[OVW] TV Results from June 18, 2005 and Quick Six Flags Results

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At Six Flags Paramarx Arena on June 17, OVW superstars hit the ring, and here are the results, paraphrased from OVWrestling.com (go to the Web site for full results and photos):

– The Thrillseekers beat Ken Anderson and Paul Birchall, when Johnny Jeter pinned Birchall
– Deuce Shade vs. Ken Doane ended in a time-limit draw, and when the crowd yelled for more time, Doane gave up and walked to the back
– Seth Skyfire & Alexis Laree beat Mike Mondo & Ms. Blue when Laree got the pin after the crossbody off the top rope
– Danny Inferno vs. Blaster Lashley ended in a no contest
– Jim Cornette’s decision led to Inferno having two minutes in the ring with The idol
– OVW Championship, no DQ, loser my tap out match: Brent Albright beat Lance Cade
– Jerry “the King” Lawler & Chris Cage beat The Blonde Bombers (w/Jillian Hall and Melissa Coates) with simultaneous pins

Here is the OVW TV report, according to Dale Sherman and OVWrestling.com:

06/18/2005 – DAVIS ARENA

* THE RETURN OF JIM CORNETTE!!
* CHRIS CAGE VS. CHAD TOLAND & TANK TOLAND
* INTERVIEW WITH AARON “THE IDOL” STEVENS & BETH PHOENIX
* THE THRILLSEEKERS VS. OSAMA & DA BEAST

THE RETURN OF JIM CORNETTE!!

Dean appeared at the top of the show in the ring to announce the return of a smiling, cheerful Jim Cornette to the OVW ring. After a long standing ovation for the man and chants for “JIM-MY,” Cornette talked about his time away from OVW. Now, I’m going to hit the highlights here, but doing so is like hitting the highlights of any great speech – it can’t do justice to the real thing. To truly experience the full nature of Cornette’s comments, one has to hear it themselves. So what is to follow cannot compare to what was said in Cornette’s unimitatable fashion.

Jim told the crowd that he had been watching OVW the past “five horrible weeks” and was not happy with it. Nevertheless, “the sheriff was back in town.” Cornette felt that his job in OVW was to be matchmaker. For that, he had been criticized, and his loyalties suspected. Yet he is from Kentucky and was a wrestling fan, and therefore his loyalty was only to OVW, the OVW fans, and making sure that professional wrestling “stayed credible!” Moreso, he didn’t care who didn’t like it.

A few months back, Cornette went on to say, some people were making comments to WWE, to Six Flags, and to the sponsors of OVW that he was abusing his powers, showing favoritism, and wasn’t the best matchmaker for OVW. As Cornette pointed out, Danny Davis was and is the founder of OVW, and the two saw eye-to-eye about things. Still, rumors spread, even if the only thing he felt he was guilty of was giving fans what they wanted.

So he decided to go home and let the lawyers do their work to find who the weasel was at OVW that was causing all the problems. “The guy who wanted my job and would stab his own mother in the back,” Cornette exclaimed. He then demanded that Kenny Bolin come out to confront him; for it was Kenny Bolin that was causing the rumors to fly and trying to get Cornette fired.

It took a bit of time for Bolin to creep out to the ring, clutching Ms. Blue in front of him as a shield. Entering the ring, he told Cornette that he didn’t understand the accusation, as he had no intention of trying to take Cornette’s job. All Bolin wanted was to become his … assistant. Yeah. As Bolin saw it, Cornette was going to have a heart attack if someone didn’t come in to help. After all, they grew up together, and while Bolin knew he was a spry 29-year-old, Cornette looked to be middle-aged. Cornette butted in to mention that he would be in his old age if Bolin didn’t shut up soon, but Bolin ignored the remark. Instead, he wanted to let Jimmy know was that he was just trying to help out.

Cornette had enough of Bolin and told him that he was going to humiliate Bolin in the best way possible: come July 1st, at the next Six Flags Summer Sizzler Series, Bolin was to show how much he knew about matchmaking by putting together his own team of wrestlers to go up against Cornette’s own group of wrestlers in a match. Cornette stated that Bolin could pick out anyone he wanted from anywhere – it didn’t have to be just OVW – for the match. The only stipulation was that the losing manager of the teams would have to kiss the other’s foot. For Cornette, he realized that he may be setting himself up for a death wish if he has to kiss Bolin’s smelly foot, but it is a chance he’ll risk in order to put Bolin in his place.

Bolin agreed. He then went too far by starting to mouth off to Cornette and got a punch in the face from Jimmy in response. Cornette then grabbed Ms. Blue to do the same to her, but finally decided that a kiss was better, although the disgusted look on his face afterwards may have proven him wrong.

With the cards in place, Bolin will now have two weeks to assemble a team for the next Six Flags show. One shudders to think of who Kenny Bolin will dig up for the match.

CHRIS CAGE VS. CHAD TOLAND & TANK TOLAND
REF: Chris Kay & Ray Ramsey

A couple of matches with a twist, as the Blonde Bombers arrived only to be told that Melissa Coates and Jillian Hall had to return to the back. Instead, the match would be two-for-one, with Cage going up against each of the Tolands on their own. If he beat Chad Toland, then he would go up against Tank Toland.

With Chad entering the ring, Cage soon had the advantage in the match until a leap into the corner to press Chad led to Cage hitting the turnbuckle when Chad dived out of the way. Chad stomped and clobbered away for a near-pin. He stomped on Cage again for another near-pin and then a bodyslam. Going up to the top ropes in the corner, Chad dropped down with both fists on Cage’s back for another near-pin. Chad went to repeat the stunt on the top rope, but Cage managed to yank on the ropes, causing Chad to hit the corner with his crotch so hard that he flipped head over … uh … heels into the ring.

Cage punched Chad and backdropped him before slamming him to the mat for a near-pin. Noticing Tank on the apron, Cage punched Tank. Chad pulled back on Cage for a roll-up, but Cage pushed Chad off with so much force that Chad collided with Tank on the apron and fell back into a roll-up by Cage for the pin.

With Kay walking Chad off to the back, Ray Ramsey took over the officiating for the second match. Both had their heads turned to Chad and Kay down on the floor, allowing Tank to sneak up from behind and attack Cage. Cage turned around and introduced Tank to all four turnbuckles (and to the last one more than once) before clotheslining him. After slamming Tank to the mat, Cage got up for a splash, but missed when Tank rolled out of the way at the last possible moment. Tank tried for a pin, but no good.

Tank threw Cage out and rammed him into the apron before throwing him back in for another near-pin. A few knees, elbows, slaps and punches helped to work Cage over, but Chris connected with a kick to Tank’s face, forcing both men down in exhaustion.

After getting back up, the two fought back and forth. Cage clotheslined Tank twice, and then hit a backdrop and a suplex for a near-pin. Throwing Tank out, Cage rammed Tank into the apron four times before throwing him back in.

Cage got up on the corner, only for Ken Anderson to run to the ring and shove Cage in. Tank clotheslined the dazed Cage and got the pin for the win. Ken, Chad & Tank all began beating down on Cage and anyone that attempted to pull them off until the Thrillseekers arrived to chase them off.

After the match, Jim Cornette told the audience that Ken Anderson was to be suspended from OVW. Before he could continue, however, Cage stated that he did not want Anderson suspended. “If Ken Anderson has a problem, let him take it up with me,” Cage stated. As for the Bombers, he had plans for them. In fact, at Six Flags on July 1st, Cage planned to take care of The Blonde Bombers and Ken Andersons in a six men tag-team match. And for his partners in that match, Chris Cage will be bringing in the Dudley Boys! Looks like a hot match to come on July 1st at Six Flags Kentucky Kingdom!

INTERVIEW WITH AARON “THE IDOL” STEVENS & BETH PHOENIX

Cornette appeared in the ring with Scott Marshall and Kyle Reiner of the local fire department to talk about the over $166,000 raised from their good work for the WHAS Crusade for Children. While they were there, Cornette decided to ask Aaron “The Idol” Stevens out to the ring.

The Idol arrived with Beth Phoenix, not knowing what to expect. Once there, Cornette told Stevens that he was tired of the way Stevens was picking on Inferno, only to run away any time Inferno had a chance to fight back. The Idol was going to have to face up to Inferno at some point, and Cornette was the man to make sure it happened by having the two face off in a “No Disqualifications” match at Six Flags on July 1st. Furthermore, the firefighters will be there to encircle the ring to make sure that Stevens won’t be able to take off like he had done so many times in the past. Furthermore, to make sure that Beth Phoenix didn’t get a chance to try to help, Cornette had gotten the help of someone who knew exactly how to take care of people like Phoenix – Synn!

With that, Synn came out to the ring to address Phoenix. However, actions speaks louder than words sometimes, and Synn proved the point by attacking Phoenix, pulling her out of the ring and chasing her to the back with The Idol in pursuit.

Looks like The Idol may fall come July 1st.

THE THRILLSEEKERS VS. OSAMA & DA BEAST
REF: Robert Brisko

Matt Cappotelli took the lead for The Thrillseekers, stomping Osama to start and repeatedly slamming his head into a turnbuckle before tagging in Johnny Jeter. Jeter had Osama in a headlock, but Osama managed to push Jeter over to his corner to tag in Da Beast. Da Beast lifted Jeter over his head, but Johnny managed to wiggle out of the hold and deliver a spin kick to Da Beast’s face, dropping him in the process.

Da Beast got to his corner and tagged in Osama. Jeter whipped Osama to the corner and, using Cappotelli as a springboard, jumped on Osama in the corner. After a few punches between the two, Osama whipped Jeter to the ropes, where Da Beast was waiting with a knee in Jeter’s back. Jeter punched Da Beast off the apron, only to turn around and get a facerack from Osama.

Osama and Da Beast traded off on a beatdown of Jeter until a whip to the ropes by the two allowed Johnny to backflip on to the two and then tag in Matt. Matt began beating down on Osama and Da Beast, but a pin-attempt on Da Beast was stopped by Osama.

Jeter threw Osama out and worked him over on the outside as Da Beast and Cappotelli continued in the ring. A whip to the ropes by Da Beast saw Cappotelli colliding with Brisko, sending the ref to the mat in pain. Da Beast picked up Cappotelli to do a vertical suplex, only for Cappotelli to turn it into a roll-up.

With Brisko out of it, it looked like the roll-up would be for naught. Suddenly, Mo’ Green appeared from the back. He jumped into the ring and slapped the mat three times. Thinking he had won, Cappotelli got up and began celebrating. Behind him, Mo’ Green threw a chain to Da Beast and then led Matt around to face Da Beast. Da Beast clobbered Matt with the chain, tossed it back to Mo’, and put Cappotelli into a pin position. Mo’ then shook Brisko awake and pointed him towards the pin, allowing Brisko to slap the mat three times and give Da Beast the win.

As Jeter kicked at the ropes in frustration, Mo’ celebrated with two men who appear to be his new team to replace the Heartbreakers: Osama and Da Beast. Mo’ may have shouted he was back, but will he have the same success with these two as he had with the Heartbreakers? Only time will tell.

Credit: Dale Sherman and OVWrestling.com

Matthew Michaels is editor emeritus of Pulse Wrestling, and has been since the site launched.