Heatwave 2002

Alex Shelley pinned Super Crazy with the Shell Shock in 0:09:18.
Rating: *** 1/4

In the opening match of the night Alex Shelly defeated Mexican native and fan 
favorite Super Crazy. It was a solid opener with New Europe getting the 
upperhand on the Mexicans to start off the night. 

Backstage:
Trevor Murdoch and The Sandman are spotted backstage.
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AJ Styles pinned Samoa Joe after a spinning neckbreaker in 0:13:24.
Rating: *** 3/4

AJ Styles gets a clean victory over Samoa Joe. After the match Joe seemed very
upset that he didn't defeat former Heavyweight Champ AJ. When the match ended 
Raven was seen on the video board calling out Samoa Joe. 

Interview:
Raven heads to the ring to confront Samoa Joe
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Mexican Death Match:
New Europe (Doug Williams and Harry  Smith) and Latin Lover and Psicosis
 battled to a draw in 0:20:00.
Rating: **** 1/4

Everyone in the company thought this would be an easy win for New Europe, but
in Mexico City the Latin Lover and Psicosis held their own. Doug Williams busted
up Latin Lover pretty bad and left him bleeding in the ring. When the time limit
expired all 4 men were exhausted. The fans gave them a round of applause after 
the match. 

Nigel McGuinness and Ultimo Guerrero defeated Americas Most Wanted when
N. McGuinness pinned C. Harris after an inside cradle in 0:06:39. Nigel McGuinne
ss suffered an elbow injury. He will be out for approximately 1 card.
Rating: ** 1/2
(Nigel McGuinness and Ultimo Guerrero retained the Tag Team Titles.)

Vic Quinonez still has gold in his camp. Nigel and U. Guerrero were able to
control their emotions in the ring. The Lord of the ring McGuinness was banged 
up during the match but shouldn't miss much time. 

Triangle Match:
Christopher Daniels defeated Konnan and Vampiro when Daniels pinned Vampiro
 with the Roll Up in 0:17:07.
Rating: ***
(Christopher Daniels won the Global Title.)

Christopher Daniels gets the victory in the triangle match by pinning Vampiro.
Konnan was upset and tried to explain to the ref he was never pinned, but this 
match was not held under elimination rules. 

Two-out-of-three-Falls Match:
Too Cold Scorpio beat Jerry Lynn 2 falls to 1:
         x Lynn beat Scorpio via the Cradle Piledriver in 0:05:59
         x Scorpio beat Lynn via a German suplex in 0:07:44
         x Scorpio beat Lynn via the Flying Scorpio Splash in 0:09:30
Rating: *** 1/4
(Too Cold Scorpio won the X-Division Title.)

The title has changed hands again, giving Too Cold the X-Division championship
again. Jerry Lynn thought he could kick out of the Scorpio Splash, but
Too Cold is an X-Division expert and beat the great Jerry Lynn. 

CM Punk pinned Shocker with the G.T.S. in 0:11:57.
Rating: *** 1/4

With Low-Ki scouting this match, CM Punk defeated Shocker with his new 
finishing move the Go To Sleep. We know that CM Punk and Low-Ki have both
been key players in the X-division since the the beginning. Could Punk be
looking at potential future opponents? 

New Jack defeated Taz by disqualification in 0:06:13.
Rating: ** 1/2
(New Jack retained the Heavyweight Title.)
[Vampiro interfered against New Jack.]

Once again Taz fails at becoming the USWA Heavyweight champion. It's been
well documented that Taz can't win the match when the title is on the line,
and tonight was another example of that. Vampiro had a lot to do with the 
outcome of this match. After failing to win the Global title, Vampiro came down 
to the ring and attacked Heavyweight Champion New Jack! Once Vampiro beat 
down New Jack the referee had no choice but to call for the bell. Taz looked
on in shock as he saw his dream of becoming the USWA Champion come to an end.
Vampiro and Taz had a stare down that ended Heatwave 2002.


Card rating: ***


Match observations: 

Circuit Notes:

The company is in negotiations with the Mid-South Coliseum to renovate the 
building and make it more TV friendly. This would then make it available for 
weekly tapings of Velocity right from the former home of the USWA. 

The company has booked upcoming Velocity tapings in the old USWA stomping 
grounds of Dallas Texas and Houston Texas. Rumor has it the USWA Championship
committee is trying to put together a big 6 man tag for the main event in Dallas.

Talks of the USWA debut in Europe continue into September. Owner Randy Hales
thinks with the popularity of Nigel McGuinness, Doug Williams and Harry Smith
he can have good crowds in the UK.