DR. KEITH COMPLETE REPORT FOR 6/26
- 06/26/2006 (3:03:03 pm)
- Georgiann Makropoulos
Weekend Results and up coming shows……
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Brand New Dr. Keith Show - Excalibur, Bryan Alvarez, HAT GUY~!, Bill Goldberg clips (report later today)
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Final ROH Chicago Ridge Report by yours truly..
Ring of Honor
Frontier Fieldhouse
Crowd is, as expected, down from the WrestleMania weekend shows in Chicago
Pre-show matches:
Pre-show matches:
1) Josh Abercrombie beat ROH trainee Rhett Titus in 4:14 . Ambercrombie wrestles a lot for IWA Mid-South and as held their light heavyweight title. He is also wonderfully flippy and nicely mustached. His mustache stroke or taunt is quite possibly one of the best in the business. For a short pre-show match, this was quite nice and solid. Josh showed great talent in this match, the crowd was familiar and behind him (either that or they were into his stache) as he won with the Taliban Backpack (leaping lungblower).
2) Boz (notMidwest legend Ryan Boz) beat Alex "Sugar foot" Payne in 2:37 . Payne has lovely curly blonde hair, and hit a nice Yakuza kick for a nearfall early in the match. Boz used springboard flip kick and a the Falcon Arrow on Payne for the win. Sugar foot was over, and a section of the crowd would chant "we want sugar foot" for the rest of the night.
2) Boz (not
3) “Venom” Keith Walker beat over Bobby Dempsey and C.J. Otis in a 3-way match when
Main Show:
1) Irish Airborne (Jake & Dave Crist) beat Shane Hagadorn and Trik Davis in
Great opener. The Chicago
2) Roderick Strong beat Jimmy Jacobs (w/Lacey) in 15:02 with the stronglock
Crowd held out their cell phones instead of Bic Lighters during Jacob's entrance. Strong is hugely over. During the match Jimmy Jacobs hit a Death Valley Driver, leading to a loud crowd chant of "Cena Sucks!" Jacobs got a lot of offense throughout the match, with many different types of headlocks. Strong came back with his harsh chops. Strong would do his gimmick of telling the crowd to "shhhhhhhhhhhh" before chopping the hell out of Jacob's chest. Strong won with the Stronghold. Very good match, the surprise of the night as both guys had their working shoes on. I was surprised how much I enjoyed this match as the expectations were low, but it surpassed all expectations and then some. Lots of great back and forth from both guys, Jacobs looked very good, and got plenty of two counts. Jacobs at one point hit a tope suicda to the outside, and later while Strong's had his head down by a corner ringpost, Jacobs hit a beautiful kick to his head. Ouch! Jacobs then worked on the head of Strong. Teases of Contra Codes and Backbreakers from both guys. Strong reversed a Contra Code attempt by Jacobs, hit his torture rack backbreaker and was going for a lariet when he was speared for a two count. Finish came with Jacobs tried another Contra code, which again was unsuccessful as Strong hit a hot shot, into a backbreaker, into a half nelson backbreaker into the Strong hold for the submission. After the match there was an incident with Lacey and a fan who attempted to punch her in which the fan was ejected afterwards. To the tune of the nah nah nah song.
3) The Briscoe Brothers beat The Embassy (Jimmy Rave and Conrad Kennedy III w/Prince Nana, Daizee Haze, and Alex Shelley) in 12:55
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4) Samoa Joe beat Delirious in 10:58 after a muscle buster
Crowd chanted "F*** Scott Steiner!" Delirious ran around the ring and grabbed a fan's Cubs hat and threw it into the ring. Joe put the hat on and got booed. The Frontier Fieldhouse is White Sox territory. The fan who's had was stolen, spent the match staring at his hat before I told ring announcer Bobby Cruise to return the hat to the kid before he started crying. Running theme throughout the match was Delirious trying to bodyslam Joe. Twice he failed, but on the third attempt Delirious finally got the Samoan up. Delirious got some offense in, there was some light wrestling comedy. Delirious hit 26 short arm clothelines in the corner to get Joe down. Joe later came back and hit a 35 second vertical suplex. Joe attempted a variety of submissions to get down the man with the lizard face. A boston
After the match Joe was distracted by Necro Butcher and was on the receiving end of a chair shot from Claudio Castagnoli who ran in from the crowd. Adam Pearce, BJ Whitmer ran down to the ring for the save, but Nate Webb with a barb wire crown of thorns came down in a surprise. Ace Steel made the save and started the next match.
5) Team CZW (Claudio Castagnoli & Necro Butcher & Nate "Spyder" Webb) beat Team ROH (Ace Steel & Adam Pearce & BJ Whitmer) in a bunkhouse match in7:37
5) Team CZW (Claudio Castagnoli & Necro Butcher & Nate "Spyder" Webb) beat Team ROH (Ace Steel & Adam Pearce & BJ Whitmer) in a bunkhouse match in
Steel appeared to be wearing very nice tuxedo pants. Webb brought a crown made out of barbed wire to the ring with him. This was short but crazy as it was allot of action going on. Highlights including Nate Webb coming off the top rope and hitting a legdrop to Ace Steel who was on a table, and birthday boy Adam Pearce coming back with a beautiful Davey Boy Smith running powerslam. Necro, while bleeding from the mouth, set up two chairs in the ring, but fell victim to a side slam by Pearce. On the outside, Webb put BJ's head within a chair (like a vice) and Pilman-ized him causing BJ to come out bloody. Whitmer and Necro fought in the middle of the ring over the crown with Necro eventually putting it over Whitmer's head. Claudio then delivered a vicious steel chair shot to Whitmer's head, leading to Necro getting the pin and the CZW wrestlers left thru the crowd, as BJ needed help getting the barb wire Jesus like crown removed. However, no one asked if there was a doctor in the house.
6) Nigel McGuinness beat Homicide to retain the ROH Pure Title in 17:44 by count out
As Nigel and Homicide battled by the entrance ramp, referee Todd Sinclair was counting them both out. Nigel made it back at "17" while Homicide came in at "20" as Sinclair called the match a count out win for Nigel. Crowd totally crapped on this finish, chanting "BULLSH*T!" Sinclair became the number one heel in the company after the ruling. Homicide actually threw his elbow pad off 2 minutes into the match and hit his lariat for a two. Match saw McGuinness work on Homicide's arm with holds. McGuinness used his first break due to an rings of Saturn like hold. McGuinness had Homicide in a choke, while he had his fingers in Homicides mouth, while he was standing on his injured hand. McGuinness, in a reference to Bryan Danielson, told the referee "I got til five" to mock Danielson. Homicide used a rope break at 6:36 after the camel clutch (chin lock submission), thankfully there was no homicide humbling. Homicide got McGuinness in a side headlock and said "f*** the queen Elizabeth" which got Nigel all firery. They had a chop (Homicide) vs. elbow (Nigel) battle. Homicide hit a koji cutter for a 2.5, Homicide pushed the referee in the corner and said called him a fat slob." Fight went to the outside by the ringside table. Homicide tried to powerbomb McGuinness into the table, but was monkey flipped onto it causing it to break. Referee started counting both men out, McGuinness was in at 18, Homicide was in there around 19.5. Close call. Both men traded huge lariats, including McGuinness where he looks like he's going out between the middle/top rope only to spring back into the ring. Nigel hit an illegal close fist, Homicide hit a nice frogsplash for a two count. McGuinness did his headstand in the corner, but Homicide countered it was a harsh kick to McGuinness's bloody mouth. Homicide, who asked if chairs were allowed when the referee was giving instructions saying "you didn't say anything about chairs" went after McGuinness with a chair. McGuinness ran down the entrance ramp, Homicide met him towards the beginning and hit two chiar shots, however, McGuinness sprinted in at 18, and Homicide wasn't fast enough. Wow. The heat for this was huge. Like TNA PPV last weekend huge, of course, because of this, lots of garbage including water bottles were thrown into the ring. Bulls*** chants a plenty. Homicide flipped out after the match. Lt. Commissioner Adam Pearce came out in his bunkhouse street clothes to calm down Homicide, but it didn't take. Homicide left through the crowd. Very good match, should be rematched down the line.
7) KENTA beat Austin Aries in 20:48 after the go 2 sleep
Todd Sinclair stayed to referee for final two matches and made for a weird deal as crowd continued to bitch him out the entire time. Really, it wasn't Earl Hebner in Canada 20:48 . Great match and crowd went nuts as the Go 2 Sleep was teased throughout the match. After the match both men were attacked by the Briscoes. Roderick Strong made the save and helped KENTA and Aries fright them off. Crowd chanted "Please Come Back!" to KENTA.
8) Bryan Danielson beat Colt Cabana to retain the ROH World Title in 29:40
Crowd was hot for the match as Maxwell Street Chicago
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Grove, Bisping, AND Herman Earn UFC Contracts; Florian Routs Stout
By Thomas Gerbasi
LAS VEGAS, – Despite the fact that there are only supposed to be two UFC contracts up for grabs in the finale of ‘The Ultimate Fighter’ series, which was held tonight at the Hard Rock Hotel, when you put on an epic battle like the one waged by middleweights Kendall Grove and Ed Herman, to paraphrase baseball great Ernie Banks, “Let’s pay two.”
But despite the largesse of the UFC braintrust of Dana White and Lorenzo and Frank Fertitta in awarding six figure contracts to both combatants, as well as light heavyweight Michael Bisping, there was a victor in what is the frontrunner for 2006 fight of the year, and it was Hawaii’s Grove, who eked out a 29-28 decision on all three judges’ scorecards, and truly, there are few adjectives to adequately describe the ebb and flow of the 15 minute vignette that truly showed what mixed martial arts is all about.
“This is heart,” said Grove, pointing to his chest, “and I’ve got the biggest one.”
“It was a close fight,” said a gracious but disappointed Herman. “It could have gone either way.”
It didn’t look that way early on, as Herman quickly and easily nullified the size of the 6-6 Grove by dropping him to the mat and opening up with both hands. Grove looked to secure an arm, but Herman used knees effectively to escape any trouble. With less than a minute and a half left in the round, Grove finally made it back to his feet, only to be dropped again by round’s end.
Already down a round, Grove, whose left eye sported a mouse, needed to make something happen, but it didn’t look good when Herman again secured the takedown. This time though, Grove locked Herman’s arm and then looked to land a triangle seconds later. With the pro-Grove crowd roaring, Grove tightened the lock but Herman escaped, drawing an even bigger cheer from the ‘Short Fuse’ section of fans.
This is how it went for the rest of the round – Grove gets the upper hand, then Herman rebounds and puts Grove in trouble. By the end of the round, Herman got his own triangle on Grove and it looked like the end was near, but “Da Spyder” escaped somehow, and now the fight was up for grabs in round three.
And both fighters fought like a six figure contract was on the line in the final stanza, and again, it was a back and forth battle of submissions and near misses, with each fighter showing the heart that will make them welcome in the Octagon anytime. The big scores of the round were Grove’s triangles and a last second rear naked choke, and Herman’s own sub work on his foe’s arm. By the time the final bell rang though, no one knew who had won, with strong arguments to be made for each fighter.
And though Grove had his hand raised tonight, Herman has just as much reason to keep his head high.
The other two finalists, light heavyweights Michael Bisping and Josh Haynes, had a tough act to follow in their bout, but there was still enough compelling action to keep fight fans happy and also earn the pride of Liverpool a UFC contract.
As expected, Haynes started swinging for the cheap seats, but Bisping stayed cool under fire, and a minute and a half in, a heavy knee to the head dropped Haynes hard. Bisping hesitated, and as Haynes went to rise, ‘The Count’ finally moved in and wound up losing a point for kneeing his still downed opponent.
Bisping wound up winning the first frame, but with the deduction, the fight was now even at 9-9.
Looking to get back on track, Bisping truly went to work in the second round, opening with a flying knee and working on a myriad of submissions, but Haynes just wouldn’t go away, again showing the heart of a lion as he tried to stay in the fight with his better skilled foe. Finally, in the final minute of the round, Bisping was able to jar Haynes, and he began letting loose with an array of strikes. Hayes eventually fell under the assault, and the bout was halted by referee John McCarthy at 4:14 of the round.
In the main event of the night, Kenny Florian, a season one TUF finalist who lost to Diego Sanchez in their bout last April, showed how far he has come in a little over a year, dismantling highly touted prospect Sam Stout in just one minute and 46 seconds of the first round.
Almost immediately, Florian got the takedown, surprising those who thought Stout would be able to hold him off and work his stand-up game, and from there, the fight was basically over, as ‘KenFlo’ worked his magic on the mat, got full mount, and then sunk in a rear naked choke as Stout gave up his back.
“I want to fight the best at 155,” said Florian. “I’ve been ready for this for a while.”
In a grueling light heavyweight bout, Keith Jardine rebounded from a horrific first round which saw him bloodied and bruised to win a unanimous three round decision over UFC debutant Wilson Gouveia.
Much faster than Jardine, Gouveia routed his foe in the first round with brutal leg kicks and quick 1-2s. But just when the end seemed to be near, ‘The Dean of Mean’ roared back, finally timing Gouveia and working in his own kicks and punches as the fight progressed. By the third round, Jardine was a bloody mess, but he was also in control of the bout, and the 29-28 scores across the board reflected the closeness of the bout as well as the rightful victor – Jardine.
TUF3 middleweights Rory Singer and Ross Pointon ended the preliminary action with a flourish, putting on a frantic 44 second brawl that saw Singer absorb Pointon’s thunder and rebound to score a first round submission win over ‘The Gladiator’.
As expected, Singer blazed out of his corner throwing power shots. With the crowd roaring, Singer absorbed a big right and fell to the canvas. The end seemed to be near, but Singer avoided any follow-up finishers and within seconds had locked in a finisher of his own – a triangle choke that forced Pointon to tap out and end perhaps the best one round fight you’ll see this year.
In perhaps the least surprising result of the night, Kalib Starnes took Danny Abbadi down to the mat and controlled the action of the meeting between TUF3 middleweight alums until the end came via rear naked choke at 2:56 of the first stanza.
Late replacement Luigi Fioravanti survived some rocky moments in the early going against TUF3’s Solomon Hutcherson in their middleweight preliminary bout, but using his veteran guile, he kept his cool, fought his way back into a positive position on the ground, and once the fight resumed on the feet, he lulled Hutcherson into a picture perfect left hook that ended the bout immediately at 4:15 of round one.
“This was a last minute thing, but I knew I had what it takes,” said Fioravanti, who lost a decision to middleweight contender Chris Leben in his UFC debut in April.
TUF3’s Matt Hamill, who became the sentimental favorite of the show due to his wrestling as well as his determination to not let being deaf hold him back from a pro fighting career, made his big show debut a successful one as stopped fellow cast member Jesse Forbes at 4:47 of the opening round.
After a brief trading session with Forbes, Hamill took him to the mat in order to work his ground and pound game. After a standup by referee Yves Lavigne, Hamill again went for the kill, putting Forbes on his back a second time. This time, Forbes was winded and had no answers for Hamill’s attack, and a series of unanswered strikes brought in Lavigne for the stoppage.
“On the show, I wasn’t so good,” said Hamill, “but I wanted to show people that ‘The Hammer’ was back.”
In the opener, Denver
Combs came out throwing bombs, rocking Nickels on a couple of occasions, but the Denver resident kept his cool and fired back with knees in the clinch. With little under than four minutes left, Nickels got Combs on the mat and took his back. After a series of strikes softened Combs up, Nickels sunk in a rear naked choke that produced a tap out at 3:10 of the round.
“This fight was about one thing – redemption for me and my camp,” said Nickels, who lost a hard-fought decision to Matt Hamill in the TUF3 semifinals. “I’m here to stay.”
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Diary of Violence - 06/24/06
By Tommy Dreamer
"You should always acknowledge and cherish the past, but not live in it". Quote the Dreamer Nevermore
A personal philosophy that really holds true right now. We all want to recapture those amazing ECW moments. We can never relive the past. Your first kiss, your first love, or the first time you stood next to a complete stranger and chanted ECW, ECW, because you were so engulfed with emotion for what you were watching. We all shared together the passion of ECW…. I know new ECW moments will happen, just give us a chance. I know the world is watching with very critical eyes. I get it. We love ECW we want it to be exactly the same. That is gonna be hard, but I am going to die trying.
The premier ECW show was not what we had anticipated (ok, ok the zombie was one of the worst things ever). If it is a consolation prize for some of the Extreme Diehards, I got some brand new scars on my bicep due to a Big Show press slam through a table. It would not be an ECW show without Tommy Dreamer bleeding, beaten, lit on fire or whatever horrible physical fate becomes me. The “Second Premier “was a whole lot better. I have a whole new batch of bruises on my back thanks to being hurled into steel steps. My face and forehead are nice and lumpy, due to the Big Show’s catcher’s mitt size hands punching me. Innovators note (hey Show you are not that tough because I can still type this column). Big Show you need to learn that if you want to be accepted in ECW you have to prove your worth. You have to be accepted by the fans but more importantly you need to become an Extreme Giant. That is gonna be hard, but I am going to die trying.
If you are an ECW fan stick with us, we have overcome much bigger obstacles together. Watch ECW the same way, never know what to anticipate and wait for your moment. I would like to give a Randy Orton a shout out for his ECW moment. The guy popped his shoulder out in the match, had Lita put it back in and continued to wrestle. Randy Orton had passion and got a taste of ECW style match. Randy you are tough. You got my respect. Hell every guy in that match busted their ass.
I can not tell you how much I am looking forward to going to the ECW Arena on Saturday. My greatest moments happened in that building. I do not know who I will be wrestling, that day will be full of emotion. SOUTH PHILLY I AM COMING HOME. I know I will have a new moment. I am going to be reborn or die trying.
Innovator of Violence
Tommy Dreamer
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Ultimate Fight Night - Wednesday June 28, 2006 - The Joint - Hard Rock Hotel & Casino , Nevada
1. Chris Leben Vs. Anderson
2. Rashad Evans Vs. Stephan Bonnar
3. Jonathan Goulet Vs. Luke Cummo
4. Jon Fitch Vs. Thiago Alves (Dark)
5. Dave Menne Vs. Josh Koscheck (Dark)
6. Branden Lee Hinkle Vs. Jason Lambert (Dark)
Pride CRITICAL COUNTD OWN ABSOLUTE 2006 - Open Weight Grand Prix - Round 2 - 07/01/2006 (on PPV 07/02/2006 )
1. Pride Open Weight GP - Quarterfinals: Hidehiko Yoshida vs. Mirko "Cro Cop" Filipovic
2. Pride Open Weight GP - Quarterfinals: Wanderlei Silva vs. Kazuyuki Fujita
3. Pride Open Weight GP - Quarterfinals: Fabricio Werdum vs. Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira
4. Pride Open Weight GP - Quarterfinals: Mark Hunt vs. Josh Barnett
5. Kazuhiro Nakamura vs. Evangelista "Cyborg" Santos
6. Yoshiki Takahashi vs. Vitor Belfort
7. Pawel Nastula vs. Edson Drago
8. Yoshihiro Nakao vs. Lee Eun-Su
9. Alistair Overeem vs. Antonio Rogerio Nogueira
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