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River City Wrestling #976
September 13, 2003
Special 90 Minute Edition of Rage
Night of Champions
Mitchell Hall Gymnasium and Fieldhouse
on the campus of U of Wisconsin - La Crosse
La Crosse, Wisconsin
Attendance: 2,840
Opening Bout
Dr. John Manfried v Bob Sapp
This feud has been building for several weeks, with Manfried taking offence at Sapp's trying to make a gimmick for himself by injuring younger, smaller wrestlers. Then Sapp made light of Manfried's past, specifically his jail time for manslaughter. These two didn't need to wait for the bell to ring before they were slugging it out in the middle of the ring.
Not a whole lot of scientific wrestling going on in this one. Sapp took control with a chop to the throat, followed by a full nelson slam. He then punished Manfried with a hangman, followed by a choke lift. He released the choke at the 5 count to avoid being disqualified by referee Melissa Coates. Sapp then took the match outside the ring where the two brawled and refused to re-enter the ring. Manfried grabbed the upper hand by pulling Sapp into the ringpost. He then placed the safety guardrail over the Beast's throat and put his entire weight onto it. This was all Coates was willing to take and she called for the bell.
[Manfried and Sapp battled to a double countout at 5:53]
Post-Match
The two big men continued to try and hurt each other after the match. The first couple attempts to break up the encounter by security were met with force by both combatants. Finally the two were pulled off of each other and taken to the back.
TV Feed
Commissioner Bob Backlund sits behind his desk, wearing a Hugo Boss Navy Blue pinstripe suit, a sand colour dress shirt, and a yellow bowtie. He says that on this, the night of champions, where the WWA World Heavyweight and the WWA World Tag Team champions are on hand to defend their belts, it is unfortunate that a River City wrestler has to forfeit his title.
Then Backlund smiles, and says that the champion won't mind so much as he can console himself with his newly won RCW Heavyweight Championship. Due to that conflict the championship committee has decided that Vendetta will forfeit his RCW Heritage Title. A new winner will be decided in the near future on Rage by way of a tournament. Backlund smiles, and says, everyone loves a good tournament.
As it seems we will fade away, we suddenly hear the unmistakable sound of high heels clicking on the floor, just like last week when it was Debra McMichael who was enticing Mr. Backlund to use her services as a personal assistant. However, this week it is Sable that appears on the screen wearing an ultra low cut and short black, lacey, stretch dress. She leans into Mr. Backlund and begins to massage his scalp while giving him an eye full of her endowments. She begins to whine about how Debra used to have Mr. Larkin wrapped around her little southern finger, and how she turned him against her. She says she knows that he (Backlund) is more independent than Mr. Larkin and has more refined tastes, being a northerner and all. Backlund manages to mutter something about Larkin being Canadian, to which Sable replies, that makes him one step below Texans in the evolutionary chain. Mr. Backlund gets a huge grin on his face which we assume is from her comment, until the camera angle adjusts slightly and we see Sable's hand is under the table.
Pre-Match
Manny Silva is in the ring, and as always he looks pissed off. He says that after his talk with the bogus psych chick from last week he went and checked the tape, and found out it was Ron Simmons' idea of a joke. Well the joke was on Simmons and Vendetta because he gets a match against Simmons right now, on the road to winning the title belt back from that inept foreigner Vendetta. But, one good thing did come out of the joke, Silva says that it's time he dropped the "Vicious" nickname and start being billed for what he is a "Mad Dog".
Bout #2
#1 contender for the RCW Heavyweight Title
Ron Simmons v "Mad Dog" Manny Silva
Started off as a slug fest but Silva gained early control with a powerslam. He dropped a series of elbows to the sternum, and followed up with a series of stomps. He then climbed the top rope and came off with a big knee again to the sternum. He went for the pin but only got a 2 count from Jimmy Appleseed.
Simmons blocked a vertical suplex attempt, which made Silva resort to kicks and punches once more. Simmons finally blocked a punch, and spun Silva into the corner where he peppered him with shots to the gut and then added a vicious headbutt for good measure.
The company enforcer then slid out of the ring and pulled Silva face first to the mat by yanking on his feet. He then pulled Silva backwards, crotching him into the ringpost. He received a stern warning from Appleseed for this, but Simmons seemed pretty angry and gave Jimmy a bit of a push to the side.
Silva tried to fight back but Simmons was on a roll now, and nailed a pair of elbows to between the eyes, and then delivered his running powerslam finisher. He got the 1, 2, kickout! by Silva.
Frustrated Simmons tossed Silva over the top rope to the floor below. He then climbed to the top turnbuckle and attempted to come off with an axhandle to the back of the former champ. However, the mad man turned around just in time and got in a gut shot to Simmons. He followed up with a series of very controlled short knees to the head of Simmons before rolling him back into the ring.
Silva put Simmons in the camel clutch, but Simmons managed to bridge his back and get out of the hold. Silva then took Simmons face first into the corner, and then delivered a series of elbows to the lower back. He then grabbed onto the ropes on either side of Simmons and pushed his head into the lower back of Ron Simmons until having to break it at a count of 5.
Silva then went for a suplex, but Simmons hooked the leg to block it, and rolled Silva up into a pinning combination, for a 1 count before Silva rolled through it, hooked the tights, and got a near fall. Back onto their feet Silva ducked under a Simmons clothesline and then retaliated in kind, knocking the Georgian on his back. Silva grabbed the raised legs of Simmons, and then dropped a knee right into the groin. Appleseed missed this as he was changing positions and it was blocked from his view. Silva then rolled up Simmons and got the 1, 2, 3.
[Manny Silva defeated Ron Simmons by pinfall at 7:51 after a kneedrop to the groin]
[Manny Silva is the #1 contender for the RCW Heavyweight Title]
In-ring interview
The red carpet is rolled out in the ring, and there are 3 chairs placed in a semi-cirlce, with microphones attached to each one. Superstars Dan Severn and Jody Christmas come down and take seats flanking Pamela Paulshock. She asks each one of them their thoughts on their great IronMan match at Summer in the City. She looks at Severn but he defers to Christmas, saying let the winner speak first. Christmas looks humble and says it was a very hard fought contest and both men showed that they would do anything to win a match, which is exactly why each of them is an icon.
Severn looks nonchalant and finally says that the result was pretty meaningless, and that it was too bad that both men poured such an effort into a match that was decided by Christmas cheating as always to win.
This comment took JC back a little but he didn't interrupt Severn. The Beast went on to say that without the handful of tights on the final pin, that match would have ended in a 2-2 draw.
Christmas just blows it off, saying "would of, could of, should of." The bottom line is that I won, you lost, and that if's and but's were candy and nuts we would all have a merry Christmas.
With that JC sits up from his chair, and Severn quickly does the same in a menacing manner. Christmas just points at Severn in a warning gesture and slowly walks backward to the ropes. From the ramp comes down a big man, carrying a steel chair. The newcomer reaches up as Christmas turns and whacks him across the head with the steel cage. Christmas hits the mat and when Severn grabs him he is busted wide open. The Beast puts him in a cobra clutch while the other man enters the ring. Veteran announcer and former wrestler Linley Tolbert recognizes the man, it's none other then European superstar "Extreme" Jack Voight! Voight takes the steel chair and jabs it into the ribcage of Christmas who is out cold but being held up by Severn.
Suddenly, a jeans wearing, t-shirt sporting, Joe E. Legend hits the ring with a steel chair of his own. Severn releases Christmas, and he and Voight slip out of the ring. Legend looks after Christmas and calls for medical help.
Bout #3
NWA World Tag Team Championship Match
The Dreadknocks (Ratt & Scavenger) (NWA World champions)
v
Great Canadians (Eric Scott & Vincent Regliatti) (RCW Champions)
The Dreadknocks were a house of fire, showing that they have been a tag team for many years. They kept the action in their half of the ring and made frequent tags. The Spinebusters came down to ringside to watch and cheered on the NWA champs. They taunted the Great Canadians by taking the RCW tag titles off the announce table and trying them on for size. Finally the Canadians made a comeback in the match with some dirty tactics, including a devastating stuffed piledriver on Ratt. This drew the ire of the Spinebusters who jumped on the ring apron to complain. Referee Jimmy Appleseed came over to get the 'busters to leave the ring area, but they argued with him, and then Orth hotshoted Appleseed's throat across the top strand.
With Appleseed out of commission the Spinebusters went and grabbed a chair which they were going to pass to Scavenger, to help him fend off the 2 on 1, since Ratt was still out from the piledriver. But instead they feigned the chair pass and tossed it up to a surprised looking Eric Scott who then hammered Scavenger across the head. Appleseed recovered, and he counted, 1, 2, but somehow Scavenger managed to drape a foot over the bottom rope. The Great Canadians did their best to hold off the champions' momentum but the Dreadknocks were too strong and took back control of the match. After throwing Regliatti out of the ring the Dreadknocks pulled a doomsday device out of their bag of tricks to finish off the challengers.
[The Dreadknocks defeated the Great Canadians by pinfall after the Doomsday Device at 10:52]
[The Dreadknocks retained the NWA World Tag Team Titles]
Post-Match
Despite trying to help the Canadians win the titles, the Spinebusters returned to the ring and attacked the RCW champions from behind after the Dreadknocks had left the ring. They laid them out, and in a repeat from last week, used the title belts to knock them down again. And like last week, they laid the belts gently onto the chest of the fallen champs.
Backstage interview
Pamela Paulshock is standing beside commissioner Bob Backlund. She begins to ask him about the recent behavioural trends of former champion "Mad Dog" Manny Silva. But before Backlund can say anything he is playfully tossed to the wall by an emerging April Hunter. She presses against him and says that she is glad she finally has a chance to meet him. Kim Kanner and Tylene Buck are also there and they menace Paulshock away from the scene.
Backlund manages to say something about thinking they were in Mexico. Hunter runs a finger down Backlund's chest and hooks it into his waistband as he visibly gulps. She whispers, that they came back, drawn like a moth to flame. She says that strong authority figures have that effect on girls like her. Backlund gulps again and asks what "kind of girl" she means. Hunter whispers something into Backlund's ear and he blushes.
Finally Hunter takes a step back, but now she Kanner and Buck are all standing around Backlund. Finally he straightens himself up and says that he can't decide who he wants as an executive assistant. Then he says he has an idea. We will have a battle royal with all the interested girls next week on Rage. The winner will become his new executive assistant.
The "Wolfpack" girls seem a little pissed off about it but, they soon get their usual arrogant look on their faces. Joining hands they look at Backlund and say that no-one is going to be able to stop this trio, so he needs to start making up his mind if he wants the blonde, the brunette, or the redhead.
They walk away, and Backlund looks flustered as he watches them very carefully from the backside.
Main Event
WWA World Heavyweight Title Match
Nic Cross (/w Jenna Jameson) (NWA Champion)
v
Vendetta (RCW Champion)
Nic Cross showed his usual disdain for the heartland of America. He complained to the ref about a seam in the mat, and had the ref get down on his knees and look at it. Head referee Buddy Lane was not impressed, and when Cross left the ring Lane began to count him out. Finally the champ got back into the ring only then to complain about the lighting, claiming it was too bright in his eyes. Jenna put a pair of sunglasses on him but Lane made him take them off. The entire time these shenanigans were going on Vendetta stayed calm and loose in his own corner, Finally though he couldn't take it any longer and approached Buddy Lane to speed things up.
This was the opening that Cross had been waiting for and he struck with a finger poke to the eye. He immediately went at Vendetta with a series of kicks and punches, and Lane called for the bell to start the match. The champ again showed his disdain for the heartland by refusing to break out any wrestling moves, instead relying totally on kicks, punches, stomps, slaps, and an occasional eye gouge. At one point he took a breather, lounging across the top turnbuckle while Jenna massaged his shoulders.
Finally though Vendetta struck back. Doubled over from yet another kick to the gut, the Haitian reached out and got under Cross, taking him to the air in a fireman's carry and bringing him down with a flapjack. Both men were down, but Cross was up first at a 7 count. He tried to drag the challenger to his feet with a handful of dreadlocks but the RCW champion retaliated with a punch of his own. On his feet now the challenger delivered several knife edge chops, backing the champ to the corner, before whipping him across the ring with such force that Cross flipped over the top turnbuckle and wrecked on the floor below.
Vendetta took control of the action out of the ring, and then again inside the ring. A couple pin attempts though only brought a 2 count for the challenger. Cross bailed out of the ring and Vendetta pursued. Unwilling though to shove Jenna Jameson out of the way, the pornstar valet shielded her man from the onslaught of the challenger and bought him some time. Vendetta had to retreat to the ring to break the count, and when he left again to go after the champ he was greeted by a stiff right hand. Vendetta dropped like a rock, and Cross passed a pair of brass knux back to his valet.
Cross brought the local champ back into the ring, but instead of pinning him, he taunted him and the fans. By the time he finally did go for the pin on the busted open challenger, he only got a 2 count. Still Cross seemed pretty calm, and after a series of knees to the gut he went for his Pedigree finisher. Vendetta though managed to power out of it, backflipping Cross. He then tried to put Cross into the Haitian deathlock but Cross was not as stunned as the challenger thought, and the champ managed to roll across and take Vendetta down and into an ankle lock submission. Vendetta managed to reach the ropes but Cross dragged him back into the center of the ring. Buddy Lane would not allow this though and forced Cross to break the hold with a 5 count. But after a moment's break he reapplied the ankle lock. Vendetta once again crawled to the ropes for the break. Again Cross tried to drag him back into the middle of the ring, but this time the Haitian held onto the bottom rope with both hands, and while Cross held onto one foot, the challenger fed him the other foot to the chest and then again to the face.
The crowd was on their feet as Vendetta nailed Cross with a DDT right in the middle of the ring. As he staggered to his feet Jameson entered the ring but Buddy Lane intercepted her. Vendetta went after the champ but was then struck with a lowblow from Cross. Lane returned to action to see Cross setting up Vendetta for the pedigree.
But amazingly, for the second time in this match, Vendetta managed to counter by back flipping the champ. This time though Cross managed to hold onto Vendetta and roll him up. He grabbed a handful of tights just to make sure.
[Nic Cross pinned Vendetta at 18:30 after a sunset flip (assisted by a handfull of tights)]
[Nic Cross retained the WWA Heavyweight Title]
Fade to Black
September 13, 2003
Special 90 Minute Edition of Rage
Night of Champions
Mitchell Hall Gymnasium and Fieldhouse
on the campus of U of Wisconsin - La Crosse
La Crosse, Wisconsin
Attendance: 2,840
Opening Bout
Dr. John Manfried v Bob Sapp
This feud has been building for several weeks, with Manfried taking offence at Sapp's trying to make a gimmick for himself by injuring younger, smaller wrestlers. Then Sapp made light of Manfried's past, specifically his jail time for manslaughter. These two didn't need to wait for the bell to ring before they were slugging it out in the middle of the ring.
Not a whole lot of scientific wrestling going on in this one. Sapp took control with a chop to the throat, followed by a full nelson slam. He then punished Manfried with a hangman, followed by a choke lift. He released the choke at the 5 count to avoid being disqualified by referee Melissa Coates. Sapp then took the match outside the ring where the two brawled and refused to re-enter the ring. Manfried grabbed the upper hand by pulling Sapp into the ringpost. He then placed the safety guardrail over the Beast's throat and put his entire weight onto it. This was all Coates was willing to take and she called for the bell.
[Manfried and Sapp battled to a double countout at 5:53]
Post-Match
The two big men continued to try and hurt each other after the match. The first couple attempts to break up the encounter by security were met with force by both combatants. Finally the two were pulled off of each other and taken to the back.
TV Feed
Commissioner Bob Backlund sits behind his desk, wearing a Hugo Boss Navy Blue pinstripe suit, a sand colour dress shirt, and a yellow bowtie. He says that on this, the night of champions, where the WWA World Heavyweight and the WWA World Tag Team champions are on hand to defend their belts, it is unfortunate that a River City wrestler has to forfeit his title.
Then Backlund smiles, and says that the champion won't mind so much as he can console himself with his newly won RCW Heavyweight Championship. Due to that conflict the championship committee has decided that Vendetta will forfeit his RCW Heritage Title. A new winner will be decided in the near future on Rage by way of a tournament. Backlund smiles, and says, everyone loves a good tournament.
As it seems we will fade away, we suddenly hear the unmistakable sound of high heels clicking on the floor, just like last week when it was Debra McMichael who was enticing Mr. Backlund to use her services as a personal assistant. However, this week it is Sable that appears on the screen wearing an ultra low cut and short black, lacey, stretch dress. She leans into Mr. Backlund and begins to massage his scalp while giving him an eye full of her endowments. She begins to whine about how Debra used to have Mr. Larkin wrapped around her little southern finger, and how she turned him against her. She says she knows that he (Backlund) is more independent than Mr. Larkin and has more refined tastes, being a northerner and all. Backlund manages to mutter something about Larkin being Canadian, to which Sable replies, that makes him one step below Texans in the evolutionary chain. Mr. Backlund gets a huge grin on his face which we assume is from her comment, until the camera angle adjusts slightly and we see Sable's hand is under the table.
Pre-Match
Manny Silva is in the ring, and as always he looks pissed off. He says that after his talk with the bogus psych chick from last week he went and checked the tape, and found out it was Ron Simmons' idea of a joke. Well the joke was on Simmons and Vendetta because he gets a match against Simmons right now, on the road to winning the title belt back from that inept foreigner Vendetta. But, one good thing did come out of the joke, Silva says that it's time he dropped the "Vicious" nickname and start being billed for what he is a "Mad Dog".
Bout #2
#1 contender for the RCW Heavyweight Title
Ron Simmons v "Mad Dog" Manny Silva
Started off as a slug fest but Silva gained early control with a powerslam. He dropped a series of elbows to the sternum, and followed up with a series of stomps. He then climbed the top rope and came off with a big knee again to the sternum. He went for the pin but only got a 2 count from Jimmy Appleseed.
Simmons blocked a vertical suplex attempt, which made Silva resort to kicks and punches once more. Simmons finally blocked a punch, and spun Silva into the corner where he peppered him with shots to the gut and then added a vicious headbutt for good measure.
The company enforcer then slid out of the ring and pulled Silva face first to the mat by yanking on his feet. He then pulled Silva backwards, crotching him into the ringpost. He received a stern warning from Appleseed for this, but Simmons seemed pretty angry and gave Jimmy a bit of a push to the side.
Silva tried to fight back but Simmons was on a roll now, and nailed a pair of elbows to between the eyes, and then delivered his running powerslam finisher. He got the 1, 2, kickout! by Silva.
Frustrated Simmons tossed Silva over the top rope to the floor below. He then climbed to the top turnbuckle and attempted to come off with an axhandle to the back of the former champ. However, the mad man turned around just in time and got in a gut shot to Simmons. He followed up with a series of very controlled short knees to the head of Simmons before rolling him back into the ring.
Silva put Simmons in the camel clutch, but Simmons managed to bridge his back and get out of the hold. Silva then took Simmons face first into the corner, and then delivered a series of elbows to the lower back. He then grabbed onto the ropes on either side of Simmons and pushed his head into the lower back of Ron Simmons until having to break it at a count of 5.
Silva then went for a suplex, but Simmons hooked the leg to block it, and rolled Silva up into a pinning combination, for a 1 count before Silva rolled through it, hooked the tights, and got a near fall. Back onto their feet Silva ducked under a Simmons clothesline and then retaliated in kind, knocking the Georgian on his back. Silva grabbed the raised legs of Simmons, and then dropped a knee right into the groin. Appleseed missed this as he was changing positions and it was blocked from his view. Silva then rolled up Simmons and got the 1, 2, 3.
[Manny Silva defeated Ron Simmons by pinfall at 7:51 after a kneedrop to the groin]
[Manny Silva is the #1 contender for the RCW Heavyweight Title]
In-ring interview
The red carpet is rolled out in the ring, and there are 3 chairs placed in a semi-cirlce, with microphones attached to each one. Superstars Dan Severn and Jody Christmas come down and take seats flanking Pamela Paulshock. She asks each one of them their thoughts on their great IronMan match at Summer in the City. She looks at Severn but he defers to Christmas, saying let the winner speak first. Christmas looks humble and says it was a very hard fought contest and both men showed that they would do anything to win a match, which is exactly why each of them is an icon.
Severn looks nonchalant and finally says that the result was pretty meaningless, and that it was too bad that both men poured such an effort into a match that was decided by Christmas cheating as always to win.
This comment took JC back a little but he didn't interrupt Severn. The Beast went on to say that without the handful of tights on the final pin, that match would have ended in a 2-2 draw.
Christmas just blows it off, saying "would of, could of, should of." The bottom line is that I won, you lost, and that if's and but's were candy and nuts we would all have a merry Christmas.
With that JC sits up from his chair, and Severn quickly does the same in a menacing manner. Christmas just points at Severn in a warning gesture and slowly walks backward to the ropes. From the ramp comes down a big man, carrying a steel chair. The newcomer reaches up as Christmas turns and whacks him across the head with the steel cage. Christmas hits the mat and when Severn grabs him he is busted wide open. The Beast puts him in a cobra clutch while the other man enters the ring. Veteran announcer and former wrestler Linley Tolbert recognizes the man, it's none other then European superstar "Extreme" Jack Voight! Voight takes the steel chair and jabs it into the ribcage of Christmas who is out cold but being held up by Severn.
Suddenly, a jeans wearing, t-shirt sporting, Joe E. Legend hits the ring with a steel chair of his own. Severn releases Christmas, and he and Voight slip out of the ring. Legend looks after Christmas and calls for medical help.
Bout #3
NWA World Tag Team Championship Match
The Dreadknocks (Ratt & Scavenger) (NWA World champions)
v
Great Canadians (Eric Scott & Vincent Regliatti) (RCW Champions)
The Dreadknocks were a house of fire, showing that they have been a tag team for many years. They kept the action in their half of the ring and made frequent tags. The Spinebusters came down to ringside to watch and cheered on the NWA champs. They taunted the Great Canadians by taking the RCW tag titles off the announce table and trying them on for size. Finally the Canadians made a comeback in the match with some dirty tactics, including a devastating stuffed piledriver on Ratt. This drew the ire of the Spinebusters who jumped on the ring apron to complain. Referee Jimmy Appleseed came over to get the 'busters to leave the ring area, but they argued with him, and then Orth hotshoted Appleseed's throat across the top strand.
With Appleseed out of commission the Spinebusters went and grabbed a chair which they were going to pass to Scavenger, to help him fend off the 2 on 1, since Ratt was still out from the piledriver. But instead they feigned the chair pass and tossed it up to a surprised looking Eric Scott who then hammered Scavenger across the head. Appleseed recovered, and he counted, 1, 2, but somehow Scavenger managed to drape a foot over the bottom rope. The Great Canadians did their best to hold off the champions' momentum but the Dreadknocks were too strong and took back control of the match. After throwing Regliatti out of the ring the Dreadknocks pulled a doomsday device out of their bag of tricks to finish off the challengers.
[The Dreadknocks defeated the Great Canadians by pinfall after the Doomsday Device at 10:52]
[The Dreadknocks retained the NWA World Tag Team Titles]
Post-Match
Despite trying to help the Canadians win the titles, the Spinebusters returned to the ring and attacked the RCW champions from behind after the Dreadknocks had left the ring. They laid them out, and in a repeat from last week, used the title belts to knock them down again. And like last week, they laid the belts gently onto the chest of the fallen champs.
Backstage interview
Pamela Paulshock is standing beside commissioner Bob Backlund. She begins to ask him about the recent behavioural trends of former champion "Mad Dog" Manny Silva. But before Backlund can say anything he is playfully tossed to the wall by an emerging April Hunter. She presses against him and says that she is glad she finally has a chance to meet him. Kim Kanner and Tylene Buck are also there and they menace Paulshock away from the scene.
Backlund manages to say something about thinking they were in Mexico. Hunter runs a finger down Backlund's chest and hooks it into his waistband as he visibly gulps. She whispers, that they came back, drawn like a moth to flame. She says that strong authority figures have that effect on girls like her. Backlund gulps again and asks what "kind of girl" she means. Hunter whispers something into Backlund's ear and he blushes.
Finally Hunter takes a step back, but now she Kanner and Buck are all standing around Backlund. Finally he straightens himself up and says that he can't decide who he wants as an executive assistant. Then he says he has an idea. We will have a battle royal with all the interested girls next week on Rage. The winner will become his new executive assistant.
The "Wolfpack" girls seem a little pissed off about it but, they soon get their usual arrogant look on their faces. Joining hands they look at Backlund and say that no-one is going to be able to stop this trio, so he needs to start making up his mind if he wants the blonde, the brunette, or the redhead.
They walk away, and Backlund looks flustered as he watches them very carefully from the backside.
Main Event
WWA World Heavyweight Title Match
Nic Cross (/w Jenna Jameson) (NWA Champion)
v
Vendetta (RCW Champion)
Nic Cross showed his usual disdain for the heartland of America. He complained to the ref about a seam in the mat, and had the ref get down on his knees and look at it. Head referee Buddy Lane was not impressed, and when Cross left the ring Lane began to count him out. Finally the champ got back into the ring only then to complain about the lighting, claiming it was too bright in his eyes. Jenna put a pair of sunglasses on him but Lane made him take them off. The entire time these shenanigans were going on Vendetta stayed calm and loose in his own corner, Finally though he couldn't take it any longer and approached Buddy Lane to speed things up.
This was the opening that Cross had been waiting for and he struck with a finger poke to the eye. He immediately went at Vendetta with a series of kicks and punches, and Lane called for the bell to start the match. The champ again showed his disdain for the heartland by refusing to break out any wrestling moves, instead relying totally on kicks, punches, stomps, slaps, and an occasional eye gouge. At one point he took a breather, lounging across the top turnbuckle while Jenna massaged his shoulders.
Finally though Vendetta struck back. Doubled over from yet another kick to the gut, the Haitian reached out and got under Cross, taking him to the air in a fireman's carry and bringing him down with a flapjack. Both men were down, but Cross was up first at a 7 count. He tried to drag the challenger to his feet with a handful of dreadlocks but the RCW champion retaliated with a punch of his own. On his feet now the challenger delivered several knife edge chops, backing the champ to the corner, before whipping him across the ring with such force that Cross flipped over the top turnbuckle and wrecked on the floor below.
Vendetta took control of the action out of the ring, and then again inside the ring. A couple pin attempts though only brought a 2 count for the challenger. Cross bailed out of the ring and Vendetta pursued. Unwilling though to shove Jenna Jameson out of the way, the pornstar valet shielded her man from the onslaught of the challenger and bought him some time. Vendetta had to retreat to the ring to break the count, and when he left again to go after the champ he was greeted by a stiff right hand. Vendetta dropped like a rock, and Cross passed a pair of brass knux back to his valet.
Cross brought the local champ back into the ring, but instead of pinning him, he taunted him and the fans. By the time he finally did go for the pin on the busted open challenger, he only got a 2 count. Still Cross seemed pretty calm, and after a series of knees to the gut he went for his Pedigree finisher. Vendetta though managed to power out of it, backflipping Cross. He then tried to put Cross into the Haitian deathlock but Cross was not as stunned as the challenger thought, and the champ managed to roll across and take Vendetta down and into an ankle lock submission. Vendetta managed to reach the ropes but Cross dragged him back into the center of the ring. Buddy Lane would not allow this though and forced Cross to break the hold with a 5 count. But after a moment's break he reapplied the ankle lock. Vendetta once again crawled to the ropes for the break. Again Cross tried to drag him back into the middle of the ring, but this time the Haitian held onto the bottom rope with both hands, and while Cross held onto one foot, the challenger fed him the other foot to the chest and then again to the face.
The crowd was on their feet as Vendetta nailed Cross with a DDT right in the middle of the ring. As he staggered to his feet Jameson entered the ring but Buddy Lane intercepted her. Vendetta went after the champ but was then struck with a lowblow from Cross. Lane returned to action to see Cross setting up Vendetta for the pedigree.
But amazingly, for the second time in this match, Vendetta managed to counter by back flipping the champ. This time though Cross managed to hold onto Vendetta and roll him up. He grabbed a handful of tights just to make sure.
[Nic Cross pinned Vendetta at 18:30 after a sunset flip (assisted by a handfull of tights)]
[Nic Cross retained the WWA Heavyweight Title]
Fade to Black