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.