The King congratulates you, Thomas Lewis. But make no mistake, my kingdom shall emerge and will supplant you when given the right opportunity.
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The King congratulates you, Thomas Lewis. But make no mistake, my kingdom shall emerge and will supplant you when given the right opportunity.
WCW Spring Stampede
April 2005
Atlanta, Georiga
30,000 in attendance
Pre-Show:
CM Punk def. Ultimo Dragon - B
Lisa Marie Varon def. Allison Danger - B-
Jindrak & O'Haire def. The James Gang - B
Samoa Joe def. Ken Shamrock - B
The show begins with a video package hyping the night's matches.
A
WCW United States Heavyweight Championship
John Cena (C) vs. William Jordan (w/ Paul Heyman)
Cena pins Jordan following a Spinout Powerbomb.
A
Rob Van Dam vs. Jeff Hardy
RVD pins Hardy following a Five Star Frog Splash.
A
MacKenzie Day is backstage with Gene Okerlund.
She is cutting a promo about wanting another rematch for the Women's Championship before Mick Foley walks into screen.
Foley apologizes for interrupting but says that he wanted to publicly voice his support for her getting a Women's Title match.
Foley calls Mac the future of women's wrestling and Mac tells Mick that she's always been a big fan of his.
A+
WCW Tag Team Championship
Totally Buff (C) vs. America's Most Wanted
Buff pins Harris following a Blockbuster.
B+
WCW Women's Championship
Trish Stratus (C) vs. Gail Kim
Trish pins Gail following a Stratusfaction.
B
William Regal is interviewed by Mean Gene.
Regal cuts a great heel promo insulting Georgia.
A+
JR Slim vs. Randy Savage
Savage pins Slim following a Big Elbow after Jerry Lawler and Brian Lawler distract Slim.
B
WCW Cruiserweight Championship
Takeshi's Cruiserweight Cup Cash-In
Michael Brando (C) vs. Takeshi Chiyoko
Chiyoko pins Brando following a Samurai's Revenge.
Takeshi is the new Cruiserweight Championship.
B+
Sting cuts a promo backstage with Mean Gene saying that ever since Kyle Grey left for his vacation, the rest of the Uprising has proven a good target. But he hasn't forgotten, and Grey can't run forever.
(Grey got suspended for starting a fight with Vader, which was not a good idea. He's got 30 days to heal his wounds though.)
A+
Eddie Guerrero vs. Matt Hardy
Eddie pins Hardy following a Frog Splash.
A
Sting vs. Zael Megid (w/ Paul Heyman)
Sting pins ZM following a Scorpion Death Drop.
A
A video package airs hyping Thomas Lewis vs. Chris Jericho in the main event, show some of the highlights of their amazing verbal jousts in recent weeks.
A+
WCW World Heavyweight Championship
Thomas Lewis (C) (w/ Paul Heyman) vs. Chris Jericho
Lewis pins Jericho following a Yakuza Kick after a distraction from Heyman.
A+
Lewis celebrates after what is probably the best match of his career.
Show Rating - A+
Thomas Lewis was the star of the show.
Improving all the time.
Scary though considering I'm already the Champion.
I got suspended? I always pick Company Man to avoid these situations...
This seems like a good chance to apply the random opportunity choice.
Stinks I'm losing so much, but at least I'm putting on good matches.
Thinking about this Jericho is probably my perfect opponent as he's so good in the ring he'll cover my flaws and will be able to keep up with the verbal side.
I was never really going to click with Goldberg at this stage sadly.
Brian Christopher? Grandmaster is gonna be the King's bitch
WCW Road Wild
May 2005
Kansas City, Missouri
30,000 in attendance
Pre-Show:
Jamie Noble def. Shannon Moore - B
Gail Kim & Jackie Moore def. Roni Jonah & Nikki Roxx - C+
Sid Vicious def. Shawn Stasiak - B-
The James Gang def. Dos Caras Jr & La Parka - B-
Shinsuke Nakamura def. Ultimo Dragon - B
The show begins with a video package hyping the night's matches.
A+
WCW Cruiserweight Championship
Takeshi Chiyoko (C) vs. Michael Brando
Chiyoko pins Brando following a Samurai's Revenge.
B
JR Slim vs. Samoa Joe
Joe forces Slim to tap out in the Coquina Clutch following a distraction from Jerry Lawler.
B+
MacKenzie Day and Lita are backstage with Gene Okerlund.
They each believe they should be the #1 contender for the Women's Championship.
Mick Foley wanders in and says that if it was up to him, they would have a triple threat at the Great American Bash.
Okerlund reminds them that Trish will put the title on the line tonight against Torrie Wilson and Foley says that if Torrie wins, it should just be a fatal fourway.
Mac and Lita both say that they deserve a one on one match, but they'd settle for any kind of shot at this point.
A
WCW Tag Team Championship
Totally Buff (C) vs. Kronik
Adams pins Luger following High Times.
Kronik are the new Tag Team Champions.
B
Mega Clown (w/ Daffney) vs. Rob Van Dam
Mega Clown pins RVD following a Side Splitter.
A
CM Punk is backstage with Gene Okerlund.
Punk is cutting a promo when Silas Young and Brody McCoy come in and deliver some "rookie hazing."
Punk shuts them down and tells them that if they have something to say to him, they can do it in the ring.
McCoy and Young laugh Punk off and tell him that once people know who he is, then maybe they'll consider giving him a match.
B-
WCW Women's Championship
Trish Stratus (C) vs. Torrie Wilson
Trish pins Torrie following a Stratusfaction.
B+
Jeff Jarrett vs. Chris Jericho
Jericho forces Jarrett to tap out in the Lion Tamer.
A
A video package airs showing the Nitro debut of WCW's newest star...
Kurt Angle!
Angle debuted on Nitro a few weeks ago and tonight he makes his WCW PPV debut in a dream match against one of the faces of WCW, Diamond Dallas Page.
A+
Kurt Angle vs. Diamond Dallas Page
Angle pins DDP following an Angle Slam.
A
WCW United States Heavyweight Championship
Tag Team Match (Whoever scores the fall will be the US Champion)
John Cena (C) & Sting vs. William Jordan & Zael Megid (w/ Paul Heyman)
Jordan pins Sting after Kyle Grey returns and lays Sting out.
William Jordan is the new US Champion.
B
Eric Bischoff and Matt Payton introduce WCW's newest staff member, the new voice of Thunder and of pay-per-view...Jim Ross!
JR makes his way to ringside to assume his new place as the lead announcer for PPVs aside Tony Schiavone and Bobby Heenan for the main event.
JR gets a huge ovation as Mike Tenay heads to the back and Schiavone moves over, giving JR the center spot.
A+
WCW World Heavyweight Championship
Thomas Lewis (C) (w/ Paul Heyman) vs. Eddie Guerrero
Lewis pins Eddie following a Yakuza Kick.
A
Lewis and Heyman celebrate with the Championship to end the show.
Show Rating - A+
Kurt Angle was the star of the show.
You know what's better than a JR? TWO JRS!!!!
I like the way our announcers are set up. We have Schiavone, Lawler, and Tenay for Nitro, then a two man booth of JR and Mick Foley for Thunder, which has become a faster paced show. And we have Mauro Ranallo and Dusty Rhodes for WCW Saturday Night. For PPVs we have JR leading the way with Schiavone and Bobby Heenan so that Foley and Lawler can be on the card if needed.