A Night to Remember 2002

New Europe (Doug Williams and Harry  Smith) defeated
PG-13 (J.C. Ice and Wolfie D) when Smith made J.C. Ice submit to
a rear naked choke in 0:07:33.
Rating: ***

The PPV started out with a hot tag match. PG-13, who just can't seem to be 
stopped on TV, suffer a loss when J.C. Ice had to tap to a nasty Rear
Naked Choke AKA The Tazmission. Harry Smith used Taz finisher to teach PG-13
a lesson during their run in at Halloween Havoc. 

Ahmed Johnson pinned Mike Awesome with the Pearl River Plunge in 0:07:19.
Rating: * 1/2

Two big powerhouses in the USWA Ahmed Johnson and Mike Awesome came to blows
in our second match on the show. Johnson was in some trouble, he rolled out
of the ring and made a phonecall on his cell phone. After he regrouped he got
back into the ring and hit Awesome with the Pearl River Plunge to get the 
victory. 

Bobby Fish pinned Delirious with the Falcon Arrow in 0:07:16.
Rating: *** 1/2

Bobby Fish continues his winning ways with a big singles victory over Delirious,
finishing him off with his Falcon Arrow submission. 

MatchLoser-Leaves-Town Match:
Chris Harris pinned Trevor Murdoch with the Catatonic in 0:14:19.
Rating: ***

With the Sandman at ringside, Bobby Duncam Jr took one attempt to interfere
in the match when Murdoch had the momentum, but the Sandman made his presence
known when he caned the living hell out of BDJ until he ran to the back. 
The brawl outside the ring became a distraction to Murdoch and Harrris was
able to take advantage of that when he hit the Catatonic. Trevor Murdoch now
joins James Storm in the unemployment line. After the match Sandman jumped in
the ring and started brawling with Chris Harris. Harris and Sandman brawled 
to the back of the arena. 

Triangle Match:
Ultimo Guerrero and Nigel McGuinness defeated
South of the Border (Universo 2000 and Super Crazy) and Latin Lover and Psicosis
:        x U. Guerrero beat Psicosis via the Ultimo Guerrero-Plex in 0:14:50
         x U. Guerrero beat Universo 2000 via a waistlock suplex in 0:18:37
Rating: *** 3/4
(Ultimo Guerrero and Nigel McGuinness retained the Tag Team Titles.)
[Mexicos Most Wanted interfered against South of the Border]

The Triangle match for the Tag Titles ended in another victory for Guerrero 
and McGuinness. Say what you want about how this tag team was formed, they have
gotten into a groove and have defended the titles against all comers the last
few months. The biggest news out of this match was the return/debut of Mexico's
Most Wanted, Damian 666 and Halloween who took to the ring and attacked Super
Crazy and Universo 2000. These guys have had a feud in Mexico for the past year,
and now it looks like Mexico's Most Wanted have made their way to the USWA. 

Too Cold Scorpio pinned Colt Cabana after a Frankensteiner in 0:10:36.
Rating: *** 3/4
(Too Cold Scorpio retained the X Division Title.)

Too Cold Scorpio had an impressive victory over Colt Cabana in the X-Division
Title match. Scorpio continues to dominate the X-Division, even after Cabana
proved to be he best contender with his 3 way dance victories all month long. 

Cage Match:
Steve Corino and Jerry Lynn defeated Steve Bradley and Sean Waltman
 by escaping the cage in 0:13:38.
Rating: *** 1/2

Lynn and Corino extracted a little revenge by escaping the cage and getting 
the victory over turncoat Steve Bradley, and bitter rival Sean Waltman. 
Bradley left the ring a bloody mess, as Corino took it to him with everything he
had. Jerry Lynn can hold his head high as this is the first major victory he's
had over his rivals since they made their way to the USWA. 

Ultimate X  match 7 of 7 in the Best of 7 Series:
Low-Ki defeated CM Punk in 0:18:12.
Rating: *** 1/4
[Trinity interfered against CM Punk.]

In what can only be thought of as a SHOCKER to the USWA, Low-Ki's former 
manager/girlfriend returns to the USWA and hits Punk with a devistating AXE 
kick to the head, allowing her boyfriend Low-Ki to make his way to the
center of the X and grab the Global Title contract. We haven't seen Trinity
in the USWA since after The Sandman feud back in April! After the match
Trinity and Low-Ki made out in the middle of the ring and continued to lay
a beating on CM Punk until Colt Cabana and Delirious ran to the ring and ran
Low-Ki and Trinity to the back. 

Christopher Daniels pinned AJ Styles with the Spicy Drop in 0:07:42.
Rating: *** 3/4
(Christopher Daniels retained the Global Title.)

Another huge victory over a major player in the USWA, Daniels continues to 
add major names to his victory list. Styles gave it his all, but Daniels has
been amazing. How will Daniels deal with Low-Ki and Trinity on his next title
defense? 

Casket Match:
Vampiro defeated Jerry Lawler in 0:10:44.
Rating: ***

Jerry Lawlers mind games were not good enough to beat Vampiro at his own game.
Vampiro was able to get the victory over Lawler by stuffing him in the casket.
Lawler was never able to get a victory over Vampiro, and now he's lost his job
as President.  

Cage Match:
Raven defeated Samoa Joe by escaping the cage in 0:14:58.
Rating: **** 1/4
[Jun Akiyama attacks Raven after the match]

The biggest news of the Pay-Per-View, Jun Akiyama shows up in St. Louis and 
attacks Raven after his victory on Samoa Joe. The fans are going absolutley
nuts at the fact that Jun is back in the USWA, if only for 1 night! After 
Akiyama beat Raven to a pulp he looks at Samoa Joe and the two embrace in the
middle of the ring! Raven won the battle, but something tells us the war has
just begun, and the most popular heavyweight champion in the history of the
USWA is back!  

3-way Dance:
Taz won a 3-man Battle Royal:
         x Taz defeated Morley after the Tazmission in 0:10:18
         x Taz defeated Hermann after the Tazmission in 0:22:18
Rating: *****
(Taz retained the Heavyweight Title.)

It was a main event that we only found out about last night, it was a main 
event we will be discussing for the rest of our lives. The Human Suplex 
Machine TAZ defeats both Ulf Herman, with St. Louis Legend Harley Race by his
side, and Sean Morley, in the middle of the ring, making both men TAP to the
Tazmission! Taz defends his title once again on Pay Per View, and is going into
the last month of the year as a strong candidate for wrestler of the year! 


Card rating: *** 3/4


Match observations: 

Backstage Notes:

Overall the show went off well. Our Main Event will go down as match of the 
year in most peoples eyes. We have had other 5 star matches, but with the 
Heavyweight Title on the line, with Harley Race at ringside, on our first PPV,
this match was the most meaningful 5 star match in company history. 

USWA officials felt that the PPV came on so quick we didn't have enough time
to properly hype up the show, but it was a sucess none the less. We will return
to PPV in January with New Years Resolution 2003, our second annual event. 

Jun Akiyama is finally back with the company. He quit in July and the USWA 
continued to negotiate his comeback asap. He is just too valuable to the USWA
to quit, but it took multiple sessions of negotiations until he returned. He is
on a 30+ show contract. The USWA now has 6 out of the 7 Heavyweight champions
working for the company, and rumor is they will all be involved in an angle to
start off the 2003 season.

Next month the USWA will present Christmas Chaos. We know that Low-Ki will
take on Christopher Daniels for the Global title. A Main Event has not yet
been announced, but it will be at the next TV taping. Rumor has it, we are
looking at a 5 on 5 WAR GAMES match to end the year.