World Wrestling Entertainment presents Heat
Date: 3/2/2003
From: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Matches:
1.) Maven defeated Rico
2.) Al Snow defeated Booby Rood
3.) WWE Women’s Champion Victoria defeated Molly Holly to retain the title
4.) Rob Van Dam defeated Steven Richards
Angle Developments/Notes:
1.) Maven controls Rico with a wrist lock, but Rico counters with a headlock quickly. Maven counters to a hammerlock, but Rico counters before Maven snapmares Rico. They go face to face until Rico slaps Maven. Maven clotheslines Rico followed by a couple of scoop slams for a two count. Rico sends Maven to the apron, but Maven shoulder rams Rico. Rico springboard kicks Maven off the apron to the floor. Rico rolls Maven into the ring for a near fall. Rico chokes Maven over the middle rope. Rico chokes Maven between the ropes before delivering strikes to the chest. Rico continues with a swinging neckbreaker for a near fall. Rico controls Maven on the mat with a chin lock and eye gouges Maven followed by an elbow drop for a two count. Rico puts a neck vice on Maven. Maven gets to his feet and elbows free. Rico spin kicks Maven followed by a mule kick for a two count. Rico uppercuts Maven on the back for a near fall. Maven stops Rico with a jawbreaker and a strike to the midsection. Maven forearms Rico followed by a hip toss and a spinning heel kick for a near fall. Maven drives Rico down with a neckbreaker for a near fall. Rico strikes Maven and continues with right hands. Maven flapjacks Rico and heads to the top rope. Maven missile dropkicks Rico to pickup the clean win. (**. A decent match with Rico working a good match as the heel and keeping interest with his moves.)
2.) Snow takes Rood over with a fireman carry. Snow arm drags Rood after getting out of a head scissor. Rood elbows Snow, but Snow hits an overhead suplex. Snow runs the ropes and hip tosses Rood followed by an arm drag and slaps Rood over the chest. Snow yanks on the arm a few times. Rood yanks Snow down by the hair and forearm strikes Snow. Rood kicks Snow followed by a knee lift. Rood stomps Snow on the mat a few times. Snow counters a knee lift with a rollup. Rood drives Snow down with a backbreaker for a two count. Rood shoulder rams Snow in the corner several times. Rood knee lifts Snow in the corner followed by an elbow strike. Snow decks Rood with a clothesline and jabs Rood several times. Snow traps Rood’s arms and delivers a series of headbutts. Snow tosses Rood with a suplex followed by clotheslines. Snow backdrops Rood coming off the ropes. Snow spikes Rood with the Snow Plow for the win. (*. Literally a squash for Snow, but it was fine.)
3.) Victoria takes Molly over with a side headlock, but Molly counters with a headlock quickly. Victoria gets a head scissors on Molly, but Molly breaks free and they bridge up. Molly ducks a clothesline and gets a two count with a rollup. Molly chops Victoria, but Victoria sends Molly into the corner where Molly head scissors Victoria. Victoria strikes Molly in the midsection. Victoria tosses Molly across the ring by her hair. Victoria takes Molly over with a snap suplex and an elbow drop. Molly goes to the apron, but is yanked off by Steven Richards. Victoria baseball slides Molly on the floor. Victoria controls Molly with a neck vice for a moment. Victoria delivers a vertical suplex for a near fall. Victoria slams Molly and heads to the apron missing a somersault leg drop. Molly dropkicks a seated Victoria for a two count. Molly gets a rollup for a near fall. Molly chops Victoria and delivers a couple of clotheslines. Molly comes off the ropes to hit a somersault neckbreaker for a two count. Molly heads to the top rope missing a crossbody attempt. Victoria hits the Widows Peak for the win to retain the title. (**1/2. A good match and they made the usage of their limited time. Molly seems to have shifted away from being covered up and being considered a ‘prude’. I don’t believe she’s shifted to a face role, though. They need more viable babyface females wrestlers.)
4.) Richards controls RVD with a headlock and a shoulder block. RVD leg sweeps Richards for a one count. RVD shoulder blocks Richards followed by a dropkick and a spin kick. RVD continues with a standing moonsault causing Richards to bail to the floor. RVD plays to the crowd as Richards recovers. Richards pulls RVD to the floor and tries for a suplex. RVD drops Richards gut first over the barricade and leaps off the apron to deliver a spinning kick to Richards back. RVD hits a slingshot leg drop into the ring from the apron. Richards chops RVD, but RVD hits a northern lights suplex for a two count. Richards drops RVD on his head with a back suplex. Richards gets a two count on RVD after a neckbreaker. Richards puts a camel clutch on RVD, but doesn’t get a submission. Richards yanks RVD down by his hair and continues to work on RVD’s neck. RVD nails Richards with a step over heel kick. RVD monkey flips Richards out of the corner and continues with a forearm. RVD leaps off the middle rope to kick Richards for a near fall. RVD suplexs Richards and floats over for a two count. Richards tries for a DDT, but RVD breaks free and runs into a boot. RVD connects with a spinning heel kick. RVD delivers the rolling thunder splash. RVD leaps off the top hitting the Five Star Frog Splash for the win. (**. Richards had a few moments to shine, but there was never a doubt here, nor should there have been. It’s a decent main event for Heat and Richards is more than capable of holding his own in the ring with the main stars on the RAW brand.)
Final Thoughts:
A good episode of Heat this week as the Women’s title match was good and the overall action of the show was solid. A breeze of an hour programming.
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