulls! It all goes down this Monday night live from the Hoosier Dome in Indianapolis at 8pm on the USA Network it will be JUDGEMENT NIGHT!.... Music Video:
Bulls On Parade by Rage Against The Machine(Greg Lloyd vs Taz)
After the initial commercial break we return with a full music video for brand new music that dropped this week from Rage Against The Machine, with cut-in highlights of the ongoing build up for the Hybrid Rules showdown set for Best Of The Best IV LIVE on pay per view tomorrow night, "The Baddest Man In The NFL" Greg Lloyd vs "The Human Suplex Machine" Taz. Clips of Greg Lloyd violent and explosive NFL highlights playing for the Pittsburgh Steelers cut in and out with shots of his Tae Kwon Do exhibition that took place on Bushido last week. Taz's victories over "The Supreme Fighting Machine" Kama and "The Suplex Heard Round The World" on Yokozuna at the Budokan Arena last month are shown, as well as the furious pull apart brawl these two had on Bushido weeks ago. The footage of the weigh ins and the final face off round out the music video. It will be Greg Lloyd stepping into the Best Of The Best ring tomorrow night LIVE on pay per view against Taz one on one in Hybrid Rules competition Best Of The Best IV: Chi-Town Wrestlewar '96!.... Control Center Update W/Joey Styles:
World Tag League Standings/Douglas vs Mero Strap Match
We return to the Control Center studio room with Joey Styles where he continues to sell tomorrow night's live pay per view Best Of The Best IV: Chi-Town Wrestlewar '96 from Chicago's UIC Pavilion! We will see one of the most heated and personal rivalries that has developed here recently boil over in the signed Leather Strap Match between Marc Mero vs Shane Douglas(with Sable). This match will be a violent emotional battle since Marc Mero has really been driven to the edge of sanity after his wife Sable double crossed him at BOTB III at the Tokyo Dome last month to join Shane Douglas' side in Paul E. Dangerously's Dangerous Alliance!... Shane Douglas ever since popping up here in Best Of The Best in 1996 has truly become one of the most hated men in the sport. Joey speculates what Sable could possibly see in the guy, why she would leave her own husband Marc Mero the way she did. Marc Mero was attacked in the parking lot by Douglas last week on Shockwave and knocked out of his spot on Sting's Squadron in the War Games match against the Dangerous Alliance(the returning Cactus Jack took his place). In the attack Douglas humiliated Mero by lashing him with his belt in front of Sable(who had kicked Mero while he was down). Mero in an interview this week promised that he would use the leather strap on Sable if she gets involved in this match! Marc Mero vs Shane Douglas in a Leather Strap Match, the first man to touch all four corners wins the bout. This will be a huge bout since both of these men are ranked in the Top 10 Rankings...
With both of these men being ranked top 10 contenders it only raises the stakes of this Leather Strap Match between Shane Douglas vs Marc Mero. Douglas will have Sable in his corner as well as Paul E. Dangerously, for Marc Mero the odds are stacked against him and it just doesn't get any more personal than this, this will be a heated and violent match between these two. Joey segues into recapping this week's World Tag League action as the league wrapped up week 9 earlier tonight on Shockwave with the stunning conclusion of the Can-Am Express team of Doug Furnas & Phil Lafon pushing the top ranked Steiner Brothers to a time limit draw! Even though the Steiner Brothers defeated Furnas & Lafon in their first match in week 2 that match also went to Sudden Death overtime(WTL matches have 15 minute regulation time limits with 5 minute overtime). No other team really has challenged The Steiners in this season like Furnas & Lafon did in both matches, we could see these two teams looking to settle this score after the end of the 96 WTL season going into this Summer. Joey recaps the current standings going into week 10 next week: We are set for the final 3 weeks of the World Tag League season next week. The biggest news coming out of Shockwave earlier tonight is that with the Steiners going to a time limit draw with the Can Am Express, this has eliminated The Thrillseekers from contention for the Final Four tournament set for Best Of The Best V: A Matter Of Respect '96 to crown the first Undisputed Champs next month. After an 0-3 start to the season the Thrillseekers went on a win streak and looked like one of the hottest teams but now they join The Can-Ams, Hardcore Guns, Pit Bulls, and PE among the teams that are officially eliminated from the Final Four next month. In the Tiger Division the team of Owen & Bulldog are looking better than ever and are beginning to run away with 1st place. Since Malenko took the place of the injured Arn Anderson alongside Chris Benoit the duo have won back to back matches to salvage their season in a tie for 2nd place with Harlem Heat(the two teams are set to face off on Shockwave next week in Detroit). Meanwhile the LOD while not technically eliminated their season hopes are on life support, they would need a miracle to qualify for the Final Four. Over in the Dragon Division it's all about the Steiners vs Eliminators, who appear to be on a collision course for the Dragon Division Championship Match at BOTB V. It was The Steiners that ended The Eliminators undefeated run in BOTB last month giving them their lone loss. The battle took it's toll on Rick and Scott and the injuries sustained led to their shocking upset loss to the Thrillseekers the following week in Japan at BOTB III. The WTL match that has everyone talking will go down on April 29th on Judgement Night from Cleveland as The Steiners and Eliminators are set to face off in the rematch with 1st place in the Dragon Division on the line! Promo/Video Package:
"The Macho Man" Randy Savage(W/Paul E. Dangerously)Worldwide comes to a close with a final promo with "The Macho Man" Randy Savage alongside Paul E. Dangerously in a green screen setting with a plain background, the final promo before Savage's quest to take down "The Heartbreak Kid" Shawn Michaels to regain the big gold title belt that he was screwed out of back at the final WCW show ever Starrcade 95 just 4 months ago.... The Macho Man starts off his promo calm and subdued, as he walks down the memory lane of his glory days, Wrestlemania IV, Trump Plaza, the tournament to crown the WWF World Champion that he stood tall at the end, it was his night. Savage holds up four fingers of Wrestlemania IV, 1988, as his promo drifts off to December 29th 1995, the Four Horsemen screwed him out of his WCW World Championship belt, the same belt that found it's way here to Best Of The Best around Ric Flair's dirty filthy stinking rotten waist! Savage followed Ric Flair here to Best Of The Best this past January to try to get his belt back. Video footage of the 30 Man Champions Rumble from Best Of The Best I: A New Beginning in January at the Houston Astrodome...Savage in his promo notes that Shawn Michaels never would have won that match if not for him saving his ass, when he thought Sting was his friend he stabbed him in the back when he dumped him over the top rope when he should have been helping him get his title back, THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN THE RIGHT THING TO DO! Savage's face turns red, his veins bulge as he begins to go back and forth between a shout and whisper all while Paul E. smugly looks on over his shoulder. Macho says that there was a time when he thought that good and evil existed as two separate sides, the good guys took out the bad guys, but when Sting dumped him over the top in the 30 Mans Rumble he learned that nice guys finish last, when Sting forced Savage to submit in the 4 Corners #1 Contenders Match at Best Of The Best II: Revenge Of The Warriors at Caesars Palace in Vegas in February he SNAPPED! The Macho Man continues on in his promo about his time away following his loss in Caesars Palace, he did some deep soul searching and while he was gone suddenly things changed around here, suddenly everybody started cheering for the Four Horsemen and Ric Flair yeah, dig it, that's not cool brother. Macho Man fought for these fans and spilled his guts only for everybody to change their hearts and fall in love with The Nature Boy the man that screwed him out of his Championship.... Clips from March 2nd episode of Shockwave courtesy of TBS....
Clips of Randy Savage's return in March show him defeating 2 Cold Scorpio and Jeff Jarrett in big wins in the ring, but his persona started to take a downward spiral. Savage ditched the cowboy hat and the colorful outfits, he no longer pandered to the fans for cheers, he grew out a beard and started dressing in all black, and he wrestled with a meaner edge than we have seen since his days as The Macho King back in the WWF, ruthless and nasty. It all culminated in the one big match Savage wanted, the revenge match, the final battle with Ric Flair, with special guest referee Ricky "The Dragon" Steamboat... Clips from April 3rd episode of Judgement Night courtesy of USA Network.... Flair and Steamboat got the payback that was coming to them for a long time. While Sting would get his payback in the War Games Match on Shockwave last week, in a rematch of the 1992 Sting's Squadron vs Dangerous Alliance match in WCW four years in the making, it was Savage that made the difference for this new incarnation of the DA. Savage in his promo calls the DA victory over Sting in War Games poetic justice for him stabbing him in the back. Sting would end up handcuffed to the fence and was forced to quit to save Rey Mysterio's life(he was being choked unconscious by UFC Champion Ken Shamrock, who had joined the DA as the 5th man for War Games). The Dangerous Alliance with the win over Sting's Squadron in War Games II secured team captain Randy Savage the title shot against "The Heartbreak Kid" Shawn Michaels live on pay per view tomorrow night, Best Of The Best IV: Chi-Town Wrestlewar '96! Savage ends tonight's Worldwide screaming and going crazy in his promo, Shawn Michaels time as the World Champion ends tomorrow night and that Championship belt is coming back around the waist of it's rightful owner.... ©1996 Neo Zeed Corp.
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Best Of The Best IV hits the air with a silent tribute screen photo. Brian Pillman, dead at 33 years old after a tragic auto accident this past Monday night in Minneapolis....
Tonight's event is dedicated to the memory of Brian Pillman.  The UIC Pavilion in Chicago is SOLD OUT packed and going coo-coo for Sunny as she stands in the middle of the ring in Doc Martins and 1996 flannel, glistening in the LIVE pay per view lights!.... This crowd is ELECTRIC! The UIC Pavilion is lit up with a dark red and black color theme in the ring, with the black canvas/apron/turnbuckles, dark red ring ropes(actual ropes like WWF style not the WCW style cables), with the Chi-Town Wrestlewar '96 logo in the middle of the ring, hanging on banners around the Pavilion and adorned upon a huge banner that hangs over the entrance stage(that connects to the ring via a long elevated catwalk style entrance ramp)... Sunny revs the crowd up with her introductory monologue THIS is the toughest city in America and TONIGHT will be the toughest night, CHI-TOWN WRESTLEWAR 1996!... The opening music video montage fades in with extreme BOTB highlights set to brand new music Bulls On Parade by Rage Against The Machine! The highlights feature clips of Macho Man Randy Savage absolutely destroying Ric Flair and special guest referee Ricky Steamboat with flying elbow drops to the throat in their Final Battle, Shawn Michaels Sweet Chin Music on Sting(in the Champions Rumble in The Astrodome), Ric Flair(Astrodome), Bret Hart(Tokyo Dome), Konnan(Estadio Azteca), Sting again(Caesars Palace), clips of Kevin Jackson winning gold medal in Barcelona 1992 Summer Games, Koji Kanemoto's victory over Konnan, clips of the Savage vs HBK press conference melee, the Dangerous Alliance dominant violence in the War Games match on Shockwave last week, then finally clips of Greg Lloyd footage from his NFL hits playing for the Pittsburgh Steelers, his Tae Kwon Do exhibition demonstration on Bushido, the face off with Taz, tonight..... we go to WAR..... WRESTLEWAR! The opening highlight music video fades into the LIVE shot in the UIC Pavilion with pyro exploding over the ring, flames shooting up out of the entrance stage in four towering infernos! Jim Ross shouts over the crowd welcoming the pay per view audience we are LIVE ladies and gentleman with JR and Joey Styles welcome to Chicago, welcome to the SOLD OUT UIC Pavilion, we are set for one massive event here tonight with Best Of The Best IV: Chi-Town Wrestlewar '96! JR and Joey are shown at their commentary booth ringside with JR immediately covering the sad news earlier this week with the loss of Brian Pillman in an auto accident in Minneapolis. Pillman was just 33 years old and a father of 2, we here at Best Of The Best will never get over this loss. Brian was scheduled to wrestle Cactus Jack in a Last Man Standing Match here on this pay per view tonight and we are devastated that obviously this match will not be taking place. But we still have on this card tonight 3 MAJOR main event bouts, including the Hybrid Rules showdown between Greg Lloyd vs Taz, plus the Dangerous Alliance finally squares off against the Four Horsemen in tag team action, and then Paul E. Dangerously and his organization will go for it all when "The Macho Man" Takes on "The Heartbreak Kid" for the Undisputed Title! All of a sudden JR and Joey Styles intro is interrupted when Cactus Jack comes walking out to the ring! The crowd cheers him, he's no stranger to this arena, he's wrestled here in AWA back in 1988 against the Guerreros, he wrestled here regularly in WCW including the last wrestling event here back in 1993.  Cactus waits for the cheers to die down as he appears to be still wearing bandages on his face from the permanent damage from 3rd degree burns he suffered when Pillman pushed him and Terry Funk off a ladder through 3 flaming tables last month on Judgement Night. Cactus cuts a promo addressing the fact that he was supposed to wrestle Brian Pillman here tonight in a Last Man Standing Match but we all know Pillman is no longer with us. Cactus talks about Brian Pillman and what he meant to this promotion Best Of The Best when they started this all four months ago. You can try to move on from Brian Pillman, he's gone and he's not coming back, but his brief 4 months here changed the course of this promotion. Cactus gets a big pop from the fans when he declares that Brian Pillman will forever be a part of the DNA of Best Of The Best.... All of a sudden Cactus' promo is interrupted when Raven comes out with Beulah by his side, accompanied by Dancin' Stevie Richards "The King Of Swing" Esquire, and the 6'6" 300 pound monster... Venom.... Cactus stands puzzled as Beulah enters the ring leading Raven, Stevie, and Venom to confront him. Raven takes a mic and tells Cactus to look at himself, look at how far he's fallen since he flew away from his flock. Raven tells Cactus to look at where he could have been all this time right by his side, same with Mikey, but now they clipped his wings and he's left paralyzed for the rest of his life. Raven tells Cactus to quit chasing revenge on the Dangerous Alliance and rejoin him, because he's a freak, a misfit, a wandering soul. Venom breathes heavily watching Cactus with Stevie as he responds to Raven telling him he would never join his side again, no matter what! The crowd cheers for Cactus Jack until all of a sudden Venom attacks him! Cactus fights back but is overwhelmed when Stevie Richards jumps on his back choking him in a sleeper! Raven sits with Beulah in his lap in the corner watching Venom and Stevie Richards beat up Cactus in the opposite corner until all of a sudden out runs Kevin Sullivan with Abdullah The Butcher and MENG!... Beulah scrambles out of the ring to safety as Sullivan goes right after Raven! Meng and Abdullah attack Venom and Stevie Richards! It's total chaos in the ring! Kevin Sullivan vs Raven, Meng vs Venom, Abdullah The Butcher attacking Stevie Richards in the corner with a fork! Raven knocks Sullivan out of the ring and gets attacked by Cactus Jack! The brawl between Venom & Stevie Richards vs Meng & Abdullah spills out to the floor all around the ringside area while Raven battles Cactus in the ring! Beulah makes her way in and hammers Cactus with a low blow kick to the groin from behind! Raven drops Cactus Jack with a DDT! Raven kneels over Cactus' unconscious body until Kevin Sullivan drills him with a boot to the back of the head! Sullivan and his freaks end up getting overwhelmed by Venom, who leaves Meng laying with his Meltdown pumphandle slam on the padded floor! Abdullah gets his face busted open with a running big boot from Venom that lays him out near the ring steps! Stevie makes his way back into the ring and drills Kevin Sullivan with his version of the Sweet Chin Music! Venom makes his way into the ring and further punishes Sullivan and Cactus Jack with back to back Meltdowns, knocking both of them out! Venom stands tall over the fallen bodies of Cactus Jack and Kevin Sullivan while Meng rolls around hurt on the floor. Abdullah recovers dripping blood from his face all over the ring steps! Raven and his Nest or Flock or whatever you want to call this have destroyed everyone! Venom is UNSTOPPABLE! ***** Jim Ross and Joey Styles are shown at their commentary booth completely stunned at the carnage they just witnessed to start this pay per view, apologizing that none of this was on the format, we are live here tonight in Chicago and folks ANYTHING can happen! After the chaos we cut it backstage to Sunny for an interview with none other than female fighting force, kickboxing legend Kathy Long! Long in her interview reveals that she has signed a contract with Best Of The Best and is training currently to make her debut live on pay per view on May 12th at the Miami Arena in Miami Florida at Best Of The Best V: A Matter Of Respect '96!
Kathy Long is a multiple black belt martial artist that dominated women's kickboxing, retiring with an 18-1 record in 1992 after having dispatched every major international champion in her sport. Chuck Norris himself was once quoted saying that he believed Kathy was the greatest female fighter he's ever seen. Long went on to star in several films after her retirement, even playing Michelle Phifer's stunt double as Catwoman in Batman Returns. Now Kathy Long will come out of retirement to enter the world of Best Of The Best in this new groundbreaking signing. In her interview Kathy declares that she will step into the ring to fight for respect for all female athletes in combat sports on May 12th in Miami... ***** Back to the live shot in the UIC Pavilion and the crowd comes ALIVE as ring announcer Michael Buffer is standing front and center to get the show officially started with the first match of the evening! CHICAGO ARE YOU READY!? FOR CHI TOWN WRESTLEWAAAAAAAR 1996! Koji Kanemoto comes out for the opening match with Joey Styles talking about his big win over Konnan in his BOTB debut back on April 8th live on Judgement Night from St. Louis. Kanemoto enters the ring as Buffer introduces him as a former professional Judo Champion representing the New Japan Pro Wrestling promotion, standing at 5'11" and weighing in at 180 pounds, the former IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion. Kanemoto's opponent Kevin Jackson gets a much more positive reaction from the Chicago crowd as he comes out wearing the same red white and blue singlet he wore in Barcelona Spain where he won the Gold medal in Freestyle Wrestling at the 1992 Summer Olympics. As the hype grows for this Summer's 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta Kevin Jackson decided to forego the games to turn pro when he signed a contract with Best Of The Best this January. The Gold medalist made the strongest impression of any non-wrestler rookie in the 30 Man Champions Rumble with one of the longest and most impressive runs in the match. Jackson eliminated Aleksandre Karelin from the match and was among the final 5 men left in the end. Joey Styles on commentary notes Jackson's impressive one on one debut win over Hunter Hearst Helmsley back in San Diego on the February 12th Judgement Night. Kevin Jackson stands at 5'10" and weighed in at 180 pounds, he's currently 3-0 with back to back wins over Joel Hartgood and Mike Enos(his last match, on the March 30th episode of Shockwave). Jackson enters the ring and salutes the crowd as JR talks about how big of a step up in competition this is for him, right here in his pay per view debut, this is without a doubt the highest pressure match of his pro career so far....  Despite the constant USA chants from the Chicago crowd it's Kanemoto that dazzles the crowd with high intensity strikes to set up a huge moonsault press that gets a razor close 2 count within the first 4 minutes! Jackson weathers the flurry before locking Kanemoto up in wrestling takedowns, high ankle picks, single leg takedowns, grounding out any offense and slowing the pace of the match down to a dead crawl. Kanemoto is able to work his way into submission attempts that keep Jackson defending, eventually getting trapped in an ankle lock struggle. During the grapple JR and Joey cover the recent training Kanemoto has had under former UWF shooter Kazuo Yamazaki in NJPW dojos, while Kevin Jackson went through a grueling rookie training camp under Dory Funk Jr.(as well as working with Bret Hart last month). Jackson is able to defend Kanemoto's arm bars and ankle locks on the mats before winning a scramble with a fireman carry takeover followed by an explosive transition around into side control. Jackson traps Kanemoto's left arm with a double wrist lock forcing him to grab the ropes for a rope break! The crowd cheers as both men recover to their feet adjusting their gear for a restart! Upon reengaging it's Kanemoto who takes the momentum of the bout with forearm strikes, dropkicks, and an enziguiri attempt that Jackson ducks under! Kanemoto scrambles up as Jackson takes his back with both men eventually tumbling forward through the middle ropes to the apron! Kanemoto back elbows Jackson the rest of the way down to the floor before recovering into the ring for a slingshot over the top rope plancha just as Kevin recovers to his feet! Both men are down and out on the floor as the referee Charles Robinson starts the count! Kanemoto recovers first and rolls Jackson back into the ring to break the count at 8! The two grapple in a standing clinch until Jackson counters around to take Kanemoto's back with a full nelson suplex with a bridge for a 2 count! Jackson tries to pull Kanemoto up for the finish with his Death Valley Driver but Kanemoto fights back with a series of vicious elbow strikes, stunning the Olympian before shooting in and taking his back into a TIGER SUPLEX WITH A BRIDGE! Jackson incredibly manages to kick out at 2.999999! Kevin Jackson rolls around clutching his neck as Kanemoto is slow to get up himself. Kanemoto pulls himself up and heads up the corner turnbuckles to go for another moonsault press, only this time Kevin Jackson pulls himself up and follows after him! Jackson follows Kanemoto up the turnbuckles and pulls him off down into a SUPER GERMAN SUPLEX! Jackson struggles to pull himself over to Kanemoto's unconscious body for the cover..... 1.... 2.... 3! Kevin Jackson has done it! What a victory beating Koji Kanemoto via pinfall at 10:49! Jackson struggles to get up and have his arm raised before shaking hands and showing respect to his opponent. Jackson gets the crowd going with USA chants in his celebration, he's fired up, moving his record to 4-0!.... ***** After the match we join Jim Ross and Joey Styles recapping the instant replay of the German Suplex off the turnbuckles that secured the huge victory for Kevin Jackson here in his BOTB pay per view debut. JR notes that if you want to talk about a rookie that crossed over into this sport from the amateur world that is fast on the rise and that is Kevin Jackson here in BOTB in 1996 so far, the sky is truly the limit for this athlete. Still ahead we are set for a massive triple main event later tonight, first we will see arguably the NFL's toughest player today step into the squared circle to take on "The Human Suplex Machine" Taz. Then it will be the team of Ric Flair & Dan Severn taking on Ken Shamrock & Stone Cold Steve Austin. After that it all leads up to the main event for all of the marbles, everything will be on the line when "The Macho Man" Randy Savage challenges "The Heartbreak Kid" Shawn Michaels for the Undisputed Championship! Sadeness by Enigma plays through a black and white sepia tone hype video for Hogan vs Ahmed, the big hype that has everybody buzzing all this week, everything has been about the return of Hulk Hogan here to Best Of The Best. Hulk made his way to Minneapolis for Judgement Night this past Monday night to accept Ahmed Johnson's challenge. It's all been set and signed to take place TOMORROW NIGHT live on USA Network at 8pm from the 65,000 seat Hoosier Dome in Indianapolis; Hulk Hogan vs Ahmed Johnson! For a match of this magnitude to take place live and free on cable on the USA Network tomorrow night on Judgement Night is absolutely unheard of in this day and age. This will truly be the BIGGEST televised wrestling match ever on cable TV and it will be in front of a crowd of 65,000 at the massive Hoosier Dome in Indianapolis! Ahmed Johnson is riding the wave of momentum after defeating The Ultimate Warrior last month at Best Of The Best III at the Tokyo Dome in Japan. Ahmed is 7-0 here in Best Of The Best and has called out the man he calls his all time biggest hero, The Hulkster. Hogan the former 4 time WWF Champion and former WCW World Champion returns for the first time since being cheated out of his WCW World Title last October at Halloween Havoc. Hogan's return on Judgement Night was the highest rated, most watched episode of any televised Best Of The Best show of any kind since the federation launched on New Years Day 1996. The few remaining tickets available for the Hoosier Dome are selling fast as this match will be a MUST SEE heavyweight showdown of this sport in 1996. Many wonder if Hogan still has what it takes, if the fans will still support him against an unstoppable force like Ahmed Johnson. It all goes down tomorrow night LIVE on USA Network on Judgement Night; Hulk vs Ahmed! *****
Ring announcer Michael Buffer brings the crowd back to their feet with the intros for the following LEATHER STRAP MATCH! Referees Tim White and John Finnegan are on standby with each end of the long unforgiving leather strap. Marc Mero comes out first with Michael Buffer introducing him as a former NY state Golden Gloves boxing champion, currently ranked #10 in the BOTB Top 10 Rankings, undefeated at 4-0! Mero has a crazed wild look in his eyes as he takes the ring and gets his wrist strapped up to one end of the leather strap! Perfect Strangers by Deep Purple brings out Shane Douglas to a chorus of boo's as he steps out to the stage with Sable and Paul E. Dangerously. Joey Styles and Jim Ross on commentary speculate about what the state of mind the Dangerous Alliance has for tonight just days after losing Brian Pillman in the auto accident this past Monday night. This is a huge night for the DA and it all starts right here with this grudge match between Shane Douglas vs Marc Mero! Mero has to be held back by both referees as Shane Douglas makes his way into the ring to get hooked up to the opposite end of the leather! The commentators note the rules of this Leather Strap Match that the first man that is able to touch all 4 corners of the ring will win the bout, otherwise there are NO DISQUALIFICATIONS! Paul E. Dangerously and Sable stand on the apron for Shane Douglas' introduction by Michael Buffer, from Pittsburgh Pennsylvania with a 7-1 record in Best Of The Best, currently 4th ranked heavyweight in the Top 10 Rankings, a member of the Dangerous Alliance... SHANE DOUGLAAAAAS! Mero can't stand it, he's about to go crazy as both referee's fight to hold him back! This all started last moth in the build up to BOTB III at the Tokyo Dome where Sable double crossed Mero to align with Shane Douglas in the Alliance! This is deeply personal here for Marc Mero folks business is about to pick up!...  Marc Mero swarms Shane Douglas with an all out assault right at the bell, tackling him down and going crazy with punches! The crowd goes crazy as Mero beats Shane Douglas' ass all over the ring, sending him flopping and flying with the leather strap! Finally Mero grabs a section of the leather to use to lash Douglas' back but before he can take the first swing Sable gets up onto the apron to stop him! Mero turns his attention to Sable only to get hit with a running knee strike to the back by Douglas! Shane Douglas struggles to recover and staggers around before putting the boots to a downed Marc Mero, setting him up for brutal, ruthless leather strap lashes right across his back! Mero rolls around in agony as welts raise up from each strike! Shane takes his time and slows the match down by using the leather to strangle the life out of Marc Mero in the middle of the ring out of reach of the ropes! The commentators remind that there is no submissions or pinfalls in this match, the only way to win is to wear your opponent down to the point where you're able to touch all four corners of the ring! Paul E. Dangerously watches on with a sadistic psychopathic focused edge as Shane Douglas controls Mero using the leather strap to choke, lash, and humiliate him to work up the boo's as he taunts the crowd. Sable tries to shout for Mero to give up and quit, shouting insults at him that he's not a real man as Shane beats the life out of him. Shane finally lands a big piledriver that knocks Marc out in the middle of the ring! Douglas struggles to get up and make his way to touch 3 turnbuckles until Mero snatches the strap to pull him just short of the 4th! Mero pulls Shane Douglas in slowly against his will until finally he's within punches reach! Douglas fights back and drops Mero but Mero stuns him with a low blow that drops Douglas to his knees! Marc Mero takes over the match but can't keep his attention focused on Shane Douglas, he's constantly eyeing Sable and Paul E. with intensity of a wildman! Mero drops Shane Douglas with a russian leg sweep using the strap before going up top for his Shooting Star Press! Sable gets up onto the apron and distracts Mero from flying off, he gets down to go after her! Shane Douglas uses the strap to stop Mero and pull him back into a sleeper hold using the strap! Mero staggers around trying to fight it off before dropping down into the seated position fading out of consciousness! There are no rope breaks, there are no submissions, Mero is fading until suddenly he finds the spirit to fight back out of it! Mero constantly fights off interference and distraction from Sable and Paul E. while delivering a punishing beating to Shane Douglas, only to get stopped short of winning. Finally Mero is able to land his incredible SHOOTING STAR PRESS! Mero struggles to recover and hit 3 turnbuckles only to get stopped short of the 4th by Sable reaching in and clawing his eyes! Mero struggles blind to reach for the 4th turnbuckle for the win only for Shane Douglas to recover and attack him! Douglas uses the strap to turn Mero over into a RUDE AWAKENING! Mero is OUT! Douglas crawls a beaten and exhausted mess around all 4 turnbuckles with Paul E. screaming at him from the outside. Douglas reaches out and hits the 4th turnbuckle for the victory at 11:55! Paul E. Dangerously and Sable scramble into the ring to unstrap Shane Douglas from the leather strap as the referee raises his arm in victory! Perfect Strangers by Deep Purple hits the PA again, What a HUGE win for Douglas here tonight defeating Marc Mero to hand him his first loss ever here in Best Of The Best! Douglas escapes out of the ring with Paul E. and Sable holding him up, he's moved his record to 8-1 and will for sure secure a top 3 ranking with this win over a top ranked opponent in Marc Mero! Mero recovers and can't believe he's been defeated, he rolls out of the ring heartbroken while Douglas' Perfect Strangers music still plays as we cut away.... ***** After the match we cut away to a backstage interview with Sunny on standby with Rocco Rock and Johnny Grunge, the Public Enemy, currently 2-7 in the World Tag League. Sunny gets an interview with TPE asking them what their plans are for the last 3 weeks of the World Tag League, seeing as they are mathematically eliminated from Final Four contention for the Tag Titles. Rocco and Johnny reveal their plans are simple, to wreak as much havoc and to piss off The Championship Council with the most violent and lewd behavior, because Public Enemy is naughty by nature and violent by design! Public Enemy reveal to Sunny that they were the ones that cut the balls off the L.O.D. when they threw their fancy blue spiked shoulder pads in the Elbow River in Calgary, they were the ones that put Kimona through a table, she left the Pit Bulls after that! But the Public Enemy are here tonight to break the news that they have found Kimona, she's here TONIGHT! All of a sudden Here Comes The Hot Stepper hits the pa system of the UIC Pavilion and PE leave Sunny to walk out to the ring! Rocco and Johnny Grunge make their way through the gorilla position where they grab a burlap sack and a table to carry out to the ring! The crowd cheers the on as they make their way out to the stage waving their arms back and forth to the music! Rocco and Johnny Grunge take their table to the ring and get on the mic to reveal that Kimona is here and she's agreed to be their new manager! Rocco Rock reaches into the burlap sack and pulls out.... a blowup sex doll with dark hair pretending that it's Kimona! Public Enemy work to inflate their new manager when all of a sudden the real thing walks out to the stage in leather, causing the crowd to lose it!..... Kimona walks out halfway down the entrance isle before breaking the news that she has reborn a new tag team under her leadership, her new power force, and their first victims are standing in the ring RIGHT NOW!.... All of a sudden the crowd blows the roof off of the UIC Pavilion when Iron Man by Black Sabbath hits the speakers... The Chicago crowd goes APE SHIT when Hawk and Animal walk out to join Kimona decked out in bigger, sharper BLACK spiked shoulder pads, spiked forearm pads, black tights and matching black facepaint modeled after their original Road Warriors days! Rocco Rock and Johnny Grunge jaws are on the floor! They can't believe it! Kimona has returned and brought back The Road Warriors, Hawk and Animal... BACK IN BLACK! Hawk & Animal storm the ring and beat up Public Enemy and the referee calls for the bell for a Chicago Street Fight impromptu WORLD TAG LEAGUE MATCH!..... Hawk and Animal completely DESTROY Rocco and Johnny Grunge in an all out beat down, stiff clubbing strikes, vicious press slams out of the ring onto the unforgiving padded floor! Kimona watches on with a seductive smile as Rocco and Johnny are punished with a physical beating of their lives, sickening whips into the steel guard railing, slams onto the ring steps! Animal picks Rocco up and powerslams him through the table in the ring and the crowd goes NUTS for the hometown Chicago Road Warriors, they are BACK! Animal scoops Johnny Grunge up and Hawk flies off the top with the Doomsday Device dumping him directly onto his head and neck! Animal makes the cover and it's over with the 1, 2, 3 after just 2:31! The Road Warriors WIN! Kimona holds Hawk and Animal's arms up in victory as Iron Man comes back on the speakers and the crowd goes CRAZY! UNBELIEVABLE! ***** JR and Joey Styles are absolutely shocked on commentary, what an incredible return to form here from Hawk and Animal after looking like father time has caught up to them in the WTL season ever since they returned to BOTB wearing their new blue color theme. Kimona has brought back the Road Warriors here tonight, they are back in black and they have had their revenge on The Public Enemy. The Road Warriors look to have rejuvenated the rest of their 1996 WTL season with this win here tonight keeping them alive in the Tiger Division with a 4-5-1 record! We cut away to backstage split screen side by side shots of the locker rooms of Greg Lloyd and Taz set to hook it up next in full contact hybrid rules action! The USA Today and ESPN are both here to cover this spectacular attraction, as are several other photographers and journalists from around the world. All eyes are on Chicago here tonight to see what will happen when the toughest man in the NFL today steps inside the squared circle, we're about to find out! After we return back to the ringside area of the UIC Pavilion we see the full 7 man Championship Council all making their way into the ring. Lou Thesz, Billy Robinson, Satoru Sayama, Nick Bockwinkle, Verne Gagne, Karl Gotch, and Danny Hodge are in the ring this is the governing body that controls all elements of sport competition in Best Of The Best, we have them on our format to be here tonight in Chicago to address the state of BOTB but we have no idea what they have in store for us. Lou Thesz takes a microphone in his frail old hand as an assistant helps keep him standing for him to make a statement, talking about the Kings Of Kings promotion and the threat they pose to the entire sport of wrestling. Lou Thesz talks about the KOK recent revealing of the new Neo Hybrid Universal Heavyweight Championship that Nobuhiko Takada revealed to have been made from the molten material from the IWGP Heavyweight, Triple Crown, and Thesz's own Original Championship Of Pro Wrestling Title belt(which was recently revealed to contain bronze and steel alloy of materials melted down from crowns of kings from ancient babylon as well as the spear of destiny). Lou Thesz declares that the Championship Council is here tonight to proclaim that this threat of the Kings Of Kings must be faced at Best Of The Best V: A Matter Of Respect '96 from Miami Arena on May 12th next month on pay per view! Thesz then reveals that there is one man that the Council feels is the one true warrior capable of facing the KOK.... Lou Thesz calls out.... Bret "The Hitman" Hart!.... The crowd goes NUTS when Bret's music hits after an awkward delay! The Hitman is HERE in Chicago! Bret walks out and comes to the ring with his newly recast WWF style Championship title belt draped over his shoulder. The Hitman steps into the ring and stands face to face with all 7 members of the Championship Council until Lou Thesz reveals his true feelings for him, revealing that he's always respected Bret as the finest of the new generation of wrestling. Lou Thesz reveals that he was instrumental in Best Of The Best signing Bret to the contract they did to bring him here and now he needs him to face the KOK, to return the belt that they have debuted here to the Best Of The Best to restore the balance of professional wrestling! Bret looks around at the fans for their approval for a moment before answering Thesz's request, telling him and the entire Championship Council that they have a lot of nerve to come to him after everything they've sit back and allowed to happen in the last 4 months of his career here. The Hitman declares that he is still the true rightful World Champion of this sport, everybody knows the Iron Man Match in Japan was a farce, this belt that he holds is the real World Championship of this sport and this same Council denied to recognize it as such just last week! Bret accepts the Council's request to face Nobuhiko Takada for the Neo Hybrid Universal Heavyweight Championship but, only under 1 condition, the Council MUST reverse the decision of the Iron Man Match in Japan last month at BOTB III to a no-contest due to the interference from the Dangerous Alliance, due to the fact that there was never any "sudden death overtime" agreed upon in the contract. If the Council is willing to reverse this decision, Bret will face Nobuhiko Takada at Best Of The Best V next month in Miami! The Championship Council huddles briefly before Thesz agree's to Bret's terms, they will reverse the decision of Bret's loss to HBK last month in the Iron Man Match to a no-contest! Bret adds one more condition, that if he beats Takada the Council must recognize his Championship title as a sanctioned Championship, meaning that this bout against Nobuhiko Takada will be a TITLE UNIFICATION BOUT! The WWF Championship and all of it's lineage and honor vs The Neo Hybrid Universal Championship! The Council agree's and it's ON!...
Just as Bret reaches out to shake Lou Thesz's hand to make it official all of a sudden the Kings Of Kings organization files out of the back down the elevated catwalk ramp right up to the ring! It's Nobuhiko Takada, Akira Maeda, Minoru Suzuki, Yoji Anjo, Tsuyoshi Kohsaka, and Kiyoshi Tamura! The combined forces of Rings and UWFI are HERE! Security rushes out to stand between them and the ring keeping them from going after Bret & The Council! Takada keeps his distance wearing his trademark robe with the hood up over his head, the Universal Hybrid World Championship belt strapped around his waist as he eyes Bret! Bret climbs up onto the ring ropes and taunts the KOK by defiantly and fearlessly holding up his WWF style Championship Belt towards them! Jim Ross and Joey Styles are overwhelmed at what just went down! We have an official heavyweight showdown set for May 12th at Best Of The Best V: A Matter Of Respect '96 with Bret "The Hitman" Hart putting his self proclaimed "Real World Championship" up on the line in an attempt to validate his claim when he takes on the Kings Of Kings leader Nobuhiko Takada, the current Neo Universal Hybrid World Champion! This plus the debut of female fighting phenom Kathy Long, plus the Final Four tournament to crown the very first Undisputed World Tag Team Champions! It all goes down live on pay per view May 12th from the Miami Arena in Miami Florida! ***** JR and Joey Styles hype up the following hybrid rules bout that we are set for next as the camera focuses on the fans in attendance. The UIC Pavilion is COMPLETELY sold out here in Chicago and we are just moments away from perhaps the most anticipated match of this pay per view, you can feel it in the air that this is the big fight right here, Greg Lloyd vs Taz! ESPN and USA Today reporters and photographers are shown surrounding the ringside area. Michael Buffer brings the fans to their feet by getting the intros underway! This match is a HYBRID RULES BOUT set for 3 rounds! The first round is going to be 10 minutes long, then after a 2 minute rest the second and third rounds will be 5 minutes each(with a 1 minute rest between them). Since neither of these combatants will wear gloves all closed fist strikes are illegal, they can however use open handed palm strikes, forearm strikes, and for this bout both athletes have agreed that elbows and strikes to a grounded opponent WILL be legal! The match can only be won by submission, knockout(10 counts like in boxing will be used), referee/doctor stoppage, or if the match goes the full 3 rounds it will go to a judges decision(tonight's judges are Dave Meltzer, Gene Lebell, and Bill "Superfoot" Wallace). War Machine by Kiss brings out "The Human Suplex Machine" Taz first, walking out with taped fists, a shredded black towel over his face! Two random Taz Dojo students accompany Taz as his cornermen as he makes the intense walk down the long elevated catwalk entrance ramp! Joey Styles talks about the rise of Taz here in Best Of The Best in 1996, he's currently ranked 9th in the Top 10 Rankings at 6-0. Joey talks about how familiar he is with Taz having called most of his career when he was coming up in the ECW promotion last year, he's a hybrid warrior that really developed his entire wrestling style in the Extreme "no-rules" south Philly promotion. We seen Taz make a big splash when he debuted at Best Of The Best I back in the Houston Astrodome taking out the much larger "Supreme Fighting Machine" Kama. We seen him suplex the 600 pound Yokozuna in the Budokan Arena last month. Taz has taken over the Bushido hybrid wrestling promotion that airs on Thursday nights on TBS at 8:05. Jim Ross responds to Joey by noting that even with all of that Taz has to be considered a major underdog in this bout against one of the toughest athletes in sports today in Greg Lloyd from the NFL's Pittsburgh Steelers. The general public, ESPN, USA Today, all of the press and mainstream media here to cover this event really has no idea who he is other than being a much smaller fighter. Needless to say this is without a doubt the biggest spotlight for Taz, the most pressure of any match of his career, he stepped up to take this challenge in a match that a lot of other wrestlers wanted no part of. Taz wipes his wrestling boots on the apron and bows before stepping into the ring and taking his corner while JR hypes up the moment, folks THIS is the big one! The crowd comes alive when Method Man's Bring The Pain hits the PA system of the UIC Pavilion! The cheers get even louder when Greg Lloyd comes out wearing a full Tae Kwon Do gi with his black belt! Lloyd makes his way down the ramp with Taz eyeing him from his corner from behind the shredded black towel still covering his face! Greg Lloyd is truly one of the baddest men in sports today in 1996, one of the toughest linebackers in the NFL for the Pittsburgh Steelers. Lloyd steps through the ropes to a loud ovation as JR notes that a recent top 100 countdown of the toughest men in NFL history done by NFL films had this man at #14, he's widely considered the toughest man in the league today. We seen his tae kwon do skills on full display in a beautiful exhibition on Bushido last week, this is his opportunity to step on these mats and test himself in the ultimate challenge right here in Best Of The Best! This is IT! Greg Lloyd eyes Taz from across the ring as Michael Buffer goes through the intros, first for the fighter in the left corner, a 3rd degree black belt in Judo, standing 5' 9" and weighing in tonight at 230 pounds, with a Best Of The Best record of 6-0, from the Red Hook section of Brooklyn New York, he IS The HUMAN SUPLEX MACHINE.... TAAAAAAAAZZZZZZ! Taz removes the towel from his face and steps out to raise one of his raised fists in the air! The crowd gets loud when Buffer introduces the man standing in the right corner, an NFL All Pro Super Bowl linebacker for the Pittsburgh Steelers and a black belt in Tae Kwon Do, standing at 6'2" and weighing in tonight at 242 pounds, one of the baddest men walking the planet Earth today.... GREG... LLOOOOOOOOYD! Referee "Big" John Mccarthy brings both fighters to the center to go over his final instructions and the staredown is INTENSE! The arena goes NUTS as both fighters are backed into their corners, are you ready? Are YOU ready!? WELL LETS GET IT ON!...  The bell rings for the start of the first round and the crowd is at a fever pitch as both combatants come out cautiously circling each other, with Lloyd having a noticeable size advantage! Lloyd cautiously circles to Taz's left in a traditional Tae Kwon Do stance while Taz keeps his distance in a low crouched wrestling stance! What a SHOWDOWN! This is UNBELIEVABLE! The tension grows even though little to nothing happens in the first 90 seconds, Taz feints takedowns but is kept at bay with explosive front kicks executed perfectly with snap from a strong Tae Kwon Do base stance by Lloyd. The stalemate is finally broken nearly two minutes into the first round when Taz shoots in to counter a reverse side kick attempt by Lloyd that JUST barely misses! Taz is able to tie up and take Lloyd's back in the clinch but Lloyd is able to turn around once the two end up against the ropes, working his way into an over/under clinch with The Human Suplex Machine in an EXPLOSIVE clinch! Lloyd struggles with Taz in the over/under clinch as he works the action over closer to the turnbuckles in the corner where Taz's Dojo cornerment watch on! The two fight and try to improve their position in the corner but neither is able to advance. Taz uses Lloyd's gi top to keep his over/under even as Lloyd tries to work his way down into double underhooks, all while maintaining a solid base that keeps Taz from throwing him! Lloyd surprises everyone by landing several vicious foot stomps onto Taz's booted toe while deadlocked in the clinch! The commentators note that Lloyd is bare footed here. Finally Taz is able to use Greg Lloyd's gi against him by turning his hips into a brutal Judo throw that flips him end over end into the canvas with a vicious impact! Taz keeps control of Lloyd's gi on the ground to work his way into the knee on belly position but Lloyd works his legs up into a half guard, eventually working his way to the nearby ropes for a rope break! The crowd cheers as the referee John Mccarthy stops the action on the rope break and stands both men up with an intense quickness. Greg Lloyd sets the crowd off when he quickly rips off his gi top and throws it out of the ring! This is INTENSE! Lloyd has ditched the gi top in the middle of the first round after being thrown with a Judo throw JR gives the classic BUSINESS IS ABOUT TO PICK UP line! After the restart both men circle each other keeping their distance in their respective stances. Taz is crouched down low as he bobs and kips back out of range of brilliantly executed long range Tae Kwon Do kicks from Greg Lloyd. The crowd pops when Lloyd feints a side kick and NAILS Taz with a spinning back kick to the body that stuns him! Taz drops to a knee clutching his ribs but Lloyd keeps the pressure on him with an AXE KICK to his head! Taz covers up and blocks the axe kick before rolilng immediately into a scramble to take Lloyd's back! Taz attempts to suplex Lloyd but he grapevines Taz's legs to stuff it with a well scouted counter, eventually sending both men tumbling towards the ropes into another stalemate that takes the match close to the 5 minute mark! After a delay in the action the ref Big John stops the bout to separate the two men again, getting more cheers from the fans! The flash bulbs from ringside photographers continue going off to capture the sheer spectacle of this battle, as Greg Lloyd is actually showcasing some of the most beautiful Tae Kwon Do offense ever seen as he begins to overtake Taz deep in the first round! Taz is able to tie up with Lloyd at times but never manages to score any suplexes or takedown, while Lloyd blasts him with devastating kicks, a diving side kick, front kicks, back kicks, side kicks, all with Joey Styles calling every strike by it's proper Tae Kwon Do name, Yeop Chagi, Ap Chagi, Dwi Chagi. Greg Lloyd has Taz hurt with the devastating shots to his ribs! Taz takes another vicious spinning back kick later in the first round that drops him for a 5 count! The Human Suplex Machine gets back up and rallies to counter one of Lloyd's kicks to take his back for a huge German Tazplex, sending Greg Lloyd crashing into the canvas upside down! Lloyd is DOWN! Taz is DOWN clutching his ribs in pain! Taz scrambles and fights through the fatigue to take Lloyd's back in a desperate attempt to lock on the TAZMISSION! THE KATA HAJIME! Lloyd is able to isolate one of Taz's arms to counter the hold! Taz remains clung to Lloyd's back in a back and forth struggle over the Tazmission until finally Lloyd is able to roll over to his back! The crowd cheers Lloyd on as he's able to buck Taz over and reverse his position into the top mount! Taz manages to sweep Lloyd off of him from his back before attempting a Judo throw once they both scramble to their feet in the clinch! Lloyd stuffs the Judo throw and breaks out of Taz's grip into a reverse Judo throw of his own, flipping Taz over into the CANVAS! UNBELIEVABLE! Greg Lloyd has thrown Taz with one of his very own Judo throws! Taz scrambles on the ground and manages to counter him over into a Fujiwara armbar attempt! Lloyd fights through the pain and reaches for the ropes but Taz keeps him locked down, wincing in pain from possible rib damage from some ridiculous kicks he's absorbed. Lloyd finally manages to inch his way over and get another rope break! Taz clutches his ribs after the restart while Lloyd adjusts his black belt that has come untied in the battle! The round winds down in the final 2 minutes with both men COMPLETELY exhausted! Taz shoots in low for takedowns but Greg Lloyd is able to explosively sprawl out to push him off! In the final minute Lloyd takes a chance and throws an unbelievable 540 Kick(A 1½ spin in mid-air into a back spinning hook kick) that BARELY misses Taz's FACE! WOW! Greg Lloyd calls for Taz to bring it on in the final seconds of the first round but Taz intensely fires back telling him FUCK YOU! Big John lunges in between both men as the bell rings to end the first 10 minute round! The crowd cheers as both Lloyd and Taz retreat to their corners completely exhausted, with Taz's cornermen working frantically to ice his ribs. The camera zooms in on Taz's ribs as he stands facing the turnbuckles in his corner gasping for air, the purple and blue bruises from the sickening Tae Kwon Do kicks he's absorbed in that 10 minute round. Greg Lloyd in his corner appears to be regaining his composure and breathing fine as his cornermen work him over. During the 2 minute break in between the first and second rounds the camera shows various shots of the fans in the SOLD OUT UIC Pavilion in Chicago here tonight, including some of Greg Lloyd's Pittsburgh Steelers team mates, including his head coach Bill Cowher, Kevin Greene, and a few others from the 1995 AFC Champion Steelers team all rooting for him! Round 2... Big John takes the center of the ring and rushes all the cornermen out to get the second round going! Greg Lloyd sets the UIC Pavilion off by coming out to start the second round off with a HUGE 720 degree double spinning hook kick that KNOCKS TAZ DOWN! Joey Styles shouts OH MY GAWD! Taz is OUT! Greg Lloyd is INTENSE as he backs into a neutral corner for the count down! Taz turns over at 4 and is visibly hurt! He winces in pain wiping his face as he stirs around to reach for the ropes at 5.... 6.... grabbing them and pulling himself up to his knees at 8..... 9..... then finally to his feet still staggering! Taz is STILL IN IT! Lloyd and Taz circle each other after the restart and it's Lloyd that connects with palgup chigi style Tae Kwon Do elbow strikes! Taz is staggered but fights back with forearm and elbow strikes in a furious exchange! Lloyd gets knocked backwards to the ropes but regains his senses and connects with a beautiful jumping axe kick! Taz covers up to block the kick but the impact crashing down still stuns him! Taz shoots in immediately to take Lloyd's back as he tries another spinning back kick, only for it to backfire! Taz manages to take Lloyd's back and force him down into the turtle position, where he opens up and rains down clubbing forearm strikes! One after another! Lloyd covers up to block most but several find their way through his defenses! Finally Lloyd is able to muscle his way up and roll out underneath Taz's position, with both men scrambling into a faceoff in their fighting stances! The remaining minutes of the second round ends with mostly both men deadlocked in a clinching stalemate, with Taz unable to secure any grips for throws since Lloyd ditched his gi top mid-fight in the first round. Lloyd keeps control of the match to round out the second round by mostly manhandling Taz in the clinch, constantly battering him with forearm strikes, foot stomps, knees to the body. The crowd cheers the end of the second round with Lloyd confidently retreating to his corner well in control of this battle! Taz has to hold the ropes to stay up while clutching his ribs in pain, completely exhausted but still refusing to sit on a stool, instead staying on his feet in his corner with his arms up looking out towards the crowd! The cornermen work to ice Taz's ribs and water him while Greg Lloyd's cornermen are shown advising him to finish him in this 3rd round, not to leave it to the judges! Round 3... What effort these two warriors have put on the line right here in Chicago tonight as both Taz and Greg Lloyd make their way out circling each other for the 3rd and final round! Both men get a standing ovation from the sold out arena as they bring the intensity right out of the bell! Greg Lloyd keeps Taz at the end of his strikes with precise Tae Kwon Do footwork cutting sharp angles. JR notes that Lloyd has to be ahead on the judges scorecards after those first 2 rounds, all he has to do is survive this round and he has got to be the favorite to win it all here but he has too much warrior spirit, he's continuing to press the action and put the pressure on Taz! Taz is able to evade another barrage of kicks to tie up in an attempt for a T-Bone Taz-Plex but Lloyd is able to explode out of his grip into a transition into a collar and elbow, where he executes an incredible twisting arm throw that rolls Taz over into the canvas into a straight armbar! Taz fights the hold off and the crowd swells as Greg Lloyd pulls back on his arm! Lloyd manages to straighten Taz's arm all the way out into the armbar but Taz is able to reach out and get the ropes for a rope break! After the break Lloyd unloads a series of spinning side kicks, a rapid fire assault of kicks and chops capped with an UNBELIEVABLE FUCKING ON MONDOLLYO CHAGI, JUMPING SPINNING INSIDE CRESCENT KICK IN MID-AIR! Taz is BARELY able to back his head out of range of the shot before shooting in and taking Lloyd's back! Lloyd carries Taz around on his back in a struggle for wrist control, until Taz manages to work his hands up into the KATA HAJIME! Lloyd stays up on his feet with Taz on his back sinking in the Tazmission HE'S GOT IT! Lloyd tries to fight it off but collapses to his knee as the crowd goes nuts! Taz has the Kata Hajime Tazmission LOCKED IN and Greg Lloyd is fading fast, finally succumbing to the hold and falling over face down before losing consciousness altogether! The crowd goes crazy as the ref lunges in to call it off and break the hold! Greg LLOYD IS OUT! Taz rises up after breaking the hold and can barely stand as the ref raises his arm! WHAT AN UPSET! GOOD GOD ALMIGHTY! TAZ HAS CHOKED OUT GREG LLOYD! Medics rush to tend to Greg Lloyd as he regains consciousness and recovers over to a seated position! Taz celebrates the win from up on the turnbuckles as the crowd cheers him on! Greg Lloyd is in total disbelief as he realizes what happened, the winner by submission at 2:38 of the 3rd ROUND.... "THE HUMAN SUPLEX MACHINE"! TAAAAAZZZZZZ!.... Taz is beaten and battered as he staggers towards Greg Lloyd being held up by his cornermen crestfallen in defeat. Taz surprises everyone by extending a handshake out of respect to Greg Lloyd, who breaks away from his cornermen and steps out forward towards him! Lloyd shakes Taz's hand and the two warriors both bow to each other before Lloyd retreats out of the ring defeated. What a display of honor and respect, what a battle we just seen here tonight! Taz has choked Greg Lloyd out in the 3rd round after being beaten and battered in one of the ultimate showcases of martial arts we have ever seen! Greg Lloyd may have lost this match but there's no doubt he's earned the respect of everyone, including his opponent Taz here tonight, what a performance! War Machine by Kiss plays on with Taz celebrating the victory before we cut away.... ***** After the match we cut away to the backstage split screen shot of the locker rooms of Shawn Michaels and Randy Savage as we are set for their head to head battle for the UNDISPUTED WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP in tonight's main event! This is the same title that Randy Savage was screwed out of back at the final WCW event ever at Starrcade 95 this past December! Both locker room doors are shut to the cameras but HBK's mentor Jose Lothario is outside their door with Sunny on one side of the screen while Mike Tenay is on standby outside Macho Man's locker room on the other side of the screen! Sunny gets a word with Jose Lothario saying that Michaels is behind that door getting ready for the biggest match of his career tonight, but he wants to address the news earlier tonight that the Championship Council was reversing the decision from the Iron Man Match into a no contest. Lothario reveals his unhappiness with this decision saying that he will file an appeal for a hearing with the council to dispute this reversal. On the other side Mike Tenay says that Randy Savage is in this dressing room behind closed doors getting ready for tonight's main event when all of a sudden Paul E. Dangerously, Steve Austin, and Shane Douglas all enter the camera shot victorious with Austin's pinfall over Flair in the match we just witnessed! Paul E. takes over the microphone and cuts a promo that the Dangerous Alliance has DOMINATED tonight, they can not be stopped! Paul E. states that the confetti is ready in the rafters of the UIC Pavilion, the music is ready, the champagne is ready, the Dangerous Alliance will end HBK's title reign TONIGHT and take control of this ENTIRE PROMOTION! This is the BIG ONE folks, this is what it's ALL ABOUT! THE UNDISPUTED WORLD TITLE! MICHEALS VS SAVAGE LATER TONIGHT!.... ***** Ring announcer Michael Buffer brings the UIC Pavilion crowd to their feet with the intro for tonight's co-main event tag team battle! In the toughest, most dangerous city in America right here in Chicago, it's time for the most DANGEROUS MATCH IN AMERICA! The Four Horsemen vs the two most dangerous men walking the planet from the DANGEROUS ALLIANCE! Just Another Victim by Helmet/House Of Pain brings out the duo of "Stone Cold" Steve Austin and UFC Champion Ken Shamrock, with Paul E. Dangerously leading them out to the ring! Shamrock is focused to an edge as he enters the ring while there is a tension with Steve Austin and everyone. The commentators speculate among each other what effect the losing of Brian Pillman will have on the Dangerous Alliance tonight, what state of mind they must be in after going through this past week. The Chicago crowd goes nuts when the Four Horsemen entrance music hits to bring out "The Nature Boy" Ric Flair and the current reigning NWA World Heavyweight Champ Dan "The Beast" Severn! Arn Anderson accompanies Flair and Severn out to the ring with Severn having his NWA belt, holding up the four fingers with Flair with the crowd fully supporting them! Severn and Shamrock eye each other the moment that Severn steps into the ring! As do Flair and Austin! Arn Anderson shouts threats to Paul E. Dangeorusly even though his arm is still in a sling after the collar bone injury he suffered at the hands of the Dangerous Alliance. Michael Buffer's intros gets the crowd at their apex with the mix of boo's and cheers for Austin, a huge pop for Shamrock/Severn, and the biggest and loudest sustained ovation for The Nature Boy! Flair! Chicago is HORSEMEN COUNTRY!....
Ric Flair starts the match off for The Horsemen and he immediately calls out for Austin to take him on! Stone Cold obliges and starts the match off for the Dangerous Alliance! It's Austin vs Flair to start it off with Shamrock and Severn eyeing each other from opposite corners with fury in their eyes! Paul E. and Arn stalk the outside of the ring as Austin and Flair get it on! Collar and elbow into a standing switch into a hammerlock, take over, go behind, another standing switch and it's Austin that takes Flair down into a drop toe hold, transitioned around into a front headlock! Flair quickly rolls out of it and kips up into a fighting stance staredown with Austin! Flair ends up one-upping Austin with shot to the eyes and a low blow, holding the tights with feet on the ropes for a 2.9999 rollup that stuns Austin and Paul E. out on the apron in shock! Flair gets the Chicago crowd fired up with his strut, before turning to Ken Shamrock and giving him a loud WHOOOOOO!... Flair ties up with Austin again and it turns into an all out war, back and forth attacks on each other beating each other from corner to corner with chest chops, stomps, punches, irish whips, face flops, razor close nearfalls before finally Austin drops Flair with his STUN GUN onto the ropes! Austin gets a close 2.9999 before Flair kicks out! The arena comes alive when Austin makes the tag to Ken Shamrock, who allows Flair to crawl over and tag out to Dan Severn! Good god almighty this is it! Shamrock vs SEVERN! These two are not going to wait until May 17th to get it on at UFC IX they are about to get it on RIGHT NOW! Shamrock and Severn tie up in an intense collar and elbow clinch that sets the crowd off! A vicious back and forth struggle see's Shamrock spin Severn around with an explosive transition, only for Severn to maintain his balance and work for control in a tighter clinch. Severn works and gets double underhooks before tripping Shamrock down into a sweep takedown taking his back! The crowd swells with cheers as Severn quickly takes Shamrock down into a rear choke sleeper hold, only for Shamrock to explode out into a spin completely out of his grip! The two scramble up together in a mad fury of open handed palm strikes lighting each other up with HARD shots before backing out simultaneously in a face off! The crowd goes NUTS! Severn bobs and weaves through Shamrock's palm strikes to tie up and take him down near the Horsemen's corner later on, managing to isolate one of Ken's arms into a double wrist lock. Shamrock fights through the pain and uses his strength to fight off the hold but Severn manages to make a tag to Flair, who comes in focusing in on the same arm with a knee drop! Shamrock rolls around clutching the arm until Flair pounces on it with stomps, setting him up for a Fujiwara Armbar! Arn stalks the Horsemen corner near Severn giving advice as they tag in and out focusing in on working over Ken Shamrock's arm with strikes and holds. Finally Shamrock manages to fight through the pain and overpower Flair into a Northern Lights SUPLEX WITH A BRIDGE FOR 2.99999! Flair BARELY KICKS OUT! WHAT A SUPLEX BY SHAMROCK! Shamrock fights through the pain in his arm to get over and make a tag to Austin, who comes in beating Flair all over the ring! Flair takes a beating before surprising Austin with a backwards low blow that drops him! The crowd goes nuts when The Nature Boy makes the hot tag to The BEAST! Severn comes in tossing Austin around like a ragdoll with a series of BRUTAL German SUPLEXES! Severn bridges for a pin on the third suplex but Austin manages to kick out at 2.9999! Severn tags Flair back in but Shamrock comes in and kills him with a hard running roundhouse kick! Shamrock tackles Severn through the ropes out to the apron before both men spill out onto the floor in a brawl near Arn Anderson! Flair tries to recover near the ropes until all of a sudden out runs SHANE DOUGLAS WITH A STEEL CHAIR! Douglas quickly NAILS Flair in the face with the chair knocking him back into the ring on impact as the referee is distracted with Shamrock and Severn brawling out on the floor(with Arn trying to pull Shamrock off of Severn in a wild melee!). Austin recovers and makes the cover on Flair as Paul E. shoves the referee directing his attention in a frantic panic! 1.... 2..... 3! The Dangerous Alliance WINS! Unbelievable! Shane Douglas retreats down the catwalk ramp with a sick grin on his face as Paul E. raises Austin's arm in victory after the bell! Security have swarmed the ringside area to pull Dan Severn and Ken Shamrock apart these two men want to kill each other! Shamrock is FURIOUS! Severn and Arn direct their attention to Flair knocked out with Shane Douglas retreating to the entrance stage laughing! Austin and Paul E. celebrate the win as Dan Severn chases after Shane Douglas in a slow lumber while Arn works to pull Flair to safety and revive him! The Horsemen have been defeated here tonight with Stone Cold Steve Austin scoring a huge pin over Ric Flair with the help of Shane Douglas. The crowd boo's Austin and Paul E. but the Dangerous Alliance is now currently 2-0 tonight, with the big showdown for the title coming up next, this could be their night!... All of a sudden Steve Austin's celebration in the ring is cut short when Ken Shamrock returns furious with what just went down, he's grabbing Paul E. and questioning him what the hell was that!? Shamrock shouts and pushes Paul E. back into the corner telling him that wasn't what he wanted, that wasn't what he was promised! The crowd cheers for Ken Shamrock as he grabs Paul E. Dangerously and is about to hurt him until Stone Cold turns him around to stop him! Security scramble into the ring to separate Austin and Shamrock as Stone Cold stands his ground face to face with the UFC Champion without fear! Paul E. pulls Austin back and makes his exit with him as we cut away to the commentary booth!.... ***** Jim Ross and Joey Styles hype up tonight's main event for the Undisputed World Championship coming up next! The Macho Man will challenge the Champion Shawn Michaels for the title belt in just a matter of moments. Joey Styles reveals the official attendance for the UIC Pavilion here tonight is at 10,083, a complete sell out and a new attendance record for largest crowd for a pro wrestling event ever here in this venue! You can feel the buzz and the tension in the atmosphere! The celebrities seated around the UIC Pavilion are focused on with Smashing Pumpkins frontman Billy Corgan in attendance seated next to X-Files star actor David Duchovney. On the opposite side of the ring on the front row we get a shot of Gary Busey, as well as the actor that plays Mr. Cooper in the hit tv sitcom Hangin' With Mr. Cooper.... ***** We return to the shot inside the ring with announcer Michael Buffer lighting the crowd up with the announcement that the following match is for the Undisputed World Heavyweight Championship of Professional Wrestling and is the main event of the EVENING! Buffer gets the crowd rolling by asking... are you ready!? Chi-Town ARE YOU READY!? Then, for the thousands in attendance, and the millions watching around the world..... LETS GET READY TO RUMBAAAAAAAAAL!..... Pyro explodes over the ring and the crowd is at a fever pitch as "The Macho Man" Randy Savage's trademark classic entrance music hits to bring him out with Paul E. Dangeorusly nervously walking along his side to the ring! This is The Macho Man's chance to get the title back that he's been fighting to get back since he lost it four months ago at the final WCW event ever. We've seen the transformation into this darker grittier, meaner, more violent Macho Man, he's no stranger to big matches, and it just doesn't get any bigger than this! Savage takes the ring and does his trademark pose as pyro continues going off over the ring! Shawn Michaels entrance music hits to bring out THE CHAMPION with his mentor Jose Lothario! Michaels is all business completely focused as he makes it down the elevated catwalk ramp wearing the big gold Undisputed Championship! JR and Joey talk about how dominant of a Champion HBK has been ever since he captured that belt back in Houston at Best Of The Best I at the Astrodome, he defended the belt by defeating Konnan in Aztec Stadium in front of a hostile crowd of over 100,000, he took out Sting at Caesars Palace in the rematch to avenge his lone loss here in Best Of The Best, he took down Bret in the controversial Iron Man Match in the Tokyo Dome, tonight he faces the Dangerous Alliance that is prepared to pull out all the stops to get the control of that Championship!  Michaels gets a huge pop from the crowd as he takes the ring and strikes his pose to another round of pyro explosives over the ring! Savage stands back in his corner as HBK gets ready, with Paul E. and Jose Lothario out on the opposite sides of the ring apon in their corners! Referee Charles Robinson takes the Undisputed Championship title belt from HBK and holds it up in the air, this is what it's all about! Michael Buffer goes through his elaborate intro for Savage first, introducing him as former WWF and WCW World Champion before introducing Michaels as the reigning and defending Undisputed World Champion. This is IT! The ref takes the center of the ring and calls for the bell to get the match underway!...  After an extended staredown it's Savage that takes the first shot, only for Michaels to block it and fire back with punches! HBK takes the momentum and fires the crowd up with a lightning fast lucha based attack that he's implemented in 1996 after the training with Lothario, stunning Savage with quick rope running counters, arm drag takedowns, and dropkicks! Savage gets overwhelmed and frustrated before retreating out of the ring near Paul E.! HBK calls Savage out to bring it on, he's in the zone! Savage rethinks his strategy out ringside stalling with Paul E. coaching him on! Finally Savage re-enters the ring to go after Michaels, only to stay one step and one move behind the most dynamic athlete in this sport today, at the edge of his game with quick leapfrogs, counters, reversals for everything Savage tries to do, eventually going for his running flying forearm smash only for Savage to duck and roll under at the last minute, sending HBK crashing and burning into the canvas in wild crash! Savage puts the boots to Michaels before pulling him up slowly before lighting him up with jab punches to the face and stomach! Savage lifts Michaels up into a scoop slam to set him up for a knee drop but HBK rolls out of the way last second! Michaels recovers and attacks Savage's same knee that he just drove into the canvas with stomps before lifting it up and driving it into the canvas! Savage rolls around clutching his knee! Michaels targets Savage's hurt knee with an atomic drop style move on his folded up clutched knee that hurts him! HBK tries to run into the ropes to build up momentum for something to follow up but Paul E. Dangerously reaches into the ring and trips him up! The crowd lets him have it! The ref catches it and warns Paul E. as Savage jumps on the opening and clubs HBK from behind with a double axe handle! The Macho Man limps on his hurt knee as he takes over the match slowly and methodically working Michaels over with stomps, punches, atomic drops, body slams, rest holds. Michaels gets wore down in the clutches of Savage's sleeper hold but Jose Lothario works to rally the crowd behind him to make a comeback just as the ref drops his arm the third drop! HBK fights his way up and out of the sleeper with elbow strikes to Savage's midsection setting up his teardrop style side suplex! Michaels struggles to make the cover but doesn't hook the leg, Savage kicks out at 2! Paul E. Dangerously gets up onto the apron and tries to distract the ref but HBK turns his attention to him and goes after him! Randy Savage recovers and never gives him the chance, drilling him in the back with a running knee strike that sends him crashing into the ref and knocking him out! REFEREE CHARLES ROBINSON IS OUT! Savage limps on his knee as he attacks Michaels and pulls him up into the position for a PILEDRIVER, only for Michaels to back drop him out of it! Michaels recovers and waits for Savage to get up before drilling him in the face!.... SWEET CHIN MUSIC!.... Savage is OUT COLD! HBK makes the cover but THE REF IS STILL OUT!.... HBK rolls off of Savage and goes after Paul E. Dangerously! The crowd cheers as HBK stalks Paul E. down outside the ring until Macho Man recovers and drives a double axe handle into his back off the apron! Savage pulls HBK up and whips him into the ring posts, the commentary table, the ring steps, then finally into and over the steel guard railing, sending Michaels into the laps of the front row fans! Macho Man follows HBK over into the railing and devastates him with chair shots to his back before returning over the railing, pulling it closer to the ring before ascending the turnbuckles of the ring to the top rope! Savage brings the UIC Pavilion to it's feet as he poses on the top rope before diving off OVER THE GUARD RAIL INTO THE CROWD to hit HBK with a double axe handle on the floor! Savage rolls around next to HBK's' unconscious body clutching his knee in agony! The Macho Man finally fights through to recover and drags HBK back over the guard railing. HBK regains his senses and fights back with punches before sending Macho head first into the ring post! Michaels rolls Savage into the ring and goes up to the top rope for a flying elbow drop of his own, coming down with a perfect arc driving his elbow right into Savage's face! HBK again tries to make the cover for the pin but referee Charles Robinson is STILL knocked out! All of a sudden Paul E. Dangerously grabs the Championship belt from the ringside timekeepers table and scrambles into the ring to attack Shawn Michaels with it while the ref is still out, drilling him right in the back while he's got Savage covered! NO! The crowd goes crazy for Jose Lothario as he scrambles into the ring, turns Paul E. around, and KNOCKS HI OUT WITH A RIGHT HAND! Paul E. is OUT COLD! Jose Lothario! Lothario tries to revive referee Charles Robinson but Randy Savage recovers and throws him out of the ring through the middle ropes! Lothario takes a nasty spill out to the floor and is down and out! Savage picks up the big gold Championship title belt and looks at it for a moment as Shawn Michaels remains down and out on the canvas! This was his belt, the same belt he won when he outlasted 59 other men in WCW War Games last November, he wore this belt with pride and honor for the fans, and they turned on him! Savage grips the title belt with rage as he waits for Michaels to get up so he can drill him in the face with it! HBK ducks under the belt shot from Savage and surprises him.... ANOTHER SWEET CHIN MUSIC! Down goes SAVAGE! The Macho Man is OUT! Michaels makes the cover for the pin but the ref is STILL OUT! Finally another referee, Tim White comes running out full speed from the back! The crowd is going CRAZY! The ref slides into the ring to count the pinfall but Savage is able to kickout at 2.9999!..... NO!..... Both Michaels and Savage are down and out with the crowd cheering them on! Referee Tim White checks on the original ref Charles Robinson and tries to help him recover as Savage and Michaels work their way up in a back and forth battle of punches! White helps Charles Robinson struggle up to his feet when all of a sudden Michaels reverses an Irish whip and accidentally sends Savage crashing into both referee's with a violent impact, crushing both of them together in the nearby corner and knocking both of them out! Savage and Michaels collide in a double lariat that knocks both men down and out! Both referee's are out, Jose Lothario is rolling around on the floor in pain, while Paul E. Dangerously clutches his jaw as he rolls out to the entrance ramp motioning for somebody to come out of the back! All of a sudden the crowd boo's pick up as Shane Douglas and Steve Austin come running out to the ring!.... Austin and Shane Douglas attack Shawn Michaels while the referee's are OUT! Savage recovers and helps a 3-on-1 beat down until HBK's Kliq runs out to help him out! It's 123 Kid and Hunter Hearst Helmsley!.... Kid and Helmsley hit the ring and go right after Austin, Shane Douglas, and Randy Savage! It's all out pandemonium with Savage tipping the odds, taking the fight out to the floor! Douglas and Austin beat up on Kid and Helmsley out on the floor while Savage returns to the ring to drop HBK with a PILEDRIVER! The Macho Man sets HBK up and goes up top.... FLYING ELBOW DROP!.... Savage tries to make the cover for the pin but BOTH referee's are still knocked out! Macho Man tries to revive the ref but it's no use, he goes back up to the top rope to try to finish HBK's title reign off for good with another flying elbow drop, while Austin and Shane Douglas destroy Kid and HHH on the floor, all of a sudden Savage is stopped from flying off the top turnbuckle by a disturbance in the crowd nearby, the fans are all suddenly turning their attention to 2 men walking through the crowd setting the UIC Pavilion into a frenzy!.....  OH MY GOD! The crowd blows the roof off of the UIC Pavilion as Razor and Diesel walk through the crowd making their BOTB debut's, jumping the guard railing and dropping Shane Douglas and Steve Austin out on the floor ringside! Razor grabs Paul E. Dangerously and send him into the ring steps knocking him out! Savage is distracted by it all and climbs down off the turnbuckle, distracted by Diesel and Razor's taunting as HBK recovers behind him, waiting for him to turn around before delivering a THIRD SWEET CHIN MUSIC! The Macho Man is down! Michaels collapses over his body as Diesel rolls Charles Robinson into the ring to count the pin.... 1..... 2..... 3! The HEARTBREAK KID! SHAWN MICHAELS WINS! The KLIQ IS HERE! Razor, Diesel, HHH, and the 123 Kid reunite in the ring helping Michaels recover with the Undisputed Championship as Jim Ross blows his voice out on commentary, the crowd goes ape shit! The Dangerous Alliance all retreat as the Kliq stand tall reunited with fireworks exploding over the ring closing out the broadcast into the copyright screen!..... ©1996 Neo Zeed Corp.
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