XPW October 1995 - 10/3, 10/10, 10/17, 10/24 & 10/29
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PRESENTS TO YOU THE WILDEST PROGRAM ON TELEVISION:
OCTOBER 3, 1995
PORTLAND, OR
THE ROSE GARDEN
BROADCASTERS: MICK KARCH & JERRY LAWLER
RING ANNOUNCER: MICHAEL BUFFER
INTERVIEWER: TONI ADAMS
AIRING ON: FOX AFFILIATES
XPW WEDNESDAY WARFARE opens with ‘Perry Mason’ by Ozzy Osbourne playing over clips of Sid Vicious, The Sandman, Taz, The Headbangers, Brian Lee, The Pitbulls, Stevie Richards, El Hijo Del Santo, The Bruise Brothers and Mikey Whipwreck.
OZZY OSBOURNE Perry Mason
MICK KARCH and JERRY “THE KING” LAWLER join us from ringside here tonight at the Rose Garden in Portland for the debut of XPW Wednesday Warfare on your local station.
KARCH: “Welcome to the debut episode of the hottest hour of professional wrestling on television today. You’ve seen those big promotions who try to force feed you their drivel – not here in the XPW! On Wednesday Warfare, we will bring every kind of wrestling imaginable. We have the big men like SID VICIOUS and BRIAN LEE and KAMA THE SUPREME FIGHTING MACHINE!
“We have the best tag teams in the world like THE HEAVENLY BODIES! We have the incredible Mexican team of EL HIJO DEL SANTO AND OCTAGON! We have THE PITBULLS AND THOSE DAMN BRUISE BROTHERS AS WELL!
“We also have cutting edge cruiserweight and mid-heavyweight wrestling that will open up a whole new world with the XPW’s Open Weight Championship where you will see wrestlers like “British Bruiser” Johnny Smith, Stevie Richards, Sho Funaki and others who are revolutionizing the world of professional wrestling!”
LAWLER: “Will you take a breath let someone else talk?! The people around know who I am, I’m Jerry “The King” Lawler, a former World Champion. I should say FUTURE XPW Champion as well because I have my eyes on that belt, Karch!”
KARCH: MICK KARCH: “The action is starting already! Well fans, we will get to all the particulars about title tournaments a little later on. Right now, let’s get to what everyone is tuning in to see – THE WRESTLING! Let’s see the revolution begin right here tonight as The British Bruiser Johnny Smith takes on fellow Englishmen, BLACK MAGIC NORMAN SMILEY!”
”BLACK MAGIC” NORMAN SMILEY VS. JOHNNY SMITH (w/ DYNAMITE KID)
The new and improved XPW brings you the very best international starts. These two might not be the biggest stars in the world, but you’d be hard-pressed to find two better in-ring performers than these two wrestlers. Karch discusses the similar back-grounds of these two stars. Smith – the protégé of the legendary Dynamite Kid who is in his corner – broke into the business in the brutal snakepit in Wigin, while Smiley cut his teeth by traveling across to the US and being trained by the legendary Boris Malenko. Smiley is much flashier and he struts around the ring, before locking up with Smith, who is all-business.
Smith is quick to attack with a big clothesline into the corner! Smiley is stunned as Smith climbs the ropes and levels Smiley with closed fists to the head, until Smiley drives him into the canvas with an atomic drop! Norman Smiley levels his opponent with some rights and lefts, but Smith counters with a big spinning wheel kick that sends Norman Smiley falling backwards. Smith gets back to his feet and charges at Smiley, but Smiley hoists him up into the air before sending him crashing back to the canvas with a flying head-scissors. Norman Smiley is on Smith right Away and applies a nerve hold, but Smith throws a few elbows and breaks the hold. Both stumble to their feet only for Johnny Smith to head-butt Smiley to the canvas, much to the approval of the Dynamite Kid. Johnny Smith measures him up and then drives an elbow into the throat and holds it there for several seconds, before referee Jerry Calhoun makes him break it. Smith then a few moments really working over Smiley’s back and then moves back to the throat.
Johnny Smith is as usual extremely methodical in his strategy, living up to his reputation as one of the most rugged veterans in the sport. Johnny Smith applies a kimura of sorts to Smiley and really cinches back on it. Norman Smiley really struggles, but Smith has the hold locked in deep. Finally, Norman Smiley is able to break the hold, but Johnny tries to pull him back in. Smiley spins around and lift Smith up into position for a dragon suplex. Johnny Smith puts on the breaks, breaks free and hits a bull dog Smiley instead! Smith then moves Norman Smiley up to the top rope and attempts a belly-to-belly suplex, but Norman Smiley knocks him back several times! Smith falls back to the canvas now and Smiley comes off the top with a senton splash, but Smith moves! Dynamite Kid rallies Johnny Smith, who comes back up and drills the staggering Smiley with a running head-butt. Smith then pulls Smiley up, spins him around and connects with the leaping tombstone pile-driver! Johnny with the cover and he gets the 1-2-3! What an opening contest and what a win for Johnny Smith! WINNER: JOHNNY SMITH
MICK KARCH: “Ladies and gentlemen, let’s go now to the commissioner of Xtreme Pro Wrestling, coming live from Los Angeles. Here is Todd Gordon!”
*The camera fades out and then fades up again into a lavish boardroom, where Todd Gordon is sitting behind a sprawling desk.
TOD GORDON: “Hello ladies and gentlemen and welcome to XPW Wednesday Warfare. My name is Todd Gordon, I’m sure I am not a stranger to many of you. Recently, I stepped Away from the business after building a successful promotion because I wanted to contribute to this sport in a new way. I sought and was successful and purchasing a new west coast promotion that will air on Fox affiliates and other stations in Canada and Mexico. I understand that there is a new breed of wrestling fan who wants to see only the very best and the cutting edge. I plan to bring you that here in the XPW.
“That will start in two weeks when the tournament for the XPW Heavyweight Championship will begin. I have scoured the globe to find the very best for a match that will take place on our Halloween PPV on 10/30. It is called the ‘Heaven or Hell’ match. Seven top contenders will be involved in a gauntlet match – where numbers are drawn at random- where the final man standing is the new XPW Heavyweight Champion. I can promise you fans that this will be a match that you never forget. Who are the participants, you might ask? Well, you’ll find that out right here next week!
“I can also confirm that a tag team title tournament will be held – more on that next week. However, right here tonight, we will have a huge match as The Eliminators take on The Heavenly Bodies. I will certainly be watching this match closely before making any decision on the teams involved in the tournament. We also have a new spin on a title here in the XPW – the Open Weight Title. Wrestlers from the welterweight, cruiserweight and mid-heavyweight will all be eligible for this title. It will be decided in an upcoming Six-Pack Challenge match. More on that in the coming weeks as well.
“I would like to again promise to bring you the very best and the most cutting-edge in-ring action in the world today. We here at the XPW value your intelligence and we hope to show you that in our product. Thank you very much – enjoy the show!”
*Todd Gordon smiles and then the scene fades out as we go to our very first commercial break…
COMMERCIAL BREAK
*TONI ADAMS is standing in front of the XPW logo with THE PITBULLS and their manager MISSY HYATT. The interview stops off with the expected sniping between Toni Adams and Missy Hyatt, but Toni does praise The Pitbulls. Missy says for a long time, she’s needed two good, strong dogs and she has found them. Missy promises that her ‘Mad Dogs of War’ will go straight to the top here in the XPW and they will wear those XPW Tag Team Titles. Missy Hyatt also warns fellow manager Jim Cornette that she will have no second thoughts about unleashing her Pitbulls on the Heavenly Bodies at the first chance they get. Toni then wraps up the interview and sends us back up to the ring for a match between B. Brian Blair and the Iron Sheik.
THE IRON SHEIK VS. B. BRIAN BLAIR: The Iron Sheik makes his way out waving the Iranian flag and he is shouting at the fans. B. Brian Blair comes out next, but he is interrupted on the HardcoreVision as he whips off his jacket. XPW Commissioner Todd Gordon is shown in his office and wants to issue an apology to both Sheik and Blair. He promised that the XPW wouldn’t feature “old farts” wearing out their welcome any longer. Gordon: “So, we have to set an example. I’m sorry gentlemen, but you're about to be sent into retirement! Send in the executioner!” Iron Sheik is ranting and raving and he screams that he will humble Gordon “in old country way”, until menacing music playing over the PA:
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SCORPIONS-CHINA WHITE.
IT’S SYCHO SID VICIOUS!!!!!!!!!!!!
Iron Sheik and Brian Blair look stunned as Sid Vicious stalks down the ramp way and shouts loudly that he is the man who “rules the world”. Sid steps over the top rope and points at both Sheik and Blair. Iron Sheik waddles over and tries to swat the big man, but Sid boots him! Brian Blair charges as well, but Sid boots him him straight to hell! Iron Sheik tries to stumble up, but Sid is right there and boots the Sheik to hell as well!
The crowd are going nuts as Sid Vicious drops to one knee in the center of the ring and soaks in the “SID” chants. Brian Blair makes a huge mistake at this point as he pulls himself up. Blair lands a shot to the back of Sid’s head. Vicious pops back up, turns to face Blair and nods his head “no”. Blair sees the error of his ways and tries to escape, but Sid boots him! Vicious not pulls Blair in and he DRILLS HIM WITH A POWER BOMB! Sid kneels on the chest of the unconscious Brian Blair as the referee counts the automatic 1-2-3!!! Sid Vicous has put two legends out to pasture here – and he has sent a hell of a message about the new XPW! WINNER: SID VICIOUS
MICK KARCH steps into the ring after the match to interview Big Sid and mentions that he has left a path of destruction in his wake.
SID VICIOUS: ““These people know that my hands are the instruments of destruction of so many men from the past. Hulk Hogan! Ric Flair! Sting! Steve Austin! These men all fell before Sid Vicious because I am the MASTER AND THE RULER OF THE WORLD! Look into these eyes! These are the eyes do not belong to a good man!
“I don’t get my joy in the ways you stupid people do! I get my joy by sending other wrestlers to the hospital with my power bomb. LOOK INTO MY EYES! YOU WILL SEE THAT SID VICIOUS POSSESES… a mind… of EVIL!!!!! AND THE MIND OF EVIL BELONGS TO THE MAN… WHO RULES… the world!”
Sid Vicious holds his arms up and poses as we take our next commercial break.
COMMERCIAL BREAK
*As we return from break, the camera catches three familiar faces sitting in the first round on the aisle way. Mick Karch asks the camera to zoom in and we can quite clearly see it’s Stevie Richards, the Blue Meanie… and:
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RAVEN!!!!!!!!
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RAVEN!!!!!!!!
*Mick Karch leaves the broadcast booth and now he makes his way over to speak with Raven and these three men.
MICK KARCH: “Fans, I’m sure many of you know from watching another wrestling promotion, but this man here is Raven. He has been one of the hottest free agents in professional wrestling and I happen to know you have been offered an XPW contract by Commissioner Todd Gordon. Are you here to announce your signing? Will you be in the XPW Title ‘Heaven or Hell’ match?”
RAVEN: “…”
Raven says nothing as Mick Karch holds the microphone in his face.
MICK KARCH: “Uh… hello? Raven? Inquiring minds want to know if you will be a member of the XPW roster!”
RAVEN: “…”
Finally, Stevie Richards steps out of his feet and up to Mick Karch’s microphone.
STEVIE RICHARDS: “Listen Mr. TV announcer, Raven doesn’t answer to Chief O’Hara … sorry, I mean Commissioner Gordon. And he certainly does not answer to YOU, bro!”
Richards points his finger at Mick Karch and then looks back to the Blue Meanie, who is laughing oddly.
MICK KARCH: “This, fans, is Stevie Richards and he IS signed here to the XPW. Stevie, I’m afraid you will HAVE TO answer to Todd Gordon!”
STEVIE RICHARDS: “Can you believe this guy, Meanie? Listen you ESPN reject, the man that makes the decisions around here is RAVEN. He doesn’t just make decisions for himself or first his nest. But he will also make decisions for YOU and everyone here in the XPW~”
MICK KARCH: “So does that mean he HAS signed?”
STEVIE RICHARDS: “You just don’t get it…”
Raven now stands up and he strongly shoves Richards aside, before slowly steps up to the microphone.
RAVEN: “If it’s answers you want, I can give you those answers. But it’s the questions which are more important. The questions you ask aren’t the important ones. If I want to sign with the XPW, I will. If I don’t, there’s nothing anything anyone can do to keep me away anyway. I have a role to play here. You see, once the true question is asked, there will be no choice but to come to me for the answer.
“My pain, my dissatisfaction, my anger, my disappointment are at the heart of the answer. They point me in this direction toward the XPW. Because it is here that I can unveil my vision. And trust me, my vision will change all your sad, pathetic and underachieving lives. The question will be asked… and I will answer it. Quote the Raven nevermore.”
Raven sits back down as Mick Karch sort of stands there puzzled and then throws us up to the ring. “Enter Sandman” begins playing in the arena, signaling the arrival of The Sandman and his manager Woman.
THE SANDMAN VS. IAN ROTTEN: Woman leads her man down to the ring. Sandman is smoking a cigarette and carries the Singapore cane in his left hand. “Big Balls” by AC/DC plays next and here comes Ian Rotten, who is know for having some of the most violent matches in the US. Rotten and Sandman brawl all round ringside in the opening. The referee attempts to call for a disqualification at several points, but Woman steps in his way each time and attempts to seduce him.
Ian Rotten takes control by grabbing a steel chair and bashing it over Sandman’s head. Rotten hits a pumphandle slam and covers, but Woman is distracting the referee. Rotten charges over and threatens to deck Woman, but Sandman is right there with a low blow behind the referee’s back. Sandman then hits a springboard senton and covers as the referee is redirected by Woman to make the three count! Sandman and Woman celebrate on the floor after the match, while Ian Rotten is furious as he explains that he was cheated. WINNER: THE SANDMAN
COMMERCIAL BREAK
* VTR: Grainy clips of the High Chief Peter Miavia standing in the ring in the San Francisco and Los Angeles promotions are shown.
VOICE: “The past can be a lot to live up.”
We now see clips of the crowd going wild at the Cow Palace as Peter Miavia works over Pat Patterson with chops and a head-butt.
VOICE: “My grandfather, the High Chief Peter Miavia, defined an entire generation and opened the door for Polynesian wrestlers. No wrestler achieved as much success on the west coast as the High Chief.”
The scene now changes to Rocky Johnson in action in Madison Square Garden against Adrian Adonis and Dick Murdoch.
VOICE: “The legacy continued with my father, the great Rocky Johnson. He not only electrified each and every fan he wrestled in front of, but he was also the first black tag team champion in the history of the WWF!”
Clips then air of Rocky Johnson juking and jiving in the center of the ring and then landing a big right hand on Jesse “The Body” Ventura.
VOICE: “Now, the legacy has been passed to a new generation.”
Now we see Rocky Miavia in the USWA hitting the Samoan Drop on a variety of opponents, including Greg “The Hammer” Valentine.
VOICE: “My name is Rocky Miavia and I am a new kind of athlete. The legacy will continue… in the XPW.”
Scene fades out.
*MICK KARCH and JERRY “THE KING” LAWLER discuss the program so far, with Lawler joking that you can see real action here instead of watching balding losers like Hulk Hogan and Randy Savage stink up the ring. Karch seems taken back by that comment and mentions that he’s always been a Randy Savage fan himself. Lawler: “Oh please. I kicked his ass from one end of Memphis to another more times than Clinton’s had mistresses! HAHA!” The mood quicky changes as “War Machine” plays in the Portland Garden and we can hear the whistle begin to sound.
taz - war machine
TAZ (W/ BILL ALFONSO) VS. SAMU: The camera first pans to the very dangerous Samu, who is a multiple time WWF Tag Team Champion. “War Machine” continues to blare as Bill Alfonso leads the Human Suplex Machine Taz down to the ring for what should be an incredible match. Taz is ultra intense as he walks down to the ring with a black towel over his face. Taz stands in his corner during the interruption, arms folded. The bell finally rings as Taz whips the towel Away and gets into fighting stance. Samu approaches, but backs off a few times. Even the Headshrinker is intimidated by the Human Suplex Machine! Taz now motions for Samu to bring it on and he finally does.
Samu attacks with a head-butt after poking the eyes and then lays into Taz with some strikes across the back. Taz shakes it off and pulls Samu into a short-arm clothesline. Taz perches now as Samu pulls himself up, grabs a hold of him and hits the pumphandle Taz Plex! Taz is up now and he perches again as Samu stumbles up. Samu tries to fight back with a super kick. Taz ducks it, hooks him again – T-Bone Taz Plex! Taz now pulls Samu’s head up and he locks in the Taz Mission! Samu almost immediately submits and now Taz pops up and raises his arms! WINNER: TAZ
COMMERCIAL BREAK
THE HEAVENLY BODIES VS THE ELIMINATORS
“Tom Sawyer” by Rsh plays and here come the former NWA World Tag Team Champions Perry Saturn and John Kronus, the fearsom Eliminators. They take on their former NWA rivals here tonight, Jim Cornette and his own former NWA and USWA Tag Team Champions the Heavenly Bodies Gigolo Jimmy Del Rey and Dr. Tom Prichard. John Kronus fires back at him with a chop to the chest and now the furious John Kronus strikes the Heavenly Body with a series of those chops and then clips the right leg of Kronus. Kronus immediately latches onto the leg and begins twisting it around and works it over for a few minutes. Kronus grabs a hold of the right leg once again and this time dives into it with the side of his body. Somehow, Dr. Tom is able to reach the ropes and unlike his opponent, John Kronus backs away as Jerry Calhoun checks Dr. Tom out.
As John Kronus walks back over to whip Dr. Tom off the ropes, Dr. Tom is able to catch Kronus with a right hook to the jaw and then tag out to his partner Perry Saturn while Kronus makes the tag out to Saturn. Del Rey enters the ring and first starts shadow-boxing as the crowd boos. Perry Saturn is unimpressed and he dives at Del Rey and takes him down with a leg sweep. Saturn is immediately back to his feet and he quickly delivers a corkscrew elbow drop to the chest and Del Rey flops around on the canvas. Saturn immediately brings Del Rey back to his feet and shoots him off the ropes and delivers a big knee to the gut of Perry Saturn. Perry Saturn makes the tag to bring his partner back in and Kronus manages to catch a flustered Del Rey in a belly-to-back suplex and he makes the cover, but Del Rey places his left boot on the bottom rope.
John Kronus then locks Del Rey in an armbar and really wrenches back on it, but Del Rey knows where he is at all times in the ring. Jimmy hurls himself and Saturn towards the ropes and Kronus tumbles out to the floor while Del Rey hooks his legs on the ropes! Del Rey is now complaining to referee Jerry Calhoun as Dr. Tom drops to the floor and connects with a big clothesline on the stunned Kronus. Jim Cornette looks to get involved himself, but Perry Saturn quickly moves toward the scene and Jim Cornette backs off for now. On the outside, Dr. Tom picks up John Kronus and drops him throat first on the guardrail and he may have done some serious damage to the throat of Kronus here! Dr. Tom throws Kronus back into the ring and gets back onto the apron as Del Rey delivers a running knee drop to the chest of Kronus. Del Rey tags Dr. Tom back in and Dr. Tom immediately comes off the second rope with a measured leg drop to the throat of John Kronus and he makes the cover, but Kronus is able to kick out! Dr. Tom pulls Kronus to his feet and then drops him with a snap suplex. Prichard applies a leg-scissors hold around the throat of John Kronus and the fans are now on their feet cheering for Kronus! Dr. Tom is really applying pressure and as he squeezes Kronus seems to lose more and more life.
However, just as it looks like things are grim, Kronus somehow gets one last burst of energy and begins moving himself towards the ropes. Jim Cornette reaches into the ring and grabs Dr. Tom's hand in an attempt to keep the momentum on Dr. Tom's side, but Kronus somehow gets his foot on the bottom rope just as referee Jerry Calhoun sees what Jim Cornette is up to! Jerry Calhoun orders a break of the hold. And now Dr. Tom is arguing with the referee. Dr. Tom is shouting as we see Cornette slide the tennis racket into the ring. Cornette now hops onto the apron and begins arguing with the referee as well. Prichard now backs off, grabs the tennis and perches as Kronus is getting up. Perry Saturn charges into the ring, but Jimmy Del Rey is there to dropkick him! Kronus is up and Dr. Tom swings, but Kronus dropkicks it out of his hand! John Kronus lands a series of right hands on both Heavenly Bodies, but Dr. Tom catches him from behind and drills him with a neck-breaker! Del Rey now hits the ropes and lands a senton. Prichard covers and now Jim Cornette redirects Jerry Calhoun, who makes the count for the 1-2-3! The Heavenly Bodies get the win in this incredible match, but they do it under dubious circumstances!
WINNERS: THE HEAVENLY BODIES
*We go back to our announcers to wrap up today’s show.
MICK KARCH: “Jim Cornette and his Heavenly Bodies defeat The Eliminators. Although it wasn’t an entirely clean victory!”
JERRY LAWLER: “Long live Jimmy Cornette!”
MICK KARCH: “That about does it for this edition of Wednesday Warfare. Next week, we will have news on the ‘Heaven or Hell’ XPW Title match. Plus, former WCW Heavyweight Champion Ron Simmons makes his XPW debut as he faces Kama, a man he is very familiar with. Plus, we have El Hijo Del Santo and Octagon teaming up against Brian Christopher and El Gato. Our main event will pit The Pitbulls against PG-13. Plus, a former World Champion for another promotion will be here to make a major challenge.
“We live you tonight with this special look at a man we saw earlier. This is THE SANDMAN!!!!
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