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Match Date: Saturday, March 22nd, 2003
Where: The FleetCenter (Boston, Massachusetts)
Belltime: 7:00 pm EST
Roleplaying Deadline: Friday, March 21st @ 11:59 pm EST

Semi-Finals


***(1) The C-Notes v. (2) Absolute Power***
Match Judges: Adam Dilling, Jeff Rogers, Robin Best

No secret to this match...Jack Daniels either wins and goes on for his shot at the Triple Crown, or goes home early and empty handed yet again. Standing in his and Evan Douglas' way were two legends in Chris Kanyon and Grady Smith. Two men who had all ready handed Jack Daniels and Evan Douglas a loss in this tournament. The dance started out as Chris Kanyon and Jack Daniels renewed aquaintances with each other, and right off the bat it seemed as though Daniels was almost cautious, trying not to make a mistake that could hurt his chances. Kanyon took advantadge of this early, as he ducked a Daniels clothesline attempt and dropped him down with a russian legsweep. Kanyon kept on the attack, hoisting Daniels up and then dropping him right back down with a SkyBreaker, bringing some ooh's and ahh's from the crowd. Kanyon would then whip Daniels into the ropes and quickly follow him in with a reverse clothesline, as Daniels faced the crowd against the turnbuckle. Kanyon would manuever Daniels up, and this time hit a middle rope russian leg sweep. He rolled through on the landing, and quickly went for a cover, but Evan Douglas was all over it and broke up the count. Kanyon then stood up and went to the top rope, looking for a moonsault of all things. Kanyon's not normally a high flyer...and now you know why. Air-Kanyon smacked the canvas face first as Douglas rolled out of the way. Kanyon instantly hopped up, hopping up and down in pain...and then got drilled right back down, as Daniels nailed the On The Rock spinebuster. Daniels let his caution go, and picked Kanyon up, flung him off the ropes and tried to remove his head with a clothesline...and damn near did. Daniels went for the cover, but Kanyon was able to get a shoulder out at two. Evan Douglas was chomping at the bit at this point to get in, as Daniels tagged in his partner. Daniels hit a standing backbreaker on Kanyon, and Douglas came off the ropes and nailed a guilotine leg drop over Kanyon's throat. Another cover, and this time Grady Smith ran in and made the save. Douglas snap mared Kanyon over and then drilled him in the back with a sharp front kick. Kanyon collapsed down, and Douglas went off the ropes and nailed a rolling thunder on the Innovator Of Offense. However, it was Douglas showing all offense, as he moved Kanyon in position and nailed a split legged moonsault. Again, though, Kanyon would get a shoulder up at two. Douglas was getting a bit frustrated at this point, and went over and slugged Grady Smith for no reason what so ever. Grady tried to come in, but the ref stopped him and Douglas went up to the top...only to realize Kanyon had returned to his feet. Kanyon swept out the legs of Evan Douglas, who's....uh...jewels, hit the turnbuckle as he sat down. Kanyon took his neck and pulled it back, and then nailed the Hangman's Joke. Kanyon then crawled over to his corner, and Grady Smith was tagged in.

Grady came in like a house of fire, and Evan Douglas has no clue what the hell hit him. Evan turned around and instantly got catapulted overhead with a belly to belly suplex by Grady. Evan got up and turned around again...and got locked in by Grady Smith, who hit a tazplex overhead suplex yet again. The crowd was really getting into this, as Douglas wondered where in the hell he was, and Grady came up from behind and nailed a belly to back suplex...and then another...and then the third one! Douglas was getting bounced around like a basketball, and Grady drew his thumb across his throat signaling the end. Grady brought Evan to his feet, and locked him up. Up Grady went for the Kiss of Death...but Douglas had learned, and hung on to the ropes as Grady fell down by himself. Evan stayed with the ropes and went up top, and came down hitting a beautiful cross body. However, ever the veteran, Grady rolled through on it and got a two count before Douglas kicked out of it. Evan and Grady both got up at the same time, and Evan astounded us with a great move, as he turned a clothesline attempt by Grady into a spinning reverse DDT. Douglas tagged Daniels in, and Daniels came in a nailed Grady with a hanging drainer suplex. Daniels then flung Grady into the ropes, but Kanyon made a nice move and made a blind tag to Grady's back. Grady held on to the ropes and hit the breaks, and Kanyon ran up and hit a beauty of a flying neckbreaker on Daniels. Daniels was stunned because he never saw it coming, and as such Kanyon was all over him. A few moments later, Kanyon raises his hands up in the air in the shape of a diamond and yelled out a "BAAAAANG"...and then took Daniels and flung him into the turnbuckle. Daniels bounced out as Kanyon came off the ropes, and then dropped our Drunken Hero with a Kanyon Cutter. Kanyon rolled him over and went for the cover, as the ref counted a one...a two....and came damn close to a three count, but Daniels got his shoulder up at the last possible second as the crowd came to its feet. Kanyon signaled for the Flatliner, but Douglas made a tag, took to the air and as Kanyon turned around, he got spun around thanks to a nice hurricanrana. Grady entered in as well, and all hell broke loose. After several minutes of back and forth double team action, the ending game. Grady had Douglas in a bad way, and lifted him up for the Chokebuster. However, Daniels had dropped Kanyon at this point, turned around and speared Grady in the stomach. Douglas fell down to the mat, and Kanyon spun Daniels around and WHAM..nailed Jack Daniels with the Flatliner. The ref counted one...two...and thank Evan Douglas, Jack Daniels, your Triple Crown hopes are alive...he broke up the count at 2.99999999. Kanyon was flustered, as he and Douglas went at it. Grady got back to his feet, and once again went for his Chokebuster, but Daniels wormed out of it, and leveled Grady with the Lynchburgh Lowdown. Kanyon again went for the Flatliner on Douglas, but he blocked it and shoved Kanyon right into Daniels, who instantly nailed the Double Shot. Douglas went airborne again as Daniels wrapped Kanyon up in a Boston Crab, and completed Absolutely Devestating! Daniels rolled up Kanyon, as the ref counted. Evan basically tackled Grady Smith so he couldn't make the save, and the ref slapped the mat one...two...and yes, three times to complete the matchup! Jack Daniels and Evan Douglas move on to the MTT Finals, and a shot at history.

(After the match went off the air, a great round of applause for both teams went up. Kanyon gave Douglas the old "noogie" and wrapped his arm around him, wishing him the best of luck. Both C-Notes gave Jack Daniels an embrace as they also wished him the best for the Triple Crown hunt. And then, because they are dorks and they can...Grady and Kanyon led the crowd in one final round of "N-O-T-E, NOTES, NOTES, NOTES!!!" chants. The C-Notes left the ring and Absolute Power soaked up their glory, hoping there would be one more chance to do so.)

Your Winner: Absolute Power


***(1) Split Infinitive v. (3) Bad Mojo***
Match Judges: Mike Jones, Dave Webb, Jeff Rogers

Once again, this one goes without saying...which is why we're going to say it. For Ray Willmott, this is win or go home. Get to the big dance, or be denied a shot at it one more time. The human wrecking machine Harvey Knox was one again along side Ray, as the two men seem to be gelling more and more as the weeks have gone by. However, on the other side of the ring were the upset kings in Sean Sanders and Jesus Velarde. They shocked Smirtdogg and Haywood Jublome, and nothing short of a repeat would do for them. One problem off the bat for Bad Mojo was size, as at 6'0", 228, Sanders was the "heavyweight" against the massive force of the 6'8" 280 Harvey Knox. Knox started out the contest against Sanders, who stared at the bizzare one in an effort to try and figure him out. Best of luck on that one. Sanders charged in on Knox and just unloaded with everything he had, flailing with right and left hands, kicking as fast and hard as he could. Sanders flung Knox into the corner, and Knox bounced right back out and literally decaptitated Sanders with a clothesline. Sanders sat there and stared at Knox, who in return offered a puzzled look back wondering what the hell Sanders was trying to do. Sanders again went for a quick attack, ducking a Knox right hand and then spinning around and nailing him in the chops with a kick. That knocked Knox back into the ropes, and Sanders charged in and nailed a dropkick to the knee. That brought Knox down, as Sanders stomped away on the knee for all he was worth, and then hit a snap suplex on Knox to bring him to the center of the ring. Knox started to get back up, and Sanders ran off the ropes and dropped Knox down with a bulldog. Sanders hopped outside the ring to the apron and hit a rolling back splash on Knox, and went for the cover. The ref got to two, and Knox literally bench pressed Sanders off him like a paperweight, and Sanders flew over the ref's head. Sanders was once again quicker though, and went up to the top...however, Knox was back on his feet. Sanders flew anyway, and Knox literally caught Sanders by the throat, picked him up as Sanders was falling to the ground, and about put him through the ring with a vicious chokeslam! Knox stood over Sanders, as Willmott screamed to get into the match...and make the tag, Knox did. Willmott raced in and picked Sanders up, went to the corner, and nailed a springboard DDT on Sanders. Willmott knew Sanders was hurt, and called for blood instantly, setting up Sanders for the Ultimatum! Jesus had seen enough at this point, however, and raced up top to greet Willmott. Jesus quickly cinched Willmott in, and nailed a top rope hurricanrana on Willmott that send him flying across the ring. Jesus turned around...and found himself face to face...to face...with Harvey Knox. Jesus went for a right, but Knox blocked it, lifted the cruiserweight into the air and literally deposited him onto the entrance ramp. Knox gave chase as Sanders was finally getting back to his feet. Willmott went for a right, but Sanders blocked it and backed Willmott into a corner. Sanders then whipped Willmott across the ring into the turnbuckle, leaped up and stood on Willmott's legs, and sent him sailing across the ring with a monkey flip. Sanders kicked himself right back up, as Willmott had landed on his feet in a great athletic display! Willmott charged with a clothesline, but Sanders ducked and hit a nice reverse cresent kick to take Willmott down. Meanwhile, on the outside, Knox had been manhandling Jesus left and right, and flung him into the steel ringpost. Knox charged as hard as he could, but Jesus was fast and got the hell out of dodge, as Knox crashed shoulder first into the ring post. Jesus raced along the security wall and nailed a corkscrew backsplash on Knox, taking him down and out. Jesus then went up top, as the entire arena came to it's feet, and Jesus nailed a swanton bomb on Knox on the concrete floor! The crowd cheered wildy for this move, as both Knox and Jesus didn't move a muscle.

Meanwhile it was Sanders and Willmott still, as Sanders went for a neckbreaker on Willmott, who reversed it and in the blink of an eye drilled Echoes In Eternity! The crowd stood on its feet as the ref counted...one, two...and the crafty Sanders realized where he was, and put his foot on the ropes to break up the count. Willmott stood up, thinking that the match was won, but the ref then pointed at Sanders foot and Willmott's face turned from joy, to horror, to rage in a few seconds. Willmott violently stomped away on his old friend Sanders, to the point where you thought it would take a security force to put a stop to it. Sanders struggled to get to his feet, but Willmott backed him into a corner and just unloaded with knife edge chops, turning Sanders chest beet red. Willmott locked Sanders in, and brought Sanders up for the suplex, but then hung him out to dry by hanging him stomach first on the ropes. Willmott then went up to the top rope and nailed a guillotine legdrop across Sanders neck, sending him sprawling to the outside. Somewhere along the lines here, a tag was actually made, as Knox has crawled back into the ring. Jesus took the shortcut, going up top and hitting a nice missle dropkick on Knox, sending him head over heels backwards. Willmott was just getting back to his feet, and Jesus went to the outside of the apron, leaped up and nailed the West Coast Pop on Willmott! The ref started to get into position, but then realized Willmott wasn't the legal man and stopped the count. Jesus stood up, but right behind him was Harvey Knox who locked Jesus in and damn near broke the kids neck with one of the most vicious full nelson slams we've ever seen. Sanders however found the equalizer, and brought a chair into the ring. Sanders unloaded and nailed Knox right in the head with the chair...and Knox just stood there, smiling at Sanders. Sanders unloaded a second time, with the same result, as Knox just egged Sanders to do it again. Sanders faked the third shot, tossed the chair at Knox who caught it, and then drilled him in the face through the chair with a superkick. Knox went down like a ton of bricks, but Willmott was back up and in the fray. Willmott locked Sanders in, and nailed a face first russian legsweep right into the chair! Sanders just laid there as Willmott pointed at the top rope and went up to the top turnbuckle. Ray ascended, arms in the air and launched...however, Sanders had enough left in him to grab the chair and hold it in the air. A sickening smack was heard, as Willmott went head first into the chair, and then flew on his back across the ring. All four men were down and out at this point. Sanders was the first to move, as he got back up again...but just a moment later, so did Harvey Knox. Knox took his hand and wiped his mouth and then looked down...and saw his own blood. Knox looked up at Sanders and smiled one of the sickest grins you've ever seen. Sanders showed no fear though, and charged Knox, who quickly ducked down and hoisted Sanders up on his shoulders. A moment later, Sanders found out the Jokes On You, as Knox absolutely drilled Sanders head first into the chair with the F5 powerbomb/DDT combo. Sanders head literally bounced off the mat like a ball in a sickening manner, as the Colonel lie prone, not able to move. Jesus was also alive, however and went up top for the huricanrana. Jesus launced himself into the air, and landed on Knox's shoulders...Knox however, stopped the move right there. Knox lifted Jesus up in mid motion and just crushed him with a powerbomb. Willmott instantly saw the opening, raced in...and Jesus found himself victim to the Double Negative, as Willmott drilled the Echoes In Eternity as Knox completed the Double Take. And with that, the destruction was complete. Willmott hooked the leg of Jesus as the ref counted one, two....and with Sanders still unable to move....three! Ray Willmott instantly stood up, tears in his eyes...as he knew he was on his way to the MTT Finals against Absolute Power. Willmott knelt down again, as Knox came up from behind him and wrapped an arm around his neck, with an unnerving grin on his face. The two posed for a moment, and then got up...realizing they indeed had one more match left to go.

(As the cameras went off the air again, Willmott and Sanders gave each other a huge hug, as the long time friends shared the moment and Sanders raised Willmott's hand in the air and pointed towards him. Jesus also gave Willmott a handshake and wished him the best of luck in the finals. Harvey...well, I think it's safe to say that Harvey just flat doesn't play well with others no matter what the circumstances are. So Sanders and Jesus gave Knox a head nod, and that was the end of that. Bad Mojo left the ring, as Willmott and Knox took a turnbuckle and raised their arms in the air.)

Your Winner: Split Infinitive