Universal Championship Wrestling's Weekly Warfare!

Ric Flair's theme plays. ANNOUNCER : Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome the GM, "Nature Boy" Ric Flar! (Flair comes to the ring.) RIC : WOOOO! Hello everyone and welcome to the FedExForum, here live from Memphis, Tennessee! (Huge pop from the crowd.)  As promised last week, in the Fatal 4-Way Hardcore Match, this Sunday at Halloween Havoc, for the Universal Hardcore Title, It will be the champion, Tommy Dreamer vs the former champion Hardcore Holly vs Carlito Colon vs Sabu! But we have a great show in store for you tonight as we will have our 2 semi-final matches in the Universal Title Tournament. The winners will go on to the Spin the Wheel, Make the Deal Match in the main event at Halloween Havoc! The losers will be in a Triple Threat Match against "The Masterpiece" Chris Masters for the North American Title. We will also have a match tonight to name a #1 contender for Gregory Helms' Universal Lightweight Championship. So sit back and enjoy yourselves and let us take you to the ultimate! WOOOO!!!!! Fades to commercial.

Backstage with Hulk Hogan. HULK : You're Bobby Lashley! You are GoD! You're A#1! LASHLEY : It's about time you got it right, Hogan. HULK : Bobby, later tonight you face Shane Douglas in the semi-finals of the Universal Title Tornament. LASHLEY : Shane is so far beneath me, it's not even funny. In fact, I don't even want to talk about him. I want to talk about that tiny little man, Taz! Taz, you better watch what comes out of your mouth or I'll snatch your little a*s up and put you in a world of hurt! You got that? Taz, I am Bobby Lashley and I am your GoD! Remember that!

MICHAEL COLE : Hello everyone and welcome to another Universal Championship Wrestling's Weekly Warfare! I'm joined by my irrate broadcast partner Taz. Please calm down Taz! TAZ : I'm OK Cole or I'll be OK, I should say. COLE : I know those were strong words from Lashley, but you've got to turn the other cheek! You've got a job to do, here with me. TAZ : You're right. Hi everyone! In our first match Cole, is the tag team that will face America's Most Wanted, this Sunday! COLE : Yeah, The Hart Foundation 2.0. TAZ : Taking on the Blue Bloods!

ANNOUNCER : This is our opening contest of the night and is set for 1 fall. First, being led to the ring by Katie Lea, at a total combined weight of 491 lbs, from Chelsea, England, "The Ripper" Paul Burchill and his partner from Blackpool, England, William Regal! Together, they are the Blue bloods! Their opponents, being brought to the ring by Jim "The Anvil" Neidhart, at a total combined weight of 460 lbs, from Calgary, Alberta, Canada, Teddy Hart and his partner, DH Smith! Together they are The Hart Foundation 2.0. Regal and Smith start out. Regal takes control with a headlock takedown. Smith gets to his feet and shoots Regal into the ropes and runs in behind him, driving a knee to the stomach. He bodyslams him and tags in Teddy, who slingshots himself over the top rope with a senton on Regal. Teddy picks him up for a back suplex, but turns it into a sitout powerbomb. Burchill comes in and is scooped up and thrown over Teddy's shoulder for a whirling stunner. He goes to the top rope and hits a Hart Braker, shooting star leg drop. Burchill comes back and hits a C-4, standing moonsault side slam. Smith comes in and whips Paul into the ropes for a scoop powerslam. He then hits a vertical suplex and a Northern Lights suplex. Regal comes back in and is caught by Smith with a single leg dropkick. He nails Regal with a double arm German suplex, then scoops him up and backs into a corner for a running forward powerslam. AMW run down! Chris Harris is on the floor confronting Teddy and the Anvil. The ref goes over, telling Harris to leave as James Storm jumps up on the apron, taking a swig of beer. DH comes over as Storm spits beer in his eyes. Regal spins Smith around and picks him up in a fireman's carry, then flips forward, hitting a Regal Roll. He rolls out of the way as Burchill hits a corkscrew senton splash from the top rope. The ref turns and makes the count, 1, 2, 3. ANNOUNCER : In 12:31 your winners are The Blue Bloods! Fades to commercial.

Backstage. (Shane Douglas comes in with The Beautiful People) HULK : Shane, Bobby Lashley said just a little while ago,(Shane cuts him off.) SHANE : Yeah, Hogan, I heard what Mr. G-o-D said! Bobby, you say I'm beneath you? So far beneath you, in fact, that you didn't want to talk about me? Well Bobby, I understand that my greatness scares you! I mean, I am the Franchise. Well get ready Bobby, because tonight, I'm gonna Franchise your a*s!

COLE : That match is coming up next Taz, but right now it's time to  decide who'll face Gregory Helms for the Universal Lightweight Title. TAZ : Yeah Cole, whoever wins this match, will be the #1 contender, this Sunday at Halloween Havoc!

ANNOUNCER : Our next match is set for 1 fall. First, coming to the ring at 232 lbs, from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, "Big Stevie Cool" Steven Richards! His opponent, at 202 lbs, from Hanover, West Virginia, Jamie Noble! They lock up and Jamie takes control. He hits a German suplex, then runs into the ropes, coming back with a swinging neckbreaker as Richard is getting up. He whips Richards into the ropes for a leg lariat. Jamie whips him in again for a snap scoop powerslam. He goes out to the top rope for a cannonball senton, but Richards moves, as Jamie crashes hard to the mat. Richards hits a snap suplex, followed by a powerbomb. He puts Noble in a Rat Trap, full nelson/camel clutch combo. Jamie makes it to the ropes for the break. Richards hits a sitout facebuster, then sets him up for the Stevie Kick, superkick, but Noble ducks. As Richards turns around, Jamie put's his head under Steven's arm and nails a bridgeing Northern Lights suplex, then floats over and locks in a cross armbar. Richards taps out. ANNOUNCER : In 12:17, your winner is Jamie Noble! Fades to commercial.

Taz : Now we know it'll be Jamie Noble who'll challenge Gregory Helms for the Universal Lightweight Championship, this Sunday! COLE : That'll be a great match Taz, but right now we're about to have our first Universal Heavyweight Title, semi-final match. TAZ : Yeah and I'm gonna try to keep my cool Cole! COLE : Please do!

ANNOUNCER : The following contest is set for 1 fall. First, coming to the ring at 275 lbs, from Colorado Springs, Colorado, Generation of Domination's Bobby Lashley! (Lashley comes over to the announcers table.) LASHLEY : Taz, you better keep your mouth shut and do your job or like I said, I'll snatch your little a*s from behind this table and put you in a world of hurt, little man! (Taz stands) LASHLEY : You bucking on me little man? COLE : Come on Bobby, you have a tournament match in the ring. Please don't do this! Come on Taz, sit back down, we've got a match to call!(Taz sits back down and Bobby gets in the ring.) ANNOUNCER : His opponent, being led to the ring by The Beautiful People, at 249 lbs, from Pittsburgh, Pennslvania, the Franchise, Shane Douglas! Douglas takes the early control, hitting a couple suplexes, including a belly to belly and a snap suplex. Bobby comes back and hits an exploder T-Bone suplex, then taunts Taz. He runs into the ropes and comes back with a flying shoulderblock. He nails a vertical suplex, Then whips Douglas into the ropes for a spinebuster. He taunts Taz again, then smiles at him. He turns to get kicked in the stomach and piledriven. Douglas whips him into the ropes for a big boot to the stomach. He runs into the ropes, coming back with a swinging neckbreaker. Again, Bobby comes back, scooping Douglas up and draping him over his shoulder for a forward running powerslam. He rolls out of the ring and comes to the announcers table, telling Taz, "Now You See Why I Am GoD!!! As he's climbing back into the ring, Douglas catches him with a Franchiser stunner. He covers him as Lashley puts a foot on the bottom rope. But the ref doesn't see it and makes the count 1, 2, 3. Velvet Sky knocks his foot off the rope as Douglas shields it from the ref. ANNOUNCER : In 17:21, your winner is "The Franchise" Shane Douglas! Fades to commercial.
 
In the ring for Carlito's Cabana. CARLITO : Welcome everyone to Carlito's Cabana. A nice drink(holds up a fruity colored drink with a tiny umbrella in it.) and a warm tropical breeze, now that's cool! People say my next guest is cool, but I don't know! So please welcome Rob Van Dam to Carlito's Cabana! (RVD comes to the ring.) CARLITO : RVD, you're a great perfomer but it seems as if your career here, has been going down the drain. RVD : You know Carlito, for once, I agree with you. That's why I asked to come on your show tonight. CARLITO : You think, being a guest of Carlito's is gonna turn your career around? RVD : No, but what I'm about to say, hopefully will. I pride myself on going against the best competition. Last week, right here on Weekly Warfare, I saw 1 of the greatest wrestlers in the history of our business. A man I've never had the priveledge of stepping into the ring with. Lets take a look up on the Tron. (A video promo is played.)

RVD : Ric Flair, I know you're in the back. So I'm asking you to give me a match with The Great Muta, this Sunday at Halloween Havoc! If you do, I promise you, we'll steal the show and not only will you once again be able to call me Mr. Pay-Per-View, but you'll also once again call me "The Whole F'N Show!" Fades to Commercial.

Backstage. (Umaga and Armando Estrada come in.) HULK : Armando, Umaga takes on Chris Benoit later tonight in the Universal Title Tournament. ARMANDO : Chris Benoit, they call you the Crippler. Well tonight, my Samoan Bulldozer, Umaga may just cripple you on his way to becoming Universal Champion. HULK : Armando, last week we saw you show up with Sabu in the Universal Hardcore Title Match. ARMANDO : Sabu is the suicidal, homicidal, genocidal, death-defying maniac, and come this Sunday, he'll be the new Universal Hardcore Champion!

COLE : That's gonna be 1 brutal match this Sunday! TAZ : Yeah it is Cole. I'm not sure if I like Sabu's odds though, after he attacked both Dreamer and Carlito, here last week. COLE : I know. Right now though, we have a non title match with the North American Champion, that's actually a rematch from last month's Fall Brawl. TAZ : And come this Sunday, Masters defends that title in a triple threat match against Bobby Lashley, WHO LOST EARLIER I might add, and the loser of the Benoit/Umaga match later tonight. But for the second time tonight Cole, we get to see Angelina Love and Velvet Sky make that lovely ring entrance of theirs, as only they can. COLE : Yeah, they grind that middle rope like no one else!

Mr. Kennedy enters the ring and waits for the house mic to drop from the ceiling. KENNEDY : Ladies and gentlemen, weighing in at a trim 243 lbs and hailing from that great city of Green Bay, Wisconsin, I am MISTTEERRR KENNNEEDDDYY!!! (He climbs up to the middle rope) KENNNEEDDDYY!!! ANNOUNCER : His opponent, being led to the ring by The Beautiful People, at 270 lbs, from Los Angeles, California, the North American Champion, "The Masterpiece" Chris Masters! Kennedy starts out with a series of armdrags. As Masters is on the mat, Kennedy drives several knees into his arm, then locks in an armbar. Masters gets to his feet, powering Kennedy back into a corner, driving a couple shoulders into his midsection. He hits Kennedy with a series of forearm uppercuts, then picks him up for a delayed 1 arm vertical suplex. He raises him into a sitting position as he locks in a rear facelock. Kennedy gets to his feet. Breaking free, he runs into the ropes. As he comes back, Masters catches him in a devastating scoop powerslam. He picks him up into a Torture Rack backbreaker. Kennedy finally reaches around, raking his eyes and frees himself. Kennedy quickly picks Masters up across his shoulders in a firemans carry and backs into a corner. He runs flipping forward, hitting a Green Bay Plunge, fireman's carry forward rolling slam. Angelina Love climbs up on the apron, distracting the ref as Kennedy goes up top. Velvet Sky pulls his foot making him crotch himself on the top turnbuckle, as Masters gets up and nails a superplex. He locks in the Masterlock full nelson. Masters begins spinning, swinging Kennedy around then plants him with a full nelson slam for the 1, 2, 3. ANNOUNCER : In 18:47, your winner is the North American Champion, "The Masterpiece" Chris Masters! Fades to commercial.

Backstage. HULK : Chris Benoit, In just a little while, you face Umaga for the chance to main event Halloween Havoc, against Shane Douglas, for the Universal Heavyweight Championship. CHRIS : Umaga, bring all you got because when I release toothless aggression on you, you'll find out just why I'm called the Crippler! Come this Sunday, I will be in that main event!

COLE : Next up Taz, we're gonna see the Universal Lightweight Champion, Gregory Hems. TAZ : He's the Greatest, you know. Atleast that's what he says. COLE : Well, he's been proving it each week since he won the title from Ultimo Dragon. TAZ : Yeah, in a match in which he put Dragon out of commision with a neck injury.

ANNOUNCER : Our next contest is set for 1 fall. First, being led to the ring by Justin Credible(kendo stick in hand), at 250 lbs, from Peterborough, Ontario, Canada, Impact Player, Robert Roode! His opponent at 195 lbs, from Raleigh, North Carolina, the Universal Lightweight Champion, "The Greatest" Gregory Helms! They lock up and Helms locks in a hammerlock. After a few moments, he hits a  hammerlock Rusian legsweep. He grabs Roode's head, dropping to 1 knee and hits a single knee face breaker, followed by a choke slam. As Roode is up on his knees, Helms hits a Shining Wizard kick to the head. Roode gets up as Helms runs into the ropes, coming back with a diving crossbody block. Roode catches him and counters it into 2 side breakers, followed by an overhead fallaway slam. He sets Helms up on the mat and goes behind him. He flips forward delivering a forward neck snap on helms and cotinues rolling back up, running into the ropes, coming back with a dropkick to the seated Helms. Roode backs into a corner and delivers a driving kneedrop to his head. He goes for a vertical suplex, but Helms floats over and down Roode's back. He turns Roode around and nails a Sugarsmack, superkick. He puts Roode in an inverted face lock as Credible lays his kendo stick on the apron, then runs around to the other side of the ring. Helms hits his finisher, the Nightmare on Helms Street, spinning inverted headlock elbow drop, as Justin climbs up on the apron, distracting the ref. Helms gets up and walks towards them. Roode grabs the kendo stick and spins Helms around, cracking him in the head with it. He tosses it out as the ref turns around, then nails his Paydirt, bridging leg hook suplex for the 1, 2, 3. ANNOUNCER : In 14:46, your winner is Robert Roode! Fades to commercial.

Backstage. HULK : Ric Flair, are you gonna give RVD a match with The Great Muta? RIC : RVD I have no doubt, that a match with you and Muta, could steal the show! I spoke with Muta, through a translator and he says he'd love to face you. RVD, you want Muta, so this Sunday at Halloween Havoc, you've got him!

TAZ : Wow Cole! Halloween Havoc is gonna be great! COLE : Yeah, RVD vs The Great Muta is a dream match that could very well, steal the show! Now Taz, let's find out who'll face Shane Douglas in the main event for the Universal Heavyweight Championship! TAZ : And who'll be the 3rd participant in the Triple Threat Match for the North American Title!

ANNOUNCER : This is our main event of the evening and is set for 1 fall. First, coming to the ring at 233 lbs, from Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, "The Crippler" Chris Benoit! His opponent being brought to the ring by Armando Estrada, at 350 lbs, from the Isle of Samoa, The Samoan Bulldozer, Umaga! They start with a collar-elbow tie-up, folowed by several armdrags and an armbar by Benoit, as he takes  Umaga to the mat. He works over the arm for a few minutes, before Umaga gets to his feet, backing Chris into a corner. Umaga lays in chop after chop to the top of his head. He whips Chris into the ropes for a sidewalk slam. Then he whips him into a corner and runs in behind him, but Benoit raises a knee, catching Umaga in the face. Chris comes out attempting a clothesline, but Umaga ducks and spins him around, nailing a doulbe thrust chop to the throat. He whips Benoit into the ropes for a spinning heel kick, but Benoit holds onto the ropes as Umaga crashes to the mat. He picks Umaga up and whips him into a corner, then delivers several knife-edge chops. He goes to whip Umaga into the opposite corner, but Umaga reverses, then Benoit re-reverses it, sending Umaga back into the original corner, crashing into the ref. The ref goes down. Benoit pulls Umaga to the center of the ring and hits his Hat Trick, triple rolling German suplexes. He goes out to the top rope for his diving headbutt, but Estrada jumps up on the apron, holding Benoit's leg. He finally kicks Armando to the floor as Umaga has gotten up. He dives for a crossbody block, but Umaga catches him in mid-air, with a Samoan Spike that cuts Benoit for a flip. The ref rouses up as Umaga turns Benoit over and covers him for the 1, 2, 3. ANNOUNCER : In 16:51, your winner is "The Samoan Bulldozer" Umaga! Show Ends.
 

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