It's Saturday night so that means it's time for Velocity on Slamming Saturday Night on Spike TV. Our announcers are Josh Mathews and Tazz. No establishment shot was done so that means that all of commentary was done in post production.
Match #1
Nunzio with Chuck Palumbo vs Paul London
Nunzio gets on all fours and challenges London to an amateur wrestling contest. London goes for an Oklahoma roll for a 2 count. London grabs a head lock but Nunzio is able to turn it into a leg scissors. London kips out. London goes to the top and stomps on a standing Nunzio's shoulders from the top and then rolls him up for 2. Nunzio pulls London off the top with a dragon screw and wrenches a leg lock. London escapes but is mowed down with a clothesline followed by a chop block. Nunzio goes back to wrenching the leg. London kicks Nunzio in the head from his back. London dodges a kick to the knee and hits an enziguri and a front salto suplex for 2. London's knee gives out on a back body drop but immediately hits a dropsault. London's knee caves again allowing Nunzio to hit a stiff drop kick to the face from the top rope to pick up the win in 6:40. (**3/4)
Match #2
World's Greatest Tag Team (Shelton Benjamin & Charlie Haas) vs Funaki & Ultimo Dragon
Funaki school boy's Benjamin to begin the bout and follows up with a tilt a whirl head scissors before Shelton can get his bearings. Dragon dives at Benjamin but is caught, Funaki dropkicks Dragon in his arms to send Benjamin to the mat. Mathews tells us that this match is happening under Lucha Libre rules with lax tag rules. Haas is tagged in for knees to Dragon's head, but a kick to the back of the leg brings him down. Swift kicks to Haas. Mid Asai DDT attempt, Funaki tries to enter the ring for reasons that don't make sense. Now the ref strictly enforces the tag rules and tries to send Funaki back to the corner. This allows Benjamin to come in a grab Dragon midair and drop him on Haas' knee for a back breaker. WGTT combines for a double suplex. A hard Irish whip by Benjamin and tags Haas back in to lay a beating in the corner. Dragon goes get a sunset flip but is leg laced and Benjamin is tagged in to grab a rear naked choke. Dragon escapes and nails a springboard moonsault. The hot tag should have been made when Dragon slipped free from Haas but clearly he wasn't supposed to as Dragon and Funaki don't make the tag despite being in position to do so for awhile. Haas gets a double underhook suplex on Ultimo. He tags Shelton in but Dragon hits a thrust kick. Dragon finally tags out to Funaki who kicks Shelton and turns Haas inside out on a enziguri. Bulldog to Shelton for a 2 count. Dragon grabs Haas leg from the apron. Funaki baseball slides Haas out of the ring. Funaki reverses a Benjamin slam to an inverted DDT. The fall is broken up by Haas. Dragon planchas to the outside on Haas. A dragon whip kick by Benjamin finishes off Funaki in 7:46. (**3/4)
Match #3
A-Train & Rhyno vs Bobby Rude & Jon Murray
Rhyno dominates Roode to start until a series of arm bars and hip tosses. Tag is made to Jon Murray who is quickly dominated by A-Train. Train misses a splash and Murray makes the tag. Rude nails a missile drop kick. Rude escapes a press slam but gets run over and squished in the corner. Tag to Rhyno for a cover and then a corner beating. Tag to A-Train for an abdominal stretch, but Train misses the Vader Bomb. Rude gets drop toe hold into the turnbuckle and follows up with an enziguri. Rude makes the tag and Rhybo gets Murray with a few clotheslines. He hits a desperation drop kick to Train but Rhyno crushes him with a spinebuster and a Gore in 5:36. (*3/4).
Match #4
Bradshaw vs Johnny "The Bull" Stamboli
The match begins with a collar and elbow tie up. Bradshaw gets a shoulder tackle, hip toss, Russian leg sweep, and the Last Call fallaway slam. Stamboli misses a desperation charge but is able to bail from the ring to avoid a clothesline from hell. Bradshaw pursues outside but gets caught on the way back in. He fights back immediately with a shoulder block and an elbow drop. The Bull rakes the eyes and nails a top rope shoulder tackle. He military presses Bradshaw and drops him throat first on the top rope. He follows up with a neck breaker and back suplex. He grabs a head vice. Bradshaws breaks free but Stamboli grabs a sleeper hold. Bradshaw back suplexes Stamboli to break the hold. Bradshaw nails a big boot, shoulder block, swinging neck beaker for 2. The Bull misses a big clothesline, but Bradshaw doesn't miss a clothesline from Hell to pick up the victory in 6:24. (**1/2).
We head 24 hours later to Sunday Night Heat with Johnathan Coachman and Al Snow at the desk.
Match #1
Rob Van Dam vs Jon Heidenreich
Strike exchange won by Heidenreich but RVD quickly fires back with a spin kick and shoulder blocks in the corner. RVD backflips back for one more but Heidenreich clotheslines him down exploding out of the corner. He then hits a back breaker and grabs a bear hug. Heidenreich rams him in the corner, but RVD gets a boot up on a charge. RVD's top rope sommersault senton, but Heidenreich is up first and hits a clothesline and grabs the bear hug again. RVD punches free and hits a heel kick, drop toe hold into the turnbuckle, and a spin kick. He goes up top for a missile drop kick and rolling thunder for 2. Heindenreich does bounce back with a sidewalk slam and lays in some forearms to the back. RVD escapes the vertical suplex hits springboard drop kick and a 5 star frog splash for the victory to win in 5:02 (*3/4)
Match #2
Hurricane & Rosey vs Pat Cusik & Robbie Rude
Cusik eats a few Rosey shoulder blocks and tags in Rude in a panic. Rude demands to face off with Hurricane and Rosey obliges. The Hurricane hits a pair of arm drags and grabs an arm bar. Rude is able to make it to the corner so Cusik can hit a few cheap shots in and Rude is able to hit a back suplex. Cusik tags in for a side slam and tags back to Rude for a suplex. Rude grabs a back stretch, but Hurricane fights out, flips out of a suplex attempt and creams Rude with a back elbow. The hot tag is made to Rosey. Rosey cleans house with a side slam to Cusik and a scoop slam to Rude. Rose hits a massive leg drop but the pin is broken up. He spinebusters Rude and Hurricane climbs Rosey's shoulders in the corner for the splash to win in 5:09. (*1/2)
Match #3
Molly Holly & Test vs Victoria & Stephen Richards
Match #4
Dudley Boys (Bubba Ray & Devon) vs Mark Jindrak & Garrison Cade
The Dudleys are beaten, battered, and bandaged from their run in with Kane combined with their tables match from the Rumble. Devon's ribs are taped up and Bubba has a large bandage on a bruised and swollen eye. Bubba gets a head lock take over on Cade twice. Tags are made to Devon and Jindrak. Devon hits a flying forearm and a scoop slam. Bubba is tagged in for a neck breaker. Jindrak tags Cade in and Bubba is caught in the injured eye with knee lift. Bubba is beaten in the corner with focus being paid to his eye. The younger team takes turns grinding Bubba's eye. Bubba strikes back to get some space and makes the tag to Devon. Devon cleans house with a neck breaker and powerslam. Cade accidentally clothesline Jindrak. Devon hits a splash in the corner. Devon attempts to superplex Cade but Jindrak gets a cheap shot in the ribs. Devon falls to mat and Cade follows with a top rope elbow to get the win in 7:43. (**1/2).
Coach and Snow remind us to tune into Raw tomorrow for the WrestleMania contract signing between Triple H and Chris Benoit. Plus Benoit will battle Ric Flair, 1 on 1! Check out the Ruthless podcast to here all about that great night of sports entertainment.
