VCW Monday Night Wrestling 12/27/99 (VCW 50)

Card Information:
 Held in: DELTA CENTER
Location: UTAH, UNITED STATES
Date/Time: 12/27/99 at 7:00pm

Interview:
Gabriel Black challenges Lance Errington to put his career on the line against the 
World Title in the main event tonight.
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Crimson pinned Haigeikobai with the Chokeslam in 0:00:10.
Rating: DUD

Interview:
Moy Lazzario bites off more than he can chew when he picks a fight with Santa Claus.
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Santa Claus pinned Moy Lazzario with the Smiledriver in 0:01:19.
Rating: 3/4*
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Interview:
The true identity of "Santa Claus" becomes pretty obvious.
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Interview:
The Middle-Aged Outlaws call out the Wrecking Crew.
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The Wrecking Crew defeated The Middle-Aged Outlaws when Rock pinned R.R.C.
 after the Breakdown in 0:03:04.
Rating: DUD
(The Wrecking Crew retained the VCW World Tag Team Titles.)

Jacob Idol pinned Paul Canyon after outside interference in 0:13:09.
Rating: ** 1/4
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Bass Rogers defeated Rob Solomon by countout in 0:03:46.
Rating: -* 3/4
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Interview:
Neytron DelArmeggio taunts Rob Solomon, and tries to give him another Piledriver, but Rob 
Solomon chases him away and challenges him to a match next week.
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Julian Page defeated Tim Bell via pinfall in 0:14:03.
Rating: *** 1/2
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The Immortals defeated The Golden Society (Chris Champlain and Dean Sanders)
 when K. Collins defeated D. Sanders by countout in 0:15:48.
Rating: ** 1/4
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Interview:
Lance Errington accepts Gabriel Black's challenge to put his career on the line for 
another title shot.
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[Title vs. Career]:
Lance Errington defeated Gabriel Black by disqualification in 0:11:51.
Rating: ***
(Gabriel Black retained the VCW World Title.)
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Match observations: 

       One night removed from Deck the Halls, things have already started to 
heat up for Wrestlewar. Many of the matches tonight were marred by outside 
interference, for a variety of reasons. In some cases, old enemies were letting
each other know that their feuds aren't over by a long shot. In other cases, 
the motives behind the meddling are less apparent... sometimes even totally 
incomprehensible. Based on what we saw tonight, it doesn't look like there will
be any shortage of emotional, high-stakes feuds when Wrestlewar comes around on
February sixth.
       Even from the opening of the show, the potential for big things was 
apparent. Gabriel Black started the show not only by showing off his new 
romantic interest, Lady Erica Whitmore, but also by challenging Lance Errington
to one more, high-stakes match in tonight's main event; Lance would put up his 
career for one more shot at the VCW World Title. From the way the situation 
appeared, after tonight there would either be a new VCW World Champion, or 
another important person gone from the VCW roster. But as we found out, 
appearances can be deceiving.
       From there, we were greeted with a more silly situation. Moy Lazzario 
came out to complain about getting screwed in last night's match against Tim 
Bell (which is totalnonsense; nobody was cheated in that match), only to be 
distracted by a mysterious man in a Santa Claus suit who was handing out VCW 
merchandise to lucky fans at ringside. Moy Lazzario took exception, and brought
Santa Claus into the ring for a match... which he lost in just over a minute. 
That's probably because Santa Claus wasn't the out-of-shape, jolly old man Moy
Lazzario was expecting, but Johnny Smiles in a costume. In hindsight, was it 
really that surprising? Who else among the VCW roster would dress up in a Santa
Claus costume!?
       Shortly after that, the Middle-Aged Outlaws decided it would be a good 
idea to call out the Wrecking Crew. That ended with exactly the results that 
everybody would expect... the Middle-Aged Outlaws were manhandled and defeated 
within three minutes by the VCW World Tag Team Champions.
       After that, things took a different turn. During a match between Paul 
Canyon and his former partner in the Technicians, Jacob Idol, Julian Page came 
to the ring and interfered in their match, going so far as to cost Paul Canyon 
a certain victory while the referee was down. These two met last night in the 
Waste-Of-Time prior to Deck the Halls, but why would Julian Page want to bring 
up new trouble with Paul Canyon? It's not like he seems to have unresolved 
issues with Paul Canyon... he won their match, after all, and seems to have no 
real reason for what he did. Strange...
       By contrast, Neytron DelArmeggio made it perfectly clear why he caused 
Rob Solomon to lose to Bass Rogers via countout tonight; he wasn't satisfied 
with his small package victory over Solomon last night. Neytron seems to want 
to beat Rob Solomon convincingly, maybe injure him if that's possible. Whatever
the case, it didn't work out so well for Neytron tonight... he taunted Rob 
Solomon for too long, and Solomon managed to recover and chase Neytron 
DelArmeggio backstage. But he'll get another opportunity next week, as Rob 
Solomon also challenged him to a match on next Monday night's show.
       When Julian Page wrestled Tim Bell tonight, the unresolved issue of his 
interference in the match between Jacob Idol and Paul Canyon became even more 
complicated. Jacob Idol came to the ring, and while the referee's attention was
occupied with Jennie, who was trying to point out that Julian Page was pulling 
Tim Bell's tights, Jacob Idol entered the ring and swung a chair at Julian 
Page. Unfortunately for him, he hit the wrong guy, and left Julian Page 
unscathed while knocking Tim Bell out. Owen Addison and Jennie could do nothing
but watch as the referee turned around just in time to see Julian Page crawl on
top of Tim Bell again and pin him for the three-count, continuing his modest 
undefeated streak. Was Jacob Idol simply there to set things right, or is there
a deeper issue at hand?
       After last night's crushing defeat at the hands of the Wrecking Crew, 
the Golden Society team of Chris Champlain and Dean Sanders didn't seem the 
same tonight, in their match with the Immortals. They didn't have the normal 
unity and crispness in the ring that made them effective in the past, and they 
just seemed off-focus during the whole match. Finally, Dean Sanders simply 
walked out of the match, and Chris Champlain, for lack of anything better to 
do, followed suit, giving the Immortals a countout victory. Is there something 
amiss with Dean Sanders?
       After the next match, it would appear so. Lance Errington met Gabriel 
Black in a rematch tonight, Lance Errington's career put up against Gabriel 
Black's VCW World Title. Lance Errington fought with a desperation and new-
found strength that he had lacked in previous matches, and it seemed that 
tonight, if any night, he had a shot at winning the title. When he locked 
Gabriel Black in the Scorpion Deathlock, well away from the ring ropes, it 
seemed as though Lance Errington would, in fact, do the impossible and force 
Gabriel Black to submit or pass out. Unfortunately, we'll never know whether or
not Gabriel Black could have somehow escaped on his own merits, because Dean 
Sanders ran into the ring and floored Lance Errington with a thunderous 
chairshot. Tattoo, the VCW referee for this match, had no choice but to 
disqualify Gabriel Black, before chasing Dean Sanders backstage, ready to 
administer some justice with the twenty-two inch, well-muscled long arm of the 
law. Gabriel Black retained the VCW World Title, but because he defeated 
Gabriel Black, Lance Errington's career is safe.
       But, to put it simply, what is the matter with Dean Sanders? First, his 
strange actions in the tag team match, and now costing his teammate and close 
friend Lance Errington a probable VCW World Title victory. With Tattoo, the 
Referee from Hell, in hot pursuit, he wasn't exactly able to stay around and 
answer questions. Has he joined the Inquisition? Has he just snapped? Or does 
he have some other plan in mind? Perhaps we can find out next week... I'm sure 
that Lance Errington, for one, would very much like to hear an explanation.
       Next week's show is going to really be a big one, as VCW heads back to 
the VCW Arena in San Francisco, California. The Torturer, David Wright Hubbard, 
Crimson, Falcon, and Troy Black will all be there, and a match featuring 
Neytron DelArmeggio against Rob Solomon is a strong possibility. More questions
will probably be raised, and with any luck, some of the questions raised 
tonight will be answered. Join us next week for another exciting wrestling 
showcase on next week's edition of VCW Monday Night Wrestling!

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, 04-22-2000