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Saturday Rage: July 5/03













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Engelstad Arena, Grand Forks, North Dakota

Attendence: 4,396

 

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GPW Heavyweight champion Manny Silva, and "the Phenom" Adam Riggs come down to the ring. There is no sign of Kevin Nash, Scott Hall, or Kimberly Page. These two guys have been at each other's throats lately, flames which have been fanned by President Larkin.

Riggs takes the mic first. He says he was "that" close to beating Konnan for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship, but then he had a bit of a mental lapse. Riggs says he began to think about what it would mean to be the recognized champion of the World! Then he realized that it was only Konnan, and only the NWA title strap. Did he really want to be whored out a few times a month across the globe to bring in big gates for fly by night promoters? Good riddance Konnan! More power to you.

Silva takes the mic, and tells Vendetta that he was close at Nothing Else Matters to winning the GPW title, but he just couldn't get the job done. It must be tough walking around life knowing you are a failure. Silva then says the obvious question is where are Nash, Hall, and Kimberly? And the answer is that they have been given the night off. They have been working too much lately for their age, and position in the industry, and deserve a break. Silva then turns to Riggs and offers a handshake. He apologizes to Riggs for losing control in their match last month and trying to choke him out.

Riggs takes the mic out again, and accepts the apology from Silva. He also apologizes to Silva for his aggresive attempts at taking the GPW Heavyweight title. He says it doesn't matter who has the title, as long as it stays in the Wolfpack. Riggs then calls out Wolfpac wannabe Raymond Bingham. The young sensation comes down to the ring with a cocky look on his face and enters the ring without looking worried at all. Riggs says that Bingham failed to get the job done at Nothing Else Matters, as he failed to beat and cripple that old man Sam Holiday. The smirk leaves the face of Bingham as he starts to look anxiously at the two members of the Wolfpack. Riggs says, however...

<< cue "I'll Sleep When I'm Dead" by Warren Zevon >>>

The fans cheer as President Larkin comes to the top of the ramp, with Ron Simmons standing right beside him. Larkin says that before Riggs goes any further the GPW President has a little announcement of his own regarding the near future of Raymond Bingham. Larkin says "Roll the tape". We get a split screen shot on the jumbo tron, on one side we have Raymond Bingham and on the other side we have "the yellow masked" interferer from the Manny Silva match at Nothing Else Matters. The two sides seem pretty similar indeed.

President Larkin says that Bingham has disobeyed his direct order to not interfere in that match. So, starting immediately Bingham is suspended from GPW for 90 days. However, since he is still under GPW contract in those 90 days Bingham will be getting his ass on a plane and flying across the globe to any promoter who wants to sign him to a match. That could be a cage match against the likes of Abdullah the Butcher, or an expldong anus match against a sadist like New Jack. Larkin tells Bingham he will take the dates as booked or be considered in breach of contract.

Bingham is livid, jumping up and down and kicking the ropes. Silva and Riggs don't look very happy either but are keeping calm.

Larkin goes on. He turns his attention to Manny Silva. Larkin says that the result of their title match at Nothing Else Matters was not fair to Vendetta or to the fans. So, at Summer in the City, the main event will once again pit Manny Silva against Vendetta for the GPW Heavyweight Championship. Only this time it will be in a 20-foot high STEEL CAGE!!!

Riggs still has a mic. He gets  a big smile on his face and addresses Larkin and Simmons. As you might recall last month Riggs fired the entire GPW security staff for their inability to protect the wrestlers. Well after a long search for replacements he was ready to just give up on the job. That's when RAGE was suddenly moved from Wednesday nights to Saturday Nights. Being a weekend and all, it opened up a brand new avenue of recruitment. The best part of it, Mr. President, is that it won't cost you a dime, as your new security staff is being provided by a government release program. Meet your new GPW security staff.

From the back come 8 guys, beefy guys with either bald heads or long greasy hair. They are covered in tatoos and piercings, and are wearing Orange coveralls with "GPW Security" stenciled on the front, and DOJ on the back.

Larkin goes ballistic on the mic. "You hired convicts to do security? Have you lost your *bleep* mind Riggs? The state athletic boards will have my license for this!

Riggs just laughs, and tells Larkin to get used to it! The DOJ is here to stay.

 

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GPW Champion, Manny Silva

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Shane Madison & Christopher Stevens 
Den Graves & Den Scarrman
 
Normally Graves and Scarrman would tear the youngsters apart. But tonight something was off with Graves. He barked orders at Scarrman making him do the bulk of the work and carry most of the action. Graves, the GPW Heritage champion, saw very little action, and when he did he was happy to just apply a headlock or a reverse chin lock. Finally, as Scarrman began to get worn down and have his problems against the young pair of grapplers, Graves just jumped off the apron and walked away. Scarrman tried his best but seemed at that point to just want to get away from the action. The fans cheered as Madison and Stevens poured on the attack, with Christopher Stevens finishing off the huge upset with a cross armbreaker.
[Shane Madison & Christopher Stevens defeated Den Graves & Den Scarrman by submission at 10:15 when Stevens made Scarrman submit to the cross armbreaker]
 

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Shane Madison

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Menele  v  Crash Holly
 
It was obvious that Menele was enraged at being pitted up against the diminutive Holly, and it was equally obvious that an enraged Menele is not a man you want to be in the ring against. Menele wrapped the arm of Holly around the top rope and punished him, trying his best to rip the arm off. A new move for Menele was the Oklahoma Stampede but when he went for the pin he lifted up the head of Holly drawing the wrath of referee Jimmy Appleseed.
The match continued with a pair of snap suplexes followed by a thunder fire bomb. Finally, picking Holly up like a ragdoll he buried him with a T-bone suplex.
[Menele defeated Crash Holly by pinfall at 6:42 after a T-bone suplex]
 

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Backstage Interview:
Deane Moore is standing next to "the Leviathan" Dave Batista who alternates between taking swigs from a water bottle and slapping his biceps and pecs. Moore informs us that Chrome will be out of action until sometime in November due to a broken arm suffered at the hands of this man, Batista. Moore asks Batista what he has to say for himself and his heinous act at Nothing Else Matters.
Batista just glares at Moore, before snatching away the mic and shoving Moore out of camera range. Batista glares at the camera and then back at the concrete wall behind him. Turning around Batista says he feels like he has been transported back to Saturday morning wrestling from the 70's. Like "coming to a town near you, run, don't walk!" But this isn't the 70's, time marches on Grandma, and bodies like this one weren't made in the olden days. This is a modern body, of a modern warrior. Why make someone submit when I can make the ref stop the match because I have broken a limb? Great Plains, you can expect a trail of broken limbs as I carve my way through the territory...daddy-o. With that Batista kicks the camera man somewhere under the camera's range and the camera obviously falls to the ground. We hear smashing glass, see nothing but static, and then hear Batista walking away through broken glass, laughing to himself "daddy-o".
 

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In-ring segment:
The Spinebusters, Bryan Caruthers & Jerry Orth come to the ring. They complain about the inactivity of the current tag champs, Union Jack & Gabriel Argos. They accuse the champs of ducking them, and trying to bide their time as Argos still recovers from his broken nose.
 
The tag champs, Union Jack & Gabriel Argos, come to the top of the ramp, followed by V.P. Dale Kuentz. Kuentz has a mic and says that he has met with President Larkin regarding the tag team division. Their decision, was to award a tag team title match to the Spinebusters this month based on their excellent record in the past. However, in management's mind there is no clear cut #1 contender. So, starting next week, a 4-team mini tag team tournament will be held, with the winner of the tournament getting a title shot at Summer in the City. The only question will be who the champions will be? And since you seem so eager to get your title shot, it will be right now! The Spinebusters begin to complain they are  not ready, but when they see the determined look on the advancing faces of the champions they throw away the mic and go right after the champs.
 
GPW Tag Team Title Match
Union Jack & Gabriel Argos (champions)
v
Bryan Caruthers & Jerry Orth
 
The Spinebusters get the drop on the champs by laying the boots to them as they enter the ring. They toss Argos out of the ring and then double team UJ. It shakes down to Caruthers against UJ. The 'busters are experts at cutting off the ring and controlling their opponent with quick tags, and double teams for up to the 5 count. Almost 6 minutes pass with UJ narrowly escaping pinfall before he manages to surprise Orth with a crucifix into a roll-up. Instead of going for the pin though UJ locks on the hold and just continues to roll with his opponent into the corner and makes the tag to Gabriel Argos. The man from Cyprus goes to work on both 'busters as Caruthers tries to interfere. He punishes Orth with a short clothesline, and a  bulldog, but when he locks in a cross face chickenwing Caruthers enters the ring and breaks the hold with a big boot. Orth manages to tag in Caruthers, but by this time Argos has recovered and takes Caruthers down with a slick looking drop toe hold into a half-boston. Hearing the roar of the crowd Orth turns around and charges at Argos to try and break the hold. But he never makes it there, as UJ has recovered and launches himself at Orth and takes him down with a flying cross bodyblock. However, they make enough incidental contact with Argos to break the hold. All 4 men now go at in the ring as referee Buddy Lane tries to restore order. Orth and Argos spill outside the ring where they continue to batter each other. Inside the ring Caruthers catches UJ with a kick directly to the groin (unseen by Buddy Lane) and follows up with a spinebuster. Referee Buddy Lane counts 1, 2, ..but then stops the count, waving it off and pointing to the corner because Caruthers and UJ are not the legal men. In the meantime, Argos has got the better of Orth outside the ring, taking him down with a drop toe hold smashing him face first into the guardrail. Argos slides inside and then drop kicks Caruthers in the back, sending him flying out of the ring. Orth is climbing into the ring, when Argos comes across and helps him in with a big axe kick. Argos uses an Aztec suplex to finish the job.
[Union Jack & Gabriel Argos defeated The Spinebusters by pinfall at 10:23 when Argos pinned Orth after an Aztec suplex]
 

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On the JumboTron:
President Larkin is sitting at his desk and ready to make a statement. He says that as everyone knows V.P. Dale Kuentz after making an independent review, decided to relieve Sable of her duties as my Executive Assistant. Unfortunately, that has left a gap in our ogranization that needs to be filled. As such, after an extensive search, I have settled on a replacement. The camera pans out and we see, sitting on the edge of Larkin's desk wearing a black mini-skirt and tight white tank top under a blazer, Debra McMichaels!!!
Larkin asks the fans to welcome Debra to the GPW family, and then begins to clap as Debra smiles on.
From out of camera range we hear the office door slam open and into the screen comes a furious looking Sable. She turns her nose up at Debra and then pushes Larkin's chair back against the wall so she has him cornered. She says she is sick of all this b.s., first the executive assistant stuff (she turns to Debra and says "I hope you have stong wrists honey") then hiding behind Dale Kuentz to do his dirty work. Not to mention the humiliating series of matches against Asp Evergreen including the lap dance. Larkin looks stunned. He tells Sable that although things haven't worked out all that well so far, that she is still one of his favorite performers of all time, and that is why he brought her into the GPW. He says he wants to make her happy, and asks Sable what he can do to make her happy? Sable says he can start a legitimate women's division with their own title belt. Larkin tells her he will have to think about that because as of right now there aren't enough women to start their own division. She pokes him in the chest, and tells him to think about it "fast". As she is yelling at Larkin we can see Debra sizing up Sable's rear with a naughty look on her face that disapears quickly as Sable turns around and storms out of the office.
 

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the new Executive Assistant

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Pre-Match:
Asp Evergreen is in the ring with a mic. He congratulates himself on his victory over Sable at Nothing Else Matters. Then he gives a "shout out to his homies" Chavez, ICP, Derek St. Holmes, and Pogo the Clown.. He tells them that he was set-up by Sable and that scrag, fat bitch at the PPV was not his Mother. He assures everyone that his mother is a babe, a real MILF...not that he wants to do his Mom..but he's sure anyone else would, because only a fine looking woman could give birth to such a fine looking son.
 
Ron Simmons  v  Asp Evergreen
 
Evergreen has had a lot of sucess lately, wrestling the likes of Sable, and by cheating. It seemed though that his luck would run out tonight. For 5 minutes he tried to hide, evade, eye gouge, choke, etc, against a determined looking Ron Simmons. This match came on the heels of the incident at Nothing Else Matters where Evergreen punched out Larkin with a set of brass knuckles before being demolished by Simmons. Apparently that wasn't enough punishment though to appease the President as this match was set up for tonight. Simmons nailed Asp with a running powerslam and was set for the pin when a group of Asp's cronies hit the ring led by Eddie Chavez to break the pin.
[Ron Simmons defeated Asp Evergreen by disqualification at 5:08 due to outside interference]
 
Post-Match:
Asp and Chavez were joined by the ICP, Derek St. Holmes, Pogo the Clown, and Inbred Jed. Even with this band of misfits a 7-on-1 were too good of odds and "Full Deck" crushed Ron Simmons. Finally Sam Holiday, Christopher Stevens, and Shane Madison came out to clear the ring.
 

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Asp Evergreen, leader of Full Deck

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Norman Smiley  v  Jesse Hennig
 
Hennig has a good deal of wrestling knowledge and technique but when he tried to match-up straight against Norman Smiley it soon showed that he was way over his head. Smiley punished him with a fisherman suplex, a thunder fire bomb, and then almost finished off with a victory roll.
Hennig bailed out of the ring to buy some time. He then played a game of lock-up, and bail out a few times to frustrate Smiley. Then he grabbed the house mic and ring bell from the announce table and started to jabber at Smiley. Jesse really drew the ire of the crowd as he told Smiley he wasn't fit to be on the active roster at GPW, that he was more suited to be a janitor or driver. This threw Smiley over the edge and he was going to exit the ring to get at Hennig, but long time inept official Jurgen Hermann grabbed a hold of him and tried to stop him. Tangled up with the ref but exposed because his head was stuck through the ropes he was an easy target for Hennig who blasted him with the ring bell. It was a simple 1, 2, 3, after that.
[Jesse Hennig defeated Norman Smiley by pinfall at 7:22 after hitting him with a foreign object]
 

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Lockeroom interview:
Deane Moore is in the locker room of "Full Deck". Asp Evergreen, Eddie Chavez, the ICP, Derek St. Holmes, Inbred Jed, and Pogo the Clown are celebrating with champagne. Moore tries to get a word in with several of the guys but they are too busy celebrating. Finally Asp grabs the mic and proclaims that Full Deck is back in full force.
Suddenly there is a loud banging on the lockeroom door. It's Ron Simmons trying to get in to get revenge for the beat down. After the initial shock wears off, they all share a good laugh as Simmons continues to pound away at the lockeroom door. After a slight respite there is a tiny knock on the door followed by a very fake sounding femme voice "room service". Asp enjoys a good laugh with Eddie Chavez but they aren't looking when Inbred Jed unlocks the door saying "maybe she has some more of this booze, eh?".
Simmons bursts in with a baseball bat and lays out each member of Full Deck, one at a time with the bat. Only he and Moore remain standing and all you can hear is the groans of Full Deck as they lay on the ground hurting.
Simmons steps out of the lockeroom with a satisfied look on his face.
A second later President Larkin steps in with a twisted smile on his face as he surveys the damage done. Then he turns to Deane Moore and hands him his pink slip. "Your being replaced Deane", and he leaves the room as the interviewer is seen with a shocked look on his face holding out his pink slip.
 

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In-ring promo:
"Total Destruction" Steve Riley comes to the ring looking very unhappy. He wastes no time getting on the mic and speaking his mind. He says he is being kept out of the title picture deliberately by the GPW office, as he should have at least warranted a shot at the Heritage title by now. He then puts out an open challenge to anyone in the locker room who thinks they deserve a title shot before Total Destruction.
 
<<< cue "Ain't Going Down 'till the Sun Comes Up" Garth Brooks >>>
The fans go nuts as Sam Holiday runs down to the ring, giving high-fives to the fans as he ran. Holiday is not dressed to wrestle, wearing black jeans, cowboy boots, and a black sleeveless "Delbert McClinton" t-shirt. He rolls under the bottom of the ring and begins to exchange punches with Riley. A few seconds later referee Jimmy Appleseed runs in from the back and calls for the bell.
 
Sam Holiday  v  Steve Riley
Holiday can't match punches with the bigger, stronger Riley. As soon as Total Destruction gains an advantage he goes to the power moves, nailing a sidewalk slam, a backbreaker and then double armbar submission. Holiday manages to work his feet to the ropes to get the break.
Riley tosses Holiday out of the ring and begins to throw him from guardrail to guardrail. He then throws Holiday into the announce table, but when he charges right at Holiday the veteran ducks under, picks up Riley, turns him around and then hotshots him face first off the announce table. Both men are down, but Holiday manages to make it back into the ring first to stop the 10 count.
The match is fast and vicious as control changes several times in the next 3 minutes. Finally Holiday gains a sustained advantage with a pair of running clotheslines, followed by a scoop slam leaving Riley in place for the finisher. Holiday climbs to the top rope for the Holiday legdrop, but obviously misjudged the recovery capability of Riley who catches Holiday on top and brings him down to the mat with a slam. Holiday staggers to his feet and is met headlong by a charging Riley who scoops up the big, rangy Texan and slams him to the mat with a spinebuster. He hooks the leg and gets the big victory.
[Steve Riley defeated Sam Holiday by pinfall at 8:09 after a spinebuster]
 

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On June 15th the NWA held their most recent PPV offering, Slamboree 2003.
GPW was there in full force contributing the following match. Due to copyright reasons we are only able to show the fans still photos taken of the match, but the following is our account of what went down.
 

Great Plains Wrestling Grudge Match

Manny Silva & Scott Hall (/w Kimberly Page) vs. Shawn Michaels & Vendetta

HBK insists on starting this match against the Wolfpack. He wants a piece of Scott Hall but GPW Heavyweight Champion Manny Silva steps in instead. They lock up and HBK is quick with a kick to the gut, followed by a European uppercut. It drives Silva back into his own corner where Michaels is not foolish enough to follow. Silva comes out of the corner as Hall mocks HBK. They lock up again but this time it is Silva that gets a knee off first driving it into the stomach of Michaels. He follows up with an elbow smash and then a vicious chop to the throat. Michaels spins across the ropes trying to stay away from Silva and gasping for air. He tries to get to the corner but Silva cuts him off. For the next couple of minutes its all Silva and then Hall after he is tagged in. HBK is barely hanging on when Hall goes for the Outsiders Edge. Michaels though kicks back in desperation and finds the mark kicking Halls left leg from under him, both men go down to the mat. They come up still locked together and Michaels manages to counter the attack with a reverse neck breaker. Both men are down, and Michaels begins to crawl to his corner at the 8 count. Hall manages to grab onto his ankle, but Michaels pulls Hall into the corner and make the tag.

Vendetta gets the hot tag and drops a knee to the ribs of Hall, before spearing a charging Manny Silva. He kicks Silva out of the ring, but turns right into a punch from Hall. Vendetta absorbs it, blocks a 2nd punch, and then takes Hall down with an arm breaker. After a few seconds Vendetta takes it back to a standing position, delivers a pair of kicks to the gut, and then tries to go for a DDT. Hall though manages to drive Vendetta into the Wolfpack corner. Its 2-on-1 in the corner, and Michaels has not recovered enough yet to help his partner. Hall tags in Manny Silva.

Silva is all over Vendetta now. He takes him to the middle of the ring and delivers a sick looking belly to back half nelson suplex. He goes for the pin but only gets a 2 count. Again Silva drags Vendetta to his feet and punishes him with an airplane spin toss. Putting Vendetta into a neutral corner he starts to stomp away at his midsection and chest. He wastes time to jaw with the referee and when he goes for another stomp the Haitian warrior grabs the GPW champs foot and twists him to the ground. Vendetta hangs on to a leg for dear life and tries to lock on a leg lock submission but Silva manages to kick his way free. Silva continues to punish Vendetta trying to get him to submit, first with a surfboard and then with a camel clutch. Finally, HBK cant take any more and enters the ring and kicks Silva right in the face. He drops like a stone, but when the ref escorts Michaels out of the ring Hall enters and drops an elbow on the sternum of Vendetta. He lays a few boots in for good measure. Vendetta and Silva are both down but Silva is on his feet first. Vendetta lashes out at the champ and catches him with a solid punch, and follows it up with a series of elbow smashes which back Silva to the ropes. There the champ fights back with a rake of the eyes and a low blow. You can see that Silva has totally lost his temper and begins to try and choke out Vendetta. This brings HBK back into the ring but Hall meets him with a kick in the groin. Silva tosses Vendetta over the top rope to the floor below.

All control has been lost in this match. Kimberly stands on the ring apron and distracts the ref while Hall holds Michaels and Silva wraps the ring ropes around HBKs neck. Hall slides out of the ring and starts to pull on the feet of Michaels who is desperately fighting for air. The ref sees this and tries to pull Silva off inside the ring while Hall continues to yank outside the ring. Michaels finally manages to kick enough that he catches Hall in the face with a heel sending his former friend onto his back. He swings his feet into the ring and levels Silva with a knee to the groin. He catches the GPW champ totally by surprise and Silva staggers back into the ring. In the meantime Vendetta is back into the ring and intercepts Silva and delivers an atomic drop to the champ. The referee has managed to free Michaels with the help of two other NWA officials who came down to ringside when they saw the horrific act being perpetrated. Vendetta flew across the ring and leveled Hall with a flying elbow as he was again on the ring apron trying to enter the ring. Vendetta picked Silva to his feet and then took him down again with an inverted DDT, for the 1, 2, 3.

Winners: Shawn Michaels & Vendetta by pinfall at 11:29 when Vendetta pinned Silva following an inverted DDT

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Main Event
6-Man Tag Team Match
Anything Goes - No Disqualification
Global Warning manager Sammy Yip is handcuffed to Jon Stewart
 
Global Warning: Gregor Kitnitsov, Tiger Khan, & The Patriot
v
Al Collins, Haku, Kurrgan
 
This match was set up based on what happened at Nothing Else Matters, where Collins, Haku, and Kurrgan came to the rescue of Jon Stewart as he was attacked by Global Warning.
Collins, Haku, and Kurrgan are much bigger and stronger then their opponents but give away a lot in speed and technical ability. So, it's no surprise that the fan favorites actually try to turn this into a run-and-gun style of brawling match with quick tags. Kurrgan is especially proficient in laying out damage to Kitnitsov and Khan, including a double choke slam. The match though breaks down quickly into a massive brawl. The Patriot seizes an opportunity to waffle Jon Stewart over the head with a chair, and then again when Stewart fails to stay down. As the 6-man brawl resumes Sammy Yip takes the opportunity to continue to lay the boots into the defenseless Stewart. Suddenly from the back comes Al Collins' long time partner "Gung Ho" Joe Blum, brandishing a set of bolt cutters. He cuts Stewart free from Yip, keeping the less then menacing Yip away from the downed Kutlu Warrior. Al Collins makes his way over to also help out Stewart, only to have Blum turn around and nail his long time friend Collins in the head with the bolt cutters! Al Collins has been busted wide open by Joe Blum! Blum then embraces with Sammy Yip.
Back inside the ring it's 3 on 2 and a well placed chair shot by Kitnitsov the back of the leg downs Kurrgan. While Patriot neutralized Haku, Kitnitsov and Khan double teamed Kurrgan to pick him up and bring him down with a double brainbuster. Kitntisov got the honor of taking the pin.
[Global Warning defeated Collins, Haku, & Kurrgan by pinfall when Kitnitsov pinned Kurrgan at 8:29 after a double brainbuster]
 

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Backstage:
We cut away to the backstage area where Vendetta is being pursued by a cameraman as he walks toward a dressing room door. The Haitian opens the door saying, "hey jerk offs". The camera swings through the doorway and we see a very surprised looking Manny Silva & Adam Riggs getting up from where they had been packing up their gear into gym bags. They get up to meet the challenge of Vendetta but he throws up his hands and says "wait just a minute guys". He asks them if they know where Hall & Nash are tonight. Riggs replies that as they said earlier they have the night off, with our blessing. He sounds a bit too emphatic about it, and you can tell something else may be happening. Vendetta says he was just asking because Shawn Michaels was supposed to be here tonight and never arrived. Silva shoots Riggs a look of concern, before both quickly regain their composure. Riggs looks perplexed as he closes a bit of distance with Vendetta. Riggs says that if Michaels isn't here that must mean....that you don't have any back-up! With that Riggs and Silva jump Vendetta trying to take him down. But Ron Simmons comes through the dressing room door brandishing the baseball bat he had earlier when he beat down "Full Deck". He forces Riggs and Silva to back off Vendetta. Simmons says it looks like you guys are the ones who don't have enough back-up. Riggs just smiles as the Orange clad DOJ-GPW security guards begin to swarm into the dressing room. They tackle Simmons to the ground as Silva and Riggs resume their attack on Vendetta. They have him on one knee, as they begin to lay in a flury of punches.
 
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