Post by Lance Uppercut on Aug 11, 2005 14:38:42 GMT -5
hard to tell where this goes since ovw tends to involve a lot of wwe guys. But this is a little comparison of how much better Heyman is than most people in creative.
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the last two weeks of ovw tv:
OVW TAPINGS RESULTS FROM 7/27
by Killian
A bunch of us from the Louisville MMA club went to the OVW TV Tapings last night on Sheperdsville Road in Louisville. This was most of our first time to the OVW, and we'll be back next week. Very cool environment.
The show opened at 8pm with Brent Albright, who is the OVW Champion, coming out with a bunch of other babyfaces including Chris Cage, Alexis Laree, Danny Inferno, and Seth Skyfire. Brent didn't use the mic, he did a speech where he simply talked to the crowd. Loved the crowd control on this one. Brent thanked everyone for coming. He invited everyone to Six Flags for this Friday's big OVW card, and he pushed his dark match main event tonight v/s Paul Birchall from England. Good promo, got the crowd really into the night.
Then Al Snow and Dean Hill came out and warmed up the crowd from the desk.
A dark match took place in which Aaron The Idol Stevens came out with not only his valet Beth Phoenix but also some new brunette who looks like a younger version of Elvira. Stevens cut a lousy promo. He had a match with Louisville native Robbie Dawber. Nothing special, but the girls were dressed hot.
Then it was time for the tv taping.
The show opens with MNM (Mercury, Nitro, and Melina) coming into the locker room and Maria stating she is there to interview the former WWE Tag Team Champions. Melina viciously grabbed Maria by the neck and slammed her up against the wall. Melina said, "we have to hear this all week long, now I have to hear it from a RAW girl?" Really cool moment. As MNM leave Maria, Nitro classicly says, "eho gave her a mic anyway?"
The first match of the tv show was Ken Anderson and Daniel Puder against two guys whose names I did not get. Anderson introduced everyone in a nice touch. Puder shot on the two guys, which was over big, partially because there were 10 of us from the Louisville MMA club in attendance tonight. After wiping the mat with the two unknowns, Puder tagged in Anderson who hit a senton for the win.
Backstage again, and MNM run into The Tollands. Good stuff again. Tollands reference new \Smackdown diva Jillian Hall, who will be MNM's publicist in WWE. Tollands say "maybe next time you can give us the courtesy of a call if you want to use our publicst." Nitro, who was classic all night, says, "maybe if you stopped obsessing over your titles, you'd hold onto your broad." Tollands shot back, "maybe if you stopped obsessing over your broad, you'd hold onto your titles!" MNM said they wanted a title shot, Tollands told them to get in line.
Second match of the night saw Ken Doane defend the TV Title against Chet The Jet Jablonski. Good match. Doane hit the RKO. As he crawls over for the pin, Nick Nemeth's music hits. Nemeth has been laid out by the RKO on both last week's show and the week before (since Heyman took over). Nemeth came out, kissed Doane's pretty valet. Doane chased Nemeth. Nemeth went through the ring, and came out in a baseball slide and nailed Doane's manager Kenny Bolin for a big pop. Now when Doane slid out, Nemeth turned around, and reversed the chase. Great stuff. Nemeth cut across the ring, Doane was running, slid in the ring, and Nemeth hit Doane with Doane's own RKO finish and the place exploded.
Backstage, MNM run into The Thrillseekers. Capotelli says that he's glad MNM are back, they represented OVW everywhere and are big stars and OVW owes them for representing OVW all over the world. Good promo. Nitro says, "that's touching. It's like a eulogy, but we're not dead. Ah, what a rush." Nice. MNM say Tollands told them to get in line, so that means it has to be MNM vs Thrillseekers, winning team gets the title shot. Jeter tried to back out of it, saying "we have a match tonight,' but Capotelli said "I can get that changed!" The match was on. As MNM leave the dressing room, Jeter says to Capotelli, "thanks for asking my opinion."
Third match saw Deuce Shade destroy Osama and then confront The Beast, who suffered a broken hand on last week's show. That was a really nice touch, as it happens in fighting but it's not done a lot in wrestling. Well done here. Deuce, who is Jimmy Snuka Junior, turned around Beast's promo from last week and challenged him to a fight. Beast cited the broken hand and backed off.
Backstage, MNM run into Brent Albright, who challenges either member to step up and challenge him for the OVW Title.
It's announced that the winning team in the match between the Thrillseekers and MNM will be number one contenders to the Tollands Tag Team Titles, and that the person who scores the victory will be number one contender to Brent Albright's OVW Title.
In the main event for TV, in a match that went about 30 minutes, The Thrillseekers defeated MNM. They did a ref bump (first one of the Heyman era), and then Melina interfered. A hot catfight then took place when Maria came out to fight Melina. MNM watched the fight, turned around, got double super kicked by The Thrillseekers. Double cover with both refs, and both Capotelli and Jeter scored the pin. The announcer says, "the winners of the match and now number one contenders for the tag team titles, Capotelli and Jeter, and the number one contender for Brent Albright's title is Matt Capotelli and Johnny Jeter?" On the question, The Thrillseekers stared at each other, and that's where I think the TV show ends.
Good solid storylines, a great match, a really exciting tv taping. I had a great time.'
In the dark matches, Mike Mondo beat Nigel, and Brent Albright beat Paul Birchall.
This is a videotape you should really get because everything made sense and the stories are really playing out well. Everyone was really into the taping. Very heated night at the Davis Arena in Louisville.
the next week:
Matt Capotelli's injury could have thrown Paul Heyman into a problem situation, but Heyman built the entire show around the injury and thrust Capotelli into the promotion's top spot despite Capotelli's injury. Sounds crazy? Actually, it was a really good show with some very good booking.
The show opened up differently than usual, with Dean Hill and Al Snow at the OVW desk, with no fan fare or music or crazy fan response. Dean reviewed the events of last week, with The Thrillseekers scoring simultaneous pinfalls over Joey Mercury and Johnny Nitro (WWE Smackdown former tag team champions MNM) in a match that would determine not only who was the number one contender for the tag team titles, but would allow the person who scored the pinfall to become number one contender for Brent Albright's OVW Heavyweight Title. With the simultaneous pinfalls, Heyman booked a great angle between partners, and just when the cliffhanger as to who is number one contender is scheduled to be answered, Capotelli breaks his leg. Dean Hill did the best he has ever done here, because he treated this really seriously and the usually clownish Al Snow was deadly serious too. So Dean gets into the broken fibula, and how they don't know who will replace Capotelli at Six Flags on August 12th (where The Thrillseekers are teaming up with Maria from Raw against MNM which includes Smackdown's Melina) when Ken Anderson and Daniel Puder interrupt the serious update.
Ken Anderson is great here. He runs down the top three matches for Six Flags (the six person tag with the mystery of who will replace Capotelli, Ken Doane defending the TV Title against Nick Nemeth, and Anderson himself teaming with Daniel Puder against Brent Albright and Chris Benoit). Puder is behind Anderson the whole time shadowboxing and getting ready for his match. Anderson does the routine where he introduces the opponent, in this case Seth Skyfire, and then introduces Daniel Puder. This was a shockingly fast match, with a doubleleg takedown into a Key Lock. The winner in just a few seconds, with a total UFC style, Daniel Puder. Anderson announces Puder as the winner. This is Heyman's fourth OVW TV show, and Daniel Puder is one of the standout stars. Puder comes off like a totally heel version of former UFC star Tito Ortiz. I don't know why Puder was never used by either Cornette or Dreamer, but Heyman has broken him out. The tap out by Skyfire looked like he was in a lot of real pain.
Time to go backstage to see Maria interviewing Nick Nemeth, who asks Maria who will be replacing Matt Capotelli in the six person tag team match at Six Flags. They're pushing this six person tag as "intergender and interpromotional." Maria doesn't know who will be replacing Capotelli, but she says Jeter has a plan, and then hits the line, "I don't know much, but I know I trust Jeter!" Nemeth reviews his feud with Ken Doane, who started with the first week of Heyman writing the TV, and Nemeth comes off real good here. I think Nemeth has shined in this push and is now one of the top babyfaces in OVW. Both Cornette and Dreamer kept Nemeth in tag teams, but he's emerging as a top star now. Nemeth says, "I can put you down with the RKO. I know I can beat you with your own move. It's not even your move! It's someone else's move! I can beat you with your move, my move, or someone else's move!" I liked that a lot.
After the first commercial break, we have Nick Nemeth coming out for his match. Nemeth's scheduled opponent, Dean Visk comes out, looking like he's about to burst. Before Visk can get to the ring, Kenny Bolin comes out with OVW TV Champion Ken Doane, Sosay, Bobby Lashley, and the world's ugliest woman Melissa Coates. Bolin and Company get in the ring and confront Nemeth. Bolin says he has been assaulted by Nemeth too many times and has left the "beautiful virginal Miss Blue" at home. To replace her, another surgically enhanced old hag, Bolin's new director of security, Melissa Coates. Nemeth decks Bolin. Doane almost jumps on Nemeth, but says, "you just decked Bobby Lashley's manager!" I guess he's not a Blaster anymore. Lashley looks unimpressed by Doane. Melissa Coates tries to attack Nemeth from behind, but Nemeth hits the RKO on her. That was a good spot, and a good thing because seeing Melissa Coates on TV every week would be a real drag. She looks like a guy in drag, and she drags down the show just by being on it. Doane turns to Lashley, and says Lashley should take out Nemeth. Lashley turns to Doane and tells him to fight his own battles and walks out. Doane tries to shake hands with Nemeth, but they come to blows and Doane goes for the RKO. Nemeth shoves Doane off into the ropes, then goes for an RKO of his own, but Sosay pulled Doane out of the ring as August 12 at Six Flags is built up by the line, "who can Ken Doane hide behind now?"
We come back from a commercial break to find Da Beast in the ring. Beast's right hand is still heavily taped up. Beast's opponent is Deuce Shade, also known as Jimmy Snuka Junior. Beast uses his right hand during the match, and the announcers make sure to point that out. Deuce has a lot of energy and beats Beast, then goes back and "rides the wave" by getting Beast down and pretending Beast was a 300 pound Brooklyn, New York surfboard. We're told The Thrillseekers have arrived, and we see them backstage with Chet The Jet, Chris Cage, and Alexis Laree . Brent Albright comes out of the locker room and everyone hushes up like a confrontation is going to take place. Brent asks Capotelli how he's doing, and then invites Capotelli and Jeter into his locker room. Albright's tough guy personality is really over, and he's playing the character great. The Thrillseekers follow Albright into the locker room, as we get a clear camera shot of Capotelli on his crutches and his leg in the cast.
So we come back from a commercial and see Da Beast storming through the dressing room screaming out for Deuce. Obviously, Beast wasn't thrilled with getting punked out by Deuce. Beast barges into a locker room but doesn't find Deuce, he finds Deuce's tag team partner Elijah Burke. This was a really good confrontation, as Elijah got up in Beast's face and cut a super promo on Beast. Although Beast is a lot bigger than Elijah, the story here was Elijah defending his friend Deuce and Elijah's anger towards Beast would overcome any size advantage Beast could have. When Elijah challenged Beast to fight, Beast cited his hurt hand again, backing away saying, "you're lucky I hurt my hand again!" Mike Mondo then entered the scene, saying, "hey what's going on here?" and then helped Beast back away. Heyman again keeps stories going week to week, as Mondo said, "I am my brother's keeper" to Beast. This is a story that has built since Heyman's first week as booker when Elijah beat Mondo in a match. I don't know where it's headed, but so far it is a really good midcard angle that has helped Elijah, Deuce, Beast, and Mondo.
Back into the Davis Arena, we have The Blonde Bombers, the OVW Southern Tag Team Champions The Tolands coming out, without Jillian "Moleface" Hall. Tolands come to the ring to defend the titles against Cliff Compton and Robbie Dawber. Before the match begins, Tank Toland get on the mic and directs his promo straight at MNM. Tank says he's sorry to see what happened to Matt Capotelli, which is a nice touch since Tank's a heel and everyone should be upset about an injury, and then says he's still pisseed at MNM for stealing The Tolands's publicist Jillian Hall without even the courtesy of a phone call, which was part of the dressing room confrontation last week between The Tolands and MNM. Tank says, "Johnny Jeter, you got two choices at Six Flags," when it comes to the six person tag team match, "you can get out of the way or rolled over" because The Tolands promise to confront MNM at Six Flags. Tank promised not only to teach MNM a lesson, but also to show them which team is the greatest in OVW history. Hey, makes sense to me. Good way to hint what's going to happen without tipping what happens later in the show. This is building really nicely. Tolands make an example of Compton and Dawber and once again win clean with their vege-matic like manuever. I like the fact that the heel tag team champions keep winning because they are so good instead of because they are unworthy champions. Al Snow says The Tolands are sending a message "loud and clear."
So we come back from another commercial and we have Alexis Laree coming out to the ring in a hot rock n roll type outfit. Alexis gets right into her match with Miss Passion, who is a blonde fitness instructor type in her 30's who is actually pretty hot. Passion looks like she wrestles a really stiff style, and Alexis either was hurting or selling convincingly. Passion went for a suplex but Alexis turned it into a cool looking spinning DDT for the pin.
As Alexis celebrated, we take a look at the closing moments of last week's 30-something minute match between MNM and The Thrillseekers, starting when Maria and Melina did their excellent cat fight and ending with the double pin and the cliffhanger announcement of both Capotelli and Jeter being number one contender for Brent Albright's OVW Title.
After a commercial break, we come back to Dean Hill and Al Snow at the OVW desk, and they remind us of the three big main events for Six Flags on August 12. What I like about Heyman, and he did this in ECW, is that he backs up what the announcers are talking about with footage playing while you hear about the match. So when Hill and Snow talk about Brent Albright and Chris Benoit VS Ken Anderson and Daniel Puder, you see clips of each guy or incidents between the teams. They also talked about, and showed clips of OVW TV Champion Ken Doane VS Nick Nemeth, and the Six Person Interpromotional Intergender Match they've talked about all night, MNM VS Thrillseekers and Maria, with the disclaimer again that Capotelli has to be replaced. So now's the time to find out who is replacing Capotelli. Dean Hill introduces The Thrillseekers, who come out with Capotelli on crutches. Al Snow takes a moment in front of the OVW desk to say how sorry he is that Capotelli got hurt, which seems to really move Capotelli. Now it's Matt's time to talk, and this is the best interview of Matt Capotelli's career. Fighting back tears, Capotelli spoke about breaking his leg at the worst possible time. Capotelli revealed what the conversation in the back was about, in that Brent Albright told Capotelli and Jeter they should all fight in a three way match. Capotelli really put over Albright. I like the way Heyman builds Albright as this tough champion everyone respects. It really puts the title, and Albright over.
Then Jeter grabbed the mic and said Capotelli was being arrogant, thinking only of himself. Jeter said he didn't want to wait 8 weeks for Capotelli to get better, he wanted his title shot now. Jeter mentions that he and Capotelli "ride together, die together, Thrillseekers for life."
Jeter says, "but that doesn't mean my career has to die with your's. I was in the same match, I didn't break my leg."
Out came Brent Albright, who walked up to The Thrillseekers and said, "Hey, Capotelli, I guess your partner doesn't know the meaning of the word deal." Albright then told Jeter, "you don't like being called his partner, do you?" Albright then said he'd give Jeter his title shot right then, right now.
Albright rolled into the ring, and Capotelli enthusiastically encouraged Jeter to do the same. Jeter got in the ring, the referee held the title high in the air, and it's time for the last commercial break of the evening.
When the show resumes, they are going at it, and it's pretty damned good action. Albright and Jeter had a really good match, with not one punch thrown except for an attempted punch by a frustrated Jeter that almost became a Crow Bar by Albright. They exchanged moves, and then Albright locked in the Crow Bar. Jeter was too far from the ropes, but the referee wasn't, as Ken Anderson and Daniel Puder ran to the ring and then pulled the referee to the floor. The referee was in the process of throwing Anderson and Puder out when Jeter started tapping out. But the referee was on the outside of the ring. Jeter was tapping when Albright finally got off him and challenged Anderson and Puder to come into the ring. Jeter got to the far corner, clutching his arm from the Crow Bar. When Albright turned around, Jeter hit a superkick and the referee dove back into the ring to make the three count.
Jeter was declared the new champion, and paraded around the ring with the belt. He came out of the ring, walked up to Capotelli, who was on crutches but practically jumping up and down for Jeter's win. Jeter then said to Capotelli, "I guess I don't need you anymore" and smashed Capotelli in the head with the title belt. Dean Hill and Al Snow were yelling at Jeter, and then Jeter grabbed the mic and said, "I ride alone, I die alone. I'm Johnny Jeter, OVW Champion for life."
The whole show built to the last minute, and set the stage for Capotelli's return. Albright's feud with Anderson and Puder was taken up another notch, and with Ken Doane and Nick Nemeth being pushed as top acts too, Six Flags was promoted like a major event as they set up the Jeter era in OVW.
Another really good show.
(Spoiler for this week)
Amazing Angle On OVW TV Tapings Last Night
Date Added: August 11, 2005
Story By: Andy Steven
This report is from Dan Wills of PWInsider:
The Johnny Jeter heel turn was in full effect at the OVW TV Tapings in Louisville as Paul Heyman shot his first hardcore angle Wednesday Night. It was quite probably the most realistic angle ever shot in OVW, and I have my reasons to believe something actually may have gone a little awry in the angle itself.
The show opened up with Aaron "The Idol" Stevens coming out to the ring with Beth Phoenix and a new valet named Shelly, who I recognize from some websites as a dark haired vampire looking valet from Los Angeles. Stevens defeated Robbie Dawber.
Maria interviewed Brent Albright, who was backstage, in full gear, positioned to fight, staring at a door. Albright said, "When Johnny Jeter walks through the door tonight, we're going to have a conversation face to face. And then I'm going to find Ken Anderson and Daniel Puder." Great promo.
After a commercial break. Ken Anderson and Daniel Puder came out and Anderson said Albright was a lunatic, screaming and yelling (even though Albright was calm, cool, and collected). Anderson said they're leaving, but Puder wanted to stay and fight Albright. Anderson would have nothing of it, and forced Puder to leave with him. As they were departing the back door, they ran into Danny Inferno, and an argument broke out. Inferno went to the ring, and taped up his hand. Anderson and Puder came back in, and Anderson did his great routine of introducing everyone. He made this a "striker vs wrestler" match, and Puder beat Inferno with the Key Lock in a stiff looking match. Anderson announced Puder as the winner, and Albright hit the ring. Anderson tried to pull out Puder, but Puder squared off with Albright, who took Puder down. Anderson pulled Puder out of the ring.
Then we see Johnny Jeter backstage, he came into the building when Albright was in the ring. Maria warned him that Albright was looking for him, when Albright entered the room and quietly asked Maria to excuse them for a moment. Albright did a great promo here, right up in Jeter's face, soft spoken, telling him "no one will hurt you tonight because I'm protecting you until I win back my title in the ring tonight." At this point, Matt Cappotelli hobbles in the door, and throws his crutches at Jeter, screaming at Jeter. Albright stops Capotelli and carries him, kicking and screaming, out of the dressing room. Great angle.
In the next match, Nick Nemeth and Chris Cage beat OVW TV Champion Ken Doane and Bobby Lashley. This was a great match. Anytime Lashley was in, he just demolished the opposition. Doane hit the RKO on Nemeth, but Nemeth kicked out. Lashley delivered more punishment. Doane tagged in, tried to pick up Nemeth, but Nemeth hit a small package for the huge pin. The place really popped. Very vocal crowd tonight, most vocal in a long long time in OVW. After the match, Doane just sat in the ring in disbelief and he and Lashley, who was on the apron, just stared at each other. Everyone understood it, and it was very cool to see.
Then, Johnny Jeter came out and cut a great heel promo. I thought his promo last week was lacking, but this one rocked. A really good heel promo and the same people who were screaming for him at the beginning were really booing him at the end. Jeter then defended the OVW Title in a 15 minute match against Brent Albright. Matt Cappotelli came out and sat ringside. Albright locked in the crowbar, but Jeter was in the ropes. Albright had to break. Jeter rolled out of the ring and superkicked the injured Cappotelli. Jeter took the chair and creamed Albright with it. The referee called for the bell.
I should point out that the referee, Chris Kay, who is also a WWE referee, threw up in the ring about three times in 15 seconds right before the crowbar, and it was disgusting.
And even though that happened, and it stunk in the hot Davis Arena, everyone stayed (which is unusual) because they were into the match.
Jeter turned around and hit Capotelli in the head with the chair and then went berserk with it.
This is where I'm not sure what happened. Al Snow jumped out of his chair in a panic and grabbed Jeter. It looked like they were legit fighting. The dressing room cleared, with some running to Cappotelli and some running to Jeter. I could see Alexis Laree really crying when she got to Cappotelli. There was blood everywhere. Not just OVW Trainer Eric Langly, but two medics arrived within minutes and you could see the concern on people's faces. Jeter was rushed out of there, and two refs got Albright out quietly. They tended to Cappotelli for about 10 minutes, and you could see Dean Hill was clearly shaken up.
They did something for tv, which I could see on the OVWTron, with Dean Hill, who had Cappotelli's blood on his face, hands, and shirt. Dean was clearly shaken badly.
When they finally got Capotelli on the gurney, he was wheeled out into the parking lot and taken to an emergency vehicle in the back of the arena. There were security guards not allowing anyone in that section of the parking lot, which was a first. So that's either because it was a well done angle, or because Cappotelli got hurt legit again. It was very intense either way.
They announced there was no special added (dark) match after the tapings tonight, which was also strange, because no matter what, there always is. There were two dark matches earlier in the evening, one featuring The Tolands with Jillian Hall, who wore a big ugly bandage where the mole should be, and The Tolands promised to settle the issue as to who she would publicize with MNM this Friday at Six Flags.
I don't know how much of the Cappotelli angle was an angle and how much of it was the result of a chairshot gone wrong, but this was one of the most effective angles I've ever seen live and next week's OVW TV Tapings should be very interesting. Say what you want about Paul Heyman, he has OVW buzzing right now.
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the last two weeks of ovw tv:
OVW TAPINGS RESULTS FROM 7/27
by Killian
A bunch of us from the Louisville MMA club went to the OVW TV Tapings last night on Sheperdsville Road in Louisville. This was most of our first time to the OVW, and we'll be back next week. Very cool environment.
The show opened at 8pm with Brent Albright, who is the OVW Champion, coming out with a bunch of other babyfaces including Chris Cage, Alexis Laree, Danny Inferno, and Seth Skyfire. Brent didn't use the mic, he did a speech where he simply talked to the crowd. Loved the crowd control on this one. Brent thanked everyone for coming. He invited everyone to Six Flags for this Friday's big OVW card, and he pushed his dark match main event tonight v/s Paul Birchall from England. Good promo, got the crowd really into the night.
Then Al Snow and Dean Hill came out and warmed up the crowd from the desk.
A dark match took place in which Aaron The Idol Stevens came out with not only his valet Beth Phoenix but also some new brunette who looks like a younger version of Elvira. Stevens cut a lousy promo. He had a match with Louisville native Robbie Dawber. Nothing special, but the girls were dressed hot.
Then it was time for the tv taping.
The show opens with MNM (Mercury, Nitro, and Melina) coming into the locker room and Maria stating she is there to interview the former WWE Tag Team Champions. Melina viciously grabbed Maria by the neck and slammed her up against the wall. Melina said, "we have to hear this all week long, now I have to hear it from a RAW girl?" Really cool moment. As MNM leave Maria, Nitro classicly says, "eho gave her a mic anyway?"
The first match of the tv show was Ken Anderson and Daniel Puder against two guys whose names I did not get. Anderson introduced everyone in a nice touch. Puder shot on the two guys, which was over big, partially because there were 10 of us from the Louisville MMA club in attendance tonight. After wiping the mat with the two unknowns, Puder tagged in Anderson who hit a senton for the win.
Backstage again, and MNM run into The Tollands. Good stuff again. Tollands reference new \Smackdown diva Jillian Hall, who will be MNM's publicist in WWE. Tollands say "maybe next time you can give us the courtesy of a call if you want to use our publicst." Nitro, who was classic all night, says, "maybe if you stopped obsessing over your titles, you'd hold onto your broad." Tollands shot back, "maybe if you stopped obsessing over your broad, you'd hold onto your titles!" MNM said they wanted a title shot, Tollands told them to get in line.
Second match of the night saw Ken Doane defend the TV Title against Chet The Jet Jablonski. Good match. Doane hit the RKO. As he crawls over for the pin, Nick Nemeth's music hits. Nemeth has been laid out by the RKO on both last week's show and the week before (since Heyman took over). Nemeth came out, kissed Doane's pretty valet. Doane chased Nemeth. Nemeth went through the ring, and came out in a baseball slide and nailed Doane's manager Kenny Bolin for a big pop. Now when Doane slid out, Nemeth turned around, and reversed the chase. Great stuff. Nemeth cut across the ring, Doane was running, slid in the ring, and Nemeth hit Doane with Doane's own RKO finish and the place exploded.
Backstage, MNM run into The Thrillseekers. Capotelli says that he's glad MNM are back, they represented OVW everywhere and are big stars and OVW owes them for representing OVW all over the world. Good promo. Nitro says, "that's touching. It's like a eulogy, but we're not dead. Ah, what a rush." Nice. MNM say Tollands told them to get in line, so that means it has to be MNM vs Thrillseekers, winning team gets the title shot. Jeter tried to back out of it, saying "we have a match tonight,' but Capotelli said "I can get that changed!" The match was on. As MNM leave the dressing room, Jeter says to Capotelli, "thanks for asking my opinion."
Third match saw Deuce Shade destroy Osama and then confront The Beast, who suffered a broken hand on last week's show. That was a really nice touch, as it happens in fighting but it's not done a lot in wrestling. Well done here. Deuce, who is Jimmy Snuka Junior, turned around Beast's promo from last week and challenged him to a fight. Beast cited the broken hand and backed off.
Backstage, MNM run into Brent Albright, who challenges either member to step up and challenge him for the OVW Title.
It's announced that the winning team in the match between the Thrillseekers and MNM will be number one contenders to the Tollands Tag Team Titles, and that the person who scores the victory will be number one contender to Brent Albright's OVW Title.
In the main event for TV, in a match that went about 30 minutes, The Thrillseekers defeated MNM. They did a ref bump (first one of the Heyman era), and then Melina interfered. A hot catfight then took place when Maria came out to fight Melina. MNM watched the fight, turned around, got double super kicked by The Thrillseekers. Double cover with both refs, and both Capotelli and Jeter scored the pin. The announcer says, "the winners of the match and now number one contenders for the tag team titles, Capotelli and Jeter, and the number one contender for Brent Albright's title is Matt Capotelli and Johnny Jeter?" On the question, The Thrillseekers stared at each other, and that's where I think the TV show ends.
Good solid storylines, a great match, a really exciting tv taping. I had a great time.'
In the dark matches, Mike Mondo beat Nigel, and Brent Albright beat Paul Birchall.
This is a videotape you should really get because everything made sense and the stories are really playing out well. Everyone was really into the taping. Very heated night at the Davis Arena in Louisville.
the next week:
Matt Capotelli's injury could have thrown Paul Heyman into a problem situation, but Heyman built the entire show around the injury and thrust Capotelli into the promotion's top spot despite Capotelli's injury. Sounds crazy? Actually, it was a really good show with some very good booking.
The show opened up differently than usual, with Dean Hill and Al Snow at the OVW desk, with no fan fare or music or crazy fan response. Dean reviewed the events of last week, with The Thrillseekers scoring simultaneous pinfalls over Joey Mercury and Johnny Nitro (WWE Smackdown former tag team champions MNM) in a match that would determine not only who was the number one contender for the tag team titles, but would allow the person who scored the pinfall to become number one contender for Brent Albright's OVW Heavyweight Title. With the simultaneous pinfalls, Heyman booked a great angle between partners, and just when the cliffhanger as to who is number one contender is scheduled to be answered, Capotelli breaks his leg. Dean Hill did the best he has ever done here, because he treated this really seriously and the usually clownish Al Snow was deadly serious too. So Dean gets into the broken fibula, and how they don't know who will replace Capotelli at Six Flags on August 12th (where The Thrillseekers are teaming up with Maria from Raw against MNM which includes Smackdown's Melina) when Ken Anderson and Daniel Puder interrupt the serious update.
Ken Anderson is great here. He runs down the top three matches for Six Flags (the six person tag with the mystery of who will replace Capotelli, Ken Doane defending the TV Title against Nick Nemeth, and Anderson himself teaming with Daniel Puder against Brent Albright and Chris Benoit). Puder is behind Anderson the whole time shadowboxing and getting ready for his match. Anderson does the routine where he introduces the opponent, in this case Seth Skyfire, and then introduces Daniel Puder. This was a shockingly fast match, with a doubleleg takedown into a Key Lock. The winner in just a few seconds, with a total UFC style, Daniel Puder. Anderson announces Puder as the winner. This is Heyman's fourth OVW TV show, and Daniel Puder is one of the standout stars. Puder comes off like a totally heel version of former UFC star Tito Ortiz. I don't know why Puder was never used by either Cornette or Dreamer, but Heyman has broken him out. The tap out by Skyfire looked like he was in a lot of real pain.
Time to go backstage to see Maria interviewing Nick Nemeth, who asks Maria who will be replacing Matt Capotelli in the six person tag team match at Six Flags. They're pushing this six person tag as "intergender and interpromotional." Maria doesn't know who will be replacing Capotelli, but she says Jeter has a plan, and then hits the line, "I don't know much, but I know I trust Jeter!" Nemeth reviews his feud with Ken Doane, who started with the first week of Heyman writing the TV, and Nemeth comes off real good here. I think Nemeth has shined in this push and is now one of the top babyfaces in OVW. Both Cornette and Dreamer kept Nemeth in tag teams, but he's emerging as a top star now. Nemeth says, "I can put you down with the RKO. I know I can beat you with your own move. It's not even your move! It's someone else's move! I can beat you with your move, my move, or someone else's move!" I liked that a lot.
After the first commercial break, we have Nick Nemeth coming out for his match. Nemeth's scheduled opponent, Dean Visk comes out, looking like he's about to burst. Before Visk can get to the ring, Kenny Bolin comes out with OVW TV Champion Ken Doane, Sosay, Bobby Lashley, and the world's ugliest woman Melissa Coates. Bolin and Company get in the ring and confront Nemeth. Bolin says he has been assaulted by Nemeth too many times and has left the "beautiful virginal Miss Blue" at home. To replace her, another surgically enhanced old hag, Bolin's new director of security, Melissa Coates. Nemeth decks Bolin. Doane almost jumps on Nemeth, but says, "you just decked Bobby Lashley's manager!" I guess he's not a Blaster anymore. Lashley looks unimpressed by Doane. Melissa Coates tries to attack Nemeth from behind, but Nemeth hits the RKO on her. That was a good spot, and a good thing because seeing Melissa Coates on TV every week would be a real drag. She looks like a guy in drag, and she drags down the show just by being on it. Doane turns to Lashley, and says Lashley should take out Nemeth. Lashley turns to Doane and tells him to fight his own battles and walks out. Doane tries to shake hands with Nemeth, but they come to blows and Doane goes for the RKO. Nemeth shoves Doane off into the ropes, then goes for an RKO of his own, but Sosay pulled Doane out of the ring as August 12 at Six Flags is built up by the line, "who can Ken Doane hide behind now?"
We come back from a commercial break to find Da Beast in the ring. Beast's right hand is still heavily taped up. Beast's opponent is Deuce Shade, also known as Jimmy Snuka Junior. Beast uses his right hand during the match, and the announcers make sure to point that out. Deuce has a lot of energy and beats Beast, then goes back and "rides the wave" by getting Beast down and pretending Beast was a 300 pound Brooklyn, New York surfboard. We're told The Thrillseekers have arrived, and we see them backstage with Chet The Jet, Chris Cage, and Alexis Laree . Brent Albright comes out of the locker room and everyone hushes up like a confrontation is going to take place. Brent asks Capotelli how he's doing, and then invites Capotelli and Jeter into his locker room. Albright's tough guy personality is really over, and he's playing the character great. The Thrillseekers follow Albright into the locker room, as we get a clear camera shot of Capotelli on his crutches and his leg in the cast.
So we come back from a commercial and see Da Beast storming through the dressing room screaming out for Deuce. Obviously, Beast wasn't thrilled with getting punked out by Deuce. Beast barges into a locker room but doesn't find Deuce, he finds Deuce's tag team partner Elijah Burke. This was a really good confrontation, as Elijah got up in Beast's face and cut a super promo on Beast. Although Beast is a lot bigger than Elijah, the story here was Elijah defending his friend Deuce and Elijah's anger towards Beast would overcome any size advantage Beast could have. When Elijah challenged Beast to fight, Beast cited his hurt hand again, backing away saying, "you're lucky I hurt my hand again!" Mike Mondo then entered the scene, saying, "hey what's going on here?" and then helped Beast back away. Heyman again keeps stories going week to week, as Mondo said, "I am my brother's keeper" to Beast. This is a story that has built since Heyman's first week as booker when Elijah beat Mondo in a match. I don't know where it's headed, but so far it is a really good midcard angle that has helped Elijah, Deuce, Beast, and Mondo.
Back into the Davis Arena, we have The Blonde Bombers, the OVW Southern Tag Team Champions The Tolands coming out, without Jillian "Moleface" Hall. Tolands come to the ring to defend the titles against Cliff Compton and Robbie Dawber. Before the match begins, Tank Toland get on the mic and directs his promo straight at MNM. Tank says he's sorry to see what happened to Matt Capotelli, which is a nice touch since Tank's a heel and everyone should be upset about an injury, and then says he's still pisseed at MNM for stealing The Tolands's publicist Jillian Hall without even the courtesy of a phone call, which was part of the dressing room confrontation last week between The Tolands and MNM. Tank says, "Johnny Jeter, you got two choices at Six Flags," when it comes to the six person tag team match, "you can get out of the way or rolled over" because The Tolands promise to confront MNM at Six Flags. Tank promised not only to teach MNM a lesson, but also to show them which team is the greatest in OVW history. Hey, makes sense to me. Good way to hint what's going to happen without tipping what happens later in the show. This is building really nicely. Tolands make an example of Compton and Dawber and once again win clean with their vege-matic like manuever. I like the fact that the heel tag team champions keep winning because they are so good instead of because they are unworthy champions. Al Snow says The Tolands are sending a message "loud and clear."
So we come back from another commercial and we have Alexis Laree coming out to the ring in a hot rock n roll type outfit. Alexis gets right into her match with Miss Passion, who is a blonde fitness instructor type in her 30's who is actually pretty hot. Passion looks like she wrestles a really stiff style, and Alexis either was hurting or selling convincingly. Passion went for a suplex but Alexis turned it into a cool looking spinning DDT for the pin.
As Alexis celebrated, we take a look at the closing moments of last week's 30-something minute match between MNM and The Thrillseekers, starting when Maria and Melina did their excellent cat fight and ending with the double pin and the cliffhanger announcement of both Capotelli and Jeter being number one contender for Brent Albright's OVW Title.
After a commercial break, we come back to Dean Hill and Al Snow at the OVW desk, and they remind us of the three big main events for Six Flags on August 12. What I like about Heyman, and he did this in ECW, is that he backs up what the announcers are talking about with footage playing while you hear about the match. So when Hill and Snow talk about Brent Albright and Chris Benoit VS Ken Anderson and Daniel Puder, you see clips of each guy or incidents between the teams. They also talked about, and showed clips of OVW TV Champion Ken Doane VS Nick Nemeth, and the Six Person Interpromotional Intergender Match they've talked about all night, MNM VS Thrillseekers and Maria, with the disclaimer again that Capotelli has to be replaced. So now's the time to find out who is replacing Capotelli. Dean Hill introduces The Thrillseekers, who come out with Capotelli on crutches. Al Snow takes a moment in front of the OVW desk to say how sorry he is that Capotelli got hurt, which seems to really move Capotelli. Now it's Matt's time to talk, and this is the best interview of Matt Capotelli's career. Fighting back tears, Capotelli spoke about breaking his leg at the worst possible time. Capotelli revealed what the conversation in the back was about, in that Brent Albright told Capotelli and Jeter they should all fight in a three way match. Capotelli really put over Albright. I like the way Heyman builds Albright as this tough champion everyone respects. It really puts the title, and Albright over.
Then Jeter grabbed the mic and said Capotelli was being arrogant, thinking only of himself. Jeter said he didn't want to wait 8 weeks for Capotelli to get better, he wanted his title shot now. Jeter mentions that he and Capotelli "ride together, die together, Thrillseekers for life."
Jeter says, "but that doesn't mean my career has to die with your's. I was in the same match, I didn't break my leg."
Out came Brent Albright, who walked up to The Thrillseekers and said, "Hey, Capotelli, I guess your partner doesn't know the meaning of the word deal." Albright then told Jeter, "you don't like being called his partner, do you?" Albright then said he'd give Jeter his title shot right then, right now.
Albright rolled into the ring, and Capotelli enthusiastically encouraged Jeter to do the same. Jeter got in the ring, the referee held the title high in the air, and it's time for the last commercial break of the evening.
When the show resumes, they are going at it, and it's pretty damned good action. Albright and Jeter had a really good match, with not one punch thrown except for an attempted punch by a frustrated Jeter that almost became a Crow Bar by Albright. They exchanged moves, and then Albright locked in the Crow Bar. Jeter was too far from the ropes, but the referee wasn't, as Ken Anderson and Daniel Puder ran to the ring and then pulled the referee to the floor. The referee was in the process of throwing Anderson and Puder out when Jeter started tapping out. But the referee was on the outside of the ring. Jeter was tapping when Albright finally got off him and challenged Anderson and Puder to come into the ring. Jeter got to the far corner, clutching his arm from the Crow Bar. When Albright turned around, Jeter hit a superkick and the referee dove back into the ring to make the three count.
Jeter was declared the new champion, and paraded around the ring with the belt. He came out of the ring, walked up to Capotelli, who was on crutches but practically jumping up and down for Jeter's win. Jeter then said to Capotelli, "I guess I don't need you anymore" and smashed Capotelli in the head with the title belt. Dean Hill and Al Snow were yelling at Jeter, and then Jeter grabbed the mic and said, "I ride alone, I die alone. I'm Johnny Jeter, OVW Champion for life."
The whole show built to the last minute, and set the stage for Capotelli's return. Albright's feud with Anderson and Puder was taken up another notch, and with Ken Doane and Nick Nemeth being pushed as top acts too, Six Flags was promoted like a major event as they set up the Jeter era in OVW.
Another really good show.
(Spoiler for this week)
Amazing Angle On OVW TV Tapings Last Night
Date Added: August 11, 2005
Story By: Andy Steven
This report is from Dan Wills of PWInsider:
The Johnny Jeter heel turn was in full effect at the OVW TV Tapings in Louisville as Paul Heyman shot his first hardcore angle Wednesday Night. It was quite probably the most realistic angle ever shot in OVW, and I have my reasons to believe something actually may have gone a little awry in the angle itself.
The show opened up with Aaron "The Idol" Stevens coming out to the ring with Beth Phoenix and a new valet named Shelly, who I recognize from some websites as a dark haired vampire looking valet from Los Angeles. Stevens defeated Robbie Dawber.
Maria interviewed Brent Albright, who was backstage, in full gear, positioned to fight, staring at a door. Albright said, "When Johnny Jeter walks through the door tonight, we're going to have a conversation face to face. And then I'm going to find Ken Anderson and Daniel Puder." Great promo.
After a commercial break. Ken Anderson and Daniel Puder came out and Anderson said Albright was a lunatic, screaming and yelling (even though Albright was calm, cool, and collected). Anderson said they're leaving, but Puder wanted to stay and fight Albright. Anderson would have nothing of it, and forced Puder to leave with him. As they were departing the back door, they ran into Danny Inferno, and an argument broke out. Inferno went to the ring, and taped up his hand. Anderson and Puder came back in, and Anderson did his great routine of introducing everyone. He made this a "striker vs wrestler" match, and Puder beat Inferno with the Key Lock in a stiff looking match. Anderson announced Puder as the winner, and Albright hit the ring. Anderson tried to pull out Puder, but Puder squared off with Albright, who took Puder down. Anderson pulled Puder out of the ring.
Then we see Johnny Jeter backstage, he came into the building when Albright was in the ring. Maria warned him that Albright was looking for him, when Albright entered the room and quietly asked Maria to excuse them for a moment. Albright did a great promo here, right up in Jeter's face, soft spoken, telling him "no one will hurt you tonight because I'm protecting you until I win back my title in the ring tonight." At this point, Matt Cappotelli hobbles in the door, and throws his crutches at Jeter, screaming at Jeter. Albright stops Capotelli and carries him, kicking and screaming, out of the dressing room. Great angle.
In the next match, Nick Nemeth and Chris Cage beat OVW TV Champion Ken Doane and Bobby Lashley. This was a great match. Anytime Lashley was in, he just demolished the opposition. Doane hit the RKO on Nemeth, but Nemeth kicked out. Lashley delivered more punishment. Doane tagged in, tried to pick up Nemeth, but Nemeth hit a small package for the huge pin. The place really popped. Very vocal crowd tonight, most vocal in a long long time in OVW. After the match, Doane just sat in the ring in disbelief and he and Lashley, who was on the apron, just stared at each other. Everyone understood it, and it was very cool to see.
Then, Johnny Jeter came out and cut a great heel promo. I thought his promo last week was lacking, but this one rocked. A really good heel promo and the same people who were screaming for him at the beginning were really booing him at the end. Jeter then defended the OVW Title in a 15 minute match against Brent Albright. Matt Cappotelli came out and sat ringside. Albright locked in the crowbar, but Jeter was in the ropes. Albright had to break. Jeter rolled out of the ring and superkicked the injured Cappotelli. Jeter took the chair and creamed Albright with it. The referee called for the bell.
I should point out that the referee, Chris Kay, who is also a WWE referee, threw up in the ring about three times in 15 seconds right before the crowbar, and it was disgusting.
And even though that happened, and it stunk in the hot Davis Arena, everyone stayed (which is unusual) because they were into the match.
Jeter turned around and hit Capotelli in the head with the chair and then went berserk with it.
This is where I'm not sure what happened. Al Snow jumped out of his chair in a panic and grabbed Jeter. It looked like they were legit fighting. The dressing room cleared, with some running to Cappotelli and some running to Jeter. I could see Alexis Laree really crying when she got to Cappotelli. There was blood everywhere. Not just OVW Trainer Eric Langly, but two medics arrived within minutes and you could see the concern on people's faces. Jeter was rushed out of there, and two refs got Albright out quietly. They tended to Cappotelli for about 10 minutes, and you could see Dean Hill was clearly shaken up.
They did something for tv, which I could see on the OVWTron, with Dean Hill, who had Cappotelli's blood on his face, hands, and shirt. Dean was clearly shaken badly.
When they finally got Capotelli on the gurney, he was wheeled out into the parking lot and taken to an emergency vehicle in the back of the arena. There were security guards not allowing anyone in that section of the parking lot, which was a first. So that's either because it was a well done angle, or because Cappotelli got hurt legit again. It was very intense either way.
They announced there was no special added (dark) match after the tapings tonight, which was also strange, because no matter what, there always is. There were two dark matches earlier in the evening, one featuring The Tolands with Jillian Hall, who wore a big ugly bandage where the mole should be, and The Tolands promised to settle the issue as to who she would publicize with MNM this Friday at Six Flags.
I don't know how much of the Cappotelli angle was an angle and how much of it was the result of a chairshot gone wrong, but this was one of the most effective angles I've ever seen live and next week's OVW TV Tapings should be very interesting. Say what you want about Paul Heyman, he has OVW buzzing right now.
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I got to see this show
