Nashville, TN July 7th, 2001

Paul London and Colt Cabana defeated AJ Styles and Tom Carter when Cabana pinned Carter after a small package in 0:06:24. Rating: **** An AWESOME opener for the Nashville Fairgrounds. Cabana and London get the upset over AJ Styles and Colt Cabana. This match was a good look into the future of the USWA. Altar Boy Luke pinned Michael Shane after an Exploder suplex in 0:01:38. Rating: ** Luke gets a victory tonight over Shane. Luke has been on a good winning streak as of late. Bam Bam Bigelow pinned Volk Han with the Greetings from Asbury Park in 0:12:45. Rating: *** 3/4 Bigelow beats the big man Volk Han. The X Division has been heating up as of late, but the division with these big men has been something to keep an eye on. 3-Man Battle Royal: Michael Modest won a 3-man Battle Royal: x M. Modest defeated Scorpio after the Reality Check in 0:10:43 x M. Modest defeated Low-Ki after the Reality Check in 0:14:54 Rating: *** 1/2 Modest wins the triple threat match and a chance at the X Title for next week. Brian Christopher pinned Shane Douglas with the Tennessee Jam in 0:02:12. Rating: ** 3/4 The Can-Am Express (Doug Furnas and Phil LaFon) defeated America's Most Wanted (Chris Harris and James Storm) when Furnas pinned C. Harris with the Frankensteiner in 0:19:31. Rating: **** 1/2 an AWESOME matchup that has been the norm for the tag team division in the USWA. The Can Am Express get the victory over AMW, but it was back and forth all match. The Can Am Express have been lobbying for a title match. CM Punk pinned Colt Cabana with the Pepsi Plunge in 0:11:30. Rating: **** 1/4 (CM Punk retained the X Division Title.) [Jim Mitchell interfered against Colt Cabana.] Another amazing matchup with Punk barley getting out alive. At one point the title was given to Cabana with a pin but the decision was reversed when another ref came down to say Punk BARLEY got his foot on the rope. With Punk having his Young Lions match , these close calls and LOSSES are not a good sign. Raven pinned Dusty Rhodes with the Evenflow DDT in 0:05:47. Rating: *** 1/2 [Jim Mitchell interfered against Dusty Rhodes.] Raven gets the victory over Dusty, and after the match the Triangle of terror beat the living hell out of Dusty hanging him in the ring. Styles, Carter, London and Cabana made their way down to help dusty out, but it was to late and Dusty had to leave in an ambulance. Card rating: *** 3/4 Match observations: Cabana is getting a lot of praise for his work tonight. 2 4+ star matches. The USWA has been in contact with Taz and Sabu about a return to the company with restructured contracts. Sabu is going to come back in a tag team roll, and Tazz will be starting a feud with the other shoot fighters here in the company.
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Sean Hovan, 01-01-2007