NWA Cyberspace presents Shockwave
Date: 9/25/2005
From: Wayne, NJ
This is a TV (internet) taping, but I will not be splitting up the episodes into different posts.
Opening Contest: Amazing Red & Grim Reefer vs. Chris Camaro & Kid Mikaze: Red and Mikaze kickoff the tag match. Red takes Mikaze down to the mat, but they trade holds on the mat for a few moments. Red controls Mikaze with a headlock, but comes off the ropes to deliver a shoulder block. Mikaze avoids a leapfrog and taunts the crowd. Red nails Mikaze with a yakuza kick. Reefer tags into the match as does Camaro. Camaro puts a full nelson on Reefer, but Reefer battles free quickly. Camaro shoulder blocks Reefer and runs the ropes, but Reefer tosses Camaro over the ropes with a hip toss. Reefer backdrops Mikaze over the top to the floor. Red hits a corkscrew dive to the floor. Reefer hits a springboard somersault dive to the outside. Mikaze is chopped in the corner and Reefer hits a running dropkick as Red also delivers a running boot strike for a two count. Red kicks Mikaze on the back a few times. Red nails Mikaze with a kick to the head, but Camaro breaks the cover at two. Red punches Mikaze against the ropes several times. Red is dumped to the floor as Jade pulled the ropes down. Camaro cheap shots Red on the floor. Camaro tags into the match and delivers a gut buster for a near fall. Camaro drives Red down with a flapjack for a near fall. Camaro powerbombs Red after a kick by Mikaze for a two count. Mikaze punches Red in the corner several times. Mikaze nails Red with a running knee strike for a two count. Camaro nails Red with a front suplex for a two count. Mikaze returns to the match, but Red fights back with kicks and plants Camaro with a tornado DDT after jumping off Mikaze’s back. Reefer gets the hot tag and hits a springboard clothesline/dropkick combo. Reefer backdrops Mikaze and continues with chops in the corner. Mikaze misses a splash in the corner and Reefer hits a spin kick. Reefer hits a springboard frog splash for a two count as Camaro breaks the cover. Camaro hits a hip toss/neckbreaker combo on Reefer for a two count. Red kicks Camaro and hits the Code Red for a near fall as Mikaze breaks the cover. Mikaze punches Red against the ropes and delivers a spin kick for a two count. Jade whacks Red with a kendo stick shot from the floor. Mikaze climbs to the top rope, but Reefer follows and hits a top rope bulldog. Red nails Mikaze with a standing Red Star Press for the win. (***. That was a good start to the show. Reefer and Red make for a fun team. Reefer continues to impress me every time I see him compete. He looked great in the match. Mikaze and Camaro did a good job keeping up with the veterans.)
Bill Apter makes his way down to the ring to cut a promo. Apter has found out some answers that everyone needs to know. Apter brings out Billy Firehawk, the owner of the company. Apter says that it’s not completely true that Firehawk is the full owner. Apter has found there’s another owner and someone who is helping to finance the company. Firehawk admits Apter is correct. Firehawk says there are certain message boards that talk about him. Firehawk admits there is truth to what some message boards have been saying. Firehawk acknowledges his partner is a woman. Firehawk notes they’ve been here for four years when people thought they wouldn’t last after day one. Apter insists on knowing who the partner is for the company. Firehawk notes she has a controversial past, but she believes in Cyberspace. The partner is the new commissioner of Cyberspace. The new commissioner is revealed as being Jasmine St. Claire. The microphones are terrible. St. Claire insults Blue Meanie and Todd Gordon for poorly running her old promotion, 3PW. She doesn’t mention the promotion or people by name. She considers Cyberspace the future of pro wrestling. St. Claire promises blood and the hottest women in wrestling. For being part of hardcore sex on camera, St. Claire didn’t come across confident on the microphone in front of the fans.
Second Contest: Chris Harris vs. Crowbar: Crowbar backs Harris into a corner, but cleanly backs off. Harris backs Crowbar into a corner, but backs off. Harris keeps a headlock on Crowbar and comes off the ropes to shoulder block Crowbar to the floor. Harris backs Crowbar into a corner and delivers a knee lift several times. Crowbar sends Harris into the corner, but Harris avoids Crowbar to hit a leaping clothesline. Harris takes Crowbar down to the mat. Crowbar puts a hammerlock on Harris followed by knee strikes to the back. Harris slams Crowbar, but is kicked away. Crowbar drop toe holds Harris and keeps control with a headlock on the mat. Harris knee strikes Crowbar in the corner, but Crowbar counters with jabs in the corner and bites Harris. Crowbar tosses Harris with an overhead suplex. Crowbar baseball slides Harris on the floor. Harris yanks Crowbar down onto the apron face first. Harris continues with strikes around ringside. Crowbar sends Harris into the ring steps. Crowbar sends Harris into the guard railing ribs first. Crowbar drops Harris chest first over the railing. Crowbar tries to use the ring steps, but the referee stops him. Crowbar rolls Harris into the ring and climbs to the top rope, but is stopped by Harris. Harris plants Crowbar with an electric chair slam. Harris tries for a cover, but Crowbar kicks out at two. Harris elbows Crowbar to the mat and heads to the top rope. Harris chokes Crowbar on the mat to maintain the advantage. Harris chokes Crowbar over the middle rope. Harris punches Crowbar on the apron, but Crowbar tries for a suplex to the floor. Harris counters hitting a suplex into the ring. Harris drives Crowbar down with a vertical suplex for a near fall. Harris keeps a sleeper on Crowbar on the mat, but doesn’t get a submission. Crowbar fights back with strikes, but Harris catches Crowbar. Crowbar avoids the Catatonic and hits a neckbreaker. Crowbar atomic drops Harris and delivers a leg drop to the groin. Crowbar nails Harris with a leaping elbow strike for a near fall. Harris tries for a suplex, but Crowbar counters with a northern lights suplex for a two count. Crowbar hits a leg drop on Harris and misses a springboard moonsault. Harris plants Crowbar with Catatonic to win the match cleanly. (*1/2. I enjoy both wrestlers, but they didn’t seem to connect well here. There were a few awkward moments and the action wasn’t all that entertaining. Harris appears to be super over with the crowd, though.)
Third Contest: Xavier vs. Dirty Money: Money stalls for a bit posing for the crowd. Xavier takes Money down to the mat, but Money counters to get arm control. Xavier leg sweeps Money and keeps arm control. Xavier arm drags Money across the ring and they have a standoff. Money forearms Xavier and shoves Xavier into the ropes, but they collide on shoulder block with neither going down. Xavier hits a leaping forearm smash and runs the ropes to hit a dropkick. Xavier continues with strikes in the corner, but Money responds with a chop. Money pummels Xavier, but Xavier nails Money with a knee strike. Money goes to the floor to regroup. Xavier goes to the floor and works over Money with strikes before returning to the ring. Xavier dropkicks Money and continues with elbow strikes. Money nails Xavier with a clothesline and pummels Xavier on the mat. Xavier chops Money in the corner, but Money fights back and sends Xavier through the ropes to the floor. Money rams Xavier into the ring steps to maintain the advantage. Money plants Xavier with a back suplex leading to a near fall. Xavier kicks Money a few times and delivers an uppercut. Xavier plants Money with a vertical suplex for a two count. Money sends Xavier into the corner and Xavier crashes over the ropes to the floor. Money and Xavier trade strikes in the ring until Money eye rakes Xavier. Money continues with a shoulder ram in the corner a few times. Money drives Xavier down with a backbreaker. Xavier fights free with a few strikes. Xavier drops Money with a back elbow. Xavier drops Money with an elbow strike. Xavier comes off the ropes to deliver a running forearm smash. Xavier continues with knee strikes in the corner leading to a near fall. Xavier knee strikes Money in the corner, but is pulled out by Devin Sturgis. Devin gets into the ring and crawls away. Money plants Xavier with a spinebuster for the win. (*1/2. Of course the local guy for the promotion goes over the seasoned worker. I tend to not a have a problem if the local guy is good, but Dirty Money isn’t very good.)
Apter’s Alley with Bill Apter interviewing Bobby Roode is up next. The microphone is horrible for the DVD audience and it doesn’t help that the crowd is loud. Roode hates the crowd for wanting blood and is tired of the disrespect. Roode says his goal is very simple and says that NWA Cyberspace TV show has the most hits on his matches and shows he’s on. Roode says he’s going to take a title back to Canada. I’m kind of guessing on most of what he said. The announcers clarify that Roode wants the NWA Cyberspace Internet Championship.
Fourth Contest: Kip James vs. Julio Dinero: James tries for a press slam, but Dinero avoids it. James dropkicks Dinero to the floor and plays to the crowd. James slingshots Dinero back into the ring and hits a tilt a whirl slam for a two count. James rams Dinero into the corner to keep control of the contest. James sends Dinero into the corner and misses a splash. Dinero nails James with a superkick. Dinero sends James into the post. Dinero pummels James on the mat. Dinero elbow drops James looking for a cover, but only gets a two count. Miss Michelle chokes James over the bottom rope. James fights back with strikes from his knees. Dinero boots James and hits a twisting cradle neckbreaker for a two count. Dinero keeps James on the mat with a cobra clutch. Dinero splashes James in the corner. James blocks another splash by getting his knees up. Dinero nails James with a spinning elbow drop. Dinero misses a top rope moonsault. James elbows Dinero coming off the ropes and continues with strikes. James splashes Dinero in the corner. James gets distracted by Michelle. Dinero leg sweeps James. There’s a catfight between Michelle and Tammy Sytch. Dinero yells at Sytch, but James his the Fame-Asser for the win. (**. A quick match, but they kept a good pace and I enjoyed the action. Kip seems motivated on the indies and I can appreciate that. I also like the partnership with Sytch to play into their work from the 90s WWF.)
Fifth Contest: Lacey vs. ODB: ODB slaps Lacey and delivers a few strikes to gain the advantage. Lacey catapults ODB across the ring after doing a split. Lacey slaps ODB and hits a side Russian leg sweep for a two count. ODB works over Lacey by choking her over the ropes. ODB tries for a cover, but Lacey kicks out at two. ODB rams Lacey into the corner and delivers a few shoulder rams. ODB stomps and chokes Lacey in the corner. Lacey forearms ODB several times, but ODB sends Lacey hard into the ropes and she falls to the mat. ODB misses a clothesline and a back elbow. Lacey hits a crossbody for a two count. Lacey clotheslines ODB followed by an elbow strike. Lacey sends ODB into the corner chest first a couple of times. Lacey nails ODB with a running knee strike and covers for a two count. ODB chops Lacey and tries for a slam, but Lacey counters with a rollup for the win. After the match, ODB attacks Lacey after knocking the referee down. ODB pushes Lacey to the floor and rams Lacey into the ring steps. ODB continues to pummel Lacey until April Hunter enters the ring and makes the save. Hunter and ODB are pulled apart by officials. (*1/2. Seemed like the main goal was the return of April Hunter to setup a match between Hunter and ODB. The match wasn’t anything special and was pretty bland.)
Matt Bentley introduces his good friend, Frankie Kazarian. Kazarian recently left WWE after apparently refusing to cut his hair. The fans gave Kazarian a good pop for his return.
Sixth Contest: NWA Cyberspace Internet Champion Josh Daniels & Jay Lethal vs. Matt Bentley & Mike Kruel: Daniels and Kruel kickoff the tag match, but Kruel bails to the floor to stall. Daniels puts a front face lock on Bentley, but Bentley counters for a moment. Daniels puts a leg lock on Bentley, but Bentley reaches the ropes. Daniels puts a wrist lock on Bentley for a few moments. Bentley tries to break free, but is taken down to the mat and reaches the ropes. Bentley knee lifts Daniels and works over Daniels with strikes. Bentley chokes Daniels over the ropes and rams Daniels into the corner. Bentley jabs Daniels several times. Daniels arm drags Bentley and tags in Lethal. Daniels takes Bentley down with a snap suplex and Lethal gets a two count on the cover. Lethal arm drags Bentley followed by a dropkick for a two count. Lethal misses a clothesline on Bentley and Bentley yanks Lethal to the mat. Kruel tags into the match and gains wrist control on Lethal. Kruel yanks Lethal down by his hair. Lethal avoids a backdrop and heel kicks Kruel for a two count. Lethal drives Kruel down with a backbreaker. Daniels kicks Kruel in the midsection and continues with chops. Daniels sends Kruel into the corner to maintain the advantage. Daniels back elbows Kruel coming off the ropes for a two count. Lethal tags back into the match and rams Kruel into the corner. Lethal chops Kruel and hits a dropkick to send Kruel into the corner. Kruel tosses Lethal overhead with a belly to belly suplex. Bentley tags into the match and stomps Lethal on the midsection followed by strikes.
Bentley drives Lethal down to the mat with a back suplex for a two count. Lethal punches Bentley a few times to gain control. Bentley kicks Lethal and hits a snap suplex. Bentley controls Lethal on the mat with a front face lock. Daniels get the hot tag, but the referee didn’t see the tag. Kruel hits a gut wrench suplex on Lethal. Kruel backdrops Lethal coming out of the corner. Kruel elbows Lethal while in an abdominal stretch. Bentley tags into the match and axe handles Lethal from behind. Bentley chokes Lethal over the middle rope. Lethal fights back with strikes in the corner. Lethal hits a twisting crossbody for a two count. Bentley stops Lethal with a clothesline for a two count. Bentley keeps a sleeper on Lethal. Lethal elbows free from Bentley, but a knee lift stops Lethal. Lethal maanges a two count with a rollup. Lethal plants Bentley with a spinebuster. Daniels tags in and dropkicks Kruel on the knee. Daniels nails Kruel with a clothesline and tries for a German suplex. Kruel breaks free, but Daniels hits a northern lights suplex for a two count. Bentley elbows Daniels, but is tossed with a t-bone suplex. Kruel hits a sit out DVD on Daniels for a two count as Lethal made the save. Lethal and Daniels hit a DVD/sit out powerbomb combo on Kruel for the win. (***1/4. It’s obvious that Daniels works his matches inspired by Benoit. I enjoyed the match and all four men looked good in there. The crowd responded well to the action, as well.)
Seventh Contest: D’Lo Brown vs. Bobby Roode: Roode slaps Brown, but Brown punches Roode followed by a backdrop. Brown scoop slams Roode and signals for a leg drop, but Roode rolls to the floor to regroup. Brown grabs Roode by his hair and hits a suplex into the ring for a near fall. Brown rams Roode into the corner and delivers a headbutt. The crowd loves the headbutt. Brown continues with strikes in the corner. Brown rams Roode into the top turnbuckle, but Roode low blows Brown. Roode stomps Brown on the mat and rams Brown into the corner. Roode continues with strikes to stagger Brown. Roode takes Brown over with a suplex for a near fall. Brown fires back with strikes on Roode in the corner. Brown boots a charging Roode in the corner, but misses a springboard moonsault attempt. Roode connects with a clothesline for a two count. Brown elbows free from Roode, but is met with a forearm strike. Roode tries for a cover, but D’Lo kicks out at two. Roode knee lifts Brown against the ropes a couple of times. Roode plants Brown with a back suplex for a two count. Roode heads to the top rope, but Brown nails Roode with boots to the face. Brown punches Roode several times and delivers a clothesline a couple of times. Brown forearms Roode and hits a heel kick for a near fall. Brown slams Roode and hits a leg drop for a two count. Roode eye pokes Brown and rams Brown into the corner. Roode elbows Brown in the corner, but runs into the Sky High. The referee is pulled out of the ring by Jade. Roode grabs the Canadian flag. Roode hits Brown with the flag and gets the win. (*1/2. A weak finish, but Roode seems destined to be positioned as a major player for Cyberspace with the focus he’s been getting on the taping already. Brown looked to be in the best shape of his life for his run in Japan at this time.)
Bill Apter makes his way down to the ring for another Apter’s Alley. Apter brings out NWA Cyberspace Internet Champion Josh Daniels and Jay Lethal to be part of the segment. Daniels says it may sound corny, but he thanks the fans. Daniels is trying to increase the value of the championship. Apter chats with Lethal as the crowd chants for him. Lethal thanks the fans for the warm welcome. The microphone continues to be horrible, but I think the crowd is hoping for Lethal to get a title shot against Daniels. Lethal reveals he’s challenging Mike Kruel at Above The Law in November. Daniels issues a challenge to Matt Bentley for Above The Law, as well.
Eighth Contest: NWA Cybserpace Cruiser-X Champion Elix Skipper vs. Petey Williams: Skipper gains control with a go behind waist lock, but misses a kick as Williams bails to the floor to regroup. Skipper misses another kick after a snapmare, and Williams regroups on the floor. Skipper slides to the floor and chases Williams. Skipper pulls Williams to the floor and delivers a strike against the apron. Williams eye rakes Skipper and delivers a strike against the ropes. Skipper tosses Williams with an overhead suplex. Skipper hits a belly to belly suplex for a two count. Skipper backdrops Williams to the apron and tries for a sunset flip powerbomb to the floor, but Williams blocks it and delivers a leg drop on the apron. Williams hits a slingshot hurricanrana on the floor! Williams rolls Skipper back into the ring for a near fall. Williams stomps on Skipper to maintain the advantage. Williams tries for a cover, but only gets a two count. Williams stomps Skipper on the mat and puts Skipper in a tree of woe. Williams stands on Skipper’s groin to do “O Canada”. Williams knocks Skipper into the railing and delivers a few chops before returning to the ring to control Skipper with a chin lock. Skipper elbows free, but is met with a clothesline by Williams. Williams decks Skipper to the mat and controls with a chin lock. Skipper elbows free and blocks a clothesline to hit a back suplex. Skipper ducks a clothesline and drops Williams with a few clotheslines. Skipper nails Williams with a spin kick for a two count. Skipper plants Williams with a spinebuster for a near fall. Williams ducks a clothesline and tries for a head scissors, but switches to a side Russian leg sweep.
Williams signals for the Canadian Destroyer. Skipper counters and tries for the Overdrive, but Williams avoids it. Williams takes Skipper down and locks in the Sharpshooter in the middle of the ring. Skipper reaches the ropes to break the hold. Williams strikes Skipper in the corner a few times. Williams blocks a boot in the corner and tries for a tornado DDT. Skipper counters and hits the Play of the Day. Skipper goes for the cover, but Jade gets on the apron. Mistress Asia gets in the ring, but Skipper throws her down. Skipper grabs Jade and spanks her a couple of times. Williams kicks Skipper and tries for the Canadian Destroyer, but Skipper hits the Overdrive to win the match and retain the title. (***. I enjoyed this one. The finish sequence was entertaining and I’m glad they avoided a cheap finish and went with a clean one.)
The Smoke comes down to the ring with a bucket of KFC. Smoke says that Rodney Mack couldn’t be there, I think. Smoke eats some of the KFC chicken and says it’s some white people food. Slyck Wagner Brown makes his way out to fight Smoke.
Ninth Contest: Q vs. Slyck Wagner Brown: Brown strikes Smoke and delivers a backdrop. Brown pummels Smoke with right hands on the mat. Wait a minute, Q comes into the ring and attacks Brown. Brown avoids Q in the corner and delivers a hip toss followed by a clothesline and dropkick. Q bails to the floor, but Brown takes Q out with a suicide dive. Brown hits a springboard moonsault for the win. (NR. A squash win for Slyck.) After the match, Smoke tried to attack with pepper spray, but ended up spraying himself. Brown tosses Smoke to the floor. Q low blows Slyck. Brown is double teamed. Smoke handcuffs Brown to the ropes. Smoke hits Brown with a nightstick several times. Brown is left laying to end the segment.
Bill Apter hosts another Apter’s Alley and this time around Chris Harris is the guest. Apter promotes the title match between Chris Harris and Jeff Jarrett on November 19th. However, now Harris and Jarrett are aligned in TNA. Harris says that a plan was executed and now Jarrett is the NWA World Champion. Harris knows everyone would want to know if he will wrestle Jarrett. Harris says that the fans don’t deserve to know. Harris promises that he’ll wrestle for the NWA Cyberspace Championship and will walkout the champion.
Tammy Sytch (Sunny) is managing The Naturals to combat John Shane being in the corner for The Solution.
Tenth Contest: NWA Tag Team Champions The Naturals (Andy Douglas & Chase Stevens) vs. The Solution (Havok & Papadon): All four men brawl in the ring to start. Douglas backdrops Papadon causing Papadon to bail to the floor. Stevens and Papadon legally start the match and Papadon wants to shake hands, but the crowd doesn’t want that to happen. Stevens arm drags Papadon a few times and gets arm control. Stevens dropkicks Papadon coming off the ropes. Douglas enters the match and punches Papadon in the ribs. Douglas rams Papadon into the corner and delivers several strikes to the shoulder. Douglas keeps arm control on Papadon, but doesn’t get a submission. Douglas bulldogs Papadon onto Stevens knee for a two count. Stevens hits a snap suplex on Papadon for a two count. Stevens slides to the floor and pulls Havok off the apron. Stevens punches Havok several times. Stevens shoulder rams Papadon from the apron, but Havok yanks Stevens off the apron to the floor. Papadon kicks Stevens before tagging in Havok. Havok headbutts Stevens and rams Stevens into the corner. Havok shoulder rams Stevens several times in the corner. Papadon returns to the match and axe handles Stevens over the back. Papadon forearms Douglas on the apron. Papadon chops Stevens in the corner, but Stevens runs out of the corner to deliver a clothesline. Stevens tries to tag in Douglas. Havok gets involved and knee lifts Douglas off the apron. Havok legally tags in and headbutts Stevens on the mat. Havok stomps on Stevens on the mat. Havok plants Stevens with a powerslam for a two count. Papadon atomic drops Stevens leading to a side Russian leg sweep/yakuza kick combo for a near fall. Papadon keeps Stevens on the mat with a sleeper.
Papadon yanks Stevens down to the mat. Havok slams Stevens and delivers an elbow drop for a two count. Havok rams Stevens into Papadon’s knee. Papadon casually chokes Stevens on the mat. Papadon keeps a chin lock on Stevens. Stevens plants Papadon with a neckbreaker. Douglas gets the hot tag and cleans house with strikes. Douglas knee lifts Havok and drives Papadon with a backbreaker. Douglas hits a neckbreaker on Havok for a two count. Stevens and Papadon brawl for a moment. Stevens elbows Papadon, but runs into a powerslam for a two count. Douglas hits a sit out pedigree on Papadon for a two count, but Papadon didn’t kick out. Havok plants Douglas with a spinebuster for a near fall. Stevens uppercuts Havok and accidentally takes the referee out with a crossbody. Stevens dumps Havok over the top to the floor. Douglas tries for a suplex, but John Shane trips Douglas and Papadon lands on top to win the titles!
The original referee gets in the ring and explains what happened. Solution aren’t the champions. Naturals almost win with a double rollup. Naturals hit the Natural Disaster on Papadon to win the match and retain the titles. (***. I actually liked the dusty finish. This is right before the Spike TV debut, so a title change was never going to happen. But, the Solution getting a pin on the Naturals helps their Cyberspace tag title match at the next big event because they did pin the champs even if they had to cheat. It’s a solid match and entertaining throughout. Naturals hitting the Natural Disaster is always a great visual and how they get into the move is always fun. Solution are an underrated tag team on the indies.)
Main Event: Abyss vs. Rhino: Rhino works over Abyss in the corner with right hands and stomps. Rhino blocks a hip toss and clotheslines Abyss leading to a one count. Abyss boots Rhino in the corner. Rhino nails Abyss with a big boot off the ropes. Rhino waits in the corner, but Abyss bails to the floor to avoid a GORE attempt. Rhino rams Abyss onto the apron. Abyss punches Rhino around ringside, but Rhino grabs a trash can to hit Abyss over the head. Abyss rams Rhino onto a table. Abyss sends Rhino into the wall. Abyss elbows Rhino over a table. Rhino punches Abyss and rams Abyss onto the table. Abyss kicks Rhino in the midsection. Rhino rams Abyss into the railing in the crowd. Rhino plays to the crowd and continues to pummel Abyss on the floor. Abyss rams Rhino onto the ring steps. Abyss sends Rhino into the ring steps shoulder first. Abyss rolls Rhino into the ring to continue the match. Abyss punches Rhino and sends Rhino hard into the corner. Abyss sends Rhino hard into the corner a second time. Abyss covers, but Rhino kicks out at two. Rhino strikes Abyss a few times, but is decked with a right hand. Abyss chokes Rhino on the mat to maintain the advantage. Rhino begins to get a second win and punches Abyss several times. Rhino comes off the ropes, but is met with a big boot by Abyss leading to a near fall. Abyss chokes Rhino on the mat.
Abyss wrenches on Rhino’s neck, but doesn’t get a submission. Rhino tries to fight free, but Abyss yanks Rhino down to the mat. Abyss goes back to a neck vice on the mat. Rhino powers out of the move. Rhino fires back with right hands to stagger Abyss. Rhino ducks a clothesline and clotheslines Abyss followed by an elbow strike. Rhino spears Abyss in the corner. Rhino continues with a belly to belly suplex. Rhino waits in the corner, but Abyss grabs Rhino looking for a chokeslam. Rhino accidentally clotheslines the referee. Abyss stops Rhino with the Black Hole Slam, but there’s no referee. Abyss has a chair, but Rhino gets the chair and hits Abyss several times. Rhino covers, but the referee slowly gets to a two count. Abyss splashes the referee in the corner. Rhino hits the GORE! Abyss bails to the floor to regroup. Rhino slides a table into the ring. Rhino sets the table up in the corner. Abyss punches Rhino a few times and runs into a back elbow. Rhino low blows Abyss and hits the GORE through the table in the corner. The referee has thrown the match out and Rhino is pissed. After the match, Rhino GORES Traci Brookes and calls her a bitch. Billy Firehawk is in the ring and Rhino GORES Firehawk! The crowd thanks Rhino for taking out Firehawk. (*1/2. The match isn’t all that great as it’s just basic brawling and not much aside from that. The aftermath was enjoyable as Rhino looked like a complete madman. This is setting up a best two out three tables match at Above The Law.)
Final Thoughts:
There’s enough decent action during this TV taping that I can give this a mild thumbs up. Cyberspace drew a decent crowd compared to other shows they’ve had and the crowd was energetic, which makes a major difference when viewing.
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