World Wrestling Federation presents Heat
Date: 6/17/2001
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Matches:
1.) X-Factor (X-Pac & Justin Credible) defeated APA (Bradshaw & Faarooq)
2.) Dudley Boys defeated Right To Censor (Goodfather & Bull Buchanan)
3.) WWF Light Heavyweight Champion Jeff Hardy defeated Taka Michinoku to retain the title
Angle Developments/Notes:
1.) Credible and Bradshaw kickoff the tag match with Bradshaw gaining control with a headlock. Bradshaw runs through Credible with a shoulder block and a back elbow strike. Bradshaw clubs Credible over the back followed by a scoop slam and elbow drop. Bradshaw misses an elbow drop and Credible dropkicks Bradshaw to the floor. Bradshaw quickly gets back in the ring to shoulder block Credible. Faarooq tags in ands hits a back suplex dropping Credible on his head for a near fall as Pac breaks the cover. Faarooq hits a powerslam for a two count on Credible. Credible drives Faarooq down to the mat face first. Faarooq works over Pac with strikes over the back. Pac nails Faarooq with a spin kick for a two count. Pac chops Faarooq, but Faarooq responds with a backbreaker for a near fall. Faarooq rams Pac into Bradshaw’s boot in the corner. Pac is shoulder blocked coming off the ropes leading to a near fall for Bradshaw. Bradshaw works over Pac in the corner with strikes and chops. Bradshaw sends Pac into the corner, but Pac nails Bradshaw with a series of kicks. Credible tags into the match and pummels Bradshaw with strikes. Bradshaw decks Credible with a short arm clothesline. Faarooq tags into the match and sends Credible into the corner, but misses a splash. Credible nails Faarooq with a superkick for a near fall. Faarooq plants Credible with a spinebuster. Bradshaw catches Pac coming off the ropes to hit a fallaway slam. Bradshaw shoulder blocks Credible and tries for a powerbomb. Credible backdrops Bradshaw, but is met with a big boot. Bradshaw plants Credible with a powerbomb. Albert enters the ring and plants Bradshaw with the Baldo Bomb allowing Pac to pin Bradshaw to win the match. (**. It felt as if the APA had something out for Credible directly with the amount of stiff shots and Credible landing on his head. Albert getting involved prevents this from being a major upset since it’s not a clean win. It was a decent tag match, though.)
2.) At WWF New York, Terri thought she was talking to Perry Saturn, but Saturn ran off. After a commercial, Saturn is seen working as a cashier.
3.) D-Von and Buchanan kickoff the tag match with Buchanan misses a strike against the ropes. D-Von hammers away on Buchanan and hits a leaping shoulder block. D-Von tags in Bubba to continue the match. Bubba hammers away on Buchanan’s arm with a few strikes. Bubba wraps Buchanan’s arm over the top rope and sends Bull into a corner, but misses a splash. Goodfather enters the match and keeps control with strikes in the corner. Goodfather misses a kick and Bubba hits a suplex. Goodfather is sent across the ring and met with a clothesline by D-Von. Bubba drives Goodfather down with a side slam for a near fall by D-Von. Buchanan pulls the ropes down to send D-Von to the floor. Buchanan sends D-Von back into the ring where Goodfather hits a leaping clothesline for a near fall. Buchanan nails D-Von with a scissors kick. Buchanan nails D-Von with a backbreaker and a couple of elbow drops. Buchanan nails D-Von with a leg drop, but Bubba stops the cover. D-Von is met with a double shoulder block. Goodfather hits a back suplex on D-Von. D-Von boots Goodfather and hits a clothesline and both men are down. Bubba tags into the match and cleans house with a clothesline. Bubba drives Goodfather down with a back suplex, but Buchanan breaks the cover. All four men are in the ring until D-Von sends Goodfather to the floor. D-Von goes to the top rope and the Dudley’s hit the What’s Up on Buchanan. RTC stops Dudley’s from getting a table on the floor. Goodfather misses a running splash in the corner and walks into the 3D. D-Von covers and pins Goodfather for the win. (*1/2. Goodfather and Buchanan feel completely out of place and seemingly have zero heat left, similar to Venis. There wasn’t much to the match.)
4.) Outside, Saturn talked with a homeless guy and Terri came up to him and he walked off. Saturn walked up to Michael Cole and Tazz to provide some random comments.
5.) Taka shoulder blocks Hardy to start the match and chops Hardy to avoid a leapfrog. Hardy sends Taka to the floor and runs the barricade to dive onto Taka on the floor. Hardy plays to the crowd and stomps on Taka. Hardy dropkicks Taka face first into the corner. Hardy is stopped by Funaki and is sent into the barricade. Taka dropkicks a kneeling Hardy. Taka stomps on Hardy to keep control of the match. They trade a few chops in the middle of the ring. Taka eye rakes Hardy and delivers a strike for a near fall. Taka eye rakes Hardy on the mat and delivers a boot scrape. Taka chokes Hardy over the middle rope and hits a leg drop on the apron over the middle rope. Hardy misses a clothesline and Taka hits a spinning heel kick. Hardy stops Taka with a jawbreaker and they trade strikes. Hardy backdrops Taka coming off the ropes and hits a leg drop to the lower midsection. Hardy rams Funaki into Taka and leaps off the top to hit the Swanton Bomb for the win. (*1/2. It’s kind of disgusting to know that these two could probably have an absolute classic if given the opportunity and it’s not allowed for whatever reason.)
6.) At WWF New York, Saturn is talking to various women and comes across as a complete creep while telling them all bizarre facts. Terri tells Saturn they have to get ready.
7.) Terri and Saturn end up on the stage at WWF New York. Saturn is flirting with Terri while she’s trying to talk to the people. Saturn continues to provide weird facts and that’s all the segment accomplishes.
Final Thoughts:
I thought this was a bit of a underwhelming show because the matches on paper should deliver, but I’m most frustrated by the Hardy/Taka match and how they didn’t go all out for the match. Saturn as a host was maybe one of the worst and provided zero entertainment.
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