Can you help this insane collector?

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1HBK vs 3The Rock
2Hiroshi Tanahashi vs 5Ricky "The Dragon" Steamboat
4 Brian Pillman vs 7Bruno Sanmartino
413Arn Anderson & Tully Blanchard vs 612The Undisputed Era
6Adam Cole Vs 9Matt Riddle
10Hugh "Wolverine" Jackman vs 15Tyler "Sabertooth" Mane
8Shaynavs11

press conference

Hiroshi Tanahashi heel IWGP champ intro
Brian Pillman in the crowd - not a BWA employee - challenge

The Rock's signing is announced by celeb host who then introduces Arn & Tully and finally answers a question about Pillman confirming that he is not signed to a BWA deal.


Arrogant heel HBK is in a bad mood and says he has been promised the BWA title but will have to win it in the main event of the 1st show of the draft season. Complains about all the promises not met in the draft - Vince McMahon was supposed to be brought in to run things etc. Calls Tanahashi the champ below him but says that everyone is below him. Says the promotion has gottent the best from Japan, the best in tag teams and the best from NXT but that it doesn't matter what your name is in the BWA this year, you can call yourself the champion of the Universe or the people for all he cares this year he proves why he is the best of all time.


Tanahashi vs w/Dean Ambrose on commentary scouting
interrupted by Pillman who takes out Tanahashi and signs a contract on him then gives the "lunatic fringe a crazed stare"

Arn & Tully def Bill & Bob

HBK vs BWAWHC
winner: HBK
Post match celebrations interrupted The Rock

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BWA Roster 2016
1. Shawn Michaels
2. Hiroshi Tanahashi
3. The Rock
4. Brian Pillman
4. Arn Anderson
5. Ricky Steamboat
6. Jerry "The King" Lawler
7. New Age Outlaws
8. Chyna
9. Tessa Blanchard
10. Andre The Giant
10. Haku / Meng

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BWA Roster 2016
1. Shawn Michaels
2. Hiroshi Tanahashi
3. The Rock
4. Brian Pillman
4. Arn Anderson
5. Ricky Steamboat
6. Jerry "The King" Lawler
7. New Age Outlaws
8. Chyna
9. Tessa Blanchard
10. Andre The Giant
10. Haku / Meng

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BWA Roster 2016
1. Shawn Michaels
2. Hiroshi Tanahashi
3. The Rock
4. Brian Pillman
4. Arn Anderson
5. Ricky Steamboat
6. Jerry "The King" Lawler
7. New Age Outlaws
8. Chyna
9. Tessa Blanchard
10. Andre The Giant
10. Haku / Meng
11. Bruno Sammartino

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BWA Roster 2016
1. Shawn Michaels
2. Hiroshi Tanahashi
3. The Rock
4. Brian Pillman
4. Arn Anderson
5. Ricky Steamboat
6. Jerry "The King" Lawler
7. New Age Outlaws
8. Chyna
9. Tessa Blanchard
10. Andre The Giant
10. Haku / Meng
11. Bruno Sammartino

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Judgement Day 2000 Sounds good, the match was meant to be a stormer.

I don't particularly mind Sky tapings either, although if they're recorded in LP, it's a nightmare to capture (frames drop like mad!).

SS2001 - Present i pretty much have on DVD, but if you're up for a trade, PM me.
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Welcome to BWA Monday Night Raw recaps
Recorded Live from Madison Square Garden among a host of other sold out venues

While you were away (Since my last post) a lot has happened in the BWA, so much so that the BWA Boards spokesperson Muhammad Ali has just announced via BWA.com the card for This Sunday's BWA Wrestlepalooza. For this broadcast we thought we would give you a little context for each booked match by looking over the past few weeks events. This is what lead the company to the first 2 night, 2 venue PPV in draft history

Crowning a BWA Womens Champion

The Fabulous Moolah
Mae Young
Chyna
Tessa Blanchard

There are 4 main dynamics that got highlighted in the build here:

"Best friend" Mae Young is essentially portrayed as being bullied and pushed around by Moolah. Despite thinking and producing in the ring like her equal Moolah treats Young like a lacky who is beneath her. This creates a dynamic where despite being a heel with her in the build there is an undercurrent of support for Mae Young to go face against Moolah.

Chyna w/D-Generation X facing off against Tessa w/ The Brain Busters. these two tag teams / faction members clashed in the run up to Wrestlepalooza and Chyna and Tessa could not helps get involved. This made it even tougher for them when they were forced to team together in Montrael to face Moolah and Mae Young in tag action.

Tessa wanting to prove herself to everyone including Moolah who looks down on the new generation and Tessa's accomplishments (TNA etc)
stating that she wont be considered an underdog once everyone sees her on the grandest stage of Wrestlepalooza.

"You cannot bully me" Chyna to Moolah, Chyna hinted at Moolah having a past of being a bully and even though some could argue she herself has been trying to bully Blanchard but those two are enemies so her calling Moolah out for how she treats Mae Young isn't ironic but Chyna is keen to emphasize that nobody can bully her.

The Match

Muhammad Ali made a blockbuster announcement on the show where Chyna and Tessa Blanchard were forced to tag together to face The Fabulous Moolah and Mae Young, when at the end of that match he announced that there would be a tournament at the upcoming PPV to crown a new BWA womens champion and that all four of those women were going to be taking part. He also states that the draw for the matches in this knockout tournament had already been made and that on the first night of Wrestlepalooza we would have the following two match ups:

Tournie Semi-finals
Chyna vs Tessa Blanchard
Mae Young vs The Fabulous Moolah

This ties into tessa's Wrestlepalooza pledge and allows her the perfect opportunity to prove herself to everyone on the grandest stage as her rivalry with DX's (who are also feuding with her father) Chyna up a notch. Most noteworthy however is that after this announcement and on the final Raw before the PPV Mae Young finally stood up to Moolah to a great face pop. No longer would she play second fiddle and allow herself to be pushed around, she (in her words) was going to be "the next BWA womens champion".

The winner of both those match ups will then face each other on the 2nd day of Wrestlepalooza live from Croke Park in Ireland.

Who is the hardest man in Professional Wrestling?

Haku
Minoru Sazuki

When the BWA returned from Japan there were many things that people were talking about but there was only one thing Minoru Sazuki was talking about... Haku! He cut a scathing promo about how the so called hardest man in Pro Wrestling had avoided responding to him but promised the fans that he will get his hand on him and that when he did this would happen. At which point a jobber from Fiji comes out only to receive a hell of a beating. Suzuki could have ended it a few times in fact but extended the mans agony.

Later in the night however Haku showing no fear and clearly ticked off by Sazuki's antics attacked the leader of Suzuki-gun backstage, tossing him through a window in the process. As hard as it is to believe this one actually escalated week on week in the build up to Wrestlepalooza and at no point let up. The following show for instance Sazuki interrupted Haku's match with a vicious assault and pulls out a satchel full of glass shards (the commentators posit could be from the previous week) that he spreads across the center of the canvass and then despite struggling to set him up on the 2nd turnbuckle eventually is able to hit Haku a big backdrop onto the glass. The powers that be in the BWA tried to book them in matches that also showcased other feuds building to the biggest PPV of the year such as Haku/Andre/Lawler vs Sazuki/Bruno/Pillman (in which tension between Sazuki and his teammates was already being talked up) but each time Haku & Sazuki would just target and brawl with each other no matter what was happening and their interactions were always extreme. So much so that it was decided that when they faced each other at Wrestlepalooza and as it was being billed to decide the toughest man in pro wrestling, it simply had to be under no disqualification rules.

No Disqualification Match: Haku vs Minoru Sazuki

Can The BWA fix it for Jimmy?

BWA Bounty Hunter and the boards celebrity GM character Muhammad Ali vehemently denied wanting any involvement from this man but... it happened. He randomly appeared on the titantron and announced because BWA Wrestlepalooza Night 1 (London) is taking place in his homeland he can't help but make those rumors reality and says he will show up for a match on that show. Each time this video appeared the men in charge at the promotion denounced the message furious it somehow got to air, stating that if Savile actually shows up he will be trespassing and police have been notified of his intentions.

will he really show up?

When Legends Collide

Bruno Sammartino
Andre The Giant

Bruno Sammartino when interviewed on show 1 stated he would be challenging someone he has never faced before to a historic bout at this years BWA Wrestlepalooza in Madison square garden the following week. When that show rolled around The Living Legend was being interviewed backstage when his good friend Andre the Giant walked past. Bruno greeted him and explained about the historic challenge he was about to make, talking it up as the best clash of champions we never got to see. Andre has a big grin on his face and looks on waiting and thinking enough build up, time for the reveal

Bruno then states that he wanted to challenge the winner of last weeks match to crown a new BWA champion. He talks up how he can be a real litmus test for a so called king and tha..... Andre grabs Bruno around the throat and then flings him into the wall. The Giant completely caught the former champion unawares and he wasn't ready for the savage beating that followed either.

It soon became apparent that Andre felt the once in a lifetime match up between huge stars who had never faced each other before should have been him vs Sammartino. The attack being done in Madison Square Garden (where Bruno was King) maximized the heat from the crowd as a nice little bonus too.

After the attack Andre when interviewed cuts a heel promo using these points:

Andre was the giant, he never needed the title to draw a crowd. He could fill the house without having to be in a title match, but because he was Andre! Because of this we never got Andre vs Bruno. He states that is the real historic bout Bruno should have been issuing a challenge for but "I'm sorry, Bruno is a coward" he states. Suggesting Bruno knew he would lost if he ever faced him and that if If Andre won, Bruno lost the title - which was an important part of him drawing crowds, without which his value diminishes. Andre says if Bruno had ever had the courage to face him he never would have been the Living Legend suggesting if that if they face each other it will be more like a burial!

The following week Bruno makes the challenge Andre said he should have originally saying that Andre needed to be taken down a peg. Shooting back as he does saying he was the champ for years and that if Andre had the balls to face him he could have but he never did. He suggested that Andre was afraid that if he lost, hed no longer be the unbeatable giant in the minds of the people. Bruno even ponders if people would have realized he was never a "wrestler", more just a side show attraction to the real main event.

The Match was set: Legend vs Legend, Bruno Sammartino vs Andre The Giant, a simple story of the arguably two biggest names in an Industry needing to know who was the best. One the heel (Andre), but his feeling deserving and overlooked for this match is one the audience understand and the proceeding weeks make him look like a monster as he destroys a number of jobbers. The other the face, but as we see from his words Bruno is being pushed by Andre and responding with fire. On TV this feud hits it's highest note perhaps when Andre & Haku who are playing backup to World champion Jerry The King Lawler all team up on the PPV go home show in a 6man tag against Bruno, Minoru Suzuki & Brian Pillman. There was a buffer between them that night which allowed both men look strong but who will stand tall when these two Icons face off in a BWA ring at Wrestlepalooza.

The Old School vs The New Age

Arn Anderson & Tully Blanchard
New Age Outlaws

We saw on the BWA's first night back that The Brainbusters, Arn Anderson & Tully Blanchard earned themselves a tag team title opportunity after a victory via disqualification against The Colossal connection, Andre the Giant & Haku. The following monday we found out who they would face for the gold when The New Age Outlaws took on The Windham brothers.

During the match, Kendall Windham unbeknownst to his brother seems to have twisted his ankle and immediately tags out. As Barry then takes on Billy Gunn 1 on 1 Kendall drops off the apron and sits on the mat outside seemingly being unable to stand. Barry finds this out later when he needs to tag out and his brother is nowhere to be seen. This is when the match swings completely in the Outlaws direction as they double team their one remaining opponent and after a pumphandle slam and a fame-asser the decision is a fundamental one yet is still confirmed by the 3 count. Kendall is finally back up on the apron as the 3 count takes place and his four horseman brother looks pretty annoyed at him as he immediately exits the ring. (continued later)

The focus however was on the victors as Road Dogg & Billy Gunn cut a promo post match talking about how they are coming for the tag titles.

The main focus of which seems to be that in the minds of Degeneration-X, the BWA is living in the past with people like Steamboat, Bruno or even bringing back nostalgia hits from Hollywood (like The Rock). That their opponents tonight were the past (they also drop a few nods to Arn & Tully too insinuating the four horsemen were the past and they were the future) but that we were now entering a New Age, The Age Of The Outlaws.

It was the next week however when this one got kicked up a level however when Arn Anderson cut a promo referencing how he had already seen this being billed as The Old School vs The New School but Arn says the new generation should not have to be tarred with that brush and starts a laundry list of incidents involving Road Dogg and Billy Gunn's indiscretions in the past even referencing his antics with Boards.ie's own Pinky. It wasn't that, that kicked it up a level however it was the response when the Outlaws came out and admitted that Yep they were degenerates and Yep Road Dogg adds Arn really is Old School and The Buck Stops With Him before Gunn quips yeah Tylene Buck. Chyna who is backing them up adds in "You mean Major Gunns? She was working the last umm movie I made." Road Dogg suggests that Anderson had a well-known reputation for allegedly tricking naïve young female talent like model Tylene Buck into sleeping with him by pretending he had influence backstage but before he could add anymore Anderson just lost it and charged at them with a Brawl ensuing. The rage he was in lead to him being isolated at first and making a mistake plus Chyna being out there made it even worse as The Brainbusters took a beating. Tessa Blanchard came sprinting down to try to even things up and help her dad out but her arrival was too late.

The match was set The New Age Outlaws vs The Brainbusters for the BWA Tag Team Titles but things were not that simple DX brought with them not only The New Age Outlaws but HBK Shawn Michaels and Chyna. Issues arose with the weekly actions of such members. We had HBK as a Diva of the highest order, Chyna being a bully in the womens division and matches such as DX vs The Brainbusters and The Rock. The Rock backs up The Brainbusters narrative of the New Age outlaws being a blight on the tag division of the BWA. The whole time the announcers highlight that despite it being The Rock delivering a verbal beatdown it's Arn Anderson who really wants to shove the NAOs words down their throat instead of sidehouse and shoved straight up their candy billy gunns as the Rock suggests.

he will get that opportunity at Wrestlepalooza, don't miss it!

The Brothers Windham

Yes Barry Windham blamed his brother for their defeat and elimination from the tag team qualifiers and was clearly annoyed after the fact but he did not take his annoyance or disappointment out on his brother. He didn't need to anyway as Kendall would beat himself up (not physically) over it far more than his brother ever would. He gave interviews over the next week including one on BWA Raw where he said he felt he was letting his brother down. He knew his brother was a member of the 4 horsemen and not him for a reason, he was the little brother, he could never be as good as his big brother. Then on Raw they again lost in tag action and Kendall again took the pin and seemingly blamed himself again. They following week however he did not seem as dejected but said it was because he had organised for his brother to show how good he could be without him by going to the powers to be and getting him a singles match....vs Shawn Michaels!

At first Barry was annoyed but his brother syched him up and he was believing he could take on the Heart Break Kid before the match rolled round. He didn'. Nope, it was HBK all the way and Barry took a beating in the process. His brother came into the ring after words to help him get to his feet but SWERVE he hits his Lariat O'Doom on Barry which he follows up with his Powerbomb O'Doom. He then grabs a Mic and says that everything he had been saying in interviews isn't what he himself believed but what he thought his brother believed. Never once did his brother call him up on anything he said but none of it did he himself believe, what he believes is it's time to step out of his older brothers shadow. He then stated that the only singles match he wants to see his brother in is one versus himself at Wrestlepalooza.

This match has been set for the Night 1 Pre-Show Main Event of the two night PPV extravaganza.

]The Pure-oresu wrestling main event

Ricky Steamboat
Hiroshi Tanahashi

The ultimate babyface wrestler Ricky "The Dragon" Steamboat and the man the announcers talk of as having saved pure wrestling in Japan Hiroshi Tanahashi seemed liked a perfect match for each other... at least that's what Steamboat believed. To do so he had to convince the current and record setting eight-time IWGP Heavyweight Champion and Ace of New Japan to face him. Plus in terms of best pure wrestlers this is (the draft so we get people at their peak so i'm talking) 2012/3 Tanahashi, the man who won wrestling observers wrestler, most outstanding wrestler, match & feuds of the year in both those years.

Perhaps these acolades had gone to Tanahashi's head however and he put Ricky in his perceived place (a place he saw as below himself and the IWGP world championship) at the season opening press conference before laughing in his (Steamboat's) face as he challenged him again the next night. Steamboat had just beaten a big Japanese star and a former rival of Tanahashi's but the champ did not care. What did Steamboat have to do to convince him otherswise?

He went on a run of defeating mid to low level superstars in very impressive showings and after each one called out Tanahashi usually noting his trilogy of matches with Ric Flair and similar such points as to why he is worthy of his place at the top table and that the IWGP champ must know that and be afraid to face him. The Ace of New Japan had been trying to drum up support for a Champion vs Champion bout with the BWA world champion but now Steamboat was who had always said wanted his chance to fight for what he sees as the championship held by not the best Sports Entertainers but the best pure wrestlers in the world was now changing his tune. Positing that maybe he had it wrong and that if Tanahashi is too much of a coward to face him maybe he should go straight for a real champion as he challenges BWA World Champion Jerry The King Lawler to a bout himself. Seemingly he caught the champ and management on a good week and much to Tanahashi's chagrin 2 weeks out from the PPV it was made the main event on BWA Raw.

Steamboat was pushing the champ (whose own challenger had been removed from the arena earlier in the night) to the limit in a great TV main event that went nearly twenty minutes but by no means was about to win when Tanahashi who had come down to ringside early on in the bout snapped and charges the ring attacking The Dragon. This obviously caused a DQ finish and cost Steamboat his title opportunity, I doubt he was too fond of the beatdown that followed either. That said he has seemingly proved that he was in the top tier of talent as when he was interviewed later Tanahashi finally accepted his challenge for an IWGP title match at Wrestlepalooza.

The following week at the go home show to BWA Wrestlepalooza the match was made official with a contract signing. IWGP World Championship Match: Hiroshi Tanahashi (c) vs Ricky "The Dragon" Steamboat.

The King and the Wildcard

Jerry Lawler
Brian Pillman

Week 1 was a whirlwind for The One True King of Professional Wrestling Jerry "The King" Lawler. He was one of only a handful of people to speak to the press at the BWA press conference. Stating he had come to the promotion to challenge for one of the only titles we hadn't won in his career (either the IWGP or BWA world title) before a man who he correctly pointed out hadn't even got a contract with the BWA interrupted him. Brian Pillman among all the reporters was claiming he could kick the Kings a$s. He was removed by security before he could get physical with The King but the next night when The King was about to wrestle in the main event there he was again at ringside and, once again there he was being removed by security after he tries to take a swing at Lawler during his entrance. I'm sure he would have loved to stay around and see what happened next however as the man who earlier in the night said he would take on and beat Pillman anytime anyplace went on to win the BWA World Heavyweight Title against Shawn Michaels.

Jerry Lawler was now the BWA World champion! and the next night he made sure to announce this to the world with an elaborate title celebration but he wasn't alone. In stead he introduced his King's Court, his insurance policy against people like HBK seeking vengeance with the help of the rest of DX. Making up his Court is another person of Royal lineage, a former King of The Ring Winner, King Haku. Alongside him is the 3rd and final member of the group and Haku's partner from the Colossal Connection, Andre The Giant.

Who would go up against such a formidable team? That is actually Lawler's question but one he answers himself when he states that he will be a fighting champion and that that night he would defend his title. He talks up the person he is going to fight stating that he only wants to face the best now that people like HBK should get to the back of the line after he defeated him... Then drops it. His handpicked opponent in his first defense will be none other than...Brian Christopher aka The former Grandmaster Sexay and Jerry Lawlers son. A fact he acts like he is oblivious to as the commentary team bemoan the fact that it looks like The One True King in Professional wrestling could be the one True King of the BWA for some time.

Later in the night when that when that match has just began things take a different turn however with Brian Pillman hoping the guard rail at ring side and sliding into the ring. Both lawlers stop in their tracks and a three way stare down occurs with Jerry and his sone reticent to move on Pillman as he has his Cane in hand. He points it in Lawler's face and as he does Andre gets up on the apron. Lawler however gestures for Andre to get back down (which he does) and tries to speak to The Loose Cannon. Futile endeavor that as a few seconds later Pillman raises his finger to his lips to sush him before one one swift move cracks his Cane across Christopher's head and Lawler's son drops to the mat. Before anyone except the ref (who calls for a DQ finish) moves Pillman has the cane once again pointed Lawler.

The King looked shocked and seemed set in stone for a few seconds because of it as Pillman again sushed him, gestured for Lawler to wait where he was and then with his free hand pulled out a pieced of paper from his jeans. He dropped it on the lifeless body of Brian Christopher and then moved back behind it giving him enough distance he could comfortably drop his cane for a second and produce a pen and then sign the paper. He immediately rolled out of the ring and marched up the ramp and into the back as the ref picks up the piece of paper and shows it to The King show is now joined by Andre & Haku. The cameraman zooms in on the paper and we find out it is a BWA contract, Lawler does not look happy too as it zooms in on his face but Pillman is smiling from ear to ear as he disappears into the back.

The One True King of PW quickly tries to backtrack on his statement about being willing to fight Pillman anytime, anyplace saying that Pillman hadn't done anything to deserve a title shot. Pillman said he could prove him wrong however and challenged Lawler to a 3 on 1 no hold barred match, Pillman vs The King and his Court! Would beating all 3 of them make him worthy of a title shot? Jerry seems to agree it would saying "The Loose Cannon" isn't just a name and that Pillman must be crazy to make such a challenge but ok.

The Only Crazy Pillman is however, is crazy like a fox ,as when that match is about to take place and The King and his Court are in the ring he makes his entrance but isn't alone. Haku & Andre's wrestlepalooza opponents were with him and this 3 on 1 became a 3 on 3 or more honestly a 1 on 1 with Bruno/Andre fighting to the back and Haku/Minoru Sazuki fight through the crowd. The bell had been rung however and the match had started and Pillman was once again using his cane to get the upper hand on The King. Unfortunately for him however this did not last long as someone else who had issues's with Pillman, Brian Lawler came sprinting down to ringside to backup his dad. It had become a 2 on 1 fight and for a few minutes we saw the confidence or more appropriately arrogance return to The King. That is until, while father and son advance on Pillman he let's out a loud war cry before throwing his hand up in the air. He is making a symbol of some sort with his hand, what is it wonders Jerry but as soon it comes into focus it is already clear. It's the Four Horseman gesture! and it's already clear because Arn Anderson, Tully Blanchard and Barry Windham have all hit the ring. Meer moments later and The Four Horsemen stand over the two lawlers in the centre of the ring and Pillman places his foot on The King's chest as the ref counts 1 - 2 - 3!

Once again the following week The King tries to backtrack on his word that he'd face Pillman but this time the BWA board in the form of BWA Bounty Hunter and their spokesperson Muhammad Ali stepped in and made a match between them official. No longer anytime or anyplace but set in stone (for Wrestlepalooza) Lawler seems spooked. The commentary team even note that Pillman seems to have had him on the backfoot the whole time so far which prompts Lawler to make what he calls "a special arrangement" for the biggest PPV of the year. Nobody knows exactly what he is referring to by this but once he says he has organized it he seems overly confident and somewhat arrogant again aka acting like The True King of Professional Wrestling again. No doubt this also had something to do with the other horsemen being occupied at Wrestlepalooza with Barry Windham having been viciously attacked by his brother and The Brainbusters having to deal with the New Age Outlaws.

What could this special arrangement be? Will The King's Court rule supreme? Or will a Loose Cannon lead the way? The BWA title will be on the line in this one, don't fail to tune into the BWA Network for Wrestlepalooza to find out!

BWA World Title Match: Jerry "The King" Lawler vs Brian Pillman

Bigger Than the title?

The Rock
HBK

The Rock was not expected to be in Tokyo and perhaps it was HBK's words at the BWA press conference the night before that lead to his early arrival in the company but the leader of DX in the BWA was certainly not happy about this as he was Interviewed backstage the following week.
He insults the Rock, saying he was a 2nd rate Schwarzenegger whose best wrestling days were behind him or as he says in the interview riffing on The Rock himself that he should have known his role shut his mouth and stayed in Hollywood where he can be scripted to be a winner because he is going to get his a$s kicked here in the BWA. Once he composes himself however he says that he deserves a rematch for the title that The Rock cost him last week and that in tonight's main event he will call out the champ (Jerry Lawler).

Main event time: Oh You Didn't Know... NAO come down and introduced Michael's but instead of HBK, The Rock's music hits and out comes the great one who lays a beating down on both of them before calling for Michael's to do as promised and get his ass out there. When he doesn't come out The Rock cuts a promo explaining his feelings towards Michael's and why finally came to the BWA and agreed to fight him.

The Rock: Finally….. The Rock, Has come back to… Wrestling! and finally the Rock has come to the BWA.

First time ever, can you believe it, The Jabroni beating, pie eating, trailblazing, eyebrow raising, the BEST in the present, future and past and if you don’t like me…. you can kiss The People’s ass!

Speaking of people who can kiss the People's ass, Shawn Michaels The Rock will slap that crooked eye straight. Just you wait and let me tell you all why, why after all these years of people and promotions asking me to face you I finally relented. The Rock finally didn't tell them to shut their damn mouths and avoid having to talk about you but instead said Just Bring it! You see most people know you were a Jabroni in the past, they have heard that you were a d!ck to my grandma but they never heard about how much you tried to stop the Rock from becoming a star. How you were in Vinnie Mac's ear trying to keep The Rock down so his boy HHH could rise up the ranks. Why didn't everyone here about your moves against me? cos The Rock saw you had changed, you had found god, you were apparently a better person. Then why in the blue hell could you not keep your piehole shut? You just could not resist bad mouthing The Rock could you?

Half way through this prom Billy Gunn stirs and gets back to his feet & then at the end of it Road Dogg does so with both recieving extra Rock Bottom's for the trouble before the Rock signs off

The Rock:So Michaels, you brought this upon yourself, your words made me break my silence. You want to go One on One with the Great One? Well after all these years of saying no, I've got just 3 words for you... Just Bring it! ... If you smell what The Rock….. is….. cookin!

The following week HBK responds, sets the date (Wrestlepalooza) and a trap for the Rock as Billy Gunn has taken umbridge with the Rock's assault on him last week has been granted a Street Fight with the Great One. Despite knowing that he is walking into a potential ambush the Rock made his in ring return in this match but it wasn't long before D-Generation X made their presence known at ringside. First almost from the get go when as soon as action left the ring Road Dogg got involved. Then just before Chyna came down to the ring The Rock was actually able to pick up the win with a Rock Bottom to Gunn on a chair after first throwing Road Dogg into the ringpost before a 3 count. The fighting didn't stop with that however and Chyna hit the rock from behind with a monitor from the announcers desk. Her and the now more fresh Road Dogg tossed The Rock back into the ring where they are soon once again joined by Gunn and it is not long before their 3on1 beatdown is joined by HBK. This beatdown is then topped off by Dwayne being placed on a chair as HBK hit a big elbow drop from the top rope, then after some theatrics Michael's delivering Sweet Chin Music on The Rock before pinning him despite there being no referee and this being no match. In unison Chyna and the New Age Outlaws do a loud 3 count before getting up with HBK and lifting his hand. The segment ended with a torrent of boos.

The following week when The Rock is announced as having to miss the show due to filming (something he apparently missed when he turned up early at the Tokyo Dome) HBK and the boys have a field day saying they ran him off to Hollywood. They did seem happy though as the Outlaws and Chyna were busy tonight anyway with Arn, Tully, Tessa and the rest of the womens division. Speaking of the former horsewomen it was their former cohort Barry Windham that was facing Shawn Michaels and almost got a surprise win this night when The Rock's music hit during their match and he tried to roll up HBK. Michaels popped up before 3 though and immediately hit Sweet Chin Music for the win. By the time the ref counted 3 however the Rock had also hit the ring but he brought with him a chair and caught Shawn hard with it. Then in the same manner as when he defeated Billy Gunn last week he picked HBK up and Rock Bottomed him onto the chair. moments later BWA officials, security and afterwards the Outlaws and Chyna charge down to the ring to remove The Rock and as the announcers say save this for their massive PPV main event level match up.

Official Card for the 2 night extravaganza known as Wrestlepalooza 2019:

Night1 - Wembley Stadium, London

Pre show: loser leaves town match - Barry vs Kendall Windham

BWA Womens title tournament: The Great Moolah vs Mae Young
Chyna vs Tessa Blanchard

Legends Match: Andre The Giant vs Bruno Sammartino

IWGP World championship match: Hiroshi Tanahashi vs Ricky "The Dragon" Steamboat

And will Jimmy Saville show up?

Night2 - Croke Park, Dublin

Pre show: Brian Lawler has promised a pre-show main event.

No Holds Barred: Haku vs Minoru Suzuki

Womens Tournament Final: Chyna/Blanchard vs Mae/Moolah

BWA Tag Team Title Match: Arn Anderson & Tully Blanchard vs The New Age Outlaws

Icons Collide: Shawn Michaels vs The Rock

BWA World Title Match: "Loose Cannon" Brian Pillman vs Jerry "The King" Lawler

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Welcome to the BWA official press conference!
Live from The historic korakuen hall — Tokyo, Japan

Bounty Hunter: Welcome back to the BWA everyone! We have a lot to tell you about as we kick off our draft season but you don't want to be hearing any of it from me, you want to hear from our stars starting with a returning star who I want to also welcome back to the company as god knows he is a better talker than myself so can take over here. I give you... Muhammad Ali

Ali: Thank you my man, thank you, It's hard to be humble when you are as great as I am but I'll give it a whirl for all these great Japanese fans in attendance and all those around the world who are already counting down the days to the annual extravaganza known as Wrestlepalooza. However here in the BWA we don’t count the days, we make the days count.

Bounty Hunter: Yep and that's why we are now in the midst of a world tour starting tomorrow night right here in Japan at the Tokyo Dome and culminating with not 1 but a 2 night Wrestlepalooza event live from London, England (wembley) and my homeland of Ireland (Croke Park, Dublin).

Ali: Hush now BH, I've always said he who is not courageous enough to take risks will accomplish nothing in life and it takes some balls to interrupt the greatest but I'm in charge of this here press conference and it's time for us to introduce our first participant, the ace of New Japan, the IWGP champion Hiroshi Tanahashi!

Hiroshi Tanahashi

reporters question:
* Why did you leave New Japan? and why have you still got their IWGP world title?

Tanahashi looks peeved at having to even answer this question and immediately starts coming across more heelish than he ever did before in the BWA as he states that the company (NJPW) simply didn't offer him what he wanted and obviously deserved and that he still had the title because nobody in that promotion was good enough to beat him for it.

*Who in the BWA deserves a shot at your title?

He lets out a long sigh after taking a moment to asses the crowd of reporters before responding with one word "nobody!" Eventually when pushed further he asks them a question. Why is nobody talking about him going for the BWA world title? He has heard that there has already been a world championship match booked for the Tokyo dome but he wants champion vs champion no matter who that is.

*Ricky Steamboat has issued you a challenge, how do you respond?

Tanahashi states that he would like to be respectful but calls Steamboat a 5th round draft pick and therefore someone who clearly is not on his level. He says that he will not lower himself or his title to that level. He then states that if those are the best questions the reporters have that they are wasting his time and stands up and walks off to everyone's surprise.

Ali: It’s lack of faith that makes people afraid of meeting challenges, and that man believes in himself..... (BH whispers something in his ear)... what vamp a bit for time? alright well why not drop a bombshell. Several years ago I competed in this promotion and the man I faced that night, the man who held the world championship for over 11 years Bruno Sammartino he's back too!

He then continues to run down the rest of the promotions roster for the year, really bigging it up from the 8th and 9th wonders of the world Andre the Giant & Chyna to the female equivalent of Bruno in the form of The Fabulous Moolah. From the man he called the toughest man in wrestling Haku or arguably one of the only other people who could legit call themselves the greatest in their sport HBK Shawn Michaels to (he smoothly transitions into finishing up as BH whispers something once more into his ear) the man up next who has held more titles than an other wrestler in any promotion in the draft.

Jerry "The King" Lawler

Before the questions even start Lawler begins to speak to the assembled media and oozes arrogance as he references Ali's words about him having won more titles than anyone else.

reporters questions
As you state you have won titles all over, why did you choose the BWA in the draft?

Once again King brings up Ali's words and how stacked the roster is but says he chose the BWA as the owners promised him a shot at one of the only titles he hasn't held in his career in the form of either the IWGP or BWA world titles. He says he is coming for them

*You mention the IWGP and BWA world championships... which one are you hoping to challenge for?

Lawler references how the current IWGP champion just said he heard there was going to be a match for the world title tomorrow night at the Tokyo dome and that he want's champion vs champion so... why not both!

*Are you saying you will be in that match tomorrow night?

Jerry says he will let Ali make the big announcements but Refers to himself as the 1 true King of Professional wrestling and asks the reporters who better to main event the BWA's first show of the new year before asking them a rhetorical question and saying who would be good enough to take on the one true king of PW?

"I'd kick your ass" says someone in the midst of the reporters, only after a shocked Lawler fires back calling him a big man and telling to back up those words does he realize it's actually Brian Pillman! who does make his way towards the podium as Lawler questions if Pillman even works for the BWA. Before he can get to him though BWA security get between them an drag Pillman away which Jerry encourages them to do

After this Lawler calls an end to the questions and says that the one true king of professional wrestling can be seen at the Tokyo Dome the following night and hints that it should be in the main event.

Muhammad Ali & Bounty Hunter return in his stead and have to immediately answer a flurry of questions

*What's going on with Brian Pillman? Has he signed for the BWA?

Ali: That man shows fire in his belly and passion in his heart but (temporarily stops to check with BH) Mr Pillman is not currently under contract with the BWA.

*What about Jimmy Savile? are the rumors true?

Bounty Hunter: Let me take this one. We have now and have never had any interest in promoting that vile human being in any way whatsoever. I don't understand why this rumor started and I will not be mentioning his name again tonight but no those rumors are not true.

Ali: I want to mention someone I have a lot of interest in promoting however, because he like me is a champion of the people and can electrify an audience. Which is why The Greatest wants to introduce the great one to the BWA audience for the first time ever... The Rock!

A video hyping The Rock's arrival plays

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4u-LsESmzGg

followed by the date of their first show outside of Japan

Ali: Can't wait till the Great one comes face to face with the greatest but if one man can lay claim to being as big a deal as The Rock, it'd be the BWA's no.1 draft pick, the headliner & showstopper, Mr Wrestlemania himself, the heartbreak kid Shawn Michaels!

....Despite that intro, no sign of HBK...then suddenly... Oh You didn't know... it's the Road dogg Jesse James & Bad a$s Billy Gunn who accompanied by Chyna come out and do their schtick to introduce Michael's properly

"HBK" Shawn Michaels

reporters question
*Earlier tonight Bruno Sammartino was announced and now The Rock, plus we have also heard from The King and the current IWGP champion who both want to be in the BWA main event... what is your opinion on this years BWA roster of competitors?

HBK starts somewhat in agreement with regards how good the competition is but then stops himself

*Are you ok Shawn?

You know what...It's better to be pissed off than pissed on and I'm pissed off! I'm The showstopper! The icon! The main event! and Cassius Clay over there spends half my introduction fawning over someone who isn't fit to wear my jock strap! There I said it, you all got the sound bite you wanted because I, the heartbreak kid Shawn Michaels am here to give you exactly what you want, neigh need even if this company don't deserve it.

*Why don't they deserve it?

The Heartbreak Kid Shawn Michaels isn't going to be a doormat for anyone! (then staring at BH & Ali) you hear that ? This company made false promises to me to get me here and they need to know that I am not going to stand for it.

He then went on to outline the ways in which he believes he was lied to so that he would agree to coming to the promotion as the BWA's first round draft pick. He claims he was promised that he could have imput on who else was drafted by the promotion, says he wanted to bring his buddy HHH to the brand and that he would never have drafted The Rock who he calls a Muhammad Ali wannabe who should stay in Hollywood where he belongs. He also lifts the curtain somewhat on the draft process by lambasting management for trying to trade away Chyna. He is about to elaborate and say which federations were in negotiations (you know who you are) with but stops himself to highlight what he calls the biggest betrayal, that he was promised the BWA title if he signed to the promotion and now he hears that tomorrow night in the Tokyo dome what should be his title is going to be fought over.

*Are you going to be in that match?

I am and I'm going to win it, but if I'm not... (takes a moment to think it over)... You will never see me in the BWA ever again!

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End of the Press Conference

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The following night
Welcome to BWA Raw!
Live from The Tokyo Dome — Japan

Muhammad Ali acts as the ring announcer providing context for matches and occasionally as backstage interviewer and starts by bigging up our opening bout and the four contestants all of whom we didn't see at the press conference the night before and in his words two of the biggest tag teams in the history of Pro Wrestling making special note of the presence of the one and only Andre the Giant in the match. Just when it seemed like he had hyped it enough and we were about to get started he dropped that this match would be a qualifying match for an opportunity at the BWA tag team titles!

Arn Anderson & Tully Blanchard "The Brain Busters" vs "The Colossal Connection" Andre The Giant and Haku

Arn & Tully show off their tag skills in this match, through tactical quick tags and isolating Haku away from Andre as much as they can. For this reason the commentators state that it is reminiscent of Andre's last ever match in the WWF in which he teamed with Haku at Wrestlemania VI. They also note how you could visibly see the frustration grow on Haku's face each and every time The Brain Busters denied him the opportunity to tag in his gigantic partner. This frustration eventualy boiled over when Tully Blanchard tripped while attempting to strike him and his thumb went into Tongan native's eye.

Haku snapped and after 4 consecutive headbutts opened up Blanchard he (Haku) let out a primal scream and started to choke his opponent with the ring rope. The ref started a 5 count but eventually disqualified Haku who was paying him no heed.

winners via DQ finish: Arn & Tully

Seemingly not annoyed at missing his chance at the Tag titles Andre found this hilarious as he finally found himself getting involved in the action as he blocked double A Arn Anderson from making the save with a serious of devastating looking chops on the outside. Eventually several security had to pry Blanchard free from Haku's grip (allowing Anderson to help him to the back) a number of whom take a wholloping as a result.

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When we return from commercial there is a brief recap of what happened with the commentators continually referring to Haku as the toughest man in wrestling before we head backstage to a concerned Tessa Blanchard with her father / trainer who is receiving medical attention and finding it hard to breath. She keeps telling him he is going to be ok and reminds him that they won the match and are one step closer to regaining BWA tag gold (as they were in the promotion previously).

We then return to ringside but before our next match the commentary team take this opportunity to highight something the cameramen noticed in the front row of the audience. Now sat with his feet up on the barricade in front of him is Brian Pillman who is supporting a small sign, written upon which is - "The King" fears ME. They then discuss what he is doing there as they once more re-iterate managements statement yesterday that Pillman is not currently signed to any form of BWA contract, but note he has every right to be in the arena as a fan of the product even if he clearly isn't a Lawler supporter.

Ricky Steamboat vs Minoru Suzuki

The local fans are actually firmly in the corner of Steamboat here after Suzuki made many disrespectful remarks about Japanese wrestling and Japanese wrestling fans upon departing NJPW for the BWA whilst Ricky has a very clean cut reputation that they appreciated. The match seems to follow a similar trend too with The Dragon fighting a more technical and puroresu style compared to Suzuki who employs underhanded and vicious tactics intended to inflict pain on his opponent. This one ends all of a sudden however when Suzuki goes for a Penalty kick which was proceeded by a snapmare when Steamboat reverses it into a roll up pin for a quick 3 count.

Winner: Ricky Steamboat

Suzuki rolls to the outside shaking his head and clearly very very annoyed with himself, meanwhile back in the ring Steamboat asks for a microphone

Steamboat then proceeds to call out Hiroshi Tanahashi who does actually answer the call and comes out from the back. He (Steamboat) admits that perhaps his stock had fallen since last year when he just like Tanahashi this year was a 2nd round draft pick but he wanted to prove that he was on his level and deserving of an opportunity at his IWGP heavyweight title by right here in Japan, not only taking on but defeating the man who only last year defeated Tanahashi for his then IWGP intercontinental title at New Beginning in Sapporo. He then once more extends a challenge for a 1 on 1 match for Tanahashi's championship

After a little delay Tanahashi shakes his head no and smirks.

Why the smirk? because Minoru Suzuki has rolled back into the ring and is now stood behind Ricky and with chair in hand starts teeing off on Steamboat. After what what seems like an unending amount of chair shots to his back Suzuki leaves The Dragon in a heap in the middle of the ring and picks up his microphone while Tanahashi just walks away.

Suzuki: Feel the pain! I don't facking care about wins and loses, I like hurting people ha ha ha... HAAKKU! Toughest Son of a B!tch in pro wrestling they say (starts manically laughing)... look into my eyes... you too will know pain! think you are tough? prove it!

he then spreads his arms wide while standing over Steamboat and continues to laugh manically as he drops the mic.

When we return from commercial the commentators talk about how relieved they are that Haku had been escorted from the arena by security earlier in the night after his attack on Tully Blanchard and ponder the chaos that could ensue if those two men really did come face to face. Chaotic indeed is the best word they can come up with to discuss the start to the BWA's first show of the calendar year as they decide they still need a moment to calm themselves down and cut to a video package highlighting the arrival of The Fabulous Moolah which focuses on her 11,106 days as NWA womens champion or as WWE claim 28 years with the title

When we return we see Jerry lawler backstage being interviewed by our roving reporter Brian Damage. He is asked about Pillman and the claim that Jerry fears "The Lunatic fringe" and responds:
"The One True King of Professional Wrestling fears no man. I'd face him anytime, anyplace but tonight I've got bigger fish to fry than that peasant"

Before the commentary team even get a chance to discuss that beyone re-iterating that he'd face him anywhere showing no fear blasting across the arena are those familar words Oh you didn't know... as The New Age Outlaws come out and introduce their stablemate Chyna who despite what happens next does actually have small sections of fans due to the time she spent living in Japan previously and gets a surprisingly good reaction.

Chyna vs Riona Lockheart

Chyna's opponent is described as a local wrestler doing final fantasy cosplay by the announcers and unfortunately for her the 8th wonder of the world makes it obvious she is no fantastical warrior as she absolutely dismantles her. When she finally tired of tossing her opponent around like a rag doll she finishes the bout with a Gorilla Press Slam and a Powerbomb before getting the 3 count victory

Winner: Chyna

After the match we go backstage to where Muhammad Ali is playing the role of interviewer and who is he interviewing ? non other than the man he faced the last time he was in the BWA...Bruno Sammartino

During this interview we find out that despite having held the world title for longer than anyone else ever he will not be competing in tonight's main event for the BWA world title but that he will be keeping a very close eye on that match. He does however announce that next week when the BWA returns to the united states for a show at the historic Madison Square Garden he planned on making challenging someone he has never faced before to a historic bout at this years BWA Wrestlepalooza.

As we return back to ringside the announcers speculate with regards who Bruno may challenge but only long enough that Ali is able to come back out to ringside in order to introduce tonight's main event for the BWA world heavyweight title starting with HBK Shawn Michaels who is accompanied to the ring by both Chyna and the New Age Outlaws

Then we find out who The Showstopper will face for the gold as Ali introduces him as he referred to himself at the press conference yesterday and earlier tonight, as the one true King of Professional Wrestling Jerry "The King" Lawler". As Lawler makes his way down to ringside he intentionally heads to where Brian Pillman is sat and clearly mouths something in the former Hollywood Blonde's direction. Pillman immediately springs up and takes a swing at Lawler but security (who seemingly were pre-set to pounce on Pillman - perhaps at the King's orders ponders one announcer) quickly grab him and eventually are able to escort him away from ringside.

BWA World title match: Jerry "The King" Lawler vs Shawn Michaels

In the first few minutes of this match it is a fairly even encounter but Chyna's presence at ringside is most certainly a distraction for Lawler and HBK begins to get the upper hand hitting a number of big moves on him including a belly to back suplex. Just when her interference begins to escalate to seem like it may have an impact on the result what is first thought to be a fan jumps the guard rail and pulls her down off the apron. This man is then identified as Brian Christopher aka Jerry's son. Chyna chases him around the ring before eventually catching him and pulling him towards her. As she does he feigns to go for a punch but stops himself seemingly not wanting to strike a lady and instead much the the uproar of the audience plants a huge kiss on her instead. Chyna is stunned, the ref however is not and now that his attention has been brought onto the outside distraction he orders both Chyna and Grandmaster Sexaay to the back, the latter of which does so extremely quickly as Chyna once passed her moment of shock looks like she could kill him.

In ring Michael's is completely distracted by her removal and Lawler takes this opportunity to regain the momentum and almost take the win with a low blow (while the ref was focused on removing the others still) followed up by a DDT which got him a long 2 count. Not letting up he immediately hit a number of big elbow drops to keep HBK down before ascending to the top rope and delivering his patented Diving Fist Drop. Starting as the underdog against the argueably bigger name internationally (Michaels) with his 3 buddies at ringside Lawler had become somewhat the face in this bout for the fans and they had supported his last pin attempt. This time the groans were very clear as Shawn survived a 3 count thanks to Billy Gunn putting his foot on the 2nd rope right before the ref counted 3.

Thus started the part of the match where the New Age Outlaws swing momentum straight back to their DX leaders corner as not only do they provide a distraction but Lawler's annoyance at their interference leads to him making mistakes that HBK capitalizes on. On one such an occasion he catches The King with Sweet Chin Music out of nowhere but Lawler has the wherewithal to roll out of the ring after taking the hit not allowing a pin attempt. With the Outlaws on the outside however he does not get much time to recover and is soon back in ring where he is caught in a figure four leg lock. Michael's locks the hold in for quite a while but is forced to release it when Jerry gets to the ropes in the corner.

Unfortunately for him however this is the perfect position for The Showstopper who indicates it's time to stop the show by backing up and allowing him to slowly get to his feet before BOOM! Sweet Chin Music! but wait he does not go for the pin but instead backs up once more and this time starts to tune up the band for a 2nd big finisher in a row. foot stomp... foot stomp.. foot stomp...

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If you Smell... Oh my Gawd it's The Rock! he's not supposed to be here tonight!

Everyone's attention switches to the entrance ramp as sure enough The Great One, Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson makes his way out and down towards the ring and this somewhat subdued Japanese audience comes unglued. As he does both members of the New Age Outlaws run to intercept him but first Road Dogg (who takes a clothesline with such ferocity that he does a Rikishi-esque 360) and then Billy Gunn (who is planted with a Rock Bottom) are laid out on route. Then with only the ring ropes between them the two Icons Shawn Michaels and The Rock lock eyes with one another in a shot that on it's own could sell a wrestlemania main event before HBK turns to tell the ref to get Rocky out of here instead turns right into Lawler who now back on his feet catches HBK unawares with a kick to the gut which he folows up at speed with a Piledriver and immediately makes the pin for the 1-2-3!

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Winner and New BWA World Champion! Jerry Lawler

In a weird one off moment the crowd cheer like crazy as the heel Lawler picks up the BWA world title but an equally big story is that Finally The Rock has arrived in the BWA!

BWA Roster 2016
1. Shawn Michaels
2. Hiroshi Tanahashi
3. The Rock
4. Brian Pillman
4. Arn Anderson
5. Ricky Steamboat
6. Jerry "The King" Lawler
7. New Age Outlaws
8. Chyna
9. Tessa Blanchard
10. Andre The Giant
10. Haku / Meng
11. Bruno Sammartino
12. Minoru Suzuki
13. The Fabulous Moolah
13. Mae Young
14. Muhammad Ali
15. Tully Blanchard
16. Barry Windham
16. Kendall Windham
16. Jimmy Savile
(gifted) Grandmaster Sexay

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Night 1 - Tokyo Dome

Hugh Jackman acts as the ring announcer providing context for matches and occasionally as backstage interviewer

Arn & Tully The Brain Busters vs The Collosal Connection
winners via DQ finish: Arn & Tully

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due to Haku going nuts on Tully Blanchard. The commentators keep referring to him as the toughest man in wrestling.

concerned Tessa backstage with her father / trainer

Ricky Steamboat vs Minoru Suzuki
Hiroshi Tanahashi
Winner: Ricky Steamboat

challenges Tanahashi again

Tanahashi shakes his head no and smirks before a vicious post match beat down by Minoru Suzuki starting with a chair shot from behind

Suzuki then cuts a promo on Haku

A video is played highlighting the arrival of The Fabulous Moolah highlighting her 11,106 days as NWA womens champion or as WWE claim 28 years

new age outlaws introduce
Chyna vs Riona Lockheart
Winner: Chyna

Bruno Sammartino interview: Challenge to Andre

Celeb introduces tonights main event for the BWA world heavyweight title

Jerry "The King" Lawler vs Shawn Michaels
Chyna
New Age Outlaws
The Rock

Winner: Jerry Lawler

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Night1 - Wembley Stadium, London

2Hiroshi Tanahashi vs 5Ricky "The Dragon" Steamboat

10Andre The Giant vs 11 Bruno Sammartino

SF 8Chyna vs 9Tessa Blanchard

Muhammad Ali vs Jimmy Saville

SF 13 The Great Moolah vs Mae Young

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Night2 - Croke Park, Dublin

Pre Show Main Event: Brian Lawler vs Barry Windham

Barry Windham went through a war last night when he faced off against his brother in our pre show main event and combined with the backstage attack from Lawler Jr that set up this matchwas clearly struggling to keep pace with the former Grandmaster Sexay. That said Lawler still uses underhanded tactics in order to keep an advantage and it is actually through such tactics that the finish comes. A raking of Windhams eyes lead him to stumble into a superkick that knocks him into the ropes where he bounces straight into a Full nelson facebuster for the 3 count.

Winner:

Brian Lawler

Windham looks peeved and like he still wants to get his hands on Lawler but after having his second match of Wrestlepalooza decides to allow his victor have his moment for now.

A loss to Windham who had already had his big Wrestlepalooza match the night prior would really hurt Lawler Jr while a win here gives him a bit of a rub, something to gloat about and heel up about and a potential feud going forward with Windham who no doubt would want to prove himself against Lawler when he is back to 100%.

Main Show

Muhammad Ali opens the show and says he wants to do so with a bang as he introduces the first bout of the night which he says will finally settle the argument of who is the Toughest, Hardest Professional Wrestler in the industry.

No Holds Barred: Haku vs Minoru Suzuki

Even as this match begins and is primarily fought in the ring, weapons are used with both men taking Kendo stick shots from each other. This culminates with Suzuki cracking his Kendo stick in half across Haku's head sending him tumbling to to the outside. Suzuki follows him to the outside but is caught in doing so and choked with the cable from a monitor from the nearby announce table. Haku releases this only to attempt a monitor shot to Sazuki's head but the Asian superstar, avoid this and from behind shoves Haku knees first the ring steps. Immediately he locks in a rear naked choke on the Tongan wildman and keeps him down long enough for him to pull said steps into a good enough position where he places Haku's head beside them and BOOM Penalty kick!

He makes the first pin attempt of the night here but only gets a two count. Sazuki is undeterred and instead uses this as a chance to kick things up a notch by producing the bag of glass shards he'd used on Haku in recent weeks. Sazuki spreads them all over the nearby mat before returning to Haku and delivering several Hard slaps to the Tongans face. Despite the loud thunderous noise and fact that Haku's face starts to change color the islander slowly gets to his feet and looks increasingly likely to strike back, and strike he does with a big roundhouse kick that connects to Sazuki's jaw which makes sends him crashing down onto the glass. After some theatrics where Suzuki rolls around in the glass he tries to get back up and in doing so has to fight off an attempted Tongan death grip and does so but the Tongan Spike connects and keeps Sazuki down. Haku however chooses not to try for a pin but instead pulls up the protective mat and exposes the concrete on the outside.

Haku goes to pick Sazuki up but he still has fight in him and after a few big chops catches Haku with a headbut knocking him down. The old adage about an islanders hard head seems to be in effect here however as Sazuki seems to be affected and is slowed down as he goes for a Gotch Style Piledriver.

He took too long however and the move is reversed into a backdrop onto the concrete! my gawd Sazuki is writhing around in pain but again no pin attempt is made instead Haku pulls a table out and sets it up over the exposed area. He then made up for the miss earlier on by connecting with a shot from the monitor which was still loose on the floor. This keeps Sazuki down (this time after being rolled on to the table) at which point he went back into the ring climbed the turnbuckle and then WOW diving splash to the outside through the table on to Suzuki!

Both men are completely out of it but Haku is able to throw an arm over Suzuki's body, 1....2....3!

Winner:

Haku

Neither man gets up for longer than usual and then despite being barely able to stand fight off any assistance on offer

Things back on track for the King's court, speaking of which Jerry Lawler is seen talking to HBK backstage, he's heard to say don't worry you will be first in line for a shot if "this gets done". Before HBK exits into his dressing room and Lawler sees the camera and an interviewer oncoming and quickly cuts a promo drawing paralels between him and his son who just defeated a member of the so called 4 horsemen. He even questions if they are the four horseman with such a lesser specimen like Pillman leading the way. He then does Our reporters job for him and introduces out next match, no doubt a match King would be front row for if he were not also competing in tonight, The Final of The Tournament to crown a new BWA Womens champion.

Womens Tournament Final: Chyna/Blanchard vs Mae/Moolah

Winner: Tessa Blanchard

Her Legacy being tainted in the way it has doesn't exactly make me want to make Moolah the star of my womens divison but it does make her a great heel especially after her defeating her former best friend and new crowd favorite Mae Young last night. Overcoming two huge stars and big name heels like Chyna & Moolah on back to back days meanwhile could make Tessa Blanchards career. It'd be a defining moment for her and the fans.

backstage segment

BWA Tag Team Title Match: Arn Anderson & Tully Blanchard vs The New Age Outlaws

match

Braibusters Spike Piledriver
NAO's own Spike Piledriver a Double flapjack dropped into a hangman Spike piledriver aka The Outlaw Driver

Winners: The New Age Outlaws

3 members of the Horsemen have now lost. They do however have the fact that a new incarnation of the horsemen group just formed to keep them focused but The Outlaws prophesied there was a New Age beginning in recent promos. DX start to look strong with HBK vs The Rock still to come and we wonder what deal HBK & King struck.

After their Chyna assisted win, she along with the New Age Outlaws run into Brian Pillman psyching himself up backstage. After they highight that he like their opponents earlier is a horseman and suggest Pillman is trying to take "Shawn's spot" in the main event a 3 on 1 attack follows. Backstage personal and Pillman grabbing a weapon eventually seperate them but the challenger looks hurt. Was this Jerry Lawler's insurance policy.

Icons Collide: Shawn Michaels vs The Rock

Chyna tossed from ringside

The New Age Outlaws come to ringside. One distracts , one passes HBK a weapon

Winner: The Rock

backstage: Brian Pillman is interviewed and asked if he is physically ok to compete tonight after his altercation with DX earlier tonight. He says that even if you knocked him down with a Semi truck he wouldn't be kept from this match which he refers to as his moment tonight. He calls Lawler as a paper champion, a faux King, a man who immediately needed backup in the form of The Colossal Connection once he became the champion, and (he not only looks right down the camera but grabs it himself as he does so and) says that he will need to kill him if he wants to stop him tonight because otherwise your looking at the next BWA champion. he then just drops the camera on the floor and we see him walk out of shot as we hear Jerry "The King" Lawler's music hit.

BWA World Title Match: "Loose Cannon" Brian Pillman vs Jerry "The King" Lawler

After making his entrance the champion Jerry Lawler is seen complaining that he, the champion, was out first. That is until his opponents music starts to play and he rolls to the outside seemingly to allow Pillman make his entrance. We say seemingly however as right as The Loose Cannon gets to the ring The King catches him from behind and throws him head first into a ringpost. He then immediately grabs Pillman's head and once again smashes it into the ringpost. This all happening before the match even begins allows refs and medical personal a chance to make sure Brian is ok, notably we see one check his eyes with a little flashlight, are they worried he is concussed? ponder the commentators highlighting that he was already attacked by DX backstage earlier on. Either way he repeatedly states he is good to go and they finally allow him enter the ring and this bout gets started.

Arn Anderson & Tully Blanchard had come down to check on their fellow four horsemen cohort but Lawler gets in the refs face and convinces him to ban the Brainbusters from ringside. As he is doing so however Lawler immediately low blows Pillman whose struggle to get into things continues. Hunched over due to this Pillman suddenly finds himself subjected to the first pin attempt of the match as Jerry tries a rollup. Now once again foucing on the competitors in the ring the ref only makes a 2 count before Pillman is able to kick out. This seems to set off the champ who grabs the referee around the throat and intimidates him after the near fall, screaming at him about the slow count and how it better not happen again.

Grandmaster Sexay comes out to ringside. As soon as he starts to get involved and in doing so keeps his father in the ascendancy Barry Windham comes chargin (with a limp) down to counter him. The advantage did allow a Lawler Piledriver but this time we see the ref give what seems like a very fast count but Pillman still kicks out just before the three. Unfortunately for him however Lawler does not let up and BOOM another piledrive at which point he once again makes a pin attempt and this time there is now question it's a fast count from the ref but Pillman is once again able to get break the count. This time by getting his foot up on the rope. The ref was seemingly going to count to 3 anyway but Barry Windham catches his hand before he strikes 3 and points out the feet on the ropes.

Sexay gets a chair on the outside and cracks Windham in the ribs with it. He then goes to hit Pillman who is against the ropes with the same chair but after Windham who again refuses to stay down gets at him Lawler Jr mistimes his swing and actually takes out the ref (who rolls to the outside) with it instead. Windham pulls the chair out of his hand however and chases him back up the ramp with it leaving just our two competitors in the ring with a downed referee. The King tries to not let the loss of his son on the outside and the referee he had in his pocket inside the ring change things but Pillman reverses out of his attempted big slam into position to hit the champ with his Hangman's neckbreaker finisher but there is nobody there to make the count and a frustrated pillman rolls to the other side of the ring taking a moment to recuperate.

It literally is only a moment however as Andre The Giant makes his way out and into the ring. The commentary team bring up his loose cannon moniker as Pillman get to his feet and actually beckons Andre towards him seemingly inviting the attack. Lawler who himself had ran afoul of Andre last night now rises to his feet with a big smile on his face. A loud gasp is then heard from the audience however as Andre truns and cracks the champ across his head with a big overhand chop! Even Pillman is caught off guard by that and perhaps that is the only thing that allows such a big man move quickly enough to also catch the challenger as he grabs Pillman across the throat and Chokeslam! Andre takes a moment then grabs Lawler and drapes his body over Pillman before going to the outside and tossing the ref into the ring before leaving. Still a bit groggy it takes a moment for the ref to make the count but when he does it is still quick but again 1..2...Kickout!

Both men get back to their feet together and begin to exchange big rights and lefts. Somehow after everything he has gone through tonight from the backstage attack by DX, the pre match assault by his opponent and now Lawler Jr & Andre's involvement Pillman is back in the races her and going neck and neck with The King much to the fans approval. They especially approve when as Pillman avoids Lawlers last closed fist attempt and delivers a tornado DDT to Lawler in it's stead before pinning the champ. This time however the countisn't fast it's slow and Jerry is able to kick out after a long 2

Incensed Pillman screams at the ref a little too long and allows Lawler to get back to his feet behind him. He is however able to spot this on the titantron and when The King tries to swing a clothesline at him ducks leading to Jerry taking out the referee. With this being the second ref bump it seems the people in the back decided he needed to be replaced as another ref immediately cam sprinting down the ramp and entered the ring just in time to see Pillman hit Lawler with a picture perfect dropkick. Then as the champ goes to get back to his feet the challenger goes to the apron and BOOM hits his Air Pillman springboard Lariat and makes the pin....1.....2......3!

Winner: Brian Pillman


Yes, We have new Champion!!

final thoughts

BWA Roster 2016
1. Shawn Michaels
2. Hiroshi Tanahashi
3. The Rock
4. Brian Pillman
4. Arn Anderson
5. Ricky Steamboat
6. Jerry "The King" Lawler
7. New Age Outlaws
8. Chyna
9. Tessa Blanchard
10. Andre The Giant
10. Haku / Meng
11. Bruno Sammartino
12. Minoru Suzuki
13. The Fabulous Moolah
13. Mae Young
14. Muhammad Ali
15. Tully Blanchard
16. Barry Windham
16. Kendall Windham
16. Jimmy Savile
(gifted) Grandmaster Sexay

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Welcome to BWA Wrestlepalooza!
Night1 - Wembley Stadium, London

Pre show: loser leaves town match - Barry vs Kendall Windham

When did this one become a loser leaves town match? on the pre show of course. Kendall Windham came out half way through the pre show and cut a promo on his brother saying how much he couldn't stand the smug son of a biatch and had gone to management and requested the stip be added.

The two men tear lumps out of each other in a physical war that leaves both of them limping from the ring once it concludes. We See a real vicious side to Kendall who throws everything he has at Barry including some dirty tactics which isn't usual for him. He comes close to putting his brother away on more than one occasion but it's a small mistake where he struggles trying to remove a turnbuckle cover and inadvertently pokes himself in the eye that leads to Barry hitting him with a DDT and a quick 3 count for the win.

Winner:

Barry Windham

after the match Barry offers his hand to his brother in a sign of forgivness. After seemingly considering it for a moment Kendall extends his hand, grasps his brothers then after a moment where the arena seems to wonder can they move past their issues he tosses Barry against the ropes and hits him with his Slingshot "Powerbomb O'Doom". He leaves him lying there and walks out on as the commentary team say, not only his brother but perhaps because of the stip he himself got added also on the company.

Kendall Windham will return down the line to surprise and oppose his brother and perhaps the Horsemen by providing their then opponents with backup

The Main Card

Pyro hits and the crowd go wild as the Main Card opens with none other than Muhammad Ali coming out to ringside and acting as hype man for the show and then ring announcer for what he described as the historic tournament to crown a new womens champion. He reminds everyone of one of his famous quotes as he makes the introductions “I hated every minute of training, but I said, ‘Don’t quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion. and here is a woman that has been a champion most of her life...The Fabulous Moolah. He then introduces her opponent by referencing how Moolah told her that beating Moolah would be impossible saying “Impossible is just a big word thrown around by small men and women who find it easier to live in the world they’ve been given than to explore the power they have to change it. Impossible is not a fact. It’s an opinion. Impossible is not a declaration. It’s a dare. Impossible is potential. Impossible is temporary. Impossible is nothing. and this woman is here tonight hoping to prove she can do what she has been told is impossible...Mae Young!

BWA Womens title tournament Semi Final : The Fabulous Moolah vs Mae Young

This is the traditional heel vs Babyface encounter with Moolah not only having the upper hand hand at the beginning but working the crowd for a reaction when she does too. She seems to thrive under their boos, boos that seem to intensify as the early beatdown of Mae Young continues. She takes the taunting of the crowd a little too far however and Young is able to get back into the bout and make quite the comeback.

She hits a number of big Lariats and a scoop slam before heading to the top rope for her elbow drop finisher. The crowd are willing her on but no Moolah roles out of the way at the last moment and Mae Young is left struggling for air after coming down hard on her side. She is given no respite however as Moolah immediately grabs her and hits a vicious backbreaker then bouncing off the ring rope and hitting a big splash on her downed former best friend before making the successful pin.

Winner:

The Fabulous Moolah

Mae Young looked devasted in ring after this match but refuses any assistance and walks to the back by herself with the crowd clapping her as she goes.

Moolah moves on to the final with her decades of experience as a womans champion champion behind her while Mae Young has only just started her journey as a babyface female wrestler but will not be detered by this defeat, she will be back. Perhaps after learning some new non heel tricks and growing as a person that the fans are now clearly behind and hope to not only prove herself to her former friend but to everyone in professional wresting

Backstage:
Barry Windham is interviewed about the pre show main event. He is heartfelt in his words about his brother when he finds himself interrupted by Brian Christopher who challenges him for tomorrow nights pre-show. Windham seems reluctant saying he just went through a war with is brother and that he didn't trust Christopher whom he refers to as Lawler Jr, suggesting he is just trying to occupy a horseman. However Jerry's son has a very convincing argument as he simply tells him to think about it before suddenly hitting the US Express member with a DDT on the concrete. We are later informed by the announcers at ringside that Windham has accepted this challenge.

In ring:

We return to ringside and to Muhammad Ali who is about to announce the second Semi Final for womans championship when the lights suddenly went out and a shadowy figure appeared in the ring and let out a bizarre yodel before following it up with the word Now then, now then, How's about that, then Guys and gals. As it 'appens I've gone and done what I said and I've Fixed it for you lot to get a match from me right here tonight!

The lights came back on and Goodness gracious, dressed in a shell tracksuit and donning gold jewellery it was none other than Jimmy Saville who now ask Who is man enough to fight me?!.

BWA security at ringside begin to move for the ring as police who are assembled outside are seen to immediately make their way inside. The camera returns to showing Ali who is now twitching and looks ready to snap as he tells the BWA security to wait and says that if he wants a match he's got one!

Muhammad Ali vs Jimmy Savile

This isn't really a match more so a 2 minute beating of epic proportions. rights, lefts, combinations all flying as argueably the greatest boxer ever opens up on this piece of garbage and with each and every punch connected the crowd cheer louder. Eventually covered in blood with his nose among other bones) clearly broken Saville begs for mercy from Ali and shouts his submission. The bell rings and Ali is declared the winner as he winds up his right hand for one final finishing blow but Ali is able to control his rage and instead pushes Saville's battered body through the ropes with his fit and to the outside where now a number of British policemen are waiting to take him away.

Winner:

Muhammad Ali

Savile is taken away in handcuffs bloodied and battered by policemen. Talk about how an opener usually gets the crowd pumped, they are ecstatic now as things really get going for Wrestlepalooza

Backstage:
We see Tully Blanchard (Arn Anderson in the background) psyching up his daughter. He reminds her that unlike the last match (Ali), The good guy does not always win. He references the first Semi Final to show that sometimes the bad guys don't get their just desserts but says that She (Tessa) has worked too hard and come too far not to get what she deserves her tonight. He says that Chyna nor anyone should ever be able to bully her in any ring because as he states once they step inside those ropes with her they enter her world and that she can out wrestle any women in the world. Tessa seems psyched up as she heads to ringside but will it be enough.

The 9th wonder of the world Chyna makes here entrance and by her side are DX members Road Dogg & Billy Gunn but she tells them she does not need them and they head to the back to prepare for their own match later tonight as she makes her way down to the ring.

BWA Womens title tournament Semi Final : Chyna vs Tessa Blanchard

This match begins with Tessa trying to lock up her opponent in technical wrestling maneuvers but the stronger Chyna powering out and delivering some devastating clubbing blows to Ms Blanchard. The commentators reference how Chyna played She Hulk in a movie as she performs some She Hulk esque power moves to Tessa including a Gorilla Press Slam. For most of this match the stronger Chyna did dominate as a result of her strength and she also got a 3 count victory early on after she hit a Pedigree only for Tessa to get her foot on the ropes.

The longer the match went on however the more frustrated Chyna got that she hadn't put away Blanchard and the more opportunities Tessa found herself having to successfully lock in her attempts at more technical moves, such as an octopus hold and then a triangle choke both of which she held in place as long as possible. Chyna was slowing down noticeably and Tessa almost took advantage by catching her with a Butterfly suplex and then her "Buzzsaw" hammerlock DDT for a pin attempt but Chyna kicked out with authority after 2. She doesn't look happy and after the two exchange some rights and lefts she kicks Blanchard in the gut and then BOOM! Powerbomb! 1.... 2.... No Kickout by blanchard!

When she gets back to her feet Chyna is waiting for her and BOOM! another Powerbomb! but she doesn't go for the pin this time. Instead she looks around the ring before grabbing Tessa's arm and dragging her over to the corner before looking to ascend to the ringpost. The commentary team note how this is not usual for her but that she is willing to do whatever it takes to put away her opponent even they speculate taking a leaf out of her former partner Eddie Guerrero's playbook with a top rope finisher. As she gets to the top rope and supposedly is about to try a Frog Splash or something similar she stumbles a little bit, almost falling off and then as she adjusts her footing realizes that just that little stumble (along with the time it took her to set up Tessa and climb) gave Blanchard all the time she needed to jump to her feet, leap up onto the corner turnbuckle, grab Chyna and deliver a monsterous Slingshot belly-to-back suplex from off the top rope!

Chyna was laid out on the mat and similar to her opponent Tessa didn't go for a pin after her big move but also climbed the nearby turnbuckle. More comfortable at doing so however she was almost instantly in position and performed her "Magnum" Diving double knee facebreaker before covering Chyna. 1..... 2..... 3!

Winner:

Tessa Blanchard

Chyna looks incensed as she makes her way to the back gritting her teeth and trying to hold in the rage anytime she looks back at Blanchard posing in celebratory fashion in the ring. What a massive victory for young Tessa B note the announcers, defeating one of the biggest names in the history of womens wrestling... then suddenly out of nowhere The Fabulous Moolah comes charging into the ring and attacks her from behind. She is carrying with her, her own old womens championship belt (with Moolah's face on the center plate) and uses it a number of times to strike Blanchard across her back before she is forced out of the ring.

1-0 to Arn & Tully vs DX in many ways as Blanchard proves herself and by doing so elevates herself and the BWA womens division as a whole by putting herself on a similar level to legend like Chyna in the fans eyes. Her winning also ensures a face vs Heel dynamic in the final, a dynamic 100% amplified by the post fight beatdown.

Backstage:
We see Brian Christopher backstage approach Chyna who is walking past him on her way back to the dressing room. He refers to her as "Babe" and tells her that his dad wants to speak to HBK and the rest of DX hoping that she could pass on the message for him. Chyna is not in a good mood however after her defeat and grabs "Grandmaster Sexay" by his balls, squeezing tight and telling him that she unlike he is nobody's errand boy and that Jerry tell them himself if he wants to. After he squeaks "ok" she lets go and storms off down the hallway, leaving him hunched over regretting over opening his mouth in the first place.

When we return to ringside we are treated to a recap video showing the legendary careers of the two men who are about to face off for the first time ever and the events over the past few weeks which lead them to this once in a lifetime confrontation.

Legends Match: Andre The Giant vs Bruno Sammartino

The match starts with a test of strength between the two in which much to Andre's annoyance neither man gives an inch so they go again and again neither man gains a clear advantage. The Giant with the crowd on his back does not look too pleased as Bruno shows confidence calling for a third go around and mid grapple catches his smaller opponent with a wild knee. Clubbing blows to the back follow as the big man takes control. Take control he really does as thie newly turned heel not so gentle Giant has no problem going to extremes as soon as he has an opening. He shows this by tossing Sammartino over the top rope and to the outside and then taking a page out of Tessa Blanchard's book from earlier tonight and hitting a (move he is known to have done) butterfly suplex on to the former champ on the steel ramp.

This is the only out of ring spot between the two who don't seem to need to rely on such antics to garner incredibly wild reactions from the crowd. The crowd who are urging Bruno on as the Andre gets back in the ring and the ref begins a 10 count with the Italian Strongman laid out on the ramp. Eventually as the ref got to 9 Bruno rolled back inside and the crowd went wild as he fights off The Giant who tries to catch him as he does. The two exchange punches the announcers say would knock any normal man out clean and go back and forth with Bruno eventually going for a big Scoop Slam ala Wrestlemania 3 on his opponent. Unfortunately however he struggles to get Andre up with the commentators saying he is showing the affects of that big suplex on the ramp. His failure here once again allows Andre the opportunity to get on top and the monstrous man hits an equally scary Double Underhook Facebuster on Bruno and goes for a pin. Bruno refuses to stay down however and once more to a massive ovation kicks out after 2

Andre does not know what to do, He's a giant and he's hitting his biggest moves but Sammartino just won't relent and now as he shouts at someone at ringside to toss him a steel chair somehow Bruno is getting back to his feet and calling the giant to come at him again. Then much like the man he faced at a previous Wrestlepalooza (Muhammad Ali) Bruno floats like a butterfly bobbing and weaving and avoiding Andres attempted punches and then he stings like a bee. Not with a punch of his own however but instead by slipping in behind the giant and locking in his signature Bearhug.

The vice like grip of Bruno is locked into place and the 8th wonder of the world is struggling, gasping for air and clearly slowing down. Sammartino has him in the center of the ring no where near a potential rope break as he is squeezing the life out of Andre. Eventually after around a minute of struggling and fighting against it The Giant is clearly fading and the referee wonders will he have to step in. He lifts up Andre's mammoth arm and releases it and it drops like a sack of potatoes. He lifts it a second time and the same thing happens again. Before he can do it for a 3rd time however the ref is taken out of the moment by none other than the BWA Champion Jerry Lawler! He has with him a chair in his hands and immediately swings it at Bruno but Sammartino releases the hold in time to avoid the shot which instead catches Andre across the back dropping him to his knees.The ref grabs the chair from and gets in Lawler's face telling him to get out of there and goes to call for a DQ but Jerry then cracks him in the jaw with a closed fist. Unfortunately for the champ however as Andre tries to get back to his feet but instead stumbles forward into the ropes Sammartino delivers a closed fist of his own to Lawler a knocks him clear through the other side of the rings ropes. He then turns around right as Andre comes off the ropes still reeling from the extended bearhug and Lawlers inadvertent chair shot and straight into Bruno who scoops him up and Slams him a la Mania 3 before 1......2......3! we have a winner!

Winner:

Bruno Sammartino

Post match Bruno celebrates as he heads to the back meanwhile back inside the ring Andre finally gets to his feet and when he does who else would be in the ring but The King, Jerry Lawler, trying to smooth things over and make sure Andre knows he did not mean to do what he did to him. It seems Lawler has made his point when suddenly Andre's giant sized hand wraps around the throat of the champion and the crowd go wild as he look set to chokeslam him. He lifts him up into the air but no, he lets him drop back down to the mat unharmed. The more heelish of the commentators suggests he saw sense but as if triggered by that suggestion Andre immediately throws The King to the outside and screams at Lawler to get away from him.

The ending sows doubt with regards if The King still has Andre in his corner heading into the world title program. Andre literally is a giant and does have the excuse here for the loss so will still be kept strong heading forward but Bruno (who could legit say he was on his way to winning anyway with the Bearhug) will once again look like The Living Legend that he is, look like he could take anyone on and could easily be pushed into the main event situation.

Backstage: Tanahashi is interviewed backstage and speaks about how the fan favorites have been winning their matches tonight from Saville getting his comeuppance, to the 8th and 9th wonders of the world both failing to be victorious on this grand stage. He then apologizes to the crowd in attendance because that won't be happening in his match. He says that tonight the winner won't be (actually does the air quotes) "The Dragon" and the crowd won't be sent home happy. The only winner tonight apart from himself he says will be professional wrestling as the Ace of that art form is about to put on a masterclass. He then walks out of the interview as we return to ringside just in time for his opponents music to hit.

IWGP World championship match: Hiroshi Tanahashi vs Ricky "The Dragon" Steamboat

match info

Arm drags galore
Crossbody
Double Chicken Wing
Dragon Sleeper reversed into a Dragon Sleeper

Dragon Rocket (suicide dive), Dragon Screw leg whip, bridging Dragon Suplex, Dragon-shiki Harite (left-handed open-palm face slap)
Styles Clash
High fly flow

Winner:

Ricky "The Dragon" Steamboat

Gillie

Shawn Michaels vs The Rock
BWA world heavyweight title match



Hiroshi Tanahashi vs Ricky "The Dragon" Steamboat
IWGP Championship match



Andre The Giant vs Bruno Sammartino
Once in a lifetime match



Brian Pillman vs Jerry "The King" Lawler

Arn Anderson & Tully Blanchard vs The New Age Outlaws
BWA tag team championship

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Chyna vs Tessa Blanchard
BWA womens championship match

Haku vs Minoru Suzuki

Hugh "Wolverine" Jackman vs Tyler "Sabertooth" Mane

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*sniff* all i got with my copy of HCTP was a sampler!
Vengeance 2003 was good I have to say, but for those thinking of getting it, get the video release as the DVD comes with NO extras whatsoever.

Nero

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Need to draft another wrestler or two to fit a planned angle ? well never fear this guy is here

The sorcerer supreme uses his time stone to look into the future and see who will draft next but he can only see these names

Alfred Borden
A Brad Maddox Guy
Necro
SlickRic
Shagnastii
DM_7

The order for the next round remains a mystery to him. Because in this next round you decide your own fate and with it the order of picks.

He states that the mad titan Necro randomly chose 1 name and that that person will begin the round before PMing a person of his choosing to inform them that they are next.

He also states that in the single round that Necro is away and that BH has been handed the reigns that there is a 1/14,000,605 chance that all 15 draftees will believe that the person randomly selected to start the next round is in fact me! Bounty Hunter... Seriously ask Necro when he's back if you don't believe me ha...

so after DM_7 ends round 10, I will begin round 11 before choosing who is 2nd and they will in turn choose who is after them.