Ruthless C Shows WWE Velocity 2/14/2004 & WWE Sunday Night Heat 2/15/2004 No Way Out Edition

 

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It's Saturday Night so it's time for some Velocity. What better way to spend your Valentine's Day.   Tonight we get Bill Demott back in the commentary booth with Josh Mathews.  

Match #1

Billy Kidman & Paul London vs The FBI (Nunzio & Johnny Stamboli)

Chuck Palumbo is not out with his pizons as he is preparing for his match later.  Nunzio flexes and challenges Kidman to a test of strength.  Nunzios immediately tries to kick Kidman who catches his foot for an atomic drop followed by an arm drag.  A tag to Paul London, who sunset flips on his way into the ring for a 2 count.  London gets an inverted arm drag and tags out for a double team drop toe hold and elbow drop combo.  Nunzio escapes to make the tag to The Bull.  London goes up top and stomps the back of a standing Stamboli.  London heads up top again, but Nunzio distracts him allowing Stamboli to whip him off to the mat.  The FBI tag back and forth in the conrner stomping London.  Nunzio snapmares Lodon and grabs a headlock.  Stamboli gets a cheapshot on London behind the ref's back.  Nunzio taunts Kidman in the corner and chokes London before drop kicking him right in the mush.  Nunzio grabs another chinlock.  London almost escapes but he is cut down by a knee to the face.  Nunzio misses a punch and hits the ropes, hurting his hand.  London holds the ropes and Nunzio yanks him off in a spot that I assume was meant for London to kick Nunzio but he misses and Nunzio still sells it.  The Bull is tagged back in but London kicks him in the back of the head and finally makes the tag to Kidman.  Kidman gets a double head sciossors to both FBI members and then a single head scissors to Stamboli followed by an enziguri for 2.  He recovers and breaks Kidman in half with a neck breaker.  London is able to break the fall and planchas Nunzio on the outside.  Kidman hits a drop kick and climbs up for a shooting star press but Stamboli gets up so Kidman tries a crossbody which Stamboli catches.  Kidman wriggles free for a sunset flip attempt and London aids him with a drop kick to get the win in 9:34.  (**3/4)

Dawn Marie is trying to help Paul Heyman with his spear induced injuries from Monday Night on Raw.  (Check out the podcast linked above)  She starts rubbing him and Heyman says she is making it worse.  Heyman says that Goldberg has made history with that spear.  Goldberg wants to ruin Paul Heyman's first Smackdown Pay Per View.  Either Goldberg lives up to the hype or Brock Lesnar will make Goldberg pay, prove Smackdown is superior to Raw, and that Brock Lesnar is superior to Bill Goldberg.  

Match #2

Shannon Moore vs Ultimo Dragon

A side headlock takedown by Dragon, school boy, and another head lock takeover.  He hits a tilt-a-whirl head scissors and drop kick sends Shannon Moore to the floor.  Moore yanks Dragon off he apron to gain his first advantage of the match and hits a back suplex.  Dragon gets several hamstring kicks til a kick in the back of the head.  A up and oer in the corner leads to a dragon kick to the gut.  Moore drop kicks Dragon on Asai DDT attempt.  Moore gets a neck breaker but Dragon rolls through and kicks Moore in the chest.  Moore goes to the top and hits a top rope floatover reverse bulldog for a near fall.  Dragon hits an Asai DDT out of nowhere after a back elbow for the flash win in 5:11. (**1/4)

Match #3

Chuck Palumbo vs Orlando Jordan

Palumbo is sans Nunzio and Stamboli.  They grapple for control which is eventually won by Jordan.  Jordan jams his knee on a leap frog attempt.  Palumbo chop blocks and then kicks out the knee.  Palumbo locks in a figure four.  He repeatedly grabs the ropes for extra leverage until Nick Patrick finally catches him allowing Jordan to reverse the pressure on the hold.  Jordan school boys and back slides Palumbo for 2.  Palumbo gets up and boots Jordan's head off for 2.  Jordan gets a drop kick but the move hurts his knee more.  He then goes for Johnson shuffle to damage his knee more for no reason just so he could dance.  He hobbles to the top rope but Jordan just falls off from his bad wheel.  Palumbo goes for the figure four and Jordan rolls him up for 2.  Palumbo takes him down with a huge right hand.  He picks OJ up for a powerslam, but Jordan slides out the back and he rolls up Palumbo for the three count in 5:15.  Nunzio and Satmboli breat down Nunzio in the aisle.  Palumbo gives Jordan a somoan drop and Stamboli nails a top rope leg drop.  (3/4*)

Match #4

Billy Gunn vs A-Train

Billy Gunn gets a head lock but Train throws him off and hits a big clothesline, followed by a standing splash and an elbow drop.  Gunn fires up with punches but Train runs through him.  Train grabs a bear hug.  Gunn bites Train to break the hold but immediately eats a back elbow.  Gunn hits a drop toe hold into the second turnbuckle. He hits two clotheslines and diamond cutter for 2.  A corner splash but Train dodges a famouser.  He nails a bicycle kick and with the help of the ropes pins Gunn in 4:20. (*).

Dawn Marie talks about how turned on she is by hot action on a Saturday night.  Heyman is ignoring her as he is on the phone booking their flights to San Fransico for tomorrow No Way Out.  Pay per view.  Heyman yelps in pain and curses Goldberg as he tries to get up.  He has Dawn Marie pick up his phone which he dropped.  She does so in a seductive manner but Heyman just wants her to hurry up so they can catch the flight.  Maybe we can tagalong to the Cow Palace as well for No Way Out.

Funaki who is of course Smackdown's number 1 announcer is interviewing Jaime Noble.  He wants his thoughts on being blindfolded in his match with his girlfriend Nidia.  Noble thinks it is unfair.  Nidia has blondfolded him before in the bedroom, but this is different.  How can he even defend himself.  He didn't blind her in the first place.  Why should she get the advantage.  She could attack him from anyhwhere.  Jaime by God Noble can't be beaten by a girl.  That would be embarrassing.  I couldn't look in the mirror.  It's unfair, it ain't right, it's BS.  Noble storms off.  

Big Show is being interviewed by Rue DaBona.  She wants to know if Rue was in involved with the attack on Kurt Angle on Smackdown.  Big Show says that while Rue may be beautiful, she is not very smart.  He is 7 feet tall and 500 pounds.  If he attacked Kurt, Angle wouldn't even be here right now.  Tonight my focus is to win the Triple Threat and face Lesnar for the title.  Rue clarifies, "If he beats Eddie Guerrero tonight."  Big Show laughs as he is imagining a giant battling Eddie Guerrero at Madison Square Garden at WrestleMania 20.  

Match #1

Ultimo Dragon, Paul London & Billy Kidman vs Kyo Dai (Tajiri, Sakoda, and Akio)

Akio hits a shoulder block and taunts Paul London who someone manages to get a head scissors from his back.  He stomps Akio on the back of the neck from the top rope and follows with an arm drag.  The faces double team with a side walk slam by London and leg drop by Kidman.  Akio gets a jawbreaker to create space to tag in Sakoda for a headscissors.  Akio gets a cheap shot knee from the apron.  Tajiri tagged in but the ref didn't see it and kicks him out but is okay with Akio who was the not the legal man coming in.  So whatever.  Now Akio tags Tajri in for some patented kicks and grabs a headlock.  Triple drop kick to Kidman face by Kyo Dai but London is able to break up the fall.  Akio in for more kick and chokes Kidman in the ropes.  Akio misses a spin kick and Kidman capitalizes with a drop kick of his own.  He gets the hot tag to Ultimo Dragon for tons of kicks to Tajiri, a springboard moonsault to Akio.  Tajiri accidently kicks Sakoda in the face.  Tajiri hits a spring board elbow but London breaks the fall.  Akio clotheslines him to the outside. Kidman sends Akio to the floor with his own clothesline.  Sakoda lifts up Ultimo Dragon onto his shoulders, Tajiri boots him in the face and Sakdoda immediately hits a twisting powerslam, as Tajiri covers to pick up the win in 5:35. (**3/4).

It is time for the PPV can Eddie Guerrero feed his addiction?

Ruthless C Shows WWE Velocity 10/18/2003 & WWE Heat pre No Mercy Edition 10/19/2003

                                               

                         Check out this week's breakdown of Raw & Smackdown in audio form here.

                                      

         Tonight we have Tazz and Josh Mathews on commentary.  Unfortunately Tazz tells us this is his last Velocity and a new color commentator will start next week.  He will go out with a bang as we will get into later.  Stay Tuned.

                                         Match #1 

                                         A-Train vs Orlando Jordan

Train starts with knees to the gut. Jordan slides out of a powerslam and they trade strikes.  Orlando gets caught off the top with bicycle kick to the stomach.  Train lands a serious of heavy strikes.  He locks in an inverted full nelson and then drops to his knees in an impressive looking move.  Train locked in a neck vise after a snap mare.  OJ turns inside out on a slam to get a flash pin attempt.  Inziguri to the A-Train's midsection, quick jabs. Jordan's offense is short lived because he runs into a back elbow. Jordan does get his feet up on a Vader bomb.  Train misses a charge into a rollup attempt by Jordan who hits two dropkicks.  Train hits a powerful clothesline and finishes Jordan off with the Train Wreck in 4:15 (**)

Match #2

Matt Hardy with Shannon Moore vs Funaki 

During the entrances Tazz gives us a parting gift of a rant complaining about Pamela Anderson attacking Kentucky Fried Chicken over killing chickens.  Tazz goes into how you got to kill them before you can eat them and then goes after a plastic shortage because Pam Anderson, "Ya know the one with the real big hammers.", has used it all up.  Just Tazz enjoying nobody paying attention to Velocity.

Matt Fact #1 Matt still has his tonsils.

Matt Fact #2 Matt dreads winter time.

Matt starts with lots of strikes, til Funaki takes an irish whip and turns it into a head scissors.  Hardy hits a side effect and tosses Funaki outside so Shannon Moore can ram his spine into the ring.  Matt does a powerslam and then locks in an abdominal stretch. Funaki drives Hardy into the corner for some shoulders to the midsection, but Moore trips him. Hardy misses a corner splash and Funaki hits on a bulldog as Hardy stumbles out.  Funaki reverses a powerslam attempt into a reverse DDT.  Funaki hits the Rising Sun which is a reverse tornado DDT out of the corner.  Funaki can't make the cover quickly so Hardy is able to kick out at 2.  Moore hops up on the apron.  Hardy reverses a whip and goes for the Twist of Fate, but Funaki shoves him away towards Shannon.  Matt puts on the brakes and Funaki charges.  Hardy evades him, so Funaki collides with Moore.  Funaki turns right into the Twist of Fate and Matt gets the three count in 5:11 (**)  This is the last television match for the V-1 character.  

Match #3

Ultimo Dragon vs Joey Matthews 

They trade positioning attempts until Mathews gets a rollup for 2.  He super celebraters with struts.  He goes on the attack with knees and chops.  Dragon catches Matthews with a leg sweep, series of kicks, and drop kick.  Matthews bails and Dragon pursues, which allows Matthew to pull Dragon's feet out from under him and crack his chin on the apron.  Mathews throws him back into the ring and connects with a top rope clothesline.  He locks in a neck vise.  Dragon rolls through and gets a kick to the face, but Matthew is quick to put him down with a neck breaker and goes back to the vise.  Ultimo gets out with a corner springboard jaw breaker, back body drop, spin heel kick combination for 2 count.  A big kick to the chest after a roll through by Dragon.  He misses a springboard dive which lets Matthews drop him for a 2 count and then a body slam.  Matthews gets caught on a top rope dive with a drop kick.  Asai DDT seals the victory for Dragon in 5:13. (2.25)

Match #4

APA vs FBI (Nunzio and Chuck Palumbo)

The FBI tries to sneak attack with chairs in the aisle but get intercepted.  Faarooq scrambles Palumbo's brains with a chair. Nunzio scoots away towards the ring begging for mercy.  Just like tomorrow's pay per view event, there will be No Mercy.  Bradshaw throws him into the steps.  He tosses Nunzio into the ring and the match is on as the bell rings.  Last Call fallaway slam to Nunzio.  Quickly tags in Faarooq to lands some hard forearms.  Nunzio tries to escape the ring but gets dragged back in.  Faarooq hits a powerslam and a back breaker.  Bradshaw is in to join in on a double shoulder block and power bomb.  Faarooq is back in for a spine buster.  Faarooq holds up Nunzio's corpse for a Clothesline from Hell.  Bradshaw hits him with a second one.  Faarooq pins Nunzio with a single hand in 4:03.  (1/2*)

Bradshaw grabs the microphone, "Nunzio, don't take that personal. You're just the first but you won't be the last.  Bashams, the APA was just fine sitting in our office drinking beer and playing cards, when you tried to make your name off of us.  I tell you what you just got a bunch of people's asses whipped.  We will not discriminate.  I don't care if you're black, brown, white, purple, or green.  Man, woman, or child.  Heterosexual, homosexual, or bisexual. We will knock your ass out."

That's it for Velocity stay tuned for Confidential, we shall miss thee, Tazz.  

This episode is dedicated in loving memory of Stu Hart.  

Our pre No Mercy Heat is hosted by Josh Matthews and a young lady only known as Rue. Fun fact those two get married.  It lasts for a whole two years of wedded bliss. 

Rue only one name like Cher

The show is mostly pay per view hype videos but we do get a Big Show interview with Michael Cole where he talks about how fecal matter has been falling out of his ears for 10 days and he is going to destroy Eddie Guerrero today. 

Tazz interview the Basham brothers who lament the loss of Shaniqua the source of their sexual desires and challenge the APA tonight at the pay per view.  Based on Bradshaw's promo at the end of Velocity.  I assume they will accept.  

 

Match #1

Shannon Moore vs Billy Kidman

Cole and Tazz are commentary for this as we won't get to see if the enigma know as Rue can call a match.  They trade go behinds, Kidman gets a head scissors and sends Moore outside.  Moore ducks a baseball slide by Kidman and throws him into the barricade in a fun spot.  Moore hits a back suplex and locks in a neck vice.  He converts over to a leg lariat to the back of the head, body slam and locks in a back stretch.  Kidman gets a desperation drop kick to put both men down.  Kidman is up with a flying forearm, back body drop, and clothesline that drops Moore in the corner.  Kidman hits a baseball slide directly into Moore's yambag as Tazz says, which for some reason isn't a DQ.  Kidman goes for a suplex by Moore lands on his feet and hits spinning neck breaker.  Kidman attempts a turnbuckle assisted bulldog but Moore counters with a drop toe hold into the 2nd turnbuckle.  Moore nails a corkscrew moonsault for a false finish.  Moore throws a tantrum, this allows Kidman enough time to recover, hit an enziguri, drag Moore to the corner, and climb to the top to attempt a 450. Moore intercepts on the top Kidman wins the battle and comes down with a BK bomb to pick up the win in 5:14. (***)

We find out that heat will be moved to Saturday night at 7 next week.  We aren't told what will air in it's place. We get a promo package for the Lesnar vs Undertaker chain match main event and we go off the air transitioning to No Mercy.