WWF House Show Results from Daytona Beach, Florida 11-23-01
    Submitted by Kyle Niblett on Saturday, November 24, 2001 at 1:53 AM EST

    Here are results from the "B Talent" WWF House Show at the Ocean Center in Daytona Beach, Florida. This was the first wrestling show in the venue since the infamous WCW Bash at the Beach 2000. I was extremely surprised at the crowd, which was about 4-5,000, only half full. Even less than what WCW use to draw. It's sad really. Chris Jericho opened the show coming out with a cane saying he injured his leg, and couldn't wrestle Edge tonight. He this bashed The Rock to garner some heat and announced he would be the special guest timekeeper in the main event later on.

    Crash Holly defeated The Hurricane in the opening match. Good opening match with a surprising victory for Elroy. Holly did some strange Hogan stuff, "Hulking Up" ripping his shirt, hitting the big boot/leg drop etc... Cane went for the body press with the cape off the top, but Crash caught him with a punch to the groin. Mighty Molly then got on the top rope, but Torrie Wilson of all people ran down. That led to a cat fight, as Crash rolled up Hurricane who was distracted for the victory.

    Adam Windsor defeated Marcus Dillion by pinfall. These two are Dory Funk’s students from the Funking Conservatory. This was easily the worst match on the show, with the crowd showing no emotion and chanting "Boring" throughout the entire match. Windsor finally won with his super kick. Absolutely no crowd reaction for Dory Funk, Jr., who was in Windsor’s corner, which was a shock actually. The biggest pop in this match went to WWF referee Teddy Long, who the crowd chanted "Teddy" throughout the night.

    Raven defeated Rico Constantino. This match has good psychology, which is nice to see with a guy like Rico. Raven kept working on his shoulder/knee. Rico looks like a smaller more athletic version of Mike Awesome. Crowd chanted boring during the first 4-5 matches, which is sad but you can't blame them because of not knowing the developmental guys. Raven wins with the Evenflow DDT.

    Randy Orton defeated Sean Stasiak. Don’t remember much about this match. All of the OVW guys are impressive, and it was interesting to see Orton win. Crowd was chanting "Meat" throughout the match, even asking "Where’s your voice recorder?" Ouch...

    Ron "H2O" Waterman defeated The Brooklyn Brawler. Nice to see Steve Lombardi, the man who defeated Triple H last year, still wrestling. Waterman is a huge guy, and got the biggest pop for all the developmental guys. He has the face of "The Dog" Al Greene, with a body almost Scott Steiner like. Lots of power moves in this one, with Waterman winning with a powerslam.

    Billy Gunn and Chuck Polumbo defeated Tommy Dreamer and Stevie Richards. Good tag team match back and forth, huge pop for Gunn. Funniest spot of the night in this match with Dreamer's head landing on Richard's crotch and keeping it there for awhile. Dreamer was walking around asking the fans for Listerene. Gunn/Polumbo pick up the victory with a powerslam/famasser combo for the win.

    ***** Intermission *****

    The Big Show defeated DDP and Hugh Morris in a handicap match. Big Show dominated most of the match. It was mainly Hugh Morris in there with him, because DDP refused to get in. DDP got the Diamond Cutter on Show, but Show kicked out. He chokeslamed DDP for the victory, and followed up with a Chokeslam on Hugh after the match.

    WWF World Tag Team Champions The Dudley Boyz defeated The Hardy Boyz (No Lita). Matt got on the mic before the match and said he didn't want Jeff wrestling after the bump he took at Survivor Series. Jeff insisted he wrestle, and the match was on. The Dudley Boyz had the most heat of the night. This match was back and forth. No tables or 3D. Finish saw D-Von cover Matt for an apparent 3 count, but Jeff tried to break it up with the Swanton Bomb. D-Von moved, Jeff hit Matt with it, and D-Von pinned Matt for the win. After the match, a break up looked to be on the horizon, but they hugged and made up.

    In the main event, WWF Intercontinental Champion Edge defeated WWF European Champion Christian with Chris Jericho as the special guest timekeeper. Christian came out and did his usual bashing of the fans, even wishing Jericho that his "Injury" would get better. The finish saw the ref take a bump. Jericho would run in hit Edge with the crutch. The 2nd time he wasn't so lucky, as Edge grabbed it, as Christian tried to spear him. He moved out of the way, speared Jericho, and Edge hit the Edgecutioner for the win. After the match Jericho and Christian double teamed Edge, until Edge put Jericho in the Walls of Jericho, and came out of that with a spear on Christianl, to send the crowd home happy.

    Biggest Pops
    1)Hardy Boyz
    2)Edge
    3)Billy Gunn (WHY?)
    4)Jericho (His first time out)
    5)The Hurricane

    Biggest Heat
    1)Dudley Boyz
    2)Christian
    3)Jericho (2nd time out)
    4)Brooklyn Brawler
    5)Sean Stasiak

    At the end, fans came away overall happy, but at the same time disappointed. They were expecting names like The Rock, Stone Cold Steve Austin, and Kurt Angle. Instead they were asking "Who’s that" most of the night in reference to guys like Adam Windsor and the OVW crew.

    WWF returns to Florida November 21st at the Miami Arena for a special Raw Christmas taping and November 22nd at the TD Waterhouse Center for a special Smackdown taping. Tickets go onsale December 1st at Noon at all Ticketmaster outlets.



    Thanks to Chris Knapp for sending this report in!

    Show opened with the Chris Jericho comming to the ring with a cane. He
    bitched that he hurt his foot while kicking the Rock's ass on Smackdown. He
    trashes Rock a little more, says he'll be back later, and leaves.

    First match: The man that loves Mr. Tito, Crash Holly, vs. The Hurricane.
    Not a bad match, but it was hilarious when Crash mocked Hulk Hogan (he did
    the shirt rip off, the boot, and the leg drop)and when Hurricane mocked Buff
    Bagwell (he did the blockbuster, then the strut and pose). Torrie Wilson
    comes to ring side to distract Hurricane. Crash won with a roll up and
    leaves with Torrie (lucky bastard).

    I can't remember the names of the guys in the second match, but not that bad
    of wrestling between the 2, but they didn't work the crowd at all.

    The next match was between Rico Constino and Raven.
    Rico looked real good, I kinda see why JR got him called up. Raven won
    with the Evenflow.

    Now we are treated to Ron "H2O" Waterman vs. Brooklyn Brawler.
    Ron had some great power moves, and my god does he look like Papa Pump, but
    matched basically sucked. Brawler for about half the match. Brawler got a
    pretty decent pop though. Waterman won.

    Now, we get MEAT, I mean Shawn Stasiak, vs. Randy Orton
    Yet again, I am impressed with these OVW boys. Orton sold like a champ in
    this match. Lots of Meat chants and decent heat for Stasiak. Good match,
    with Orton winning with a roll up I think. I couldn't see because a guy in
    front of me had a really damn big head.

    Last match before intermission, Dreamer and Richards vs. Palombo and Gunn.
    Man, Billy Bitchcakes got the biggest pop of the night I think, don't know
    why. Hilarious match, with Richards humping Dreamer's face, Richards falling
    to his knees and going face first into Bitchcakes groin, and Billy sold it
    well, with a little grind. After the match, Richards tried to get up, and
    grabbed Dreamer's dick, so funny to watch. Match overall was good, but I was
    just happy I saw Dreamer finally. Palombo and Gunn won when Chuck picked
    Richards on his shoulder and Gunn did the fameasser.

    Intermission............

    DDP and Hugh Morrus vs. Big Show
    Show worked the crowd great in this match. Not to bad, and it was nice to
    not see DDP get squashed like Tazz for once. Show actually sold a diamond
    cutter too, good job for the fat ass to move fast enough. Morris only
    messed up one move, and other than that, good match. Big Show won via
    chokeslam on DDP, and after the match, Biggy hit the chokeslam on Hugh
    Morris (side-note: Morrus suprised me when he actually body slammed show
    during the match)

    WWF Tag Team Titles up for grab, Duds vs. Hardys w/out lita
    Matt gets on the mic and blames Jeff for their loss at Survivor Series, says
    it's okay though. Says Jeff shouldn't wrestle because he is hurt. Duds come
    out, Bubba says it don't matter if it's a tag or singles match, they are gonna
    kick some ass. Matt and Jeff jump em. Match was nothing special at all,
    I've see much much better from each team, but they worked the crowd well,
    and they were eating it up. Duds won when Jeff accidently swanton bombed
    Matt after Devon rolled on him. Devon gets the pin.

    Main Event: Jericho as Special Time Keeper, Edge vs. Christian for the IC
    title.
    Jericho comes out on crutches, saying his condition worsened. Christian
    comes out and rips on the crowd. Christian Sucks chants start. Edge comes
    out. Back and forth match, and good overall. Crowd was worked great, and
    they ate it up again. At the end, Jericho gets involved to help Christian
    and tosses him a crutch. Edge lays out Christian with the crutch. Edge goes
    to hit Jericho with the crutch, Jericho ducks. Egde moves and Christian
    spears Jericho. Edge gets the easy pin with his DDT finisher, whatever its
    called, I just forgot.

    Show Over
    Good show, as I was just happy to be able to see Dreamer finally and to see
    the OVW guys. The WWF has some great talent in the near future, assuming
    the writers (the bitch whore Steph) can write a damn storyline right. Crowd
    was not too into in most of the night, and the arena was pretty damn empty,
    as it was a little over half full. Hardys had the biggest pop, with Billy
    Bitchcakes a close second. And Christian/Jericho had the most heat, with
    Duds at a close second.



    Thanks to Jeff Wilen for sending this report in!

    Not much to add to Kyle and Chris Knapp's reports (they obviously took notes; good stuff). I got there about 45 minutes late. There was a damn antique car show on the beachside in Daytona, and traffic was horrible.

    This was the scheduled card:
    Jericho vs. Christian; Edge vs. DDP; Hardys vs. Dudleys; Big Show vs. Hugh Morrus; Billy Gunn/Chuck Palumbo vs. Shawn Stasiak/Mike Awesome; Crash vs. Kidman; Randy Orton vs. Raven; Brock Lesner vs. Dreamer; Rico vs. Ron Waterman; Torrie Wilson vs. Stacy Keibler.

    Here's what actually happened:
    Well, let's see. We got one match that was actually on the card (Dudleys vs. Hardys). The rest was a mix of various wrestlers.

    As Jim Ross reported Friday, Stasiak and Awesome are injured, as is Jericho. Well, 2 of the 3 (Awesome, Jericho) did not wrestle. And Billy Kidman was indeed a no-show as well (friend's wedding according to Ross).

    It ticked me off that the advertised Torrie Wilson vs. Stacy Keibler match did not happen. Stacy was reportedly at the Thanksgiving parade, and I'm guessing she couldn't make it down for the match? As Mr. Tito would say, FINGER OF SHAME to the WWF for not delivering that match to the fans. The WWF can kiss my ass (or Mr. McMahon's ass) for that one.

    I can understand Jericho not wrestling (as his injury is legit). It was also nice of Jericho to show up, and even get involved in the main event of Edge vs. Christian. Jericho did not get much heat for his injury.

    Added notes on Dudleys vs. Hardys: A huge Lita chant started the match (she wasn't there). Hardys talk after their loss, saying on the mic they'd "get them next time."

    Jeff Wilen
    http://www.news-journalonline.com/column/anglendx.htm


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