World Wrestling Entertainment presents Heat
Date: 4/13/2003
From: Milwaukee, WI
Matches:
1.) Victoria defeated Ivory
2.) Rodney Mack defeated Ken Anderson
3.) Test defeated Mark Bartolucci
4.) Rico & Three-Minute Warning (Rosey & Jamal) defeated Maven, Spike Dudley & Tommy Dreamer
Angle Developments/Notes:
1.) Victoria attacks before the bell, but Ivory fights back with strikes and a crossbody for a near fall. Ivory keeps a headlock on Victoria to maintain the advantage. Ivory takes Victoria down to the mat with a headlock again. Victoria backs Ivory into a corner and strikes Ivory several times with a flurry of strikes. Victoria tosses Ivory across the ring. Victoria snapmares Ivory followed by a rolling neck snap for a two count. Victoria delivers a swinging neckbreaker for a near fall. Victoria controls Ivory on the mat with a neck vice. Ivory head scissors Victoria followed by a running forearm strike to the chest and a dropkick. Victoria begs off against the ropes. Ivory blocks a kick to deliver a facebuster for a near fall, but Steven Richards pulls Victoria to the ropes. Ivory goes after Richards, but is kicked by Victoria. Victoria hits the Widows Peak to pin Ivory. (*1/2. A short match, but a decent one. Ivory adds a little bit of depth to the division to do jobs and she’s a fine in-ring worker. Victoria continues to entertain.)
2.) A vignette promoting Sylvan Grenier and Rene Dupree is shown. They continue to do the news desk theme. We will learn to accept what we don’t understand.
3.) Before the next match, Teddy Long says Rodney Mack is out here for competition and can’t believe this is the opponent they’ve got for Mack. Long says Mack is going to show what it means to back the mack.
4.) Mack works over Anderson with strikes and a middle rope shoulder block. Anderson tries for a sunset flip from the apron and manages a two count. Mack shoulder rams Anderson and delivers a strike into the corner followed by chops. Mack body strikes Anderson and delivers a chop. Anderson is caught in the corner and slammed to the mat. Mack covers to pickup the win. (*. Mack dominates and looked okay here. Anderson showed charisma for a brief outing. Mack might need a stronger finisher, though.)
5.) Test dominates his enhancement match and ends up pinning Bartolucci following the big boot. Personally, I’d rather Test get a meaningful push as a babyface. After the match, Stacy exits the ring, but not on the same side as Test.
6.) Jamal and Dreamer kickoff the six man tag main event with Jamal delivering a few strikes. Dreamer drop toe holds Jamal before tagging in Maven. Maven leaps over Dreamer to splash onto Jamal’s arm and keeps wrist control. Maven sunset flips Jamal for a two count. Jamal scoop slams Maven and tags in Rico. Maven slams Rico and tags in Spike, who hits a double stomp for a near fall. Spike rolls Rico up for another two count. Rico counters a hip toss and kicks Spike a few times. Rico works over Spike in the corner with kicks. Spike counters a hurricanrana with a powerbomb out of the corner. Rosey tags into the match and tosses Spike into the corner to deliver a few strikes. Rosey misses a clothesline and Spike rams Rosey before tagging in Dreamer. Dreamer cleans house with strikes. Rico kicks Dreamer from the apron, but is knocked to the floor. Rosey hits a swinging slam on Dreamer, but Maven makes the save. Jamal back splashes Dreamer in the corner. Rico mule kicks Dreamer to the mat and heads to the top rope missing a moonsault. Jamal tags into the match and Maven strikes Jamal several times. Maven forearms Jamal followed by a spinning heel kick. Maven dropkicks Jamal to avoid a slam. Maven hits a top rope bulldog onto Jamal for a near fall. Maven sunset flips Jamal allowing Spike to bulldog Jamal for a two count. Spike sends Rico to the floor and hits the Dudley Dog on Jamal. Rosey tries for a swinging slam, but Spike breaks free. Rosey tosses Spike to the floor to avoid the Dudley Dog. Dreamer DDTs Roset, but Rico spin kicks Dreamer. Maven missile dropkicks Rico. Rosey slams Maven, but Dreamer shoves Jamal off the top. Maven leaps off the top, but Jamal counters with a Samoan Drop for the win. (**. A fine match with a bit of a surprising outcome. I honestly figured the trio of Rico and 3MW were kind of dead, but instead they get a clean win here. 3MW would be a fine challenging team for RVD and Kane after the Dudley’s/Morley/Storm angle, so I guess we should keep an eye on them.)
Final Thoughts:
A bit of an underwhelming show, but not dreadful. They are clearly teasing Test turning heel and being a jerk to Stacy. I think he had potential as a babyface protecting Stacy, but for some reason they prefer Test to be a heel it seems like.
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