Gang Wars 2000

Card Information:
 Held in: ASTRODOME
Location: TEXAS, UNITED STATES
Date/Time: 06/25/00 at 7:00pm

Dave Adams and Main Street Pete defeated Russel Taylor and The Super Giant Ninja
when M.S. Pete pinned Russel the Muscle with the Main Street Special in 0:03:36.
Rating: -*

Elimination Match:
The Rich Guys' Club (Evan Slash, Flex Loser, Hunk Higgins, and Ruby Richard Cage) beat
The Young Blood (Duck Columbo, Mike Awful, Silly Kidman, and The Frozen One) 
4 falls to 0:
         x E. Slash beat Awful via the Butterknife Power Bomb in 0:04:10
         x S. Kidman beat E. Slash via pinfall in 0:04:22
         x S. Kidman beat F. Loser via the Silly Star Press in 0:04:59
         x H. Higgins beat D. Columbo via the Big Leg Drop in 0:05:40
         x H. Higgins beat S. Kidman via the Big Leg Drop in 0:06:13
         x R.R.C. beat Frozen One via the Ruby Cutter in 0:06:51
Survivors: Ruby Richard Cage, Hunk Higgins
Rating: -***

Dirty Slut Scaffold Match:
Jennie defeated Jasmina Ecstacy in 0:06:26.
Rating: DUD
(Jennie retained the VCW T & A Title.)
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Interview:
Jennie continues to attack Jasmina Ecstacy after the match, tackling her in the mud and
stripping her top off, but both women are attacked by a unknown new woman.
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Elimination Match:
The Technicians (Paul Canyon and Tim Bell), Devaccio Pola and Lance Errington
 beat The Hammer of the Gods (Jacob Idol, Julian Page, Neytron DelArmeggio and R
ob Solomon) 4 falls to 3:
         x R. Solomon beat D. Pola via a Death Valley Driver in 0:05:12
         x P. Canyon beat Idol via a dragon suplex in 0:08:52
         x J. Page beat T. Bell via the DDT in 0:11:17
         x P. Canyon beat N. DelArmeggio via a sunset flip in 0:13:32
         x R. Solomon beat P. Canyon via the Katana Legdrop in 0:17:40
         x L. Errington beat R. Solomon via an inside cradle in 0:17:57
         x L. Errington beat J. Page via the Scorpion Deathlock in 0:28:13
Survivors: Lance Errington
Rating: *** 1/2

Elimination Match:
The System (Arthur Justice, Jimmy Lockman, Steve McMichael and Tattoo) beat
DeJohnnyration X (Johnny Smiles, Ken Collins, Robert Danson and Virginia) 4
 falls to 2:
         x Virginia beat Justice via the Spinebuster in 0:04:31
         x McMichael beat R. Danson via the Tombstone in 0:07:21
         x J. Smiles beat McMichael via the Smiledriver in 0:07:43
         x Tattoo beat Virginia via the Jackhammer in 0:09:23
         x J. Lockman beat K. Collins via the Figure-Four Leglock in 0:11:32
         x Tattoo beat J. Smiles via the Jackhammer in 0:12:19
Survivors: Jimmy Lockman, Tattoo
Rating: * 1/4

Interview:
Jimmy Lockman and Tattoo continue to beat Johnny, then Virginia, after the match.
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Interview:
Hell's Bikers introduce a shocking mystery partner.
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Elimination Match:
Hell's Bikers (Butch Manson, Crimson, Dick Douglas and Jack Norman) and Randy Savage
beat The Annihilators, The Wrecking Crew and David Wright Hubbard 5 falls to 3:
         x Crimson beat Rock via the Chokeslam in 0:00:59
         x B. Rivera beat D. Douglas via a lariat in 0:02:01
         x D.W. Hubbard beat B. Manson via a top-rope power bomb in 0:07:11
         x Savage beat Blade via the Flying Elbowdrop in 0:09:14
         x Crimson beat J. Wright via the Chokeslam in 0:10:50
         x Crimson beat B. Rivera via the Chokeslam in 0:11:28
         x D.W. Hubbard beat J. Norman via the Flying Cross Bodypress in
           0:12:23
         x Crimson beat D.W. Hubbard via the Chokeslam in 0:17:09
Survivors: Crimson, Randy Savage
Rating: 1/2*

Interview:
Skip Bizby introduces the teams of participants for the main event match.
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Elimination Match:
The Inquisition (Bass Rogers, Gabriel Black, Manhunter #1 and Manhunter #2)
 beat The Inquisition (Falcon, Moy Lazzario, Rex Richards and Troy Black) 4
 falls to 3:
         x G. Black beat R. Richards via a small package in 0:00:05
         x Falcon beat Manhunter #2 via the Falconsault in 0:07:35
         x M. Lazzario beat Manhunter #1 via the Slingshot Suplex in 0:10:58
         x B. Rogers beat M. Lazzario via the Moonsault in 0:16:52
         x B. Rogers beat Falcon via pinfall in 0:21:06
         x T. Black beat B. Rogers via the Black Dagger in 0:22:17
         x G. Black beat T. Black via a backdrop driver in 0:28:20
Survivors: Gabriel Black
Rating: 3/4*
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Match observations: 

       Tonight, we witnessed what could be a point of major change in VCW's 
future for many, many months to come. All of VCW's top factions and alliances 
met with their rivals to do battle, and on the whole, the men who came out on 
top weren't the ones who the fans wanted to see in most cases. Right now, it 
looks as though the forces that exert control over VCW have managed to hang 
onto their power for the time being. Whether this is a reassertion of dominance
or just a minor postponing of the inevitable remains to be seen.
       The new recruits to VCW's roster, Dave Adams and Main Street Pete, 
dominated the Super Giant Ninja and Russel "The Muscle" Taylor, picking up 
their first victory on pay-per-view. Their skills seem impressive enough, if a 
little old-fashioned, but they're going to have to compete with tougher 
competition than the Super Giant Ninja and Russel Taylor to get to the top of 
the VCW tag team scene. Then again, look at Mongo and Arthur Justice...
       The good news coming out of the next match is that the Young Blood, "The
Total Packer" Flex Loser, and "Big Sleepy" Evan Slash have seen their last days
in VCW only mere weeks after first coming here. Of course, the Middle-Aged 
Outlaws remain, due to the fact that they dominated and won the match, but two 
out of eight isn't so bad. Perhaps we should also be thankful that "Big Sleepy"
Evan Slash lived up to his name, falling asleep in the ring and allowing Silly 
Kidman to pin him. Fortunately, the outcome of this all is that the Young Blood
and the Rich Guys' Club have vanished from VCW entirely, leaving only the 
Middle-Aged Outlaws remaining. Call it breaking even.
       After that match, VCW saw its first-ever Dirty Slut Scaffold Match, in 
which a scaffold was erected over a pit of thick mud, and Jennie and Jasmina 
Ecstacy climbed on top of it to do battle. Anyone who expected this to be a 
classic wrestling match, or even a decent one, must have been disappointed; it 
was full of hair pulling, slapping, and punching for the most part. At the end 
of the match, we did see something unique from Jennie, who countered a power 
bomb into a Frankensteiner that launched Jasmina Ecstacy off of the scaffold. 
She managed to follow that up with another impressive spot: a flying cross body
press off of the scaffold onto Jasmina. Attempting to top even that, Jennie 
subdued Jasmina and ripped off her bikini top, then teased taking off her own. 
What would have come of that is not to be known, however, as a new, unfamiliar 
woman attacked both women with a chair, knocking them both out before 
denouncing the entire scene as immoral. Whoever this new woman is, she said 
that we'd see her again in the future.
       The next match was somewhat strange. It started as the Technicians and 
their allies Lance Errington and Devaccio Pola against the Hammer of the Gods, 
and indeed that's what we saw for the first eighteen minutes. In the end, it 
came down to just Julian Page and Lance Errington, and neither of them wanted 
to wind up on the losing end. They continued to battle for ten more minutes, 
one-on-one, until finally Lance Errington did what the Hammer of the Gods 
stopped him from doing last Monday, and achieved a victory over Julian Page.
That could go a long way towards earning him a shot at the VCW Intercontinental
and Television Titles.
       The confrontation between DeJohnnyration X and the System wasn't quite 
so even, though it started out even enough. Steve McMichael and Arthur Justice 
were both eliminated in short order, taking Robert Danson of DeJohnnyration X 
down with them. But when only "Pretty Boy" Jimmy Lockman and Tattoo were left, 
things changed in a big way. The wily in-ring savvy and the sheer unstoppable 
power of Tattoo's brutal offense were too great for DeJohnnyration X to 
overcome, and the two surviving members of the System earned a victory. After 
the match, they continued to beat on Johnny, then Virginia when she tried to 
stop them. With both of them laid out, Jimmy Lockman gave them an ultimatum:  
they must retire tomorrow night or face even more punishment from the System. 
It's hard to imagine any members of DeJohnnyration X bowing to the System and 
retiring, but at the same time, after tonight's sobering victory, even they may
realize that it doesn't look like they stand a chance.
       The low expectations of David Wright Hubbard (and many VCW fans, for 
that matter) concerning the mystery partner of Hell's Bikers were blown away 
tonight. "Macho Man" Randy Savage made his return to wrestling and his debut in
VCW at the side of Hell's Bikers. In addition to contributing his skills and 
physical presence, this definitely blew the minds of the team opposing Hell's 
Bikers. The Wrecking Crew, the Annihilators, and David Wright Hubbard managed 
to take out the lower echelon of Hell's Bikers, but Randy Savage and Crimson 
both turned out to be too hard to take down. To make matters even more 
interesting, it appears as though this may not be Savage's last appearance in 
VCW by any means.
       Just when it appears Gabriel Black is about to be humbled and brought 
down, he always manages to pull some card out of his sleeve. In tonight's 
match, that card was Rex Richards. When Gabriel Black cradled Rex Richards for 
an instant pin in the beginning of the match, many people chalked it up to 
simple incompetence by Rex Richards. But later on, when it was down to Gabriel 
Black and Bass Rogers against Troy Black and Falcon, he made a big difference, 
wiping out Falcon with a chair and enabling Bass Rogers to pin him, when 
seconds earlier it had seemed as though Falcon was going to eliminate Bass 
Rogers instead. In the face of this, the earlier loss by Rex Richards would 
seem to be more than incompetence... it's probably a good bet to say he took a
dive for Gabriel Black.
       Even that interference still didn't seal the match, though. Left on his 
own against two members of the Inquisition, Troy Black tore down Bass Rogers in
short order, bringing the odds back to one-on-one with his brother, in a 
rematch from their meeting at Wrestlewar. Troy Black was on fire, beating the 
hell out of Gabriel Black most of the time. Gabriel Black made a few comebacks,
honing in on Troy's injured neck like a shark going for blood, but Troy ignored
it, even shrugging off the Destiny Hammer to finish strong and seemingly put 
Gabriel away with the Black Dagger. Once again, however, Rex Richards came into
play, saving Gabriel Black by putting his foot on the ropes. A brief sequence 
of chain wrestling ensued, in which Gabriel got the upper hand, nailing Troy 
Black with a backdrop driver that nearly injured his neck again and enabled 
Gabriel to steal the match.
       Coming out of tonight's pay-per-view, the Inquisition is still five 
members strong, though they lack any really big players like Falcon, the 
Torturer, David Wright Hubbard, or Troy Black. Meanwhile, the System has 
reasserted its control of VCW at the expense of DeJohnnyration X. The same 
powermongers that have been in control of VCW come out on top again here... but
can they continue to have this kind of success? The Inquisition is obviously 
not what it once was, but the System is showing no signs of weakness. Building 
on the events of tonight, Blood and Thunder could be the decisive answer to the
future of VCW's most dominant forces.
       Tomorrow night's edition of VCW Monday Night Wrestling will be a star-
studded show filled with action and excitement. Two matches are already 
confirmed, as the Immortals face Steve McMichael and Arthur Justice to see if 
they can become the number-one contenders to the VCW World Tag Team Titles, and
Julian Page takes on Gabriel Black for the VCW World Title. Plenty of other top
stars will be there as well, including Troy Black, Falcon, David Wright 
Hubbard, Crimson, the Manhunters, and many more. Don't miss tomorrow night's 
action-packed edition of VCW Monday Night Wrestling!

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, 09-13-2000