______________________________________________________________________ I do not offer subscriptions to a mailing list! I do not e-mail images! ______________________________________________________________________ Holy smokes! We bought a house last week. You should understand that this is the first time in my life that I owe any institution money. With all of the effort needed to get that deal to go through, combined with my first week of lectures (teaching two courses this semester), I didn't have the chance to watch any of the regular TV shows this past week. We'll be moving in a couple of months, so, with my daily transportation time reduced, I should have time to get back on schedule with updates, and I should be able to get the quality of the updates back up as well. A couple of days ago, I straightened up my watched/unwatched tapes only to find out that I have over three hundred unwatched pro-wrestling tapes. ______________________________________________________________________ - ECW had Hardcore Heaven last night, Sunday 05/14/2000. My wife was a bit perturbed that any wrestling promotion would have the gall to put on a wrestling PPV on Mother's Day. I guess the show merits a thumbs in the middle, bordering up. The final two matches were good, with the first half of Jerry Lynn vs. Rob van Dam being great. I also enjoyed Steve Corino vs. Yoshihiro Tajiri. Outside of those affairs, there was a lot of junk. Rundown: * Balls Mahoney beat Masato Tanaka beat Balls Mahoney: Mahoney is right up there with Terry Funk and Mick Foley on the list of guys I'm sad to watch. I'm just not into guys who do stupid stuff to be "hardcore" heroes to fans who don't give a crap about a wrestler's welfare. This seemed like a strange spot to see Tanaka in, but with his best opponent, Mike Awesome, no longer with the company, I guess they had to find another direction. The commentators mentioned that these guys were just in after a tour with FMW in Japan. Originally, Balls was not going to be on that tour since FMW still owed him money from the last tour. FMW is in financial trouble. Before the match, Cyrus laid into Joel Gertner, with Kintaro Kanemura putting Gertner to sleep so Cyrus could take over on colour commentary. Tanaka is a really good worker saddled with a hardcore style. He's another guy who takes sick chair shots. They went to the floor, with Balls cracking some beer cans on Tanaka's head. The camera lens had beer on it, but they took their time cutting to a different camera. Tanaka hit the first chair shot on Balls, followed by a DDT on the ramp. It was pretty much a "punch and kick" match with chair shots, and I missed the second half of it because I was running around after my daughter (so I turned the wrestling off). * Little Guido beat Mikey Whippreck and Simon Diamond: They called James Vandenburg "the Sinister Minister." I don't know why they felt the need to put a second triangle match on the PPV. Well, if you think about it, you can figure it out. They did an innovative spot in the corner, where Mikey escaped Simon's headlock but Simon hit a leg scissors takedown on Guido. Three minutes in, the lights went out. They turned the spotlights on the ring, but it was technical amateur hour. They did a massive pile-on outside the ring with Mikey hitting a tope and knocking everybody over; all of the entourages were involved. Guido was particularly good at keeping the match together, but it still seemed like an assortment of spots more than a match. Mikey hit a stunner on Simon, who was eliminated at around 5:40. Guido kicked out of a face-first power bomb. Guido rallied with a russian leg sweep, but missed an elbow off of Sal. Mikey threw fire at Sal. He turned to find himself in the tomokaze for the pin at 7:30 or so. I came away feeling that Guido is a good worker, but the match was nothing noteworthy. It would have been a good TV match. * Kid Cash beat C.W. Anderson: Before the match started, Jazz came out to rip off Elektra's clothes. She was wearing a few strips of material that somebody might charitably call a bathing suit. Jazz was carried out. Elektra seemed to leave as well. Cash hit a few tremendous moves, but the match had no rhythm. Ric Flair was the most over wrestler at this point of the night. Anderson rallied with a power bomb. Punch & kick. Wiles attacked Cash on the floor. Cash tried to hit a comeback with some nice high spot work on the ropes. Anderson held him off with power moves. As they traded more chops and slaps, Ric Flair drew great heat again. Wiles ran in as the ref was distracted by Anderson. Lou E. Dangerously accidentally whacked Wiles with his phone. Anderson scored a near pin. Anderson went to the top, but Cash sprung up and hit a top rope body scissors that was probably intended to be a rana for the pin at around 6:00. It had some nice spots. * Nova & Chris Chetti beat Danny Doring & Roadkill and Baldies: Another triangle match. Opening focused on Nova & Chetti hitting double team moves. They talked about the great rivalry between Nova & Chetti and Roadkill & Doring, even though none of those matches have been ready for prime time. Nova hit a swanton on Devito for a two count. Baldies rallied, laying out Roadkill by driving him through two chairs. Grimes ran in with a guitar, with Doring cutting him off. He hit a top rope leg drop on Grimes. Angel got the guitar and whacked Doring for the pin. Grimes took a hip toss off the ramp to the hard wood floor. Even though he was eliminated, Roadkill still demolished Grimes, splashing him through a table at ringside. Thr match seemed to stop during all of this. "Spotty" doesn't begin to describe this "match." Another moment of inring wrestling, with the four remaining wrestlers all in the ring at the same time. Nova & Chetti hit their double team top rope spot for the pin. It was messy indy style stuff, but they tried hard. New Jack came in at the end to garbage it up with the Baldies. He carved their heads. It was perverse. The first time I saw New Jack live at the start of their run in SMW, I thought that he had potential because his microphone work was great. It goes to show you that first impressions mean squat. New Jack dragged a bloody Devito to the back of the Arena, presumably for a balcony dive. Sure enough, New Jack laid out Devito on a table. Joey Styles had the nerve to say that he'd rather not see New Jack climb into the balcony based on the previous PPV. Well, New Jack choked Devito, laid him on a table, and went up to the balcony. It was ridiculous, as Devito had to lay there on the table forever while New Jack went up. He jumped, the crowd yelled "ECW! ECW!" Jack went back to the ring to break a guitar on Angel's head. He jumped off the top with a chair onto Angel's head. A bell rang for some reason. They called him "the winner and king of the streets." This run-in garbage match lasted about 9:00. * Yoshihiro Tajiri beat Steve Corino: This match opened really well, leading to Tajiri hitting the tarantula at the minute mark. I'd say that that first minute was the best cohesive chunk of wrestling of the night so far. Maybe it was easy to fell that way after New Jack. Tajiri hit a brainbuster on the ramp. Corino, the new king of old school, bled like the old king of old school. The commentators acted like he was far bloodier than he was, which was weird for ECW. Tajiri put Corino in the tree of woe and hit a baseball slide. Thanks to Jack Victory's interference, Corino snuck in a superkick to rakky. Corino held a chair to his head for Tajiri to kick. It wasn't supposed to look that way, but it did. It looked like Corino might have bladed another time after that. Tajiri set up a table, kicking its edge into Corino's head. He used the table to launch himself into Jack & Corino. Corino managed to backdrop Tajiri through the table. Corino hit a fisherman suplex for a two count. Crowd was telling Corino that he sucks. "I've never seen someone bleed like this." I don't know about that. Corino set up another table. He hit a big kick on Tajiri. Tajiri hit the octopus. Jack Victory came in for the save, but Tajiri sprayed green mist. Corino hit a power slam for a two count. Match was really good. Tajiri went nuts with a barrage of kicks and chops. Tajiri laid Corino on a table, hit the double foot stomp off the top, and got the pin at around 10:00. Kintaro Kanemura ran in afterwards to attack Tajiri. Dusty Rhodes made the save. He walked in. Rhino came in to attack Dusty. The ring cleared of everybody except Rhino as Sandman's music came up. This was ridiculous, as the melee just kind of cleared up as the music hit. * Rhino beat Sandman to retain the TV Title: Sandman took forever to get the ring, drinking beer after beer. "This is the most inebriated we have ever seen the Sandman." I swear that this ring entrance took about 6:00. Sandman was already bloody at the start of the match because of all of the beer cans. They went outside immediately. Rhino gathered furniture. He ended up spearing a table. In the ring, Sandman hit a piledriver for a two count. Jack Victory came out, with Lori Fullington running out with a cane to lay him out. Corino caught Lori, but Sandman saved. Rhino caught Sandman and laid him out. Rhino grabbed Lori, piledriving her from the apron through a table. He dumped her back in the ring. Sandman ran in. He was going to carry her out, but Rhino speared him, knocking both of them through the table again. Lori seemed to be more at risk of injury from this bump. The pin followed immediately at around 6:30. * Jerry Lynn beat Rob van Dam: This was the return match for both men. Before the match, Joey Styles said that many people believe that Lynn has van Dam's number, pretty much guaranteeing the result. The fans chanted proudly about their venereal diseases. Scott Anton & Bill Alfonso were at ringside with can Dam. This match needed to deliver to make the show worthwhile. I figured beforehand that this was a two match show (this bout and the title match), and at this point it felt that way, although Tajiri vs. Corino was quite good. They did the Flair/Steamboat reversals at the start. Tremendous fast action, just awesome, exactly what is missing in WCW and the WWF (despite the arrival of Benoit and club). Forget about calling this match in detail 'cause it would take pages. They went outside, as Lynn hit a somersault tope. Lynn was crotched on the rail. I was hoping they wouldn't go to chairs and tables. Just then, of course, van Dam hit a leg drop on a chair on Lynn's head. van Dam missed a moonsault on the floor. Thankfully, they went back into the ring. Lynn hit a leg drop off the ropes for a two count. A tremendous DDT scored another two count. The commentators talked about these moves setting up for Lynn's piledriver. They also tried to push Lynn as disgruntled. There was a double knock down. They did innovative spots with the chair, built around Lynn countering the vandaminator spot I so detest. At least no tables were involved yet. Van Dam did a tremendous spin kick. Van Dam scored a two after a senton onto a chair on top of Lynn. Punches and kicks. Van Dam scored some two counts. Lynn hit a sunset flip on van Dam onto a chair in another great spot. Unlike most matches with creative spots, this match seemed to connect the spots much better. Usually van Dam impresses me as a spotty guy, but this bout was better than the usual stunt man show, probably because there were only two or three chair spots and no table spots by the 13:00 mark. And just as I typed that, Lynn put a table in position. Oh well, it was awesome while it lasted. Lynn tried a DDT from the top through a table on the floor. There were several counters before Lynn hit a bulldog through the table. It looked really messy, and they landed in a heap. Lynn hit a somersault dive on Scott Anton on the floor, whacking his elbow in the process. Bill Alfonso interfered freely on Lynn, who had to straddle the ropes for way too many seconds before getting whacked by van Dam. As soon as it turned to chairs and tables, the match lost its glue, turning into spots. Cyrus left the commentary area. Corino & Victory ran in to attack van Dam, with Lynn beating them off. Rhino speared Lynn, and van Dam beat him off. Rhino hit a power bomb on van Dam. Cyrus was on the ramp urging on Rhino. With a half-hour in the show, this seemed to be how the match was going to end. They did a totally botched vandaminator spot on Cyrus. They did another couple of lame ones, one on Alfonso. As van Dam was on top, Scott Anton pushed him off the top turnbuckle, with van Dam taking what looked to be a terrible fall on the ramp and floor. Jerry Lynn hit two cradle piledrivers in a row on van Dam, one on top of a chair, for the pin. Joey Styles pushed it as Lynn not knowing that Anton had turned on van Dam. Really great first half that degenerated towards the end. Still very good. * Justin Credible beat Lance Storm to retain the ECW Title: Match was supposed to be a triangle match with Tommy Dreamer included, but he bowed out because Credible threatened to vacate the title "and ruin its lineage" according to Joey Styles. Whatever makes the match better I like, so I liked this. Credible controlled most of the early way, beating Storm bloody and getting close falls until Storm hip tossed Credible through a table on the ramp. Storm hit a single leg Boston crab, cueing the catfight spot. The girls rolled around as always. This time, Credible tombstoned Dawn Marie. Lance Storm caned Credible for a two count. The referee rolled Dawn Marie out of the ring. They did their second series of tombstone reversals, with Credible hitting the move and getting a two. Joey Styles really tried to get over that Storm kicked out of Credible's finisher. Swinging DDT for another two. Storm slingshotted Credible into the turnbuckles, but Credible managed to get a roll-up out of it for a two count. Credible hit his piledriver again for the pin. Tommy Dreamer ran in afterwards, as Joey Styles was already bidding us farewell. He caned Credible and swore at Francine. She hugged him, dropped the title at his feet, and he hugged her back. Then he hit the death valley driver on her. - WCW had Slamboree on Sunday, 05/07/2000. Overall, the show was worlds better than the past year of WCW PPVs. That doesn't mean it was a great show (because it wasn't). It certainly was not as good as the WWF PPV the week before. On Nitro the week before, Booker T was power bombed through a table by Mike Awesome, injuring him (out for two weeks) and eliminating the Scott Steiner vs. Booker T match from the show. Over all, this was still a "thumbs in the middle" sort of show because, despite the good wrestling in a few matches, there was just too much stuff that made me wonder why the WCW braintrust thought these things were good ideas. On a personal note, this was the fourth PPV since my cable went digital and the third of those shows with which I had trouble. This time around, I once again received the charming "PPV 159" "Event Error" message that gives a 1-888-number that is unreachable. I called the cable company, and the person there told me this code is hardware-related. She was unable to get the show up for me, telling me I'd need a techie in my house to look at the converter. Well, I figured I'd try to order the show one more time, and it worked. So far, I'm pretty impressed with this this technological advance. Rundown: * Chris Candido beat The Artist to retain the Cruiserweight Title: Candido sure works hard. But in there with the Artist it really didn't so much. In fact, at times they both came across as being too mechanical. Very early on, they went outside for a rail shot. Candido tried to come off the top into the ring, but Artist hit a clothesline. They both sold the collision for just about two seconds. Oh, hey, they brought back the rampway that leads to the ring, and these guys did a backdrop spot on it. Artist did a lame power bomb on Candido and missed his DDT off the top. Since he screws up the execution of that move more often than not, I should say that Candido blocked the move. Candido tried for a top rope frankensteiner, but Artist blocked it. The commentators didn't bother to mention that the match had built to this exciting point where each guy blocked the other guy's finisher. Artist tried for a sunset flip off the top, lost his grip on Candido, and poor Chris found himself having to stumble backwards into position to Artist could grab him into the hold. Hey, had Chris decided to improvise before getting back to the planned match, Artist would have made the improvisation period a mess too, right? Artist hit a fallaway slam off the top. Tammy interfered. Tammy chaired Artist. He sort of kicked out of the ensuing pin, but the bell rang anyhow and music came up. The referee shook that off, and the match continued. Candido hit a piledriver and a top rope for the pin. There were a couple of lame attempts at a catfight after the match. Poor Tammy still knows so much more about working in her role than other woman in the business, but she can't compare physically any more to the other attractive women in WCW (Torrie Wilson, Kimberly Page). So, she found herself being stripped to her underwear by Artist. She had on grandma's underwear. It was very weird. In fact, her bra straps were plainly displayed the whole night because of the low back on her dress. I thought that she had injured her back and bandaged it up. Good opener thanks to Candido. * Terry Funk beat Norman Smiley & Ralphus to retain the Hardcore Title: Ralphus worked under a mask as Smiley's mystery partner. They offered no hint at who he might be, although they clearly labelled him as incompetent. I guess this was supposed to funny, but I absolutely hate watching Funk now. This was a crappy brawl, as always. Funk got abused, and there's nothing worse than watching him take stiff garbage can or chair shots to the head. Funk rallied and Norman screamed. Funk slipped while slamming Norman on a garbage can. The bump looked bad, and the referee got in there and talked to them, but Norman continued the match. Funk & the mystery partner walked to the ring. Funk chaired the partner's back. He was unmasked as Ralphus. His butt was also unmasked. The commentators were laughing at this adolescent humour. Norman attacked Funk, using a ladder. He used a chair to Funk's head, while I cringed. Ralphus did the big wiggle. Ralphus got laid out. Norman was chaired while checking on Ralphus. Funk schoolboyed Norman for the pin. This was horrible. Afterwards, Norman & Ralphus danced. The WWF uses its Hardcore Title for comedy, so WCW has to as well. Instead, WCW should make the Hardcore Title gritty and real, because there is something perverse about chair shots to Funk's head being comedic. * Shawn Stasiak beat Curt Hennig: All I could think was "With all of the young guys they've got, they want to put Stasiak over." The match was okay, thanks to Hennig, who was really impressive in carrying Stasiak. I don't see Stasiak hitting with this gimmick, but maybe I can't put myself into the mindset of new fans. Heat on Hennig. Stasiak missed a cross body. Hennig rallied at the seven minute mark, but it only lasted a minute. Hennig took his patented bump into the ring post and was pinned with a fisherman suplex. * Scott Steiner beat Hugh Morrus: Morrus was quickly worked into this spot because of the injury to Booker. Morrus decided to dump his name and gimmick because Eric Bischoff created it. Now he'll go by his real name, you see. Okay. Then he announced that his real name is "Huge E. Rection, E. Rection for short." That fell flat. Match was bad because Steiner is so horrible. Hugh controlled for a few seconds early, until Steiner's girls came up on the apron. Doing a public service, Hugh went over to tell them about the medical risks of breast augmentation surgery, but Steiner attacked him from behind because he of all people doesn't want natural-looking women around him. Tony Schiavone told us that Huge E. Rection comes easily off the top. They also joked about his head. I thought they were 12-year-old boys at this point. Hugh tried for a third splash into the corner, but Steiner hit a clothesline. Steiner hit the SSD. A piledriver attempt was countered with one by Hugh, which I have to say was a surprising spot. The girls came in the ring to block Hugh's moonsault. He launched himself anyhow -- you know, when he reaches that climactic position, he can't stop himself -- and Steiner didn't move out of the way quickly enough, getting soundly whacked by Hugh's legs. It was a little scary-looking. Steiner shook it off, hit the recliner, and got the win. The other misfits tried to save him, but Booker T had to make the real save. * Mike Awesome DQ Kanyon: Awesome opened with a tope. Kanyon posted him and hit a somersault splash. This match felt like an ECW bout in that they worked hard, they did some innovative spots, and the match wasn't much more than those spots glued together. Hey, that sounds like a Hardy Boyz match too. Anyhow, Awesome chaired Kanyon. Crowd yelled "ECW!" The commentators pushed Awesome vs. Nash on power bombs which was very annoying and heavy-handed. Kanyon hit a neckbreaker on Awesome. A cross body block was reversed for a two by Awesome. Awesome countered a power bomb attempt with his own. Awesome finally uncovered the concrete outside. He hit a shoulder tackle on Kanyon coming in. Kanyon is the first WCW wrestler who can work the kind of match that makes Awesome look good. Awesome hit a german suplex after escaping a power bomb to the concrete. Awesome then tried to power bomb Kanyon to the concrete. But Kevin Nash came out, explaining the unsubtle commentary. They fought, with Kanyon left out of it. New Blood ran in. The Bell rand. New Blood five-on-oned Nash. Ric Flair & other Millionaires ran in. Security came in to separate them. Kanyon got some hugs from Nash afterwards. I can't believe that they are going to go with Awesome vs. Nash on PPV. I just don't see Nash getting killed the way he should in that match. Anyhow, this match was quite good, even though it was very spotty. * Lex Luger DQ Buff Bagwell: This was so boring. I honestly almost fell asleep. Neither guy is any good. Bagwell dominated. Liz came out to support Lex. She used the bat on Buff. Lex put Buff up in the torture rack. At that climactice moment, Chuck Palumbo ran in to attack Lex. He was dressed just like Lex, with the commentators calling him the new total package. They acted like they knew who he was, even though any fans who have been watching WCW for a while would know that he's a Power Plant rookie. Hey, they will be using New Japan to help season these guys, so there is hope. Buff carried Liz to the back. * Shane Douglas beat Ric Flair: Flair was in street clothes. The crowd was completely in Flair's palm. They played off the figure four during the match. There really wasn't much wrestling in the match, but the heat was really great thanks to Flair. As Flair went for the figure four, a fake Sting Russo batted him, Shane hit the roll-up, and the match was over. Afterwards, Russo was apparently supposed to face Flair for five minutes. I had thought that Flair got those five minutes only if he beat Shane. Luger ran out to help, even though he was laid out by Palumbo barely ten minutes earlier. During the match body, in fact, the commentators explained that Luger couldn't come out to support Flair because he was too wounded by the Palumbo attack. Yet here he was not selling any of that attack. Argh. The fake Sting, who we were supposed to think was Russo, turned out to be David Flair, who turned on his dad and turned out not to be insane any longer, even though he still hands out with that crazy screaming chick. Kevin Nash tried to make the save, also showing no ill effects from his earlier beating, with Daffney hitting a low blow on him to hamper his efforts. * Sting beat Vampiro: In the Kansas City Kemper Arena, there was no way that even these guys would be crass enough to have Sting lower into the ring after Owen died here a year earlier. So Sting walked in. They brawled on the ramp. Sting did a tope. He killed Vampiro. Low blow number 99 of the night led to Vampiro's comeback. He grabbed a pipe and used it freely. They walked down the ramp and back. I hate that. Sting rallied with, what else?, another low blow. They did a super pomb bomb spot. Sting hit his splash twice, hit his death drop twice, and scoted the pin, whacking Vampiro a few times after the match. * Hulk Hogan beat Billy Kidman: Bischoff was the referee, with Kimberly in tow. Hogan came out with Horace, who was sent to the back by the referee. Kidman controlled for a few seconds before Hogan, guess what?, crotched him on the top ropes and dumped him to the floor. Kidman tried to hide behind Torrie. Kidman was basically cast as a jobber who could only get ahead for a few seconds with all of the cards in his favour. Hogan still pounded him like a jobber whenever he came back. This program hurts Billy more than it helps him. As Hogan covered Kidman, Eric refused to count. Kidman did a great job in his role in this match, but I was just too disappointed at what his role was. Eric was finally power bombed through a table. Hogan got another table. Kidman rallied with a low blow. He put Hogan on the table, but missed his splash. Hogan covered him, and Horace ran in to count three with Eric's hand. If the two guys in the match were already over as equals, I would actually have called this a good match, but I was too pissed at how poorly Kidman is being treated in a program supposedly designed to make him a star. * Jeff Jarrett beat David Arquette & Diamond Dallas Page in a triple cage match to win the WCW Title: Arquette had wanted to vacate the title on TV the past week, but wasn't allowed. Instead, he was added to the match, with Eric Bischoff & Jarrett acting like having a two-on-one situation was a handicap to Page. The commentators tried to explain here that Page would always be concerned with Arquette's welfare, and, as a result, would not be able to wrestle the match that he wants to. Beforehand, DDP revealed that while he was occupied with Jarrett, Arquette was supposed to climb up through the cages to the top cage and guard the title. In that way, he'd be removed from the fight, be ready to celebrate with Page should Page make it up there, and be able to take the title to win the match if Jarrett were coming up there. Okay. There were ladders and tables in the cage. The ladders were needed to climb up to the second cage. That cage had tables, chairs, garbage cans, etc. in it; they called it the hardcore cage. The top cage was a little job with several guitars in it. Jarrett kept chasing Arquette with DDP cutting him off. Arquette bumps when Jarrett was whipped into him. Jarrett bled. They did numerous big spots while trying to get into the second cage. The match was already surprisingly good, as this sort of garbagy stuff is DDP's best act. Unlike most garbagy matches, though, this one still had bits of wrestling in it and some great psychology. It was much more enjoyable than the typical punch-and-kick style match. I was in shock, since I was ready to write off this PPV coming into the main event. Page made it into the second level cage first. That cage's floor was the roof of the first cage, so they couldn't move around well in there. At this point, they'd sort of used up the cage spots anyhow, so they wisely got out of the second cage quickly. The second cage had a smaller footprint than the bottom one, so when they left it via a side door, they were free to walk around the remaining portion of the top of the first cage. It seemed dangerous to be out in the open so close to the edge of the cage. First, though, they brawled a bit more inside the second cage. DDP bled. They did a whip into the cage wall, with the wall collapsing. That was an awesome spot, with little danger attached to it. I started to feel like that they had very carefully thought out this match, which is how things should be, so I'm not really praising their plannning; I'm just pointing out that it doesn't seem like it has been there in the past. They set up a table in the second cage, on the roof of the first cage, and did a pwer slam through it, with the cage holding up. I don't trust the promotion to make things safe for the wrestlers, so I was actually nervous that things wouldn't hold. They brawled around outside the second level. David Arquette finally showed up again, climbing all the way up to the top. Out of nowhere, Mike Awesome showed up, having climbed up the cage to get to the outside of the second level. DDP hit a diamond cutter on him. They made it to the top cage, where they traded guitar shots. DDP had passed a guitar up to Arquette to use to beat away Jarrett should he try to get to the title. I was fascinated that Arquette would agree to do this. As DDP came up the finally cage, Arquette whacked him with the guitar, turning on him. Jarrett climbed up. He hugged Arquette and took the title down. So, he lost the title to Arquette in the tag match so that he could win the title in this match, presumably hurting DDP along the way, I guess. These swerve angles always make me wonder. Awesome picked up DDP for a power bomb on top of the first cage, but Kanyon climbed up for the save. Kanyon was tossed off the cage, smashing through the ramp that led to the ring. It's sadly impossible to have a big cage match on PPV without somebody taking a bump off the top, but at least this one was safer than Foley's insane bumps. The camera crew didn't really catch the bump at a good angle, and the show went off the air with the commentators saying "Oh my god." - The WWF has Judgment Day on 05/21/2000. - The WWF has King of the Ring on 06/25/2000. - The WWF has Fully Loaded on 07/23/2000. ______________________________________________________________________ If you have any feedback regarding my web pages, please send me e-mail. 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