Trishelle is the only girl left and she says that she has to do well to stick around.
I keep spelling Knobs name wrong. I spell it Knobbs. Oh well.
Eric Bischoff calls out Dennis Rodman and for some reason, Rodman says that it’s a man’s sport and calls out Trishelle. I think that was a worked line.
They’re joining the teams together since Team Nasty only has 2 competitors left. They’re doing a battle royal for the main event.
Their first move of the show is to learn how to go over the top and the duck and boost, which is ducking a clothesline and boosting the guy who is running towards you over the top rope. Todd skinned his nuts on the top rope going over. He said it was his “special purpose” that got hurt. Butterbean went over and it wasn’t a nice fall.
Dustin didn’t want to do the duck and boost because his shoulder was hurting. Dennis threw one of the trainers out and he landed on his hand and had to go to the doctor.
Trishelle threw Dustin over and hurt his shoulder again. She thinks he’s faking. Butterbean says he’s a wimp.
Bonaduce finally shows up.
RVD shows up and Knobs calls him one of the greatest finishers in the business.
So last week, we put up the fight between Wanderlei “The Axe Murderer” Silva and Quinton “Rampage” Jackson from PRIDE 2003 GP. Here we have the long-awaited rematch for the PRIDE Middleweight Championship from PRIDE 28.
Rampage demanded a rematch and these guys plain and simply do not like each other. Last time the both competitors met, it was after both having exhausting fights earlier. Rampage foughts UFC Icon Chuck “The Iceman” Liddell, while Silva went the full 15 minutes with Two-Time Judo Gold Medalist Hidehiko Yoshida.
This time, at PRIDE 28, the PRIDE DREAM would be tested.
Before we show the fight, first watch the intro video and ceremony to the show to REALLY see the greatness that was PRIDE Fighting. Better video packages. Better production. Better stories. Nothing will ever have the full package like PRIDE.
Before the Williams vs. Phillips fight, Chris Arreola and Travis Walker fought toe to toe for just over two rounds. Walker looked great in the first round and the early parts of the second. He even put Arreola to a knee. Walker’s mouth piece fell out and the referee stopped the fight to put it back in. After that, it was all Arreola. He decked Walker twice in the second round and then in the third round, he dropped him flat with a left hook and that’s all she wrote. Arreola looked very heavy and slow, but talent wise, he was the better fighter. He probably needs to drop some pounds, but it didn’t matter on this night.
Paul Wiliams vs. Verno Phillips
Williams just fought two months ago on Versus and is already back in the ring. It’s not like he had to work very hard.
R1
Williams is huge. Phillips caught him with a left hook that didn’t seem to bother him. Bob Papa just said that Phillips is a 21 year pro and he’s only been stopped once. Williams is cut over his right eye from a headbutt. Phillips landed the two best punches of the round, but Williams probably out-landed him 2-1.
R2
Williams landed a big left while Phillips was coming inside. Phillips is putting his head down and diving into his overhand right. I think he’s surprising Williams with his aggressiveness. They had a great flurry near the ropes at the end of the round. Williams was teeing off and Phillips was punching out of it.
Dustin says that Erin should’ve stayed and Nikki should’ve been eliminated. That’s kind of how it looked.
Bischoff meets the remaining 7 in the ring. Bischoff asks Todd who his favorite wrestlers were. Todd says Peter Maivia and the Great Mephisto were his favorite wrestlers. Dustin says the right answer and says Hogan and the Undertaker. Bischoff says all of those wrestlers were able to cut a promo. Can’t say I’ve seen a Great Mephisto promo before.
A different Todd who is actually the ring announcer is going to teach the crew how to cut a promo. He cuts a Hogan promo in front of the seven. It was a B minus Hogan promo. Todd cuts a nice promo on Nikki, but she couldn’t say anything back. Rodzilla choked the chicken on his promo. Rodzilla steals some of Hogan’s lines and the other Todd likes it. Dustin cuts a promo on Bonaduce’s character and Bonaduce gets personal with Dustin and touches him. Dustin slaps him in the face. I don’t think that was fake. But it’s not like Dustin slapped him very hard.
They are learning the hip toss, hitting the turn buckle, and the elbow smash. Dusty Rhodes should teach that one.
Nikki won’t do the hip toss. She’s a bit scared now and walks out of practice.
It’s been a month since I watched this show and it’s very low on my priority list. However, I do have some time this weekend and I want to see if I can catch up.
I don’t even remember where we left off, but I think Tiffany and the girl from Bewitched are gone.
And Willis is still wearing that hat.
Who taught Danny Bonaduce how to take a bump? I don’t remember bumping being a three step process.
Brutus needs to give Greg “The Hammer” Valentine a job. The Dream Team needs to make a comeback.
Hogan says he listened with his ears and heart when he wrestled.
He gives the remaining eight Jimmy Hart to help develop their character. Maybe he’ll teach them how to sing too.
Jimmy tells the girls that they’ll have to shake it but don’t break it in the ring. He says it’s all about showmanship. He tells them to pick out some gear.
Wait, the girl from Bewitched is still here. Ok, so Sly Stallone’s brother was the one who got kicked out. That’s right.
Jimmy’s disappointed in their choice of gear. Jimmy says Trishelle won’t be able to get a job at Kentucky Fried Chicken with what she chose for her outfit.
In 1987, the WWE created The Survivor Series to combat the NWA’s Starrcade. It was a Thanksgiving wrestling war, but in reality it was a Thanksgiving PPV war. Vince McMahon used his leverage as the king of PPV wrestling to strong arm the cable companies to only show his Survivor Series instead of showing both since the NWA was willing to move their show to earlier in the day (I think it was earlier).
My dad used to give blank tapes to a friend who had one of those pirate boxes and she recorded Wrestlemania III for me that way. Back in 1987, I didn’t know that Vince McMahon was telling cable companies that they had to only show his Survivor Series or else miss out on Wrestlemania IV. And really, they should’ve missed out on that terrible show. I was heartbroken when my tape showed Starrcade 87 instead of the Survivor Series. I wanted Hulk Hogan, not Dusty Rhodes. My cable company decided to call Vince’s bluff and showed Starrcade 87 instead which in retrospect wasn’t so bad at all because I really liked Starrcade even if history tells you that Chicago didn’t necessarily love it. And looking back, I can see why.
Even as an 11 year old boy, I knew that not putting the belts on the Road Warriors was a mistake. They were over big time live and the Dusty finish just left everyone watching really deflated. And though I thought Ronnie Garvin was a legit contender to Ric Flair’s throne, I don’t think the older wrestling fans did. Flair was getting cheered in their World Title cage match. But still, I was into it. I was always curious about why Dr. Death Steve Williams wasn’t ever in the title picture because on that night, I thought he looked like the toughest wrestler I ever saw after destroying Barry Windham. I wonder what would’ve happened if it was Dr. Death booked against Flair instead of Garvin.
I didn’t get to see WWE’s alternative until it came out on video tape many months later. But they were laying the seed to a Hulk Hogan vs. Andre The Giant rematch after Team Andre defeated Team Hulk in their match. Hulk wasn’t even around for the finish. I just remember Bam Bam Bigelow doing somersaults.
Who taught Danny Bonaduce how to take a bump? I don’t remember bumping being a three step process. 
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