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What better way to recover from Black Friday shopping, than watching Velocity on Saturday night.
Match #1
Orlando Jordan vs Kanyon
The crowd chants Kanyon sucks before bell. Kanyon backs him in the corner and lays some strikes into Jordan. Jordan goes up and over and hits a hip toss, drop kick, spinning powerslam and an arm bar. Kanyon stops Jordan's mounted punches with an eye rake. Kanyon gets a second rope Russian leg sweep. He gets a vertical suplex, several elbow drops and northern lights suplex for 2. Kanyon locks in a neck vise. OJ fights out and hits a series of flying forearms and the Johnson shuffle. A spinning powerslam allows OJ to climb the top rope. Kanyon attempts to suplex him off the top but OJ casts him off and hits a top rope crossbody to pick up the win in 4:31. (**3/4)
Match #2
Nunzio vs Funaki
Match #3
Sean O'Haire vs Gary Schippreit
Schippreit hits a drop kick that O'Haire shrugs off. O'Haire beils him across the ring and nails him with a spinal tap kick. He follows up with a snap mare and a second spinal tap kick. Schippreit gets a desperation jaw breaker, but gets smeared by a ridge hand. O'Haire nails some strikes to the back and then a back stretch. O'Haire throws Schippreit on his back and ends him with a widow maker in 2:28. (*1/4)
Match #4
FBI (Johnny The Bull Stamboli & Chuck Palumbo vs Paul London & Spanky)
Palumbo and Spanky start things off. They trade strikes, a badly which Palumbo comes out on top of. Spanky gets a corner run up moonsault, but gets quickly mowed down by a clothesline. Johnny the Bull Stamboli tags in for a short arm clothesline. Spanky gets an enziguri and is able to tag in London, who hits a high crossbody. London escapes a gorilla press, flips off of The Bull right into a big boot from Palumbo. London gets wishboned around the ring post and stomped. Palumbo hits London with a running punt kick to the gut. Stamboli tags in for a few stomps and quickly tags back out. Palumbo puts on a neck vise, London almost escapes to make the tag but is thwarted. Palumbo misses a corner charge and cracks his shoulder on the post but is still able to cut off the tag. London hits a drop sault and they both tag out. Spanky cleans house with a head scissors to Palumbo and a launched drop kick to Johnny the Bull. Spanky heads to the top rope but Palumbo pulls him down to crotch him on the turnbuckle. Paul London gets a Russian Leg Sweep from the second rope to Stamboli. Palumbo crushes London with the whack kick. Spanky hits a top rope drop kick to Palumbo. Spanky manages to splash Stamboli on his landing from the dropkick. Brian Hebner doesn't make the count because he is trying to clear the carcass of Paul London. When he does make it over to make the count, it is such a close nearfall that the time keeper erroneously rings the bell. Hebner waves it off. Spanky goes for sliced bread but gets caught and falls victim to the assisted Sicilian slice leg drop by the FBI to get the win in 6:52. (***1/4).
Sunday Night Heat
Al Snow says his favorite part of Raw Roulette the past the week was the catch the midget match and that little people equal big ratings.
Match #1
Rene Dupree with Rob Conway vs Tommy Dreamer
Rene Dupree gets a head lock and then does his frolic dance. Dupree misses a leap frog because Dreamer stops short and punches the Frenchman in the face. Dreamer gets a drop toe hold and an arm drag. Dupree gets s scoop slam but misses an elbow drop. Dreamer baits Dupree into a charge and low bridges him over the top. Tommy Dreamer baseball slides both members of La Resistance. Once back inside, the ring, Conway pulls the ropes down which causes Dreamer to spill to the outside. Dupree gets a neck breaker and a full nelson. Dreamer reverses an Irish whip into a powerbomb. Dupree misses a charge attempt and falls victim to a back body drop and neck breaker for a 2 count. Dreamer punches Conway off of the apron and turns around into a fisherman's suplex for the win in 3:25. (*1/4).
Match #2
Steven Richards with Victoria vs John Heidenreich
Richards gets a headlock but John Heidenreich comes back with several shoulder blocks. Richards tries to bail but is brought back in by Heidenreich, who picked him up like a baby. On the way back into the ring, Victoria grabs Heidenreich's leg which lets Richards hit him with a running knee to the ribs. The general manager of Heat throws Heidenreich into the ring post, followed by stomps and a series of arm wrenches and bars. One sequence Stevie yells out that it is a Steviewara arm bar. Heidenreich powers up out of the hold directly into an electric chair but drops Stevie right on his head and neck. Stevie doesn't really move after that and Heidenreich pins him in 3:18. Stevie Richards in an interview on the Place to Be Podcast (1 hour and 53 minute mark) confirms he broke a bone in his neck on the move. (1/4*)
Clips from Goldberg on the Maury Povich Show which show Goldberg meeting an 8 year old superfan with a condition called Progeria a genetic condition that causes rapid aging. People who suffer from Progeria usually only live until their mid teens. Goldberg lets him meet some of the other stars of the movie "The Longest Yard" that Goldberg is filming. The young boy meets Burt Reynolds and Bob Sapp and gets to have fun on set. A nice little feature and good job, Goldberg giving back.
Match #3
Devon Dudley vs Mark Jindrak
The match begins with some collar and elbow tie ups and go behinds. Jindrak gets a shoulder block which Devon follows up with an arm drag. Jindrak does a leg sweep and Devon catches an arm bar followed by a shoulder block. Jiindrak hits one of his special high drop kicks, followed up by elbow drops and synchs in a head lock. Devon breaks free and tries a sunset flip and cradle pin to avail. Jindrak clotheslines Devon to the mat and grabs another headlock. Jindrak attempts to splash in the corner but misses and hangs himself in the ropes. Dudley gets a series of clotheslines, neck breaker, flying forearm, and reverse headlock slam. Devon runs into a back elbow and a big boot. Jindrak climbs to the top and hits a flying clothesline to get the win in 5:18. (*3/4) It seemed like Devon might have kicked out. Afterwards, Jindrak eyes Devon's tag title that is one a chair in the time keepers area.
Match #4
Maven vs Rob Conway with Rene Dupree
Rob Conway gets some quick jabs. Maven catches a kick and started punching back. Conway misses on an up and over attempt. Maven nails a drop kick. He misses the follow up crossbody and flies through the ropes to the outside. Conway knees him on his way back into the ring which sends Maven flying into the barricade. Once back in the ring, Conway hits a running knee and diving punch of some kind, before grabbing a head lock. Maven attempts some rollups to get out of it. Once back up on their feet Maven hits a clothesline, shoulder block, and spin kick for 2. Maven heads to the top rope but Dupree grabs his leg, which allows Rob Conway to hit a swank top rope corkscrew neck breaker to win.
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