Survival of the Fittest '99

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 Held in: UNITED CENTER
Location: ILLINOIS, UNITED STATES
          on 09/05/99 at 7:00pm

[Waste-Of-Time]:
Rex Richards pinned Haigeikobai with the Tornado Spin Punch in 0:01:31.
Rating: -* 1/2

Interview:
Russel "The Muscle" Taylor wonders who his opponents are on the way to the ring.
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[Waste-Of-Time]:
The Public Enemy defeated Russel Taylor and The Super Giant Ninja
when Rocco Rock pinned Russel the Muscle with the Drive By in 0:04:06.
Rating: DUD

[Waste-Of-Time]:
The Bull Moose Party and Rushmore defeated
The Boise Triad (Bunyan, Ruby Richard Cage and Wham Bam Gigolo) when Dreadnought 
pinned Bunyan after the Bully Pulpit in 0:06:40.
Rating: -* 1/4

Interview:
A video package takes us from the Waste-Of-Time to the Survival of the Fittest 
pay-per-view event.
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Bass Rogers pinned Jacob Idol with the Moonsault in 0:10:14.
Rating: -* 3/4

Two-out-of-three-Falls Match:
Dean Sanders beat Tim Bell 2 falls to 1:
         x T. Bell beat D. Sanders via a flying cross body press in 0:07:46
         x D. Sanders beat T. Bell via a figure-four leglock in 0:12:27
         x D. Sanders beat T. Bell via the Flying Elbowdrop in 0:15:09
Rating: ***

The Ontario Color Show defeated The Manhunters when P. Canyon pinned
Manhunter #2 with the Magic Carpet Ride in 0:11:03.
Rating: * 1/2

The Torturer made Virginia submit to the Torture Rack in 0:05:17.
Rating: -**

[Survival of the Fittest -Semi-Finals]: Non-Title-Match:
Troy Black pinned Neytron DelArmeggio with the Black Dagger in 0:12:03.
Rating: **** 1/4

[Survival of the Fittest -Semi-Finals]:
Falcon pinned Lance Errington with the Superkick in 0:17:18.
Rating: **** 1/4

Two-out-of-three-Falls Match:
The Annihilators beat The Immortals 2 falls to 1:
         x B. Rivera beat R. Danson via disqualification in 0:11:28
         x R. Danson beat J. Wright after the Fall from Grace in 0:13:42
         x B. Rivera beat K. Collins via the Flying Legdrop in 0:22:09
Rating: **
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FCA Cubed Match:
Marylin Silvera defeated Jessica Judd in an Evening Gown Match in 0:03:29.
Rating: 3/4*
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Interview:
Marylin Silvera tries to give the crowd even more of a show, but Crimson utterly 
annihilates him.
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Texas Death Match:
David Wright Hubbard pinned Moy Lazzario after a jack-knife power bomb in
           0:10:32.
Rating: ** 1/4
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Interview:
Marty Jannetty gives a long, rambling, shoot-style interview, which Johnny Smiles responds to.
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Johnny Smiles pinned Marty Jannetty with the Smiledriver in 0:09:10.
Rating: * 1/4

Interview:
Hell's Bikers and the Wrecking Crew agree to make the match no disqualification, no countout, 
with no time limit.
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No-Time-Limit-No-Countout-No-DQ-Match:
The Wrecking Crew defeated Hell's Bikers when Rock pinned J. Norman after the
Breakdown in 0:09:42.
Rating: ** 1/2
(The Wrecking Crew retained the VCW World Tag Team Titles.)
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FCA Cubed Match:
Devaccio Pola defeated Chris Champlain in a Hardcore Cage Match by pinfall 
after hitting him with a strand of barbed wire in 0:12:56.
Rating: **** 1/2
(Devaccio Pola retained the VCW Television Title.)
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Gabriel Black pinned Richard Tobian with the Destiny Hammer in 0:14:27.
Rating: *** 1/2
(Gabriel Black retained the VCW World Title.)

Interview:
Richard Tobian attacks Gabriel Black after the match, but Tattoo stops him.
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Interview:
Skip Bizby does the ring introductions for the main event match.
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[Survival of the Fittest -Final Round]: Non-Title-Match:
Troy Black pinned Falcon with the Black Dagger in 0:25:05.
Rating: **** 3/4



Match observations: 

       Survival of the Fittest was brought to you tonight out of the United 
Center in Chicago, Illinois tonight, and what a show it was. Even the Waste-
Of-Time had a significant aspect, as hometown boy Rex Richards defeated 
Haigeikobai to pick up a victory... something that's not exactly common to him.
But overall, from top to bottom, this pay-per-view was an excellent follow-up 
to Blood and Thunder, and really went a long way in shaping the future of 
Violent Championship Wrestling.
       Russel Taylor and the Super Giant Ninja were also involved in the 
Waste-Of-Time, against a mystery team that turned out to be the Public Enemy, 
Rocco Rock and Johnny Grunge. Unbelievably, Russel Taylor and the Super Giant 
Ninja couldn't even beat the Public Enemy, which proves just how talentless 
they really are! After about four or five seconds of thought, the VCW executive
committee has decided not to keep the Public Enemy on the VCW roster, due to 
the fact that they suck and nobody wants to see them.
       The Technicians were prominent in the show-opener matches, and had mixed
results, as Tim Bell lost two out of three falls to Dean Sanders, and the 
leader of the Technicians, Jacob Idol, lost to Bass Rogers, while the Ontario 
Color Show had more success, defeating the Manhunters. Really, the Technicians 
have been a disappointment ever since Blood and Thunder... they just haven't 
done anything!! It remains to be seen whether or not they'll get with the 
program and start focusing on concrete goals in VCW again... but so far, this 
isn't the technical wrestling revolution that Owen Addison talked about.
       Virginia may have come a long way in recent weeks, but she's still not 
on the same level as the Torturer, and it showed prominently tonight when he 
made short work of her in their match. Her DeJohnnyration X teammate and 
boyfriend, Johnny Smiles, was more successful tonight, avenging Marty 
Jannetty's attack where Johnny was kicked through a plate glass barber shop 
window... but can DeJohnnyration X continue to succeed over the long haul with 
only two members now?
       The Annihilators defeated the Immortals, two falls to one, largely 
because of Nicole's interference, which caused a disqualification for the 
Immortals fairly early in the match. With this settled, maybe the VCW locker 
room can return to relative sanity without a lot of pie fights and practical 
jokes. But then again, as long as teams like DeJohnnyration X and the Bull 
Moose Party are around, you can never be certain about that...
       One of the matches on this pay-per-view that caught everybody's 
attention was the Evening Gown Match between Marylin Silvera and Jessica Judd, 
where Jessica Judd was stripped totally naked before a pay-per-view audience. 
That certainly captured a lot of fan interest, and while it may result in a 
need to find a few new sponsors for VCW Monday Night Wrestling, it certainly 
was a crowd pleaser. Marylin Silvera tried to give everybody an extra show by 
taking his own gown off... fortunately, Crimson entered the ring and put a 
violent, ugly stop to that, nearly crippling Marylin Silvera and earning the 
gratitude of many VCW fans in the process.
       "Stone Cold" Moy Lazzario lasted longer than most people expected 
against David Wright Hubbard... that's about the nicest thing one can say about
his performance in the Texas Death Match tonight. He had the tar beaten out of 
him for ten straight minutes, and while he did get in a few good displays of 
offense against David Wright Hubbard, it simply wasn't good enough... David 
Wright Hubbard absorbed it all, and flattened Moy Lazzario repeatedly without 
ever being pinned. Moy Lazzario didn't stay down after the first few pins, but 
he couldn't keep getting up from David Wright Hubbard's intense power offense 
forever; David Wright Hubbard won this one decisively.
       Hell's Bikers weren't successful in their bid to capture the VCW World 
Tag Team Titles from the Wrecking Crew, even after making the match a no 
disqualification, no countout, no time limit match. The manager of Hell's 
Bikers, Dick Douglas, tried to interfere by throwing the crowbar to Jack 
Norman, but Rock wasn't having any of it; he stole the crowbar, used it on Jack
Norman himself, then put him away with the Breakdown to retain the titles in 
the first major title defense for the Wrecking Crew.
       Few things could be more violent than a no disqualification match 
between the Wrecking Crew and Hell's Bikers, but the Hardcore Cage Match that 
followed it was. Chris Champlain and Devaccio Pola absolutely annihilated each 
other in the Hardcore Cage, and outside of it as well, after Chris Champlain 
knocked Devaccio Pola off of the cage with a dropkick. Both men were bloody and
nearly crippled at the end of the match, but Devaccio Pola walked away with the
victory after strangling Chris Champlain to unconsciousness with a strand of 
barbed wire, tearing bloody shreds out of his own hands and Chris Champlain's 
neck in the process. This match ranks right up there with Devaccio Pola's House
of Pain razor-wire cage match against Bass Rogers at Disaster Area as one of 
the most brutal, violent matches in VCW history.
       Gabriel Black's rematch with Richard Tobian didn't quite have the same 
magic behind it as their first match. In spite of his threats earlier in the 
month, Richard Tobian was playing to win tonight, if wrestling a little more 
aggressively tonight. But Gabriel Black proved to be the superior athlete, 
outwrestling Richard Tobian and defeating him with the Destiny Hammer to retain
the VCW World Title. After the match, Richard Tobian snapped and attacked 
Gabriel Black with a chair, but Tattoo, the Referee from Hell, was the official
for that match, and he was present to enforce law and order, stopping Richard 
Tobian's rampage before serious damage could be done.
       The Survival of the Fittest tournament was the main attraction tonight, 
and all three of the matches that took place couldn't be described as anything 
less than excellent. Troy Black defeated Neytron DelArmeggio, in what could be 
considered a return match from their last meeting at Blood and Thunder, while 
Falcon proved once again that he's capable of beating Lance Errington. Troy 
Black and Falcon met in the final match of the tournament, in the main event of
the evening, and put on the best show all night. Unlike their previous meeting 
at Disaster Area, this was more than a long, drawn-out brawl... both men were 
wrestling to win here, and it showed. But it was Troy Black who won the match 
and the tournament after twenty-five minutes of intense competition, and it is 
Troy Black who will meet the VCW World Champion, whoever that may be, at 
Wrestlewar II. Below are the brackets of the tournament with the final 
standings:

       It should be interesting to see what the follow-up to tonight's events 
will be tomorrow night, on the next installment of VCW Monday Night Wrestling. 
Both Gabriel Black and Richard Tobian will be present, as will many other top 
VCW stars such as Tim Bell, Johnny Smiles, and the Torturer. Join us tomorrow 
night for the next exciting installment of VCW Monday Night Wrestling!

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, 12-26-1999