VCW Monday Night Wrestling 07/24/00 (VCW 79)

Card Information:
 Held in: MIDSOUTH COLISEUM
Location: OKLAHOMA, UNITED STATES
Date/Time: 07/24/00 at 7:00


Moy Lazzario pinned The Super Giant Ninja after a flying cross body press in 0:01:55.
Rating: DUD

Interview:
Dave Adams and Main Street Pete complain about their lack of recognition, and call out 
the Middle-Aged Outlaws, who complain about recent events in WCW before the match.
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The Middle-Aged Outlaws defeated Dave Adams and Main Street Pete when Higgins
 pinned Doctor Dave with the Big Leg Drop in 0:04:05.
Rating: DUD

David Wright Hubbard pinned Russel Taylor after a power bomb in 0:00:17.
Rating: 1/4*

Interview:
David Wright Hubbard talks about his upcoming match with "Macho Man" Randy Savage.
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Interview:
Jennie and Paul Canyon make challenges to Nurse Vivacia and Jiro Tobikuma, respectively.
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Jiro Tobikuma pinned Paul Canyon with the Fisherman Buster in 0:08:47.
Rating: ** 3/4

Interview:
Stacey Lockman and Neytron DelArmeggio hang around backstage, and Stacey makes a request 
for Neytron to wrestle Troy Black tonight.
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The Wrecking Crew defeated The Manhunters when Rock pinned Manhunter #2
after the Breakdown in 0:09:13.
Rating: 3/4*

Devaccio Pola and Lance Errington defeated
The Hammer of the Gods (Julian Page and Rob Solomon) when L. Errington pinned
R. Solomon after a small package in 0:12:25.
Rating: * 3/4
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Interview:
Bass Rogers challenges Liberation X to meet the Inquisition in a match with stipulations 
at Blood and Thunder, as well as challenging Falcon to a match right here, tonight.
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Falcon pinned Bass Rogers after the Falconsault in 0:08:18.
Rating: * 1/4

Interview:
Neytron DelArmeggio calls Troy Black out, and dedicates the match to Stacey Lockman.
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Troy Black defeated Neytron DelArmeggio by disqualification in 0:08:04.
Rating: ** 3/4
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Interview:
The Hammer of the Gods tries to injure Troy Black after the match, but their enemies run 
in to try to stop them.
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Interview:
DeJohnnyration X calls out Hell's Bikers for a three-on-three match.
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Hell's Bikers (Butch Manson, Crimson and Jack Norman) defeated
DeJohnnyration X (Johnny Smiles, Ken Collins and Robert Danson) when Crimson
 pinned K. Collins with the Chokeslam in 0:11:32.
Rating: ** 1/4

Interview:
James Lockman gives Arthur Justice a pep talk before his match with Gabriel Black, then 
makes a number-one contenders match between the Wrecking Crew and Jack Norman and Butch 
Manson of Hell's Bikers for Blood and Thunder.
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Gabriel Black pinned Arthur Justice after a Destiny Hammer in 0:04:12.
Rating: * 3/4
(Gabriel Black retained the VCW World Title.)



Match observations: 

       As we continue to count down the weeks to Blood and Thunder, tension is 
building in VCW. In a matter of thirteen days, many wrestlers will face the 
climax of rivalries that have lasted for several months. With so much riding on
Blood and Thunder, it looks like most of the participants are willing to put 
everything on the line and raise the stakes as high as they will go in an 
attempt to gain the upper hand.
       After the usual nonsense in the opening cards, we saw an example of how 
intense some rivalries have become when David Wright Hubbard had some scathing 
words for "Macho Man" Randy Savage. His claims that Randy Savage is unable to 
compete at the level he once did have been echoed by many other obeservers in 
the latter days of the Macho Man's career, and more than anything are the words
that Savage would love to refute with a strong showing at Blood and Thunder. 
For both David Wright Hubbard and Randy Savage, Blood and Thunder is especially
important; David Wright Hubbard must perform well to show that he's worthy of 
being considered one of the top stars in the sport, while Randy Savage has to 
prove that he still has what it takes to perform on the level of a young, 
healthy, strong up-and-coming star like David Wright Hubbard.
       Whether he intended to or not, Jiro Tobikuma has found himself embroiled
in a feud mere weeks after his debut in VCW. Not only does he have lingering 
issues with Neytron DelArmeggio from weeks past, but he also now has problems 
with Paul Canyon, after injuring Tim Bell of the Technicians with his tiger 
driver. Jiro Tobikuma won tonight in competition against Paul Canyon, but it 
appears that he hasn't seen the last of either Paul or Neytron; Neytron has 
challenged both men to a triangle match at Blood and Thunder. That match should
be great, but considering the talent level of its particpants, who walks away 
with the victory is anyone's guess.
       The Inquisition, down to only five members present and active in VCW, 
has also thrown out a challenge with a lot on the line, to Liberation X. At 
Blood and Thunder, Bass Rogers, the Manhunters, and Rebecca Black of the 
Inquisition will meet Falcon, the Annihilators, and Lady Erica Whitmore of 
Liberation X. If Liberation X wins, the Inquisition leaves the building, and 
therefore cannot interfere in the VCW World Title match later in the evening; 
however, if the Inquisition wins, Lady Erica Whitmore will leave with them. 
Erica was extremely persistent in urging Falcon to accept the match, seemingly 
without regard for the possible consequences; one has to think that if the 
match doesn't go as she has planned, she could be in some big trouble.
       In the course of kissing up to Stacey Lockman, Neytron DelArmeggio 
allowed her to request a match from him. He obviously didn't count on her 
wanting to see him take on Troy Black, but he made the best of it. The two met 
with the knowing feel of two old enemies facing each other yet again, and both 
men worked well against their familiar opponent. In the end, the results were 
inconclusive; after Neytron DelArmeggio took the double arm DDT from Troy 
Black, Rob Solomon ran in and attacked him. The rest of the Hammer of the Gods 
followed suit, but Owen Addison, Lance Errington, and Devaccio Pola ran them 
off before they could do any serious damage. This, coupled with a loss by 
Julian Page and Rob Solomon to Lance Errington and Devaccio Pola earlier in the
show, made the night for the Hammer of the Gods rather unsuccessful.
       Johnny Smiles and the Immortals didn't fare too well tonight against 
Hell's Bikers in a six-man tag team match. If this was a sign of what we could 
expect when Johnny Smiles takes on Crimson at Blood and Thunder, it's certainly
a bad sign for Johnny. Crimson seems to be unstoppable; it's worth noting that 
his only pinfall loss ever was to Troy Black, and even that didn't happen until
he had taken the Black Dagger a total of FOUR times. Beating Crimson may very 
well be VCW's Mission Impossible, and Johnny would hardly seem to be the man 
for the job. 
       As a result of that match, Hell's Bikers felt that they should be next 
in line for number-one contendership for the VCW World Tag Team Titles. 
However, VCW Commissioner James Lockman felt differently, citing the fact that
the Wrecking Crew defeated the former VCW World Tag Team Champions, the 
Manhunters, earlier in our show tonight. As a result, the two teams will meet 
at Blood and Thunder to determine which one will be the number-one contenders 
after the Immortals defend the titles against Arthur Justice and Steve "Mongo" 
McMichael.
       Speaking of Arthur Justice, tonight's main event was a complete 
mismatch, as Arthur Justice challenged Gabriel Black for the VCW World Title. 
After coming this far with the title, thirteen days away from the second-
biggest pay-per-view of the year, nobody expected Gabriel Black to lose to 
Arthur Justice, who is still fresh out of the Power Plant and has nowhere near 
the experience of Gabriel Black. It therefore surprised nobody that Gabriel 
Black defeated Arthur Justice easily in under five minutes.
       Next week is the final VCW show before Blood and Thunder, and it'd be a 
good bet to assume that VCW's superstars are going to pull out all the stops to
try to get the upper hand before the pay-per-view. Next week, many of VCW's top
stars will be present, including VCW World Champion Gabriel Black, the 
Annihilators, "Macho Man" Randy Savage, David Wright Hubbard, and many more. 
Don't miss a minute of the hottest wrestling action you'll find anywhere, and 
join us for next week's edition of VCW Monday Night Wrestling!!

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, 10-11-2000