OVW TV Taping Results 2/26/03 feat. Bradshaw & Crash Holly
Submitted by Aaron "Lurch" Wilson on Thursday, February 27, 2003 at 7:21 PM EST



OVW TV Taping
2/26/03
Louisville, KY
Aaron “Lurch” Wilson
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Chris Cage & Orlando Jordan vs. Seven & Travis Bane w/ Synn
DARK MATCH

Overall a good way to open off the wrestling loaded night of Ohio Valley
Wrestling. Seven and Orlando opened things off with Orlando taking the
upperhand with an early headlock, and then went on to work on the arm of
Seven. A very back and forth paced match which appeared to be nearly over as
Chris Cage made a remorseful comeback for his team delivering a nice flying
head scissors to Travis Bane, but it was simply not enough to take the big
‘Disciple’ down. Eventually, Bane and Seven hit their tag team finishing
move to seal the victory pinning Cage.

-Winners via pinfall Seven and Travis Bane

Mark Mercedes (sounded like) vs. JR Ryder
DARK MATCH

A good match for two people making their Ohio Valley Wrestling Debut, as it
really seems that OVW is looking at more and more fresh faces from the
independent scene these days. The match opened off with Mercedes and Ryder
pushing their tie up into the corner and did some basic ring work until
Ryder eventually pulled off a nice hiptoss to Mercedes. The two battled back
and forth and were received fairly well to the sometimes harsh Davis Arena
crowd. A notable moment of the match was when Ryder pulled off a German
suplex which followed a rollup which would usually be a pinning predicament.
The only reason this was noteworthy was because Mercedes kicked out of the
German Suplex as Ryder locked into the pin. The problem here of course is
that this particular maneuver is the current OVW Heavyweight Champion, Nick
Dinsmore’s finishing move. Regardless was an overall good match seeing Ryder
picking up the pinfall after a TKO.

-Winner via pinfall JR Ryder

-Nova vs. Chris Nowinski w/ Crash Holly

-Apparently the match was originally scheduled to be Holly vs. Nova, but
Nowinski explained to the crowd that he had purchased the right to wrestle
Nova from Holly, as he’s been wanting a piece of the former OVW Champion for
quite some time now. The crowd eventually erupted into a very loud “Elroy”
chant followed by “Harvard Sucks” showing their hatred for the two. Nowinski
opened off by spitting in Nova’s face and immediately followed this action
by running outside of the ring towards Crash, who was waiting to attack
Nova. Nova avoided Crash and actually was able to whip Nowinski into Holly
sending them crashing into each other, no pun intended. This was overall a
very solid match which eventually saw Chris Nowinski gaining the pinfall
while using the ropes, as well as helpful distraction by Holly to pick up
the victory.

-Winner via pinfall Chris Nowinski

Linda Miles vs. Passion
DARK MATCH

A very short match with some action, but nothing major. Passion worked on
the arm of Linda Miles early on, but Miles was able to gain the rest of the
matches offense after a hiptoss. The match came to a quick and abrupt end
about two minutes in where Miles gained the three count after a roll up out
of the corner.

-Winner via pinfall Linda Miles

Jim Cornette was joined in the ring for the next interview segment by Damaja
and Jackie Gayda, who was welcomed warmly to a loud ‘Hot Tub Ho’ chant.
Cornette mentioned that Nick Dinsmore was the new Ohio Valley Wrestling
champion, as of last week, where he pinned Damaja with the german suplex.
Damaja claimed that it wasn’t because Dinsmore was better, not because he
himself screwed up, but because Doug Basham screwed up by being in the wrong
place at the wrong time. Damaja eventually went on to state that he hoped
Doug Basham would win the Title in the TV Main event tonight against
Dinsmore because that meant that the fans would finally get to see who the
supreme force in the Revolution is. Eventually, Cornette went on to plug the
Derby Expo 5 show, that will be taking place this Saturday. The show will
feature a match squaring off Damaja and Basham against Dinsmore and WWE’s
Bradshaw, as well as a return bikini match pitting Jackie Gayda against
Nikita.

Johnny Spade vs. Mark Magnus
DARK MATCH

A very good showing for Magnus, as well as the OVW Veteran and lacky for the
Revolution, Johnny Spade. The two opened off with some basic arm work, until
Spade gained the upperhand by delivering strong shoulder blows to the
stomach of Magnus in the corner. Spade continued the attack delivering some
solid chops to the chest of Magnus, followed by asking the crowd, who was
letting him know how much he sucked, “Who Sucks Now?”, followed by the
obvious Davis Arena response. An overall entertaining match, with both
wrestlers having a good showing, which saw Magnus picking up the upset
pinfall after a nice rollup into a bridge.

-Winner via pinfall Mark Magnus

BJ Payne & Matt Morgan (The PayneKillers) vs. Rene Dupree & Lance Cade
w/ Kenny Bolin, Jerome Croney, Maurice & Nurse Lulu

Referee’s opened things off just before the commercial break by forcing
Jerome Croney and Nurse Lulu to the backstage area. As the two refused
Cornette even had to help get involved in this mess during the break, but
was eventually resolved. The crowd was really after Cade from the get go,
with a huge “Big Bird” chant directed towards him. Payne and Cade opened
things off with a solid tie up and some basic technical wrestling, Cade
attempted to tag in Dupree while in control of Payne early on, but Payne
easily escaped Cade’s hold. Eventually after BJ was able to tag in his Seven
foot tall partner, Matt Morgan did a nice spot slamming his opponents heads
into various turnbuckle corners, and followed by ramming them into each
other, entertaining stuff. Morgan played the dominant powerhouse in this
match, where at one point managed to break a double clothesline attempt by
Cade and Dupree and delivered a solid double clothesline of his own to the
two of them. The match came to an end as the Butler to Rene Dupree, Maurice
stood on the ring apron and distracted BJ Payne. At this point Cade was
isolating Morgan, which the ref was watching, as Bolin slid the BS briefcase
into the ring. Dupree then managed to use it on Payne as he turned around
and picked up the pinfall and the victory to follow.

-Winners via pinfall Rene Dupree and Lance Cade

During the commercial break Dean Hill announced that Hulk Hogan would be
appearing at the 3/18 Smackdown! Tapings in Louisville.

Doug Basham w/ Nikita vs. Nick Dinsmore
OVW HEAVYWEIGHT TITLE MATCH
TV MAIN EVENT

The new OVW Champion was welcomed very warmly by a thunderous “Go Nick Go”
chant, during the commercial break prior to the TV Main event. This was by
far a very technically sound match, and a very impressive performance from
both Dinsmore and Basham. Early on the two went to a test of strength, which
actually pitted Dinsmore on the receiving end of Basham’s superior strength,
but the mat technician and experienced OVW veteran was able to maneuver his
way out of the grapple of Basham, applying a nice headscissors to Basham
after a headlock take down. The match went through a commercial break which
saw Basham pull a stunt on Dinsmore, not once but twice. Basham threw
Dinsmore over the top rope, which is a disqualification, but the referee was
distracted by the lovely Nikita standing on the ring apron. This was
followed by Doug Basham getting the referee’s attention as Nikita cheap
shotted Dinsmore who was laying on the outside. The match continued to it’s
climactic point as it appeared Dinsmore was about to pick up the victory
after his patented series of Atomic Drops followed by a german suplex, but
to no avail as the Title Contender was able to kick out at the count of two.
Dinsmore regained the offense and went to the top rope to hit a missle drop
kick, but Nikita shook the ropes causing Dinsmore to be racked on the top
turnbuckle The match progressed, until Basham was able to pull off his
finish of a double underhook into a front slam, but the remorseful Dinsmore
was actually able to kick out at the count of two as well. At this point it
was obvious that the Revolution had seen enough and did not want their
leader to lose cleanly to Dinsmore. Just as Dinsmore applied the Crippler
crossface to Basham Johnny Spade came out to distract the champion. Which
worked, Spade was followed by Kanyon, who still wasn’t able to take out
Dinsmore, but eventually outnumbered the champion as Damaja came into the
ring and delivered the Brain Damage. This caused the ref to call for the
bell throwing out the match, but the pummeling of Dinsmore just got under
way. After many people tried to make the save, Johnny Jeter showed the
greatest effort, but was still unable to clear the ring due to the attack by
Kanyon. After a minute or so WWE’s Bradshaw stormed his way down to the ring
to a HUGE ovation and cleaned house of the Revolution. After the cleaning of
the ring Bradshaw opened a case of Coor’s Light, and said at the risk of
gimmick infringement, he wanted all the wrestlers in the ring to drink a
beer celebrating Dinsmore’s Title Reign, as they all did as the cameras went
off the air to a tremendous celebration and ovation for Bradshaw. Concluding
another solid night of Ohio Valley Wrestling TV, bonus match to follow.

-Winner via DQ Nick Dinsmore

Kanyon & Damaja vs. Rob Conway & Johnny Jeter
BONUS DARK MATCH

This wasn’t your typical Bonus Dark match, which usually takes place in OVW.
The match was very in ring oriented, as opposed to the typical
crowd-popping, Memphis style match, but was still entertaining to the crowd
who had already endured seven good wrestling matches. I honestly can see big
money to be made in all four of the competitors in this match in the not too
distant future if the WWE plays their cards right, they are certainly dealt
a fine hand. Was a good match which saw Rob Conway being isolated by the
heelish tactics of Damaja and Kanyon throughout most of the match. Jeter was
able to get some high flying offense in, as the crowd really seems to be
very happy seeing Jeter get to lay it into Kanyon, after months of build up.
Kanyon was mocked by some ringside fans who imitated his rendition of the
Boy George song Kanyon sang on Smackdown! Which was some very entertaining
stuff. The match came to an end as Kanyon missed a moonsault attempt to
Jeter, and Jeter made the hot tag to Conway who really layed it into Damaja.
Conway followed by delivering a stiff DDT to Kanyon, but only managed to
pick up a two count thanks to the break up caused by Damaja. Eventually
after Jeter was made the legal man, he was able to hit his picture perfect
top rope spinkick to Kanyon and pick up the three count and the victory.

-Winners via pinfall Johnny Jeter and Rob Conway


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