I know it's a week late, but I had a lot going on
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IWA Saturday Night Wrestling: 04/11/20
/Opening Credits Roll/
Peter Rogers: Good evening everyone and welcome to another exciting night of pro wrestling, right here inside the Dallas Metro Dome and right here in the IWA. If you missed it last week, Ric Flair is your new IWA Heavyweight Champion, defeating JBL and HBK in a Triple Threat Match
Jake Harley: Yes he did indeed, and tonight The Fortunate Sons have the chance to take home even more gold, as Arn Anderson and Batista will be in another Triple Threat Match for the IWA Tag Team Titles. It's going to be a good night for Fortunate Sons, I can just feel it.
Peter Rogers: Also JBL was not happy at being eliminated by Shawn Michaels in last week's Triple Threat Match and has asked for a match with HBK tonight, which was accepted
Jake Harley: I question Shawn Michael's frame of mind, in accepting that challenge. JBL feels he has something to prove, and is not in a position to be taken lightly
Peter Rogers: Well you better hurry and grab that popcorn and beverage, because our first match of the evening starts now
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John 'Bradshaw' Layfield vs. Shawn Michaels:
Shawn Michaels embarrased JBL, in every possible way. JBL was able to land a few punches, but it was HBK who took him back to school, and wasted absolutely no time in doing so.
Shawn Michaels pinned John "Bradshaw" Layfield after a flying elbowdrop in 0:01:00
Rating: * 3/4
After the match, JBL just sat in the middle of the ring, watching the replay on the screen and had a look on his face of pure humiliaton, and slowly got up, exited the ring, looking like someone just killed his favorite dog
Ian Jackson approches JBL
Ian: JBL, what are your thoughts on what just happened
JBL looked at Ian, looked around the arena, and just slowly walked away back to the dressing room, hanging his head low
Peter Rogers: The biggest mouth in the IWA all of the sudden dosen't have much to say
Jake Harley: Hey you need to show JBL some respect. So he had an off-night. So freaking what. It happens to the very best of us.
Peter Rogers: Anyway, our next match is about to start
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Hulk Hogan VS. Kurt Angle
Kurt approaches the ring, and snatches the microphone from the ringside attendant
KA: You're Olympic Hero is here in the IWA to show all of you the errors of your ways and become the role model you depraved people truly need.
/The crowd boos/
It's true, oh it's damn true. I look around this arena and see nothing but filth and garbage... but I don't blame or judge you. You simply don't know any better and that's why I have decided to come here to the IWA, to be placed on a pedestal as your new hero, to be a light that will shine on all of you.
/Hulk Hogan's music plays/
KA: Hulkster, who the hell let you out of your nursing home? If you leave now, you can still make the Early Bird Special at Taco Dan's.
HH: So you're the new IWA hero, are you? Why don't you prove it by taking on a Real American Hero?
KA: Please, Hogan. Please. Believe it or not, I do respect you, that's why I'm telling you to go back to your old folks home before you embarrass yourself
HH: How about it IWA, let's have a match between a real hero and one who's only a hero in his mind
/Crowd cheers/
The match pretty much went as expected, with Hogan dominating and a very frustrated Kurt Angle took out his anger on referee Danny Davis, which earned a well-deserved DQ
Hulk Hogan defeated Kurt Angle by disqualification in 0:03:46.
Rating: * 1/4
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The Hurricane VS. The Missing Link
Right at the start of the match, Konnor appears at ringside and has an exchange of words with The Hurricane. The distraction proved useful as The Missing Link grabbed Hurricane with a front-face headlock, forcing his knee to the ground.
After a well-timed headbutt, The Missing Link grabbed The Hurricane in a bearhug, but he was able to make it to the ropes 12 seconds later.
The Hurricane was able to amount an offense of his own, taking The Missing Link and tossing him out of the ring, knocking him into the ring steps.
Konnor approaches The Hurricane, and they were nose-to-nose shouting at each other, and the Hurricane had enough and pushed him to the ground, and again the distraction proved useful, as The Missing Link executed another headbutt and tossed The Hurricane back into the ring.
The Hurricane was able to execute a dropkick and was on the verge of a pinfall, when Konnor grabbed a steel chair, nailing him with it earning a DQ for The Missing Link
The Hurricane defeated The Missing Link by disqualification in 0:03:07.
Rating: ** 1/2
[Konnor interfered against The Hurricane.]
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Commercial
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HHH VS. The Miz
The Miz wasted no time and attacked HHH before the bell even rung, by flinging him into the turnbuckle and nailing him with a flying clothesline. The ref was able to seperate The Miz and a very pissed off HHH, and signeled the bell to start the match.
The Miz goes for a side headlock, but Hunter managed to turn it into a swinging neckbreaker, stand over him and does his signature crotch chop, much to the delight of the fans.
He then viciously throws The Miz towards the turnbuckle, as he accidentally collides with the ref. HHH rushes over and nails The Miz with a flying knee lift, but Referee Charles Robinson was unresponsive.
Maryse stands on the ring apron yelling at Hunter, when Shawn Michaels arrived to even the playing field, and pulled her off the apron.
HHH was yelling at Shawn 'I got this. I don't need help'. The distraction gave The Miz enough time to nail a Russian legsweep, and tried to pin him, but the ref was still out.
The Miz took HHH and tossed him out of the ring, and followed after him, picking him up and executing a suplex on the hard floor.
While Shawn was trying to revive the referee, Maryse got involved and slapped HHH across the face. As he chased her around the ring, The Miz was hiding behind the ramps, and sprung up and nailed HHH with an axahandle.
Maryse started to dig under the ring and pulled out HHH's sledgehammer, but Hunter grabbed it from her, nailed The Miz with it, and tossed him back into the ring and went for the pinfall, just as Charles Robinson was coming back around to award the victory to HHH
Triple H pinned The Miz after hitting him with a foreign object in 0:14:27.
Rating: *** 1/2
[Maryse interfered against Triple H.]
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Backstage, HHH was arguing with HBK that he had everything under control and didn't need any assistance from anyone
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Commercial
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Mick Foley VS. The Big Show
Mick Foley got the upper hand relatively quickly as he drilled Show with a DDT and followed up with a kneedrop, then tosses him outside of the ring, as referee Tim White warns him.
As Foley rolls out of the ring, The Big Show nails him across the back with a brutal forearm. Show picks up Foley, with ease, and throws him over the top rope and back into the ring, with a sadiastic smile.
From there on, Big Show dominated the match and pinned Foley with the Show-Stopper
The Big Show pinned Mick Foley with the Show Stopper in 0:17:15.
Rating: ** 3/4
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Ian Anderson is standing backstage with Shawn Michaels
Ian: Shawn, what was all that about?
Shawn: You know, I wish I knew. I really do. I know Hunter can handle it, but it felt that with Miz, it was going to be a 2-on-1 rather than 1-on-1. We always said we would have each other's back, and I was just trying to have his back
/HHH appears/
Ian: Hunter, is there any animosity between the two of you?
Hunter: Shawn, man to man, and friend to friend, I apologize. I know you were just doing what you thought I would have done in the same situation. I had some things going on and my mind has not been right as of late and hope we can put it behind us and keep kicking ass like we always do
Shawn: You've said I was your brother and you were mine. Now brother-to-brother, what's going on? What's so bad you can't tell me?
/The Miz and Big Show arrive/
Miz: Well what a touchy-feely love story. You 2 need to get a room
Shawn: You talk so much trash, but can't back it up in the ring. Even with your wife trying to give you an advantage, you still come up short... just like in the bedroom.
Big Show: You name a time and place, and we'll retire you two fossils... permanately
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Commercial
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The Fortunate Sons (Arn Anderson and Batista) VS. The Hardy Boyz (Jeff Hardy and Matt Hardy) VS.The Best Damn Tag Team Period (Charlie Haas and Shelton Benjamin) (Triple Threat Match for the IWA Tag Team Titles)
Jeff Hardy and Batista start things off, as Hardy executes a vertical suplex and goes for a flying lariet but Batista dodges the attempt. Hardy whips Batista into the ropes, but Batista manages to reverse it, and executes a Demon Bomb, but spent time taunting the fans, allowing Hardy to get to his feet and nail Batista with a sleeper, but he manages to find the ropes 11 seconds later
As the match goes on, Hardy becomes frustrated and argues with the ref, and without rhyme or reason, attacks him and earns a DQ for his team
Charie Haas wasted no time in jumping to the ring, and nails Batista with a DDT and goes for the pin, as Arn Anderson makes the save. Batista tags out to AA, as he exeucted a pile driver, and almost got the pin, but Haas found the strength to kick out at 2
Anderson tags out to Batista who catches Haas with a Demon Bomb, as Hardy put his foot on the rope, which was knocked off by Ric Flair, earning the pinfall and Tag Team Titles
The Fortunate Sons (Arn Anderson and Batista) defeated
The Hardy Boyz (Jeff Hardy and Matt Hardy) and
The Best Damn Tag Team Period (Charlie Haas and Shelton Benjamin):
x Batista beat M. Hardy via disqualification in 0:18:41
x Batista beat S. Benjamin via the Demon Bomb in 0:28:49
Rating: ** 3/4
(The Fortunate Sons won the IWA Tag Team Titles.)
[Ric Flair interfered against Shelton Benjamin.]
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Flair: What'd I tell you. When you're a Fortunate Son, everything comes to you and not only are we chick magnets, we are GOLD magnets as well. Whether you like it or not *WHOOOOO* You better learn to love it, because the Fortunate Sons are here to stay!