Weekly Warfare 09/15/08

Show opens with Money Inc(Dibiase and Goldberg) in the ring with a mic. TED : Ric Flair! I need you out here right now! Flair comes out at the top of the ramp. TED : Ric, I understand that due to Eddie Guerrero sustaining a neck injury at Fall Brawl, he's gonna be out for 7 more weeks. Well since I did beat him at Fall Brawl, I expect you to do the right thing and walk down here, strap that title around my waist, and name me the new Universal Heavyweight Champion! FLAIR : (Smiling) Oh is that what you expect? Well first off Dibiase, you won by DQ. And only because that goon of yours interfered. So here's what's gonna happen. 8 UCW superstars, including yourself, will compete in a tournament to crown a new Universal Champion. We will have 2 quarter-final matches tonight, 2 quarter-final matches next week, including your match, 2 semifinal matches in 2 weeks, and the final match at our next Pay-Per-View, Halloween Havoc! To make sure that goon doesn't get involved in your match next week, you'll be inside of a steel cage! And your opponent will be The Crippler, Chris Benoit!(Crowd goes wild). Now, Goldberg, you've cost me money, big man! But I think you'll get yours tonight as I've had a special request by someone to face you tonight. GOLDBERG : Who? FLAIR : Right here from the Pengrowth Saddledome, here in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, with Dibiase barred from ringside, Goldberg you will also face Chris Benoit!(Crowd erupts with a huge pop.) WOOOO!!! Fades to Commercial.

Backstage with Hulk Hogan. HULK : Impact Players, come on in. (Robert Roode, Lance Storm, and Justin Credible come in.) HULK : Tonight you guys face The Next Generation Hart Foundation and their partner, Rob Van Dam. CREDIBLE : Hogan, we've owned the Harts. I mean we've beaten them in singles matches. We even beat them in a tag match at Fall Brawl. But if you want to bring RVD, then we'll beat him too!

MICHAEL COLE : Hello everyone and welcome to the Pengrowth Saddledome, here in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, for Universal Championship Wrestling's Weekly Warfare! As always, I'm joined by my broadcast partner Taz. TAZ : Wow Cole! What a barnburner of a show we're gonna have tonight! ANNOUNCER : This is our opening contest of the evening and is the first Quarterfinal Universal Title Tournament match. First, being led to the ring by The Beautiful People, at 249 lbs, from Pittsburgh, Pennslvania, the Franchise, Shane Douglas! His opponent, being led to the ring by his sister, Katie Lea, at 247 lbs, from Chelsee, England, Paul Burchill! Burchill hits an overhead belly to belly suplex, followed by a Northern Lights suplex, then a standing shooting star press. Douglas hits a couple suplexes of his own, including a belly to belly and a snap suplex. Burchill sets Douglas up for his C-4, standing moonsault side slam, but Douglas reverses it into his Franchiser, stunner for the 1, 2, 3. ANNOUNCER : In 9:23, your winner is the Franchise, Shane Douglas! Fades to commercial.

Backstage with Hulk Hogan. HULK : Armando Estrada, your man Umaga is in the Universal Title Tournament and will face Mr. Kennedy, here tonight. ESTRADA : Hogan, tonight Umaga begins his climb to greatness. He's not worried about anyone in the UCW, because no one can beat him. Kennedy, you may as well get your gear and go back home. You're looking at the next champ! (Umaga yells something in Samoan.)

TAZ : Umaga's probably my odd's on favorite in the tournament. COLE : I don't know Taz. He's got to get past Kennedy, later tonight. But right now we have a special challenge match. Announcer : Our next match is a 6 man tag team match. First, making their way to the ring, at a total combined weight of 703 lbs, from Ozone Park, New York, Justin Credible, his partner, from Peterborough, Ontario, Canada, Robert Roode and their partner, from Calgary, Alberta, Canada, Lance Storm! Together, they areThe Impact Players! Their opponents being led to the ring by Jim "The Anvil" Neidhart, at a total combined weight of 457 lbs, and from Calgary, Alberta, Canada, DH Smith and Teddy Hart, the Next Generation Hart Foundation! Their partner, at 237 lbs, from Battle Creek, Michigan, Rob Van Dam! Great match that went back and forth. RVD hits a split legged moonsalt and a rolling thunder, senton splash. Roode hits a Roode Awakening, neck breaker. Storm hits a springboard clothesline from the top rope. But then DH puts ROODE in a side backbreaker and holds him over his knee as Teddy hits the Hart Attack shooting star press on him, from the top rope for the 1, 2, 3. ANNOUNCER : In 16:53, your winners are The Next Generation Hart Foundation and Rob Van Dam! Fades to commercial.

Backstage. HULK : I'm here brother with the Universal Tag Team Champions, The World's Greatest Tag Team. Guys, tonight you face Orlando Jordan and GoD's newest member, Ron "The Truth" Killings. SHELTON : The Truth? I'm gonna tell you the truth. Charlie, I've told you for the longest time, that I would not turn on you. The truth is, I shouldn't have had to prove it. But as for tonight, GoD, tonight we'll beat you again. Haas : And that's the truth!

COLE : What a great match up this is going to be Taz! TAZ : Well, I really don't like Mr. Kennedy's odds here. I'm still going with Umaga to win it all! ANNOUNCER : This is our 2nd quarterfinal Universal Title Tournament match. Being brought to the ring by Armando Estrada, at 350 lbs, from the Isle of Samoa, The Samoan Bulldozer, Umaga! His opponent, at (interrupted By Kennedy , walking to ring.) KENNEDY : Weighing in at 243 lbs, and hailing from that great city of Green Bay, Wisconsin, (Standing in the center of the ring) MISTERRR KENNEDDDDYYY, (He climbs up on a middle turnbuckle) KENNEDD(he's attacked from behind by Umaga.) Umaga lays in chop after chop to the top of his head. He picks Kennedy up, whipping him into the ropes for a sidewalk slam. He whips Kennedy into a corner and runs in behind him, but Kennedy raises a knee, catching Umaga in the face. Kennedy comes out attempting a clothesline, sending Umaga to the mat. Kennedy hits a Mic Check early and goes for the pin, but Estrada reaches in, putting Umaga's leg on the bottom rope. Kennedy bodyslams him in the center of the ring, then goes out to the top rope for a Kenton bomb, but Umaga rolls out of the way. He quickly picks Kennedy up, nailing him with the Samoan Spike for the 1, 2, 3. ANNOUNCER : In 13:56, your winner is The Samoan Bulldozer, Umaga! Fades to commercial.

In the ring for Carlito's Cabana. CARLITO : Welcome everyone to Carlito's Cabana. A nice drink(holds up a fuity colored drink with a tiny umbrella in it.) and a warm tropical breeze, now that's cool! But my next guest! He's not cool! Carlito welcomes, I don't know what to call him, some kind of champion, Tommy Dreamer! (Tommy comes to the ring.) Well Tommy, at Fall Brawl, you won the Universal Brass Knuckles Championship, but said you were changing the name of the title, and I see it's a new belt. So what champion are you? TD : I'm the Universal Hardcore Champion. CARLITO : As I recall, in that match, you were knocked out cold in the first minute. You were just lucky that the match didn't end before you woke up. In fact you better be glad that Carlito wasn't in that match, because Carlito would've had the match won before you came to and you would've never got the chance to rename that title. TD : Are you challenging me Carlito? Because if you are, all you got to do is bring it! Anytime, anyplace! CARLITO : Right here, next week! TD : That's cool!!!!(Tommy smiles and turns to leave, holding his belt overhead.) Carlito grabs both of his shoulders and falls backwards, delivering his backcracker on Tommy. Carlito gets up, grabs an apple and takes a bite, then spits it on Dreamer's prone body and smiles, CARLITO : No, that's cool!!! Fades to commercial.

TAZ : Wow Cole! What a show we're gonna have here next week. COLE : Indeed Taz! We already heard that we were going to see "The Million Dollar Man" Ted Dibiase take on "The Crippler" Chris Benoit, inside of a steel cage. TAZ : In the Universal Title Tournament! COLE : Now we know Tommy Dreamer will defend his Universal Hardcore title against Carlito. ANNOUNCER : This is a non-title, anything goes, street fight. First, coming down the aisle at 275 lbs, from Japan, Awesome Kong! Her opponent, being led to the ring by her father, Jim "The Anvil" Neidhart(crowd goes wild), at 140 lbs and from Calgary, Alberta, Canada, the Universal Womens Champion, Nattie Neidhart! (Crowd goes wild.) They fight in and out of the ring. Kong hits several slams and powerslams, followed by a double underhook facebuster on a chair. She taunts the Canadian crowd before going for the pin. Neidhart kicks out. She picks Nattie up, executing an Awesome Bomb, sitout powerbomb on the chair. The ref counts to 2 before being pulled out of the ring by "The Anvil." Kong goes over to the ropes, eyeing Anvil back to his corner. As she turns around, Nattie bounces the steel chair off her head, then smacks Kong in the knee 3 times with it, Nattie locks in a sharpshooter and Kong taps out. ANNOUNCER : In 9:12, your winner is the Universal Womens Champion, Natalya Neidhart! Fades to commercial.

Backstage. HULK : Generation of Domination, you're up next, so come on in here. LASHLEY : What did I tell you? I've said, that's GoD to you Hogan! Don't have us make an example of you, back here! Tonight, my guys, Ron Killings and Orlando Jordan, right here, will make an example of Benjamin and Haas and leave as the new Universal Tag Team Champions

COLE : You know Taz, it came as a complete shock to me, when Ron "The Truth" Killings came out as GoD's 3rd member at Fall Brawl. TAZ : Yeah, I would've never guessed it Cole. ANNOUNCER : Our next match is for the Universal Tag Team Championships. First, being brought to the ring by Bobby Lashley, at a total combined weight of 485 lbs, from Miami, Florida, Orlando Jordan! His partner, from Charlotte, North Carolina, Ron "The Truth" Killings! Together, they are the Generation of Domination! Their opponents, at a total combined weight of 498 lbs, the Universal Tag Team Champions, Charlie Haas and Shelton Benjamin, The Worlds Greatest Tag Team! Haas and Jordan start out. Jordan quickly armbars Haas and tags in Killings, who comes in, putting a couple boots to Charlie's ribs. He scoops him up for a side breaker, then drills him with a few right hands to the face. He taunts Benjamin, then runs into the ropes, coming back with a twisting, flying forearm on Haas. Haas comes back and makes the tag. Shelton comes in with a couple dropkicks to Jordan. Truth comes in to a dropkick as well, sending him out to the floor. Shelton whips Orlando into a corner and runs in with a Stinger splash, but Lashley pulls Jordan out of the way, from the floor. Haas comes in as Shelton shakes it off and atomic drops Jordan into Benjamins arms for an exploder suplex. Haas drapes Orlando over the top rope. Benjamin runs into the ropes, leapfrogging Haas and straddles Jodan's lower back. Haas goes out and Bobby sneaks around on the floor and jumps up, nailing Charlie, standing on the apron, with a spear. The ref sees Lashley over there and goes over, telling him to get back in GoD's corner. Benjamin gets behind Jordan, and runs him into the ropes in a schoolboy roll-up. Killings comes in, behind the ref's back and nails Benjamin with a scissors kick, then exits. The ref turns to see Orlando hook a leg for the 1, 2, 3. ANNOUNCER :  Your winners and new Universal Tag Team Champions are Orlando Jordan and Ron "The Truth" Killings, the Generation of Domination! Fades to commercial.

TAZ : Well Cole, I'd hate to be in Goldberg's shoes right now! COLE : After what he did to Eddie Guerrero last week at Fall Brawl, me too, Taz. I'd bet it would be safe to say that Benoit will be looking for payback! TAZ : Most definately! ANNOUNCER : This is our main event of the evening. Coming to the ring at 285 lbs, from Atlanta, Gorgia, Money Inc's Bill Goldberg! His opponent, at 233 lbs, from Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, "The Crippler" Chris Benoit! (Crowd comes to their feet with a huge pop.) Goldberg takes control early, inserting his power. He hits several slams, including a side slam and a forward running pwerslam. Benoit comes back with a couple knifeedge chops in the coprner, followed by a snap suplex and a top rope flying headbutt. Goldberg comes back, nailing Benoit, off the ropes, with a spear. He lifts him up in a delayed vertical suplex position for his Jackhammer, powerslam suplex, but Benoit counters, floating over, down Goldberg's back and executes his hat trick, 3 rolling German suplexes. He stands over Goldberg and taunts him, drawing the imaginary line across his throat, symbolizing that it's over, then Locks in the Crippler Crossfacr until Goldberg gives up. ANNOUNCER : Your winner, "The Crippler" Chris Benoit! Several wrestlers have to come from the back to make Benoit let go of the crossface as the show ends.