WWF Sunday Night HEAT
September 23, 2001
Commentators: Michael Cole and Al Snow

The show opens with clips of the Angle and Austin struggles. The scenes of Austin/Angle on a bridge, Austin pushing Angle off the entrance stage, most of the matches Austin has interfered in, and the piledriver.

The SNH Titles play and Cole welcomes us to the Mellon Arena at Pittsburgh, PA. Cole says that the match of the night will be Angle, Pittsburgh’s very own, vs. Austin. Snow asks what kind of shape Angle is in for tonight’s match.

Cole hypes the Brother vs. Brother match (Christian vs. Edge). Snow compares the match up to Cain and Able. We are shown clips of the buildup to Christian losing his head and going after Edge. Cole says this “is a match about a family ripped apart, about insane brotherly jealously”.

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We are brought back to the fans pilling into the Mellon Arena. The fans are going nuts – a few “I’ll Make You Tap Out” shirts flashing. We are taken back to Snow and Cole. They discuss Kronik vs. The Brothers of Destruction. Snow says that Kronik has been nothing but a pain in the neck for Undertaker and Kane. We are taken to clips of Stevie Richards expressing how much he hates The Undertaker, Kronik coming down to kick Undertakers Ass, and Kronik helping the Dudley’s pick up the Tag Team Title Belts.

Backstage: Tazz talks to Stevie Richards and Kronik. Stevie says everyone has forgotten how the Undertaker ended Right To Center. He said he waited in the shadows for the right moment to strike back. He said he found a force that is willing to help – That force is Adams and Clark. Two young men that want to make a name for themselves. Cole says this is a serious threat to Taker and Kane. Snow says, well what do you think the Brothers of D are going to do to Adams and Clark when they finally get to get both their hands on them.

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WWF Lugs Boot of the week - Terri and Raven taking care of Moppy once and for all. (aaaaahahahahaha)

Cole and Snow hype the match. Snow says everyone says how Raven is so smart, but Saturn is insane. Cole discusses how Raven was pretty smart seeing how he had Terrie come in to distract Perry for the win on Smackdown!

They change to discussing The Rock vs. Booker T and Shane McMahon. We are taken to The Rock’s great promo on Smackdown! this past Thursday night. ~“the rock realizes that Stephanie has been on top of a lot of guys…” – “the rock had a case of the rock bottom blues…” – singing now “they kicked your ass and rattled your brain, too much of that will make a man insane…” – “…rock, brother, you have got great balls of fire.” ~ (The man knows how to make love to that mic. IMHO, he has been brilliant on the mic since his return.)

Backstage: Regal is getting ready to make an announcement about Kurt Angle’s status for tonight’s PPV. Regal is pacing and shaking his head.

We are taken to clips of Austin’s heinous actions on Smackdown! removing the padding and piledriving Angle on the concrete. (They showed Tazz applying the Tazmission -- Angle giving him the Olympic slam -- leaving him open to Austin’s attack.)

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Backstage: Tazz is talking with Stephanie. He asks if she is wearing leather. She says no it’s snake skin. He asks how she’s feeling tonight. She says she is feeling great. She says RVD is going to humiliate Chris Jericho. She asked for this interview was to say – in the worst Rock impersonanation possible – “Finally the WCW Title will come back to The Alliance”. (yes my ears are bleeding again – she shrieked.) She went on about how Booker T and Shane will bring the title back. She ended the interview with “Can you smellalalalalalala what the Steph is cooking.”

Snow and Cole go to RVD and Jericho’s Hardcore title match. Cole asks if Jericho is tough enough to win the title. With that we go to clips of Tough Enough’s show Thursday evening. Snow hypes the last Tough Enough 1 show this coming Thursday. Please tune in.

We are taken to more clips of Austin giving Angle a piledriver and angle being taken away on a stretcher. Then later in the show Angle walking back into the Arena.

Backstage: Regal said that Kurt Angle is not medically cleared to wrestle tonight at Unforgiven. Regal said that given the resolve of Angle, he will allow Angle to wrestle.

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WWF M&M Smack of the week – The Dudley’s giving Matt Hardy a 3 D through a table.

Backstage: Lillian talks to Hurricane Helms. (I apologize gang, his speech impediment is killing me.) He was bashing Mario Lemieux saying he was a mere mortal and that he doesn’t have any superhero powers. Storm walks in and asks if Hurricane is ready for his match. Helms holds out his knuckles to Storm. Storm confusedly puts his knuckles to Helms. Helms rushes off. Lillian shrugs and turns the mic to Storm. Storm says, “No comment” and walks off.

We go to clips of The Rock / Booker T feud – we started with SummerSlam. We were taken to most of the clips where The Rock and others were bashing Booker T. ~Booker Wee, Big Show dressing and making fun of Booker,

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We go to Heyman and JR down at ringside for the only match on HEAT…

Billy Gunn vs. Tommy Dreamer
Dreamer punches Gunn a few times before the bell. Dreamer kicks Gunn in the gut a few times. Gunn is at ringside and Dreamer starts punching him in the head. Gunn fights back and punches him in the gut a few times. Gunn throws Dreamer onto the barricade. Back in the ring Gunn, starts kicking the shit out of Dreamer. Dreamer holds onto the ropes and Gunn pulls him up and drops him onto the matt. Dreamer is back up and changes momentum. He starts to attack Gunn’s left knee. He wraps Gunn's knee around the corner post. Back in the middle of the ring, Dreamer throws Gunn across the ring. Gunn falls because his knee is weak. Dreamer applies some pressure on Gunn’s leg. He throws Gunn into the ropes and lifts him up for a powerbomb. Dreamer puts Gunn in the figure four leg lock. Dreamer held onto the ropes, the ref saw him and made Dreamer release the hold. Gunn found the strength to give Dreamer the Famouser. Gunn covered for three.
Winner: Billy Gunn

Heyman and JR hype the Angle vs. Austin match. We are taken to more clips of the feud.

We go to PPV…



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