Sunday, May 11, 2003

ICWW: Kingdom Come

Stat-Man and Buddy Luv were hyped as was the crowd with Kingdom Come opening to a nice montage of the various superstars and feuds airing later in the night. They informed the crowd that there would be an additional match featuring Eric Angle and a surprise superstar, and they had information that Banging, although not scheduled for a match, was somewhere in the arena, his motivations unclear.
 
Chaos Drone & Trojan went to a no contest
Things started quickly with Trojan really dominating the much smaller Chaos Drone. Trojan tossed him around with big throat tosses and suplexes, before the Drone bought himself some time, using his speed to a great advantage. Chris Benoit soon presented himself in the ring and attacked both superstars, taking Trojan out with a steel chair and then locking on the crossface submission on Chaos Drone. The referee declared the attack even sided, and called a no contest.
 
Backstage Triple H was in the back psyching himself up for his no holds barred encounter with the little fire cracker, Rockey Rakesh. He picked up a sledge hammer, allowing a menacing smirk to cross his face, before bursting out into laughter.
 
The Hurricane d. Twisted Sanity
ICWW's resident super dude raced down to the ring to face off against his rival, Twisted Sanity, and made light work of him.
Twisted went off the ropes and ended up diving face first straight into the turnbuckle, missing what appeared to be a spear attempt! The Hurricane tied up and dropped him with a hurracanrana, and finished it with the eye of the hurricane.
 
Eric Angle d. Bill Goldberg
Eric Angle headed down to the ring for a surprise addition to the card. Angle had the heavy task of facing the returning Goldberg! The two big men tied it up, Goldberg winning the struggle initially and enforcing his authority with a series of hard right hands. Eric Angle soon found his way back into the match, using his impressive Greco-Roman skills to take a firm grip on the match against the powerful, brawling Goldberg.
Goldberg looking for the spear, but missed it, instead coming back right into the hands of Eric, and his Angle slam.
 
Buddy Luv and Stat-Man took a break to stare up at the looming steel cage hanging from the ceiling. Reflecting on the interesting feud that was built between Loopster and the Rising star, the king of England - Dez Burnett.
 
Rockey Rakesh was backstage with Albert Beefcake to discuss his heavyweight championship match against Triple H. Rakesh said that he had a lot of people supporting him, and even though he wasn't as big or strong as Triple H, he was fast and he had motivation. He sent a get well to his bhai Mike Lucifer, and then put the word out that tonight he would be champ.
 
Steel Cage Hardcore Championship match
Dez Burnett d. Loopster (c)

The hardcore champion headed down to the ring first as the steel cage was lowered, preparing himself for perhaps the biggest test he would face in his run as champion. Dez Burnett headed to the ring and went straight on the offensive with an amazing spinning heel kick. Loopster actually had an opportunity to play the power game against his much smaller opponent, using a military press slam to throw him into the cage! Burnett was caught on the top rope, and using it to catch some air with a big cross body block! Loopster made an attempt at the sick factor, but was amazingly countered into a head scissor takedown. Burnett looked to climb the cage, but stopped just short of the top, surprising all with a wall crawler moonsault! Loopster struggled to his feet as Burnett climbed the cage, and managed to grab him by the foot, whipping him down with a dragon screw. Loopster started climbing the cage slowly, only to have the much fresher, and smarter, Burnett sneak out through the door, scoring the easy win!
 
Chris Benoit was backstage with Albert Beefcake who asked him what he thought of Dez Burnett winning the hardcore title.
Benoit said he didn't give a damn about any cage match, he was all about aggression, toothless aggression, and he showed that by taking apart Trojan and Chaos Drone. He said that he made some very bad decisions in the past, and he was here to rectify that by doing something he never did, and win the biggest match of his career, by taking one of the top gold in ICWW.
 
Tag Team Championship match
Statix & Jason Shamrock (c) VS Shaggy 2 Dope & Violent J

The Dark Lotus headed to the ring first, accompanied by Violent J's manager Paul Heyman. The Juggalos danced up a storm in the ring as the intense combination of Statix and Jason Shamrock headed to the ring next, tag team champions.
Jason Shamrock appeared to be limping, suffering from the attack he received just two days ago on Aftershock from the Lotus. Statix and J tied up, kicking things off with J taking Statix down with an impressive gut wrench suplex. J continued the suplex assault, tagging Shaggy 2 Dope in for an impressive double vertical suplex on Statix. The tag champ was unable to reach his corner to make the tag for most of the match, but when he finally did Paul Heyman struck the referee from behind! Violent J and Shaggy took Shamrock out with steel chair shots, and then clocked Statix in a chairtoe sandwhich! As the referee came to Violent J went for the cover but Statix still kicked out! Statix managed to fight back with kicks, and make the tag, as did Violent J, leaving it to come down to a one on one, Shamrock taking it away by locking in the ankle lock! No one could stop the injured Shamrock who clamped down like a vice with the ankle lock, forcing Dope to tap. The Dark Lotus continued the assault after the match, using chairs to take out both Shamrock and Statix.
 
While Statix and Shamrock were tended to, Buddy Luv and Stat-Man ran down the heavyweight championship match, with an interesting highlight reel of the lead up, stretching right back to when Triple H first won the heavyweight championship back at IWA/ICWW: Dark Carnival!
 
No Holds Barred Heavyweight Championship match
Rockey Rakesh d. Triple H (c)

Rockey Rakesh headed to the ring first for what guaranteed to be a brutal match with no holds barred competition. It was destined to be less a wrestling match, and more of a scrap fight. The Game headed to the ring with sledge hammer in hand, psyching the fire cracker out. Triple H went on the attack but Rakesh saw it coming, blocking the sledge hammer shot and taking him down with a right hand. Rakesh got rid of the hammer and went on the attack with hard boxing punches.
He followed up with a spinning heel kick, and with Triple H down on the ropes, he hit the 619! Triple H headed to the outside while Rakesh showed his love for the crowd, allowing Triple H to sneak up behind with a steel chair! Triple H was looking to do some serious damage, attacking Rakesh brutally with wild chair shots to the spine and legs. He continued the attack, with a savage knee drop, using his full weight to hit the back. Rakesh managed to save himself with a second wind, unleashing a boxing combo, and driving Triple H into the turnbuckle, where he slingshot him across the ring with a monkey toss! Rakesh went to the outside to find a trash can, but Triple H went out the other side to get his sledge hammer, and used it to slam the trash can straight back at Rakesh. Triple H froze as theme music exploded in the arena, followed by a huge explosion of fire at the stage, where Michael Lucifer raced down to the ring and chokeslammed Triple H!
He retreated to the back quickly to the surprise of everyone, leaving Rakesh to his own devices where he hit the Indian powerbomb and scored the pin fall! Rakesh took the heavyweight title and celebrated in the corner while his new main event theme song sounded through the arena! He didn't want to leave the ring, enjoying the crowd so much.
 
Backstage Albert Beefcake tried to stop Michael Lucifer who was storming past for questioning. Lucifer glared at Beefcake, who asked him how he was, and told him that Albert could find out what the experience was like first hand if he kept talking to him.
 
International Championship match
Marz d. The Nomad (c)

The challenger headed to the ring first alone, Marz, taking to the turnbuckle and standing on the outside with his arms straight out, waiting for the champion. The Nomad headed down to the ring with the international championship belt around his waist. The two superstars stood square in the ring, looking on at their opponent for what was no doubt destined to be a devastating match. The two tied up, Nomad getting the early advantage with a nice side headlock, sending the challenger into the ropes and taking him down with a diving forearm. Marz battled back with stinging chops and then a rolling wheel kick, sending the champ to the corner. Marz capitalized on the situation with a shocking top rope tornado DDT, driving the Nomad head first into the mat. Marz stood at his fallen opponents head and taunted, allowing the Nomad an opportunity to mount a surprise second wind with a monkey toss. He followed it up with a nice crescent kick and then signaled for the end and hit the bible black! The champ looked for the cover, but Marz managed to kick out! the Nomad locked up for a second bible black, but Marz battled out of it, countering the move with a nice urnagai! As Nomad struggled to his feet Marz went off the turnbuckle with a spring board kick and went for the cover, but only got a two count! Marz went upstairs again looking for a moonsault, but the Nomad was able to get to the top rope, and shake Marz off balance. Perched atop the turnbuckle, Nomad brought the challenger crashing down with a top rope belly to back superplex! Nomad looked for a pin fall, but Marz got the foot on the ropes! He tied up for another bible black, but Marz again countered, this time with an evenflow DDT! He picked him up and dropped the Nomad with the spiral bomb, unbeknownst to the referee illegally using the ropes for elevation to score the pin!
 
The Nomad struggled to take in exactly what had just happened as he staggered on the outside, Marz being awarded the International championship belt, and standing in the ring with arms out, holding the world title in his right fist! The Nomad threw a fit at ringside, before racing into the ring to vent some frustration, only to be taken down with a crescent kick from Marz! Marz stood over Nomad as KC ended.

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