Crosstime Wrestling International: Grand Opening

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FADE IN: A montage of video and film clips beginning with old silent movie footage of Frank Gotch, continuing with black-and-white TV footage of Bruno Sammartino, shifting to '80s video of Ric Flair, and ending with DVD highlights of Dave Batista at Wrestlemania 22. Cue voice-over by Mean Gene Okerlund.

Tonight, a host of the greatest names in professional wrestling history will assemble inside New York City's venerable Madison Square Garden to christen a new era in ring excitement.They've come from every corner of the world and every era of the last century to lay the foundation for an exciting and unique new promotion:Crosstime Wrestling International.

FADE TO: a futuristic-looking title card bearing the caption "6-23-2006" in silver against a soft white background.

CUT TO: A spectacular pyrotechnics display inside Madison Square Garden set to the music of Alice In Chains' "Rooster", followed by a pan shot of the crowd at ringside. Camera then fades to Gorilla Monsoon and Jerry "The King" Lawler at the broadcast table.

Gorilla:Good evening everybody, and welcome to the World's Most Famous Arena, Madison Square Garden, where tonight Crosstime Wrestling International presents its incredible debut event, Grand Opening! I'm Gorilla Monsoon and I'll be calling the blow-by-blow with the help of my color man here, Jerry "The King" Lawler...

King: I don't know about you, Gorilla, but the match I'm looking forward to the most is the evening gown bout with Trish Stratus and Wendi Richter!(cackles)

Gorilla: For me, King, the feature attraction of the night is our main event-- the 'crazy eights' elimination match which will determine our first world heavyweight champion. With the likes of Frank Gotch, Antonio Inoki, and "The Animal" Dave Batista involved, it promises to be a showdown for the ages...

King: You can say that again!

Gorilla: Right now, however, let's head to the ring for our opening bout-- the 'Battle of the Olympians' match between Kurt Angle and Ken Patera.

CUT TO: Ring announcer Gary Michael Capetta standing in the center of the ring.

Capetta: The following contest is our opening match, the 'Battle Of The Olympians' bout, scheduled for one fall!(Camera fades to the aisle leading from the backstage area to the ring as "Olympic Hero" starts blasting over the Garden PA)Introducing first, from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, weighing at 221 pounds, Kurt Angle!

King(off-camera as red,white,& blue pyrotechnics go off behind Angle): I wouldn't want to be in Ken Patera's shoes right now...the Olympic Hero looks like he could win this bout just by glaring at him!

Gorilla(off-camera): Don't be too quick to award Kurt the victory, King... he still has to contend with Patera's devastating full nelson!

Capetta(standing to Angle's left inside the ring): And his opponent...(John Williams' "Olympic Fanfare" starts playing as Ken Patera walks out from behind the curtain)....from Portland, Oregon, weighing in at 275 pounds, Ken Patera!

Gorilla(off-camera): The crowd on its feet for Ken Patera as he steps into the ring....and Angle nails him with a roundhouse right to start the match!

King(off-camera): You don't get to be an Olympic gold medalist by wasting time, Gorilla...

Gorilla(off-camera): No indeed.... and Patera isn't wasting much time either-- Irish-whips Angle into the ropes....and a wicked clothesline!

King(off-camera): C'mon, Kurt, get up! Show this crowd what you're made off!

Gorilla(off-camera): Patera with the armbar on Kurt Angle, and the 1996 Olympic gold medalist in a tight spot trying to reach the ropes to break the hold...and he makes it! Patera arguing with referee Nick Patrick-- big mistake, turning your back on your opponent. And Angle makes him pay for it with a forearm shot to the chest!

King(off-camera): That's it, Kurt, kick his butt and let everyone here see what a real Olympic hero looks like!

Gorilla(off-camera): Give me a break! Scoop slam by Angle, and the fans here at MSG are not too thrilled about the way this match is going...most of them are solidly behind Ken Patera...

King(off-camera): How could that be, Gorilla? Patera never even made it to-- WHOA! Did you see that dropkick?!!

Gorilla(off-camera): I not only saw it, King, I felt it...Angle now setting Patera up for his patented Angle Slam! If he connects with it, this match is over....Down goes Patera! Angle with the cover--1...2...Patera kicks out, and Angle can't believe it!

King(off-camera): Neither can I! I thought for sure the Olympic Hero had this match won!

Gorilla(off-camera): Let that be a lesson to you, King: Never count your chickens before they're hatched. Patera nails Angle with a German suplex, and it could be just a matter of time before we see his patented full nelson in action...

King(off-camera): I can't look!

Gorilla(off-camera): Patera setting up Angle--there's the full nelson! He's got it locked in airtight, and Kurt can't shake him loose! Nick Patrick calling for the bell, and the first match of Grand Opening is officially in the books!

CUT TO: Patera playing to the crowd and Angle stumbling out of the ring in a daze as Gary Michael Cappetta gets ready to officially announce the outcome of the bout.

Cappetta: Your winner, as the result of a submission, Ken Patera!

Gorilla(off-camera): Ken Patera wins our opening bout, and the crowd at the Garden's happy about it, even if my broadcast partner isn't...

King(off-camera, irate): Kurt was robbed, Gorilla!

Gorilla(off-camera): Folks, we're going to take a short break...when we come back, Michael Cole will be interviewing one of the participants in the 'crazy eights' match, Nature Boy Ric Flair!

CUT TO: Commercial for Thursday Night Riot.

 

[sabu24]

Aww...man! You have to leave me hanging? I'll be back to review the rest of it. But I like the use of the legends and how you explian the match with the annoucers. Check out and review my UCW brand below!

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Well, Sabu, you'll be glad to know you're not left hanging anymore. I just finished typing up the end of the match.

Thanks for the positive feedback; I'll check out your UCW links later today.

 

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As we come back from commercial, we see Michael Cole in one of MSG's locker rooms standing next to Ric Flair, who's decked out in a sequined aqua robe.

Cole: With me now is one of the participants in tonight's main event here at Grand Opening, a 14-time WCW world champion and 2-time WWE world champion, Ric Flair. Ric, you've got a tough job ahead of you tonight-- among the men you'll be battling against for the title are the legendary Mexican luchadore Mil Mascaras, the immortal Hulk Hogan, and the technical specialist they call 'the man of a thousand holds', Les Thornton.

Flair: Cole, they can put Freddy freakin' Kruger in that ring for all I care...the Nature Boy's been overcoming obstacles all his life! When the smoke clears at the end of the night, yours truly will be walking out of Madison Square Garden as the CWI world heavyweight champion!

Cole: Should you win tonight's main event, next week on the premiere of Thursday Night Riot you'll be defending the title against the winner of the upcoming table match between "Whipper" Billy Watson and Bam Bam Bigelow...your thoughts?

Flair: Bring 'em on! Because whether you like it or you don't like it, Ric Flair is the toughest son of a gun in this sport's history! WHOOOOOO!

Cole: Defiant words from Ric Flair...now back to Gorilla and the King.

CUT TO: Gorilla Monsoon and Jerry "The King" Lawler in their broadcast position at ringside.

Gorilla: The Nature Boy obviously fired up as we get closer to the main event, but we still have a lot more action to get to before the world title is decided...and speaking of titles, in just a few minutes we'll be crowning our first cruiserweight champion as X-Pac, the spark plug for D-generation X, takes on Japanese sensation Koji Kanemoto and ECW veteran Nunzio in a three-way elimination match!

King: I don't care who wins that one, as long as it's not that Don Corleone clone from Extremely Crummy Wrestling!

Gorilla: Will you STOP?!!

FADE TO: Anthony Chimel in the center of the ring.

Chimel: The following contest is our three-way elimination match for the CWI cruiserweight championship! Introducing first....(Nunzio's old ECW entrance theme blares from the Garden PA as he struts down to the ring)...from Howard Beach, New York weighing in at 210 pounds, Nunzio!

Gorilla(off-camera): Nunzio getting a somewhat mixed reception from the MSG fans....

King(off-camera): Nothing mixed about my reaction, Gorilla--I hate him! I hate all those ECW twerps!

Gorilla(off-camera): I'd watch my words if I were you, King; some of those "twerps" are backstage and they might be listening to this. They're liable to tear your head off if you keep this up...

Chimel: His opponents...hailing from Japan and weighing in at 199 pounds, Koji Kanemoto....("Gatchaman" theme signals Koji's appearance from behind the curtain)

Gorilla(off-camera): Right there, King, is the puroresu great many consider to be the odds-on favorite to win this contest....(Gorilla's commentary is interrupted in mid-sentence by the first bars of DX's theme "Break It Down")

Chimel:....and from Minneapolis, Minnesota, weighing in at 212 pounds, X-Pac!

Gorilla(off-camera): Nunzio not wasting anytime going after X-Pac as we get underway!

King(off-camera): Figures one of those ECW punks would try a cheap shot right off the bat!

Gorilla(off-camera): X-Pac retaliating with a spinning heel kick to the side of Nunzio's head!

King(off-camera): Nunzio's skull is so hard I'm surprised X-Pac didn't break his foot on it....

Gorilla(off-camera): Koji Kanemoto's got X-Pac wrapped up in a small package--1...2...3! And just like that, we're down to two contestants in this cruiserweight title bout! Koji now going to work on Nunzio...

King(off-camera): Get him, Koji!

Gorilla(off-camera): Koji Irish whips Nunzio into the ropes...back body drop! The FBI brawler in real trouble now...(camera pans over to Vito LoGrasso, Sal E. Graziano, and Chuck Palumbo walking down the aisle towards the ring)What the hell are they doing here?!

King(off-camera): Probably looking to stick their big noses in where they don't belong!

Gorilla(off-camera): I'm afraid you may be right, King...LoGrasso and Graziano arguing with the referee right now...

King(off-camera,almost screeching): Look out, Koji!

Gorilla(off-camera): Palumbo nails Kanemoto with a vicious chair shot! If the FBI gets away with this, I'm gonna be sick!

King(off-camera): That makes two of us!

Gorilla(off-camera): Nunzio setting Koji up for his patented single arm DDT, the Arriverderci--he nails it! The cover--1...2..Koji kicked out! Koji kicked out! I don't believe it!

King(off-camera): Yay, Koji!

Gorilla(off-camera): Koji with a Super Powerslam on Nunzio, and now he's about to climb the top ro--Dammit! LoGrasso just shoved him off the turnbuckle! And now Nunzio's going for another Arriverderci! He hits it...the cover--1....2....3! And unfortunately, Nunzio is now our cruiserweight champion...(camera cuts to Anothy Chimel in the center of the ring as Nunzio's FBI teammates join him in the ring for a raucous post-match celebration)

Chimel: Your winner by way of pinfall and the first CWI cruiserweight champion, Nunzio!(angry boos from the crowd as the camera fades to Gorilla and the King at their broadcast table)

Gorilla: Folks, on behalf of myself, the King and everyone else in the CWI organization, I want to apologize for that disgusting travesty you just witnessed. You can rest assured newly appointed CWI commissioner Lou Thesz will not let what happened go unpunished--I wouldn't be surprised if we saw some heavy fines, maybe even some suspensions...

King: I hope he throws the book at those guys! Koji should have won!

Gorilla: On that, at least, we can agree, King....right now, though, let's get back to the ring for our next event, the Posedown Challenge pitting "Total Package" Lex Luger against "The Masterpiece" Chris Masters.

 

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CUT TO: Lillian Garcia standing in the center of the ring as the judges for the posedown start to take their places at ringside.

Garcia: The following contest is our posedown challenge...Introducing first, from Los Angeles, California, weighing at 270 pounds, "The Masterpiece" Chris Masters!(camera pans to the end of the aisle as Masters begins strutting down to the ring to Linkin Park's "My December")

Gorilla(off-camera): I don't know what's bigger, his biceps or his ego....

King(off-camera): If you had his physique, Gorilla, you'd have a big ego too, trust me.

Gorilla(off-camera): He might find that ego cut down to size before the night's over...(camera cuts to Lillian Garcia looking shocked and irritated as Masters yanks the wireless mike out of her hands)

Masters(smirking): Ladies and gentlemen, due to an unforeseen accident backstage earlier tonight, Lex Luger will NOT be participating in the posedown challenge tonight. So your winner, by way of forfeit, is yours truly--"The Masterpiece" Chris Masters.....

Gorilla(off-camera): Accident, my eye...I'll bet five to one that Masters jumped him so he wouldn't be able to take part in the posedown.

King(off-camera): Don't be so sure about that, Gorilla--anything could have happened...

CUT TO: Lex Luger charging down the aisle with a look of homicidal rage on his face and the judges for the posedown scattering in all directions as the Total Package spears Masters and starts showering him with closed fists.

Gorilla(off-camera): Looks like Masters might have spoken too soon about Lex not being here tonight! The Total Package is letting him have it!

King(off-camera): Somebody call security!

Gorilla(off-camera): Masters planted through the judges' table, and CWI officials finally coming out to ringside to break up the fight before it gets out of hand!(Camera fades to Luger pointing at Masters' prone body and shouting "There's more where that came from!" as security hustles him back to the locker room area)Obviously some kind of underhanded plot was at work to prevent Lex's involvement in the posedown, but we don't know what...hopefully we'll have more information on this situation before the night is over, but in the meantime we've got Joey Styles backstage standing by with Buddy Colt, one of the participants in the fatal four-way hardcore match that will determine our first CWI Extreme champion

FADE TO: Joey Styles standing beside Buddy Colt in the Knicks dressing room.

Styles: I'm here with one of the most extreme competitors in Georgia wrestling history, Buddy Colt, who will be facing Sabu, Mick Foley and Bru--

Colt(interrupting): Not facing, you little four-eyed moron, beating. Foley's over the hill, Sabu's a nutcase, and Brody's a joke. That CWI Extreme belt is mine, end of story.(storms off)

Styles(glancing at Colt's retreating back): Well, Gorilla, it looks like it's back to you and Lawler.

 

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FADE TO: Gorilla and the King back at ringside.

Gorilla: Tempers running high here at Madison Square Garden tonight...King, I have a hunch we'll see Masters and Lex go head-to-head next week on the premiere of Thursday Night Riot.

King: That should be a hell of a match...and speaking of great matches, hold on to your chairs, 'cause coming up next Rey Misterio takes on the Mexican legend El Santo to decide who'll be CWI's first Lucha Libre champion!

FADE TO: Commercial for CWI's next pay-per-view, Conflagration.

 

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As we return from commercial, we see Gary Michael Cappetta standing in the top right corner of the ring.

Capetta: The following contest is our falls-count-anywhere match for the CWI Lucha Libre title, scheduled for one fall. Introducing first, from Tulancigo, Mexico, weighing in at 216 pounds, El Santo...

Gorilla(off-camera): El Santo, considered by many to be the greatest competitor in lucha libre history, looking in awesome as he gets ready to take on one of the most amazing high flyers in WCW and WWE history...

Capetta: And his opponent...("619" starts blasting from the Garden PA)....from San Diego, California, weighing in at 178 pounds, Rey Misterio! (Pyrotechnic display as Rey sprints down to the ring)

King(off-camera): Gotta hand it to him, Rey sure knows how to make an entrance...

Gorilla(off-camera): That he does...and there's the bell to get things underway! Rey starts off with a nice arm-drag takedown and chinlock--hold on, folks, I've just been handed a note by one of our producers. CWI commissioner Lou Thesz is reviewing tapes of the three-way elimination match from earlier tonight and is expected to issue his decision before we go off the air...

King(off-camera): Good!

Gorilla(off-camera): Rey attempting the Irish whip on Santo, but Santo reverses it and catches him with a forearm smash!

King(off-camera): Whoa! I felt that one all the way out here!

To be continued...

 

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Continued from previous post...

Gorilla(off-camera): Santo throws Rey over the top rope, and Rey goes sprawling on the concrete floor! Santo wants that Lucha Libre title in the worst way, and he's willing to push himself to the limit to get it!

King(off-camera): Hold on to your hats, Gorilla, it looks like Santo's going topside!

Gorilla(off-camera): That he is...Santo coming off the top turnbuckle--NOBODY HOME! Rey rolled out of the way at the last second and now he's going for the cover--1...2...and Santo kicks out!

King(off-camera): Never count Santo out, Gorilla!

Gorilla(off-camera): El Santo going after Rey with roundhouse rights, and the crowd is one its feet trying to encourage Rey to retake the advantage in this falls-count-anywhere match! Santo with a scoop slam, and now he's going topside once again to deliver his patented flying somersault headbutt on Mysterio!

King(off-camera): Let's hope he has better luck than he did the first time he tried it!

Gorilla(off-camera): Santo coming off the top rope....and he nails Rey with the headbutt right there on the arena floor! The cover--1....2...3! And there you have it, folks, El Santo is CWI's first Lucha Libre champion! Let's go to Gary Michael Cappetta for the official decision...

Capetta(as camera zooms in on El Santo accepting the CWI Lucha Libre title belt from the referee): Here is your winner by way of pinfall and the first CWI Lucha Libre champion, El Santo!

Gorilla(off-camera): King, Rey Misterio gave it everything he had, but in the end the match belonged to El Santo...his size made the crucial difference. Before we get to our next match, let's send it back to Joey Styles, who's with another of our participants in tonight's main event, "The Animal" Dave Batista.

 

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CUT TO: Joey Styles standing in the hallway outside the Rangers' locker room with Dave Batista.

Styles: Dave, you've got the biggest advantage in tonight's main event in terms of size...what do you think your chances are of winning the CWI world title tonight?

Batista(chortling): Better than Nunzio's chances of hanging on to the cruiserweight belt when Lou Thesz gets through with him.(brief pause)Seriously, man, I'm looking forward to the crazy eights match--and more importantly, I'm looking forward to defending the CWI world heavyweight next week on Thursday Night Riot.

Styles: One of your former Evolution teammates, Ric Flair, is involved in tonight's main event-- does that worry you at all?

Batista: Flair's the one who should be worried...with guys like Hogan, Inoki, and Mil Mascaras in that ring, he'll have his work cut out for him.

Styles: Thank you very much...(Facing camera) Batista brimming with confidence going into the main event here at Grand Opening...coming up next, the Prince of Darkness faces the Deadman--Kevin Sullivan meets the Undertaker in a casket match!

FADE TO: Howard Finkel in the center of the ring.

Finkel: The following contest, scheduled for one fall, is a casket match! (Van Halen's "Running With The Devil" starts playing over the Garden PA) Introducing first, from Key West, Florida, weighing in at 240 pounds, Kevin Sullivan!

Gorilla(off-camera): Is it just me, King, or did the temperature in here just drop 20 degrees?

King(off-camera): More like 30, Gorilla!

To be continued...

 

[sabu24]

Wow cant wait till the casket match! It's a long show but a good one!

 

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Ask and ye shall receive. Continuing from my last post...

Finkel: His opponent....(MSG lights go out as "The Darkest Side" begins playing from the PA speakers)...From Death Valley, weighing in at 328 lbs., the Undertaker!

King(off-camera): Wow, that's the first time in Sullivan's life I've ever seen him look nervous!

Gorillia(off-camera): Kevin Sullivan may have just met the one person on Earth scarier than himself--(lights come up again)--and here we go! Wicked forearm shots by Undertaker to Sullivan's face followed by an Irish whip...and a devastating clothesline!

King(off-camera): He hit Sullivan so hard his grandkids will feel it!

Gorilla(off-camera): 'Taker tries to put a headlock on Sullivan, but the Prince of Darkness counters with a boot to the stomach, and now it's Sullivan's turn to dish back some of what he's been taking in the early minutes of this casket match!

King(off-camera): This reminds me of some of my old fights with Tommy Rich back in Memphis...

Gorilla(off-camera): Sullivan with some fierce elbow drops on 'Taker's chest, and the Deadman could be in trouble!

King(off-camera): Oh my God, Sullivan just bit him! This guy's a total psycho!

Gorilla(off-camera): I doubt anybody would disagree with you there, King....WHOA! Sullivan went for the clothesline and missed, and now 'Taker clobbers him with a punishing back body drop! The Deadman not taking anything for granted in this match...powerslam!

King(off-camera): Looks like the Prince of Darkness is about to lose his throne!

Gorilla(off-camera): Not to mention a few teeth...Son of a--"Maniac" Marc Lewin just showed up at ringside!He has no business being here!

King(off-camera): Sure he does, he's Sullivan's bodyguard!

Gorilla(off-camera): Hatchet man, you mean....Lewin distracting referee Joey Marella while Sullivan pulls some kind of powder out of his trunks....

King(off-camera): Looks like the Undertaker may need an undertaker before this one's over!

Gorilla(off-camera): Sullivan throwing the powder---and he hits his own bodyguard in the face with it! Lewin can't see a thing! Sullivan's own chicanery has backfired on him!

King(off-camera): Sullivan's in big trouble!

Gorilla(off-camera): 'Taker picks him up, and throws him down again with a furious chokeslam! Lewin stumbling into the crowd....there's the Tombstone! 'Taker rolls Sullivan over to the casket, stuffs him in...this one's over!

CUT TO: "Maniac" Mark Lewin being helped back to the locker room area by MSG security.

Finkel(off-camera): Here is your winner, the Undertaker!

Gorilla(off-camera): Sullivan tried to steal this one, but it went sour on him and the Deadman came away with the W...I have a feeling this is the last we'll see of Kevin Sullivan in CWI for a good long while. Folks, we're going to take a short break, and when we come back, you'll see William Regal battle George Hackenschmidt and Otto Wanz in a triple threat match to decide CWI's first European champion!

FADE TO: Commercial for the official CWI logo T-shirt.

 

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As we come back from commercial, we see Anthony Chimel standing just to the right of the center of the ring.

Chimel: The following contest is our triple threat match for the CWI European championship, scheduled for one fall! (Camera pans to the curtain near the front of the locker room area as William Regal's old WCW entrance theme starts playing over the Garden PA) Introducing first, from Blackpoole, England, weighing in at 241 pounds, William Regal!

Gorilla(off-camera): Regal the odds-on favorite to win this triple threat match...with his submission skills and his lethal fists, the British brawler promises to be a dominant force in the CWI Europe division in the months to come, no matter what happens in this bout...

Chimel: His opponents...("Song of the Volga Boatmen" bursts from the PA system) From Dorpat, Estonia, weighing at 230 lbs., George Hackenschmidt!

King(off-camera): If he's from Estonia, Gorilla, how come he's got a German last name?

Gorilla(off-camera): There's a huge German-speaking minority in Estonia, King, dating back to at least the Middle Ages...

Chimel(as Beethoven's "Ode To Joy" blares over the PA): ...and from Graz, Austria, weighing in at 391 pounds, Otto Wanz!

Gorilla(off-camera): Otto Wanz loaded for bear as he steps in the ring to face Regal and Hackenschmidt....and there's the bell! Regal starts the action with a hip toss on Hackenschmidt...clothesline by Wanz! The Austrian giant making his presence felt here in Madison Square Garden tonight!

King(off-camera): In more ways than one!

Gorilla(off-camera): Wanz going for the big elbowsmash on Regal--and he connects! Hackenschmidt trying to apply his patented bearhug on Wanz, but Otto just shrugs it off!

King(off-camera): That's not hard to do when you weigh 391 pounds--wow, check out that belly-to-back suplex!

Gorilla(off-camera): Wanz with a textbook suplex on Hackenschmidt...he goes for the cover, but Regal breaks it up at one and a half! Now it's Regal's turn to take the initiative as he throws Hackenschmidt into the turnbuckle! A clothesline by Regal...nobody home! Hackenschmidt with a legdrop on the former WCW television champion!

King(off-camera): Looks like we might have been wrong about Regal being the favorite in this one!

Gorilla(off-camera): Hackenschmidt going for the bearhug on Regal now, but Regal makes it to the ropes and forces him to break the hold! The burly Estonian not too happy about that....

King(off-camera): This is a bad time to be arguing with the ref, George--you should be concentrating on winning the match!

Gorilla(off-camera): Point well taken, King...Wanz with a textbook flying forearm on Hackenschmidt, and we're just seconds away from seeing his signature splash!

King(off-camera): If he hits that, George is finished!

Gorilla(off-camera): Yes he is...Wait a minute! Regal from out of nowhere with a dropkick on Wanz! The cover--1....2....3! William Regal has snatched victory from the jaws of defeat!

Chimel(standing in the upper left corner of the ring as Hackenschmidt argues with the referee): Your winner by way of pinfall and the first CWI European champion, William Regal!

CUT TO: Gorilla and the King back at the broadcast table.

Gorilla: It's been an exciting night so far, folks, and it's not over yet! Coming up next, CWI commissioner Lou Thesz will render his official verdict regarding the three-way elimination match for the cruiserweight title, and Andre the Giant takes on Yokozuna, Haystacks Calhoun and the Big Red Machine Kane in a superheavyweights fatal four-way match!

King: Throw the book at those ECW bums, Commish!

FADE TO: Lee Marshall out in the MSG parking lot with Bruiser Brody.

Marshall: Bruiser, tonight in the fatal four-way hardcore match to choose the first CWI Extreme champion you'll be facing three of the toughest men in wrestling history-- ECW maniac Sabu, WWE hardcore legend Mick Foley, and Georgia brawler Buddy Colt. What would you say your chances are of walking away with the title?

Bruiser: You want extreme? I'll give you extreme--Colt and Foley are gonna get carved up like raw meat when I get hold of 'em, and the same goes for Sabu!

Marshall: Should you win the fatal four-way bout, next week on the debut of Thursday Night Riot you'd be facing the winner of the Paul Jones-One Man Gang match later tonight...

Bruiser: Doesn't matter who wins that one, because they'll be just another notch on my holster!(storms off to his locker room as Marshall flinches)

Marshall: That's it from here....let's send it back inside!

CUT TO: A wide angle shot of the ring inside MSG, followed by a slow fade to Lillian Garcia standing inside the ring beside Lou Thesz.

Garcia: Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome CWI commissioner Lou Thesz!

Thesz(after a brief pause to acknowledge the crowd): I've reviewed the tapes of the cruiserweight title match and talked with ringside officials, and my decision in regards to the events surrounding the outcome of that match is as follows...(camera fades to a split screen showing Nunzio's locker room on the left-hand side and Koji Kanemoto's locker room on the right)First, I'm suspending Sal Graziano, Chuck Palumbo, and Vito LoGrasso for 90 days....(the left side of the screen shows Nunzio with a look of shock and anger on his face)Second, I'm fining all four members of the FBI $100,000 each....(behind Nunzio we can now hear Palumbo and LoGrasso shouting obscenities at the TV screen in Italian)And last but not least, I'm ordering that the referee's original decision be reversed and the CWI cruiserweight title be awarded to Koji Kanemoto.(On the right side of the screen we can see Koji jumping for joy while Nunzio's throwing a fit on the left)

Gorilla(off-camera): Justice prevails! Nunzio will NOT be our first CWI cruiserweight champion after all!

King(off-camera): Well, I'm glad to hear that, Gorilla! Commissioner Thesz made the right decision as far as I'm concerned!

Gorilla(off-camera): And on that note, let's send it over to Mean Gene Okerlund, who's standing by right now with one of the participants in our eight-man "Fathers & Sons" tag team match, Randy Orton...

 

[rkolover09]

oooo man that sounds GREAT so far...

 

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FADE TO: Mean Gene Okerlund standing next to Randy Orton in an empty hallway backstage.

Mean Gene: Tonight, Randy, you and your father "Cowboy" Bob Orton will be teaming up with Johnny Valentine and Greg "The Hammer" Valentine to face Bruno & David Sammartino and Dusty & Dustin Rhodes in the eight-man "Fathers and Sons" tag team match here at Grand Opening. Does that make you at all nervous?

Randy(smirking): Nervous? Me? Please. They're the ones who should be nervous...if my RKO doesn't get 'em, Greg's figure-four will.

Mean Gene: Rumor has it in the next few weeks you may challenge the winner of tonight's main event for the CWI world heavyweight title...your response?

Randy: That's for me to know...and everybody else in CWI to find out.(smirks again as he strolls off to join his teammates)

Mean Gene(turning to face the camera): That about wraps it here, Gorilla....back to you and the King!

CUT TO: Dave Penzer standing in the center of the ring.

Penzer: The following contest is our fatal four-way superheavyweights match, scheduled for one fall!("Burned" starts playing from the Garden PA) Introducing first, from parts unknown, weighing in at 326 pounds, Kane!

Gorilla(off-camera): They don't call this guy the Big Red Machine for nothing....I've seen office buildings smaller than him!

King(off-camera): When you have a fatal four-way and the smallest guy in the match weighs 326 pounds, you KNOW you're dealing with superheavyweights! I'll be surprised if the ring doesn't collapse...

Gorilla(off-camera): I'll be surprised if the arena doesn't collapse, King....(flames erupt from the ringposts as Kane's entrance theme fades out) Jeez, I haven't seen fireworks like that since my last Fourth of July party!

Penzer(off-camera as we pan to the curtain): And his opponents...("La Marselliaise" begins playing from the PA speakers) From Grenoble, France, weighing in at 468 pounds, Andre the Giant....

Gorilla(off-camera): The Eighth Wonder of the World with a look of grim determination on his face as he gets in the ring and trades glares with Kane....

Penzer(off-camera as the PA starts playing the University of Arkansas fight song): From Morgan's Corner, Arkansas, weighing in at 601 pounds, Haystacks Calhoun...

King(off-camera): They sure grow 'em big down on the farm, huh, Gorilla?

Gorilla(off-camera): No argument here, King-- this guy looks like he could bench-press the ring with one hand!

Penzer(off-camera as the music switches to "Sumo"): ....and from Japan, accompanied to the ring by his manager Mr. Fuji, weighing in at 600 pounds Yokozuna!

Gorilla(off-camera): The Devious One by Yoko's side, as usual...and Kane nails Haystacks with a thundering right hand to start the match!

King(off-camera): Batten down the hatches!

Gorilla(off-camera): Haystacks retaliates with a clothesline and a big legdrop, while Andre the Giant has Yokozuna trapped against one of the ringposts! Our ring crew has done everything humanly possible to reinforce the ring to hold these men...whether it works, only time will tell!

King(off-camera): Holy cow, Andre almost started an earthquake with that bodyslam on Yoko!

Gorilla(off-camera): Mr. Fuji looking pretty tense right now, and I don't blame him a bit....Folks, following the conclusion of this match, Jumbo Tsuruta and Stan "The Lariat" Hansen will go head-to-head in a submission match to determine our first CWI Far East champion--Haystacks with an avalanche on Andre!

King(off-camera): That one must've shaken a few windows in Manhattan...

Gorilla(off-camera): Yes indeed...Yokozuna with a splash on Kane! The cover--1...2...and Kane gets his foot on the rope at two and a half and forces Yoko to break the count! Mr. Fuji not happy with that...

King(off-camera): Neither is Yokozuna, I'd bet...look at him arguing with the ref!

To be continued

 

[CKO1986]

Picking up where I left off in my last post...

Gorilla(off-camera): Kane going for the chokeslam on Andre the Giant, but Andre stops him cold with a headbutt! And there's another headbutt on Haystacks!

King(off-camera): Looks like Andre might just pull off the win after all, Gorilla...

Gorilla(off-camera): If he can keep Yokozuna and Haystacks Calhoun at bay, that is...Wait a minute! Mr. Fuji just threw salt in Kane's eyes! Yoko with the power bomb--1..2..and Haystacks interrupts the count! Now Yoko shoves Haystacks out on the arena floor, and he and Fuji are working Calhoun over like nobody's business!

King(off-camera): Not a good night for Haystacks, Gorilla!

Gorilla(off-camera): Kane staggering to his feet finally...and Andre's waiting for him with a massive bodyslam! The cover--1...2...3! And the Eighth Wonder of the World wins the superheavyweights match!

Penzer(standing to Andre's right as Andre salutes the crowd): Your winner by way of pinfall, Andre the Giant!

CUT TO: Gorilla and the King in the broadcast booth at ringside.

Gorilla: If you like submission matches, the next bout here at Grand Opening should make your day....coming up in just a few seconds, Jumbo Tsuruta takes on Stan "The Lariat" Hansen to decide CWI's first Far East champion!

FADE TO: Commercial for the premiere of Thursday Night Riot.

 

[CKO1986]

As we come back from commercial, we see Lillian Garcia standing just to the left of the center of the ring.

Garcia: The following contest is our submissio match to decide CWI's first Far East champion! (The "Super Atragon" theme begins blaring from the Garden PA) Introducing first, from Makioka, Japan, weighing in at 271 pounds, Jumbo Tsuruta!

Gorilla(off-camera): Rarely if ever has an athlete's name been more appropriate-- at six foot three, Tsuruta is one of the biggest men, literally and figuratively, to ever work the Japanese puroresu circuit....

Garcia(as the music switches to "Bad Company"): And his opponent, from Borger, Texas, weighing 322 pounds, Stan "The Lariat" Hansen!

King(off-camera): I hope Jumbo knows what he's letting himself in for...you know how Texans love to fight!

Gorilla(off-camera): And that particular Texan has a long-standing beef with Tsuruta...and the match has now officially started! Both Jumbo and Hansen trading punches as Hansen backs Tsuruta into a neutral corner!

King(off-camera): Dave Hebner's going to have his hands full refereeing this match...

Gorilla(off-camera): I don't doubt it, King--Hansen now Irish whips Tsuruta into the ropes and catches him with a beautiful flying tackle! "The Lariat" wants that CWI Far East title so bad he can taste it! And there's a wicked elbow drop by Hansen on Jumbo!

King(off-camera): Whoa, looks like Stan's really in the driver's seat now, Gorilla!

Gorilla(off-camera): Hansen going for the armbar...Jumbo counters it into a chokeslam and Stan's in trouble!

King(off-camera): If he's not careful, he could get his neck broken just like he broke Bruno Sammartino's back in '76!

Gorilla(off-camera): Jumbo connects with his famous diving front dropkick, and it looks like Hansen may come out on the losing end of this one!

King(off-camera): I hope not...Stan would make a great CWI Far East champion!

Gorilla(off-camera): Please...Hansen just getting back to his feet, Jumbo right behind him...and the Japanese heavyweight now has Hansen locked in a sleeper hold! Remember, folks, in order to win this bout one of these men has to make the other submit...

King(off-camera,somewhat irritated): I think they know that, Gorilla!

Gorilla(off-camera): Hansen's arm has already dropped once...Hebner lifts, and it drops a second time! If it drops a third time, this match is over and Jumbo becomes our first CWI Far East champion!

King(off-camera): C'mon, Lariat!

Gorilla(off-camera): Hebner checks the arm a third time...and it doesn't drop! Hansen's still in this one, and he's fighting his way to the ring ropes!

King(off-camera): All right!

Gorilla: Tsuruta forced to break the hold, and now he's complaining to Dave Hebner....Hansen with a devastating forearm shot to the back, and now it's his turn to try for a submission hold! To be more precise, his famed Brazos Valley Backbreaker!

King(off-camera): Never count the Lariat out, Gorilla!

Gorilla(off-camera): Hansen's got the Backbreaker locked in....Tsuruta tapping out...and Stan Hansen has won the match and the CWI Far East championship!

Garcia(as camera pans to the timekeeper handing Hansen the CWI Far East belt): Your winner as the result of a submission, and the first CWI Far East champion, Stan "The Lariat" Hansen!

CUT TO: Wide-angle shot of Garden fans booing Hansen.

Gorilla(off-camera): As you can tell by the background noise, the crowd is not too happy with the way this match turned out, and you can bet Tsuruta won't rest until he's avenged this defeat...but right now, let's go to Michael Cole, who's standing by with another of the participants in tonight's main event, NWA-UK's Andre "Sledgehammer" Baker!

 

[THERINGKING]

Wow this is great!

Can't wait to see the casket match, that has always been a dream match of mine Sullivan Vs 'Taker!

Now, is this going to be an ongoing promotion?

Hope so!

Overall 89/100

 

[CKO1986]

Thank you. To answer your question, this will indeed be an ongoing promotion; as a matter of fact, later this week I'm going to start posting the play-by-play for the debut of CWI's weekly TV series Thursday Night Riot. If you want to read the blow-by-blow for the casket match, just scroll up to the top of Page 2 of this thread.

And now, back to Grand Opening....

FADE TO: Michael Cole standing to the left of Andre "Sledgehammer" Baker outside the Knicks' head coach office at MSG.

Cole: With me now is Andre "Sledgehammer" Baker, one of the eight participants in tonight's main, and Sledgehammer, I'm wondering what brings you to put yourself in the same ring with titans like Dave Batista and Hulk Hogan as well as the celebrated luchadore Mil Mascaras.

Baker: It's all about the gold, mate...nobody wants that CWI world title more than I do, and that's why I'll win it!

Cole: If you do win the title, next week on the premiere of Thursday Night Riot you'd face the winner of the upcoming table match between "Whipper" Billy Watson and Bam Bam Bigelow.

Baker: Fine with me...I'll take on anybody who wants to fight!

Cole: Even if it's Batista?

Baker: Bloody right!

Cole(turning to face the camera): That wraps it up on this end....coming up in a few minutes, four famous wrestling families collide in the ring as Randy Orton & "Cowboy" Bob Orton team up with Johnny Valentine & Greg "The Hammer" Valentine to take on Bruno & David Sammartino and Dusty & Dustin Rhodes in the eight-man 'Fathers and Sons' tag team match!

FADE TO: Gorilla and the King back at the broadcast booth.

Gorilla: What a night it's been already, King, and the intensity level's about to climb even higher as we get set for the 'Fathers and Sons' tag match!

King: You think that's something, Gorilla, wait till we get to the evening gown match!

Gorilla: Yeah, a lot of guys looking forward to seeing that one, and a few girls too for that matter....Wendi Richter battles Trish Stratus for the right to be crowned CWI's first women's champion!

CUT TO: Anthony Chimel standing in the center of the ring.

Chimel: The following contest is our "Fathers & Sons" eight-man tag team match, scheduled for one fall! ("Burn In My Light" starts blasting from the Garden PA) Introducing first, accompanied to the ring by Rowdy Roddy Piper, at a total combined weight of 507 pounds, the team of Randy Orton and "Cowboy" Bob Orton!

Gorilla(off-camera, disgusted): This guy makes me sick--I swear, I've never wanted to see anyone get beaten as badly as I want to see Randy Orton lose tonight!

King(off-camera as Randy preens for the crowd): You just have no appreciation for the superstars of tomorrow, Gorilla!

Chimel(off-camera as the music switches to "Bad to the Bone"): Their partners, accompanied to the ring by "The Mouth of the South" Jimmy Hart, at a total combined weight of 493 pounds, the team of Johnny Valentine and Greg "The Hammer" Valentine!

King(off-camera): With Jimmy Hart AND Roddy Piper in the Valentines' and Ortons' corner, how can they lose?

Gorilla(off-camera): We'll find out soon enough....

Chimel(off-camera as "The Yellow Rose of Texas" bursts forth from the PA speakers): Their opponents...first, from Austin, Texas, at a total combined weight of 568 pounds, the team of Dustin Rhodes and "The American Dream" Dusty Rhodes...(music switches to "Inno di Mameli")...and their partners, from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania at a total combined weight of 505 pounds, the team of David Sammartino and "The Living Legend" Bruno Sammartino!

To be continued...

 

[CKO1986]

Gorilla(off-camera): The Living Legend and the American Dream raring to go as they step in the ring with their sons to face the Ortons and the Valentines...there's the bell to start things off! Randy Orton exchanging words with Dustin Rhodes, and while we can't quite make out what they're saying, it's a pretty safe bet they're not sharing workout tips....

King(off-camera): I'll bet Dustin's insulting Randy!

Gorilla(off-camera): Yeah, right...Randy Orton with a roundhouse right on Dustin Rhodes, and Dustin retaliates with a few roundhouse rights of his own! Irish whip into the ropes...a beautiful clothesline! Dustin tags in Bruno Sammartino, and the Living Legend hits the belly-to-back suplex on Orton!

King(off-camera): Get outta there, Randy!

Gorilla(off-camera): Bruno going for the flying forearm on Randy Orton...and Jimmy Hart trips him up on the ring apron! Orton taking advantage of the distraction to tag in Johnny Valentine, who nails Bruno with a wicked scoop slam!

King(off-camera): That's Jimmy for ya, always thinking two steps ahead of everybody else!(cackles in delight)

Gorilla(off-camera): I hate to admit it, King, but you're right...Johnny Valentine tags in his son Greg, and they send Bruno Sammartino into the ropes with a double Irish whip...DOUBLE CLOSELINE BY BRUNO! The crowd is on its feet as Bruno tags in Dusty Rhodes, and the American Dream making an impact right off the bat with elbow shots to both Valentines!

King(off-camera): Jeez, poor Jimmy must be havin' a heart attack right now!

Gorilla(off-camera): Serves him right...Dusty with a vicious legdrop on the Hammer, and Roddy Piper screaming at Hammer to get up and counterattack! Dusty not letting up on Greg Valentine, however, hitting him with one knee drop after another! The American Dream tags David Sammartino back into the match, and David has the Hammer caught in a punishing headlock....

King(off-camera): C'mon, Hammer!

Gorilla(off-camera): Jimmy Hart looking increasingly nervous as David Sammartino maintains that headlock on Greg Valentine....

King(off-camera): I don't blame him, the Hammer's in real trouble out there!

Gorilla(off-camera): Roddy Piper distracting the referee...cheap shot by "Cowboy" Bob Orton on David Sammartino! Greg Valentine finally manages to escape the headlock and tags Randy Orton back into the match!

King(off-camera): Yay, Randy!

Gorilla(off-camera): The Legend-Killer unleashing some devastating roundhouse rights on David, and the Sammartino-Rhodes team may come out on the short end of this bout...a powerslam, and Randy tags in his father Bob Orton!

King(off-camera):Can't wait to see the Ace swing into action!

Gorilla(off-camera): You won't have to--Bob Orton laying a series of furious knife-edged chops to David Sammartino's chest, followed up by a rake to the eyes! Irish whip...and a bulldog! Now Bob Orton's tagging Johnny Valentine back into the match....

King(off-camera): You wanted a fast-paced tag match, Gorilla, it looks like this is your lucky day!

Gorilla(off-camera): Johnny Valentine getting in some furious forearm shots on David Sammartino...now Irish whips him into the ropes--David nailed by that horrible megaphone of Jimmy Hart's! That should rate an automatic DQ right there! (Camera cuts to Bruno Sammartino chasing Jimmy Hart towards the locker room area) Yeah, you'd better run, you little crook, before somebody shoves those cheap shades of yours down your throat!

King(off-camera): That's no way to talk about Jimmy!

Gorilla(off-camera): If I said what I REALLY think of him, we'd get in hot water with the FCC...I don't believe it! It's Bruti!

King(off-camera): What's he doing here? He wasn't supposed to make his first CWI apperance for two more weeks!

Gorilla(off-camera): Looks like there's been a change in plans, King...Brutus "the Barber" Beefcake showing up from out of nowhere to help Bruno Sammartino nab Jimmy Hart! Greg "The Hammer" Valentine sees his former tag team partner outside the ring and he's not too happy about it....

King(off-camera): I wouldn't think so!

Gorilla(off-camera): The Hammer bolting down from the ring apron to confront Bruti, and he gets nailed with a sock to the jaw by the Living Legend! Meanwhile we've got a Pier 6 brawl going on in the ring as the Ortons and Johnny Valentine slug it out with David Sammartino and the Rhodeses! Bob Orton thrown out over the top rope...and now Randy Orton is swapping blows with Dustin Rhodes near our Spanish announce table!

King(off-camera): Those Spanish announcers always have the worst luck!

Gorilla(off-camera): Roddy Piper coming to Bob Orton's aid as Bob gets knocked into the crowd by Dusty Rhodes...David Sammartino with the figure-four on Johnny Valentine! He's got it locked in...and Johnny's tapping out! This one is over!

Chimel(as camera cuts to Dusty Rhodes and Bob Orton confronting each other with folded chairs): Your winners as the result of a submission, the team of Dusty & Dustin Rhodes and Bruno & David Sammartino!

Gorilla(off-camera): Looks like we're going to need a SWAT team to restore order here...Folks, as soon as we can clear things up around here, we'll bring you the evening gown match between Trish Stratus and Wendi Richter to crown CWI's first women's champion!

FADE TO: Commercial for "Thursday Night Riot".

 

[CKO1986]

We come back from commercial to see Joey Styles standing in front of the curtain leading to the backstage area.

Styles: Gorilla, before we get to the evening gown match, there's been a major development concerning the end of the fatal four-way superheavyweights match....Kane has demanded and gotten a one-on-one rematch against Andre the Giant on next week's premiere of Thursday Night Riot.

FADE TO: Howard Finkel standing in the center of the ring.

Gorilla(off-camera as "Hello Ladies" starts to play over the Garden PA): The battle may be over, but as far as the Eighth Wonder of the World and the Big Red Machine are concerned the war is just getting started! In the meantime, as you may have heard, our special guest referee for the evening gown match is on his way to the ring...

King(off-camera, chortling): I have a feeling the real winner of this bout is going to be Val Venis!

Gorilla(off-camera): Indeed, King; if it has anything to do with women taking their clothes off, you can bet Val wants to get in on the act!

Finkel: The following contest is our evening gown match for the CWI women's championship! Introducing first our special guest referee, Val Venis! (Music switches to "Keys To The City") Coming down the aisle, from Toronto, Ontario, Canada, weighing in at 125 pounds, Trish Stratus!

Gorilla(off-camera): Trish looking fit as a fiddle as she steps into the ring to await her challenger...

Finkel(off-camera as the music switches to the "Miami Vice" theme): Her opponent, from Dallas, Texas, weighing at 141 pounds, Wendi Richter!

King(off-camera): C'mon, ladies, don't dawdle...let's see those evening gowns shredded!

Gorilla(off-camera): I think they made have heard you, King...Trish tearing open the front of Wendi's dress as the bell rings to get things rolling! Trish whips Richter into the ropes...and connects with her patented Chick Kick! And there goes a sleeve!

King(off-camera): This is my kind of match, Gorilla! WHOOHOO!

To be continued

 

[CKO1986]

Picking up where I left off...

Gorilla(off-camera): Wendi Richter retaliates with a fist to Trish's midsection, and now it's Wendi's turn to do a little shredding!

King(off-camera): Oh brother, I'd give anything to swap places with Val Venis right now!

Gorilla(off-camera): So would half the men in the audience, King....big scoop slam by Wendi! And there's her patented facebuster! This match could be over in a hurry!

King(off-camera): I hope not...I could watch this all night!

Gorilla(off-camera): Wendi really digging into that gown now...one more rip and this bout is over!

King(off-camera): Come on, Wendi!

Gorilla(off-camera): There goes the second sleeve! Val Venis calling for the bell...and we have our first CWI women's champion!

Finkel:: The winner of the evening gown match, and our first CWI women's champion, Wendi Richter!

Gorilla(off-camera as Val hands Richter the CWI women's title belt): I think just about every male fan in this arena is going to need a cold shower after that match.....

King(off-camera): Personally, I'd prefer a hot one, with Trish! (giggles)

Gorilla(off-camera): Please.... On a more serious note, we have "The Professor" Mike Tenay standing by to interview the Hulkster about tonight's main event, and following that interview will be the Georgia Street Fight between the Fabulous Freebirds and the Dudley Boys!

 

[CKO1986]

FADE TO: Mike Tenay standing in a weight room next to Hulk Hogan.

Tenay: Hulkster, I know you must be incredibly psyched about being part of tonight's main event here at Grand Opening...

Hulk: You said it, brother! When I step in that ring tonight to win the CWI world heavyweight title, I won't just be doing it for myself-- I'll be doing it for the thousands of Hulkamaniacs here at Madison Square Garden and the millions all over the world!

Tenay: Before you can claim that belt, though, you have to get past some pretty tough opposition,guys like Frank Gotch,Dave Batista,Mil Mascaras,Ric Flair...

Hulk: Not takin' anything away from those other guys, Professor, but it's an undisputed fact that Hulkamania is the strongest force in the universe! I'm walking out of the Garden as the CWI world heavyweight champion, guaranteed! (Turns to the camera to flex his considerable biceps) Whatcha gonna do when the largest arms in the world run wild on you?!!!

Tenay: That about does it from here...back to Gorilla and the King at ringside!

FADE TO: The curtain leading from the backstage area to the ring. We hear a single bell ring followed by the first notes of "Badstreet USA".

Dave Penzer(off-camera as the Freebirds start strutting down the aisle): The following contest is our Georgia Street Fight, scheduled for one fall! Introducing first, accompanied to the ring by Buddy Roberts, at a total combined weight of 544 pounds, Michael "PS" Hayes and Terry "Bamm Bamm" Gordy, the Fabulous Freebirds!

Gorilla(off-camera): No one can accuse these guys of lacking self-confidence, that's for sure!

King(off-camera as Hayes and Gordy toss their leather jackets to the ring attendant): That's one of the perks of being a successful NWA tag team, Gorilla.

Penzer(off-camera as the music switches to the Dudleys' originial WWE entrance theme): And their opponents, accompanied to the ring by Spike Dudley, at a total combined weight of 585 pounds, Bubba Ray and D-Von, the Dudley Boys!

Gorilla(off-camera): Fan sentiment seems to be pretty evenly divided between the Dudleys and the Freebirds...both teams aroused major pops from the Garden crowd when they made their entrance. The question is, King, will it be that way when the match is over?

King(off-camera): We'll see soon enough!

Gorilla(off-camera): The bell's been rung, and these two duos not wasting a second going after each other! D-Von and Bamm Bamm slugging it out on the arena floor while Bubba Ray and PS nail each other inside the ring with trash cans!

King(off-camera): These guys wanted a street fight, and by God, that's exactly what they've got!

Gorilla(off-camera): Buddy Roberts and Spike Dudley in their respective corners urging their teams on...D-Von nails Bamm Bamm with a clothesline near the timekeeper's table!

King(off-camera): Looks like the Dudleys are playing for keeps!

Gorilla(off-camera): That they are...D-Von now coming to Bubba Ray's aid, and he wallops Michael Hayes with a sidewalk slam through a card table! 1...2...and PS somehow manages to kick out at the last second!

King(off-camera): There's no quit in the Freebirds, Gorilla!

Gorilla(off-camera): Or in the Dudleys...Bubba Ray with a belly-to-back suplex on PS! 1--2--and Bamm Bamm breaks up the count! (camera pans to Buddy Roberts and Spike Dudley arguing in front of the Spanish announcers' table) Even their managers are getting into the act now...Ooh! Spike nailing Buddy Roberts right where it hurts the most!

King(off-camera): Cheap shot!

Gorilla(off-camera): Some people would call it self-defense, King...Bamm Bamm clobbering Bubba Ray with an Atlanta Braves batting helmet! And now D-Von retaliates with a Georgia Bulldogs Gatorade bucket to Bamm Bamm's back!

King(off-camera): These guys are attacking the Freebirds with everything but the kitchen sink!

Gorilla(off-camera): And they might use that next, King....PS Hayes spraying Bubba Ray in the face with a fire extinguisher! And there's the cover--1...2...and Spike Dudley breaks it up at two and a half!

King(off-camera): Nosy little runt!

Gorilla(off-camera): Hayes seems to agree with you on that sentiment, King....he's bawling Spike out like there's no tomorrow--and there's Bubba Ray with a dropkick to the back of Michael "PS" Hayes! Irish whip into the ropes...and there's the Dudley Death Drop! This one could be over! 1...2...3! And next week Bubba Ray and D-Von will be facing either LOD or the Fabulous Kangaroos for the CWI tag team titles!

Penzer(off-camera as D-Von taunts Bamm Bamm Gordy and Buddy Roberts): Your winners, by way of pinfall, the Dudley Boyz!

Gorilla(off-camera): One slot for the tag team title match on the premiere of Thursday Night Riot has been filled...we'll settle the other half in just a few minutes when Roy Heffernan and Al Costello, the Fabulous Kangaroos, battle Hawk and Animal, the Legion of Doom!

CUT TO: 30-second ad for Conflagration.

As we come back from commercial, we see Michael Cole standing outside Lex Luger's dressing room.

Cole: Gorilla, there's been another major development concerning the June 29th premiere of Thursday Night Riot...I spoke with Lex Luger just a few minutes ago, and he's informed me that he'll be appearing at the premiere next week to address his situation with Chris Masters. Now back to you and Jerry "The King" Lawler at ringside.

 

[CKO1986]

FADE TO: Gorilla and the King back at the broadcast table.

Gorilla: For those of you who crave 2-out-of-3 falls matchups, your craving is about to be satisfied--coming up next, the Legion of Doom vs. the Fabulous Kangaroons in a match to decide our first CWI tag team champions!

King: I can't wait!

CUT TO: Howard Finkel standing in the center of the ring.

Finkel: The following contest is a best-two-out-of-three falls match to decide the first CWI tag team champions...("What A Rush" begins blasting from the Garden PA) Introducing first, accompanied by their manager Paul Ellering, at a total combined weight of 588 pounds, Hawk and Animal, the Legion of Doom!

Gorilla(off-camera): A massive ovation for the combo many consider the greatest tag team of the past two decades...

Finkel(as the music switches to "Waltzing Matilda"): Their opponents, at a total combined weight of 560 pounds, Al Costello and Roy Heffernan, the Fabulous Kangaroos!

King(off-camera): Gorilla, I'm going to go on record as predicting that the Kangaroos will win this in an upset!

Gorilla(off-camera): That remains to be seen, King....and we're off to a dramatic start as Al Costello snap-suplexes Hawk! Over in LOD's corner, Paul Ellering urging Hawk to seize the initiative...and Hawk takes him up on it, catching Costello with a roundhouse right!

King(off-camera): C'mon, Al!

Gorilla(off-camera): Back body drop, and now Hawk tags in Animal, who delivers a ferocious German suplex on Costello! The cover--1...2...and LOD takes the first fall in this bout!

King(off-camera, somewhat disappointed): Dammit!

Gorilla(off-camera): Roy Heffernan making his first appearance of the night as he slugs it out in the middle of the ring with Animal! Irish whip...and Roy catches him with a knee lift to the gut! The Kangaroos fighting to keep their tag team title hopes alive...there's the tag to Al Costello, and we've got a major double team effort going here!

King(off-camera): The Kangaroos are starting to make a comeback!

Gorilla(off-camera): It certainly looks that way....Costello with a beauty of a clothesline on Animal, and now he's going for a suplex--but Animal blocks and counters it into a DDT! Tag made, and Hawk is back in the ring.

King(off-camera): Uh oh.

Gorilla(off-camera): Hawk going for a slam....Wait a minute! Costello has him hooked in a small package! 1--2--and the second fall in this bout goes to the Kangaroos! It's all going to come down to the third fall in this match!

King(off-camera): C'mon, Kangaroos!

Gorilla(off-camera): Costello has Hawk trapped in a front face lock....Hawk trying to get to the ropes to break the hold but can't quite reach them....

King(off-camera): Don't let go, Al, you and Roy almost have this match in the bag!

Gorilla(off-camera): The momentum definitely in their favor at the moment, but it could shift at any time....rake to the eyes by Hawk! And now an Irish whip by Hawk into the ropes...standing dropkick! Roy Heffernan trying to intervene on his teammate's behalf, but referee Nick Patrick sends him back to his corner!

King(off-camera): I'm definitely not liking the looks of this, Gorilla!

To be continued

 

[Bentallica]

Man, this is one LONG show. Its good, though. Cant wait for the Crazy Eights Match.

 

[CKO1986]

With any luck, I should have the crazy eights match up by tomorrow afternoon. And on that note, we head back to Madison Square Garden for the closing moments of LOD vs. Fabulous Kangaroos....

Gorilla(off-camera): Hawk and Animal setting Costello up for their patented Doomsday Device finisher....Hawk coming off the top rope, and Al Costello goes crashing down to the canvas! The cover--1...2...3! And the Legion of Doom go into the record books as CWI's first tag team champions!

Finkel(as camera cuts to Paul Ellering celebrating the win with his men): The winners of the best two-of-three falls match, and our first CWI tag team champions, the Legion of Doom!

King(off-camera): It should've been the Kangaroos, Gorilla!

Gorilla(off-camera): They'll have to wait for another day to claim the tag team gold...Coming up next, the table match between "Whipper" Billy Watson and Bam Bam Bigelow to see who will get to face the CWI world heavyweight champion on the premiere of Thursday Night Riot!

CUT TO: 30-second promo for the premiere episode of Thursday Night Riot.