"Finally.The Juice.Has come back, to Australia!" declared Juvi in a brief pre-match promo which was pretty terrible.įortunately, he made up for a bad promo with a fun opening contest against long-time rival Psicosis. Speaking of Borash, he was also tonight's ring announcer, so he just introduced the wrestlers from the announce desk and then went back to having his conversation with Lawler broadcast across the entire arena. His opponent, Juventud Guerrera came to the ring to a knock-off of The Macarena while Borash referred to the time he (Juvi) got kicked out of Australia a year earlier for going on a drug-fuelled rampage. Psicosis had originally won the company's cruiserweight title at a house show event but had been stripped of the gold on the rather unfair grounds that his victory got in the way of tonight's booking plans. Ladder Match for the Vacant WWA International Cruiserweight Champion Speaking of which, let's get down to our opening match. It was strange, and, even watching it at home, would detract from the in-ring action for the rest of the show. No Sir, that honor went to the way WWA decided to pump Borash and Lawler's commentary through the arena PA system so that everyone in the audience could hear it. We just had to take WWA's word for it that they had. Of course, this being the inaugural WWA show, we had no idea why the pair had broken up.
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Norman Smiley and a 'Black Wedding Gown' match between husband and wife duo Luna Vachon and Vampire Warrior.Īccording to Lawler, Vachon and Warrior were due to celebrate their first wedding anniversary on Halloween but were now getting divorced instead and had, like many a married couple, chosen to settle their differences not in a courtroom but in a pro wrestling ring. Sticking with tonight's theme, the two rambled on a bit about being in Australia and how every match in the 'Seven Deadly Sins' tournament was a gimmick match of some kind.Īs they ran through the card, it quickly became apparent that most of the time, that gimmick would be "hardcore match."īorash and Lawler also told us about other matches not included in the tournament, such as Devon Storm vs. With Bret gone, we went to our announce team of Jerry 'The King' Lawler and Jeramy Borash.
It was at this point that things started to get really weird. So, even if you strike Montreal from the record, that's still a bunch of people who definitely beat The Hitman for the gold.
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Of course, Yokozuna beat him at Wrestlemania 9, Shawn Michaels beat him at Wrestlemania 12 and even Bob Backlund beat him at Survivor Series '94. "Not Goldberg, not The Rock, not Stone Cold Steve Austin, Chris Benoit, or even that piece of sh*t Vince McMahon," had even defeated him, at least according to the Hitman. Next, he claimed that nobody had ever beaten him in either company. After all, it's not like Hart has a reputation for being bitter or anything. Things got more interesting when Bret turned his attentions to tonight, somehow making the tournament for the WWA title all about himself.įirst, he took a moment to trash both WCW and the WWF which was surprising. Borash clearly realized he had the running order wrong and quickly shut up, allowing Bret 'The Hitman' Hart to make his way out.īrandishing the WWA championship (which looked like a relic from the 70s), The Excellence of Execution started off with a dull, lifeless speech about how much he loved Australia and was grateful to them for looking after him when he got stuck there in the aftermath of 9/11. ".Scheduled for one fall!" came the voice of Jeramy Borash through the PA system.
Hoping to lend the event an air of gravitas, Jeramy Borash introduced little-known Australian quartet Ajaqua, who were on hand to sing the Australian National Anthem.Ī short opening video package followed, after which it was on with the show.
Please Stand for the Australian National Anthem Let's head Down Under to the Sydney Super Dome in Sydney, Australia to find out. With that in mind, The Inception seemed to have everything it needed to be a very good show.īut was it enough to position the company as a viable contender to the World Wrestling Federation's throne? With a roster made up of ex WCW and WWF wrestlers, the company certainly had plenty of star power and enough guys capable of putting on decent matches.
When Vince McMahon bought out World Championship Wrestling in March 2001, he effectively created a monopoly of the pro wrestling industry that other companies have been trying to break ever since.Īlmost immediately, one of the first companies to take a shot at filling the WCW-shaped hole in the wrestling landscape was Andrew McManus' World Wrestling All-Stars, and by all accounts, it looked to have a pretty good shot.
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