Breaking The Walls Down Submitted by Chris Dailey on Tuesday, July 31, 2001 at 1:53 PM EST
Breaking The Walls Down
Hello and welcome back to Breaking The Walls Down. After a two week lay-off period thanks to yet another business trip and thankfully a vacation, I'm back. This is the week for the conclusion to my weird little story line. But, before we get onto that, it's Bits and Pieces time.
Bits and Pieces
WWF officials are impressed with R.V.D. My dreams of seeing R.V.D. with the WWF World Title around his waist may yet come true.
However, the guys in the back are said to be upset and cautious when it comes to new guys with a ton of talent like R.V.D. I don't know how true that is, I mean you never know, but I can definitely see guys getting upset. It's like any other job. After you've worked so hard at trying to get somewhere, here comes someone younger, with more skill than you have and he's pushed further than you have been since you've been with the company for over five years. That would upset a lot of people, I can only hope that they see it's for the good of the business, as R.V.D. is over.
This new promotion, MECW, looks to be made up of a bunch of weird guys. Guys you never thought you'd see together. I just can't see Curt Henning in the ring with The Sandman, talk about a clash of styles.
The WCW badly needs guys like Scott Steiner and the man himself, Ric Flair. These guys boost ratings, and it would make the WCW faction look a lot more intimidating.
And now, onto the column.
It All Comes to A Conclusion
As I said in the end of my last column, I mentioned that I would give a list of matches and a twist, so here we go. Now, keep in mind, I'm keeping the people who were champions when WCW ended, as the WCW champions, not what they are today. Also, before the PPV started, Heyman made Vince and Shane agree to the following stipulation: since they're in ECW territory, in the heartland of it really, all the matches should be by ECW rules, meaning it's all hardcore. Vince and Shane agree, but it takes them some time to think about it. Now, onto the matches.
Match One: Three Light Heavyweight Champions to prove who's the best:
Jerry Lynn (WWF Light Heavyweight Champion) vs. Shannon Helms (WCW Cruiserweight Champion) vs. Kid Kash (Honary ECW Light Heavyweight Champion)
It's a hot opening match, as can be expected. It's evident that these guys worked out with each other before the match. Many high spots that had the Philly crowd eating out of the palms of their hands. The match was fifteen minutes in length that saw Kid Kash pinning Shannon Helms with a Crucifix Powerbomb (The Razor's Edge) off the top rope and through a table for the pin.
Winner of the Light Heavyweights - Kid Kash via pinfall
Match Two: 3-Way Tag Team Championship Dance (Non-title):
The Acolytes (WWF Tag Team Champions) vs. Chuck Polumbo and Sean O'Haire (WCW Tag Team Champions) vs. Amish Roadkill and ? I forget his name (The Last ECW Tag Team Champions)
This is exactly what it looks like, a train wreck. The match happens, but most of the crowd doesn't care. Amish Roadkill and ? are favorites, but they get overshadowed by The Acolytes. In a ten minute tough match to watch, The Acolytes win with a double powerbomb through two steal chairs on Amish Roadkill.
Winner of the Tag Team Match - The Acolytes via pinfall
Match Three: Cruiserweight Tag Team Match:
Eddie Guerrero and Essa Rios (for the WWF) vs. Billy Kidman and Rey Mysterio Jr. (for WCW, the last cruiserweight tag team champions) vs. Tajiri and Mikey Whipwreck (for ECW)
This match is everything it looks to be. These guys work their asses off and the Philly crowd eats it up. It's a spot fest that really doesn't slow down all that much. The match ends with Kidman hitting the Shooting Star Press on Mikey Whipwreck after a nineteen minute match.
Winner of the Cruiserweight Tag Team Match - Billy Kidman and Rey Mysterio Jr.
Match Four: Hardcore Match:
The Big Show (Hardcore Champion for the WWF) vs. Big Vito (since there was no legit Hardcore Champion from WCW, I chose Big Vito) vs. The Sandman (The Extreme icon for ECW)
The match, for the first ten minutes, consists of basically Big Vito and The Sandman attacking The Big Show. The Big Show is a bloody mess and unconscious on the outside, leaving Vito and The Sandman to go at it. Both men go on for another five minutes or so, with the ending coming with a tremendous simultaneous cane shot to both men. The Sandman; however, was fortunate to fall on top of Big Vito to get the pin after a fifteen minute match.
Winner of the Hardcore Match - The Sandman
Match Five: Iron Man (60 Minute) Match to Prove Who The Whole F'N Show is:
Triple H (WWF Iron Man Standout) vs. Chris Kanyon (WCW Innovator of Offense) vs. Rob Van Dam (ECW's Whole F'N Show)
This is a classic, hard fought match up that sees Triple H and Rob Van Dam have the same amount of pinfalls, three a piece. Kanyon has two pinfalls as the time expires. It's decided that Kanyon has been eliminated from the match, but Triple H and Rob Van Dam must go to sudden death rules, no matter how long it takes. As Kanyon leaves, visibly upset, the crowd gives him a standing ovation for his tremendous effort. The match goes another ten minutes with plenty of near falls that has the crowd on its feet. Triple H is in the corner, a bloody and sweaty mess, blanketed with steel chairs. R.V.D. goes to the opposite side of the ring and what happens next is all too familiar, Van Terminator on Triple H. R.V.D. goes for the cover and the ref counts, but Triple H kicks out at the LAST possible milli-second. R.V.D. is visibly upset and he lays Triple H in the center of the ring and climbs the turnbuckle. R.V.D. leaps into the air and it's the Five Star Frog Splash. However, Triple H moves out at the last second and R.V.D. hits the canvas. Triple H is half standing and pulls a limp R.V.D. up along with a steel chair. Triple H lays the chair down in the ring and gives R.V.D. not one, not two, but three Pedigrees. Triple H covers and the ref counts the three. After a grueling, crowd raising, seventy-five minute match, Triple H wins and the crowd gives both men a standing, raucous, ovation.
Winner of the Iron Man (60 Minute) Match to Prove Who The Whole F'N Show is: Triple H
Match Six: World Champions Match
Austin (WWF World Champion) vs. Booker T (WCW Champion) vs. Ryno (The Last ECW Champion)
This match is exactly as it looks, awkward. All three are good workers, but whether or not they work together is another story. The twist comes into play at the end. Here it is.
Booker T just hit the axe kick on Austin and he covers him, "One, Two, WHAM!" A steel chair just nails Booker T in the back. It appears to be some loon from the Philly crowd, but underneath the hood and costume is Cactus Jack. Cactus begins to level Booker T with punches and steel chair shots. Ryno attempts a gore, but Cactus levels him with a solid steel chair shot. Cactus starts to help Austin up when all of a sudden a familiar tune hits. Out comes "The Nature Boy" Ric Flair. He starts to walk toward the ring but gets on the mic.
"Whooooo!" With that Flair struts around and the crowd eats it up, going nuts for Flair. Then he speaks, "Whoa Cactus, I'm not coming in there. I read your book, I know your beef with me. But, I also know you're a lunatic, which is why I brought back up."
Ominous drums begin to hit and the crowd goes nuts. It's Goldberg. He and Flair storm the ring and Cactus backs off. Austin is still woozy headed and Ryno is out. Flair gets in the ring and turns around to tell Goldberg to go after him, but as Flair does this, Goldberg spears him big time. The crowd pops. Cactus starts to beat down on Flair and then Cactus is speared by Goldberg, now the crowd's really confused. But, with that, he picks up Ryno and lays him on top of Booker T. The referee counts to three and Ryno and ECW have won.
The crowd goes nuts, Philly is ecstatic. ECW has it's first huge, legitimate, recognized name and the WWF and WCW is clueless as to what happened and why. Only on Monday will everyone find out why Goldberg did it, and unlike most of the turns, it does make sense.
