ICWW: Aftershock (May 16, 2003)

THE ROAD TO KINGDOM COME

ICWW: AFTERSHOCK MAY 16, 2003

Special mention:
In a surprise twist of events the tag titles change hands, thanks to Benoit! Shamrock looks to be in a bad way after yet another brutal attack.

QUICK RESULTS:
Michael Lucifer d. Bill Goldberg
Matt Hardy d. Shaggy 2 Dope
[Tag Team] - Rhyno & Benoit d. Shamrock & Statix [c]
#1 Contender - Violent J d. Triple H

ICWW: Aftershock was electric as the Prince and Buddy Luv welcomed fans to the ICWW arena for a huge show. Michael Lucifer was scheduled to face the recently returned, down on his luck Bill Goldberg; the tag team titles would go on the line and the first round of elimination nominees for the ICWW reality experience were to be named!

Triple H's theme music sounded through the arena as the Game headed down to the ring looking quite displeased. He snatched a microphone and said that the number one contender match last week on Civil Action was bull. He told the fans that he was the game, he was the former heavyweight champion, and he should therefore be the number one contender. Violent J stepped out at the entrance way with his mic. wielding manager, Paul E. Heyman. Heyman said that on behalf of his client he would offer Triple H a match in which the winner would be the number one contender for the heavyweight championship. Triple H nodded and acknowledged that things were moving in the right direction when Bill Goldberg stepped out and made a bee line for the ring. He got up in Triple H's face and asked why he didn't deserve a shot. Triple H nearly jumped out of his skin when Michael Lucifer's entrance music hit the PA and the wall of fire exploded, prompting J and Heyman to head for higher ground backstage. Lucifer raced down to the ring looking to attack the frozen Game, but instead was caught from behind with a hard shot from Bill Goldberg!

The bell sounded as Triple H slowly made his way up the ramp, keeping an eye on Lucifer, who got hammered down on by Bill Goldberg with thunderous right hands. Goldberg took it to the corner and went on the charge with devastating shoulder thrusts, but Lucifer managed to power out of it! He went on the offensive with powerful throat thrusts, and then a big throat toss across the ring. With Lucifer looking to pick Goldberg up, he was caught with a low clothesline to the knee. Goldberg continued the assault with hard rights and lefts, and then sent Lucifer off the ropes catching him with the spear! He picked Lucifer up for the jackhammer, but Lucifer managed to counter it, and countered it with his own old school version, the Lucifer's hammer! He picked Goldberg up and sent him into the ropes taking him down with a big boot to the face, and then a big leg drop. From there it was a chokeslam and the pin.

Backstage Loopster was shouting obscenities, telling someone how much they sucked, and how badly they performed at Kingdom Come. As the camera moved it became clear he was shouting at a mirror! He grabbed his head moaning, exclaiming his disgust in losing the hardcore title at Kingdom Come, and continued to shout that he sucked!

In the arena Gwen Lucifer made her way to the ring with a smile on her face, and a sheet of paper in hand. He took to the microphone and announced that in her hand she had the ICWW reality experience vote results, but first she wanted to introduce the new host of the event, Albert Beefcake! The Alaskan Bear-Whale grooved his way to the ring, making time for a little bit of a Beefer bust before taking the mic. He said that it was only fitting that the host name the event, and so he would call the reality experience - Big Beefer! He then told the crowd that they could get the inside scoop weekly at his very own Rar Report via the ICWW.cjb.net website. He informed fans that those who had visited the site would already know that the first round of nominees were - The Nomad, Jason Shamrock and Loopster! He told fans that voting was open now, and the first person to get the boot would be revealed on Civil Action.

Matt Hardy made his way to the ring next demanding an explanation as to why the Big Beefer contest was severely lacking in Mattitude. He said that he had something to add to his dislikes bio, and that was Big Beefer. Shaggy 2 Dope danced his way down to the ring and told Hardy to lighten up, because being light is what got him in to it. Hardy attacked Dope with a hard right hand as the bell rung signaling a match. Hardy continued the assault going off the ropes, hitting a hard diving forearm. Hardy looked for the leg drop but Shaggy rolled out, catching him with a nice DDT and then putting the boot down. The two tied up, Shaggy taking Hardy down with a hard neck breaker and then locked up for the psycho flip. Shaggy went for the pin but Hardy found the ropes, leaving Shaggy to go to the top rope for a high risk move, only to be pressed from the top rope! Hardy hit a guillotine leg drop and made the cover.

Backstage in Violent J's locker room Paul Heyman was excited about the contender match. J asked Heyman why he would set the match up, and he told him that it was obvious there was no way Michael Lucifer could keep away, and it would keep Triple H out of the contender race for good. Shaggy 2 Dope burst into the room, abruptly ending the conversation. J and Heyman awkwardly tried to ignore Shaggy 2 Dope, before making an excuse as to why they had to leave the room. Shaggy pondered.

The Tag team champions made their way to the ring with their belts, ready to take on Shamrock's latest technical rival - Chris Benoit. The Canadian spike made his way to the ring alone, only to be followed by Rhyno! It was on straight away as the four men brawled in the ring, before the referee finally gained some control. Shamrock and Rhyno tied up, Rhyno going on the attack with hard contained shoulder thrusts. With Shamrock down he went to work on the already injured leg with big knee drops. Shamrock struggled to maintain his vertical base, hooking up for a snap suplex, but getting countered with a big vertical. Rhyno sent Shamrock off the ropes and took him down with a devastating gore before tagging in Benoit who locked in the ankle lock! Shamrock had no choice but to tap out, already suffering from the attack made by the Dark Lotus just a week ago! Benoit stomped down on the ankle before having his hand raised by the referee and heading to the back with the tag belts. Statix climbed into the ring looking extremely displeased. He shouted at Shamrock, asking him why he didn't go for the tag, and then told him that it was his fault they had lost! The crowd was stunned as Statix continued the assault, brutally attacking Shamrock with a knee breaker and then continued to stomp down on the injured leg, as Shamrock yelled in agony. The referee had to pull Statix back, before officials could help Shamrock out.

The Nomad made his way to the ring next with a microphone with a microphone. He said that along time ago he gave the Eurasian title to Loopster, but today he realised that they had more in common than he knew. First of all, they both lost their belts at Kingdom Come, second of all they both thought Loopster sucked. However the biggest difference he could see between the two of them was that while Loopster sucked and would never get his title back, the Nomad would regain the International title. He said that Reckoning was still over three weeks away, so he wouldn't reveal any of his strategy just yet, but he warned Marz to prepare himself for the worst at Reckoning!

The Game, Triple H, made his way to the ring next for an opportunity to become the number one contender for the heavyweight title. Violent J jigged his way to the ring accompanied by Paul Heyman who looked extremely confident. Violent J jumped into the ring and got in the face of Triple H, encouraging Triple H to throw the first punch! The game drove Violent J to the turnbuckle, where he put the beat down with a hard shoulder thrust, and then planted a big knee on the fallen J. He picked him up and went off the ropes, hitting a big running knee lift. Violent J looked to be in a world of hurt as Heyman smacked the canvas trying to revive his client. The game hooked up with a front face lock, but J reversed it with a snap suplex! He picked Triple H up and dropped him with a t-bone, and then a nice neck breaker. Triple H went off the ropes looking for a knee, but J dropped under it and caught the game with a spinebuster slam. J hooked up for the psycho flip and finished it, scoring the one, two, three.

Rockey Rakesh ran down to the ring and tried to take down both Violent J and Triple H with his heavyweight title when Michael Lucifer ran down to the ring! He cleaned up throwing Violent J over the top rope with a throat toss. He took Rockey Rakesh down with a big boot, and then clamped down with his hand around Triple H's neck looking for a chokeslam, but the game hit a low blow and dropped Lucifer with a pedigree! Triple H took a microphone and told Lucifer that they were going to end things next week on Civil Action in an indie rules match. Before stomping down on the fallen Lucifer as Aftershock came to a rocking conclusion.