2012 TNA PPV Prediction Contest - Genesis

D2D

Welcome to the BWA Raw preview show!

All the lights in the arena are off as we go to air, making it all the more impressive when the pyros (not as much as usual, it's still the preview show) hit. just then a large spotlight appears in the center of ring. A figure stands in it who slowly raises his head to a good pop from the crowd as they realize that it is none other than the BWA's own Bounty Hunter.

10 years... 10 years since The Draft began and 10 years since I first set foot in the BWA. Back then the BWA was named after me - Bounty Hunter Wrestling association. That may have changed but this place (looks around the arena), this place stayed the same. This place has always been the heart of the BWA universe. Every year we put on the best best matches witht he best wrestling personalities from John Cena facing off against the immortal Hulk Hogan in our first year to the dream match that was Daniel Bryan vs Brock Lesnar last year at Wrestlepalooza... but that all changed when the voting started last year. That all changed when the BWA board realized they would not be retaining the draft champions title.

I now invite you to watch the following video, first recapping last years groundbreaking BWA Wrestlepalooza, then recapping the year to date since then.

The video plays

After the Wrestlepalooza highlights are shown we see how the board reacted to coming joint second in the voting last year or as they described it not even good enough to be the best loser on our own. They were livid and blamed the promotions top stars and said that they let the brand down despite actually each having mammoth matches (Bryan vs Brock won the best match slammy).

They also announced their intentions to sell the promotion after the disappointment that was the 2016 draft season and as a result did not invest in new talent until they had done so which obviously did not sit well with the roster or the fans. An example of this was when Bobby Heenan straight up quit the promotion a few weeks back and took his top star Brock Lesnar with him, although some did suggest that was actually in reaction to how Brock had been suspended indefinitely for going nuts and F5'ing / suplexing half the production crew after losing to Daniel Bryan at the last Wrestlepalloza.

It is believed that this coupled with them struggling to find a buyer forced the boards hand as they announced both the fact that they had secured a new main event talent (whom they stated was a multi time world champion and a box office star) to replace him and tonight's main event. They said that after tonight's year in review show and 1 week before the new draft season begins that Daniel Bryan would defend his title in a Street Fight! The board clearly want to make the company look like a big deal with these announcements but I wonder have they made it enough of an exciting proposition to entice a buyer to part with their cash and take on the promotion?


As the video ends Bounty Hunter states that now as his last act as an announcer as he will instead be returning to the commentary team to replace Heenan he will introduce tonight's main event

Daniel Bryan vs Takeshi Morishima in a Street fight for the WWE title

We are informed that this match will literally start in the streets as we head to the BWA parking lot in the back where almost the entire roster are waiting to watch the fight as the champion makes his entrance out through the security entrance to the back of the arena where there is even a big screen and speakers set up for this occasion. He then hands his title over to the referee who raises it up to highlight that this bout will decide the BWA world champion.

The referee passes the title over to Bounty Hunter (and whispers something to him) who looks a little confused but brings the title back inside the arena letting the arena doors swing shut and locked behind him.

Then just as the two competitors are about to engage each other they are stopped in their tracks as music starts blaring... the entrance music of "The Million Dollar Man" Ted Dibiase who all roster members start watching on the big screen while we switch back to the ring.

Ted Dibiase: I'M HERE, I'M HERE... The Million Dollar Man is here in the BWA! Now I would say sorry for interrupting your main event but the Million Dollar Man doesn't apologize to peasants like you and all of you (points to the titantron where the roster can be seen in the parking lot) better listen up because as you know... Everybody's got a price and I just paid the BWA boards price so your looking at the boss of this here place. Oh and one more hard cruel fact of life you need to know, If you don't do the job right you don't get paid and you guys not winning the draft last year wasn't doing the job right... So.... YOUR ALL FIRED!

The entire arena is in shock, as are the wrestlers in the car park who suddenly realize they have been locked out of the arena. As the show ends we are left wondering just like the commentators what does this mean for the BWA going forward? and just what kind of promotion will we see on the first week of the road to Wrestlepalooza which will apparently be the first week of the reign of The Million Dollar Man!

**End of Show**

so storyline wise we don't know who will be competing in the BWA the next time we return to the show but for the viewers at home who have been following the names drafted to the company here is a little preview of what we could see:

The NWO - Hulk Hogan, Scott Hall, Kevin Nash, "Mr Perfect" Curt Hennig, "The Million Dollar Man" Ted Dibiase, IRS / V.K. Wallstreet (Mike Rotunda), Horace Hogan

That's 7 different former NWO members all on the BWA roster this year. Will they take over? Will The Hulkster and the outsiders dominate the main event scene? will anyone be able to stand up to such a group ? and will anyone else join the NWO?

The Million Dollar Corporation - Ted Dibiase, IRS (Mike Rotunda), Tatanka & Bam Bam Bigelow

What if The Million Dollar man isn't in the NWO? could he reform his Million Dollar Corporation? The Beast from the East (Bam Bam) would be incredible muscle and with Tatanka & IRS also on the roster they would no doubt be a formidable stable for anyone to have to deal with.

The Varsity Club - Kevin Sullivan, "Dr Death" Steve Williams, Rick Steiner, Dan Spivey & Mike Rotunda

The entire Varsity club has found it's way onto the BWA's roster this year meaning there are 3 rosters that Mike "IRS" Rotunda could easily fit into. Lead by Kevin Sullivan this stable who brag about their superiority to other wrestlers on the roster because of their amateur wrestling background could really make an impact on the undercard at the very least.

Triple Threat - Bam Bam Bigelow, Shane Douglas & Chris Candido

Shane Douglas was "The Franchise" in ECW where he won and threw down the NWA title, could he make as big an impact in the BWA? He does have a former wrestlemania main eventer in his corner in the form of Bam Bam Bigelow and the often underrated (Wrestling Observer Newsletter most underrated of 95) also former NWA champ Chris Candido on his side, so who knows how well these boys could do if they combine their efforts.

Other Main Eventers - Andre The Giant, Dave "The Animal" Batista, Stan Hansen

It says a lot about the BWA in 2017 that we have gotten this far into the description of the roster without having mentioned the most successful and popular gaijin in professional wrestling history Stan Hansen or "The Eighth Wonder of the World" and the inaugural inductee into the WWE Hall of Fame Andre The Giant (who also has history with Dibiase). Then you also have bonafide main eventer and big time Hollywood star Dave The Animal Batista who completes the list of main event names all of whom are worthy of headlining the BWAs annual Wrestlepalooza PPV.

The Women's division - "Rowdy" Ronda Rousey, Manami Toyota & Aja Kong

2 years ago at Wrestlepalooza Rousey defeated Jesse Ventura of all people... can any female wrestler really defeat her? Well Arguably the best female wreslter of all time (just look at her list of 5 star matches) Manami Toyota will no doubt believe she can. Meanwhile Aja Kong has been drafted to the BWA roster more times than any other woman for a reason, because she is a destructive force of nature and she too will believe that she can be the top women in this years BWA's women's roster.

Other undercard wrestlers - Sabu, The Original Shiek, Abdullah The Butcher, Hannibal, "hot Stuff" Eddie Gilbert

High flying, crazy, hardcore wrestlers who can offer something very different to this or any roster and some of them such as Sabu & The Shiek or Hannibal & The Butcher have history together that could obviously get brought up when they meet up in the BWA.

BWA Roster 2016
Hulk Hogan
Scott Hall
Kevin Nash
Andre The Giant
"The Million Dollar Man" Ted Dibiase
"IRS" Mike Rotunda
Dave Batista
"Mr Perfect" Curt Hennig
Stan Hansen
Manami Toyota
Aja Kong
Ronda Rousey
Sabu
The Original Sheik
Abdullah The Butcher
Bam Bam Bigelow
"The Franchise Shane Douglas"
Chris Candido
"Dr Death" Steve Williams
Dan Spivey
Kevin Sullivan
Rick Steiner
"hot Stuff" Eddie Gilbert
Tatanka
Devon "Hannibal" Nicholson
Horace Hogan

Machismo Fan

JP Liz V1

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-0O1MfaiG0

gnfnrhead

wk1 - The Hulkster & creative control - next week Hogan vs Hall fingerpoke
wk1 - Rousey Front Row - Twitter announcement, Toyota vs Hogan (horace) Aja vs Jobber
wk1 - Batista gets a cab from the airport to interrupt the NWO
wk1 - Intro the NWO, creative control, Giant sized addition next week etc, run in with Stan Hansen
wk1 - Horace mentioned , loses to Toyota
wk1 - Perfect jobs for the boys, defeat ???
wk1 - Sabu backstage watching the main event
wk1 - Kevin Sullivan / Douglas interact with Dibiase backstage


wk2 - Halls refusal, Mic hit & Title steal
wk2 - Rousey trains, Aja & Manami tussel backstage, wk3 match announced
wk2 - Andre turns on him and joins the NWO, he gets beat down. Nash Powerbomb
wk2 - Money Inc randomly announced as tag champs, 2nd run in with Stan
wk2 - wants to be an official member but loses again
wk2 - Are you sure you know what your doing Hall
wk2 - The Varsity club complain about Money Inc, Douglas & Candido interrupt, Bigelow destrows Sullivan
wk2 - The Sheik abandons his nephew in a tag match and Sabu gets beaten down

wk3 - Book the match if you want your title back
wk3 - no.1 contender match w/ Rousey on commentary, match thrown out
wk3 - Batista vs Mr Perfect, if Perfect loses he (blames Andre) leaves the NWO. NWO attack both after the match, Nash Powerbombs Batista
wk3 - Eddie Gilbert hits on Rousey backstage, Horace Hogan given Wrestlepalooza challenge
wk3 - Scathing Shiek promo on Sabu, tries to break his leg with Abdullah's help but Hannibal interferes
wk3 - enchancement talent removed by Mercy, Stan & Marlon surprise Money Inc, unofficial match becomes an official beatdown.

wk4 - you got your match brother!
wk4 - Triple threat announced for the womens title
wk4 - Calls out Nash, BWA contract stip, Perfect attacks Andre, Batista Bomb to Nash.
Wk4 - Everyone has a price and one of you will turn on the other after Hansen/Spivey defeat Triple Threat (thanks to Varsity Club) for the title shot.
wk4 - Challenge Andre - I'm Mr Perfect god dammit

































24 inch pythons

red white and Blue / Black & White pumping through my veigns

What you gonna do when Hulkamania / The NWO runs wild on you

"I won at World War 3, and I was supposed to get the title shot at SuperBrawl. That was traditionally a big draw for WCW, and I was supposed to be the main event there vs. Sting. But Hulk cockblocked that and he took the main event spot and I never got the title match. That’s WCW in a nutshell,” said Hall.

Charisteas

Welcome to the BWA Raw!
Live from The Allstate arena, Chicago Illinois
previous shows: Preview show

Recaps from last week and the shock firing of the entire BWA roster are played and then we are brought live into the arena where the fans go wild and the pyros go off. The announcers point out that now with The Million Dollar Man in charge we can not only expect a whole new roster but also that every championship in the BWA has been vacated. They then begin to speculate who Dibiase may have signed on to fight for those titles. We don't have to wait too long to find out however as out first is none other than "The Million Dollar Man" Ted Dibiase himself to address the audience.

He states that he has a plan for the BWA. He has the money and he has the contacts to bring the biggest names in the Industry to the company and that he won't let anything stop him from doing so. He name checks how Ronda Rousey is sitting front row tonight and will spearhead the companies new women's division but says, that although she did compete at BWA Wrestlepalooza 2 years ago, he wanted to start the show with the person who headlined the first ever BWA PPV and the person Dibiase describes as the biggest name the industry has ever seen...

*Hulk Hogan's Real American Theme Plays*

Hulk Hogan emerges almost completely wrapped in an American flag and gets a pretty good pop from the patriotic crowd but before any Hogan chants can begin another theme takes the place of Real American

....

The Theme of the NWO

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MROMXNWVhXk

The flag no longer covering him, Hogan can be seen wearing the black and white of the NWO, and now arriving & flanking him as he makes his way down the ramp are Scott Hall and Kevin Nash.

Some fans seem happy, other fans look worried about the NWO's arrival and what this means for the company but there are enough fans that some small Hogan and NWO chants breaks out.

Hogan: Now let me tell you something BWA brothers... It's good to be back! When I heard that our former NWO brother "The Million Dollar Man" Ted Dibiase was flashing his cash to bring this place up to grade I just knew it was for me Jack. I mean once your NWO your NWO for life.

Nash: and Flash the Cash he did! who-wee it was too sweet *him and Hall Too Sweet*

Hogan: True but I got something better than that now brothers... I got the BWA title!

*The audience look stunned as he produces it and from this point on they start to become increasingly anti-NWO*

Hall: Hey Yo! You the mang Hogan. (The crowd boo this which Hall seems to notice and take note of)

Hogan: and that's not all... I got something called creative control brother! As long as I'm the champ, I and I alone can book world title matches! (more boos can be heard but this time at an increased volume)...So locker room be on notice I will only face the very very best of you... prove yourselves brothers!

Then before heading to the back Ted Dibiase announces that tonight's first match will see a NWO member in action but not one who is in the ring right now. Instead he says he will once again get one over on ever other promotion in the fight game as he introduces to the BWA audiences a man he describes as a blockbuster signing for the promotion, someone who he had to promise a title match just to get him to sign for the promotion and someone who has been on an unbeaten streak ever since he joined the NWO. That person is....."Mr Perfect" Curt Hennig!

Opening match: "Mr Perfect" Curt Hennig vs "Hot Stuff" Eddie Gilbert

We find out another new roster member as Gilbert makes his way out to the ring but even with Dibiase then heading backstage he clearly felt apprehensive making his way down the ramp with 4 NWO members and massive stars of the industry united and awaiting him him in the ring. Thankfully Hogan, Hall & Nash all left the ring before he got there but Eddie was right to be worried as Hennig seemed determined to make an impression tonight on his first match in the BWA.

Hennig lives up to his billing and has the perfect debut match reversing anything Gilbert tries before hitting suplexes or dropkicks and eventually getting his 3 count via a perfect plex.

Winner: "Mr Perfect" Curt Hennig

The NWO are seen too sweeting each other before leaving ringside to celebrate the victory, while Perfect heads to the back and we go to commercial.

When we return we see "The Franchise" Shane Douglas backstage. Our roving reporter Sean Mooney tries to get a word with him asking him what everyone was thinking "weren't you drafted to CWA? what are you doing here tonight?" But alas he's in too much of a hurry to talk too long and just says that the announcer just like most people clearly doesn't watch CWA as otherwise he'd have known Douglas was on his way here (to the BWA) before asking where The Million Dollar Man's office is and walking off in that direction. At which point we head back to the announcers at ringside.

Bounty Hunter: I don't know what to think after how BWA Raw has started this week! I mean What have we witnessed already tonight? The NWO are here, Hulk Hogan is apparently the new BWA champion and not just that but he says he has creative control over who can challenge him! what ever could happen next?!
JB: What? don't give me that, this has been a great show far! 3 of the biggest names ever in professional wrestling are here in the BWA, actually make that 4 after we had the perfect opening match possible. You should be ecstatic BH! Even if we have to look at Shane Douglas's ugly mug for whatever reason I couldn't have asked for more. God knows I can't wait to see who else is going to join the new BWA roster under our new management.
BH: hmm...Well there is one lady we know The Million Dollar man has brought back to the BWA

(Ronda Rousey once again appears on screen at ringside as the announcers show recent tweets of hers talking about how the BWA have promised to build a new womens division around her)

BH: I don't know if I agree with you about the NWO but I gotta give Dibiase credit for getting Rousey back, I mean what women could really go toe to toe with her ?!

Just then however, entrance music new to the BWA hits and a women emerges onto the stage

JB: Dear God! is that Manami Toyota!... wait what were you just saying BH?!

Before her match with the aid of a translator and whilst initially staring at Rousey she cuts a promo

Toyota: 女性部門は私の周りに構築する必要があります！
Translator:The BWA Women's division should be built around me!

Toyota: 私は最高を打つことができます。 私は最高です...腕時計
Translator: I can beat the best. I am the best... watch this

Toyota: ホーガンは今ここに出る
Translator: Hogan get out here now!

The announcers are going wild speculating if the Hulkster will really come back out and accept this unusual challenge

Toyota: ホレス・ホーガンが今ここに出て行く
Translator: Horace Hogan... checks something with Manami...
Toyota: ハッハッハは非常に面白い、あなたは私がハルクスターを意味すると思った...彼はロンダを倒してベルトを統一したい時まで待つことができます！
Translator: ha ha ha very funny, You all thought I meant the Hulkster... he can wait till after I beat Ronda and want to unify the belts!

just then Horace Hogan comes out and down the entrance way as much to everyone's surprise it's announced that we have an inter-gender match coming up

Manami Toyota vs Horace Hogan

JB on commentary notes that he had heard that Horace had been looking for a match tonight and an opportunity to impress his uncle as he wants in to the NWO but it's Manami Toyota that makes a huge impression on the BWA audience and embarrasses Horace here. She avoids his big punches before slapping and kicking the sh*t out of him and then finally sets him up for a hugely impressive Victory Star Drop (Avalanche bodyscissors back flip into a back-to-back kneeling piledriver)

Winner: Manami Toyota

After this match the announcers are understandably impressed by "new to the BWA" Manami Toyota and once again begin to speculate who else could be arriving to the company when suddenly announcer Sean Mooney runs over the the commentary team and whispers something to them before they inform the audience that we will now be heading to O'Haire international airport and some fan filmed footage from within the past hour of another apparent new signing to the BWA...

Next thing we know we are looking at the exit from departures of O'Haire and yet the crowd back in the arena can still be heard popping big time as now huge movie star Dave "The Animal" Batista emerges. Batista does not look too pleased though and is talking to someone on the phone.

"Look I may have been in a few big movies but I don't think I'm being a Diva or expecting too much to have someone meet me at the airport when I sign for a new company... wait, what do you mean you don't work with the BWA anymore?... fired!... wait hold on, who is in charge now!.... wo wo wo slow down and let me get a cab to the arena, you can fill me in on the way.

When we return to the arena the Commentators are going mad talking up how huge it is that Dave Batista has seemingly signed for the BWA, although they do wonder whether the new management even know this is the case before we head backstage to see the new head honcho himself Ted Dibiase walking the corridors. His way is blocked by another new face to the BWA however as Kevin Sullivan approaches him telling him that he needs to talk to him about the tag team titles saying that "his boys" are ready for the challenge. Dibiase tells him that they will talk next week when he will decide what will happen with the tag titles but that he's busy now.

The camera follows The Million Dollar Man as he passes Sullivan and heads towards his office backstage and he can be clearly heard wondering what Sullivan was even doing there and asking "who the hell are his boys" before adding, "I leave Schyster (IRS) in charge for 10 mins..." which kinda trails off as he enters the office only to see his former tag partner Stan Hansen sitting in there pounding beers and crushing the beer cans. He looks up and after one big Texas cowboy sized burp he says "Hey pardner... So when are we going to win the tag titles in this here place"

Dibiase looks exasperated already and after a big sigh just says "Hi Stan" as we head back to ringside.

As we return to ringside for our next match there is already a lady standing in the ring and we are informed that this is a recent graduate from the now defunct WECWF training academy. BH points out that she is apparently the highest touted female graduate they have ever produced as her opponent is announced as none other than returning BWA veteran Aja Kong who comes out to a huge pop from the BWA fans while JB jokes that he thinks the rookie just crapped her pants.

Aja Kong vs Kay Fabian

This is a dominant display from Kong who tosses her opponent around the ring like a rag doll before hitting her with a devastating powerbomb. While her opponent is near unconcious on the mat she leaves the ring and makes her way over to Rousey at ringside and gets in her face making a belt gesture around her waist before heading back into the ring to finish Fabian off with a very impressive Brainbuster before the 1, 2, 3 pinfall victory.

Winner: Aja Kong

After the match we return backstage and to the office of The Million Dollar Man Ted Dibiase where Ted is on the phone until the other half of Money Inc Irwin R Schyster (IRS) opens the door and interrupts him.

IRS: Boss I know you said you didn't want to be interrupted after you finally got Hansen to leave your office but... (Dibiase holds up one finger stopping him, then hangs up before speaking)
Ted: No obviously you don't know that, as otherwise you wouldn't be barging in here while I am negotiating the signature of one of the biggest names wrestling as a whole has ever seen! A man that went unbeaten for over 15 years, a real giant in the industry and someone who had main evented Wrestlemania but now will be debuting in the BWA next week!
IRS: umm that's the thing boss... we have another Wrestlemania headliner here who wants to debut next week!

*IRS opens the office door to reveal Bam Bam Bigelow standing there, at first Dibiase looks shocked but moments later we see a more common sight - The Laugh*

After an ad break we head back to ringside where the commentary team are going mad with excitement over those two huge names for next week when we witness the arrival of The NWO (Hogan, Hall, Nash, Perfect & Dibiase) for the second time tonight, this time they come out to a decidedly more negative reaction.

Hogan: Now let me tell you something brothers! We were in the back just a clanging and banging in our personal gym, making sure my 24 inch pythons were looking their best when one of my little Hulkamaniacs came running up to me. After I got through telling him how he should say his prayers and take his vitamins if he wants to grow up to be a big Hulkamaniac like me I realized that this little brother was worried about something. You see the older kids told him that Hulk Hogan was afraid! That old Hollywood here wasn't running wild but was running scared from competition brother and that I was going to use my creative control clause to only face wrestlers I knew I could beat!

(he turns to Nash) and I know that's what all of these people (in the crowd) are thinking Jack but get a load of this brothers, Millionaire Ted here just okayed a world title match for next week, where yours truly will take on the greatest wrestler ever to never win a world title. I will take on... (Mr Perfect with a big smile on his face prepares to step forward as Hogan looks in his direction but then turns to the other side and says)...Scott Hall!

Hall looks shocked but can't help but show his happiness at the announcement while Hennig on the other hand holds back his dissapointment (despite it being clear from his reactions) for his friend's (Hall) benefit. Thankfully he isn't given too much time to dwell on this as Dibiase steps in to announce our next match and tonights main event which would see The Outsiders Hall & Nash against the men who now make their way out to the ring Abdullah The Butcher & the Sheik.

The Main Event: The Outsiders (Hall & Nash) vs The Shiek & Abdullah The Butcher

This match starts even enough with the Shiek & Butcher holding their own against their bigger name opponents but eventually Hall & Nash start to gain the upper hand. Their advantage becomes even more prevalent as Hulk Hogan keeps interfering grabbing the Sheiks leg when he hits the ropes. Each time when he does this he (Hogan) celebrates what he perceives as getting one over on the heels by doing his signature gestures / taunts for the crowd except by this time almost everyone has soured on the NWO, hell even Scott hall is finding Hogan's interference annoying feeling they don't need the help.

That said this advantage definitely does help and leads to the opportunity for the matches finish with both Nash's powerbomb and Hall's Razor's edge being hit in unison on their opponents before Hall makes the pin for the win.

Winners: The Outsiders (Scott Hall & Kevin Nash)

The NWO are not happy with just the victory and the beatdown continues after the bell as Hogan and IRS roll into the ring and continue to stomp down on The Shiek and Butcher to such an extent that the fans begin to boo even though those two are traditionally bad guys themselves. suddenly everyones attention gets turned to the titantron though as we are shown Dave Batista arrive into the arena. As he does he catches a quick glance of a monitor which shows the ongoing beatdown in the ring and can simply be heard to say "screw this, I'm not having this sh*t" as he pulls off his shirt and immediately heads towards towards the ringside area and moments later his music hits and the animal emerges on the ramp.

He charges down the ramp and takes out Dibiase with a massive clothesline before even reaching the ring, at which point he grabs IRS's legs and pulls him out of the ring before delivering a devastating Batista Bomb to him laying him out on the floor below. He then helps The Shiiek and Butcher back to their feet on the outside and those 3 go toe to toe with the original NWO trio Hogan, Hall & Nash but as Perfect joins them and The Million Dollar Man slowly gets back to his feet Big Dave & Co are forced back up the ramp and as we go off the air the final shot is of the NWO laughing at ringside as their opponents are made to retreat, Batista though makes it clear that it is just for now and that this is not over!

Meanwhile the commentators remind you all to tune in next week to see if anyone can combat the poison that is the New World Order.

BWA Roster 2016
Hulk Hogan
Scott Hall
Kevin Nash
Andre The Giant
"The Million Dollar Man" Ted Dibiase
"IRS" Mike Rotunda
Batista
"Mr Perfect" Curt Hennig
Stan Hansen
Manami Toyota
Aja Kong
Ronda Rousey
Victoria
Molly Holly
Sabu
The Original Sheik
Abdullah The Butcher
Bam Bam Bigelow
"The Franchise" Shane Douglas
Chris Candido
"Dr Death" Steve Williams
Dan Spivey
Kevin Sullivan
Rick Steiner
"hot Stuff" Eddie Gilbert
Devon "Hannibal" Nicholson
Tatanka
Virgil
Horace Hogan

the groutch

Welcome to BWA Monday Night Raw!
Live from The Mid-South Coliseum, Memphis, Tennessee
previous shows: Preview show, Show 1

The arena is filled with signs and the packed audience go wild as the show opens! moments later and the atmosphere changes as The NWO - Hulk Hogan, Kevin Nash & Mr Perfect head out to the top of the ramp. This quietens down the crowd a little bit but then Hogan lifts up the BWA World title above his head as the boos begin to rain down from the crowd. The boys in the NWO clearly hear this and Hogan in particular heelishly acknowledges this by doing his hand to his ear gesture as they make their way down the ramp towards the ring riling up the crowd even more. One woman in the front row even tries to take a swipe at him when he does it next to her and Hall and Nash end up shouting abuse at her as security restrain her. Hulkamania clearly isn't running wild here tonight.

When they arrive to the ring Hogan grabs a mic

Hogan: Now let me tell you something brothers, you might be booing right now, but you all know that deep down inside each and every one of you is a little Hulkamaniac. You know it and I know it... (big smile) I'M THE MAN! (more boos again)... and before you all try to read too much into nothing at all, my brother Scott Hall, who has the black and white of the NWO pumping through his veins, is only not out here with us cos he has to get his head straight before he goes one on one with THE MAN tonight... and another thing Jack...

Hogan is interrupted by the music of the man who took on 5 members of the NWO essentially on his own last week Dave "The Animal" Batista"

Batista: Hogan would you please shut the hell up! these people don't wanna hear it and you know what, I'd happily walk down this ramp and shut you up all by myself except I found someone backstage that based on his history with you would like to shut your ass up just as much... So sorry Ted (looking at Dibiase), I know you wanted to hearld his arrival to the BWA but...

The crowd erupts as Batista's backup comes out in the form of none other than Andre The Giant!

BH: Oh my gawd, it's Andre the Giant, Batista has the gotten the 8th wonder of the world as his backup to take on the NWO!
JB: I Knew it! I knew that's who Dibiase was talking about last week, the CWA US champion is now a BWA wrestler!

while the commentators continue to big up this new arrival to the roster the two men head down the ramp and into the ring and now Batista and Andre square up against the 3 NWO members but.... right as Batista goes to attack them Andre gives him a giant sized chop to the back sending him stumbling forward and right into a Hogan big boot. Hogan picks him straight back up and passes him back to Andre who hits his double underhook suplex on him while the commentators go nuts about how Andre has joined the NWO!

Who can really stop the NWO now! Batista isn't willing to give up and is going to keep trying but surely he has no chance as he struggles to get back to his feet only for Nash to put the exclamation point on the attack by Jackknife powerbombing Batista, who then has to be helped to the back by medical personal.

The NWO celebrate the beatdown but then Andre, Hogan & Nash head to the outside while for the second week in a row the NWO man on a winning streak Mr Perfect opens the shows in ring product. This time he takes on another man known for having a winning streak in the past and a man who gets a nice pop from the crowd when he comes out Tatanka

Mr Perfect vs Tatanka

Before the match starts Tatanka reminds everyone that he used to be in the Million Dollar Corporation with NWO members Ted Dibiase & IRS and says that he will show with his performance here that he deserves to be in the NWO too.

unfortunately for him though this is Mr Perfect we are talking about and despite some early offense from Tatanka Hennig puts him to the sword with a succession of suplexes culminating with his Perfect-Plex.

Winner: "Mr Perfect" Curt Hennig

Backstage we see "Hot Stuff" Eddie Gilbert being interviewed and he is telling the young female interviewer that he got his nickname because women like his exes Missy Hyatt & Alundra Blayze just can't handle what he's got.He is clearly hitting on the young lady when he stops in his tracks and loses all interest in her and instead just tells her to "watch this" having spotted Ronda Rousey down the hallway whom he now approaches. "Hey Ronda can I have directions ?" he asks, to which she simply replies "to where?" walking straight into his "to your heart" quip.

Ronda has a stern look on her face but lets his advance slide saying that he must be drunk if he thinks that line will work on her to which he responds "I'm not drunk, I'm just intoxicated by you" this actually gets Rousey to crack a smile momentarily and it looks like his charms may actually be working on her as she asks him if he can come up with more lines like that on the spot at which point Gilbert asks her to let him ask her something... "was your father a baker? cos you've got some nice buns" at which point he smiles and winks at her and clearly thinks he's done well but instead of getting her affection he gets a Rowdy Ronda right handed slap that leaves him dazed and confused.

We then return to ringside and see what the announcers tell us are the local memphis promotions tag team champions in ring. Then much to everyone's shock and confusion the ring announcer introduces "The Million Dollar Man" Ted Dibiase & IRS aka Money Inc as the BWA tag team champions.

BH: Wait, What ?!? Did you just hear that? Did they just get announced as the Tag Champs?
JB: That's what I heard, thought I was dreaming but no, we actually have the best tag champs in the entire draft universe now!
BH: Oh will you stop, they haven't even won a match yet!
JB: Just give em a minute and they will change that, those chumps in the ring have less chance than Eddie Gilbert does of pulling Ronda Rousey

Money Inc vs The Barry Bros

Money Inc make quick work of The Barry Bros and after about 3 minutes of straight offense Dibiase locks in his Million Dollar Dream Sleeper hold for the win.

Winners: Money Inc

After the match Money Inc are interviewed by Josh Matthews

Josh: Congratulations on your win tonight but for most people the biggest talking point was how you were announced as BWA tag team champions before the match, care to explain...
Dibiase: You dare ask for an explanation from The Million Dollar Man! You know I'm your boss right? Actually get out of here...)Grabs the Mic from him)...YOUR FIRED!

Matthews back away sheepishly looking like he's going to cry as DiBiase bursts into his trademark laugh. He stops laughing suddenly though and the camera pans back to reveal Stan Hansen

Stan: Dibiase!...spits some chewing tobacco onto the floor... you and this little man never won nothing outside of Vince's promotion unlike when we teamed, why you wanted to make him your pardner... god damn I don't get it! but I guess it makes sense why you would just name yourselves champs as no way would you beat any real team with this (pokes at IRS before spitting again) pipsqueak on your team.

IRS looks to square up to Hansen but the big Texan just laughs him off

Stan: Just to let you know Ted (looking right past IRS) I'm going to find myself a tag partner and take those titles from you fellas. Wanna know how? Just watch this!

Hansen pushes past them and then heads down to the ring.

Horace Hogan vs Stan Hansen

The commentators talk about how Horace Hogan is still trying to impress his uncle he Hulkster so that he can become an official member of the NWO but that perhaps just like last week this match won't be where he does this as Hansen nearly decapitates him with a monsterous Lariat for the win

Winner: Stan Hansen

We then head backstage where we see Ronda Rousey training. BWA reporter Charlie Minn is completly geeking out as he approaches her and tries to get a few words in with her but is told that she does not want to do any media before her return to the ring at Wrestlepalooza.

However as he dejectedly turns to leave he bumps into Manami Toyota. She starts to address him in Japanese before stopping herself and speaking in English - "She is MMA fighther. Great MMA fight... but in wrestling she is just fan. She plays wrestling and at Wrestlepalooza I show her, in Wrestling I am God!" Rousey stops her training hearing this and the two women have a little staredown but it is interrupted by the arrival of Aja Kong who approaches Toyota and states - "I see you have learned some English but I will teach you something else right now. Nobody here in America cares about you! This here is the BWA, this is my domain and no matter how many 5 star matches you had in Japan nobody here even knows who you are so if you think you will walk into my..." she never gets to finish that statement though as Toyota cracks her with a hellacious chop and the two Asian ladies begin to brawl backstage. Rousey just looks on, clearly taken aback somewhat by the ferocity at which they are going at it until backstage personnel eventually break them up and we head back to ringside.

*Ad Break*

When we return the commentators inform us that a match between Manami Toyota and Aja Kong has just been made by Ted Dibiase for next week and that the winner would take on Ronda Rousey at Wrestlepalooza for the BWA women's title.

Abdullah The Butcher vs Dan Spivey

Spivey who is representing the Varsity Club is impressing here using his amateur wrestling skills but after a diving double foot stop to his knee by Abdullah the tide turns as Spivey really plays up the injury. The Butcher then produced a fork and after first displaying how dangerous an implement it could be by scraping it across his own forehead causing himself to bleed he went to stab Spivey with it only for what looked like a fan (but dressed almost like an MMA fighter) to jump over the barricade and attack him.

This person is enraged and is clearly more than just a fan as he is able to not just hold his own against the formidable butcher but thanks to the surprise nature of the attack has to actually be dragged away from him before seriously injuring him. As security drag him to the back he can be heard screaming "LOOK AT ME YOU COWARD! I WILL SHOW THE WORLD WHAT YOU ARE! I WILL MAKE YOU PAY!

JB: Oh my gawd BH, what the hell just happened and who the heck was that!
BH: I just don't know what to say, I know Abdullah has made enemies throughout the years but.. wait was that...
JB: Do you recognise that man?
BH: I'm not sure JB, I know we have to go to commercial but let's look at a reply of that one more time first.

When we return from commercial we see Kevin Sullivan backstage talking to Spivey and telling him to head back to his hotel and put ice on his injured knee saying - "The rest of the club will be able to handle our business tonight"

Of more interest to most is what we then see elsewhere backstage as "Mr Perfect" Curt Hennig enters the dressing room of Scott Hall and references rumors he has heard about another "finger poke of doom" going down here tonight and wonders if that is why Hall wasn't with the NWO earlier tonight and had to "get his head straight" according to Hogan. He asks Hall if he knows what he's doing and reminds him that he (Perfect) wasn't brought to the BWA as part of the new world order. He was drafted here with Hall and that he will have his back no matter what he decides to do.

As we return back to ringside we are joined by The Varsity Club Kevin Sullivan, Dr Death Steve Williams & Rick Steiner

Sullivan: I would like to welcome you all to the highest class stable of wrestlers in all of professional wrestling. You already saw in action tonight hailing from The University of Georgia Dan Spivey but now I'd like to introduce to you University of Michigan's Rick Steiner (who then steps forward) and the man you all do a disservice to by referring to as "Dr Death" because he was an all american footballer and 4 time all american wrestler, The University of Oklahoma's Steve Williams (who then steps forward).

Myself and Steve here were wrestling in CWA in week 1 of the draft and I Would like to be able to introduce you all to the man who brought us here Syracuse University's Mike Rotunda but unfortunately you all know him as IRS. You don't know him as the Eastern Intercollegiate Wrestling Association's Heavyweight Champion I met years back but instead the Million Dollar Man's lackey in money Inc, the man who refuses to come out here and show the world his true self as part of the great Varsity club... but speaking of Dibiase that punk told me (on last weeks show) he would speak to me this week about the tag team titles, the titles we came here to win, and yet tonight we see him come out with Mr Rotunda and proclaim themselves the tag team champions having not beaten anybody to earn them.

So "Money Inc" (actually does the air quotes as he says it) I'm calling you out, I'm challenging you, you wanna call yourselves the champions then you need to face the best...

Just then however he is interrupted by this music as two hooded figures slowly make their way down the ramp to the ring to where they are separated just by the ropes from Steiner & Williams.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xZmciHjb2lM

They pull back their hoods and reveal themselves as Shane Douglas & Chris Candido and in doing so take everyone's attention meaning that Bam Bam Bigelow goes unnoticed entering from behind the ring and hits both Steiner and Williams with a big double clothesline sending them to the outside where Douglas & Candido start sticking boots to them. They then use this advantage to each grab one man and ram them head first into the turnbuckles on the outside. Meanhwile Sullivan is left all alone with the "Beast From The East" in the ring. He knows he isn't going anywhere with the other two on the outside and starts pleading with Bigelow to let him leave the ring but Bam Bam grabs him around the scruff of the neck and then drops him with a big headbutt. As Douglas & Candido enter the ring Bam Bam then clears it by picking Sullivan up over his head and tossing him clear over the ropes and into the crowd.

BH: God dammit! how many sneak attacks are we going to see on this show tonight! Dibiase has to do something to stop this!
JB: Keep your voice down BH, I don't want that man mountain coming out here to us, and atleast this time it isn't some fan running in.
BH: I told you that wasn't a fan JB
JB: Whatever man, at least these guys have a match coming up and please stop giving out about the man who will be signing our checks from this point on.

Medical staff and BWA personnel help The Varsity squad guys to the back as The opponents for Triple Threat (Douglas, Candido & Bam Bam) gets announced as The Sheik and making his debut to the BWA The Shieks nephew Sabu!

The Sheik & Sabu vs Dean Douglas & Chris Candido w/Bam Bam

Sabu starts this match for his team and really got The BWA audience on his side as he debuted with his fast style and some very impressive moves such as a springboard moonsault into the ring and onto Chris Candido. Things started to go pear shaped for ECW's Evel Knivel when a little later in the bout he went to tag in his uncle and the man who trained him the Sheik after breaking free from a Shane Douglas attempt at a belly to back suplex. The Sheik, much to Sabu's surprise retracted his arm and then dropped off the ring apron before turning hs back on his nephew and walking towards the back. This left Sabu shocked but also prone for Douglas's attack and once that first suplex was hit the tide turned as Sabu was left in what was essentially a 3 on 1 battle, and it's a losing battle.

After a few minutes of defiance Sabu is completely worn down and it's Candido who gets the pin after a diving headbutt. Unfortunately for him though moments after the 3 count he was hit with another headbutt but this time the Wham, Bam, Thank You Ma'am as it was known from Bam Bam Bigelow.

Winners: Triple Threat

After the match ends Shane Douglas grabs a Mic and says that whether it is the BWA world heavyweight title or the tag team titles (which he says it is a joke that The Varsity Club think they are worthy of) that the Triple Threat have come here to win championshp gold.

---Ad Break---

When we return we head backstage and see Kevin Nash enter Scott Hall's dressing room. He tells him that nobody knows more than him exactly what he is going through now. That together they started the NWO and that right now after Andre The Giant joining them the group was stronger than ever so Hall should know what to do, because as he put it "in this case doing the right thing is also doing the smart thing".

Back to the ring in time for our main event and Hogan is out hot dogging etc before the title match

BH: I wonder where the rest of the NWO are? not like Hogan to travel alone!
JB: Nonsense, I'm sure he just want's to ensure that this is a 100% clean match afterall one could argue that Mr Perfect or Kevin Nash have longer standing ties to Hall.
BH: Bah, I'd say it's more likely that they just can't bring themselves to watching what Hogan and his creative control have in store for Hall here
JB: How dare you speak i'll of the champ like that and I'd guarantee you they are all glued to TV screens in the back anyway

this bickering stops as the challenger breaking with tradition of being first out makes his way from the back to a great response from the fans who are sick of Hogan's antics in ring

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KDvgdO2T3PM

BWA World Championship match: Hulk Hogan vs Scott Hall

There is a strange eerie feeling in the arena that this match is not going to go down the way the fans hoped, something that is not made any better by the fact that Hogan is still wearing black jeans as apposed to tights and still has his title draped over his shoulder even after the bell is rung for the match to start.

Eventually he does pass the belt to the ref though and gestures for Hall to come at him. The former Razor Ramon advances towards him tentatively as if even he is unsure what will happen next and then just as he gets within an arms lenght of Hogan he feels it.

The most devastating move in all of pro wrestling... The Fingerpoke of Doom! aka a small light tap on his chest from the extended index finger of The Hulkster. Hall takes a moment, looking down at it and shaking his head. Then as he raises his head Hogan taps him one more time before seeing the look on Scott Halls face and immediately the camera catches Hogans eyes go as wide as possible as fear strikes him. He has no time to do anything (except see Hall mouth something to him which looked like Hell No!) however as Hall seems to act on instinct and despite this actually being a title match give him a quick but powerful looking kick to the balls. The bell rings almost immediately for a DQ but the crowd don't care and pop for this traditionally heel maneuver bigger than anything the commentators could remember them ever popping for, and then as Hogan bends over grasping his manhood Hall grabs him and delivers his Razors Edge Powerbomb and the place goes mental!

As the match itself only lasted seconds the ref is still only a few feet away holding The world title and Hall immediately snatches it from him meaning that the final image we see before the show goes off air is that of Scott Hall standing over Hulk Hogan and holding the BWA World Title aloft!

Hulk Hogan
Scott Hall
Kevin Nash
Andre The Giant
"The Million Dollar Man" Ted Dibiase
"IRS" Mike Rotunda
Dave Batista
"Mr Perfect" Curt Hennig
Stan Hansen
Manami Toyota
Aja Kong
Ronda Rousey
Victoria
Molly Holly
Sabu
The Original Sheik
Abdullah The Butcher
Bam Bam Bigelow
"The Franchise Shane Douglas"
Chris Candido
"Dr Death" Steve Williams
Dan Spivey
Kevin Sullivan
Rick Steiner
"hot Stuff" Eddie Gilbert
Tatanka
Devon "Hannibal" Nicholson
Virgil
Horace Hogan

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Welcome to BWA Monday Night Raw!
Live from The Greensboro Coliseum — North Carolina
previous shows: Preview show, Show 1, Show 2

The Pyros go off as the show opens and we have a hot crowd here tonight that seems to be in a great mood full of "Razor", "Batista", "Rowdy Ronda" and even Eddie Gilbert related chants. That all changes as the boos start in with the NWO coming out go get things started. Hogan, Nash, Perfect, Andre, Dibiase & IRS are all there but it was the Hulkster who gets a Mic and after the boos dies down addresses how the show ended last week.

Hogan: Now let me tell you something brothers...Negativity and Hulkamania are 2 things that don’t go together! but after last week when my so called brother in arms Scott Hall did what he did. When he turned his back on the black and white. A man who used to say "When you’re NWO, you’re NWO for life" would do that because of his greed, because of his jealousy, because he could never have what I had brothers... it makes me sick!

So Scotty... "Mr Lone Wolf", I got one question for you...Whatcha gonna do when Hulkamania and the NWO destroys you, cos brother you better believe that we are coming for you, you better believe that...

Suddenly Scott Hall appears on the titatron and interrupts Hogan

Hall: Hey Yo! (stops Hogan in his tracks and the crowd cheer big as a result)

What do you boys think, looks good eh? (let's out a big Razor smile as he points out the BWA world title that he is wearing around his waist) and you know what... I deserve to wear it just as much as you Hogan... I don't (he takes it off his waist and hold it in one hand)... not yet! because like you I haven't earned it since I've been in the BWA but unlike you I didn't have it handed to me, I took it! *a small Razor chant breaks out*

You say I turned on you Hogan, well mang... You're Damn right!

You also say that Hulkamania and the NWO are going to run wild on me, well I got two things to say to you about that "brother"... can't you do it on your own? or do you fear that the man you called "The best wrestler to never win a world title" will change all that by beating your old ass?! (Hulk looks p!ssed as the fans continue to pop essentially at the end of every sentence of Hall's) That The Bad Guy here is really going to be the good guy and shut your damn mouth, and that You aren't really "The Man" as you say you are, but a has been that's been propped up for far too long by The NWO!

Hogan looks incensed and can be seen calling him as son of a b!tch as Nash tries to calm him down.

Hall: If What I am saying is not the case then prove it! and if you want this here title back, then earn it! I challenge you Hogan to put that creative control of yours to good use and face me at Wrestlepalooza! (again the crowd pop big for this but he continues) but before you do think about this... I didn't turn on the NWO, I stood up to the scumbag who tried to humiliate me the way he humiliated Nash back in WCW! I stood up to the guy who used his creative control clause to screw Mr Perfect there out of a world title shot back at wrestlemania 6! Do you think you will be getting that title shot you were promised when you signed here anytime soon Curt? not while he's the champ!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7-M45gR7qlM

So Hogan, forget being The Man, Fight me one on one at Wrestlepalooza and prove to me you are a man fullstop!

With that the video link on the tron cuts out and Hogan is left bursting with rage at what just happened. He is so mad that Dibiase tells Andre & Nash to take him to the back and calm him down while ordering that the show starts and that the participants for the first match make their way out.

those participants Dibiase notes are the two men we have seen recently trying to show their worth to NWO, he refers to them as the NWO's prospects (as they make their way out) and says they now have one more chance to impress. However he also notes that they won't have it easy having to face guys who too are trying to impress since being signed to the BWA from CWA at the behest of IRS (who stands next to him).

The Varsity Club (Steve Williams & Rick Steiner w/Kevin Sullivan) Vs Horace Hogan & Tatanka

The Varsity Club (Sullivan in particular) look a little banged up after last week.Meanwhile Horace but primarily Tatanka does much better this week than in their recent efforts, but it is eventually the Hulksters cousin who falls afoul here with Williams taking him out via a Oklahoma Stampede Powerslam as the Oklahoma U native gets the 3 count.

Winners: The Varsity Club

We then go backstage to the NWO dressing room where Kevin Nash is trying to calm down Hulk Hogan, telling him he still has his back and reminding him that unlike Hall he went through with the original fingerpoke of doom. He can't however say the same about Mr Perfect and says that he heard that Hennig told Hall last week that whatever he (Hall) did he (perfect) would have his back. Already paranoid Hogan is losing it just thinking about another potential traitor within their ranks when Dibiase pipes up telling them that he had an idea that'd not only fix the problem but kill 2 birds with one stone and says he is heading back out to the ring right now to announce it.

*Ad Break*

When we return Ted Dibiase is already out in the ring and by his side is Andre The Giant... First he announces tonight's main event and a chance for as he puts it Mr Perfect to prove his loyalty to the NWO by putting his undefeated streak on the line against the man who has tried to oppose the group the past two weeks Batista!

Then turning to Andre he makes another big announcement by first taking his (Andre's) CWA US title from him and referencing that he would now do something that the before mentioned Mr Perfect once did to Hulk Hogan's world title (not a topic Perfect. Except instead of doing it himself he calls out his hired help...Virgil!

Virgil slides into the ring with a hammer and proceeds to smash the title into little bits before getting to his feet and giving The Million Dollar Man a black satchel. From there DiBiase moments later produces what he calls the new and improved BWA intercontinental championship which he awards to Andre in the place of his now destroyed old title. As big a moment as this may be we are then treated to his announcement that Andre's first title defense would be next!

BWA InterContinental Championship title match
Andre The Giant vs Abdullah The Butcher

This match is more competitive than Andre perhaps would have liked, his double underhook suplex however changes things and after that it is advantage Andre, as after Abdullah gets back to his feet the big man locks in a bearhug on him leaving him and you can almost see the fight give out in The Butcher. Andre eventually loosens the hold but only long enough to headbutt his opponent at which point he easily gets the three count and retains his new belt.

Winner: Andre The Giant

Andre tosses his title over his shoulder and heads to the back with Dibiase and Virgil before Abdullah even gets to his feet. Another thing that happens before that however is the charging of the ring from the same fan that attacked last week except this week he isn't labelled as a fan, instead the announce team refer to him as Devon "Hannibal" Nicholson.

He takes Abdullah out with a vicious big boot the moment he even gets half way back to his feet. He then proceeds to cut a promo on the man at his feet

Hannibal: This Man, this piece of trash that lies before me... He deserves everything he gets and I don't want anyone here to have sympathy for him!

This cheap carnival freak TOOK EVERYTHING FROM ME!.... He is the reason that nobody in this arena knows my name. My WWE contract recinded thanks to him, my dream taken from me... AND ALL FOR WHAT! (stamps on Abdullah repeatidly)...Your gonna pay for what you did! (he then rather impressively delivers a gutwrench powerbomb to The Butcher before sliding out of the ring at which point security quickly ensure he does not return while medical staff check on the man left lying in the ring.

JB: Why in god's name are they only stopping him now, whos call was it to let him cut a damn promo!?
BH: Actually JB I've just been informed that Devon "Hannibal" Nicholson there signed a BWA contract last week and that one of the stipulations of signing that deal was that he got to face Abdullah the Butcher.
JB: Well could you please explain what Hannibal's beef is with the Butcher so Mr Smarty Pants?
BH: Actually I could as we have just been given a video that pertains to that very same thing.... *plays the video*

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-RdX_NUJzZM

After the video the announcers make sure to state that Abdullah The Butcher passed a very strict medical prior to signing with the WWE and was declared clear of the virus following treatment akin to Nicholson's own.

We are then brought backstage to what we are told should be something lighter as Charlie Minn is once again tasked with a BWA interview, this time getting a word in with Dara & Davey Dooley. Embarrassingly for Minn though he doesn't recognize the Men who say they used to wrestle in Beyond Chaos Wrestling and has to ask them their names to begin the interview. Davey responds by calling him "a little twerp" before informing him that he should show them some respect saying that they had been invited there by The Million Dollar Man himself to answer his open challenge tonight. This did leave the interviewer wondering if it was normal for someone to be invited here to answer an open challenge by the person issuing it? however this was one disrespectful question too much in their minds and they stormed off around the corner.

Moments later however just before we headed back to ringside a loud couple of tuds and a smashing noise are heard from where the brothers had gone so Minn rushes after them to see what happened. Davey is lying unconscious with a bloodied Dara a few feet away hanging through a window frame. The only other person even remotely nearby is Dan Spivey who is then questioned with regard what just happened.

Spivey: If you are insinuating that an upstanding part of society like me, a Varisty Club member no less, would have had anything to do with such an action then you have lost your mind announcer man. But lets not make issue here Friend these boys will be fine, leave em with me...

JB: Not exactly the fun change of pace you were hoping for there BH?
BH: Alright let's try this one more time... last week Eddie Gilbert was full of one liners let's see what he is up to backstage

We are then taken to the pre-match warm up area where Manami Toyota is stretching. Eddie Gilbert approaches her.

Gilbert: Hi, Hot Stuff
Toyota: What did you call me?
Gilbert: No no, I was introducing myself baby, but if you want I can give you a nickname when you and Ol "Hot Stuff" here hit the town tonight.
Toyota: What make you so hot, You got fever, you a sick boy ?
Gilbert: I've got a fever alright, Yellow Fever! (winks at her)

SLAP!

Eddie takes a knee after a thunderous slap from Toyota who clearly understood Gilbert's english there

Bam Bam Bigelow vs Virgil

we return to in ring action with Virgil coming out for his return match and stating that he would do what Tatanka and Horace Hogan have failed to do and prove he should be allowed rejoin the NWO and become their newest member here with a win.

Even he could not have predicted how good a chance he would have as Kevin Sullivan, Steve Williams & Rick Steiner all charge down the ramp and attack Bigelow before the bell even rings getting revenge for what Bigelow and his Triple threat buddies did to them last week. between the three of them they quickly drop the big man from his feet and to the mat where they repeatedly stamp down on Bam Bam. Security and the arrival of Chirs Candido & Shane Douglas make them back away out of the ring and into the crowd to make their exit. Bam Bam has taken a lot of punishment but insists on fighting anyway so the ref rings the bell at which point Virgil immediately catches him with a dropkick before locking in The Million Dollar Dream . Bam Bam is struggling and Virgil does look like he could get a surprise win but when the ref checks Bam Bam for a response (lifting/dropping his arm) the big man impresses everyone by stopping him on 3 and then being able to power out of the submission. Chance gone for Virgil and the match ends as seen below

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ukRq7Lc276w

Winner: Bam Bam Bigelow

Ad Break

After the advertisements we are shown a pre-taped sit down interview with The Shiek where he is asked about his actions last week where he walked out on his nephew Sabu, leaving him to face a 3 on 1 beatdown from Triple Threat.

Sheik: I feel no remorse for Sabu. I trained Sabu, I taught him everything he knows. Hell he would have never been brought to the BWA if not for me. I got him that trade... He owes me! but not for all that, I never asked a thing for any of that, what he owes me for is WCW! I though about what he gave to me in WCW every day since and now finally thanks to the wise Mr Dibiase I can assure you all he will get his when I take the BWA to... The Extreme!

JB: What the heck was all that nonsense about WCW? What did Sabu do that was so bad when those two were there?
BH: I might have some idea but I gotta say it was nice to have a segment in the show that didn't see someone get sneak attacked or slapped! Dibiase needs to keep his talent under control.
JB: Damn man don't talk ill of the boss don't you know he is out next?

As if on que The Million Dollar Man's music hit's and out comes Ted Dibiase with IRS by his side carrying both their tag team titles. They make their way down to the ring and Dibiase addresses the audience:

Dibiase:I'm here, the Million Dollar man is here! but before I start my business in this here ring, Charlie Minn... we can getta a better interviewer than you before next week so... You're Fired! (he then lets out one of his trademark laughs)

and now without further adieu I The Million Dollar Man and my trusted confidant IRS otherwise known as Money Inc will show the world why we were named BWA Tag team champions by issuing an open challenge to any team who wants a tag titles match right here tonight!

after a good bit of time with nobody answering the challenge he continues.

Dibiase: So If anyone back there truly believes they are good enough to take on the best there is then just make your way out her right now... ... ... you don't even have to be from this promotion... so don't be scared just...... entrance music starts to play as apparently the call has been answered... ...Finally.

Money Inc vs The Dooley Brothers

Dibiase then tells IRS to take the belts to the outside but stops in his tracks as he realizes that who came out to that music isn't the tag team he expected, it is instead Dan Spivey!

Spivey: Sorry Teddy Boy, I know you were expecting someone else but despite my best efforts the doc just would not clear them to wrestle tonight. Don't fret though I knew you needed someone to answer your open challenge so I went out of my way to find someone. I especially didn't wanna let my old tag team partner and stable mate go without an opponent now would I Rotunda... I mean IRS, well fear not because I found the perfect person because like I was your partner this guy used to fight alongside your bossman there so accepting your open challenge tonight is myself and.... Stan Hansen!

Money Inc vs Stan Hansen & Dan Spivey

Hansen and Spivey march down to the ring and square up with Dibiase who as the bell rings to signal the start of the match seems to be pleading with Hansen saying that they don't need to be adversaries. Hansen seems to see things differently though and and immediately catches him with a hellacious Lariat. Dibiase sells the move like someone just slapped him across the face with a tree and rolls to the outside stumbling around like he doesn't know where he is or what he's doing. He does come to one realization though, a Stan Hansen Lariat is not something he had prepared for from this match so while on the outside he grabs the tag team titles and heads away from the ring.

Rotunda (IRS) however was not as quick with his exit and instead gets grabbed and pulled into the ring by the big angry Texan who then proceeds to take his head off with a gigantic Lariat! Dibiase looks back at this as the referee begins a 10 count against him as the legal man from his team. He looks like he may return to the ring but after seeing his partner (IRS) receive a Spivey Spike DDT from one his former partners (Spivey of course) he decides not to and the ref officially calls it.

Winners via countout: Stan Hansen & Dan Spivey

After the match however Hansen clearly indicates that he isn't done yet and that he want's to get his hands on both the tag titles and Dibiase both of which are now heading up the ramp and into the back, therefore he decides to climb over the ropes and chases The Million Dollar Man into the back.

BH: That goes down in the record books as a win for Hansen & Spivey against the tag champs surely they should get a proper shot against the champs now?
JB: How in gods name is that what you are thinking about right now, Our bosses health is at stake. Get me footage from whatever reporter we have backstage!

We cut backstage to see Eddie Gilbert introduce himself as a stand in reporter cos as he puts it "the boss sacked the other guy" but says that he has the biggest scoop any reporter could get... He has the interview with the "lovely curvaceous women who is going to put that brute (feels his face where he got slapped earlier) Manami Toyota in her place tonight... I have an interview with the Amazing Aja Kong!... so Aja, why don't you tell all the people at home how you will win your match tonight in order to be able to party all night with the Hot Stuff here"

Kong: Ha, ha, ha do you think you could handle me puny man?
Gilbert: Ya'll ain't nothing but more cushion for the pushing honey (flashes her a smile)

Moments later and....

SLAP!

...that one looks like it hurt even more than the others and Gilbert is left stunned as Aja heads out towards ringside

BH: That Eddie Gilbert is just having no luck with the BWA women
JB: Who cares about the women and Gilbert, what's happening with the Boss!
BH: Who cares about the women! I wouldn't say that during our next match.
JB: You know that's not what I meant

Lucky he clarified that before the next person came out... as it was none other than Ronda Rousey who had decided to join them on commentary for the following match. Coming out at the same time as her are also a couple of BWA officials who set up a podium beside the ring to display the BWA womens title which will be on the line at Wrestlepalooza when the winner of this match will take on Rousey.

Manami Toyota vs Aja Kong

skip to about 7 mins in and watch a 5* womens match between the two that would be similar to this bout until the finish which is explained below

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wANjnGYUdvo

Both women have been going at it for 15+ minutes and tbh it would almost be unfair to try and make someone call a winner at this stage such is the display both women have made. However Aja is the one on top at this point, in fact she is literally on top of Toyota as she has her Boston Crab submission locked in on her opponent.

It is possible she may have tapped given time although that point becomes moot when a masked women climbs over the barricade grabs the title and slides into to ring where she cracks the belt across the back of Kong's head. One could argue that Aja should win via DQ but before the ref can make any call the assailant also hits Toyota with a belt shot. She then stands above both of them and holds the belt aloft.

BH: Ahh no not another match ruined by a run in!
JB: But who is this mysterious woman that has the womens title?
Ronda: (who had been silent most of her time on commentary) I'm not waiting here to find out!

Rousey then gets up and goes to head down to the ring to face this women, she stops only momentarily half way down the ramp as she sees the woman in ring is removing her mask revealing her identity as....Victoria!

Rousey gets right down to ringside and immediately leaps up onto the ring apron so that all that separates the two women are the ring ropes. Ronda stares a hole in Victoria who just smirks and lifts the title up infront of her.

BH: What arrogance, does she not know who she is up against?
JB: I think it's you and Ronda that don't know what's coming this time...look!

JB says this pointing out a second masked assailant who comes up from behind Rousey and cracks the back of her knee with a small bat, causing her to fall backwards to the mat on the floor below. This person then without hesitation picks the former UFC fighter up and throws her head first into the turnbuckle. She then rolls into the ring and like Victoria before her, unmasks to reveal herself as none other than.... Molly Holly!

The two stomp down on Toyota & Kong a little longer before each with one hand on either strap of the women's title hold it aloft together before we go to commercial.

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When we return we see Stan Hansen & Dan Spivey backstage looking for Ted Dibiase. A stage hand scared sh*tless by Hansen tells them he saw the boss heading towards the parking lot but the two men are a little late getting there and like us (the viewers) just see Virgil helping The Million Dollar Man into his Limo which pulls out just fast enough that it gets away from the two with both just inches from reaching it.

We return to ringside and it's time for our main event as Dave Batista makes his way out. However before the match can get underway it would seem we are going to be once again joined by The NWO as Hulk Hogan, Kevin Nash & Andre The Giant all make their way down to the ring. They go face to face with Batista in the ring but only momentarily as then Mr Perfect's music hits and he makes his way down. At first the trio of men not competing look like they are forming a human barrier to separate but then Andre & Hogan who are either side of Kevin Nash turn and point at Big Daddy Cool as he tears off his NWO shirt to reveal a referees shirt.

Ring announcer: The following is a special guest referee match between first...

as the intros continue Hogan and Andre head to the outside laughing. The deck seems stacked against Batista here although Curt Hennig honestly didn't look like he knew much about Nash's involvement before it was announced.

Main Event: Batista vs Mr Perfect

Perfect goes for a quick takedown as this one starts but Batista seems to have it scouted and catches him with a kick to the gut as he tries to tackle him down to the mat, He immediately uses that opportunity to set Hennig up for his Batista Bomb and OMG the match and with it Hennig's perfect unbeaten streak could be over ... 1....2..... Kickout!

BH: That was an awfully long 3 count!
JB: Give over you've been complaining all night

Batista tries to keep right on him but Perfect seems to be able to reverse almost everything he has for him. Big Dave lets his frustration get to him and starts swinging wildly at Hennig until Perfect catches him out of nowhere with one of Batista's own moves a spear and then as soon as Batista gets back up BOOM his perfect plex plants the Animal back on his back for 1.....2............. no kickout!

BH: Another long 3 count allowing for the kickout!
JB: It's called consistency jackass something you should try, you hardly think Nash wants Batista to win now do you?
BH: Maybe he just doesn't want this match to end and for both men to beat all hell out of each other!

Perfect starts arguing with Nash at this point and even somewhat with Hogan on the outside, his unbeaten streak is on the line here and he isn't happy with the long count. He's even less happy when this leaves him too distracted to notice Batista was back to his feet and ready to knock him off his with a spinebuster. He follows that up with a sidewalk slam and goes for a pin but this time Nash isn't even looking and despite Perfect kicking out before the crowd count to 3 Batista is enraged and he too starts laying into Nash verbally. Just like Perfect before him however this leaves him susceptible to his opponent and Mr Perfect rolls him up from behind for what at first looks like a pin but he transitions it into a figure four.

We see a close up of perfect near the ropes only a few inches from Hogan and Andre on the outside. he's doing his all to get Batista to tap but the importance of that changes in an instant as from this close up angle we see Hogan tell Andre "Do it Now!" before Andre hits a KO style punch crashing his giant sized fist into Perfects skull. This obviously causes him to release his hold on Batista who tries to get up only to rise perfectly timed for Nash to hit him with a clubbing blow before for the second week in a Row Jacknife powerbombing Batista. The official being Nash means that this match never officially ended but the announcers pretty much call it as the former Diesel starts beating lumps into the downed Batista as Hogan and Andre enter the ring.

Another week and another screwjob meaning Batista gets a beatdown from the NWO but this time Mr Perfect too is being targetted with Hogan in particular shouting at him (about how he said he'd have Scott Hall's back no matter what he did) as Andre hits him his double underhook suplex and a seated senton. The NWO are at this point essentially just posing over their downed foes and the crowd much like at least one of the announcers are sick of it and the boos are flowing until.... Scott Hall comes out! and the place goes wild! Hogan however believing that Hall would be vastly out numbered beckons him down to the ring but before Hall complies he points out that he is not alone!

Joining him at the top of the ramp before charging down to the ring are Stan Hansen & Dan Spivey. They may have failed to get their hands on Dibiase but it seems they plan to take their frustration out on his NWO buddies/ Unfortunately for the fans though Andre, Hogan, Nash roll out of the ring and the square off is more of a stare down as the heels seem pleased enough backing away after inflicting much damage on Batista & Perfect who are now both helped to their feet by the faces.

BWA Roster 2016
Hulk Hogan
Scott Hall
Kevin Nash
Andre The Giant
"The Million Dollar Man" Ted Dibiase
"IRS" Mike Rotunda
Dave Batista
"Mr Perfect" Curt Hennig
Stan Hansen
Manami Toyota
Aja Kong
Ronda Rousey
Victoria
Molly Holly
Sabu
The Original Sheik
Abdullah The Butcher
Bam Bam Bigelow
"The Franchise Shane Douglas"
Chris Candido
"Dr Death" Steve Williams
Dan Spivey
Kevin Sullivan
Rick Steiner
"hot Stuff" Eddie Gilbert
Devon "Hannibal" Nicholson
Tatanka
Virgil
Horace Hogan

Spongey1975

Welcome to BWA Monday Night Raw!
Live from the Manhattan Center — New York City
previous shows: Preview show, Show 1, Show 2, Show 3

The crowd go wild as BWA Raw goes live tonight. The Pyros hit and the arena is filled with an excited electricity until the arrival of The Million Dollar Man, Ted Dibiase flanked by I.R.S & Virgil which the fans aren't as enamored with. DiBiase talks about how he is the boss here and although he has been a little distracted recently being a tag team champion, crowning a new IC champion and watching the NWO run wild on the BWA universe he must make sure that everyone else in the BWA respects his authority. He says too many matches have been ending due to outside interference, attacks or distractions and that tonight that will stop as he will be staying at ringside all night to get this ship under control, and if anyone tries to derail things under his watch he states there will be terrible consequences.

Speaking of people he says have derailed things in his opinion why not start at the top of the card and he calls out...Scott Hall!

DiBiase tells Hall that he does not like how he went about trying to get a title shot at Wrestlepalooza (crowd cheer), that he caused a DQ finish by kicking Hogan in the balls (another big cheer and they continue to pop after everything Dibiase says Hall did) and in doing so ruined one of his, The Million Dollar Man's Main events (cheer). Not to mention that he is is still carrying around Hulk Hogan's BWA world heavyweight title! (cheer)

The cheers suddenly change to boos however with DiBiase's next words. He reminds everyone that Hulk Hogan has a creative control clause in his contract (boo) and that means that he can not only pick his own challenger (boo) but can also pick what kind of match they have (boo). Ted then suggests that although Hall says differently Hogan's dominance of the sport of Pro wrestling mean that he is worthy of holding the BWA title (boo) but that Hall himself, who Dibiase reminds everyone has never won a world title (boo), has done nothing in the BWA's new owners eyes to deserve the same (boo) and for that reason He says that before he will even allow him to hear Hogans response Hall has to prove himself (boo). But don't worry Dibiase states as he has already arranged the perfect opportunity for him to do so (boo). He then says that if Hall wants to challenge Hogan for his world title and in doing so main event Wrestlepalooza then he has to be able to take on and defeat the likes of this man.

At which point Bam Bam Bigelow is introduced as a former ECW world champion and Wrestlemania main eventer.

Scott Hall vs Bam Bam Bigelow

This is a real back and forth match that would have not been out of place main eventing the show. Bam Bam even hits his Nuclear diving splash from the top rope on The Lone Wolf but Scott is able to kick out after a long two count. After this Hall impresses everyone by being able to fight back into a position where he is going toe to toe with the big man and then after three straight punches followed by a discuss punch to give him the advantage. He struggles to get bam bam up for his Razor's edge finisher and that is the story of the match from here on in with him attempting to wear him down enough that he has the time to get the get the big man up for it but the commentators point out that if he was to face Hogan he would have no issues hitting his devastating finisher. Eventually when Bigelow tries to get momentum back on his side and heads up to the top rope trying to hit one of his impressive aerial moves Hall instead gets some licks in and uses the fact that Bam Bam is already at an elevated position to finally hit the Razor's edge which results in the 3 count finish.

Winner: Scott Hall

The Million Dollar Man stops Bam Bams attempted retaliation after the bell, telling him that he how dissapointed he was in the result but that he didn't wan't him making things worse so he should just head to the back and tell the other members of Triple Threat to get ready for their match later tonight. Then he ordered I.R.S & Virgil to set up a table in the ring and headed outside the ring to grab a leather bound folder which he says contains a contract for a Wrestlepalooza main event match up for the World heavyweight title with Hulk Hogan which he then places on the table for Scott Hall to sign.

Before he signs though Dibiase asks him to direct his attention to the titantron

Hulk Hogan appears via satellite

Hogan: The BWA is the House Hulk Hogan built. Hulkamania has been running wild here since the very start...I mean I headlined the first ever BWA PPV and I am going to headline the biggest ever BWA PPV in 2 weeks time but brother this match will be different, this match will be personal because this time the hero to all you little Hulkamaniacs will face off against The Bad Guy. Good vs Evil brother, The Immortal Unmoveable Force Hulk Hogan vs The guy who shouldn't even be in the same god-damn ring as the this 12 time world champion brother and yet im giving you your chance Scotty boy but... it won't just be any match, if you want to face me on the grandest stage of them all you will be doing so in my match... In a No Holds Barred Match!

The feed cuts out and as the crowd react to the match becoming official, Scott Hall then picks up a pen and goes to sign the contract. Just before he does however Hogan reappears on the screen.

Hogan: Before you sign on the bottom line brother remember one thing... No Holds Barred... That means absolutely anything can happen in that match and if you put your John Hancock on that there contract you have accept that. If you are ready for everything the Hulkster can throw at you then have at it Hoss.

Hogan then smiles a huge smile as Hall shrugs his shoulders and signs the contract. It suddenly becomes apparent to the crowd why Hogan is smiling though as his second on screen appearance was just long enough to take Hall's attention while Andre The Giant entered the ring after coming through the crowd behind it. Completely unawares Hall is caught in a hellacious Chokeslam and driven straight through the table he had just signed his contract on.

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BH: Just to let all you fans know, no.1 contender for the BWA title Scott Hall injured his shoulder during that unexpected attack by Andre The Giant and was helped to the back by medical staff during the break and I am now hearing he will be heading directly to a nearby medical facility to evaluate his condition.
JB: Will you pipe down, our fearless leader Ted Dibiase and The 8th wonder of the World Andre The Giant are about to address us and the rest of the BWA universe

DiBiase: People have told me that my friend Andre here should be annoyed at me for booking him in a match vs the man who likes to call himself Mr Perfect at Wrestlepalooza. They say Andre shouldn't be happy having to put his newly acquired Intercontinental title on the line against a man who is on such a long unbeaten streak. Well why don't I let Andre himself tell you how he feels about Curt Hennig...

Andre: Hennig is not Perfect, Hennig is just a man, I am a Giant!

When people think of undefeated wrestlers they think of Brunno Sanmartinno's near 3 year run as world champion, They think of Goldberg's 173 - 0 win streak or more importantly of my 15 year undefeated streak... nobody thinks of Hennig!

I went undefeated in my last promotion and left there with a belt and this year I will leave Wrestlepalooza undefeated with my belt this year too. I will also prove that Hennig is not Perfect, he is a man and he can be broken!

Dibiase then announces Andre's opponent as he warms up for his Wrestlepalooza bout as Eddie Gilbert and notes that Gilbert too will have a role to play at Wrestlepalooza but as of now wants to leave that unnanounced.

Andre vs Eddie Gilbert

Gilbert gets in some offense here but cannot take the big man off his feet and when Andre retaliates this match is not long in existence. A Hogan like Big Boot and a leg drop leaves Eddie already out for the count but then The Giant added the exclamation point to proceedings with his signature Double underhook suplex that the commentators posit may have left Gilbert unconscious as the ref counts the 3.

Winner: Andre The Giant

The Giant looks hugely impressive here as he picks up the win and is congratulated by DiBiase & Co at ringside after. He then heads to the back while The Million Man joins the announcers ringside and starts waxing lyrical about the man he refers to as his "Giant Buddy". The announcers then however point his attention to a recent tweet from another BWA star that he might not be so happy about that of "The Animal" Dave Batista

@DaveBautista
Apr27 GOTG Vol2 hits the cinemas, just signed on for the new Blade Runner but worry not BWA fans I will be on Raw every week taking apart the NWO and chasing the gold while being the BWA's no.1 box office draw #Wrestlepalooza #TheBigHouse

DiBiase brushes off the NWO comment highlighting how another big name has been tied to the company long term and the fact that he hashtagged the big house because of course Wrestlepalooza this year would once again be emanating from the one and only Michigan Stadium aka The Big House where they intend to break the record 120,000 attendance they set there last year. We are then quickl brought to a backstage segment where Angela Fong was planning on interviewing Hulk Hogan instead however Kevin Nash kicks her out of the room referring to her as tuts before the NWO originals conduct this themselves

Nash: Looking at that Diva search references notes they wanna ask you about the man you & The Giant broke earlier tonight and about that tweet they just reported which says Big ol Dave will *laughs* take apart the NWO.

Hogan: Well let me just tell you something about that Dave Batista brother, He thinks he is the real deal, he talks up being the same character in all his movies but you know what brother he's nothing. He thinks he can be the star of this promotion but he doesn't know what a real star is.

When I was a hollywood star, running around taking down the zombie apocalypse or defeating the evil spiderman while single handidly taking down Hydra you know what ol Batista was doing?

Nash: I do actually Hollywood... He was getting run out of the powerplant! While you and me were running the show in WCW, bringing in the big ratings, winning the world title and starting up the greatest faction in the world He was being told he wasn't good enough to even be in the business by that b!tch Sarge. He thinks it's a big deal he is in some superhero movies well I've worked with Steven Soderbergh b!tch and I still found the time to Jacknife Powerbomb your ass the last 2 weeks running.

Hogan: Ha true, and as far as that punk Hall goes, that tonight... was just the first taste of what me, these 24inch guns and my creative control have in store for him.

We return back to ringside as Ted Dibiase still with the announcers calls Hogan & Nash "Real Stars" and just before our next match which sees two recent feuds combined as the old school tag team of The Shiek & Abdullah The Butcher back together

Sabu & Hannibal vs The Shiek & The Butcher

This was not booked to be a hardcore match but soon after it begins Abdullah The Butcher produces his weapon of choice, a fork, and proceeds to look for revenge on Hannibal (Devon Nicholson) for his recent attacks on him. He seems to stop him repeatedly in the forehead after grabbing him in a headlock and his opponent starts to bleed all over the mat. Seeing this his partner Sabu grabs a weapon of his own from under the ring and something he clearly placed their earlier, a chair wrapped in barbed wire and comes to his aid swinging it wildly at Abdullah who quickly releases his hold and then at The Shiek on the apron. It's at this point that DiBiase at ringside feels he has to stop in.

No Contest Declared

He orders IRS, Virgil and some security separate the competitors while Dibiase grabs a mic and announces that he can't have constant DQs in his federation, that he want's to have proper matches with definitive endings not hardcore battles but that for that to happen he needs to bring these feuds to a head. He says he knows these guys are not going to stop until they can face each other one on one. For that reason He announces that at wrestlepalooza we will have two one on one matches but not in just any matches but in the most fitting matches possible. The Shiek and Sabu will be allowed end their family feud in a way befitting them he says, by taking things to the Extreme... in and Extreme rules match!

Meanwhile Hannibal who Dibiase reminds everyone signed on here only if he could get the Butcher and says that he truly deserves it... and what more fitting a match for them given their history than.... a First Blood Match!

Ted then orders security etc to ensure that all competitors (who seem to actually be happy with the announcements) disperse from ringside as we head to commercial.

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When we return DiBiase is still in the ring and takes this opportunity to talk about another situation that has gone on too long in his opinion , and thats the unclear womens title scene going into Wrestlepalooza - He is interrupted by Victoria & Molly Holly who say they should face each other at the PPV for the belt. They start talking up how they stole the show when they faced off 1on1 at Mania before but this only brings out Manami Toyota & Aja Kong who square off with those two but before anything can go further Dibiase interjects informing them that they have a tag match tonight but that it won't be the last time they will face each other and announces that at the PPV all four women will take part in an elimination match for the title!

He then says that the final competitor in that elimination match would be... this women as Ronda Rousey makes her way down to ringside and joins the announce team as this match gets underway.

Manami Toyota & Aja Kong vs Victoria & Molly Holly

This match is being described by the announcers on commentary as a show stealer in quality as they pt over each women as a legit contender to win their Wrestlepalloza battle. Rousey actually aknowledges each of their specific abilities as they pull of big moves on each other but it's one of these moves that ends all the niceties. While Rousey talks about the vicious streak she sees in Aja Kong the powerhouse Asian women starts to beat on Molly Holly on the outside and then when her team mate Victoria tries to stop her Kong cracks her across the Jaw with a big backfist sending her crashing into Rousey. The results of this are a straight out brawl as Rousey's instincts kick in and she starts attacking every women near her.

When the brawl ends again thanks to the more present security (which the announcers note are more present than ever with the boss out here all night) Rousey is left alone in the ring. She grabs a mic and addresses all the others

Ronda: For weeks now you fought to see who deserved to face me at Wrestlepalloza, now...I'm going to kill you all!

JB: Short but damn if Ronda isn't to the point! I can't wait to see the BWA women go at it on the biggest stage of them all
DiBiase: The Biggest name in the best womens division at the best PPV in the biggest stadium in America you mean (does his laugh)
BH: Can't argue with that Ted but that's two matches in a row that haven't had a conclusive finish isn't that what you were out here to avoid?
The Million Dollar Man immediately stops laughing and instead gives BH the dirtiest of looks as we head to commercial.

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When we return it s to the music of Stan Hansen & Dan Spivey who come out to confront DiBiase and Money Inc. Spivey refers to how they answered an open challenge for a tag team title match but that DiBiase ran off (got himself counted out) on them last week. He says they are owed a title shot, while Hansen after crushing a beer can he just finished says DiBiase is owed an "ass whipping"

Ted at ringside interrupts their diatribe saying that they may have answered the challenge last week but that they never earned a shot at his and IRS's titles and that if they are truly going to challenge Money Inc for the gold they'd have to win a no.1 contender match...a match that will take place right now... against these men! and with that out come all three members of Triple Threat

Stan Hansen & Dan Spivey vs Shane Douglas, Chris Candido w/Bam Bam Bigelow

despite constant interference from Bam Bam, Virgil & IRS, Hansen & Spivey are actually able to get the win here when Hansen hits his gigantic Lariat on Douglas and Spivey stops Candido or anyone else for that matter from breaking up the count. They could be a real threat the commentators note to The Million Dollar Man but that point is made abundantly clear to him as Stan Hansen starts wading his way through Dibiase's men at ringside making a beeline for him. This sees the boss man quickly hurry away from ringside and to the back for the first time tonight... he wants no part in the no.1 contenders to his tag titles just yet.

We then head backstage ourselves but this time to where Mr Perfect is warming up for tonight's main event. A match the commentators inform us that they learned from DiBiase before we left ringside had originally been booked as Scott Hall, Mr Perfect & Batista vs Hogan,Andre & Nash of the NWO. Both Hall & Andre were going to be pulling double duty in this match after their earlier bouts but now they say they are not sure who exactly will be in that main event match.

Hennig: Ever since My Wrestlepalooza opponent was announced last week people have been telling me one thing... You can't beat him. You can't defeat Andre. Nobody will stop The Giant.

And now tonight I hear the Giant himself speak and he says that I am just a man, not Perfect... just a man and that he can break me.... and you know what I don't blame any of them. When you are 7ft4 and 520 pounds I doubt you think of me as Perfection, and that's fine by me. Hell nobody believing in me is fine by me... because I believe in me. I know I can climb that mountain to the top. I am sure that I can out work Andre, out shine Andre, out perform Andre and god knows out wrestle Andre... it might take the perfect match from me to defeat That Giant but he too is just a man while I am Mr Perfect god damn it!

You might call me an underdog but come wrestlepalooza I promise you all will be calling me the Perfect Intercontinental Champion!

BH: What A great promo I can honestly believe after hearing that, that perfect can actually defeat the undefeated Giant
JB: Well I wan't whatever your smoking, he's got less chance than these guys coming out now.
BH: Ahh Yes the so called NWO prospects who keep failing in their pursuit of getting a win to impress the NWO hierarchy.

Before the following 6 man match Kevin Sullivan cuts a short promo saying that Virgil and Co wouldn't be getting the win they seek against them and saying that instead he hopes that the impressive victory that him and his Varsity club are going to have should ensure that they and not punks like Triple Threat are placed in the next tag titles no.1 contender match up.

Virgil, Tatanka & Horace Hogan vs Kevin Sullivan, Steve Williams & Rick Steiner

This one does not last long as Williams in particular puts the Varsity Clubs opponents to shame with his superior wrestling ability. He eventually picks up the win over Horace Hogan with his Oklahoma Stampede finisher which saw him ram him into two turnbuckles before slamming him in the center of the ring for the 3 count finish.

Winners: The Varsity Club

BH: A fine win there for a team that will no doubt be in tag title contention before too long.
JB: They beat the job squad 2017 it's not like they beat Money Inc... speaking of which just when you thought he was gone he's back! So happy to let you know folks that we can now head backstage to Ted DiBiase himself!

Ted Dibiase: Ha ha ha ha, that's right The Million Dollar Man is here and I've got some big business to deal with starting with the men who are the reason I'm not still out there with you JB... Hansen! Spivey!...You may now officially be the no.1 contenders for our tag team titles (we zoom out a little bit to see IRS by his side holding the belts) and you may know both of us very well having both tagged with us in the past but... How well do you know each other? Because if there is one thing you should know about me it's that Everybody's got a price for The Million Dollar Man and I guarantee you one of you will turn on the other Ha ha ha ha.

Oh and before I forget you two stuck your nose in the main event last week. I don't want any interference in this weeks main event so as of right now I order every superstar not involved in tonight's main event to leave the arena immediately! If they fail to do so they will forfeit their place on the Wrestlepalooza card!

JB: Well that there is a man who means business. Can't wait for our main event now, without any shenanigans
BH: But after what happened to Hall what is our main event a 3 on 2 handicap match ? Perfect & Batista vs Hogan, Andre & Nash ? no dsurprise DiBiase wouldn't want interference in that match.

Batista is out first to a great reception from the fans. He is even dressed in blue and seems to be loving the "BlueTista" chants the fans start up. Next out is Mr Perfect Curt Hennig who too gets a great response from the audience but when he is about ten feet out from backstage looks perplexed as boos begin. momentarily he realizes why though as Andre The Giant didn't wait upon ceremony and instead headed straight out behind Perfect and now catches him off guard from behind and tosses him head first into the stageside screens. Batista didn't notice this at first but when he turned around in the ring and say Andre's second attack this time where he tossed Hennig off the stag entirely big Dave looks to get out of the ring and run to his partners aid. However at that time the NWO's music hits and out come Hulk Hogan & Scott Hall those three start battling on the ramp way as Andre continues the sneak attack beat down on Perfect at the top of rampway.

This beat down comes to an end after Andre sends Perfect through a table in a way very reminiscent to how the show opened with Andre & Scott Hall. Security then usher Andre to the back meanwhile the three who had been fighting on the ramp way are moved to the ring as the ring announcer officially introduces the match as a 2 on 1 handicap match between Hulk Hogan & Kevin Nash and Batista.

Batista vs Hogan & Nash

Batista does everything he can to take on the odds here looking very much so each mans equal but eventually he starts to get worn down as his opponents tag in and out and eventually their double teaming him is what leads to him taking a pinfall loss. It takes Nash hitting Snake Eyes and a chokeslam before Hogan is tagged in to deliver his big boot and a leg drop before it happens. Even then Batista gets back to his feet relatively quickly after the 3 count but this only angers the NWO duo and together they start to stomp down on Big Dave. The ref tries to stop then but takes a right hand to the face himself for his troubles. Even that slight distraction was enough time and Batista is already getting back to one knee. Nash in particular looks p!ssed seeing this and shouts "Stay Down!" at him as he then hits him with a big boot afterwhich Hogan hits another leg drop on him.

Winners: Hulk Hogan & Kevin Nash

Hogan and Nash start patting themselves on the back and Hogan even starts doing his signature hotdogging but Batista isn't done yeat and once again rises to being on one knee when and Angry Nash spots him. Boom! A Nash Jacknife Powerbomb on Batista for the third week in a row and the NWO lads leave the ring and head up the ramp. Half way up it however they turn to see Batista is once again rising to his feet and gesturing to them that he still wants to fight. Hogan & Nash just look at him in disbelief as we go off air.

BWA Roster 2016
Hulk Hogan
Scott Hall
Kevin Nash
Andre The Giant
"The Million Dollar Man" Ted Dibiase
"IRS" Mike Rotunda
Dave Batista
"Mr Perfect" Curt Hennig
Stan Hansen
Manami Toyota
Aja Kong
Ronda Rousey
Victoria
Molly Holly
Sabu
The Original Sheik
Abdullah The Butcher
Bam Bam Bigelow
"The Franchise Shane Douglas"
Chris Candido
"Dr Death" Steve Williams
Dan Spivey
Kevin Sullivan
Rick Steiner
"hot Stuff" Eddie Gilbert
Devon "Hannibal" Nicholson
Tatanka
Virgil
Horace Hogan

Furious-Red

Welcome to BWA Monday Night Raw!
Live from the Cow Palace - San Fransisco
previous shows: Preview show, Show 1, Show 2, Show 3, Show 4

The Show opens with a recap of what happened last week primarily highlighting two events. First When Scott Hall signed the contract for the No Holes Barred Championship match only to be caught in a Giant sized surprised attack (by Andre) allowing Ted Dibiase to take back Hulk Hogan's world title belt, and secondly our main event which saw both Hogan & Kevin Nash double team Dave Batista in our handicap main event. Once that recap ends Batista's music hits and the Animal makes his way out as the crowd start to chant his name. They (The crowd) seem to be in great form tonight as Big Dave enters the ring and grabs a mic

Batista: Last week I sent one little tweet to promote my movie and to let all you BWA fans that I was here for the long haul. An action that took me all of 1 minute to do but boy did it rub some people the wrong way. Hogan and Kevin Nash, those boys made me laugh talking up their days in acting, I mean what were they compensating for it's not like one of them wanted to be in Marvel movies so much that they played Odin in a movie that got a 1.7 on IMDB or anything.... o wait.

I'm Sorry those boys were so threatened by an actual Movie star that they had to get their buddy Ted Dibiase to make the main event of last weeks Raw a 2 on 1 handicap match against me, but you know what even then they could not keep me down! Which is why it was no surprise that when office got on the phone with me this past week they had just one question for me.

At which point someone in the crowd shouts...."How big is your Dick?"

Batista: *smirks* bigger than Kevin Nash's but no, not that, they asked me if I wanted a match at Wrestlepalooza.... a Last Man Standing Match! against the man the company were quick to remind me had Powerbombed me the past 3 weeks running, Kevin Nash.

Kevin Nash is jealous of me, jealous of how big I am (grabs his crotch as he says this)... in Hollywood, Jealous of how much the fans cheer me and jealous of the fact that unlike him I am not other man's B!tch. He thinks he can prove himself by besting me... hell No! I know he will cheat, I know he will politic and I know he will do whatever he can to try and keep me down but he will fail cos Nash... you're on!

Batista drops the mic and gets a great response as he climbs to the top rope and starts ripping his shirt off as the commentary team at ringside inform us that Batista requested to open the show tonight with a warm up match that could prepare him for the unpredictable nature of his PPV bout. As a result he faces off against The Homicidal, Suicidal, Genocidal....Death–Defying Maniac other wise known as Sabu a man who he himself can sometimes be near impossible to predict.

Dave Batista vs Sabu

Sabu lives up to his unpredictable billing and thanks to that this match goes from inside to outside the ring and back again as the Houdini of Hardcore hits his Triple jump moonsault. Impressively though Batista is able to kick out after 2 and then slowly works his way back to his feet and after that back into the ascendancy and after a sidewalk slam and a spinebuster it's his finisher that gets hit except after the Batista Bomb we do get a succesful 3 count.

Winner: Batista

We are then brought to footage from backstage earlier today

We see Ted DiBiase arrive to the arena and on his way to his office he see's two wrestlers he stops to converse with. First he sees Eddie Gilbert who is trying to chat up a female announcer. Ted confirms with him that he was notified of his role at Wrestlepalooza, to which Gilbert looking please replies positively. Then he comes across Abdullah The Butcher and reminds him that tonight he didn't want to see any weapons involved in his match before decreeing that weapons will actually be banned from his first blood match vs Devon Nicholson at the upcoming PPV.

BH: Weapons banned from a first blood match, I dunno how he will inforce that.
JB: Calm down with your bloodlust, I've been told he will just be clearing the ringside and under ring area of all potential weapons, these guys can make anything into a weapon even the ring itself.
BH:Calm down man I didn't mean that, but maybe this means it won't be a short match like a lot of Abdullah's matches.
JB: Another great move by the leader of our ship The Million Dollar Man, that said I dunno who's call it was to let this guy out here

The guy he is of course refering to is Kevin Sullivan who has made his way down to the ring to the ring. He looks like he has something to say and joined by the rest of The Varsity Club he is about to do so until Abdullah The Butcher & The Shiek's music hits interrupting him as he went to (lift a mic to his mouth so as to) address the audience. He looks vexed but passes the mic back to the outside as the following tag team match is introduced.

Steve Williams & Rick Steiner w/Sullivan vs Abdullah & The Shiek

Good match, the finish comes with Abdullah trying to pull his fork from underneath his elbow pad but Sullivan bringing the refs attention to it and then as he struggled to remove the foreign object from the Hall of Famer Rick Steiner rolls him up from behind for a 3 count win. Devon "Hannibal" Nicholson is seen watching the action backstage and claps the result.

Winners: The Varsity club

After the match Kevin Sullivan grabs a mic again and enters the ring.

I give you tonight's winners, The University of Michigan's Rick Steiner and The University of Oklahoma's Steve Williams aka The Varsity squad, The group that at Wrestlepalooza will put Triple Threat in their place. You see, we came here to the BWA for one purpose, no other...to win the tag team titles! I never intended on even setting foot in a wrestling match in the BWA but those mongrols decided to put their hands on me, they brought this all on themselves at that moment...

I had found the greatest collegiate athletes the world of pro wrestling had to offer and we were in line for a shot at the tag team titles until that moment and thats why I asked for this match, why I will wrestle again... and I will win and not only prove that we should be the no.1 contenders for those tag belts but also to put those brash, uncivilized, ECW (said with disdain) wrestlers back in their place. At Wrestlepalooza They will see the full force of the Varsity Club

We then head to another pre-taped interview with The Original Shiek, the most noteworthy part of which is highlighted below where he also notes what it is that he said Sabu gave him back in ECW during the first part of this interview shown 2 weeks ago.

Shiek: He thought that his recklessness, had cost me my career. He thought that it was his fault that I had to leave WCW and that I had this god damn limp when I did... and he was right. But my son of a b!tch nephew never did a god damn thing to make up for it and for that reason I brought him here, here where I, The Originator of Hardcore Wrestling can break his god damn Leg and make him beg for forgiveness!

JB: Jaysus that fellah means business!
BH: Don't think he is the only one... I've never seen Hennig looking so serious.

He is of course referring to Curt Hennig aka Mr Perfect who has made his way down to the ring and as eluded to looks like he means business. Before his match tonight, a match he notes that Andre The Giant's confidant Ted Dibiase booked for him. Perfect explains that he has the perfect match plan in place for his PPV bout with the Giant and promises the world that just like he will tonight, that at WrestlePalooza he will over come the odds and be victorious.

Curt Hennig vs Tatanka, Virgil & Horace Hogan

After Perfect dispatches of Horace with a near immediate Perfect-Plex Ted Dibiase appears on the titantron (with Andre among others by his side) and let's it be known that this match is not a handicap match but an eliminate style gauntlet match. Despite interference from the outside however this makes very little difference to the outcome of the match as first Virgil falls to a Perfect Spear followed up by a figure four which he taps to, and then it was Tatanka's turn as the native American also fell foul of the Perfect-Plex. He did put in a slightly better showing than the previous two but still the commentators couldn't help but refer to this as the perfect warm up for Hennig pre PPV, mostly because he didn't pick up any knocks.

Winner: Mr Perfect

After the match as Hennig headed to the back the three NWO prospects start squabbling and pushing each other in the ring when suddenly Ted Dibiase re-appears on the tron talking about how much of an embarrassment the 3 men men were. He sites the history he has with 2 of them (Virgil & Tatanka) and says they have let him down just like Horrace has his cousin Hulk. It's been 4 weeks since any of them debuted in the BWA and all they have done is lose but he says that at Wrestlepalooza that won't be the case because in order to find out which of them is actually worthy of their lace as a potential NWO member they will face each other on the PPV pre-show in a Triple Threat!

After that announcement we are brought backstage to the dressing room of Hulk Hogan who is about to be interviewed

Hogan: Let me tell you something brother, before our main event tonight there will be a world title presentation where the world heavyweight championship will be returned to it's rightful place, right here (gestures) around the Hulkster's waist. You see God created the Heavens, he created the earth! He created all the Hulkamaniacs! Then, he created a set of 24-inch pythons, brother! He sculpted the greatest wrestler on the face of the earth and when that wrestler took his vitamins and said his prayers, God Spoke directly to him and told him to head to the where it all begin, to head to the BWA and spread the good word but some people don't want to listen. Some people believe they can stand up to a wrestling god but what are they going to do when Hulkamania runs wild one them!

Interviewer: (quietly)...um I didn't actually ask my question yet Hulk...how do you feel about...

Hogan: (Glares at the interviewer) Do you want Hulkamania to run wild on you?

As the interviewer backs out of the room shaking his head, the distinctive voice of former BWA wrestler Jesse Ventura can be heard "I hate him...Hulk Hogan has become what we all hated... he is the reason there is no wrestlers union... Hogan stooged me... I find it pathetic" Hogan is incensed and starts searching the room to find the source of this audio eventually finding a speaker on the back of the dressing room door with a big too sweet logo on it, which he immediately tears off the wall.

When we return to the ring we see Aja Kong, Manami Toyota, Victoria & Molly Holly all at ringside as a women we are told is a former BCW competitor stands in the ring. That said everyone's attention is immediately drawn to her opponent as she, Ronda Rousey makes her way down to the ring.

Ronda Rousey vs Beaker Josephine

The challenger charges at Rousey in what the announcers later call a stupid attempt to catch the former MMA star off guard and is immediately caught with a fast right hand to her jaw which immediately floors her.

At this point Rousey walks over to ringside and calls for something, then much to everyones surprise she is handed a microphone which she uses to address her PPV opponents at ringside.

She first tells Manami Toyota that no matter how fast she thinks she is she (Ronda) is faster as her punch just now attends to. Then she picks the downed wrestler up and lifts her up for an impressive Jackhammer, holding her for near ten seconds in mid air before dropping her and once against picking up the Mic and this time addressing Aja Kong and telling her that no matter how strong she thinks she is that she (Rousey) is more devastating. Again she lifts her opponent up to her feet and then as she sways from side to side trying her best just to stay upright Rousey addresses Victoria and tells her no matter how much of a b!tch she is that she is badder before head butting and dropping her essentially already defeated opponent back to the mat. Rousey however does not let up and instead looks at Molly Holly and states that she may not yet think of her as a pro wrestler but no matter how good a fighter you are... I'm better at which point she locks in her Armbar and the women immediately taps out.

Winner via submission: Ronda Rousey

The announcers note that all her Wrestlepalooza opponents were out here hoping to see some chink in Ronda Rousey's armour, some weakness they could take advantage of, but nope, nothing of the sort was on display. Meanwhile Ronda rolls out of the ring and exchanges heated glances with these ladies as she heads to the back and we head to commercial.

Ad Break

When we return we see Hulk Hogan Backstage talking to Ted Dibiase

Hogan is ranting and raving about Scott Hall trying to screw with him and saying that his dressing room has been compromised. Dibiase tries to calm him down and tells him he can use his office until they will head to the ring for the title ceremony later as he has to go find Andre.

Seemingly this does the job and calms the Hulkster down until he steps into the office and suddenly the iconic voice of The Ultimate Warrior can be heard calling Hogan a "B!tch" and a "hypocrite" and saying that "Hogan's vitamins were coke and weed" at which point Hogan once again snaps and starts tearing the room apart until he once again finds a too sweet emblazoned speaker this time under The Million Dollar Man's desk.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kPBzmFg0nOM

Elsewhere backstage we see Ted Dibiase who as he stated earlier was looking for Andre and upon meeting IRS we find out The Giant is in transit and should arrive momentarily. Schyster uses this opportunity however to remind DiBiase of something, saying that just in case things should go sideways with the NWO guys at Wrestlepalooza that they always have options. After being questioned he elaborates further saying "You got Andre, Tatanka, Virgil & me for sure, who are all loyal to you, all have history with you... and don't forget those other guys, we always have plan B.

JB: What the hell do you think Plan B is?... can't imagine Hogan will be too happy hearing that just in case talk from IRS & DiBiase.
BH: I think Hogan has enough on his mind right now anyway... but speaking of DiBiase I am sure he will be a keen observer of this next match.

The match sees the men who will face Money Inc at Wrestlepalooza for the titles Stan Hansen & Dan Spivey take on Triple Threat. As they (Hansen & Spivey) make their entrance the announcers really play up the potential distrust between the two and we are then re-shown the reason why and The Million Dollar Man's proclamation last week that one of them would turn on the other because "everyone's got a price" implying that he'd payed off one of them.

Stan Hansen & Dan Spivey vs Bam Bam Bigelow & Shane Douglas w/ Chris Candido

Bam Bam and Hansen start things off her in a real Sloberknocker of a bout but it isn't until Dan Spivey gets tagged in that this match starts to really get interesting as it is then that the rest of the group he is usually affiliated with aka The Varsity Squad in the form of Kevin Sullivan, Steve Williams & Rick Steiner make their way down to ringside seemingly to cheer him on. There presence annoys Hansen but it's their opponents who are totally taken off their game by the arrival of the men they will face at Wrestlepalooza so much so that Candido and Bam Bam square up with them on the outside leaving now legal man Douglas isolated in the ring. He is not just isolated but also distracted due to what is now a 3 on 2 conflict on the outside and turns straight into a Spivey Spike DDT. However instead of being able to go for the pin Stan Hansen tags himself in and delivers his signature Lariat as a finishing blow on Douglas before picking up the pinfall victory.


Winners: Hansen & Spivey

After the match the commenators play up Spivey's annoyance at Hansen tagging himself into the match and Hansen's reaction to the Varsity clubs arrival to build up the potential of one of them turning on the other but as of now the challengers seem to be able to remain on te same page. We then head backstage for another Hulk Hogan update

Hogan looks completely worn out as he exits The Million Dollar man's office and does not look too pleased when Jojo approaches him looking to get an interview with him. Out of the corner of his eye however Hogan spots a guy wearing a Too Sweet T-Shirt and loses it, attacking the guy who we later learn is a member of the ring crew. Jojo looks scared of Hogan and who could blame her as he looks a little deranged when he gets right up in her face and addresses her

Hogan: I'm a Patriot brother, I'm a hero to all the little Hulkamaniacs out there and this punk, this joke Scott Hall thinks he can get in my head! He thinks he can make me question and battle with my inner Hulk... but you know what sister, the next time you see me I'll be in the ring having my world heavyweight title put back around my waist... Because I'm The Man!

Further down the hallway we see The Varsity Club including Dan Spivey leaving the arena, talking about how they were heading out to celebrate their two wins tonight and how they will have another two at Wrestlepalooza according to them. We then move back to the announcers at ringside

BH: He says he is the man, but he is coming across as a madman tonight, Scott Hall has really gotten in his head
JB: How dare you! that's our World Champion you are talking about. Somehow I doubt you will say the same when he comes out here after our next match for his championship presentation.

Before the following match Eddie Gilbert comes out and addresses the ladies in the audience saying that he is sure they are all dying to hear just what role the genius Ted DiBiase asked him to fill at Wrestlepalooza. Well he says that Ted told him that given how he had already proven in recent weeks that he can take some physicality from the women on the BWA roster (winks at the camera as he says this) The Million Dollar Man could think of no better man to be the special guest referee in what will no doubt be a super physical bout for the Womens title at the biggest PPV in draft history.

Chris Candido vs Eddie Gilbert

The announcers are still trying to work out why exactly DiBiase would give Gilbert his PPV role as this one gets under way but they are even more surprised when it actually leads to the finish in the match. Molly Holly & Victoria both come charging down to ringside mid match and it's Molly who grabs Candido's leg as he bounces off the ropes and sends him stumbling into Gilbert's Hot Shot (Flapjack dropped into a hangman) finisher resulting in the 3 count pin. Afterwards a shocked looking Gilbert has his hand raised by both women until he is shocked even further as Victoria takes out Molly with a big clothesline before planting a big kiss on Eddie's lips and rolling out of the ring.

JB: I really don't know what to make of that!
BH: Well I am sure you will like this next segment more...
JB: Yes, Yes, it's time for The Champ, It's time for The Man, it's time for the Hulkster

Despite JB bigging up Hogan it's The Million Dollar Man whose music hits as he emerges from the back with both Andre The Giant & IRS by his side. They enter the ring and then out of the briefcase that IRS carries with him produce the BWA world title that had been taken back from Scott Hall last week before calling out the man they called the true world champion Hulk Hogan. After some hot dogging Hogan joins them in the ring and it's time for the official championship presentation except as IRS under DiBiase's orders attempt to fix the title back around the waist of the Hulkster Hogan grabs the title off him and holds it aloft screaming for joy as if he had just won the thing in a grueling battle. The crowd start showering him in boos but he ignores them and even starts doing his signature gestures to celebrate being re-united with the gold.

It is at this point much to the fans relief that Scott Hall interrupts proceedings and gets a big pop in doing so

Hall: Hey Yo!

You hear that Hogan, that's called cheers. The reason they don't cheer you isn't because of the things you have been hearing other superstars say about you all night, hell it isn't even because of the things I've said about you... it's because I may be "The Bad Guy" buy you Hogan... your just a C*nt (actually gets bleeped out).

Hogan looks like he is about to burst a blood vessel he is so enraged but it's DiBiase who responds first.

Dibiase: I don't know who in god's name you think you are but You cannot speak to the BWA World Champion like that! *the fans begin a Razor chant*.... You fan's cheer for this man? this self proclaimed "Bad Guy" and "Lone Wolf"?... You won't be cheering soon because Scott you are just too predictable. We knew you would come out here and try and spoil our fun and that's why we thought ahead and you know what you did... we gave you a match for tonight. Afterall your buddies Batista and Hennig wanted had warm up matches tonight so we assumed you would want one too, not only that but we presumed you would be looking for some retribution on the big guy here (patting Andre on the back) for what he did to you last week and that's why 6 days before you face Hulk Hogan in the main event of Wrestlepalooza you will fight in tonight's main event and once again in a No Holds Barred match but this time against Andre The Giant!

Surprisingly that seems cool with Hall who heads down to ringside while the crowd eat it up as they expect they will now get a PPV quality main event.

No Holds Barred Match: Scott Hall vs Andre The Giant

Unfortunately though for the fans and somewhat unsurprisingly the match is not a fair fight and although Hall does well standing toe to toe with the giant at the beginning it isn't long before Hulk Hogan gets involved and the match essentially becomes a handicap match between the three. It is when Hogan uses his newly re-acquired World Title as a weapon knocking Hall to the mat that things start to head towards the finish of this match. As then a dizzy looking Hall gets back to his feet only to be caught in an Andre double underhook suplex down onto the belt again. The announcer highlight how all this is legal in a No Holds Barred Match as Andre goes for the pinfall victory.

1......2........ suddenly Scott Hall is pulled from the ring by Andre's opponent at Wrestlepalooza Mr Perfect!

The match essentially becomes a 2 on 2 Brawl now but It's at this point that Ted Dibiase starts to get his hands dirty and then when Kevin Nash charges down to the ring and enters the action it becomes a 4 on 2 and once again means the NWO boys have the advantage as the former tag partners Hennig & Hall take a beating once more. Thankfully for them though it isn't long until Batista makes the numbers up somewhat for the faces as the announcers go wild building up all the feuds for this Sunday's PPV we are seeing played out before us, something that becomes even more evident as Stan Hansen speeds to the ring to fully even things up.

However with his tag team partner having already left for the night things turn back the heels favor as IRS comes out especially as he is not alone, having Tatanka, Virgil & Horace Hogan all right behind him. Those four, Dibiase & Nash pull Batista, Hansen & Perfect to the outside of the ring and hold them off long enough for Hogan & Andre to once again double team Hall and eventually after Hogan hits his Wrestlepalooza opponent with a big boot sending him stumbling into an Andre Chokeslam at which point Hogan lays his title over Hall's neck before hitting his leg drop on him at which point Andre makes another pin and after what the commentary team say seems like a fast count gets a 3 count.

Winner: Andre The Giant

Hall isn't kept down however and almost immediately after the 3 count kicks out and then rolls to the outside where the NWOs advantage is not as big and by joining the other faces out there he actually causes the heels (Nash, Dibiase, IRS, Virgil, Tatanka & Horace) to join Andre and Hogan in the ring. The show ends with both groups facing each other down while Hogan shouts abuse at Hall some of which the announcers reluctantly agree with noting that should Wrestlepalooza's main event end in a similar manner it will be the Hulkster who will reign supreme over the BWA once more.

BWA Roster 2016
Hulk Hogan
Scott Hall
Kevin Nash
Andre The Giant
"The Million Dollar Man" Ted Dibiase
"IRS" Mike Rotunda
Dave Batista
"Mr Perfect" Curt Hennig
Stan Hansen
Manami Toyota
Aja Kong
Ronda Rousey
Victoria
Molly Holly
Sabu
The Original Sheik
Abdullah The Butcher
Bam Bam Bigelow
"The Franchise Shane Douglas"
Chris Candido
"Dr Death" Steve Williams
Dan Spivey
Kevin Sullivan
Rick Steiner
"hot Stuff" Eddie Gilbert
Devon "Hannibal" Nicholson
Tatanka
Virgil
Horace Hogan

CMpunked

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Bounty Hunter

TNA World Heavyweight Championship
'The Charismatic Enigma' Jeff Hardy vs. champion Bobby Roode - 2 pts

'Olympic Gold Medalist' Kurt Angle vs. 'The Cowboy' James Storm - 2 pts

'The Pope' D'Angelo Dinero vs. Devon - 1 pt

Monster's Ball Match - If Abyss loses he must rejoin Immortal
Bully Ray vs. 'The Monster' Abyss - 1 pt

TNA Knockouts Championship
'Hardcore Country' Mickie James vs. champion Gail Kim - 1 pt

Four Corners Match for the TNA X-Division Championship
Kid Kash vs. Jesse Sorensen vs. champion 'The Greatest Man That Ever Lived' Austin Aries vs. Zema Ion - 1 pt

TNA World Tag Team Championships
'Samoan Submission Machine' Samoa Joe and Magnus vs. champions 'The Blueprint' Matt Morgan and Crimson - 1 pt

Gunner vs. 'The Whole F'N Show' Rob Van Dam - 1pt

Nody

World Heavyweight title match:
Heel Hulk Hogan vs Scott "Razor Ramon" Hall

Intercontinental title match:
Mr Perfect vs Andre The Giant

Grudge Match
Kevin Nash vs Batista

BWA World tag team title match:
Money Inc - "The Million Dollar Man"Ted Dibiase & IRS vs Stan Hansen & Dan Spivey

BWA Womens' World title elimination match:
Manami Toyota vs Aja Kong vs Ronda Rousey vs Victoria vs Molly Holly
With Special Referee "Hot Stuff" Eddie Gilbert

Stable warfare
Triple Threat (Bam Bam Bigelow, Shane Douglas & Chris Candido) vs The Varsity Club ("Dr Death" Steve Williams, Rick Steiner & Kevin Sullivan)

Pre Show Main Event: Extreme Rules match
The Original Sheik vs Sabu

Blood Feud:
Abdullah The Butcher vs Hannibal


Opening Match:
Virgil vs Tatanka vs Horace Hogan

Charisteas

Welcome to BWA Wrestlepalooza!
Live from "The Big House" - Michigan Stadium
previous shows: Preview show, Show 1, Show 2, Show 3, Show 4, Go-Home Show

We start of with shots of the Arena which is 95% full already even though the pre-show is only about to start and the announcers running down the card. We also get shots of the numerous celebs in the crowd including former BWA Alumnus Jesse Ventura who apparently traveled here from LWA for the night to stop Mason Ryan from bothering Batista but is seemingly going to stay for the show... and who can blame him say the announce team as they introduce our first bout.

Opening Match:
Virgil vs Tatanka vs Horace Hogan

This is a short match to get things started where the announcers play up how no matter what these guys tried they just can't get a win here in the BWA. A fact that seems to be continuing in this match as everytime someone would go for a pinfall the 3rd man would break it up which they suggest is why Virgil chooses to not go for a pin but instead syncs in his version of the Million Dollar Dream on Horace Hogan as soon as he tosses Tatanka to the outside. Hogan does seem to be fading and is almost passing out when the Native American re-enters the ring via the top rope with his Tomahawk Chop that floors both men. He then lifts up Virgil and whips him against the ropes before slamming him to the mat with his "End of The Trail" Samoan Drop. At this point the announcers start talking about how 1 win could turn it all around for someone like Tatanka who had previously been known for his undefeated streak in the WWF and before they can even finish making this point he delivers his Wakinyan (Swinging side slam) to Virgil allowing him to get the 3 count while Horace Hogan seems to be just about regaining full consciousness.

Winner:

Tatanka

Booking explanation:

To be fair Tatanka is a level above Horace & even Virgil and he is the one of these three who could actually recieve some sort of mini push so he had to be the one to win here. All will appear again later though.

Backstage segment where Charley interviews Devon "Hannibal" Nicholson and asks him about his match coming up next against Abdullah The Butcher

Hannibal: He never admitted what he did. He never admitted fault, apologized nor took any responsibility at all.... tonight I am getting my pound of flesh...tonight he will bleed once more... tonight I will get my Vengence!

Before our next match BWA officials come down to ring side and begin to remove everything that could be deemed a weapon from around the ring. Several tables and chaires among other things are removed from under the ring. Even the ring bell is taken away from ring side.

Blood Feud:
Abdullah The Butcher vs Hannibal

They exchange big rights and lefts, both men hit thunderous clotheslines before Hannibal connects with a suplex.

JB: What is that maniac doing, your not going to win a first blood match with a suplex!
BH: True but it's not like there are any weapons out there that he can use now
JB: No offense BH but anything can be used as a weapon these guys need to step it up!

It almost seems as if the combatants are taking note as the intensity gets kicked up a notch with Hannibal first targeting Abdullah's scarred forehead with elbow strikes and then The Butcher stopping him in his tracks with a low blow and removing the top turnbuckle.

They take turns ramming each others head into the exposed steel. Still no blood though so Abdullah decides it's time to head to the outside and after one strong turnbuckle shot he tosses him between the ropes and it's then that they really get going and start using anything and everything available to then as a weapon. The steel steps, the ring post on the outside and the announcers table but still no blood.

BH: Usually you would just look at Abdullah and the dude starts bleeding.
JB: But when have you seen him not using with chairs and blades in matches.
BH: Uh-Oh looks like he might have just found a more extreme weapon!

It's at that point that Abdullah reaches into the crowd and grabs a beer bottle from a fan and with Hannibal charging at him from behind he turns and cracks him across the head with it. This sends him stumbling backwards looking like he is seeing stars and then right as The Butcher goes for a second swipe at him he drops to the floor still selling the impact of the bottle. As a result Abdullah misses Hannibal this time and instead the bottle smashes upon impact with the ring post. He then screams at the ref to check for blood but somehow there does not seem to be any on Hannibal. Therefore The Butcher decides it's time for more and lifts his opponent up balls up his fist and swings but the punch is dodged and Hannibal then kicks him in the gut before hitting a fast snap DDT onto the broken bottle shardes. Glass is drilled into the butchers skull (the grooves in his forhead to be exact) which bursts open and blood starts pouring out.

Winner:

Devon "Hannibal" Nicholson

After the ref calls the result the camera zooms in on Hannibal and you can see the joy on his face but much to the announcers exclamations you can also see some blood dripping down his head from his forehead. They later suggest that he was busted open when Abdullah hit him with the bottle it just was not evident when the ref checked him and that perhaps it was not until he stood upright that the blood started to flow.

Booking explanation: After everything Nicholson was put through by Abdullah in real life he needed to get the win here but this feud would most likely not be one and done and this finish allows for that plus the fans would only really be getting used to him at this stage in many cases so the feud would mean a lot more going forward now too.

Backstage segment where Shane Douglas is interviewed about Triple Threat's (the other members of which are behind him) upcoming battle

Douglas: These men behind me are some of the baddest men on the planet and when we all worked together, back in extreme championship wrestling I was the world heavyweight champion. ("me too" says Bam Bam in the background) but the chumps we have to face off against tonight were never anything! They are a forgotten stable that nobody cared about in a joke of a federation and didn't win anything of note. They should have stayed forgotten but nobody will ever forget the beating we give them tonight!

BH: Speaking of ECW and all things Extreme, it's time for our pre-show main event!
JB: How weird is it to see them bringing back all the foreign objects they removed from under the ring before the last match.

Pre Show Main Event: Extreme Rules match
The Original Sheik vs Sabu

This match started at an incredible pace as neither competitor was waiting on any graces for instance before the bell even rang and as The Sheik made his way down to the ring Sabu performs a suicide dive to the outside taking him out. He then immediately grabbed some shards of glass still left from the last match, balls up his fist and places them in the gaps in between his fingers and stats to punch his uncle across his forehead. screaming out in pain The Shiek does him best to crawl away but Sabu grabs him and tries to drag him back unfortunately for him though he was just about able to crawl over to those broken pieces of glass and grabbed the largest of them and stabs into Sabu's foot!

This draws a big "ooohhh" from the crowd as does Sabu pulling it out of his foot moments later and showing how painful that was on his face while the announcers play up that this truly is "Extreme". Like a terminator Sabu shakes off what just occurred and keeps moving forward after the sheik who is now under one side of the ring seemingly looking for another weapon and just like before when Sabu grabs him it is revealed what he was doing as the Sheik performs on of his signature moves and throws a fireball into Sabu's face. The Houdini of Hardcore is left completely dazed and confused and stumbles away as The Sheik grabs a chair and starts to lay into him causing him roll into the ring in pain to get away from him. The Sheik then starts tossing chair after chair into the ring. He finally stops when about six different chairs are in the ring and comes in after his nephew but Sabu this time rolls to the outside frustrating The Sheik. When he does so he takes a chair with him and then when the Sheik immediately tries to follow him but doing so via his own attempted Suicide dive Sabu throws up the chair and The Sheik goes head first into it and never makes it outside the ring.

Now having had time to recover Sabu grabs a table and slides it into the ring before getting in himself and setting it up. The announcers play up how both men just keep getting up though as The Sheik gets back to his feet and starts brawling with Sabu and forces him into the corner. He gets one really good elbow shot in on Sabu and seems to get in the ascendency enough to put him up on the top rope and prepares to hit Sabu with a suplex onto the pilled up chairs in the ring but Sabu reverses it into a tornado DDT and drives the Sheik into the steel below. Sabu then grabs him and lays him out on the table before climbing back up to top rope and BOOM! Arabian Skullcrusher (diving leg drop driving a steel chair into his opponents face) through the table. He then rolls him over and makes the pinfall.

Winner:

Sabu

Booking explanation:

A Family feud between two hardcore wrestlers would be super heated and could be a spotfest to really get things going and to get the crowd pumped before the main show kicks off. Sabu would have to win though as there is so much more future for him going forward given that this storyline is based around how The Sheik almost (in reality did) have his career ended due to the leg break incident with Sabu in WCW even though we can claim to have them at their peak in the draft and at his peak The Shiek has a massive draw.

We are then taken to Sean Mooney who is backstage with Kevin Sullivan and asks him about what Shane Douglas had to say earlier tonight

Sullivan: Douglas talked about how his men were in a top stable in extreme championship wrestling... well so were the Blue Meanie and Big Dick Dudley. That place was a joke and Douglas (looks straight down the camera) you are a joke too! tonight we (The Varisty club are behind him) will show you what real wrestlers can do in a real promotion, tonight the punchline to your joke will be 1..2 ..3 and our hands raised"

The Main Show Begins

Pyro's go off and the crowd go wild as the main show begins with announcement that tonight's attendance is officially a new record beating last years record by over two thousand people at a grand total of 122,200. It is then announced that our first match of the evening would be the big 6 man tag team match which they refer to as Stable Warfare.

Stable warfare
Triple Threat (Bam Bam Bigelow, Shane Douglas & Chris Candido) vs The Varsity Club ("Dr Death" Steve Williams, Rick Steiner & Kevin Sullivan)

The story of this match is the mat based skills of The Varsity Club against the underhanded nature and power based moves from Triple Threat and despite impressing initially The Varsity Club really begin to struggle when this one breaks down and multiple men are batting at one time, something that seems to be happening regularly. The crowd love when this happens but it takes a toll on the former collegiate athletes and their opponents are clealy on top when we get our first near fall after one particularly impressive double team move which sees Shane Douglas tag in and then suplex Bam Bam Bigelow onto their downed opponent Steve Williams. The announcers are actually very impressed with Williams that he is actually able to kick out after this but it does affect him considerably going forward.

The finish of this match comes When it seems like there could be no other outcome but a Triple Treat win. Williams has taken a huge amount of punishment and is layed out on the ring mat while Sullivan and Steiner are beset on the outside by Candido & Douglas. Bam Bam goes up top and tries for his always impressive moonsault but at the last moment Williams is pulled out of the way but by why? seconds later and the camera focuses on Dan Spivey at ringside. Back inside the ring however and Williams is quick to get back to his feet while Bam Bam is clearly in a lot of pain after coming down hard on the mat, it's at this point that the man known as "Dr Death" delivers not 1, nor 2 but 3 Backdrop Drivers (Spike belly-to-back suplex) to Bam Bam, the last of which is a brigding pin variation and get the 3 count victory.

Winners:

The Varsity Club

Booking explanation: It would make sense that given both IRS & Spivey are not involved here that the 3 man Varsity club may struggle against triple threat especially given how dominant Bam Bam could be booked to be but you always wanna keep the audience (reader) guessing and the 4th man giving them the chance to overcome the odds tells a nice story while not making their opponents look weak in losing to them. We may see more of these characters too later so..

We then go backstage were Todd Grisham interviews first IRS and then The Million Dollar Man Ted DiBiase.

IRS: I understand why you want to ask me about that match and yes I used to be in the varsity squad and am the reason they are here in the BWA so would like to congratulate them on their victory but I have my own match here tonight and not only that it is a match for the ever so prestigious BWA tag team titles and what's more it is with this great man right here. (DiBiase enters)

DiBiase:Ha ha ha The Million Dollar Man is here and now this show can begin for real, but Mr Bigelow (looking straight down the camera) don't you go looking for retribution on that fellow Spivey tonight because this is your boss speaking and as a former member of the million Dollar Corporation you know I mean business when I tell you that I have something special in mind for him and a one Mr Stan Hansen tonight, something very special Ha ha ha

JB: I wonder what the boss has in mind, do you have any ideas BH? how's he gonna screw Spivey & Hansen? Don't forget what he told them.
BH: I know, I know everyone's got a price for the Million Dollar Man but we have a match up before that one and it's the return of Ronda Rousey to a BWA ring
JB: Wow we haven't seen he on PPV since she humbled Jesse Ventura 2 Wrestlepalooza's ago!


She isn't the first person involved in the following match to come out however as instead Eddie Gilbert makes his way down to the ring in his referee's top looking mightily pleased with himself. She is however second and every women who comes out after her seems to only have eyes for her.

BWA Womens' World title elimination match:
Manami Toyota vs Aja Kong vs Ronda Rousey vs Victoria vs Molly Holly
With Special Referee "Hot Stuff" Eddie Gilbert

When this match starts all of the other four women involved target Rousey and try to get an early elimination for the former UFC star but it is not that easy. She dumps Manami Toyota to the outside using her own momentum against her and then drops Molly Holly with a straight right hand. As she does however Victoria tries to roll her up from behind. 1..2..Kickout

BH: Damn that was a fast count
JB: I think Gilbert might have favored filly in this race

Rousey is straight back up to her feet and after as she rises she hits Victoria with a devastating uppercut and then gives Gilbert the dirtiest of looks. However her attention is then drawn to biggest dog in the fight as Aja Kong finally decides to get involved having stood back and watching all the others charge in. A huge clubbing blow from Kong knocks Rousey to the Mat and then she continues to pound on her until Rousey grabs her arm as it comes down and wraps herself around it reversing the attack into her patented armbar.. She is able to get to the ropes and break the hold however and then rolls to the outisde when Ronda releases it.

Ronda has been so dominant that the announcers refer to her as being like a super hero, saying they should have cast her as Ms Marvel.

On the outside Manami Toyota and Molly & Victoria (who had started to team up) had begun to brawl and due to the numbers the Americans had gotten the better of Toyota meaning that it was Molly who is the first to re-enter the ring but she is immediately hit by a roundhouse kick that looks like it could have knocked her clean out so Rousey goes for a pin afterwards. 1......2................kickout! again it is an incredibly long count by Gilbert but this time he gets more than just a hard stare for his trouble as Rousey opens up on him with a combination of rights and lefts punctuated by a scissors kick.

Victoria then enters the ring and tries to attack Rousey from behind but she must have eyes in the back of her head because she catches her with a spinning backfist and knocks her to a knee and the flips her over once more into her armbar. Victoria immediately starts to tap but there is no referee. However she does not release the hold and moments later another ref comes running out and when victoria once again taps she becomes the first woman eliminated.

Molly Holly has still barely moved after kicking out of the longest 3 counts ever as Ronda now turns her attention to her and she again locks in her armbar and within seconds Molly has also tapped and is eliminated.

JB: What the heck, she attacks a referee and she isn't disqualified instead she is rewarded with two eliminations!
BH: cmon JB, I'm not promoting what she did but Gilbert was not doing his job as an official out there, this is serious business, the BWA womens title is on the line here.

At this point both the Asian ladies re-enter the ring an perhaps it is Rousey starting to tire from being involved in all the action so far but she makes a slight mistake and leaves herself open for a German suplex from Toyota which sends her crashing into the corner. They both seem to be working together As Toyota stands back and watches as Aja ascends the turnbuckles getting ready to perhaps drop down on her victim below her. Unfortunately 1 suplex is not enough to incapacitate Ronda Rousey and as Kong get to the top turnbuckle Ronda grabs and pulls her legs out from under her sending her crashing to the mat hitting her face off the top turnbuckle as she does. She then rises and goes toe to toe with Toyota as both throw kicks at the other. Rousey avoids one of Toyota's big advances however and then sweeps her trailing leg dropping her at which point she mounts her and begins to ground and pound her like no other woman in professional wrestling can. The ref steps in and ends Toyota's fight making her the third person eliminated by Rousey.

At this point Ronda slowly goes to get back up to her feet and as she gets to a knee she turns to see where her one remaining opponent is but much to her shock and that of the viewing audience where Aja Kong is, is about to come off the top rope and Rousey has no time to adjust herself or move out of the way and her bigger opponent comes crashing down driving her elbow right into Rousey's skull. She drops straight to the mat and looks like she has been KO'd. Aja rolls her over and the stunned crowd watch on as she gets the 3 count and becomes the new BWA woman's champion.

Winner:

Aja Kong

Booking explanation: Last time Ronda came to the BWA she was facing a man and it was right to put her over the a guy playing an arrogant douche but this time her losing to another woman puts over not just Aja but the entire womens division. That said the story had to be all about Rousey and how they could beat her and personally I believe anybody could be beaten by something like a diving elbow to the temple from someone like Aja Kong. Aja too because of her size and brawling ability could be believable in a feud with Rousey after this, in fact I believe I remeber the bostoncrab wanted to draft Ronda in the past to put her in that exact feud.

Backstage we see Dave Batista arrives to the arena and Scott Stanford asks him about the busy couple of weeks he is in the midst of with his BWA PPV debut and the release of GOTG vol#2

Batista: Tonight I am not Drax The Destroyer I am just a destroyer, and when I'm done with him Kevin Nash won't just not be able to stand, he won't be able to show his face around here again...

BH: Some serious words from a serious man there
JB: pfft who cares what some actor has to say, here comes the boss!

Money Inc make their way down to the ring and before the tag team title match gets underway reminds everyone of his proclamation that one of his opponents tonight would turn on the other because as he put it "Everyone has a price for the Million Dollar Man!"

BWA World tag team title match:
Money Inc - "The Million Dollar Man" Ted Dibiase & IRS vs Stan Hansen & Dan Spivey

Stan Hansen demands to start the match when he sees Ted DiBiase doing the same but The Million Dollar Man wants no part of the big angry Texan and immediately tags IRS in. DiBiase may have had a plan for his opponents here tonight but as this match begins the announcers start to question it considering the first few minutes of the match are Hansen tossing Schyster around the ring but after each big move he would challenge Ted to tag in and face him but to no avail. Eventually DiBiase does enter the ring but it is only to break up big Stan's pin attempt after Hansen had delivered a thunderous piledriver to IRS. This led to the cowboy chasing Ted not only out of the ring but around it and he only gave up the chase when DiBiase had jumped the guard rail and gone into the crowd to get away from him while the ref had started a 10 count. This also gave IRS a chance to recover and when Hansen does slide back into the ring just before the 10 count he is immediately caught with a knee to his head.

The momentum shifted and suddenly DiBiase wanted in and Money Inc took advantage performing several quick tags in and out cutting off the ring and not allowing Hansen to get to his partner. They really wore the big man down and if things were to continue like that the gold would no doubt be staying where they were. However a change wasn't long coming as The Varsity Club comes down to ringside. They start cheering on their former member IRS which seems to enrage his opponent Stan Hansen who seems to use it as fuel to power a comeback. He fights his way off his back and begins to battle up to his feet where he starts trading blows with Schyster. Meanwhile The Varsity Club have now moved around to Hansen's actual corner and started conversing with his partner and another VC member Dan Spivey.

Stan has gotten back on top despite being exhausted from not being able to tag out all fight and emphasizes that by grabbing IRS and smacking him with a thunderous Lariat that nearly knocks him clear out of his wrestling boots.

He hit him so hard that he actually dropped to his knees himself and then starts almost crawling to his corner looking to tag out except much to his chagrin Dan Spivey has his back turned to him and actually drops off the apron and joins up with the rest of the Varsity Club as Hansen makes it to the corner. Once again he can't tag out but this time he cannot (directly at least) blame his opponents. He is incensed and starts screaming at Spivey while IRS crawls over to his partner (DiBiase) and tags out . Dan Spivey looks up at Hansen and just laughs at the big Texan as Kevin Sullivan starts stuffing dollar bills of an unknown quantity into Spivey's hands. Stan may be have been nearly completely worn out but this did not stop him screaming at the top of his lungs at Spivey saying he was going to kill him, however it did stop him being able to focus on the ongoing match and Ted DiBiase took advantage of this coming up from behind him and locking in his Million Dollar Dream (Cobra clutch) submission hold. Hansen fought to get out of it but after fighting the whole match on his own and not seeing this attack coming he struggles and eventually passes out in the hold and the referee calls it for Money Inc

Winners:

Ted DiBiase & IRS

Booking explanation:
DiBiase had promised that someone would turn from his opponents, that everyone had a price for The Million Dollar Man and Hansen is not really the type to sell out plus with IRS (Mike Rotunda) being a former Varsity Club member and Dan Spivey's partner this makes sense. It also makes The Boss an even bigger heel and gives Hansen a proper reason to be the Big Angry Texan looking for vengenace.

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We kick off part 2 of the PPV with one of the two men who will main event the show Scott "Razor Ramon" Hall being interviewed by Pamela Paulshock about his world title match

Scott Hall: Can I beat Hulk Hogan? Can Hulkamania actually be stopped? Can I actually win the big one and become a world champion? Well there is one quote that I always come back to chica...hard work pays off, dreams come true, bad times don't last, but bad guys do! and you're looking at The Bad Guy right here and this bad guy assures you that my dream is going to come through tonight so Hogan... welcome to your nightmare!

JB: I don't know if his dream will come through here tonight as he has to contend with not only Hulk Hogan but it's going to be No Holds Barred and you gotta believe the NWO will get involved.
BH: Maybe but either way that man is a star, and speaking of stars we have one of the biggest stars in the world in our next match.
JB: what you mean Kevin Nash? ... I heard he is up for the role of Cable in the next Deadpool Movie

Last Man Standing Match
Kevin Nash vs Batista

This match is what could only be described as good old JR would put it, as a slobberknocker with neither man willing to take a step back or do anything but throw and take big clubbing blows as this one started off. It was as if it was a contest of one upsmanship with each man taking turns trying to see who could hit harder or deliver the more devastating move.

After about 12mins of this both men are beginning to show some wear and tear when the match finally leaves the ring with Batista spearing Nash and both men going through the ropes and to the outside as a result. Batista actually takes this bump the worst though and what results is the first ref count of the match. However The Animal has already broken it before he reaches 6. When he does get up though Nash is waiting and with a big sidewalk slam drops him hard on the announce table. Big Sexy then climbs up on top of the Spanish announcers table next to the one he left Big Dave lying prone on and drops a big elbow but Batista rolls off the table at the last second. This is lucky as the impact of the elbow looks devastating and the table buckles and breaks under the weight of the impact. The ref now starts to count out Nash but again the count is broken this time just before 7.

Batista sets grabs another table from under the ring and sets it up right beside the ring but instead of trying to use it immediately he grabs big Kev and attempting to not give him a chance to recuperate hitts a series of big powerslams on him dropping him back on the remnants of the announce table. Again however the founding member of the NWO is back to his feet before the ref gets to 7 but this time as he does rise to his feet he avoids continued Batista attacks by taking with him one of the monitors from the broken table and catching him off guards with a shot to the stomach with it. Nash then drives Batista shoulder first into the outside of the ring post, not once but twice. Then smartly while the ref starts another 10 count he starts searching under the ring for a weapon. It was smart because Batista is back to his feet once again before the count of 7 but rises straight into a shot from Nash's newly acquired Keno stick which drops him back to his knees. Whack! Whack! Whack! he starts working over his back before winding up and WHACK! oooh everyone in the audience gasped at that once but not as much as they did at what came next as the GOTG star crawls into the ring to get away from the shots only for the man formerly known as Diesel to grab him by his legs and with one in each hand pull him back towards the outside so that his golden globes as the commentators put it come crashing into the turnbuckle. Again however Nash doe not look satisfied and immediately grabs something else from under the ring... Duct Tape! and while Batista is in agony in the corner he starts to duct tape his legs together behind the ring post.

BH: Oh my gawd, this is actually exactly how Batista lost a last man standing match before!
JB: This NWO original is not just packing big muscles but a big brain too!

Nash though does not yet let the referee start his ten count and instead almost hits the poor guy with his kendo stick and a steel chair that he tosses intot he ring. Then after re-entering it himself he proceeds to pick up the Kendo stick and once again start wailing on the now defenseless Batista. Whack! Whack! Whack! Whack! four more shots before with a big smirk he tosses his weapon away sets up the chair in the center of the ring and sits on it before barking at the ref to make the count.

JB: Even without the tape i'd be surprised if Big Dave could make the count after the beating he has taken.
BH: Gotta admit things don't look good for The Animal

1...2...3...4 (the camera shows a close up of the Duct tape)...5...6..(OMG it's starting to tear)...7 ( Yes Batista is able to rip it apart using just his leg strenght)..8...9... and he gets back to his feet just in time to break the count. Nash looks stunned and gets up and heads over try and knock him back down but if he was stunned then he is stunned even more so moments later when Batista has a huge burst of energy and after a flurry of right hands, kicks him hard in the gut before speedily getting him up for a Batista Bomb! not just that but he brings Nash down hard onto the steel chair before collapsing to the mat himself as the referee once again starts to count. 1..2..3..4..5..6..7..8 and both men look to be getting back up so the ref stops counting. That said neither man looks great doing so and actually grab onto each other to balance themselves all while exchanging clubbing blows.

This exchange goes on for a while with both men looking like they could drop again until Nash hits a mighty kick which the announcers suggest could well have been a low blow which completely takes the wind out of Batista's sails and given what happened to that region of his body early leaves him prone for Nash's further attack and attack he did by impressively (given how much damage he too had taken) getting Batista up for his Jacknife Powerbomb. Except this wasn't just any powerbomb, he hit this one from the inside to the outside of the ring and through the table Batista had set up at ringside earlier. Immediately EMTs run down to ringside to check on Batista but before they do the referee begins to count - 1..2..3..4..5..6..7..8..9..10!

Winner:

Kevin Nash

Booking explanation:I went back and forth on this one but wanted Nash to be able to leave the match still as a potential threat later on given the No Holds Barred (and thus potential for NWO interference) in the main event. Similarly I didn't really want the anti-NWO Batista being in peoples minds for that match and I think it'd be understandable for people not to expect someone who lost a last man standing match to be nvolved later in the night. It as well as DiBiase's earlier win starts a NWO streak going that could at least play into Andre's match plus it makes big Kevin Nash look great going forward (he could play up how he beat the Marvel man and is the real superhero of the BWA) while Batista does not look too bad given how much abuse he took and the fact that he had the impressive moment where he broke free of the duct tape.

Batista impressively isn't down much longer than the 10 count and pushes away the assistance of the medical personal and leaves ringside without assistance and gets a great crowd reaction in doing so but our winner tonight is Kevin Nash! Will the other NWO members fair so well?

We then have a commercial for the next time the BWA will be on PPV with their annual Survivor Series style open challenge to all other promotions from the CWA and MNG to BCW - The advertisement reminds everyone that the BWA is still to be defeated at this show but wonders if the company will be able to put together a cohesive team this year given all the faction warfare going on

When we return we see Kevin Nash being interviewed by Lauren Brooke

Nash: Thanks Babe, Batista is one tough SOB but he is not a superhero and this is not a movie, this is the BWA and the NWO run this house.... (he stops in his tracks as his former running buddy Scott Hall walks up to him and after a brief stare down breaks the tension by speaking to him)

Hall: Hey Yo mang...screw Hulk Hogan.. be it the Kliq, NWO, or the outsiders I was always those things for life and you were always my brother and bro after that battle you went through all I wanted to say was... congratulations mang, you deserve it.

He then too Sweets Nash (before exiting) who almost instinctively responds in kind but as we return to ringside the last thing we see is a somewhat confused and conflicted look on Big Daddy Cools face.

When we do get back to ringside we witness the entrance of "Mr Perfect" Curt Hennig and then out comes Andre The Giant

JB: Oh My, no matter how many times I see him I am awe struck by Andre
BH: They aren't joking when they call him a giant!
JB: very true, now let's see if Hennig really has the perfect match plan because he will need it in this Intercontinental title match!

Intercontinental title match:
Mr Perfect vs Andre The Giant

As this one gets under way Andre seems to be stalking his smaller opponent while Hennig does his best to avoid his big lunges. Each time he does he shoots off a kick to the back of The Gaints most advanced leg. The announcers wonder if that is part of his plan but it appears if it is things aren't going according to plan as on his fourth attempt Andre catches him in a chokehold which he then transitions into a bearhug that he holds in place for what must have seemed like an eternity to the challenger. Eventually he releases the hold but as he does he catches Curt with a devestating headbut and drops him to the mat.

BH: Well this match has clearly not starting as Perfect had intended
JB: Unless he intended to get his ass handed to him I think that's a safe bet

The commentators suggestion gets highlighted even further as the big man picks perfect up, tosses him into the corner and then proceeds to repeatidly hit him with gigantic overhand chops. You can already see Perfect's chest turning red when he is finally able to avoid one of those shots and rolls to the outside to catch his breath.

Andre stays inside and laughs at Hennig and starts goading him into getting back in with him and calls at him "I thought you were perfect litle man". The game plan seems to be out the window now as Hennig charges back in and executes a dropkick perfectly. The only thing being that on Andre it only connects to the chest but still it gives Perfect an opportunity and one he tries to take by immediately going for his perfect plex... but no, he cannot get Andre up and the Giant once again is seen chuckling as his opponent struggles in his attempt. He only stops laughing so as to reverse the attempted move and suplexes Perfect instead. Another suplex follows that but this time the Double Underhook Suplex that Andre usually finishes matches with. He seems in total control now as walks on his fallen opponents chest as he heads over to the corner climbs to the second rope and goes for a senton. Hennig just gets out of the way in time rolling to the outside as Andre hits the mat.

Andre may be in the ring wincing in pain after that drop but Perfect outside is the one who really needs to collect himself and not just due to the pain he is clearly still in. in fact as the commentators note Hennig starts slapping himself in the face and shouting at himself at this point telling himself to get it together. he then slides back into the ring opposite Andre takes a big deep breath and actually beckons his Gigantic opponent to come at him. He avoids Andre's lunge and hits a number of quick kick combinations to his tree trunk legs before backing to the opposite side of the ring and once again calling Andre to come at him. For a second time The Giant attack (this time a big chop) is dodged before another flurry of kicks are delivered to Andre's legs. The third time he does this Andre's legs actually begin to buckle under his own weight given how perfect has weakened them.

BH: finally, The perfect plan in action. He tried this at the start of the fight but now he's doing it.. taking out the big man's legs
JB: Even the mightiest of redwoods will fall if you keep chopping at it's trunk, this is like McGregor vs Diaz 2 all over again
BH: ooh look at you with the pop culture references

Perfect continues with this course of action and finds that Andre gets slower in his movements after each subsequent blow to his legs and therefore easier to attack. He does not stop until Andre cannot support his weight at all and drops to his knees at which point Perfect begins to target pther areas employing more dropkicks for example. After a minute or two of taking shot after shot Andre according the the announcers puts all his remaining energy together for one last effort and rises to his feet to attack Perfect but no he just cannot hold himself up and stumbles into the ropes which he uses to hold himself up. buoyed by this and how well he had turned around the fight in general Perfect looks full of energy again and pulls down the strap from over his should and calls out that he is going to finish things before grabbing Andre and once more going for his Perfect-Plex

JB: what are you doing you idiot, your plan was working... you can't lift the giant
BH: Hang on! Oh My... I think...

Then in an amazing nay a Perfect feat of strength "Mr Perfect" Curt Hennig Perfect-Plexes The Giant for the 3 count!

Winner:

"Mr Perfect" Curt Hennig

Booking explanation: For me the story of how Mr Perfect can pull of the perfect match and topple the Giant heel so as to become the IC champion is of course far more compelling than the Heel Giant overcoming the smaller challenger. It would also mean that Andre probably would not be able to interfere in the main event and between he and Perfect the heel was always more likely to do so but now we have a reason why he perhaps wouldn't. Plus the IC title is often a stepping stone towards the World Title and whether it is his good friend Scott Hall who along with perfect often dominate the debates about best wrestlers never to win the big one or Hulk Hogan who as illustrated in the build for Hennig in the BWA (highlighting there past issues) he would perhaps be the better choice for a main event run, definitely a fresher one than say Hogan/Andre, especially with his perfect undefeated streak in tact.

When they are finally done showing replays of how The Giant was toppled and while Andre is being assisted to the back we are brought backstage where the new Intercontinental champion is being interviewed and congratulated on his victory by Lance Catamaran

Perfect: Thank you, thank you Lance, your right it is a huge moment to beat Andre he Giant, a man who claimed he had not been defeated in 15 years. I mean how many people can say they have done that, only main event talent that's for sure. but that there is the problem Mr Perfect should be considered main event talent and as much as it means to me to have won this belt (holds aloft the IC title)... I didn't come here to be the Intercontinental champion... I came to the BWA to be world champion.

Perfect: Scott Hall or Hulk Hogan... I don't care... I am coming for the world title!

JB: Oh my! can you believe what we just saw? How could he do that to the IC title?
BH: tbh that title has only been in the company a few weeks, Andre brought it with him from his old federation
JB: You would of course defend Perfect, well unlike him here is a real man of the people and a real American... Hulk Hogan

Hogan: Now let me tell you something brothers... up next is the battle for all ages, the war between good and evil, and right vs wrong as the great power of Hulkamania and the NWO runs wild on Scotty Hall.

but lets get real for a minute he calls himself the bad guy but your looking at the big Kahuna bad guy here brother! I do what I want when I want and you people will still cheer me because I am your god! I am the Immortal one, Hulkamania will live forever and no god damn Junkie piece of crap like Scott Hall will change that.

The commentary team are left speechless after Hogan spat right into the camera before leaving that interview but find there voice again as the challenger Scott Hall makes his way out... it's time for our main event!

World Heavyweight title match:
"Hollywood" Hulk Hogan vs Scott "Razor Ramon" Hall

Hogan and Hall start this one on an even pegging trading punches and moves and generally going toe to toe with each other. Hall seems to be gaining a slight advantage however due to his speed advantage and starts to get on top landing more and more offense in comparison to Hogan. When he hits a fall away slam on the champion it seems as though he is starting to take command of the match but Hogan Hulks up much to the fans chagrin. Much more to their liking however is the fact that "The Bad Guy" interrupts this with a kick to Hogan's gut and then BOOM! The Razor's Edge! he goes for the pin but nope we won't have an early win here as they are too close to the ropes and the Hulkster is able to get his foot up onto the bottom one to break the count. He then rolls to the outside to collect himself. Hall follows him but when he tries to toss Hogan back into the ring Hulk rakes the challengers eyes completely knocking him off his game. Then while Hall is incapacitated Hogan reaches under the ring and pulls out a chair and proceeds to hit him with it. This is followed by another shot to his back and then four more strong chair shots once again across Hall's back. Hogan looks to be revelling in the boos that ring out as he does this and that continue to be heard as he rolls his opponent back into the ring and goes for a pin.

1....2... nope, kickout! Hogan looks very annoyed by this and after several stomps on Hall all (while he seems to be considering going back out to get the chair) he throws up some form of signal to the back and almost instantaneously out comes Horace Hogan. Horace charges down to the ring but the referee tries to get Horace to not enter the ring by physically blocking his path. While the ref admonishes the interloper Hogan low blows Hall who had just fought his way to his feet. Hogan immediately follows this up with a roll up pin but distracted by Horace the ref is slow to spot the pin and Hogan only gets a 2 count.

BH: Such underhanded tactics by Hogan and yet it's he who looks like he could kill the ref now
JB: what do you mean underhanded this is No Holds Barred! I don't blame him for being angry he could have just retained his title there.

Hogan then lets his frustration out as he begins to shove the referee and after one particularily hard push the ref goes over the top ring rope which Horace Hogan had just pulled on so as to get up onto the ring apron.

BH: I guess you think that is justified then?
JB: don't you go putting words in my mouth but again no holds barred so ref or no ref Hogan's fine

With the ref incapacitated there is nobody there to stop the uncle and nephew team double teaming Scott Hall here. Then as the Hulkster delivered an atomic drop to Hall, Horace grabbed the chair from the outside and slid it in to the champ. He then re-entered the ring and held Hall up for Hulk to deliver a charishot to his head but Hall is able to dodge it at the last second and instead Horace is taken out. Hall uses this moment to hit three big strikes followed by a discus punch and a belly to back suplex and goes for a three count but it fails because there is no ref to count the fall.

When the ref does actually come to and gets in the ring Hall goes for another pin but this time it's broken up by Horace. A p!ssed off Scott Hall rolls to the outside after Horace but the ref also has chased after him and is trying to get him to leave. Hulk Hogan too comes to the outside and with the ref separating Hall and the two Hogan's the Hulkster embraces his nephew seemingly telling him it's ok and to listen to the ref but the announcers spot Horace pass him something as he leaves... Brass knuckles! Which he then uses to clock Hall on the side of the head. He looks like he is out cold!

However they are outside of the ring and the announcers emphasize that although it's no holds barred it's not falls count anywhere and Hogan struggles to drags Hall back into the ring and as a result perhaps too much time has passed and when he finally goes for the pin... 1...2...kickout!

Hogan looks shocked and is clearly wondering how can he beat him? but it seems he has decided on a way as he beckons Hall to his feet and then as he gets to them goes for his Big Boot but No! Hall reverses it into a rollup 1... 2... kickout! Of the two Hogan (still the fresher man) gets to his feet first and slingshots himself against the ropes and as Hall gets up he is hit by another Big Boot, this time Hogan follows it up with a Leg Drop

1...2...kickout!

His signature move isn't able to keep Hall down but Hogan blames the ref and once move attacks him. He then once again signals to the back and suddenly a ref wearing a NWO referee's shirt comes charging down to the ring. The ring in which Hogan lifts Hall up and delivers the body slam that the announcers put over as the move that beat Andre at WM3... another kickout!

Again Hogan looks incredulous but signals he's going to finish it with another big boot/leg drop combo. Hall though is once again able to avoid the Hogan's raised leg and bounces off the ropes before cracking the Hulkster with a big Lariat. He then doesn't miss a beat and hits his 2nd Razor's Edge of the night and immediately goes for the win 1.... 2... the Ref hesitates but ...3!

Winner:

Scott Hall

It's over! The champion has been pinned for the 3 count and as the ring announcer states we now have a new world champion! Scott Hall is then presented the title by the referee and he can't help himself but stare in amazement at it. He has finally won a world championship, he is a world champion! The crowd chant his name and he looks like he may even shed some tears.

This moment however is interrupted by Hogan who grabs a mic and tells them (the crowd) to shut up before calling out Andre & Nash before he starts screaming for DiBiase telling him to "get out there and re-start the match"

As if on cue The Million Dollar Man then does appear on the titantron with Andre, IRS, Virgil & Tatanka all standing behind him.

Ted: "Hogan...You're not in charge here...I am!
and now that your no longer the champion you no longer have your creative control clause, and you know what (looks around behind him) I don't think you even have the NWO anymore cos 'brother' (said sarcastically) your looking at the new and improved Million Dollar Corporation!"

DiBiase then let's off one of his trade mark laughs as the focus returns back to the ring

It is there that we see Hall laughing at Hogan but then Nash's music hits and Big Daddy Cool makes his way into the ring and goes face to face with Scott Hall. He points to his shirt which "NWO for life" which elicitsa big smile from Hogan who had been beyond distraught but then... swerve! both Outsiders (Hall & Nash) turn and lay out Hogan. Nash then picks up Hogan and delivers a Jacknife before picking him up so that Hall can add the exclamation point with another Razor's edge! Nash then hands Hall an NWO shirt which he puts on as Nash kicks the broken Hogan out of the ring.

Then the final image of the show is Hall in the black and white of the NWO having one hand lifted by Nash while the other hold his BWA world heavyweight championship aloft. As this happens Mr Perfect (Hall's friend and a potential future challenger for the belt) and all the other faces come out to applaud the new champion as we go off the air.

Booking explanation: Put simply nobody reading this wanted to read about Hulk Hogan winning, this had to be about Scott Hall overcoming The Hulkster taking full advantage of the No Holds Barred stip to win his first ever world championship. Hogan 100% had to get his comeuppance after being portrayed as a complete bastard in the weeks proceeding the match but the match also needed more than just that so as not to be obvious, hence all the bits after the bell the seeds for which were planted earlier in the night. Not only did Hogan get his ass kicked and his title taken from him but the NWO also abandoned him, The Million Dollar Corporation was formed and especially with DiBiase as the boss that stable will no doubt be a force to be reckoned with going forward and it could get bigger too as Ted himself referenced earlier in the night that Bam Bam is a former member and they now do have a Varsity Squad association. Nash too turned on him because tbph The outsiders being alligned just feels more right than the alternative as does Hall having friends while Hogan is abandoned completely, it'd certainly send the fans hom happy too.

BWA Roster 2016
Hulk Hogan
Scott Hall
Kevin Nash
Andre The Giant
"The Million Dollar Man" Ted Dibiase
"IRS" Mike Rotunda
Dave Batista
"Mr Perfect" Curt Hennig
Stan Hansen
Manami Toyota
Aja Kong
Ronda Rousey
Victoria
Molly Holly
Sabu
The Original Sheik
Abdullah The Butcher
Bam Bam Bigelow
"The Franchise Shane Douglas"
Chris Candido
"Dr Death" Steve Williams
Dan Spivey
Kevin Sullivan
Rick Steiner
"hot Stuff" Eddie Gilbert
Devon "Hannibal" Nicholson
Tatanka
Virgil
Horace Hogan

Thank you all for reading the BWA 2017!

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Only 4,crap!

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Too busy to read all those BWA shows ? Well I guess this one write up is for you If they simply were TL;DR for you!

Opening Match:
Virgil vs Tatanka vs Horace Hogan

The NWO arrived in style to the BWA but unlike in the WCW they have so far kept it with only top level talent with Hogan, Andre, Nash & Money Inc leading the way. However much like in WCW lower card guys did want in and these guys all seemed to have a claim. Horace is Hogan's cousin and both he and Virgil were actually in the group before, then you have Tatanka and his links to NWO member and man now in charge of the BWA Ted Dibiase. Despite all this all 3 men were not immediately welcomed into this newest incarnation of the group but they did set about trying to prove themselves worthy of inclusion through their in ring prowess. The only one small problem there however was that each men kept losing anytime they set foot in a BWA ring. As a result DiBiase booked them in a match that has to see one of them victorious as they will face off against each other with the winner receiving the honor of a place in what they believe is the greatest faction in draft history.

Blood Feud:
Abdullah The Butcher vs Hannibal

The build for this match took place mostly outside of the BWA and in the courts and after the build started within the federation a lot of that would have been re-told whether on the show or via BWA.com but when Devon "Hannibal" Nicholson known to many as the host of Hannibal tv on youtube came through the crowd to viciously attack Abdullah during a live BWA show peoples interest would have been peaked and they would have looked into how the now cured Nicholson had contracted Hepatitis C from Abdullah (now also cured) the butcher in a match where both men got cut open. How Hannibal proved this in a court of law and got awarded a massive settlement but that The Butcher missed court dates, denied the courts ruling, never admitted guilt nor apologized and has been near on impossible to get money from. As a result Hannibal went to where the Butcher was to confront him and beat an apology out of him, to get his retribution in person and what more a fitting match thought the BWA officials than in a first blood match. However Nicholson deserves more than a 2 minute match against a man who is known for stabbing people with a fork and bleeding almost immediately in matches so weapons will not be allowed during this match. Will Hannibal finally get his pound of flesh or will the butcher continue to deny him but this time on the grandest stage.

Pre Show Main Event: Extreme Rules match
The Original Sheik vs Sabu

The Original Sheik (Ed Farhat) was one of the originators of what became hardcore wrestling. He had great feuds with the likes of Bruno Sammartino but was known for his underhanded tactics like using fireballs and pencils in matches to gain an advantage. He actually went 127 matches undefeated until he faced another BWA wrestler Andre the Giant and even that defeat was by DQ, not to mention that he actually beat Andre as part of his run although the WWF & BWA never officially recognised that as it would contradict Andre's 15 year undefeated claim. It was when he went to WCW that things took a turn for the worst but in an unexpected way as his nephew whom Farhat had actually trained himself and now managed broke his leg and left him unable to wrestle anymore. Sabu went on to become known as the Houdini of Hardcore, The Human Highlight reel and many other monikers as he made a name for himself as a hardcore legend just like his uncle but The Sheik had only one ambition now to work his way back into a ring where he could get his vengence on his ungrateful nephew. That is exactly what he did when he signed for the BWA even going as far as to work behind the scenes to facilitate a trade that would bring Sabu to the federation. Now the two will finally go one on one on PPV an what more fitting a match could they have than an Extreme rules match. This one won't be for the faint of heart

Stable warfare
Triple Threat (Bam Bam Bigelow, Shane Douglas & Chris Candido) vs The Varsity Club ("Dr Death" Steve Williams, Rick Steiner & Kevin Sullivan)

Sabu was not the only man traded to the BWA this year as Steve Williams & Kevin Sullivan made a big deal of walking out of CWA so as to head to the promotion and join up with the rest of the Varsity Club which included Rick Steiner, Dan Spivey & the man who facilitated this trade and the new boss of the BWA (Ted DiBiase)'s right hand man IRS (Mike Rotunda). When they arrived in the BWA they had their sights set firmly on the tag team titles but every step of the way they found their path blocked by another stable in the form of Triple Threat. Bam Bam, Douglas & Candido made a statement upon arrival in the BWA and that statement was at the expense of The Varsity squad. With Spivey's past drawning into another feud we were left with a 3 on 3 situation and where better to settle the dispute between the two groups than on the BWA's grandest stage Wrestlepalooza. Are Douglas and co correct in saying this is where they will make an impression on the landscape of the BWA and make everyone take notice before heading forward in search of singles and tag gold or will the collegiate athletes do what they have suggested and show the men from ECW what real wrestling is all about?

BWA Womens' World title elimination match:
Manami Toyota vs Aja Kong vs Ronda Rousey vs Victoria vs Molly Holly

With Special Referee "Hot Stuff" Eddie Gilbert

The BWA made a big splash when they announced that they were bringing back their womens title but at the time they had no women officially signed up to the promotion so lets not lie the real reason that the worlds eyes first came upon the company with regards the women was when they re-signed "Rowdy" Ronda Rousey! The former UFC fighter had not been in a BWA ring for 2 years (when she defeated Jesse Ventura) signed a long term deal and as part of that deal she had apparently been told that the new women's' division would be built around her. She was also told that at Wrestlepalooza she would have the opportunity to become the BWA women's champion.

This sent ripples throughout womens wrestling all around the world as the best female competitors all wanted to sign up so as to go toe to toe with Rousey and prove themselves. First it was Manami Toyota who is often touted as one of the greatest of all time and has a list of 5* matches that make that hard to argue with and then came Aja Kong the women who has appeared in the BWA more than any other and has gone up against male competitors in BWA rings before. Victoria & Molly Holly too joined the fray and it could be arugued tried to stack the deck in their favor by their action towards the man who will officiate this match, a man who is no stranger to getting physical with BWA female competitors "Hot Stuff" Eddie Gilbert. If Rousey is actually to overcome all these obstacles she will truly deserve to be a champion wrestler but then also if anyone can defeat the former Olympian then they will not just just become a champion but no doubt a worldwide superstar!

BWA World tag team title match:
Money Inc - "The Million Dollar Man"Ted Dibiase & IRS vs Stan Hansen & Dan Spivey

Stan Hansen is a big angry Texan, that's the kind of person you really should listen to and that is the exact mistake Ted DiBiase made when he ignore his former tag partner telling him that he wanted to challenge for the BWA tag titles. Instead the new boss in the BWA named himself and IRS aka Money Inc the new champions without having ever won a match to win those belts and in doing so turned what could have been a great ally into a p!ssed off advisary. Money Inc did their best to avoid having to face Hansen but when he recruited IRS old tag partner and stable mate (and a man Hansen himself used to regularly tag with in Japan) Dan Spivey and together they earned the right to be number one contenders Money Inc could avoid it no longer and a date was set for the title defense at Wrestlepalooza.

This is The Million Dollar Man we are talking about though and the boss of the company, he always has a plan and when he announced that one of Hansen or Spivey would turn on the other at the PPV he sowed seeds of discontent between his opponents. Is it true that everyone has a price for the Million Dollar Man or will it be Money Inc paying the price on PPV? tune in to find out

Grudge / Last Man Standing Match
Kevin Nash vs Batista

When Dave "The Animal" Batista was signed to the BWA it was not under the current (DiBiase) ownership and when he arrived ans saw what the company had become with the NWO running the show he snapped and started a war with the faction. However despite his best efforts he was almost always out numbered and most weeks the fate he suffered was a Nash Jacknife Powerbomb.

Speaking of Nash, who came out today claiming he will play Cable in Deadpool 2, a lot of people are claiming that he is jealous of the Marvel Man Batista especially after a sit down interview he and Hogan gave where they ran down his accomplishments as an actor despite being in Bond, Guardians of The Galaxy & The upcoming Blade runner sequel. In recent days he also seems annoyed that he has to face Big Dave in a falls count anywhere match as he & hogan together could not keep the big man down last week. Will "The Animal" once again defy the NWO original or will his fate be to once again be layed out by the NWO but this time for the count of ten! find out at Wrestlepalooza.

Intercontinental title match:
Mr Perfect vs Andre The Giant

When he signed for the company as part of the NWO Curt Hennig aka Mr Perfect was promised a title shot. However after the leader of the NWO Hulk Hogan was awarded the world title Ted DiBiase was not in a rush to give Perfect an opportunity to face off against the Hulkster. Then when Scott Hall turned his back on the NWO people began to question Hennig's loyalty to the cause. You see back before the NWO, before Razor Ramon and before Mr Perfect there were the AWA tag team champions Curt Hennig & Scott Hall.

those two guys were best friends as well as partners and all these years later as NWO members they were still close, so close in fact that before Hall did what he did, turning on Hogan, Hennig told him that whatever he decided he would support him... big mistake! no longer able to trust him the NWO dumped him out of the group and although he would get his contractually obligated title shot at Wrestlepalooza it had never been stipulated what title he would get to fight for and as a result DiBiase announced that he would fight for the new BWA intercontinental title against none other than Andre The Giant! Andre was the newest member of the NWO having shocked the world by joining them upon his arrival to the BWA and he did not care for perfect one bit. He ran down all his accomplishments including his perfect undefeated streak which he promised to crush at Wrestlepalooza. will he be able to do so and retain his championship or will Hennig be able to truly prove his moniker and pull off the perfect match to defeat the Giant? tune in to find out!

World Heavyweight title match:
Heel Hulk Hogan vs Scott "Razor Ramon" Hall

The NWO arrived in the BWA and with them the promotion saw the return of the man who headlined the companies first ever PPV, the immortal Hulk Hogan. However Hogan is a changed man since he left the company back then, and the Hulkster that has returned as the leader of the NWO is not in any way at all a fan favorite. He had the world title just handed to him but not just that he had a "Creative control" stipulation inserted into his contract which meant only he could book world title matches as long as he held the title. Even the newly signed Batista couldn't get near him or his title thanks to this and to the huge amount of backup he always had in tow. Due to all of this Hulkamania was not running wild with the fans and apparently nor was it with one member of the NWO because they saw him for what he really was.

That one member of the NWO was Scott Hall and the one moment that pushed the former Razor Ramon too far was when Hogan wanted to recreate "The fingerpoke of doom" in the BWA... hell no! thought Hall and BOOM! a moment occurred that saw not only arguably the biggest crowd pop ever in a BWA arena occur but saw a super over face be born in Hall as he turned on Hogan. Hall continued to call Hogan out on all his actions throughout the years and with his manhood, inconic status and leadership of the NWO in question along with it being the only way to get back his championship belt which Hall took from him the night he turned on him Hogan agreed to a match at Wrestlepalooza. However this is Hulk Hogan we are talking about, Mr Creative Control, it was never going to be any normal match t was to be a... No Holds Barred match! Will Hall flop just like Hogan's movie of the same title did or will he be able to overcome all the odds that a stipulation like that might mean he would have to agaisnt the underhanded Hulkster.... You don't need to wait very long to find out because..

Wrestlepalooza is next!