Death By Honor Tour Cincinnatti, OH 6/07/01
Interview:
The New Church reorganize, but Reckless Youth is mad
Raven, Vampiro, and Mitchel along with the rest of the New Church said they
are going to put together a new plan to eventually get the titles in their
camp. Reckless says he wants to face Punk for the X title, but the group tells
him to forget about it. Reckless says he won't be a backup member to this
group and leaves them!
The Sandman pinned Pitbull 1 with the DDT in 0:13:48.
Rating: **
Two good friends are put in the ring to face eachother tonight. Sandman gets
the victory over Gary Wolfe in singles competition.
Interview:
Randy Hales announces a new President
Hales says Dibiase is OUT of the company, and they are still looking at getting
a new president, but for this tour, and until they can agree on a contract
for a new President, HEAD REFEREE Downtown Bruno will take the position.
Bruno accepts and says he is honored to be brought to this position. He said
Mark Curtis will be named new Head Ref, and Jim Molenux will be brought in to
fill his void. He then announced the end of this tour will have a 2 night 24
man DEATH MATCH TOURNAMENT to crown the 1st ever USWA 2001 King of the Death
Match champion. Tonight Dusty Rhodes faces Raven in the 1st ever Barbed Wire
match.
Axl Rotten and Balls Mahoney defeated Jerry Lynn and Steve Corino when
B. Mahoney pinned Corino after hitting him with a foreign object in 0:17:39.
Rating: ** 3/4
Balls and Axl make their USWA debuts and said they will both be participating
in the Death Match tournament, tonight they beat Corino and Lynn in tag team
action.
Paul London pinned Nate Hatred with the London Calling in 0:08:54.
Rating: ***
Good matchup, with London defeating another man brought in for the tournament
Nate Hatred. London Calling spells DOOM for Nate.
Interview:
Triple Threat say their Era will begin today
Douglas thanks Dr. Wagner Jr. for his help in the War Games match. Douglas says
that the USWA is now theirs for the taking because they ridded of Flair and
Savage and Dusty is a non factor. The fact Dibiase has been fired they will
run wild in the USWA!
The Can-Am Express (Doug Furnas and Phil LaFon) and
America's Most Wanted (Chris Harris and James Storm) battled to a
double countout in 0:11:01.
Rating: ** 3/4
(The Can-Am Express retained the USWA Tag Team Titles.)
great matchup between Can Am Express and AMW. Can Am Express said that AMW
have definately gotten better, but they retained the title in the double
countout ending.
Tom Carter defeated Halloween via pinfall in 0:16:08.
Rating: *** 1/2
[Alexis Laree and Raven interfered against Halloween.]
Great win for Carter, the match almost ended in a DQ when Curtis DQed Carter
for Larees interference. Carter told all of the Church to go to the back and
begged to continue, Halloween accepted and the match continued. Carter gets
the victory.
Barbed Wire Match:
Raven pinned Dusty Rhodes with the Evenflow DDT in 0:07:10.
Rating: ** 3/4
Raven beats Dusty in the first ever Barbed Wire matchup. The fans loved the
violence, and with the 24 man tournament all barbed wire and light tube matches
the fans will really enjoy crowning a new champion.
Card rating: ***
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Sean Hovan, 01-01-2007