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REVIEW: Monday Nitro – September 4, 2000: The Horror

Welcome to KB’s Old School (and New School) Reviews. I’ve been reviewing wrestling shows for over twelve years now and have reviewed over 6,000 shows. Every Monday, Wednesday and Friday, I’ll be posting a new review here on Wrestlingrumors.net. It could be anything from modern WWE to old school to indies to anything in between. Note that I rate using letters instead of stars and I don’t rate matches under three minutes as really, how good or bad can something that short be? Monday Nitro #259 Date: September 4, 2000 Location: Reunion Arena, Dallas, Texas Commentators: Tony Schiavone, Jeremy Borash, Mark Madden This is a special (kind of) show for me as I remembered hearing about WarGames 2000 on Thunder and wanting to see it. Being a moron of twelve at the time, I stayed home to watch that while Monday Night Raw was taking place ten minutes from my house and a buddy of mine had an extra ticket. To this day I can’t explain what I was thinking. Let’s get to it. On a side note: this is ..

Impact Wrestling Results – March 15, 2018

Impact Wrestling Date: March 15, 2018 Location: Impact Zone, Orlando, Florida Commentators: Josh Matthews, Sonjay Dutt Things are entering a new phase here as we’re done with Crossroads, meaning it’s time to get ready for the next big show. While that hasn’t been announced yet, there is at least a hint of the upcoming World Title feud with Alberto El Patron staring down Austin Aries last week. Let’s get to it. Here’s Crossroads if you need a recap. Jeremy Borash (flashback time) is with everyone involved in Feast or Fired. The point of this: they’re all in Feast or Fired. Recap of Crossroads. That really was a good show. Opening sequence. Sami Callihan vs. Fallah Bahh Sami bounces off the huge Bahh and gets knocked into the corner by the power of the belly. The third knockdown has Sami bailing to the floor for a meeting with OVE. TBack in and Bahh takes him down to put a toe in Sami’s mouth. Callihan finally pulls him down by the head for a breather and some stomping keeps Ba..

Gail Kim’s New Role with Global Force Wrestling

<p>Jeremy Borash revealed during a <strong><a href="http://www.ringsidenews.com/tag/media/" title="media">media</a></strong> called on today that Gail Kim will be an <strong><a href="http://www.ringsidenews.com/tag/agent/" title="agent">agent</a></strong> for Global Force Wrestling following her in-ring retirement.</p><p><em>“This may be known but we are happy to have on <strong><a href="http://www.ringsidenews.com/tag/board/" title="board">board</a></strong> as an agent for Impact Wrestling, who will be helping with our Knockouts, Gail Kim, who announced that she would be retiring at the end of this year,” said Borash. “So she’s going to be taking on a more behind-the-scenes role. Everybody may not know but Gail and I had a very strong friendship for the last decade. I obviously do stuff with her husband Robert Irvine, the chef. And she has an incredible mind and really somebody that’s going to take the Knockouts to the next level. So she’s in Orlando and Tampa training gals that you’re seeing.”</em></p><p>Borash also mentioned that GFW has signed two new established female names but didn’t reveal any information on who exactly they are. We will have to wait and find out.</p>

Former WWE Superstar John Morrison Making GFW Debut

<p>Former WWE Superstar John Morrison (Johnny Mundo) will make his Global Force Wrestling debut at the upcoming Impact Live Events in the New York Tri-<strong><a href="http://www.ringsidenews.com/tag/state/" title="state">state</a></strong> area.</p><p>The events take <strong><a href="http://www.ringsidenews.com/tag/place/" title="place">place</a></strong> on August 4th in Long Island, August 5th in Staten Island and August 6th in Bridgeport, CT. Jeremy Borash confirmed the news on <strong><a href="http://www.ringsidenews.com/tag/media/" title="media">media</a></strong> call earlier today.</p>

Injury Suffered at Sunday’s Slammiversary Event

<p>PWInsider reports that Jeremy Borash suffered 25-35 puncture wounds on his wrists and palms after hitting the top rope splash onto thumbtacks during the match with Abyss vs. <strong><a href="http://www.ringsidenews.com/tag/scott/" title="Scott">Scott</a></strong> Steiner and Josh Mathews at Sunday’s Slammiversary event. After the match, Borash received medical attention and had his hands <strong><a href="http://www.ringsidenews.com/tag/taped/" title="taped">taped</a></strong> up.</p><p>Speaking of Borash and Mathews, they are expected to be returning to the announce <strong><a href="http://www.ringsidenews.com/tag/table/" title="table">table</a></strong> for commentary beginning with this week’s TV tapings.</p>

Final Card for Sunday’s Slammiversary Event

<p>The following matches are confirmed for Sunday’s Impact Wrestling Slammiversary event:</p><p><strong>Title Unification Match</strong><br />GFW Global Champion Alberto El Patron with Dos Caras vs. Impact World Heayweight Champion Bobby Lashley with King Mo</p><p><strong>Title Unification Match</strong><br />GFW <strong><a href="http://www.ringsidenews.com/tag/women/" title="Women">Women</a></strong>’s Champion Sienna vs. Impact Knockouts Champion Rosemary</p><p><strong>Fatal 4 Way for the Impact Tag Team & GFW Tag Team Titles</strong><br />Laredo Kid & Garza Jr. vs. Naomichi Marufuji & Taiji Ishimori vs. Drago & El Hijo del Fantasma vs. The LAX</p><p><strong>2 of 3 Falls for the X Division Title</strong><br />Low Ki vs. Sonjay Dutt</p><p><strong>Full Metal Mayhem Tag Team Match</strong><br />Eddie Edwards and Alisha Edwards vs. Davey Richards and Angelina Love</p><p><strong>Strap Match</strong><br />James Storm vs. Ethan Carter III</p><p>Jeremy Borash & Joseph Park vs. Josh Mathews & <strong><a href="http://www.ringsidenews.com/tag/scott/" title="Scott">Scott</a></strong> Steiner</p><p>DeAngelo Williams & Impact Grand Champion Moose vs. Chris Adonis & Eli <strong><a href="http://www.ringsidenews.com/tag/drake/" title="Drake">Drake</a></strong></p>

Mike Tenay Turns Down Offer for Impact Wrestling Return

<p>Mike <strong><a href="http://www.ringsidenews.com/tag/tenay/" title="Tenay">Tenay</a></strong> has reportedly turned down an offer to return to the announcers <strong><a href="http://www.ringsidenews.com/tag/booth/" title="booth">booth</a></strong> for Impact Wrestling.</p><p>According to the Wrestling Observer, with Jeremy Borash and Josh Mathews competing at the upcoming Slammiversary event, Impact wanted to have Tenay and Don West reunite and call the show. Tenay apparently turned the offer company down, which led to the Impact bringing in Robert Flores to work alongside West.</p>

Commentary Team Revealed for Slammiversary

<p>Impact Wrestling announced the following today:</p><p><em>IMPACT Wrestling Taps MLB/NHL Announcer Robert Flores For Slammiversary<br />Don West Comes Back For Color Commentary Duties</em></p><p><em>NASHVILLE (June 13, 2017) — IMPACT Wrestling is dipping into the high-profile sports world for a little broadcasting help at Slammiversary 15, a pay-per-view extravaganza on July 2 in Orlando, Florida.</em></p><p><em>IMPACT has signed Robert Flores to be the lead announcer for Slammiversary, to work alongside longtime IMPACT color commentator Don West, who is making a one-night return behind the microphone.</em></p><p><em>IMPACT faced an announcing dilemma for Slammiversary as broadcasters Josh Mathews and Jeremy Borash are wrestling in a tag-team match as the animosity between the two has boiled over in recent weeks. Borash and Joseph Park will team up against Mathews and “Big Poppa Pump” Scott Steiner, one of the most powerful and feared wrestlers of all time.</em></p><p><em>Flores is a studio host appearing across MLB Network’s programming, including MLB Network’s Emmy Award-winning daily studio show, MLB Tonight. In addition to MLB Network, Flores is a studio host for NHL Network and contributes across MLB Advanced Media’s digital properties, including MLB.com and Sports On Earth.</em></p><p><em>Flores joined MLB Network and NHL Network in 2016 from ESPN, where he most recently anchored SportsCenter, ABC’s college football studio updates and ESPN2’s Fantasy Football Now. Flores joined ESPN in 2005 as an ESPNews anchor and later contributed to a variety of studio shows, including Baseball Tonight, NBA Fastbreak and Friday Night Fights.</em></p><p><em>Flores is a lifelong pro wrestling fan.</em></p><p><em>“I’m excited to have a part in this year’s Slammiversary and grateful to Jeff Jarrett for this unique opportunity,” Flores said.</em></p><p><em>Flores said the match that he’s most excited to announce is for the X-Division Championship. “I’m a fan of high-flyers,” Flores said.</em></p><p><em>A <strong><a href="http://www.ringsidenews.com/tag/texas/" title="Texas">Texas</a></strong> native, Flores earned his bachelor’s degree in radio and television from the University of Houston in 1992. Flores attended J. Frank Dobie High School in Houston and is a member of their JFD Hall of Fame. His wrestling roots are engrained in his Houston childhood.</em></p><p><em>“To play a role in Slammiversary alongside Don West is really cool,” Flores said. “Slammiversary is an event 15-years in the making, and the best always separate themselves on the biggest stages – be it the in the wrestling ring or the World Series.</em></p><p><em>“I can’t wait to see what the IMPACT Wrestling stars do on July 2nd at Slammiversary.”</em></p><p><em>Don West broke onto the broadcasting scene in the 1990s on the Shop At Home Network. He was the popular, loud, energetic, abrasive salesman, pitching countless products on late-night television – and he even was in a parody <strong><a href="http://www.ringsidenews.com/tag/video/" title="video">video</a></strong> (portrayed by actor Will Ferrell) during a segment of Saturday Night Live.</em></p><p><em>West spent about 10 years as a color commentator for IMPACT Wrestling, dating back to the company’s first-ever event on June 19, 2002.</em></p><p><em>“I am so excited to be a part of IMPACT again and to be a part of the great Slammiversary weekend,” West said. “As an avid sports and baseball fan, it will be a great honor to work next to Robert Flores as I have admired his professionalism for years. When Jeff Jarrett asked me to do this, I had only one response, ‘YOU’VE GOT TO BE KIDDING ME!!!'”</em></p><p><em>“It will be great to see and hear Don West back on an IMPACT Wrestling broadcast; no one brings more energy and excitement to a broadcast than Don,” said Jeff Jarrett, the Chief Creative Officer for IMPACT Wrestling. “Having a broadcaster on Slammiversary at the <strong><a href="http://www.ringsidenews.com/tag/level/" title="level">level</a></strong> that Robert Flores has achieved is unbelievable. We are so excited to have RoFlo in the IMPACT family – and broadcast booth.”</em></p>

Impact Wrestling Spoilers – May 31st, 2017

<p>Thanks again to Himanshu D for passing along the following spoilers from Wednesday’s Impact taping in India:</p><p>Sonjay Dutt championship celebration to start off the show. Punjabi dancers out and Sonjay makes his entrance with Shera. He says what a night, it took 15 years to win the X-Division title and he did it in front of you guys. He thanks the crowd and promises to be the greatest X-Division champion of all time. Low Ki out. Sonjay says he hopes Low Ki is here to congratulate him. Low Ki says he is indeed here to congratulate him. He says Sonjay had luck but he made use of it to become the champion. He says he truly feels the rightful place of the X-Division Championship is around his waist, and since he gave Sonjay a match up on his request, it’s only fair that Sonjay gives him a title shot. Sonjay agrees and says that they will face each other in a 2 out of 3 falls match at Slammiversary. Low Ki seemed pleased and shook Sonjay’s hand but then attacked him and Shera. He hit the foot stomp on Shera. He is about to do the same to Sonjay before Matt Sydal comes out and Low Ki retreats.</p><p>Swoggle chased Spud. They take it through the crowd. Spud escapes and says “kiss my ass” before running away.</p><p>* <strong>Laurel Van Ness and Sienna vs Allie and Rosemary:</strong> Sienna and Laurel make their entrance. Allie comes out. Rosemary’s music plays but she doesn’t come out. Sienna and Laurel walk towards Allie at the entrance way but Rosemary attacks them from behind. KM comes in during the match but Braxton comes out and fights him to the back. A distraction and Laurel hits the Curb Stomp on Rosemary and Sienna pins her for the win.</p><p>* <strong>KM vs Mahabali Shera:</strong> Doctors try to stop Shera from going out for his match. KM attacks right from the bell, pins him but Shera kicks out. KM is in disbelief. KM goes on the offense but Shera fights back. KM goes for the pumphandle sitout facebuster but Shera counters it to hit the Sky High for the win. After the match, Kongo Kong comes out and they double team on Shera. Pumphandle sitout facebuster by KM. Kongo Kong hits the splash from the top rope. Shera has to be helped to the back.</p><p>* <strong>Trevor Lee vs Davey Richards vs Suicide vs Braxton Sutter vs Eddie Edwards Sony SIX X-Division Invitational (Elimination rules):</strong> Suicide eliminated Braxton, Trevor Lee eliminated Suicide, Davey was disqualified after he hit Eddie with a steel chair, Eddie was disqualified after he used a chair on Davey, Sydal wins after a shooting star press on Trevor Lee.</p><p>Eli Drake comes out with Christopher Adonis. He says he hears it when he sleep, he hears it when he eats, “Moose Moose Moose”. Crowd chants for Moose. Adonis says, “You really like Moose, huh? That chump doesn’t deserve to be in the same country let alone the same ring as me and Eli”. Eli says Moose is out her running his mouth and putting his nose in our business. A loud “Eli sucks” chant. He says this guy says he has a partner. He says Moose rhymes with Bruce and jokes about Prichard being his tag team partner. He tells Moose to shut the hell up and he needs him to be a man like CA and him. He says he needs Moose to walk down the aisle. Moose’s music hits. Moose says for first time, Eli is not a dummy. He says he can’t say the same for Chris. Moose says Eli’s right, he doesn’t have partner, all his friends are tied up, Eddie has a full metal mayhem against Davey, Alberto El Patron has his hands full with Lashley and even Rosemary has to get ready for Sienna. Eli says this is gonna be two on one. Moose says his partner is gonna be NFL star DeAngelo Williams. They look at the entrance way but no one comes out. Eli and Chris lay out Moose.</p><p>Matt Sydal’s Sony SIX X-Division Invitational trophy presentation is taped with the Sony Pictures Network CEO, Bruce Prichard and Scott D’Amore.</p><p>* <strong>EC3 and Lashley vs Storm and Alberto:</strong> EC3 and Lashley are in control until Storm gets the hot tag and he clears house. Storm sees the belt in the ring and is about to use it but Lashley stops him. EC3 and Lashley regain control of the match until Alberto gets the hot tag. During the match, EC3 gets angry at referee Brian Stifler’s count and whips him. Brian Hebner comes out and disqualifies EC3 and Lashley. They take the fight to the outside. Alberto chases Lashley away with a steel chair. Alberto celebrates with the GFW and Impact titles in the crowd.</p><p>* <strong>Trevor Lee and Low Ki vs Matt Sydal and Sonjay Dutt:</strong> Sydal and Dutt dominate the <strong><a href="http://www.ringsidenews.com/tag/early/" title="early">early</a></strong> part of the match, Lee and Low Ki get the advantage on Sydal, Sydal and Sonjay come back into it and Sydal gets the pin after a shooting star press.</p><p><strong>Contract signing for Slammiversary matches:</strong><br />Rosemary vs Sienna: Both sign the contract. Sienna says Rosemary thinks she’s so clever, this is the dumbest thing she ever did. Rosemary says that was very compelling. She says tonight Sienna may have signed the contract, all that means is at Slammiversary they are gonna sign her death certificate with her own <strong><a href="http://www.ringsidenews.com/tag/blood/" title="blood">blood</a></strong>. “Rosemary’s gonna kill you” chants.</p><p>First time ever mixed tag team Full Metal Mayhem Davey Richards and Angelina Love vs Eddie and Alisha Edwards: “Eddie’s gonna kill you” chants. Davey says you’re gonna have to kill me, because at Slammiversary, I’m gonna bury you. Eddie Edwards says this Sunday at Slammiversary, he’s gonna beat Davey’s ass right where it started.</p><p>James Storm is angry and has to be held back by Borash and Prichard. EC3 says he feels disconnected. He says he lashes out with this, he lashes out for you, he lashes out for this company, he lashes out for these people and for the last emotion that is of disgust. He says he’s gonna tear Storm’s ass piece by piece to the bone not because he wants to but because he has to. Because he’s a Carter and the world needs them. Storm tells EC3 to tell his family Storm is gonna take that strap and whip EC3 over and over and over and over and when the scars burn he’s gonna continue. He says he’s been here for 15 years. He says he’s the cowboy and “sorry about your damn luck”.</p><p>Champion vs champion Lashley vs Alberto: Lashley says all the talking is over, they know at Slammiversary Lashley is going to beat him, so just hand over the belt. He says all the talking is done. Alberto says why wait, we came all the way from America to India, Lashley has a title, he has a title, let’s do it right here tonight. He says it’s as easy as this, take it to the other corner. Alberto goes after Lashley and they everyone in the ring brawl. Bruce says everybody wants to fight tonight, Lashley can captain a team with Davey, EC3 and Kongo Kong, and Alberto can captain a team with Eddie, Storm and Shera.</p><p>* <strong>Mumbai Cats vs Eli Drake and Christopher Adonis:</strong> Mumbai Cats entered to Eli Drake’s music. Eli Drake gets the win after a Gravy Train.</p><p>* <strong>KM, Laurel Van Ness and Sienna vs Braxton Sutter, Allie and Rosemary:</strong> Rosemary mists Laurel, Sienna goes for the AK47 but Rosemary countered it into Red Wedding for the win. After the match, Rosemary stares at Allie, then taps her head and smiles, which makes Allie feel happy. Rosemary then taps Braxton’s head too.</p><p>* <strong>Kongo Kong, Davey Richards, EC3 and Lashley vs Alberto El Patron, James Storm, Eddie Edwards and Mahabali Shera:</strong> Shera comes out alone and the heels gang up on him, until El Patron’s music hits and he comes out with Storm and Eddie. The heels clear the ring. The <strong><a href="http://www.ringsidenews.com/tag/faces/" title="faces">faces</a></strong> and doctors take a look at Shera and they decide he cannot continue. They take him to the back. The match continues without Shera. Midway through the match, the heels are working on Eddie and they take out Storm and Alberto outside the ring before Eddie can get the tag. Shera comes out and gets the tag from Eddie. Shera hits the Attitude Adjustment on Lashley and a scoop slam on Kongo Kong. Shera goes for the pin but Lashley breaks it up. Lashley picks Shera up on his shoulder but Alberto tags himself in and he takes out Lashley. Shera and Alberto hang Kongo Kong from the corner and Alberto hits the double foot stomp for the win. The faces celebrate in the ring.</p><p>* <strong>Mumbai street fight Spud vs Swoggle:</strong> A directional sign board, pani puri stalls, coloured powder and trash cans around the place. The special guest referee is an Indian dwarf. Spud attacks from the outset, they take it to the outside where Swoggle throws coloured powder on Spud’s face, Spud attacks with the trash can near the entrance stage. They return to ringside and Spud takes out a table and places it near the apron. Spud hits Swoggle with the trash can lid, goes for a powerbomb off the apron but Swoggle bites Spud’s hand. Swoggle enters into the ring and tries to kick Spud onto the table but Spud fights out. Spud enters the ring and takes a mic and says he’s got a message, this is a big man’s business, he hates Swoggle, the boys at the back hate Swoggle and these people hate Swoggle. He says, “Here’s a secret, I meant to pull your pants down!” Swoggle slaps Spud, Spud attacks Swoggle in the corner, referee pulls Spud away from the corner. Spud pushes the referee down and accidentally pulled the referee’s pants down, Swoggle teams up with the referee and he pulls Spud’s pants down. He takes Spud to the apron, picks him up on his shoulders and through the table for the win. Swoggle celebrates with the referee.</p>