Death by Honor Tour Cleveland, OH 6/17/01

New Jack pinned The Sandman with the Diving Headbutt in 0:06:36.
Rating: * 1/4

New Jack gets a big win and takes momentum going into the KOTDM tourney. The
Fans and the Promotion are starting to focus on this HUGE 24 man tournament. 
The KOTDM will get a title shot and the #1 spot in next months global 
tournament. This should be a great tourney and New Jack has momentum.

Vampiro pinned Brian Christopher with the Vampiro Spike in 0:07:03.
Rating: ****

Vampiro is put in a match WITH bRIAN cHRISTOPHER to keep the top 10 rankings in
place. Christopher has not been on a roll as of late, and Vampiro coming off
his loss to Dusty Rhodes needed a victory. Vampiro of the New Church continues
to have sucess in the top 10.

Interview:
Shane Douglas talks about the Triple threat reformation.

Douglas says Batista is out of the group, he shoots on Batista saying he 
was not living up to his full potential so Jarrett and Douglas went out and
recruited another big man, THE BEAST from the East comes out and Bigelow is
annonuced as the newist member. Douglas says the Threat is going to regroup
and be back!

Tom Carter defeated Michael Shane when Michael Shane passed out in the
Stretch Plum in 0:11:50.
Rating: **** 1/4

AWESOME singles match as Carter continues to be the number one contender to
the X Title. Not only did he BEAT Shane he KOed him with the Stretch Plum!
Carter has been a monster since he left the New Church.

Interview:
Raven calls out Dusty

Raven says that he has his eye on Dusty Rhodes because he has slowly brought
himself to the top of the singles list. The Barbed Wire match wasn't enough 
to retire him, but he knows he is in the same bracket as Dusty and wants to
face him!

Michael Modest and Too Cold Scorpio battled to a draw in ::00:04.
Rating: **** 1/4

another amazing match between these two and it ends in another draw. These guys
have been going at it for a few weeks and we still do not have a winner! 
Officials will have to do something about this soon.

Low-Ki pinned Colt Cabana after a high knee in 0:11:01.
Rating: *** 3/4
(Paul London no-showed.)

Ki with a big win over Colt Cabana. Good friends square off tonight with Ki
proving he is worthy of an X title shot.

The Can-Am Express (Doug Furnas and Phil LaFon) defeated
America's Most Wanted (Chris Harris and James Storm) when Furnas pinned
C. Harris after a dragon suplex in 0:09:32.
Rating: *** 1/4

GREAT match between these top contenders. Can Am Express get the victory and
are now in a dead heat with AMW for the tag title shot with Lynn and Corino.
Can Am Express asked for better tag team competition and they have gotten it.

No-Countout-No-DQ-Match:
Madman Pondo pinned Nate Hatred with the Pumphandle Tombstone in 0:12:10.
Rating: * 1/2

Pondo beats Nate Hatred, who has SLOWLY been getting a couple wins in the 
USWA. Pondo beats him down to size and gets a victory. Pondo is here for the
big death tournament and he, like New Jack are taking it serously.

Triangle Match:
Jun Akiyama defeated AJ Styles and Sabu when J. Akiyama pinned AJ after
a backdrop driver in 0:12:23.
Rating: ****

AWESOME non title match, with Akiyama getting the victory with a pinfall ove
AJ Styles. Sabu and AJ got into a brawl with Akiyama saving his energy. 
Sabu and AJ are contenders to the title, but Akiyama will have to start
defending against some of the other USWA stars that are on the top of the 
list.


Card rating: *** 1/4


Match observations: 

Notes from the Backstage:

The Cleveland show was a sucess with some good matches taking place to clear
up the Top 10. Sabu has looked good with his return and the USWA wants to
give him a decent push soon. With the KOTDM tournament around the corner the
USWA office thinks it will be a big money maker, and is putting more effort
into promoting it as the Death by Honor Tour begins to wrap up. 

Next months Global Tournament should be a major program. The office has not
decided on what type of tournament it will be, or if they will have a 1
night or 2 night tournament like this months death tournament. Rumors are
flying rampant that the recent cuts in talent have been to persue some UFC
and MMA fighters to give the Global tournament more credibility.

Next stop on the tour is Bowling Green, OH with a Main Event scheduled as
Sabu taking on AJ Styles.