WWF/OVW "Last Dance" Results - Louisville 6-27-01
    Submitted by Calvin Martin on Thursday, June 28, 2001 at 10:13 AM EST

    Thanks to Mr-Charismatic for sending this report in!

    Due to the lighting being bad where I was sitting, I didn't write down
    every detail of the matches. But here is a pretty accurate report from
    memory & from what I could write down:

    At the start of the event, it was announced by OVW wrestling managers
    Kenny Bolin & Synn that Mick Foley would not be there as the guest
    referee for the main event of Undertaker vs Leviathan due to something
    personal popping up. This received some boos from the crowd. Bolin then
    announced that he made some calls & found a suitable replacement in the
    form of Diamond Dallas Page!!!! The crowd let out a loud chorus of boos
    & a few cheers! Bolin is hard to understand on the mic because he seems
    to yell into it. Jim Cornette comes out & says that, since he is the
    match maker for OVW, he was going to change the main event into a tag
    team match. He announced that DDP would team up with Leviathan to take
    on Undertaker & his brother Kane!!!!! The crowd went wild & cheered
    loudly!!! Big mixed reaction for DDP! The crowd seemed very happy with
    the change even though Foley wasn't going to be there.

    Match #1:
    Brian Keck & the Suicide Blondes defeated Chris Alexander, Sean Casey &
    Chris Michaels.

    Match #2:
    Sly Skraper & Mike Hard defeated the Damaja & Rob Conway.

    Match #3:
    In a battle of the sexes, OVW's blonde bombshell referee Donna Derring
    defeated local dj Tony Vanetti despite outside interference from Kenny
    Bolin.

    Match #4:
    OVW tag champs Brock Lesnar & Brian Keck (filling in for an injured
    Shelton Benjamin) retained the titles over Perry Saturn & Dean Malenko.
    Great matchup with some fast paced action. Brock is huge but quick in
    the ring. It's good that the WWF guys helped put over the OVW guys.

    Match #5:
    Randy Orton (with his dad Cowboy Bob Orton Jr. in his corner) defeated
    Rico Costantino (with Kenny Bolin in his corner). Bolin tried to
    interfere but was hit by Cowboy Bob which got a nice pop.

    Match #6:
    Big Show & Mark Henry defeated Prototype & Mr.Black when Mark Henry
    pinned Mr. Black. This match actually went 15 minutes despite the size
    of all 4 men. The crowd was very much into this match with alot of big
    pops for the Big Show (even though he's a bad guy on WWF tv). The
    highlight was the great microphone work done by this guy named Thurston
    Throckmorton who is the manager for Black & Prototype. This guy was
    "hypnotized" to think he is the "Macho Man" Randy Savage. He does a dead
    on impersonation of him complete with a sequined cape & Slim Jims. He
    put down the crowd & insulted Muhammed Ali (who is a huge name in
    Louisville) & then introduced his tag team. Very funny stuff!!

    Just before intermission, Jim Cornette comes out & introduces the
    wrestling legends that were on hand for this event. "Handsome" Jimmy
    Valiant, Rocky Johnson (the Rock's dad), "Superstar" Bill Dundee &
    "Fabulous" Jackie Fargo. Each legend did a short deal on the microphone
    & received a great pop from the crowd.

    Match #7:
    Nick Dinsmore defeated the Machine.
    Good technical matchup. As a stipulation, Machine had his mask taken off
    after the match. It turned out to be former USWA wrestler Doug Basham.
    The crowd didn't seem to know who he was. I just remember his name from
    the old USWA tv shows.

    Match #8:
    "Beautiful" Bobby Eaton & Ron Waterman (both replacing the injured Kurt
    & Eric Angle) defeated the D.O.S. (I was coming back from concession stand at the end
    but I think this is accurate)

    Match #9
    OVW champion Flash held onto his title by cheating to win over Chris
    Jericho. Before the match, Jericho did some classic work on the microphone calling
    Flash an "ass-clown" & the crowd ate it up. After the match, Jericho put
    the referee in the "walls of Jericho" for giving the match to Flash.

    MAIN EVENT:
    Undertaker & Kane defeated Leviathan (with Synn) & Diamond Dallas Page!
    Undertaker even came out on a motorcycle. Leviathan is huge!! He fit
    right in there with Kane & Taker. It was neat seeing DDP in his first
    official match against Undertaker even though it was a tag match. DDP
    got some great heat from the crowd all during the match but still
    received some cheers. Taker even did the rope walking deal against DDP.
    After the match, Taker gets on the mic & addresses the crowd. He thanks
    everyone for being there & says he has alot of memories from the
    Gardens! He then talks about his past there at the Gardens & how he is
    proud to be the last man standing in the ring after such a historic
    night of wrestling! He then drives away on his motorcycle as the crowd
    cheered.

    Biggest pops:
    1)KANE
    2)TAKER
    3)JERICHO
    4)BIG SHOW

    Biggest heat:
    1)Rico Costantino (due to his arrogance in/out of the ring)
    2)Macho Man (due to his wittiness on the mic & the fact that he thinks he
    is Randy Savage.)
    3)Kenny Bolin (due to being out there for what seemed like every match.
    People around me seemed to get sick of him)

    Best match:
    1)Flash vs Chris Jericho!!
    2)main event (just because of the tremendous energy from having such huge
    names in the ring all at once & due to crowd reaction.)
    3) A tie between Brock & Keck vs Saturn & Malenko (even though it was
    supposed to be against Kurt & Eric Angle) & Dinsmore vs Machine.

    Worst match:
    1)Battle of the sexes (dumb idea but Donna is hot. Nobody cared about the
    disc jockeys)
    2)the opening match

    All in all it was a great night. It lasted over 3 hours but the crowd
    remained into it.

    If the OVW guys we saw tonight are the future of the WWF, the WWF has
    some EXCELLENT future stars! Even though the Angles & Foley weren't
    there, I think I got my money's worth & the crowd seemed happy as well.
    Seeing DDP here in Louisville was a treat since the old WCW never really came here
    alot. DDP & Undertaker worked good against each other.

    This might have been a warm-up match for them to feel each other out.


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