December 4, 2002
9:00PM hits on the Eastern seaboard as the screen dims, before vibrant yellow, gold, red and black strokes fill the shot. The TNA logo pops up before we fade inside THE ASYLUM- where over a thousand rabid fans are on their feet, shouting “TNA! TNA!” at the top of their lungs!
The TNA Girls dance in their lair, as they are fully embracing the Christmas spirit, while wearing less clothes than last week! The Asylum has an incredible buzz in the air tonight, because we are on the second show of
THE FINAL FOUR!!!
We are greeted by the dynamic duo of Don West and “Professor” Mike Tenay, who run down tonight’s HUGE card! There are serious implications tonight with the first-ever
ASYLUM ANARCHY MATCH! 10 men will square off to see who will be the lucky one to face NWA World Champion Raven in TWO WEEKS at KINGDOM COME!!
Tonight, the culmination of TNA Year 1 will begin to take shape with just two weeks away from Kingdom Come! Tonight, souls will be crushed and dreams will be realized…TONIGHT…ANARCHY reigns supreme!
Asylum Anarchy- 10-Man Gauntlet Elimination Match-Winner faces NWA World Champion Raven at Kingdom Come
Participants: Rhino, Ken Shamrock, Ron Killings, Steve Corino, Mike Awesome, Jack Foley, Terry Funk, Ekmo, Sabu & Monty Brown
NWA Tag Team Championship- Three Way Dance
©The Eliminators vs. Murderaz Row vs. America’s Most Wanted
X-Title #1 Contender’s Tournament
Jerry Lynn vs. Paul London
X-Title #1 Contender’s Tournament
AJ Styles vs. Amazing Red
X-Division Showcase
Chris Sabin vs. Christopher Daniels
PLUS: Jeff Jarrett and Dusty Rhodes Coin-Flip for Operation: Victory advantage
We stick around ringside for some
X-DIVISION ACTION to kick things off!!!
Match 1- X-Division Showcase
Chris Sabin vs. Christopher Daniels
Sabin is coming off of a massive high after winning the
SUPER X CUP last week, and next week he has a date with X-Champion Shelton Benjamin! Daniels is looking to get back into the win column after falling short the past two weeks!
The two feel each other out to start, until it is apparent that Daniels wants to keep this thing on the mat! Daniels gets Sabin in a chinlock and then takes him down to the mat! Sabin kicks up out of it, bounces off the ropes, but Daniels is waiting…
DANIELS WITH A DEEP ARM DRAG!!!
Sabin is right back up as Daniels looks for another arm drag, but Sabin flips out of it, kicks Daniels in the leg…bounces off the ropes…
SABIN WITH A RUNNING KNEE TO DANIELS!!!
Sabin begins to take control as he connects with a slam followed by an elbow drop! Sabin picks Daniels up and tosses him into the corner. He goes for a hard knife-edge chop, but Daniels blocks it and delivers a blow to the gut of Sabin!
Daniels then hops up to the second turnbuckle…
SUNSET FLIP!!!
1…2…NOO!!!
Daniels almost took it right there!!
Sabin rolls backwards out of the pinfall attempt and is right up to his feet…
SUPERKICK TO DANIELS!!!
Daniels falls back into the corner as Sabin rushes full speed ahead…
DANIELS LIFTS SABIN UP AND DROPS HIM OVER THE ROPES AND TO THE FLOOR!!!
Daniels decides to take things to the air as he sizes up Sabin on the floor…
DANIELS LEAPS OFF…GOING FOR A FLYING CROSS BODY…
SABIN DROPKICKS DANIELS IN MID-AIR!!!
HOLY SHIT!!!!
Sabin is proving he belongs in the X-Title discussion, and has The Asylum firmly behind him!!!
Sabin throws Daniels inside the ring as hops up onto the apron…
SABIN CONNECTS WITH A SLINGSHOT DDT!!!!
Daniels is starting to wear thin as Sabin smells victory!! Sabin lifts up Daniels to his feet…
FUTURE SHOCK!!!!
Sabin with the cover!!!
1….2…3!!!
Winner at 7:00- Chris Sabin
The Asylum gives Sabin a loud pop as he has his hand raised in victory!! Sabin holds his arms up high for The Asylum…
X-CHAMPION SHELTON BENJAMIN CRASHES THE RING!!!
Sabin turns around and catches Shelton Benjamin about to rock him with the X-Title….but Shelton holds off!!
Sabin and Benjamin begin to stare down as Shelton pushes the X-Title in Sabin’s face! Sabin shows restraint, knowing that
NEXT WEEK he gets his shot to topple Shelton Benjamin and make history!
For now, Shelton is all about jaw-jacking as he tried the sneak attack but the plan failed. Shelton talks some more smack to Chris Sabin before exiting the ring, holding up his X-Title high in the air while The Asylum showers him with boos!!!
We head to the back where we see
AJ STYLES walking down the hallway, getting ready for his
HUGE matchup against Amazing Red…
WHEN SHELTON BENJAMIN WALKS BY!!!
Shelton and AJ stare each other down, while AJ glances out at the X-Division title over Shelton Benjamin’s shoulder. Shelton stares at AJ Styles, shaking his head. Shelton continues his jaw jacking from in-ring with Chris Sabin…
“Like what you see….ex champ?”
AJ continues to stay focused on the X title…
“One day…one day very soon…that title is coming back where it belongs!”
Shelton mocking laughs at AJ Styles’ comment, before re-adjusting the X-Title over his shoulder…
“I’ll be waiting for you at Kingdom Come…that’s if you can get through the losers bracket!”
AJ Styles nods his head and begins to walk away, holding back the urge to crack Shelton Benjamin in the face at this current moment. For now, AJ Styles and Shelton Benjamin’s feud has just been a war of words, that could soon turn into a full-blown war, if these two eventually come to blows 1 on 1 inside the ring…
We head to
AMERICA’S MOST WANTED sitting down in their dressing room. Both Chris Harris and James Storm begin to stretch, getting ready for their huge matchup later tonight. Chris Harris starts us off…
“We’ve had a long road…a tough journey…just think back to everything that has happened since we lost the NWA Tag titles back in August…”
Storm and Harris shake their heads, thinking about the beat-downs, the tough losses, and everything else in between. James Storm points his finger at the camera and continues…
“Yet, we are still here! Still right in the thick of things! We know what is at stake tonight, and we WON’T let it slip through our fingers again! Tonight is AMW’s night, and when the dust settles, the bell will ring, and we will be handed OUR NWA TAG TEAM TITLES!”
Harris and Storm give each other a high five as the camera fades out…
Back down at ringside, West and Tenay begin to hype up the X-Division #1 Contender’s Tournament! AJ Styles takes on Amazing Red, followed by Jerry Lynn taking on Paul London. The two winners will square off next week, and whoever wins that gets an
X-DIVISION CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH AT KINGDOM COME IN TWO WEEKS!!!
We get a few highlights from last week’s Ultimate X Match, showing Amazing Red’s
“SPOT HEARD ROUND THE WORLD” where he scaled the top of the cables and hit a huricanranna on Paul London all the way down to the ring! AJ Styles is shown with the X-Title in his grasp, only for Shelton Benjamin to leap through the air and intercept the title on the way to the mat, giving Shelton the victory!
Match 2- X-Division #1 Contender’s Tournament Match
AJ Styles vs. Amazing Red
Just the fact that these two are able to stand after last week’s Ultimate X Match is a feat in itself, let alone wrestle tonight!!
Red has his shoulder taped up, while AJ Styles seems to be in decent health, all things considered.
The official bell rings as the two circle each other. Red goes to shoot on AJ but AJ clubs Red in his injured shoulder! AJ keeps the offense going as he works over Red’s shoulder. Red is able to flip out of an arm bar and connects with
AN ARM DRAG!!
AJ is quick to his feet as Red goes for a dropkick but AJ blocks it. AJ hones right back in to Red’s shoulder, kicking him in the shoulder, sending him into the corner!
AJ rushes full speed ahead and goes for a
FOREARM SMASH…BUT RED MOVES!!!
Red leaps over the ropes as Styles crashes into the turnbuckles! Red grabs a hold of AJ Styles, hooking his arm…
AMAZING RED SUPLEXES AJ STYLES OUT OF THE CORNER OF THE RING…ONTO THE RINGSIDE FLOOR!!!
HOLY SHIT!!!
The Asylum
GOES CRAZY for the spot!!
AJ holds his head, while Red holds his shoulder in pain! Red is first up to his feet as he climbs up onto the apron. AJ stands up and goes to swipe Red’s feet out from underneath, but Red leaps over the swipe attempt…
RED LEAPS OFF THE APRON, LOOKING FOR A TORNADO DDT…
BUT AJ STYLES CATCHES HIM ON THE FLOOR…
AND SUPLEXES HIM INTO THE STEEL GUARD RAIL!!!!!
Red’s head and neck CRASH off of the steel guard rail, as AJ Styles knows this is his opportunity!
AJ doesn’t give Red any time to recover as he lifts him up over his head in a fireman’s carry position…
AJ TOSSES RED BACK FIRST INTO THE RING POST!!!
The camera zooms in on Amazing Red’s face which shows the daredevil in a tremendous amount of pain!! AJ picks up Red and tosses him inside the ring…
AJ climbs to the top as he sizes up the fallen Amazing Red…
AJ LEAPS OFF…LOOKING FOR THE SPIRAL TAP!!!!
AMAZING RED ROLLS OUT OF THE WAY…
BUT AJ STYLES IS ABLE TO CATCH HIMSELF IN MID-AIR AND LANDS ON HIS FEET…
Red rolled out of harm’s way, and gets back up to his feet thinking AJ Styles crashed down on the mat…
AJ STYLES WITH A PELE KICK!!!!
The kick drills Red square between the eyes!!!
Styles knows this one is all but over, as Amazing Red has simply ran out of gas…
STYLES CLASH!!!!
AJ rolls Red over…
1….2…3!!!
Winner at 10:00- AJ Styles
The Asylum pops loud for their homegrown budding star as Referee Rudy Charles raises his hand in victory!!!
AJ STYLES HAS MOVED ON TO THE #1 CONTENDER’S TOURNAMENT FINALS NEXT WEEK!!!
All that sits between AJ Styles getting his shot at the X-Division title at Kingdom Come is the winner of Jerry Lynn and Paul London!!!
AJ Styles soaks in the loud cheers from The Asylum as West and Tenay put him over on commentary, saying next week might be the biggest match of AJ Styles’ young career!!!
We head back to the dressing room where
MURDERAZ ROW is getting ready for the big NWA Tag title match tonight! Both men are NOT in a good mood as they sit in their chairs, taping their fingers and wrists. Homicide starts us off…
“How many times can we show the entire world…just what we are capable of? We know…the other teams know…the boys in the back know…and the fans damn sure know…”
Low Ki takes over for Homicide…
“That MURDERAZ ROW…and THE THUG POUND…are the measuring stick in TNA! The gold we are about to win is just the validation we need to let everybody know who runs shit around here! And tonight, AMW…Eliminators…we’ve beaten you both before…so tonight will be no different…”
Homicide finishes us off…
“WHEN THE THUG POUND COMES FOR YO ASS…WE DON’T MISS! BLLAAATT!”
Homicide and Low Ki do their Murderaz Row hand sign as we fade out…
We head over to Goldilocks who is standing by with
JERRY LYNN! Lynn has an angry look on his face, as he is not too thrilled to be in this position- title-less, having to win a big match just to get an opportunity next week…
“Let’s cut right to the chase…everybody knows that had last week’s match NOT been an Ultimate X Match, that X-Title would still be around my waist!”
Lynn shakes his head at the thought of losing last week…without being pinned…
“You know who I blame? I blame AJ Styles! He is the one that started this whole mess…and oh man, am I happy he just won. See, it is naïve of me to overlook Paul London, but the thought of me getting my hands on AJ Styles next week, with the opportunity to gain MY X-title back at Kingdom Come…it’s too good of a story to pass up…Paul London, tonight will be nothing personal…but you’re in my way right now…”
Jerry Lynn storms off the set as Goldilocks sends it back down to ringside…
Back at ringside, West and Tenay begin to hype up our next matchup- Jerry Lynn up against Paul London!!!
Match 3- X-Division #1 Contender’s Tournament Match
Jerry Lynn vs. Paul London
Much like Amazing Red, Paul London is pretty banged up going into this one. He has tape over his shoulder, presumably from the insane
“SPOT HEAD ROUND THE WORLD” he took last week!
The bell rings and Jerry Lynn immediately goes to work on London’s shoulder! London goes to lockup with Lynn, but Lynn kicks him in the gut and begins to hammer down on London’s injured shoulder!!
London tries his best to fight back, but Lynn is overpowering and more aggressive than usual tonight! London ducks a clothesline attempt, leaps off the ropes…
JERRY LYNN CATCHES PAUL LONDON IN MID-AIR…
LYNN WITH A TILT-A-WHIRL BACKBREAKER!!!
London holds his back in pain as he crawls over towards the corner of the ring! Lynn is right behind him and begins to drive his foot into the shoulder and neck area of Paul London!!
Referee Slick Johnson warns Jerry Lynn, who takes his foot off of London’s neck at the count of 4! Lynn then stares down Johnson, threatening him to not get involved again…
While Lynn’s back is turned, Paul London recovers long enough to hop up to the top turnbuckle…
PAUL LONDON LEAPS OFF WITH A MISSILE DROPKICK!!!!
The dropkicks sends Lynn half-way across the ring where he rolls outside to the floor!!
Paul London is hurt, but not injured…
LONDON DARTS THROUGH THE MIDDLE ROPE WITH A DIVE ONTO JERRY LYNN ON THE FLOOR!!!
The Asylum is behind Paul London as he quickly tosses Jerry Lynn inside the ring! London climbs back to the top turnbuckle…
Paul London is thinking about his finisher,
LONDON CALLING…
BUT JERRY LYNN DIVES AT THE ROPES…
AND PAUL LONDON CRASHES DOWN HARD TO THE MAT…LANDING ON HIS SHOULDER!!!
London grabs at his shoulder while Jerry Lynn mocks him…
LONDON ROLLS JERRY LYNN UP!!!
1….2…NOOO!!!
Jerry Lynn kicks out at the
LAST POSSIBLE SECOND!!!!
Lynn is right back to his feet and kicks London in the gut…
CRADLE PILEDRIVER!!!!
1…2…3!!!
Winner at 7:00- Jerry Lynn
In the end, Paul London couldn’t overcome Jerry Lynn, who now moves on to fight his arch-nemesis
AJ STYLES NEXT WEEK!!! The winner goes to
KINGDOM COME to fight the X-Division Champion!!!
The Asylum boos Jerry Lynn as he doesn’t want his hand raised! Instead, he walks out of the ring and storms up the entrance ramp, still angry he lost his X-Title last week!! Lynn shakes his head as West and Tenay wonder if he is pissed off he lost last week, or angry
at the fact that he has to wrestle AJ STYLES next week!!!
We head over to the locker room, where the
NWA TAG TEAM CHAMPIONS THE ELIMINATORS are sitting down on their chairs, getting ready for tonight’s HUGE matchup! Perry Saturn starts us off…
“Murderaz Row and America’s Most Wanted…the two teams that are talked about nonstop…which also happen to be the two teams that love to run their mouths the most…”
Saturn rips the tape from his wrist as he looks over at Kronus, who laughs…
“The funny thing about us…we’ve never talked to anybody since coming to TNA…not one interview…not one promo…you know why? Because we let out actions inside the ring do the talking for us…and what has that gotten us? All the way to the top of the mountain…and this gold right here!”
Kronus picks up his NWA Tag belt and shows it off for the camera as Saturn continues…
“Tonight is just another night at the office for us. Show up. Kick ass. Win. Get paid. Rinse, repeat…”
Kronus slaps Saturn on the back as he sends us home…
“Tonight, we show both teams…what TOTAL ELIMINATION feels like…”
The Eliminators strike a pose with their tag titles as the scene fades out…
We head back down to ringside as the graphic pops up showing our next matchup- possibly
THE BIGGEST NWA TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH in the history of TOTAL NONSTOP ACTION WRESTLING!!!
West and Tenay sell the match and hype it up one last time as they get us ready for the Tag Title bout!! They re-iterate what we’ve heard earlier this week, if
THERE IS ANY OUTSIDE INTERFERENCE…that team will be disqualified and forced to break up!!!
We’re looking at you, Shelton Benjamin!!!
Match 4- NWA Tag Team Championship- Three Way Dance
©The Eliminators vs. Murderaz Row vs. America’s Most Wanted
All three teams stand inside the ring, all staring each other down! Saturn and Kronus raise the NWA Tag titles high in the air…
JAMES STORM DECKS SATURN!!!
HOMICIDE DECKS KRONUS!!!
HARRIS DECKS LOW KI!!!!
WE ARE ON!!!!
All three teams begin to throw haymakers at each other…
AS THE ASYLUM ROARS WITH EXCITEMENT!!!
Harris and Low Ki end up through the middle rope and to the floor!!!
Saturn reverses a toss attempt from Storm and goes to throw him over the ropes, but Storm latches onto Saturn and
BOTH MEN FALL TO THE FLOOR ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE RING!!!
Homicide and Kronus stop their brawling for one brief moment to look out at the carnage…
Homicide and Kronus both run at each other, and pass by…
KRONUS CONNECTS WITH AIR KRONUS OVER THE ROPES ONTO CHRIS HARRIS AND LOW KI!!!
HOMICIDE FLIES THROUGH THE MIDDLE ROPE WITH A DIVING DLIP ONTO SATURN AND JAMES STORM!!!
HOLY SHIT!!!!
The Asylum is at fever pitch as
ALL SIX MEN are down and out!!!
Kronus is first to his feet on his side of the floor and lifts up Low Ki, decking him with an uppercut…
Homicide lifts up Saturn and drops him onto the steel guard rail!! Homicide stops to taunt for a quick second…
HOMICIDE EATS A SUPERKICK FROM JAMES STORM!!!
Kronus has Low Ki where he wants him as he tosses him
HARD INTO THE STEEL GUARD RAIL!!!
Chris Harris runs at Kronus…
CHRIS HARRIS TAKES KRONUS OUT WITH A BIG TIME LARIAT!!!
Harris keeps his momentum moving forward…
HARRIS CLOTHESLINES LOW KI OVER THE GUARD RAIL…INTO THE FIRST ROW!!!
James Storm has made his way around as he begins a full sprint as he and his partner Chris Harris lock eyes…
Storm gets a full head of steam…leaping into the arms of Harris…
CHRIS HARRIS TOSSES JAMES STORM OVER THE GUARD RAIL ONTO LOW KI IN THE FIRST ROW!!!!
THIS IS INSANE!!!!
Harris doesn’t have much time to assess the damage as Saturn runs full speed ahead…
SATURN WITH A BICYCLE KICK TO CHRIS HARRIS!!!
Saturn and Kronus recover long enough to hone in on Homicide, who is slow to get up from the Superkick…The Eliminators take turns drilling Homicide with rights and lefts!!! They toss Homicide inside the ring and begin to follow suit…
The Eliminators size up Homicide, looking to finish him off for good…
LOOK UP!!!
LOW KI SKIES THROUGH THE AIR WITH A TOP ROPE FLYING CROSS BODY…TAKING OUT BOTH SATURN AND KRONUS!!!
Low Ki and Homicide are now in control as look to take the offense to Saturn and Kronus…
While all of this is going down inside the ring, AMW have decided to
PULL OUT SOME TABLES!!!!
James Storm sets up a table on the floor, while Harris sets his table up on the opposite side…
AMW look to join the party inside the ring, but both teams are waiting for them…The Eliminators put the boots to Harris while Murderaz Row stomp on James Storm!!
The Eliminators send Chris Harris off the ropes…Harris ducks the double clothesline attempt from Saturn and Kronus…
CHRIS HARRIS CONNECTS WITH A DOUBLE CLOTHESLINE TO HOMICIDE AND LOW KI!!!
Harris bounces back off the ropes, James Storm sets up behind Saturn and Kronus…
HARRIS HITS A SPINNING HEEL KICK ON BOTH SATURN AND KRONUS…
ALL WHILE JAMES STORM LEG SWEEPS BOTH MEN UNDERNEATH!!!!
AMW just hit their own version of TOTAL ELIMINATION!!!!
Saturn and Kronus smartly roll outside the ring on opposite sides! Homicide and Low Ki follow Saturn to the floor while AMW follow Kronus to the floor!
AMW double-team Kronus as they send him HARD into the steel guard rail!!! Harris runs at Kronus but Kronus is ready
AND DRILLS HARRIS WITH A DISCUSS CLOTHESLINE!!! Kronus then runs at James Storm, who is charging full speed ahead…
KRONUS AND JAMES STORM CLOTHESLINE EACH OTHER ON THE RINGSIDE FLOOR!!!
Saturn fights back as he drills Homicide with a forearm smash!!! Low Ki goes to punch Saturn but he ducks…
SATURN GRABS HOMICIDE AND TOSSES HIM SHOULDER-FIRST INTO THE RING POST!!!
Saturn turns right around and ducks a kick from Low Ki…
SATURN PICKS UP LOW KI AND HITS A GERMAN SUPLEX ON THE FLOOR!!!
Saturn places Homicide on the table as he begins to climb to the top turnbuckle…
Saturn is looking to leap off, but before he can, Low Ki cuts him off!!! Low Ki and Saturn throw hands on the top turnbuckle…
LOW KI GOUGES THE EYE OF SATURN!!!!
Low Ki then gets Saturn in position, while shouting for Homicide to MOVE from the table…
LOW KI JUMPS OFF WITH SATURN…
KI KRUSHER THROUGH THE TABLE BELOW!!!!!
HOLY SHIT!!!!
Homicide grabs a hold of Saturn and tosses him inside the ring! Low Ki follows as he heads to the top turnbuckle…
MEANWHILE…
AMW have Kronus right where they want him, as they have slid him inside the ring…
.JAMES STORM HITS A HUGE SPINEBUSTER ON KRONUS….AND THEN HOLDS ON…ALL WHILE CHRIS HARRIS ASCENDS TO THE TOP….
HOMICIDE HAS SATURN UP IN NO REMORSE….
THUG STOMP TO SATURN!!!!
SIMULTANEOUSLY…
DEATH SENTENCE TO KRONUS!!!!!
Storm pins Kronus while Homicide pins Saturn…
Referee Rudy Charles looks down at both Saturn and Kronus being pinned at the same exact time…
AND USES BOTH HANDS TO COUNT!!!!
1….1….2….2….
3….3!!!!!!
BOTH SATURN AND KRONUS HAVE BEEN PINNED SIMULTANEOUSLY!!!!!!
Referee Rudy Charles looks down at Jeremy Borash, who has gotten word from the back…
Winners at 15:00- NO CONTEST
THIS BRINGS OUT TNA PRESIDENT JIM CORNETTE!!!!
Cornette heads on down the ramp, mic in hand…all while both Murderaz Row AND America’s Most Wanted are claiming victory inside the ring…
“How in the hell does stuff like this always happen?”
Cornette shakes his head as he walks over towards the Timekeeper’s desk, picking up the Tag Titles…
“Murderaz Row…America’s Most Wanted…you both won tonight…and since we don’t have two sets of titles…NEITHER OF YOU WIN! Eliminators…YOU DON’T GET TO KEEP YOUR TAG TITLES AFTER YOU BOTH GOT PINNED….which means one thing…these titles will be put on ice until KINGDOM COME…WHERE ALL THREE OF YOUR TEAMS WILL COMPETE…IN A LADDER MATCH!!!!”
The Asylum
POPS LOUD for the announcement, as these three teams squaring off in a
LADDER MATCH is what TNA is all about!!!!
Cornette carries the Tag Titles up the entrance ramp as back inside the ring, Murderaz Row and AMW are too tired to think about fighting…and as far as The Eliminators…they’ve just lost their Tag Titles...for now…and will have to climb up a ladder to retrieve them in two weeks at
KINGDOM COME if they want them back!!!
We head to the backstage area where a crowd has gathered around
DUSTY RHODES and JEFF JARRETT!! The two stand a few feet a part from each other, as Goldilocks stands in between the two. A host of talent not being used tonight forms a circle around the two men, while they hold their lucky coins in hand.
Dusty has a cool, calm look on his face, while Jarrett is cool and calm because standing behind him are TRAVIS TOMKO and MATT MORGAN! Anybody would be cool and calm with those two behemoths by their side!
TNA President Jim Cornette has made his way back from the ringside area, and stands at the side…
“Alright, now let’s keep this fair and civil…and I stress civil…Dusty, you flip your coin…Jeff, you flip yours…call it in the air…whoever calls right, gets the advantage…”
Dusty kisses his coin for good luck….
“Tails never fails, baby!”
Dusty shouts. Jarrett cracks his neck as if he is about to wrestle a match…
“Heads. Whatever this old dog calls, I gotta go with the opposite!”
Dusty and Jarrett both flip their coins…
JARRETT’S COIN LANDS ON TAILS!
DUSTY’S COIN LANDS ON TAILS!!!
DUSTY WINS THE ADVANTAGE NEXT WEEK IN OPERATION: VICTORY!!!
Dusty picks up his coin, but the celebration is short lived…
AS JARRETT CHEAP SHOTS DUSTY!!!
The crowd of unused talent tries to step in, but quickly step out when Tomko and Morgan clear them out of the way!!!
“You want the advantage? Fine! We’re gonna have an advantage, too!”
Jarrett shouts as he then steps in front of TNA President Jim Cornette…
Tomko and Morgan drag Dusty over towards the catering table…
TOMKO AND MORGAN BOTH LIFT DUSTY RHODES UP…
AND DOUBLE CHOKESLAM HIM THROUGH THE TABLE!!!!
“Let’s go boys, our work is done! Advantage my ass! We have the REAL advantage! It’s 4 on 3 now!”
Jarrett shouts as he and his crew of Tomko and Morgan quickly walk off the scene! Jim Cornette rushes over to Dusty, who is out cold in the middle of the table, which caved in and the hot plates serving dinner have fallen on top of him!!!
“We need some help over here! Quick! Get me some damn help!”
Cornette and the rest of the unused talent all huddle around Dusty, who lies motionless on the ground!!!
West and Tenay begin to hype
NEXT WEEK’S HUGE SHOW, which features the first-ever
OPERATION: VICTORY MATCH!! They wonder if Dusty will be able to compete after the heinous acts from Jeff Jarrett and his henchmen…
They then shift focus, as we get ready for our HUGE MAIN EVENT! We get a video package hyping up all TEN men who are prepared for war in just a few short minutes! The package focuses on Mike Awesome’s return…Jack Foley’s slip into madness…Ekmo, Sabu and Monty Brown destroying each other every week…Terry Funk’s return to the ring for the first time since August…Rhino, Ken Shamrock and Ron Killings forced to get along tonight while they team up next week…and lastly, Steve Corino, who has been dubbed “The Cornerstone” of TNA…
The camera pans around the ringside area, which has been turned into a war zone!! Tables set up everywhere…steel chairs all over…trash cans filled with weapons…
THE ASYLUM IS READY FOR SOME ANARCHY!!!
IT IS OFFICIALLY ASYLUM ANARCHY TIME!!!
The rules are quite simple:
2 participants start out, with another participant entering in TWO MINUTE INTERVALS
Pinfalls or submissions may take place ANYWHERE inside THE ASYLUM!
The last man standing wins, and heads to Kingdom Come to fight RAVEN for the NWA WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP!
Main Event- Asylum Anarchy
Winner faces NWA World Champion Raven at Kingdom Come
The Asylum awaits the first two participants…
PARTICIPANT #1: MIKE AWESOME
Mike Awesome has his work cut out for him, as he drew the worst possible number! If anybody can go the distance, it’s “The Gladiator” who has more reason to win this and get his title back than anybody else…
PARTICIPANT #2: EKMO
Ekmo draws the number two, as he heads on out with Don Callis! Ekmo and Mike Awesome had a classic feud over the summer, and the two will have two minutes to re-kindle the flame…
Ekmo and Callis stand at the bottom of the entrance ramp, jeering at the fans…
WATCH OUT!!!
MIKE AWESOME SKIES THROUGH THE AIR, LANDING ON BOTH EKMO AND DON CALLIS!!!
We can already tell what kind of match this is going to be!!!
Awesome soaks in the roar from The Asylum as gets to his feet, and stays on the offensive! Awesome goes in a full mount on top of Ekmo, drilling him with rights and lefts, not giving the big man any chance to get back to his feet!!!
Awesome lifts Ekmo up to his feet and grabs him by the head…
AWESOME GOES TO TOSS EKMO INTO THE RING POST…BUT EKMO REVERSES IT AND SENDS MIKE AWESOME FACE-FIRST INTO THE RING POST!!!
Ekmo catches his breath as Awesome
IS ALREADY BUSTED WIDE OPEN!!!
Awesome turns around…
EKMO WITH A SAVATE KICK!!!
Awesome hits the deck as Ekmo soaks in the boos from the crowd!
Ekmo lifts Mike Awesome back to his feet, and smashes his face off of a table!!!
A clock pops up on the bottom right-hand side as a countdown begins…
PARTICIPANT #3: RON KILLINGS
Ron Killings makes his way out, and heads straight for Ekmo! Killings sprints down the entrance ramp and launches himself…
KILLINGS WITH A DIVING CLOTHESLINE TO EKMO!!!
Ekmo falls back and hits his back
HARD on the apron! Killings goes to work on Mike Awesome, but
“The Gladiator” has recovered and meets Killings with a hard right hand!
Awesome sizes up Killings…
MIKE AWESOME GOES FOR A BIG BOOT…
BUT KILLINGS DOES A SPLIT, DUCKING THE MOVE…
MIKE AWESOME FOLLOWS THROUGH…
AND DRILLS EKMO WITH A BIG BOOT!!!
Ekmo flies into the guard rail as Awesome turns his attention back towards Ron Killings!
Awesome grabs Killings by the head and tosses him up onto the apron! Killings tries to fight his way out of Awesome’s grasp, but the big man is just too powerful!!! Awesome lifts Killings up…
MIKE AWESOME LEAPS OFF THE APRON…HITTING AN AWESOME BOMB ON RON KILLINGS THROUGH THE TABLE!!!!
PARTICIPANT #4: RHINO
Rhino is out next and gets a full head of steam down the entrance ramp…
RHINO GORES MIKE AWESOME THROUGH A TABLE PROPPED UP ON THE STEEL GUARD RAIL!!!!
HOLY SHIT!!!!
Rhino is looking to protect Ron Killings, a member of his Operation: Victory team next week!!!
Rhino shakes the cobwebs from his head and sizes up Ekmo…
RHINO GORES EKMO STRAIGHT INTO THE GUARD RAIL!!!!
Rhino is somehow still standing, as he sets his sights back towards Mike Awesome, who is slowly climbing his way through the debris of the table!! Rhino slides Mike Awesome inside the ring and begins to size him up…Rhino runs full speed ahead at Mike Awesome…
WHEN EKMO CUTS RHINO OFF WITH A SIDE-SPEAR OF HIS OWN!!!!
Everyone is down and out, except for Ekmo, who stands tall in the center of the ring…
PARTICIPANT #5: SABU
The camera zooms to the top of the ramp, but nobody comes out…
IT MUST BE THAT DAMN SABU AGAIN!!!
Inside the ring, Ekmo continues to taunt the crowd…
WHEN SABU EMERGES ON THE TOP ROPE…SABU LEAPS OFF…AND DROPKICKS A CHAIR RIGHT INTO EKMO’S FACE!!!!
Ron Killings quickly rolls up Sabu!!!
1…2….NOO!!!
Sabu kicks out, picks back up his chair…
SABU RIFLES THE CHAIR INTO RON KILLINGS’ HEAD!!!!
Killings falls backwards, right into Ekmo…
EKMO LIFTS KILLINGS UP…
EKMO WITH A SAMOAN DROP TO RON KILLINGS ON TOP OF A STEEL CHAIR!!!
Ekmo covers Killings!!!
1….2….3!!!
RON KILLINGS HAS BEEN ELIMINATED
Killings is the first one to go at the half-way point of the match!!!
Ekmo doesn’t have time to celebrate…
SABU RIFLES A CHAIR INTO EKMO’S HEAD!!!
Ekmo stumbles, and then turns around…
MIKE AWESOME DRILLS EKMO OVER THE HEAD WITH A STEEL CHAIR!!!!
PARTICIPANT #6: MONTY BROWN
Ekmo bounces off the ropes, still not down from the chair shots…
AND RUNS RIGHT INTO A POOOUNNNCEEEE FROM MONTY BROWN!!!!
Sabu and Mike Awesome then stare at each other, both wielding chairs…
AWESOME AND SABU BEGIN TO SMACK THE CHAIRS…AND WE HAVE A SWORD-FIGHT CHAIR-FIGHT ON OUR HANDS!!!
Awesome decides to take matters into his own hands…
AWESOME KICKS THE CHAIR RIGHT INTO SABU’S FACE!!!
MEANWHILE…
MONTY COVERS EKMO!!!!
1….2…3!!!!
EKMO HAS BEEN ELIMINATED
Mike Awesome and Monty Brown have their backs turned to each other, and eventually bump into each other before slowly turning around…
THE ASYLUM GOES NUTS AS MONTY AND MIKE AWESOME STAND FACE TO FACE!!!
Mike Awesome senses Rhino running full speed ahead, and at the last second moves…
RHINO GORES MONTY BROWN THROUGH THE MIDDLE ROPE TO THE FLOOR!!!!
HOLY SHIT!!!!
Mike Awesome wants to get in on the fun…
MIKE AWESOME SKIES OVER THE ROPES ONTO BOTH MEN AT RINGSIDE!!!
It’s Sabu’s turn to have some fun as he sets up his chair…
SABU LEAPS FROM THE CHAIR TO THE ROPES, FLIPS HIS FEET OVER…
TRIPLE JUMP MOONSAULT ONTO EVERYBODY AT RINGSIDE!!!!
HOLY SHIT!!!!
PARTICIPANT #7: KEN SHAMROCK
Ken Shamrock heads on down, and assesses the damage as
EVERYBODY is down!!! Shamrock lifts Sabu up to his feet…
SHAMROCK WITH AN OVERHEAD BELLY-TO-BELLY SUPLEX TO SABU ON THE FLOOR!!!
Mike Awesome slowly gets up, and props another table up on the steel guard rail! Awesome and Monty trade blows in front of the table…
RHINO RUNS FULL SPEED AHEAD…
BUT BOTH MONTY AND MIKE AWESOME MOVE AT THE LAST SECOND!!!!
AND RHINO GOES HEAD-FIRST THROUGH THE TABLE!!!!
Ken Shamrock sees his tag partner down and out, face-first through the table and goes to help…
BUT MIKE AWESOME CUTS KEN SHAMROCK OFF WITH A FLYING CLOTHESLINE!!!!
Monty Brown goes over towards Rhino, but before he can…
SABU MISSILES A CHAIR INTO MONTY’S FACE!!!!
MIKE AWESOME COVERS RHINO!!!
1….2….3!!!
RHINO HAS BEEN ELIMINATED
PARTICIPANT #8: JACK FOLEY
The deranged Jack Foley heads out next, and quickly grabs a trash can full of weapons and begins to dump it out!!!
Mike Awesome notices Jack Foley and makes a run for him…
FOLEY IS WAITING AND DRILLS MIKE AWESOME WITH A SINGAPORE CANE!!!
Awesome eats the cane shot, screams in the face of Foley…
MIKE AWESOME WITH A BIG BOOT TO JACK FOLEY!!!
Monty Brown and Ken Shamrock have both recovered, and both set their sights for Sabu! Monty lunges at Sabu but Sabu leaps out of the way, landing on top of the steel guard rail…
Sabu tries to balance on the guard rail…
BUT MIKE AWESOME HAS JACK FOLEY UP OVER HIS SHOULDER…
AWESOME LAUNCHES JACK FOLEY LIKE A LAWN DART RIGHT INTO SABU…
AND BOTH SABU AND FOLEY LAND IN THE CROWD!!!
HOLY SHIT!!!
Monty and Ken Shamrock begin to duke it out on the opposite side of the outside floor! Monty has set up another table, propped up against the steel guard rail. He has the upper hand on Shamrock as Shamrock is right in front of the table…
MONTY GOES FOR THE POOUNNCEE….
BUT SHAMROCK COUNTERS IT…AND TOSSES MONTY BROWN THROUGH THE TABLE!!!!
PARTICIPANT #9: TERRY FUNK
Terry Funk is out next as we are down to our final two entrants for the match!! Funk doesn’t get very far…
WHEN JACK FOLEY CLOTHESLINES FUNK ON THE ENTRANCE RAMP!!!
Foley gets on top of his former friend and begins throwing lefts and rights! Eventually, he looks down at Funk, and a look of disappointment forms across the face of Foley!
Foley doesn’t have long to be disappointed at himself for beating up his best friend…
SABU SMACKS FOLEY IN THE BACK OF THE HEAD WITH A SINGAPORE CANE!!!
Sabu then turns his attention towards Terry Funk…
SABU BLASTS FUNK ACROSS THE HEAD WITH THE CANE!!!
Sabu picks up a steel chair, and like a man on a mission begins running full speed ahead at Mike Awesome….
WHO IS WAITING FOR SABU AND CLOTHESLINES THE CHAIR INTO SABU’S FACE!!!!
Mike Awesome then lifts the motionless Sabu up…
AWESOME BOMB ON THE STEEL ENTRANCE RAMP!!!!
Awesome with the cover…
1…2…3!!!
SABU HAS BEEN ELIMINATED
Mike Awesome looks down at Funk and Foley, and begins to stomp on both of them!!
PARTICIPANT #10: STEVE CORINO
What a surprise, the man closest to the man making the decisions draws a nice cushy spot at number 10! Corino takes his time as he steps around Mike Awesome beating down on Foley and Funk…
Back on the opposite side of the ring, Monty Brown is still down and out inside the exploded table!
Ken Shamrock has caught his breath, as he finds solace in the most ironic place of the match-
INSIDE THE RING!!!
Shamrock decides to set up a table as he catches his breath, looking out at the carnage…
An unsuspecting Steve Corino has avoided all of the carnage at ringside, and slides inside the ring, not realizing…
THAT KEN SHAMROCK IS RIGHT THERE WAITING FOR HIM!!!
Shamrock lifts Corino up by his hair, as West and Tenay sell that this could possibly be a preview for next week in
OPERATION: VICTORY!!!
Shamrock doesn’t have long to enjoy beating down on Steve Corino…
WHEN SUDDENLY…
TRAVIS TOMKO AND MATT MORGAN RUSH THE RING!!!
Shamrock puts Corino down and tries his best to fight off the two monsters, but to no avail!!!
Tomko and Morgan trade clotheslines on Ken Shamrock before they hoist him up, holding onto him on both sides…
STEVE CORINO BLASTS KEN SHAMROCK OVER THE HEAD WITH A STEEL CHAIR!!!!
Matt Morgan lifts the motionless Ken Shamrock up, while Tomko heads to the top rope…
DEATHSWITCH TO KEN SHAMROCK THROUGH THE TABLE!!!
Steve Corino hooks the leg, looking like he has done something out here tonight…
1…2….3!!!
KEN SHAMROCK HAS BEEN ELIMINATED
Back on the outside, Jack Foley holds his own trading blows with Mike Awesome and Terry Funk! Mike Awesome has decided to head all the way up to the top of the entrance ramp, steel chair in hand!
Down on the floor, Funk and Foley duke it out some more…
MIKE AWESOME GETS A RUNNING HEAD START…
MIKE AWESOME FLIES THROUGH THE AIR…SMASHING THE CHAIR INTO BOTH TERRY FUNK AND JACK FOLEY’S HEADS!!!!
Mike Awesome stands up…
MONTY BROWN HITS THE POOOUNNCEE TO MIKE AWESOME!!!
Monty then sets his sights inside the ring, where Corino, Tomko and Morgan are standing around, watching everything unfold!!!
Monty heads inside the ring to take them all on…
BUT HE HAS HELP!!!
FOLEY AND FUNK HEAD INSIDE THE RING!!!
WE ARE ALL SQUARED UP!!!
Foley clotheslines Tomko out of the ring!!!
Funk smacks Matt Morgan with a stop sign!!!!
Monty gets his hands on Corino for a split second…
BUT CORINO THROWS A HANDFUL OF THUMBTACKS INTO THE FACE OF MONTY BROWN!!!
Foley and Funk clear the ring…
AND TURN AROUND TO SEE STEVE CORINO!!!!
Both Foley and Funk have been at war with Steve Corino for quite some time!!! The Asylum eats up Funk and Foley teaming up on Steve Corino…Corino holds his hands out, begging the two not to hurt him…
JACK FOLEY KICKS TERRY FUNK SQUARE IN THE BALLS!!!!
DOUBLE UNDERHOOK DDT!!!!
Foley pins Funk!!!
1…2…3!!!
TERRY FUNK HAS BEEN ELIMINATED
AND THEN THERE WERE FOUR!!!!
Mike Awesome, Steve Corino, Monty Brown and Jack Foley are the ones left standing!!
Corino thinks Foley is on his side, as he raises Foley’s hand…
Foley brings Corino in for a hug, showing his true colors…
JACK FOLEY BEGINS BITING THE EAR OF STEVE CORINO!!!!
JACK FOLEY ISN’T A HEEL…HE’S JUST A CRAZY SON OF A BITCH!!!!
Mike Awesome has recovered and wails away on Monty Brown on the floor! Mike Awesome has ruled the ringside area the entire match, which has been going on nearly
THIRTY MINUTES already!!!
Monty Brown is worn down, with not much left in the tank as Awesome smashes his head into the ring post!!
Awesome rips up the protective padding to expose the concrete…
Mike Awesome lifts Monty Brown up…
AWESOME BOMB TO MONTY BROWN ON THE EXPOSED CONCRETE!!!!
1….2…3!!!
MONTY BROWN HAS BEEN ELIMINATED
Mike Awesome looks over to find Steve Corino rolling around on the floor, holding his ear…
MIKE AWESOME DRILLS STEVE CORINO WITH A KICK RIGHT TO THE HEAD!!!
Awesome picks up Corino…
AWESOME BOMB TO STEVE CORINO ON THE EXPOSED CONCRETE!!!!
BUT WAIT!!! LOOK UP!!!
JACK FOLEY COMES CRASHING DOWN THROUGH THE AIR WITH A FLYING ELBOW DROP ONTO STEVE CORINO!!!!
The move knocks Mike Awesome over, as well!!!
Foley is in pain, but drapes an arm over Corino…
1….2….3!!!
STEVE CORINO HAS BEEN ELIMINATED
WE ARE DOWN TO TWO MEN- MIKE AWESOME AND JACK FOLEY!!!!
Both men want Raven more than anything in the world!!!!
Foley smashes a chair over Mike Awesome’s back, and we can visibly see that coming out at number 1 has worn Mike Awesome down tremendously!
Foley drags Mike Awesome over towards the Announcer’s table, and screams for West and Tenay to get out of the way!!!
Foley smashes Awesome’s head off the announcer’s table!!! He places Mike Awesome up onto the announcers table as he climbs up onto the apron…
Foley measures his distance from the table as he looks out….
THE ASYLUM IS ON THEIR FEET!!!
JACK FOLEY HOLDS HIS ARMS STRETCHED OUT…DOING HIS BEST RAVEN IMPERSONATION!!!
FOLEY RUNS OFF THE APRON…
FOLEY WITH AN ELBOW DROP ON MIKE AWESOME THROUGH THE ANNOUNCER’S TABLE!!!!!
Both Foley and Mike Awesome are out cold…but
FOLEY MANAGES TO DRAPE AN ARM OVER MIKE AWESOME!!!
THIS IS IT!!!!
1….2…….NOOOOOOO!!!!
MIKE AWESOME KICKS OUT AT THE LAST POSSIBLE SECOND!!!!
THE ASYLUM GOES CRAZY FOR THE KICK OUT!!!!
Jack Foley hears the roar of the crowd, and in his sick and twisted mind thinks he has won the match!!!!
Foley raises his hands and begins to rejoice at ringside…
WHEN THE CAMERA SHOT PANS TO MIKE AWESOME EMERGING FROM THE RUBBLE…LOOKING TO KILL!!!!
Awesome latches his hand around Jack Foley’s neck, looking over at a table wrapped in barbed wire that hasn’t been used yet in the match….
Foley elbows his way out of Awesome’s grasp, and tries his best to run away…
Foley tries to climb to the top turnbuckle, kicking, scratching and clawing at Mike Awesome, who calmly follows Foley to the top, looking to finish this thing once and for all!!!
Awesome blocks a punch from Foley and delivers a massive
HEADBUTT that stuns Foley!!! Awesome then crawls underneath Foley, lifting him up in the
AWESOME BOMB POSITION!!!!
Awesome is on the middle rung of the turnbuckle on the apron, with Foley ready…
MIKE AWESOME HITS A TOP ROPE AWESOME BOMB THROUGH THE BARBED WIRE TABLE BELOW!!!!!
ARE YOU KIDDING ME?!?!?!?!?
HOLY SHIT!!!!!
The Asylum is at fever pitch!!!! Mike Awesome places his arm over the fallen Jack Foley….
1….2….3!!!!!!!
JACK FOLEY HAS BEEN ELIMINATED
Winner at 37:00 AND NEW #1 CONTENDER TO THE NWA WORLD TITLE- Mike Awesome
The Asylum
ERUPTS for Mike Awesome, who somehow, some way emerges victorious…
MIKE AWESOME WILL GET A CHANCE AT REVENGE…AS HE WILL NOW FACE NWA WORLD CHAMPION RAVEN AT KINGDOM COME!!!!!
Mike Awesome emerges from the rubble as he is too exhausted to stand up! Awesome has done it, and knows it, as he nods his head in approval while soaking in the loud pop from The Asylum!!!
Mike Awesome crawls over towards the entrance ramp as he tries to get to his feet…
WHEN HE LANDS AT THE FEET…
OF RAVEN!!!!!
Raven is flanked by Abyss, Vampiro and Father James Mitchell as he calmly stares down at Mike Awesome…
Raven drapes his NWA World title in front of his feet, and right in the face of Mike Awesome…
The Asylum is still at fever pitch as West and Tenay begin to sign us off!
The last scene we see from this week’s
CHAOTIC episode is Raven doing his signature pose right in front of a beaten and broken-down Mike Awesome, with the NWA World title lying in between the two men!!!
And off in the distance, the camera picks up Jack Foley, who is on his knees doing Raven’s signature pose while looking up and smiling at Raven…
Mike Awesome has two weeks to recover from Asylum Anarchy if he wants any chance of gaining back the title he put on the map…The only thing standing in front of him is Raven…and possibly Jack Foley???
Well, I was dreading writing the Asylum Anarchy match all week, but it ended up being really fun. We only have two shows left for this year, which is insane to think about. 23 shows down thus far. We are back here same time, same place, next week…for those still on this journey with me, I hope you all enjoy!!!
