Sunday Night Heat - 1/11/04 - Memphis, TN
What up again, my friends? It's time again for the Wrestling Informer Sunday Night Heat recap. As usual, I'm the Informer's resident degenerate and "Salt-Tosser" Doug Maynard with all the news, action, and excitement that is the WWE Sunday Night Heat! It's Spike TV's finest Sunday Night show. The guys calling the action are the Headmaster of Tough Enough, Al Snow and the Coach. Let's do it. TIme for some HEAT!
"Mr. Personality" Lance Storm versus Matt Hardy Version 1
Matt Facts: Matt prefers window seating on airplanes. Matt has never lost his credit card.
Matt starts to work on the arm, but Lance drops and Matt goes to the floor. Lance flies with a crossbody and levels Matt outside the ring. Lance scores again with a flying sunset flip for another 2 count. Matt throws some punches and Lance eats some steel and falls to the floor. Matt lands a suplex for 2 and applies a surfboard. Lance turns it around and plants a knee into Matt's belly, following up with a chinbuster.
Lance throws some fists and clotheslines, before scoring with a spinkick for two. A big roll up and splat on Matt and Lance gets another 2 count by the referee. Matt hits the side-effect for 2 and goes to the second rope. Matt with a legdrop, but nobody home as Lance moves out of the way. Lance tries a roll-up but settles for a clothesline. Lance goes to the top, but Matt follows with a fist. Lance pushes him off and goes for a missle dropkick, but no one home as Matt drops out of sight. Twist of Fate and Matt gets the pin.
Winner: Matt Hardy Version 1.
WRESTLEMANIA RECALL - From 1996, Shawn Michaels makes the entrance of a lifetime by coming in from the ceiling on a cable.
The official theme song of the Royal Rumble is "Nothing Left To Lose" by Puddle of Mudd. Buy it now.
From Monday Night RAW - we take a look at the RVD - Mark Henry #1 Contenders match. Joined in progress: RVD lands a stiff kick and sends Mark Henry to the floor. A baseball slide dropkick and RVD lands a big moonsault. Henry eats steel. Teddy Long gives Mark Henry a steel chair and Mark nails RVD with the steel. The referee calls for the bell, but acting-GM Teddy Long declares it a NO DQ match and demands the match restarted. Here comes Stone Cold Steve Austin on a 4 wheeler and he chases Teddy around the ring and up the ramp. Back to the match as RVD nails Henry with the Van-Daminator. Henty up and a big wookie-line to RVD. A big slam. Henry gets the RVD. RVD flies and kicks the chair. RVD to the top and hits the five star splash for the pin.
Winner: Rob Van Dam
Here comes Teddy LOng running back down the ramp with Stone Cold in hot pursuit. Teddy is trapped between RVD and Austin. Austin tosses Teddy into the ring, and Teddy is on his knees, begging for his life. Stone Cold nails the RAW GM for a night with a stunner and calls for a beer. Terrorizing playaz is thirsty work.
Tommorow Night on RAW - It's an IC title match as Randy Orton defends against RVD.
WWE REWIND: From RAW on Monday, Stone Cold makes the rematch for HHH and HBK for the Royal Rumble. It's for the World Championship and it's "Last Man Standing!". HHH gets in a cheap shot and plants Michaels with the pedigree.
Mark Jindrak & Garrison Cade versus TE 3's Matt Cappotelli & John Hennigan
Cade and Matt start off and Matt applies a headlock. Cade goes to work on the arm. Tags off to Jindrak and they switch a couple of times - doubleteaming and keeping control of Matt's arm. Matt rolls up Cade for 2 and then tags in John. John rolls up Cade, but catches an elbow in the mush! Jindrak in and he applies a stiff backbreaker on John. John comes back with a hurracarrana and Matt is tagged in for the doubleteam on Jindrak. Matt lands a legdrop for 2. Jndrak comes back with a stiff clothesline that knocks Matt to the floor.
Jindrak puts him back in the ring and gets 2. Cade in and he lands a stiff boot and works on the arm just a bit more. Jindrak in, and he hits Matt with a headbutt. Matt fights back with fists, but Jindrak puts a stop to him with an inverted atomic drop. John tagged in and he's flying with kicks and dropkicks for everyone. Matt back in and both TE guys nail "Pure Vanilla" with some well placed flying forearms. Pure Vanilla hits the "Dacapitator" on John and Jindrak gets the pin.
Winners: Mark Jindrak & Garrison Cade
JVC DIGITAL PLAY OF THE NIGHT: Ric Flair and Batista pull an ambush sneak attack on them damn Dudleys!
We got back to Monday Night RAW - World Tag Team Championship Match.
Ric Flair & Batista versus The Dudley Boys
D-Von misses an elbow, and Flair is ready to take him to school. Here's Bubba with an attack on the Nature Boy. D-Von gets a roll-up for 2. Batista in, and the Dudz introduce him to a 3-D. Ric gets the full Dudley treatment as he's nailed with the "Wahssup!" and a 3-D by them damn Dudleyz. HHH on to the apron to distract the referee. Batista plants D-Von with a huge powerbomb and Ric rolls over to take the win.
Winners: Ric Flair & Batista (Evolution)
HHH in the ring to check on the fallen Nature Boy. Here's HBK with some "Sweet Chin Music" from out of nowhere to lay out the "Game!"
From Monday Night - we see the Legend Killer take out the "King of Memphis" Jerry Lawler with an attack from behind and the RKO.
Non-title Match
Intercontinential Champion Randy Orton versus Val Venis
Orton applies a headlock and takes Val down. Val goes to the arm and takes Orton down with an armdrag before assuming control with an armbar. Randy lands some punches, but Val hits a hard knee and sideslam. Octopus submission by Val on the "Legend Killer". Orton applies a headlock, but Val goes back to the arm. Wait a second. Val's boot is untied. He goes to tie it and Orton lands a field goal kick onto Val. Noggin-knocker as both heads collide and both men are down. Time for a commercial.
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Back to the match - Val with a backslide for 2. Orton slides to the floor and Val follows. Some fists are exchanged, and Orton shoves Val hard into the ring apron. Orton lands some forearms and slams Val hard into the corner, working him over with kicks. Orton back to the floor and he bends Val back across the steel posts. Val attempts to come back with some kicks and fists but tries for a suplex and can't do it. Orton lands a suplex and follows up with elbows to the back. Val fights back with elbows and gets a sunset flip for two. A neckbreaker by Val and both men are down. Val comes back with a clothesline and shoulderblocks - before landing a big backdrop on Randy. Sideslam by Val and he gets 2. Orton goes to the eyes, but Val hits the "shades of Arn Anderson" spinebuster and gets a two count.
Kick by Orton and he scores with the "I watch Double-A too!" DDT for 2. Val hits a kick, but Randy applies the "Weaverlock" sleeper. Val turns in and nails the "Psycho Sid" powerbomb for 2. Several elbows by Orton. Val flies and goes to the top. Orton up and he catches the "porn star" on the top rope. Orton goes for a superplex, but Val pushes him off. Val's going for the "Money Shot" but Randy gets the knees up and Val hits hard. Randy hits the RKO and gets the pin.
Winner: Randy Orton.
A good show. Orton and Val put on a great match that could have easily gone either way. The Tough Enough guys are looking a great deal better than the last time I remember seeing them, and would be welcome additions to the Cruiserweight Division. No DIva's this week, but we got a taste of Mattitude, so it's not all bad. On RAW tommorow night - it's RVD versus Randy Orton for the IC title. Plus the return of Eric Bischoff. More names for the Royal Rumble. RAW is going to be on fire!
Well, that was the HEAT recap. I want to send a quick congrats to my boys on the Carolina Panthers who played a helluva game yesterday against St. Louis. My head was spinning for almost the entire game - it was that close. But the Panthers pulled it out and since I'm an old NC guy myself - all I can say is "Hell Yeah!" GO PANTHERS!
I'm Doug Maynard and that's the HEAT recap. Any questions or comments, contact me at either Doug28352@yahoo.com or at DougMaynard@wrestlinginformer.net. I'll be back tommorow night with the RAW recap, and probably an edition of "Tossing Salt" as well. We've got some "Who Am I?" winners to annnounce. Have a good night everyone and stay indoors. I was just looking at the weather report and guess what? It's cold out there. See you tommorow and take it light!
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