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MAY 13, 2004 - SMACKDOWN!

It's the last show before Judgment Day, and the SmackDown! Superstars have one last night to tune up before the big show. All of SmackDown!'s biggest rivals will go head-to-head tonight, plus a new #1 contender for the Intercontinental Title will be determined. The show kicks off with one of the #1 contenders for the WWE Title, Matt Hardy Version 2.0, cutting a promo. Tonight, he's got a one-on-one match with John Cena and when he walks out with his arms raised, Cena will know he's got his number. And when he walks out of Judgment Day with the WWE Title, the whole world will know that that number... is 2.0! I can just see that "Matt Hardy is #2" will be popping up all over the country.

Sunday night, "Nature Boy" Dave Batista will defend his Intercontinental Title against Rico. The winner of that match will face the winner of the following four-corners match next week on SmackDown! It's former champion Hurricane versus John Layfield versus Paul London versus Ultimo Dragon! The cruiserweights put on a pretty exciting match while Layfield is... also there. In the end, London pulls off the upset by hitting Layfield with London Calling for the win!

Christian cuts a promo next about his Cruiserweight Title match against Rey Mysterio that's coming up on Sunday. The guy really knows how to work a promo, and this one's a doozy. Seems strange to have a near-main-event feud over the Cruiserweight Title, but the belt is definitely helping push these guys up the card.

Christian remains in the ring for a tag match pitting him and Dave Batista against Mysterio and Rico. Two Judgment Day singles matches brought together for tonight's tag match. Rey and Rico double-team Christian until Xian manages to tag in Batista, who cleans house, pummeling both rivals. Once Christian tags back in, Rey grabs the advantage and pins his rival with the West Coast Pop.

Vince McMahon, acting General Manager of SmackDown! announces that in light of last week's challenge for a match between Eddie Guerrero and Tajiri, he's going to add another match to the Judgment Day card. Continuing the ongoing rivalry between Los Guerreros and Paul Heyman's new Dangeorus Alliance team of Kidman and Tajiri, it's going to be Chavo Guerrero versus Billy Kidman at Judgment Day!

Up next is an incredible tag match pitting the aforementioned quartet against each other once again. Quick tags, aerial offense, technical wizardry, you name it, it's here. In the end, Chavo picks up the win by pinning Kidman with the Brainbuster. After the match, all four brawl up the ramp and out of view.

The champ is here! WWE Champion John Cena hits the ring next to cut a promo about Matt Hardy Version 2.0. After their Backlash encounter, Cena learned not to underestimate Hardy, and tonight, he's definitely not going to take him lightly. But that doesn't mean that he's not going to wipe the mat with him tonight and all three contenders at Judgment Day to walk off still the champ!

Now it's time for Cena versus Hardy, and they put on another tremendous match. This rivalry is definitely accomplishing its goal of elevating Hardy and keeping Cena in the top tier of WWE Superstars. Cena looks to be on the verge of picking up the win when Hardy catches him with a low blow and a quick small package. Hardy has pinned the champ! He runs off before Cena can get his revenge. What's going to happen at Judgment Day?

The Rock cuts a promo next about tonight's match against Brock Lesnar and the fatal fourway at Judgment Day. The Rock is ready to walk away with the WWE Title, and he doesn't care whether he needs to pin Lesnar or Matt Hardy, or his friend John Cena, he's going to once again go from People's Champion to WWE Champion if you smell what The Rock is cookin'!

Main event time now as Rock and Lesnar go one-on-one once again. And just like their past encounters, this one tears the house down. Unfortunately, we don't get a clean finish, as Paul Heyman climbs up on the apron and exposes one of the turnbuckles. Lesnar grabs Rock's tights and slams him face-first into the buckle and rolls him up for the win, even putting feet on the ropes to add insult to injury.

After the match, Heyman grabs the microphone and again tears into Rock. He's tried so many times over the last two weeks to finally pick up that win over Lesnar, and every time he fails. And at Judgment Day, he's going to have the exact same problem when Lesnar walks out with the WWE Title.

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Test injured his ankle at a house show and is out for two months.

[Impeccable]

Which version of EWR are you using? Where can I get it?

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4.2. I just did a Google search for "EWR" or "Extreme Warfare Revenge." I can't remember which link I used, but a little bit of searching should get it for you.

Btw, look for Judgment Day and the King of the Ring brackets either late Wednesday or sometime Thursday.

[loopydate]

MAY 16, 2004 - JUDGMENT DAY


The show kicks off with the culmination of the ongoing World's Greatest Tag Team/Ministry feud. Undertaker and Big Show are defending their titles against Haas and Benjamin in a Hardcore Match!

Hardcore Match for the WWE Tag Team Titles - World's Greatest Tag Team vs. Undertaker and Show (c)

Undertaker uses a big bag of popcorn to floor Shelton. Big Show hits a big clothesline, not of the 'from Hell' variety. Whip into an upright table by Undertaker. Charlie Haas fights out of a grapple. Hard impact russian legsweep by Haas. If you're going to get impact, 'hard' is probably a good way to go. World's Greatest Tag Team whip Undertaker into the corner. Charlie Haas whips Shelton Benjamin in for a hard clothesline to follow-up. Show takes a quick lariat. Shelton Benjamin scoop slams Show onto and through a table. Haas only gets knees on a splash. Big Show hits a sloppy bulldog off the ropes. Big clothesline from Undertaker. Charlie Haas is all alone...Double Choke Slam!! 1....2....3! *** rating for a good bout.

Overall Rating: 79%
Crowd Reaction: 78%
Match Quality: 80%

Los Guerreros and the duo of Billy Kidman and Tajiri have been locked in a war for the last several weeks, and tonight a pair of singles matches will continue the bad blood. Up first, it's Chavo versus Kidman!

Chavo Guerrero vs. Billy Kidman

Dropkick connects, Kidman goes down. Chavo Guerrero misses a clothesline. Chavo walks into a high dropkick from Billy Kidman. Chavo Guerrero charges, Kidman moves, and the referee is conveniently placed to get knocked out. Vicious kick to the teeth from Billy Kidman. Hooks the leg, but the referee is still out. Chavo reverses a Billy Kidman hammerlock. Chavo uses a basement dropkick to the knee. Flying cross body off the top rope! I'll give a 0.8 on the Steamboat scale for that effort. There's a two count on the pin. Back heel kick off the second rope, Kidman goes down. Hooks the leg for a close fall. Billy Kidman pulls a mule kick out of nowhere. Kidman crushes Chavo with a running senton. Pin : 1 - 2 - 2.9999999. Chavo blocks the suplex attempt. Chavo Guerrero moves in for the kill. Here it comes - Brainbuster. 1....2...3, it's finished. This one gets a ***1\4 rating, it was a good bout.

Overall Rating: 81%
Crowd Reaction: 80%
Match Quality: 82%

Since just after WrestleMania, Sean O'Haire has made Rob Van Dam's life a living hell. On several occasions, RVD has come within a hair's breadth of winning O'Haire's United States Title, only to come up just short. Tonight, he goes for it one more time.

United States Title Match - Rob Van Dam vs. Sean O'Haire (c)

Sean O'Haire fires off some right and left hands. RVD kicks Sean O'Haire in the gut to reverse the momentum. O'Haire walks into a high dropkick from Rob Van Dam. RVD whips O'Haire into the turnbuckles...and predictably, the referee gets sandwiched. Slingshot senton by RVD, crushing the chest of O'Haire. Pinfall attempt, but the ref is conveniently laid out. O'Haire blocks the suplex attempt. Running knee lift from Sean O'Haire. Massive backbreaker, RVD got planted. Early reports indicate that the back was *not* actually broken, so the move's name should actually be backhurter. Cover for a two count. Death valley driver by Sean O'Haire, Rob Van Dam got planted. Pin : 1 - 2 - 2.9999999. Rob Van Dam takes the advantage after a i-block-your-punch-you-don't-block-mine routine. Spinning bulldog in the corner, O'Haire is down. Pin, but O'Haire is out just before the three count. O'Haire counters a backdrop attempt with a kick to the face. O'Haire whips RVD into the turnbuckles...and predictably, the referee gets sandwiched. Rob Van Dam floors O'Haire, then signals for the Five Star Frog Splash. Meanwhile, Sean O'Haire has something in his hands. RVD comes over...and gets nailed with a set of brass knuckles! The referee wakes up to see the pinfall: 1....2....3! It's over. A **** rating for a good contest.

Overall Rating: 83%
Crowd Reaction: 78%
Match Quality: 89%

Chris Benoit lost his mind two months ago, and one of the first RAW Superstars to try to shut him down was Edge. The two of them have battled numerous times for months, and tonight they do battle once more.

Edge vs. Chris Benoit

Edge hits a right hand. Chris Benoit fights out of a grapple. Belly to belly suplex by Benoit. The referee bumps after catching a wild right hand and is down. Edge gets hit with a running splash mountain out of the corner. Pinfall attempt, but the ref is conveniently laid out. Benoit only gets knees on a splash. Edge slams Chris Benoit down. Spinebuster by Edge. Cover for a two count. Death valley driver by Edge, Chris Benoit got planted. Cover, but there's a last second kick-out. Benoit blocks the suplex attempt. Vicious snap suplex! Edge got whipped over hard. Hooks the leg for a close fall. Edge kicks Chris Benoit in the gut to reverse the momentum. Edge moves in for the kill. Edgeocutioner!!! That shook the ring. 1....2....3!! **1\2 rating for a decent contest.

Overall Rating: 77%
Crowd Reaction: 81%
Match Quality: 68%

When the legendary Ric Flair retired at the end of April, he was brutalized by his former pupil Dave Batista, who has since stolen Flair's "Nature Boy" mannerisms for his own. Batista's former rival Rico has stepped up to the plate to try and defend Flair's honor.

Intercontinental Title Match - Rico vs. Dave Batista (c)

Hard back suplex on Batista. Anyone remember when that was Shawn Michaels's finisher? Batista takes a hurrancarana from Rico. There's a two count on the pin. Batista reverses a Rico hammerlock. Rico receives some unexciting punishment. Rico takes a vertical suplex. Hooks the leg for a two count. Side suplex from Batista. Hooks the leg for a close fall. Batista strikes Rico. Rico blocks the suplex attempt. Flying reverse elbow by Rico. There's a two count on the pin. DDT from the top rope by Rico. That looked brutal. Cover, but there's a last second kick-out. Batista takes a flying neckbreaker from Rico. Rico hits a massive spinning kick to the jaw. Rico misses a clothesline. Rico takes a vertical suplex. Batista scores with a crappy looking standing spinebuster. Rico can barely stand. Here it comes - Batista Bomb. 1....2...3, it's finished. This gets a **3\4 rating. Perfectly Acceptable Wrestling.

Overall Rating: 76%
Crowd Reaction: 79%
Match Quality: 70%

It's now time for the second half of our Guerreros/Dangerous Alliance series as Eddie Guerrero takes on the Japanese buzzsaw Tajiri!

Eddie Guerrero vs. Tajiri

Driven DDT by Tajiri. The ring shook violently, instantly making it better at selling than some of the current roster. Super kick by Tajiri. There's a two count on the pin. Eddie backdrops Tajiri out of a piledriver attempt. Kick from Eddie Guerrero to the leg. Tajiri takes a flying neckbreaker from Eddie Guerrero. Cover for a two count. Tajiri walks into a face crusher variation. Pinfall attempt gets a 2.9999. Eddie Guerrero hits a rolling kick on Tajiri. Tajiri takes the advantage after a i-block-your-punch-you-don't-block-mine routine. Beautiful spinning arm drag out of the corner by Tajiri. There's a two count on the pin. Springboard dropkick from Tajiri. Nicely done. Cover, but there's a last second kick-out. Tajiri hits a dropkick on Eddie Guerrero. Tajiri hits a wicked chop that echoes through the building. Eddie counters an arm wringer with an elbow to the side of the head. Flying elbow from Eddie Guerrero. Power drive elbow by Eddie Guerrero. Eddie Guerrero floors Tajiri...and climbs the turnbuckles. Frog Splash!!! 1....2....3!! It's all over. That was good. **** rating.

Overall Rating: 87%
Crowd Reaction: 84%
Match Quality: 91%

Last month at Backlash, Rey Mysterio won the vacant Cruiserweight Title by defeating Christian at the end of a series of matches to determine a new champion. Tonight, Christian cashes in his rematch.

Cruiserweight Title Match - Rey Mysterio (c) vs. Christian

Back suplex on Rey, which is a backdrop to you NOAH fans. Rey blocks a punch. Kick from Rey Mysterio to the leg. Rey Mysterio misses a clothesline...and takes out the referee by mistake. Back heel kick off the second rope, Christian goes down. Hooks the leg, but the referee is still out. Christian reverses a waistlock. Stun Gun from Christian! There used to be this blonde guy in WCW in the early 90's who used that...i wonder what happened to him? Brainbuster suplex by Christian, who apparently is in the mood to bust some brains. Hooks the leg for a two count. Belly to belly off the top rope, Rey got folded up big time. Cover, but there's a last second kick-out. Christian drops an elbow...but misses. Fate can be so cruel. Flying reverse elbow by Rey Mysterio. Pin : 1 - 2 - 2.9999999. Christian ducks a wild right hand. Rey Mysterio slugs Christian, sending him down into the corner. While Rey fires up the crowd, Christian is removing the turnbuckle pad! Rey Mysterio comes over...but Christian grabs him by the tights and uses the leverage to slingshot Rey Mysterio face first into the exposed steel turnbuckle! Christian rolls up the stunned Rey Mysterio, and even puts his feet on the second rope to add insult to injury! 1....2...3! What a display of cheating from Christian. The fight has started up again! Rey Mysterio attacks Christian, and they brawl all around ringside, then into the crowd! They eventually disappear backstage, still fighting. I'll give this a ***1\4 rating.

Overall Rating: 87%
Crowd Reaction: 92%
Match Quality: 78%

Kurt Angle defeated Chris Jericho at Backlash to win the vacant World Title. Since that match, Jericho has done everything in his power to take out Angle until Angle finally broke down and gave Jericho another shot at the gold.

World Heavyweight Title Match - Kurt Angle (c) vs. Chris Jericho

Hard back suplex on Angle. Anyone remember when that was Shawn Michaels's finisher? Jericho crushes Angle with a running senton. Hooks the leg for a two count. Angle blocks a kick from Chris Jericho. Chris Jericho walks into a stiff lariat clothesline from Angle. Rude Awakening on Chris Jericho by Angle. Cover for a two count. Kurt Angle nearly kills Jericho with a released tiger suplex. Pin, but Jericho is out just before the three count. Rude Awakening on Chris Jericho by Angle. Angle only gets knees on a splash. Jericho crushes Angle with a sweet running senton. Cover for a two count. Back heel kick off the second rope, Angle goes down. Pin, but Angle is out just before the three count. Second rope flying axe handle, Angle goes down. Dropkick connects, Angle goes down. Angle reverses a Chris Jericho hammerlock. Big clothesline on Jericho. Angle pulls a jumping piledriver out! Chris Jericho gets knocked to the ground by Angle. Here it comes...Angle Lock! Chris Jericho taps! That was good. **** rating.

Overall Rating: 89%
Crowd Reaction: 90%
Match Quality: 88%

And I accidentally double-clicked on the main event, so it skipped right to the Recap page. But John Cena retained the WWE Title in a fatal fourway by pinning Matt Hardy Version 2.0. The Rock and Brock Lesnar were also in the match. It got an 89% overall rating.

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KING OF THE RING BRACKETS

RAW
Kurt Angle vs. Big Show
A-Train vs. Damien
Val Venis vs. Sean O'Haire
Shelton Benjamin vs. Sylvan Grenier
Rob Van Dam vs. Chris Jericho
Edge vs. Rene Dupree
Rhyno vs. Undertaker
Charlie Haas vs. Chris Benoit

SmackDown!
John Cena vs. Carlito
Rico vs. Tajiri
Paul London vs. Matt Hardy Version 2.0
Eddie Guerrero vs. Dave Batista
Ultimo Dragon vs. Brock Lesnar
Rey Mysterio vs. Billy Kidman
The Rock vs. John Layfield
Hurricane vs. Christian

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MAY 17, 2004 - MONDAY NIGHT RAW

The 2004 King of the Ring tournament kicks off tonight! Our first contest pits the World's Greatest Tag Team's Shelton Benjamin against La Resistance's Sylvan Grenier. GOD FUCKING DAMNED DUD SHOW! Shelton wins it with a Superkick.

Mickie James beats Shaniqua with a DDT.

The Natural Born Thrillers come to the ring next and cut a promo. Mostly it's self-promotion, but O'Haire's attention inevitably returns to his ongoing feud with Rob Van Dam.

The other three NBTs have a six-man tag match next against Rikishi and ECW alumni Lance Storm and Tommy Dreamer. Because I'm fucking pissed about the dud show, I'll just say that Palumbo pins Rikishi with the Jungle Kick.

Molly Holly beat Victoria with the Molly Go Round.

Eric Bischoff comes out to the ring next. He jaws about Vince McMahon a little, but mostly he's out there to say that the two Divas matches we've seen tonight were the first two quarterfinal matches in his latest brainchild... the Queen of the Ring tournament! The tournament will unfold in much the same manner as King of the Ring, with the same deal. The winner of the tournament gets a Women's Title shot any time she wants within a year.

Sean O'Haire beats Val Venis with the Prophecy to advance in King of the Ring.

Damien beats A-Train with a Chokeslam to advance to round two.

Damien grabs a microphone and cuts his first promo. It's pretty good, even if it is just self-promotion. This guy's going to be huge.

Up next is a clusterfuck eight-man tag match involving next week's KotR participants. It's Charlie Haas, Edge, Rhyno, and Rob Van Dam against Chris Benoit, Chris Jericho, Rene Dupree, and Undertaker. Jericho gets Rhyno to tap out to the Walls of Jericho to claim the victory.

Kurt Angle pinned Big Show with the Angle Slam to advance in King of the Ring.

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MAY 20, 2004 - SMACKDOWN!

The SmackDown! bracket of the King of the Ring tournament kicks off tonight with four first-round matches, plus Paul London is hoping to pull off the upset of a lifetime as he takes on Dave Batista for the Intercontinental Title. All that, plus we expect to hear from Matt Hardy Version 2.0 before the night is through!

We open with a Cruiserweight exhibition between Rico and Carlito. Both men are entered in the KotR tournament, and we'll see them next week, but tonight they're looking to build some momentum. And if it wasn't ANOTHER FUCKING DUD SHOW, I'd talk about the awesomeness of this match. Instead, I'll just say Rico won with his spinning leg lariat.

It's a first-round King of the Ring match next as Brock Lesnar takes on Ultimo Dragon. 85/86% ratings for quality and reaction, but only a 76 overall. Fuck you, EWR! Lesnar picks up the win with the F5 to advance to round two.

Theodore Long cuts a promo on behalf of his Playas' Club (Mark Henry and Chris Nowinski), basically reminding us that they exist and maybe someday will have a match.

KotR continues next as The Rock takes on John Layfield. This one deserved the dud rating. Good reaction, but Rock had to carry the entire match. He picks up the win with the Rock Bottom to advance. Layfield cheap shots him after the match to retain some heat.

The ongoing rivalry between Los Guerreros and the Dangerous Alliance is just about to come to a head, and tonight, it's Chavo Guerrero versus Tajiri! These two put on a tremendous match that Tajiri winds up winning with the Kick of Death. Chavo gets revenge after the match with a Brainbuster.

Matt Hardy Version 2.0 comes to the ring next. He's sick and tired of this feud with John Cena, and he wants it to end tonight. Cena keeps walking away with the belt, and Matt promises that if he can't beat Cena, he'll never challenge him again. But tonight, the match is going to be on his terms. Tonight, he wants John Cena... in a ladder match! Cena comes out on the ramp to accept the challenge, and it's on!

King of the Ring continues next with two former Cruiserweight Champions going one-on-one as Rey Mysterio takes on Billy Kidman. These two put on a 4.5-star classic that goes back and forth, up and down, and pretty much resembles one of those flight-simulator rides. Rey picks up the win with the 619 to move on to round two.

More cruiserweight excitement is up next in our final KotR match of the evening as Hurricane takes on the new Cruiserweight Champion Christian! This one picks up four more stars for a tremendous bout that sees Christian advance with the Unprettier.

The Rock cuts a promo about how he's glad that Lesnar advanced. As much as he's pulling for his friend Rey Mysterio in two weeks, he is sort of hoping that Lesnar picks up the win, so that Rock can put him out of the tournament and finally end this feud once and for all.

"Nature Boy" Dave Batista is out next to defend the Intercontinental Title against the man who won a fatal fourway last week to earn the shot, Paul London. London manages to catch a couple of good high-flying moves, but he's just overmatched against Batista, who puts him away with the Batista Bomb to pick up the victory.

And now for our main event, the WWE Title on the line in a Ladder Match! These two put on a tremendous show, with both men using the ladder as a weapon. Cena hits the FU on Matt, and begins to climb the ladder, but out of nowhere... JEFF HARDY HITS THE RING! Matt's brother tips the ladder over, sending Cena to the floor, allowing Matt to climb the ladder and claim the win. We have a new WWE Champion! The Hardy Boyz shake hands and celebrate victory as SmackDown! goes off the air!

[Evil Vito]

MATTTTTTTTTTTTTT

[Impeccable]

Come on Matt Hardy!!!!

[Impeccable]

Originally Posted by TNA Press Release July 1st 2004 TNA would like to announce the permanent signing of Impeccable as head booker of the company. Impeccable has initially signed a two year contract. As well as booking live events, Impeccable will be responsible for hiring and firing performers and staff. TNA would like to wish Impeccable the best of luck in his tenure at the helm of the most innovative brand in Sports Entertainment. TNA

Just want to say, this is separate from Loopydates, even though the dates are similar.

[Impeccable]

Originally Posted by ProWrestling Scoops July 2nd 2004 - Impeccable gets straight to work The hard work behind the scenes have already begun at TNA. Impeccable has been busy evaluating the roster and staff, as well as the processes and development behind the scenes. TNA earlier announced the capture of Dave Finlay and Dean Malenko from WWE's staff. Finlay has been installed as the head of TNA's new wrestling camp, TNA - Development. Malenko has been tasked with booking and running TNA's new developmental territory, Atlantic Wrestling Organisation, which will work the east coast of Florida. The talent evaluation is rumoured to be well underway, with Impeccable holding meetings with key talent and talent considered to be surplus to requirements today. Expect announcements soon.

[Impeccable]

Originally Posted by WWE.com WWE has come to terms on the immediate release of the following superstars; Lita Jazz Torrie Wilson Boss Man Test Bradshaw Doug and Danny Basham Mark Jindrak Orlando Jordan Renee Dupree Sylvain Grenier Rob Conway Nick Dinsmore Mark Henry Horshu Billy Gunn Nova WWE Would like to wish all performers the best in future endeavours.

[Impeccable]

Originally Posted by TNAWrestling.com 21:32 July 2nd 2004 TNAWrestling have come to terms with the following performers for their immediate release from contract; Konnan The Sandman Erik Watts Glen Gilberti Rick Steiner Brian Lawler Buff Bagwell TNA would like to thank all for their hard work and dedication in making TNA the most exciting and innovative brand in sports entertainment, and wish them the best moving forward.

Originally Posted by ProWrestling Scoops July 3rd 2004 Impeccable has wasted no time in snapping up some of the released talent from World Wrestling Entertainment. It is no secret that Impeccable is a huge fan of tag team wrestling, so the imminent captures of Renne Dupree and Sylvain Grenier and Doug and Danny Basham should help the tag team division develop. We are also hearing that Test, Bradshaw, Rob Conway, Nick Dinsmore, Nova, Mark Jindrak and Orlando Jordan have put pen to paper on contracts at TNA. There's a lot of talent out on the market at the moment, and it is expected that TNA will announce one or two marquee signings. Names that have been rumoured to have been in talks are Hulk Hogan, Randy Savage, Scott Hall, The Warrior, Lex Luger and Vader

[Impeccable]

Originally Posted by Ryan Clark July 4th 2004 Huge news folks. I'm a douche. Enough of what you already know though folks. News has reached me in my bedroom that TNA have signed former WWE star and current indie worker, Jeff Hardy. This is in addition to the tag team signing of the Backseat Boyz, Trent Acid and Johnny Kashmere, earlier today

Originally Posted by ProWrestling Scoops July 4th 2004 Impeccable continues to splash the cash as he signs independent wrestlers Steve Corino, Satoshi Kojima and Barry Windham today. All that remains is a top top signing. Ken Shamrock has today been rumoured to have been approached.

Originally Posted by TNAwrestling.com July 5th 2004 - Bret Hart signs for TNA TNA Wrestling are excited to announce the signing of experienced performer and legend, Bret Hart. While Bret will not be an active performer, he will bring unrivalled experience to the team at TNA and will appear at television tapings.

[Impeccable]

Originally Posted by ProWrestling Scoops July 6th 2004 The hirings and firings haven't stopped yet at TNA. We're hearing that Johnny Swinger and BG James have now been released, and in a dramatic twist, Billy Gunn has been signed to a contract. It is anticipated that Billy Gunn will get at the very least a name change to try and disassociate his character with the competition. We're hearing that Bradshaw has been given a name change already and is very excited about his future role in the company

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MAY 24, 2004 - MONDAY NIGHT RAW

Tonight, both King of the Ring and Queen of the Ring continue with first-round matchups, plus a big tag-team main event pitting the four RAW superstars who advanced last week into next week's second round. The night kicks off with a QotR quarterfinal match pitting Lita against Jazz. Not a pretty match, and Jazz picks up the win with the STF to advance to next week's semis.

Backstage, Terri Runnels is trying to hype up The Playboys. They've been left off RAW a couple of times since their formation, but if they remain patient, they'll seize the opportunity.

King of the Ring continues next as Edge takes on La Resistance's Rene Dupree. Dupree once again shows that he's on the cusp of breaking out as a singles competitor, but Edge's experience is just too much, and he picks up the win with the Edgecution.

Mickie James cuts a good promo next about next week's QotR semifinal match against Molly Holly. That should be a hot match.

The last spot in the QotR semifinals is on the line next as Gail Kim takes on Women's Champion Trish Stratus. Decent match that the crowd gets way into. Both Divas get in a fair amount of offense until Trish takes Gail out with the Stratusphere to advance.

Chris Benoit attempts to cut a promo about his ongoing feud with Edge, but he's never been known as a brilliant stick man.

King of the Ring continues next with the recurring #1 contenders for the RAW singles titles, Rob Van Dam and Chris Jericho going head-to-head. These two put on a tremendous match that will hopefully re-establish RVD as an upper carder. Jericho picks up a cheap win as Sean O'Haire hits the ring and lays RVD out with a chair behind the ref's back. After the match, Kurt Angle hits the ring to help out RVD and chase off his rival Jericho.

Our next KotR match pits Chris Benoit against the World's Greatest Tag Team's Charlie Haas. Haas' partner Shelton Benjamin has already advanced to round two. Unfortunately, he's the only member of the team to do so, as Benoit puts Haas away with the Swandive Headbutt. After the match, Edge takes out Benoit with the Edgecution, clearly taking offense to Benoit's verbal attacks.

The Ministry cut an ominous promo about Rhyno. He faces Undertaker in a first-round match next, and Undertaker is still mad blah blah blah WrestleMania blah blah blah.

They put on a pretty lackluster match that Rhyno wins with the GOOOOOOORE to advance to round two.

And now for our main event. Next week, World Champion Kurt Angle will take on the undefeated rookie monster Damien, while Shelton Benjamin will face the United States Champion Sean O'Haire. Tonight, these two matches get previewed in a tag-team match! In the end, Chris Jericho gets his revenge from earlier, hopping up onto the apron and hittng Angle with a chair, allowing O'Haire to cover him for the win. After the match, RVD makes the save to turn the advantage back to the babyfaces as RAw goes off the air.

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MAY 27, 2004 - SMACKDOWN!

King of the Ring continues tonight as we fill in the last four slots in the sweet sixteen. Plus, just like on RAW, a massive tag-team main event pitting next week's KotR participants against each other, plus the entire SmackDown! roster is here tonight as we select number-one contenders for two of the brand's top titles!

We open the night with a triple-threat match pitting new SmackDown! superstar Aaron Stevens against John Layfield and Matt Morgan. Layfield and Morgan brawl to start, then Stevens enters the fray by hitting some high-flying offense that almost winds up giving him the win over Morgan. He continues the offense until Layfield catches him with a spinebuster and finishes him with the Clothesline From Hell for the win.

King of the Ring continues next as Rico takes on the Dangerous Alliance's Tajiri. They put on a tremendous match with lots of martial artistry. In the end, Tajiri lands a brutal Kick of Death to pick up the win and advance.

The Cruiserweight division is on display next with a six-man tag match pitting Jamie Noble, Nova, and Spike Dudley against Akio, Nunzio, and newcomer Johnny Jeter. This was a tremendous old-school WCW-style six-man with lots of high flying and quick tags. Noble winds up finishing off his old Jung Dragons partner Akio with a Tigerdriver.

The World Tag Team Champions the Metro Connection cut a promo hyping themselves up. There's a #1 contender match for their belts next, but it doesn't matter who comes away with the win, because Billy Gunn and Chris Kanyon are going to be the champions for a long time.

And now it's time for a four-team elimination match to determine challengers for the Connection's belts next week. The first team eliminated is the makeshift duo of Funaki and Ultimo Dragon as Doug Basham lands a massive spinebuster on Dragon. The Basham Brothers are the next ones out as the Playas' Club's Chris Nowinski hits Doug with a DDT to put him out. Former World Tag Team Champions the Dudley Boyz pick up the win as Bubba puts Nowinski away with a Bubba Cutter.

King of the Ring continues as former WWE Champion John Cena takes on Carlito. Not much of a surprise that Cena picks up the win with the F-U.

Last week, Cena lost the title to Matt Hardy Version 2.0 thanks to the surprising return and interference of Matt's brother Jeff Hardy! Tonight, Matt has his first match as champion in a first-round King of the Ring match against Paul London. London continues to prove why he's one of the fastest-rising stars in World Wrestling Entertainment by taking Hardy to the limit. Matt winds up picking up the win with his diving legdrop off the second rope.

After the match, Jeff Hardy comes to the ring to join his brother in cutting a promo. Now that Matt is the WWE Champion, the brothers' rush to the top of World Wrestling Entertainment has begun. And next, Jeff is going to become #1 contender for the Cruiserweight TItle!

Up next is a fatal fourway to determine a #1 contender for Christian's Cruiserweight Title. It's Hardy versus Chavo Guerrero versus Hurricane versus Billy Kidman. Since I need to start getting ready to go to work, I'll just skip to the end of the match as Hardy does in fact pick up the win by landing the Swanton Bomb on Hurricane.

King of the Ring continues as Eddie Guerrero takes on Intercontinental Champion "Nature Boy" Dave Batista. On numerous occasions it looks like Eddie might pick up the win over Batista. Batista notices it, too, and he winds up getting frustrated and laying Eddie out with a steel chair. The referee calls for the bell, disqualifying Batista, but afterwards, the ref gets laid out with a big punch. Batista continues his descent into madness, and a horde of officials come out to pull him away.

Our main event tonight pits The Rock and Rey Mysterio against Brock Lesnar and the Cruiserweight Champion Christian. Rey winds up getting some revenge on Christian by putting him away with the 619.

[loopydate]

KING OF THE RING BRACKETS - UPDATED AFTER ROUND 1

RAW
Round 1
Kurt Angle over Big Show
Damien over A-Train
Sean O'Haire over Val Venis
Shelton Benjamin over Sylvan Grenier
Chris Jericho over Rob Van Dam
Edge over Rene Dupree
Rhyno over Undertaker
Chris Benoit over Charlie Haas
Round 2
Kurt Angle vs. Damien
Shelton Benjamin vs. Sean O'Haire
Edge vs. Chris Jericho
Rhyno vs. Chris Benoit

SmackDown!
Round 1
John Cena over Carlito
Tajiri over Rico
Matt Hardy Version 2.0 over Paul London
Eddie Guerrero over Dave Batista
Brock Lesnar over Ultimo Dragon
Rey Mysterio over Billy Kidman
The Rock over John Layfield
Christian over Hurricane
Round 2
John Cena vs. Tajiri
Eddie Guerrero vs. Matt Hardy Version 2.0
Rey Mysterio vs. Brock Lesnar
The Rock vs. Christian

[Evil Vito]

I'm pulling for a World Champion vs. World Champion KOTR final.

[loopydate]

MAY 31, 2004 - MONDAY NIGHT RAW

Tonight, the King of the Ring tournament rolls on as two spots in the quarterfinals are determined, plus, the semifinals of the Queen of the Ring tournament!

We kick things off with six-man tag action pitting six of RAW's least popular wrestlers. It's La Resistance's Rene Dupree, Rob Conway, and Sylvan Grenier against Natural Born Thrillers Chuck Palumbo, Johnny Stamboli, and Mark Jindrak! Chuck Palumbo and Rene Dupree carry most of the in-ring action while Johnny Stamboli and Rob Conway spend most of the action on the apron. Jindrak picks up the win for his team by hitting Dupree with Splash Mountain in the corner.

Booker T comes to the ring, prepared to cut a promo. The camera zooms in tight as he raises the mic to his lips. "I... quit." Down goes the mic, and away goes Booker. Wtf?

Now it's time for midcard mania in the form of a ten-man battle royal! Playboy Lance Cade is the first victim, taken out by Luther Reigns. Rikishi takes out Tommy Dreamer, while Cade's partner Val Venis eliminates Lance Storm, only to get dumped by A-Train. Train continues to roll by taking out Kane. William Regal eliminates Rikishi next. Reigns is the next one out, courtesy of Edge. The match turns into a lengthy triple-threat between Train, Edge, and Regal, with lots of action from all three. Regal winds up taking out Train, only to fall victim to an Edgecution, and Edge wins the match.

Queen of the Ring continues next with our first semifinal match, pitting Women's Champion Trish Stratus against Jazz. This one goes back and forth several times, and Jazz definitely looks like a legit threat, but in the end the champ is just too good, and she picks up the win with Stratusfaction.

Chris Benoit cuts a promo next, talking about his ongoing feud with Edge. Next week, both men have quarterfinal KotR matches. He knows he's going to beat Rhyno and, although he's rooting for a match with his friend Chris Jericho, he'd also love to finally bury Edge once and for all.

We already know that Trish Stratus will be participating in next week's Queen of the Ring finals, but her opponent will be determined in our next match. It's Mickie James versus Molly Holly. These two put on one of the better matches of the year thus far, and I don't just mean Divas matches. Mickie picks up the win with a tornado DDT, but both women look like a million bucks doing it.

King of the Ring continues next as the World Champion Kurt Angle takes on The Ministry's undefeated rookie monster Damien. The crowd was way into this one, even though Angle continues to phone it in. Damien, however, continues to look like a megastar of the future, as he goes step-for-step with the Olympic gold medalist. During a bit of confusion, Chris Jericho hits the ring and locks Angle in the Walls of Jericho! He slides from the ring, and Damien picks up the pieces, pinning the World Champion to advance! After the match, an enraged Angle drives both rivals from the ring and stands tall.

Angle grabs a microphone. Basically, the promo consists of him being in disbelief that Jericho still can't take a hint. How many times does Angle have to beat him before he finally gets the hint that he just doesn't have what it takes? His days as a credible championship contender are behind him. Let go!

Up next is a triple-threat match for the WWE Tag Team Titles. The Ministry's Undertaker and Big Show defend against "Canadian Violence" Benoit and Jericho and the duo of Charlie Haas and Rhyno. The champions isolate Rhyno early, until Rhyno tags in Haas. Haas and Undertaker carry most of the match, with Haas being the only participant to actually share the ring with all four opponents. In a bit of a surprise, Jericho manages to get Haas locked in the Walls of Jericho, and we have new champions! Canadian Violence are the new WWE Tag Team Champions!

Our main event tonight is another King of the Ring second round match as United States Champion Sean O'Haire takes on the World's Greatest Tag Team's Shelton Benjamin. These two put on a tremendous contest that sees reversals and high spots aplenty. At one point, Benjamin lays O'Haire out with a Death Valley Driver. Amidst some confusion, Rob Van Dam hits the ring and lands a Five-Star Frogsplash on O'Haire! The referee turns around just in time to see Benjamin cover O'Haire to pick up the win! Shelton Benjamin is going to the quarterfinals! After the match, RVD continues to pummel O'Haire with a steel chair, finishing him off with a Van Daminator!

As RVD walks off, a bloodied O'Haire grabs the ringside microphone and issues a challenge. Next week on RAW, they are going to finally end things once and for all. And if RVD wants to get hardcore, that's fine with him. Next week, I'll put the United States Title on the line for one last time against you in a Hardcore Match!

Next week on RAW, King of the Ring continues as new WWE Tag Team Champions Chris Benoit and Chris Jericho face off against Rhyno and Edge, respectively! Will it be partner versus partner in the quarterfinals? Plus, Trish Stratus takes on her best friend Mickie James in the finals of the Queen of the Ring tournament! All that, plus a Hardcore Match for the United States Title with Sean O'Haire defending for the last time against Rob Van Dam! You don't want to miss RAW next week!

[loopydate]

World Wrestling Entertainment has come to terms for the release of RAW Superstar Booker T. We wish Booker the best in all his future endeavors.

[Impeccable]

Originally Posted by ProWrestlingScoops July 6th 2004 Double blow for Impeccable today as two of his newly signed performers, Billy Gunn and Nova have picked up injuries at house shows. Billy Gunn tore his bicep and Nova sustained a back injury. Billy Gunn's will be the more distressing, as it was thought that he was in for quite the push. An injury before his television debut is nothing short of a disaster.

[Impeccable]

TNA Impact – Wednesday 7th July 2004

Tonight is the beginning of a new era in Professional Wrestling. In the space of a week, TNA Wrestling has been transformed. We open on a four sided ring, and new announce team Jonathan Coachman and Vince Russo welcome us to TNA Impact.

Bret Hart, the new Director of Wrestling Affairs (DWA), is out to the ring first, carrying a velvet bag and a microphone. Bret enters the ring and introduces himself (as if he needs an introduction) to the sell out crowd in the Impact Zone. He talks about how TNA has so far prided itself on being “different”, but hasn’t always focused on being “best”. That is why he is stood before the fans in a four sided ring…TNA is no longer satisfied with being the alternative option…they want to be the only option. Bret makes a match for later that night, TNA heavyweight champion, AJ Styles vs Sting! Finally, Bret has two more pieces of business…Chris Sabin’s X division title will now be defended on every TV taping, and is re-christened the TV title. Finally, Bret takes a shiny new title belt out of the velvet bag, stating that an eight man tournament starts tonight for the new TNA Ligthweight title.

TNA TV Title
Chris Sabin © vs Devon Storm

Sabin seems upset at the prospect of defending his TV title week in week out. However, he doesn’t break into too much of a sweat, disposing of Devon Storm in under 3 minutes with Future Shock. If it’s this easy for him every week, he shouldn’t have too much trouble defending the TV title.

“The Franchise” Shane Douglas vs Jeff Hardy

Debuting daredevil Jeff Hardy takes on the experienced Shane Douglas. It was an okay match, with mismatch styles, but the fans were pretty into it with Jeff hitting all the signature moves that make him popular. In what appeared to be a freak accident, Shane Douglas fell through the ropes, looking to badly injure his right foot. Jeff Hardy picked up the win by count out. After the match, Douglas was tended to by the medical team.

Lightweight Title Round One
Jerry Lynn vs Frankie Kazarian

In the first of the Lightweight title tournament matches, Jerry Lynn took on up and coming TNA star Frankie Kazarian. Both men showed how much they wanted to advance, but Lynn picked up the win through Cradle to the grave! Impressive match!

Jeff Jarrett is backstage talking to some of the crew about. The fans cheered when they saw Jarrett. Hardy walked past Jarrett and then stopped and walked back. Hardy extended a hand and said how big a fan of the King of the Mountain he’s been, and still is. Jarrett took the hand and returned the compliment, slipping his arm around the shoulder of Hardy, talking about how big a star Hardy will be one day.

Hotshots vs Masato Tanaka and Satoshi Kojima

The cocky Cassidy O’Reilly and Chase Stevens face the new team of Masato Tanaka and Satoshi Kojima. Tanaka and Kojima appeared to work stiff. The Hotshots picked up the win by cheating. Masato Tanaka lifted Cassidy O’Reilly up for a powerbomb, but Cassidy pulled a chain out of his trunks, wrapped it around his wrist and blasted Tanaka between the eyes. The Hotshots were unpopular as they celebrated the victory.

Steve Corino vs David Flair

A quick match this one as Steve Corino quickly disposed of David Flair with Old School Expulsion. The fans weren’t really into it, but David showed he can more than carry his father’s legacy through his selling.

Barry Windham is backstage Mike Tenay. Barry introduces his cousin, John "Hawk" Bradshaw. Bradshaw says that Bret Hart is right about tonight being the start of a new era. The era of John “Hawk” Bradshaw. However, there’s a link to the past that needs to be taken care of tonight.

Lightweight Title Round One
Amazing Red vs Brian Kendrick

A fantastic match between two similar styled opponents. Brian Kendrick picked up the win after a roll up, advancing to the semi finals of the Lightweight tournament.

A video package plays, hyping the arrival of Andrew “The Test” Martin, next week on Impact.

TNA Heavyweight Title match
AJ Styles © vs Sting

The main event of the night pitted “The Phenomenal” AJ Styles against Sting! The fans were clearly expecting a great match, and the boys delivered. Their styles were mismatched, but the fans were clearly enjoying it. AJ Styles gained the upper hand early on with some impressive offience. Sting managed to turn the tide though and had AJ Styles in the Scorpion Deathlock. Seemingly with nowhere to go, AJ Styles looked like he was going to tap. Before he could though, out of nowhere, John “Hawk” Bradshaw slid into the ring and delivered a kick to Sting’s head. Sting wins by DQ. Bradshaw sends Sting to the ropes and hits the clothesline from hell. Bradshaw starts backing up the ramp in celebration, joined by Barry Windham as AJ Styles tends to Sting. Fade to black.

[Impeccable]

TNA Lightweight Title Tournament Brackets

Amazing Red vs Brian Kendrick - Brian Kendrick advances
CM Punk vs Low Ki
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Jerry Lynn vs Frankie Kazarian - Jerry Lynn advances
Kid Kash vs Paul London

[Impeccable]

TNA Impact - Wednesday 14th July 2004

TNA Impact with Jonathan Coachman and Vince Russo comes to you live from the Impact Zone.

Lightweight Title Round 1
CM Punk vs Low Ki

An incredible match to start the show. Two styles that mesh together beautifully. The fans in attendance weren’t overly into in, but by the end, they started to care about one man. CM Punk advanced to round two by hitting the Devil Lock on Low Ki.

David Flair vs Nick Dinsmore

David Flair faced off against Nick Dinsmore. The fans showed barely any interest in the match, with Nick Dinsmore picking up a quick win. David Flair was again visibly upset by his performance.

Lightweight Title Round 1
Kid Kash vs Paul London

New signing Paul London took his place in the opening round of the lightweight title tournament. Once again, the lightweight title bout showcased the skill of some of the wrestlers currently within the TNA roster. London showed tenacity, however, Kid Kash picked up the cheap victory win a roll up with legs on the ropes for leverage.

Mike Tenay was backstage with John “Hawk” Bradshaw and his cousin/advisor Barry Windham. Barry stated that Sting was indeed the link to the past that needs to be broken, in order for the new era to begin. When pressed, Bradshaw said that every era undoubtedly has a catalyst. One defining moment where things change forever. Last Wednesday night was the catalyst that started the era of John “Hawk” Bradshaw. Tonight, the era builds steam when Bradshaw defeats TNA Heavyweight Champion, AJ Styles in a non title match.

TNA Tag Team Title Match!
America's Most Wanted vs Backseat Boyz

The boyband tag team, the Backseat Boyz made their debut in an undeserved title shot against America’s most wanted. The match didn’t last long and James Storm picked up the victory for America’s Most Wanted with the Death Sentence.

TNA TV Title Match
Chris Sabin vs Sonny Siaki

Chris Sabin defended his TV title against Sonny Siaki. It was a good match, back and forth between the competitors. The crowd weren’t overly interested in this one, and it wasn’t highly technical. Sabin retained his title after Siaki missed a flying clothesline and a Future Shock.

Jeff Hardy and Jeff Jarrett vs The French Revolution

Next up, the unorthodox tag team of Jeff Hardy and Jeff Jarrett faced off against The French Revolution, Renee Dupree and Sylvain Grenier. The crowd were into this one big time, especially as Jarrett was in the match. He’s getting some big responses from the crowd at the moment. Jeff Hardy picked up the win with a senton bomb from the top rope.

“The Franchise” Shane Douglas slowly made his way out to the ring on crutches. Replays from the last show and his match with Jeff Hardy air, pinpointing where he fell out of the ring and broke his ankle. The camera zooms in on the cast around his ankle. Shane states that it is with great regret, he’s going to have to retire from in ring competition. The crowd start to chant “Thank you shane” and Douglas is visibly upset. Before Douglas can continue, the Hotshots, Chase Stevens and Cassidy O’Reilly make their way out to the ring. O’Reilly and Stevens poke fun at an overweight, over the hill “franchise”. Shane Douglas goes toe to toe with O’Reilly, and slaps him in the face. Cassidy goes to hit Shane Douglas, but the music for Masato Tanaka and Satoshi Kojima hits and the Japanese Extremists hit the ring, clearing it of the Hotshots.

Steve Corino vs Raven

Raven makes his way out to a lukewarm reaction from the crowd, and to be fair puts on a sluggish performance against Steve Corino. The crowd weren’t really into the match, but Corino again picked up a cheap win by cheating.

Backstage, Bret Hart, the Director of Wrestling Affairs approaches Jeff Jarrett and Jeff Hardy. Bret says he was impressed with their match and offers them a spot in a four team elimination match next week to determine number one contenders. Hardy and Jarrett accept the spot.

AJ Styles vs John "Hawk" Bradshaw w/Barry Windham

The odds look stacked against AJ Styles as the fans do their best to get behind him. The two performers styles weren’t exactly complimentary, but they managed to keep the fans attention. Barry Windham got up on the apron to distract Styles, but was knocked into the front row by AJ. The champion was about to rock Bradshaw with a springboard reverse DDT, when the music of Andrew “The Test” Martin blared over the speakers. Martin came out to the top of the ramp and pointed at AJ. Styles released Bradshaw from the reverse DDT and moved to the ropes, pointing back at The Test. Styles turned around into a monstrous Clothesline from Hell. Bradshaw picked up the win. Test made his way to the ring, and proceeded to beat the heck out of Styles, along with Bradshaw, hitting a big boot before lifting AJ Styles for a pump handle powerslam. As he had Styles on his shoulder, Sting hit the ring with a baseball bat, chasing John “Hawk” Bradshaw and Martin away from the ring as Impact went off air.

[Impeccable]

TNA Lightweight Title Tournament Brackets

Amazing Red vs Brian Kendrick - Brian Kendrick advances
CM Punk vs Low Ki - CM Punk advances
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Jerry Lynn vs Frankie Kazarian - Jerry Lynn advances
Kid Kash vs Paul London - Kid Kash advances

[The Mackem]

TEW05 to become freeware July 1st

[Impeccable]

I paid for it at release

[RatedGSuperstar]

Impeccable, nice to see a TNA diary...I've been playing with TNA in EWR, too, albeit with a 2008 roster update. Just completed a couple huge feuds that have taken me global in Angle vs. Joe for the World title and Christian vs. Styles. I signed the Briscoe Brothers and their popularity soared within months of joining the company, and they're not Tag champs and starting a feud with MCMG.

It's been a lot of fun so far trying to catch up to the WWE brands...the game update I'm playing with has each WWE brand treated as a separate company. I've managed to pass ECW, and I'm slowly starting to gain ground on RAW for the #2 promotion spot. They managed to screw with my roster a bit by breaking up Team 3D by signing away Devon, leaving me with an over-but-crappy Brother Ray. This has made me paranoid of losing any worker on an open contract, namely Alex Shelley who's being a dick and refusing to sign a written deal due to Japanese tour commitments. I've been wanting to push him to the moon, but am hesitant to do so without a written deal.

[loopydate]

MAY 2004 RECAP


RAW

(Overall Won-Loss) Main Event (May W-L, Overness) (Matches)
(32-17) Sean O'Haire (5-1, 83) (W w/Y2J vs Angle/RVD, W Shelton, W RVD, W Val, W w/Damien vs Angle/Shelton, L Shelton)
(26-23) Kurt Angle (3-3, 96) (L w/RVD vs O'Haire/Y2J, W UT, W Y2J, W Show, L w/Shelton vs O'Haire/Damien, L Damien)

(Overall Won-Loss) Upper Midcard (May W-L, Overness) (Matches)
(8-2) Mickie James (3-0, 93) (W 8-diva tag, W Shaniqua, W Molly)
(25-12-1) Rhyno (2-3, 85) (W Dupree, L Damien, L 8-man tag, W UT, L 3-way tag)
(24-21-1) Big Show (1-3, 63) (L RVD, W w/UT vs WGTT, L Angle, L 3-way tag)
(22-22-3) Chris Benoit (5-1, 84) (W Train, W Haas, L Edge, W 8-man tag, W Haas, W 3-way tag)
(21-25-1) Chris Jericho (5-1, 87) (W w/O'Haire vs Angle/RVD, W Edge, L Angle, W 8-man tag, W RVD, W 3-way tag)
(20-25-1) Undertaker (2-4, 66) (L w/Kane vs WGTT, L Angle, W w/Show vs WGTT, W 8-man tag, L Rhyno, L 3-way tag)

(Overall Won-Loss) Midcard (May W-L, Overness) (Matches)
(8-0) Damien (5-0, 79) (W Edge, W Rhyno, W Train, W w/O'Haire vs Angle/Shelton, W Angle)
(13-6-1) Trish Stratus (3-0, 81) (W 8-diva tag, W Gail, W Jazz)
(11-6) Victoria (1-1, 72) (W 8-diva tag, L Molly)
(26-19) Rob Van Dam (1-4, 78) (L w/Angle vs O'Haire/Y2J, W Show, L O'Haire, L 8-man tag, L Y2J)
(9-8) Jazz (1-2, 73) (L 8-diva tag, W Lita, L Trish)
(20-21) Shelton Benjamin (3-3, 78) (W w/Haas vs BoD, L O'Haire, L w/Haas vs UT/Show, W Grenier, L w/Haas vs O'Haire/Damien, W O'Haire)
(14-16) Chuck Palumbo (3-0, 69) (W 6-man tag, W 6-man tag, W 6-man tag)
(20-23) Edge (3-3, 77) (L Damien, L Y2J, W Benoit, L 8-man tag, W Dupree, W battle royal)
(17-21-1) Kane (1-2, 44) (L w/UT vs WGTT, W Storm, L battle royal)
(10-14) Johnny Stamboli (3-0, 66) (W 6-man tag, W 6-man tag, W 6-man tag)
(16-23) Charlie Haas (1-5, 72) (W w/Shelton vs BoD, L Benoit, L w/Shelton vs UT/Show, L 8-man tag, L Benoit, L 3-way tag)
(10-17) Lance Storm (0-3, 63) (L Kane, L 6-man tag, L battle royal)
(5-9) Molly Holly (2-2, 74) (L 8-diva tag, W Lita, W Victoria, L Mickie)
(11-21) Tommy Dreamer (0-2, 72) (L 6-man tag, L battle royal)
(9-18) A-Train (0-3, 77) (L Benoit, L Damien, L battle royal)
(9-21) Rene Dupree (1-3, 72) (L Rhyno, W 8-man tag, L Edge, L 6-man tag)
(4-10-1) Gail Kim (0-2, 69) (L 8-diva tag, L Trish)
(10-24) William Regal (0-1, 70) (L battle royal)
(7-17) Sylvan Grenier (0-2, 71) (L Shelton, L 6-man tag)
(4-11) Lita (1-2, 77) (W 8-diva tag, L Molly, L Jazz)
(7-20) Val Venis (0-3, 75) (L 6-man tag, L O'Haire, L battle royal)
(3-15) Rikishi (0-2, 69) (L 6-man tag, L battle royal)
(2-19) Rob Conway (0-1, 69) (L 6-man tag)

(Overall Won-Loss) Lower Midcard (May W-L, Overness) (Matches)
(10-6) Mark Jindrak (3-0, 60) (W 6-man tag, W 6-man tag, W 6-man tag)
(1-3) Lance Cade (0-2, 61) (L 6-man tag, L battle royal)
(0-2) Shaniqua (0-2, 52) (L 8-diva tag, L Shaniqua)
(0-3) Luther Reigns (0-1, 53) (L battle royal)

(Overall Won-Loss) Future Endeavors (May W-L, Overness) (Matches)
(13-20-2) Booker T (0-1) (L 6-man tag)

Non-Wrestlers (Overness)
Eric Bischoff (95)
Steve Austin (92)
Shane McMahon (89)
Al Snow (75)

Managers
Terri Runnels (70) (Lance Cade and Val Venis)
Torrie Wilson (70) (None)
Nidia (62) (Jamie Noble)

RAW Title Changes
WWE Tag Team - Canadian Violence won a triple threat (5/31)
World Heavyweight - None (Kurt Angle has been champ since 4/25)
United States - None (Sean O'Haire has been champ since 2/29)
Women's - None (Trish Stratus has been champ since 3/8)

RAW Feuds
Kurt Angle vs. Chris Jericho (90 Heat)
Edge vs. Chris Benoit (87 Heat)
Rob Van Dam vs. Sean O'Haire (82 Heat)
TBD

[Impeccable]

Originally Posted by RatedGSuperstar Impeccable, nice to see a TNA diary...I've been playing with TNA in EWR, too, albeit with a 2008 roster update. Just completed a couple huge feuds that have taken me global in Angle vs. Joe for the World title and Christian vs. Styles. I signed the Briscoe Brothers and their popularity soared within months of joining the company, and they're not Tag champs and starting a feud with MCMG. It's been a lot of fun so far trying to catch up to the WWE brands...the game update I'm playing with has each WWE brand treated as a separate company. I've managed to pass ECW, and I'm slowly starting to gain ground on RAW for the #2 promotion spot. They managed to screw with my roster a bit by breaking up Team 3D by signing away Devon, leaving me with an over-but-crappy Brother Ray. This has made me paranoid of losing any worker on an open contract, namely Alex Shelley who's being a dick and refusing to sign a written deal due to Japanese tour commitments. I've been wanting to push him to the moon, but am hesitant to do so without a written deal.

Thanks.

The only thing I have trouble with is WWE guys being released that I KNOW WWE have been pushed since or that joined TNA since 2004 (i.e. Samoa Joe, Alex Shelley, etc.)

I've resisted signing some. Signed Bradshaw because I had already signed Windham, and I can see an opportunity there with him. Trying to catch up with WWE

[loopydate]

MAY 2004 RECAP

SmackDown!

(Overall Won-Loss) Main Event (May W-L, Overness) (Matches)
(32-15) Brock Lesnar (3-2, 98) (W Matt, W Rock, L 4-way, W Dragon, L w/Xian vs Rock/Rey)
(28-15) The Rock (3-2, 100) (W Cena, L Brock, L 4-way, W Layfield, W w/Rey vs Brock/Xian)
(29-17) John Cena (2-3, 100) (L Rock, L Matt, W 4-way, L Matt, W Carlito)

(Overall Won-Loss) Upper Midcard (May W-L, Overness) (Matches)
(1-0) Jeff Hardy (1-0, 84) (W 4-way)
(25-17) Matt Hardy (3-2, 90) (L Brock, W Cena, L 4-way, W Cena, W London)
(25-18) Rey Mysterio (3-2, 85) (L Bats, W w/Rico vs Bats/Xian, L Xian, W Kidman, W w/Rock vs Brock/Xian)
(22-21) Christian (2-2, 83) (L w/Bats vs Rey/Rico, W Rey, W Hurricane, L w/Brock vs Rock/Rey)
(16-16) Rico (3-2, 83) (W Tajiri, W w/Rey vs Bats/Xian, L Bats, W Carlito, L Tajiri)
(20-23-1) Eddie Guerrero (3-1, 86) (L w/Chavo vs Metros, W w/Chavo vs D.A., W Tajiri, W Bats)
(16-19-2) Billy Kidman (0-4, 82) (L w/Tajiri vs Guerreros, L Chavo, L Rey, L 4-way)
(14-22-1) Tajiri (2-3, 82) (L Rico, L w/Kidman vs Guerreros, L Eddie, W Chavo, W Rico)
(15-24) Hurricane (0-3, 82) (L 4-way, L Xian, L 4-way)

(Overall Won-Loss) Midcard (May W-L, Overness) (Matches)
(25-12) D-Von Dudley (1-0, 77) (W 4-way tag)
(23-14) Bubba Ray Dudley (1-0, 75) (W 4-way tag)
(26-18) Dave Batista (3-2, 80) (W Rey, L w/Xian vs Rey/Rico, W Rico, W London, L Eddie)
(16-14) John Layfield (1-2, 74) (L 4-way, L Rock, W 3-way)
(1-1) Aaron Stevens (1-1, 67) (W Jeter, L 3-way)
(8-9) Billy Gunn (1-0, 70) (W w/Kanyon vs Guerreros)
(8-9) Chris Kanyon (1-0, 69) (W w/Gunn vs Guerreros)
(9-13) Nova (1-0, 70) (W 6-man tag)
(17-25-1) Chavo Guerrero (2-3, 74) (L w/Eddie vs Metros, W w/Chavo vs D.A., W Kidman, L Tajiri, L 4-way)
(5-10) Jamie Noble (1-0, 65) (W 6-man tag)
(7-16) Spike Dudley (1-0, 65) (W 6-man tag)
(4-13-1) Paul London (1-2, 82) (W 4-way, L Bats, L Matt)
(5-16) Nunzio (0-1, 68) (L 6-man tag)
(4-14) Carlito (0-1, 72) (L Cena)
(4-16-1) Ultimo Dragon (0-3, 80) (L 4-way, L Brock, L 4-way tag)
(2-18) Doug Basham (0-1, 43) (L 4-way tag)
(2-18) Danny Basham (0-1, 42) (L 4-way tag)
(1-12) Chris Nowinski (0-1, 66) (L 4-way tag)

(Overall Won-Loss) Lower Midcard (May W-L, Overness) (Matches)
(10-11) Matt Morgan (0-1, 61) (L 3-way)
(4-10-1) Akio (0-1, 65) (L 6-man tag)
(2-10) Mark Henry (0-1, 55) (L 4-way tag)
(0-2) Zach Gowan (0-0, 58) (N/A)
(0-2) Johnny Jeter (0-2, 43) (L Stevens, L 6-man tag)
(0-4) Funaki (0-1, 64) (L 4-way tag)

Non-Wrestlers (Overness)
Vince McMahon (92)
Tazz (72)
Sable (70)

Managers (Overness) (Clientele)
Paul Heyman (90) (Billy Kidman, Brock Lesnar, and Tajiri)
Theodore Long (66) (Chris Nowinski and Mark Henry)

SmackDown! Title Changes
WWE World - Matt Hardy beat John Cena (5/20)
Cruiserweight - Christian beat Rey Mysterio (5/16)
Intercontinental - None (Dave Batista has been champ since 4/8)
World Tag Team - None (Metro Connection have been champs since 4/29)

SmackDown! Feuds
The Rock vs. Brock Lesnar (96 Heat)
Rey Mysterio vs. Christian (91 Heat)
Los Guerreros vs. Dangerous Alliance (85 Heat)
TBD

[Impeccable]

TNA Impact! - Wednesday 21st July 2004

Jonathan Coachman and Vince Russo welcome us to yet another edition of TNA Impact! Coachman sends it to ringside where David Flair is already in the ring.

David Flair vs Simon Diamond

Flair picks up where he left off last week and continues his impressive losing streak after Simon Diamond defeats him. The crowd were nonplussed by the weak start to the night, and David Flair had another tantrum, running away from the ring after taking a brutal Simoniser.

“The Franchise” Shane Douglas is backstage, still on crutches when he is approached by Cassidy O’Reilly. O’Reilly tells Douglas that he hasn’t forgotten about what happened last week. Douglas, while on crutches looks ready for a fight, but Cassidy just spits in his face and walks away, leaving Shane alone, with nothing but a shocked look (and O’Reilly’s phlegm) on his face.

Lightweight Title Semi-Final
Kid Kash vs Jerry Lynn

The crowd were into this true face vs heel confrontation as both competitors vied for a spot in the TNA Lightweight title tournament final. Kid Kash advanced after he exposed the steel turnbuckle and hit a drop toe hold on Lynn, Jerry bouncing face first off the steel.

Cassidy O'Reilly vs Masato Tanaka

Cassidy O’Reilly was accompanied by Chase Stevens as Masato Tanaka was accompanied by fellow Japanese Extremist, Satoshi Kojima. The fans weren’t into the match due to the clash in styles. Cassidy O’Reilly again pulled a chain out of his trunks and looked as if he was going to use it, before Satoshi Kojima distracted the referee and Masato Tanaka used a chain of his own on the Hotshot, picking up the victory. As Kojima and Tanaka celebrated, Shane Douglas came out to the top of the ramp and simply smirked at Cassidy O’Reilly and Chase Stevens.

TNA Tag Team Number One Contenders Match
Backseat Boyz vs Jeff Hardy and Jeff Jarrett vs The French Revolution vs Triple X

The fatal fourway tag elination match to determine the number one contenders was next. It was an okay match, with several contrasting styles on show. The Backseat Boyz were first to depart after Renee Dupree of the French Revolution pinned Kashmere with a devastating DDT. Dupree was then pinned by Low Ki, eliminating the French Revolution from the match. Jeff Jarrett picked up the victory with The Stroke on Elix Skipper. Jeff Jarrett and Hardy advance to face the team of America’s Most Wanted at Summer Break 2004.

Andrew "The Test" Martin is backstage with Mike Tenay. He told how he has been watching “The Phenomenal” AJ Styles for a long time and
thought it was about time that somebody showed him for what he really was…a cocky spot monkey.

Lightweight Title Semi-Final
CM Punk vs Brian Kendrick

The match quality was through the roof. Brian Kendrick and CM Punk have great chemistry and the fans really got into the match. Kendrick was busting out the high flying spots, wheras Punk tried to keep it grounded. Kendrick went for the Sliced Bread, but was pushed to the outside, where he landed rib first on the guard rail. Punk wins via countout.

TNA TV Title Match
Chris Sabin vs Satoshi Kojima

The TV champion is up next, making his third defense in three weeks. Sabin defends against one half of the Japanese Extremists. No prizes here for guessing that the match was interrupted as The Hotshots ran out to the ring and lay a brutal beating on Kojima. Tanaka makes the save.

Steve Corino vs Frankie Kazarian

Corino, who has started to brand himself as “Consistently Consistent” picks up yet another win, this time with an impressive and lethal performance. The crowd were into the match, but Kazarian is not at Steve Corino’s level yet. Corino picked up the win with Old School Explusion.

John "Hawk" Bradshaw and Andrew "The Test" Martin vs AJ Styles and Sting

The main event for the night kicks off with Test and Styles. Test works over AJ, and the two classically play the big man/small man beatdown. Bradshaw gets in and continues the beatdown. Sting eventually gets the hot tag, knocking Windham off the apron first before knocking Test out of the ring. Sting is cleaning house, until he runs towards the ropes and Barry Windham pulls the ropes down. Sting goes tumbling over the top. Windham and Bradshaw jump down to the floor and start to take the fight to Sting. In the confusion, AJ Styles is back in the ring and runs into a big boot. Bradshaw joins in back in the ring in a two on one attack on AJ, however, Sting is back in the ring, with his baseball bat again (where does he hide it). Sting and AJ are disqualified when he hits Test and Bradshaw with the bat.

Sting looks like he’s going to go to town on Bradshaw before Bret Hart’s music plays. The TNA Director of Wrestling Affairs announces that at Summer Break, we will see John “Hawk” Bradshaw vs Sting and “The Phenomenal” AJ Styles defending his title against Andrew “The Test” Martin.

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Impeccable's Booking Diary - OOC

Man, that was a poor event prior to a PPV...I've tried to avoid looking at signing big names for the available talent pool, which includes Hogan, Randy Savage, Scott Hall, etc. I might have to look at my policy again.

It might be worth signing a couple of older guys to get someone over in a big way. I've got a lot of talent in the roster, but not one guy is hugely over.

Looking at the roster I inherited, I don't know how TNA survived from 2004 to now. Certainly, TNA have a stronger, deeper roster in reality now with Joe, Angle, Styles, Sting, Nash, Booker T, etc.

[Impeccable]

SUMMER BREAK 2004 - Sunday 25th July 2004

Jonathan Coachman and Vince Russo are at ringside to welcome you to TNA’s first new era PPV. It’s time for Summer Break 2004 folks. Front row at ringside is “The Franchise” Shane Douglas.

The Hotshots vs Japanese Extremists

The Hotshots and the Japanese Extremists met in the first match of the evening. The fans weren’t into it too much, as the feud is recently developing. The Japanese Extremists have a score or two to settle with the cocky young upstarts. The Hotshots made their way to the ring, their gaze immediately drawn to Shane Douglas, who simply smiled back. The match quality was good, with some real back and forth action. The Hotshots might not be the biggest team in the world, or the most over, but they gave a good account of themselves. Some innovative, but stiff looking offense from Tanaka gave the fans something to ooh and ahh about. Towards the conclusion of the match, Satoshi Kojima went to get a weapon from under the ring. While he was looking for the something, Shane Douglas leapt over the security rail and crashed his crutch over the back of Kojima. O’Reilly whipped Masato Tanaka to the ropes, who then also received a crutch shot, undetected by the referee. O’Reilly gets the pin with a DDT.

Overall – 64%
Crowd Reaction – 52%
Match Quality – 76%

The Director of Wrestling Affairs, Bret Hart was out next, carrying yet another velvet bag. Bret took the microphone and informed the fans in attendance that since he was adding a match to the card…tonight! He unveiled the International Title and stated that it would be won by one of three men tonight…either the Monster, Abyss…Raven, or the consistently consistent, Steve Corino.

Overall - 89

TNA Lightweight Title – Final Match
CM Punk vs Kid Kash

This match was incredible. Punk was over with the fans. Kid Kash consistently tried cheating, but Punk kept coming back. The guys had fantastic chemistry, and CM Punk won, giving Kash a taste of his own medicine by putting his feet up on the ropes. Kash was upset and asked that the referee change the decision, but Punk was allowed to leave with the TNA Lightweight title wrapped around his waist.

Overall – 86%
Crowd Reaction – 72%
Match Quality – 100%

TNA Tag Team Title Match!
Jeff Hardy and Jeff Jarrett vs America's Most Wanted

After Jeff Hardy and Jeff Jarrett earned a tag title shot against America’s Most Wanted, fans have been going crazy, making up T-shirts and signs saying 2 x Jeff and Jeff Squared, even “The Jeffs”. Hardy started the match against America’s Most Wanted’s Chris Harris. As with most popular tag teams, Hardy and Jarrett worked the hot tag…Hardy kept getting close only to be isolated by the opponents. AMW underlined why they are the best tag team today by hitting a series of double team attacks. Hardy finally delivered a Twist of Fate to Chris Harris. As He made his way over to Jarrett, James Storm “stormed” the ring, catching Hardy’s foot. Jeff twisted and performed that spinning round leg kick thing he does so well, before diving to make the tag to…no one. Jeff Jarrett stepped back off the ring apron and smiled as Hardy found no one for the tag. Jeff hardy turned into a devastating Death Sentence. Jeff Jarrett then entered the ring and gave Hardy “The Stroke” (not as pleasant as it sounds, apparently).

Overall 73%
Crowd Reaction – 75%
Match quality – 71%


TNA TV Title Title Match!
Jerry Lynn vs Chris Sabin

In accordance with the rules of the TV title, Chris Sabin defends against Jerry Lynn next. The title continues to gain in image as Chris Sabin pulls off an impressive performance to retain the title with the Future Shock. Jerry Lynn looks slightly upset at the result, but should be proud of the solid match.


Overall - 71
Crowd Reaction – 64%
Match quality - 78%

TNA International Title Title Match
Abyss vs Steve Corino vs Raven

Next up is the inaugural TNA International Title match. Steve Corino vs Raven vs Abyss. Abyss and Raven capitalise on their storied history to get the match over with the fans. Corino spends most of the match keeping out of the way, ensuring he attacks opponents when they are already down. Abyss looks like he’s going to pick up the win when he hits the Black hole slam on Steve Corino, only for Raven to smash a chair over his back. Abyss gets up and goes after Raven, but Raven smashes the chair once, twice, three times over Abyss’ head. Abyss falls backward. Raven looks like he’s going for the pin, but Corino has a pair of brass knucks and clocks Raven square between the eyes. The referee counts it and awards the International Title to Steve Corino.

Overall – 68%
Crowd Reaction - 68%
Match quality – 68%

John "Hawk" Bradshaw w/ Barry Windham vs Sting

John Bradshaw claims Sting is an unwelcome link to the past. In order to start the era of John “Hawk” Bradshaw, he must break the link. Sting and Bradshaw trade early blows (it’s not the most technical of matches, you’ll appreciate). Bradshaw sends Sting to the ropes and takes a Big Boot. Sting stumbles into the referee. Bradshaw and Windham double team Sting while he’s down. Bradshaw sends Windham to the outside to get a chair. Bradshaw drags Sting up to his feet as Barry Windham enters the ring. John Bradshaw takes the chair off Windham as Barry holds Sting up. Bradshaw winds back and DISASTER, he strikes Windham as Sting moves. The Stinger whips Bradshaw to the corner and follows up with a Stinger Splash (that’s original). Bradshaw stumbles out into Sting, who turns him round and hits a Scorpion Death Drop onto the steel chair. Sting throws the chair out of the ring before the referee recovers and counts John “Hawk” Bradshaw’s shoulders to the mat.

Overall - 65%
Crowd Reaction – 71%
Match quality - 52%

TNA Heavyweight Title Title Match
AJ Styles vs Andrew "The Test" Martin

The challenger, Andrew “Test” Martin makes his way to the ring first, followed by “The Phenomenal” AJ Styles, current TNA Heavyweight champion. Styles has his work cut out for him as he first has to try and get Test off his feet. AJ is quick on The Test, not letting him get close enough for long enough to inflict any damage. Martin soon catches up with AJ though, and begins to dominate the match with powerful body slams and clotheslines. By slowing the pace, he manages to keep hitting his power moves. It only takes one mistake before Styles is back on him…The Test goes for the big boot and ends up getting his leg caught on the rope when Styles ducks under it. Styles attacks Martin’s standing leg with chop blocks and kicks. It’s apparent that Styles isn’t going to hit a Styles Clash on the big man. AJ has The Test down for a Spiral Tap attempt, but Martin is up quickly and throws AJ off the turnbuckle. Martin goes for the pump handle powerslam, but AJ floats over the back and hits a Low Blow to Martin. The referee spots it and calls for the bell. AJ Styles is disqualified. The fans aren’t exactly happy with the result, but at least AJ leaves with the belt. Summer Break is over as Andrew Martin is seething in the ring.

Overall – 74%
Crowd Reaction – 78%
Match Quality – 68%

[Impeccable]

Typical...after Summer Games I get a note from Road agents saying that Satoshi Kojima and Masato Tanaka make a great tag team. However, they were not happy with doing the job to the Hotshots, despite the storyline advancement so both fucked off. I was going to build them.

Have signed Rosey and Jamal as replacements and rechristened them as The Warning, Tao and Tupa.

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TNA Impact! - Wednesday 28th July 2004

Jonathan Coachman and Vince Russo welcome us to TNA Impact! The cameras cut backstage to Bret Hart, the Director of Wrestling Affairs for TNA. He is stood talking to Jim Neidhart (that gets a pop). Steve Corino, the TNA International champion walks past…stops…and turns around. Corino points at Neidhart’s (rather rotund) stomach. “Woah…Bret, you didn’t tell me you were going to be an uncle!” Corino laughs and walks off, leaving Neidhart and the DWA ashen faced.

David Flair vs Jeff Jarrett

Once again, David Flair opens the show with an impressive jobbing performance. Jeff Jarrett barely breaks sweat for the match, winning with the Stroke after five minutes. Flair rolls out and starts walking up the ramp as Jeff Hardy comes storming past him, into the ring. Jarrett, celebrating, turns around into a Twist of Fate. Jeff Hardy follows it up with a swanton bomb.

TNA TV Title Match
Chris Sabin vs Simon Diamond

The TNA TV title is defended next by Chris Sabin. Simon Diamond, seemingly forgotten man of TNA is out to challenge. The two styles clash, but the crowd seem to be getting into Chris Sabin matches. Maybe someone will let him start talking soon. Sabin let’s his wrestling do the talking however, winning in seven minutes with future shock

Andrew "The Test" Martin is in the ring after commercial break. Martin is upset with how his title match went down…yes he won, but by DQ. And last he checked, that doesn’t qualify him for a rematch. He calls out AJ Styles. AJ Styles runs down and hits the ring without his belt, and they brawl all the way back into the aisle, and eventually out of sight backstage.

America's Most Wanted vs Paris and London

American’s Most Wanted, on the back of a big win against Jeff Hardy and Jeff Jarrett at Summer Break have a match against the newly formed tag team of Air Paris and Paul London. Paris and London seem to have that good early chemistry that other teams of “two singles competitors thrown together in what seems to be a random pairing but will go on and form a formidable tag team for a long run” have. However, their relative inexperience at this level shows as AMW pick up the win with Death Sentence. As AMW celebrate the win, they are attacked by two large wrestlers. Vince Russo informs us that it’s The Warning, Tao and Tupa, a Samoan tag team. AMW are on notice!

Shane Douglas and The Hotshots come to the ring next. Shane takes a while, still being on crutches. When he eventually gets into the ring, he takes a microphone. Douglas says that Chase Stevens and Cassidy O’Reilly both remind him of someone. Yeah that’s right…himself. Shane said that he was once a young upstart trying to make a name for himself, and the Hotshots gained his respect by showing their balls to the big dog. Shane refers to himself and the Hotshots as The Franchise. Next week, he’ll invite another guy in the back, someone with unlimited potential to join the Franchise. Who could it be?

Mike Tenay, backstage reporter (there’s a fall from grace) catches up with Kid Kash. Kash is furious that he was cheated out of the title (conveniently forgetting that he himself had cheated in both matches to advance to the final) and challenges the Lightweight champion CM Punk for a match.

AJ Styles vs Steve Corino

In non title match, AJ Styles is up next against International champion, the Consistently consistent, Steve Corino. We’re assuming that somebody managed to separate Styles and Andrew Martin backstage. Steve Corino and AJ Styles had good chemistry. Styles went for the Styles Clash, but Corino managed to roll him back in a sunset flip type move. Styles rolled right back and picked up the victory with a bridging pin. Out of nowhere, The Test appears with a chair and swings at Styles. AJ ducks under the swing and rolls out of the ring. A furious Andrew Martin throws down the chair in the ring.

After commercial, John “Hawk” Bradshaw makes his way to the ring, grabs a chair and a microphone and sits down in the ring. John "Hawk" Bradshaw is not moving until Bret Hart grants him a title shot. Bret Hart makes his way out and states that Bradshaw has yet to prove that he is worthy of a title shot. Sting beat him at Summer Break, so if anybody is worthy of a title shot, it’s The Stinger. John “Hawk” Bradshaw reminds Hart that Sting only beat him with the aid of a steel chair. Bret then makes a triple threat match for later in the night between John “Hawk” Bradshaw, Sting and Andrew “The Test” Martin. The winner will face AJ Styles for the TNA Heavyweight Belt at Hard Justice.

TNA Lightweight Title Match
CM Punk vs Jeff Hardy

The TNA Lightweight champion defends his title against the daredevil, Jeff Hardy. In what you’d think would be a match of quality, their styles appeared to clash in a sloppy match. Kid Kash ran to the ring and slid in, attempting an attack on Punk. CM Punk ducked a clothesline which hit Jeff Hardy instead. Jeff Hardy wins by DQ. CM Punk throws Kid Kash out of the ring.

TNA Heavyweight Title Number One Contenders Match
Andrew "The Test" Martin vs John "Hawk" Bradshaw vs Sting

The crowd are into this match. The quality isn’t bad either. All three men are vying to become the number one contender to AJ Styles title. Bradshaw looks like he’s going to pick up the victory after a clothesline from hell on Sting. The Test breaks up the pin attempt. Martin and John Bradshaw trade blows while Sting recovers. Andrew Martin charges at Bradshaw, but John moves out of the way and Barry Windham pulls the top rope down. Martin goes over the top rope. Sting eventually recovers and has Bradshaw in a Scorpion Deathlock. John Bradshaw looks like he’s going to tap until Andrew Martin rushes in with a big boot to Sting’s face. Andrew Martin gains the pin and becomes the number one contender to AJ Styles title.

[Evil Vito]

It's out. Does anyone know if people continued making current real world patches for this game even when newer ones were out?

[loopydate]

JUNE 3, 2004 - SMACKDOWN!

The month of June kicks off with six-man tag action featuring the lowest rungs on the SmackDown! totem pole. It's Funaki, Matt Morgan, and Zach Gowan against Akio, Johnny Jeter, and Mark Henry. Johnny Jeter carried most of the match, getting in ring time with all three opponents, including starting and ending the match with Gowan. This kid's got some serious potential. He picks up the win, hitting Gowan with a spinning kick, and he definitely looks on the verge of upward mobility.

The cruiserweight division gets to steal the show again next with a tag-team match featuring the red-hot Paul London and Ultimo Dragon against Carlito and Nunzio. Nunzio and Carlito control London through the early-going making quick tags and hitting kicks and suplexes. Once Dragon gets the hot tag, he takes to the air and lands several high-impact moves before Nunzio catches him with a belly-to-belly off the top rope for a near fall. Nunzio tries to set up for the Sicilian Slice, but Dragon catches him with an Asai DDT out of nowhere for the win.

Midcard Mania is up next as Intercontinental Champion "Nature Boy" Dave Batista teams with John Layfield, Chris Nowinski, and the Basham Brothers to take on Chavo Guerrero, Jamie Noble, Nova, Spike Dudley, and Aaron Stevens. Danny Basham spends most of the time getting pummeled by all five opponents, while Chavo and Layfield spend almost the entire match on the apron. In the end, Batista lays Noble out with a Batista Bomb to pick up the win.

John Cena, just two weeks after losing the WWE Title to Matt Hardy, is looking to get back into the title hunt. Tonight, he faces the Dangerous Alliance's Billy Kidman. Next week, Cena faces Kidman's partner Tajiri in a King of the Ring second-round match, so he's got to be looking at Kidman as a tune-up, which might be just what Kidman wants. Or not, Cena picks up the win with the FU.

Two weeks ago, the Hardy Boyz reunited when Jeff Hardy returned to help his brother Matt win the WWE Title from John Cena. Tonight, they team up for the first time in years to take on Rico and the brothers' former longtime friend, Hurricane. They clearly haven't missed a step, as they isolate Rico for most of the beginning of the match until Hurricane hits the ring and takes the match by storm... *crickets* Anyway, Hurricane gets in some big offense until Jeff manages to tag Matt back in. Matt works over his old rival with some aerial and martial arts offense, then Jeff slips back in to hit the Swanton Bomb to give the Hardyz the win.

Paul Heyman is backstage with the monstrous Brock Lesnar. Tonight, Brock faces Rey Mysterio. Brock destroyed Mysterio at the Royal Rumble, and he's going to do the same tonight. And they both know that, as great as Christian is, Rock is probably going to beat him. Which means in two weeks, it's going to once again be Rock versus Brock. And once again, Lesnar is going to prove why he's the dominant force in professional wrestling, and he's going to put an end to this feud one way or the other.

Speaking of feuds that are nearly at an end, Eddie Guerrero takes on Tajiri next, and they put on a four-star wrestling clinic. Tons of near falls, aerial wizardry, Tajiri's trademark martial arts attacks, and Eddie picks up the win with a surprising tornado DDT out of the corner. After the match, Tajiri goes on the attack, and the two rivals brawl all the way backstage.

The second round of the SmackDown! bracket of King of the Ring kicks off with the aforementioned Royal Rumble rematch between Lesnar and Mysterio. And, just as Heyman prophecied earlier, Lesnar puts Rey away with the F5. In two weeks, Lesnar will face either The Rock or Christian, and there's no way the booking is that obvious, right? Right?

Last week, former World Tag Team Champions the Dudley Boyz won a four-team elimination match to earn a rematch against the team that unseated them, Billy Gunn and Chris Kanyon, the Metro Connection. The fans expect the Dudleyz to win the belts back, the IWC expect the Dudleyz to win the belts back, and the Dudleyz definitely expect to win the belts back. Unfortunately, the Metros have other ideas, and Gunn catches D-Von with a suprising Fameasser to pick up the clean upset victory!

And now for our main event, pitting The Rock against Christian in another second-round KotR match. The winner faces Lesnar in two weeks. Since I should be heading to bed soon, I'm just going to state the obvious, that they put on a kick-ass match, but The Rock picks up the win.

After the match, Rock grabs the microphone and says that Heyman's right. In two weeks, this ends, one way or the other. Because in two weeks, the winner will be the Last Man Standing!