IWE Main Event (October 3, 2012)

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Wednesday Night Main Event (October 3, 2012)
Promotion	International Wrestling Entertainment
Date	October 3, 2012
Venue	BOK Center
City	Tulsa, Oklahoma
Transmission	Taped (October 2, 2012)
TV-sender	ION Television
Event reference	Main Event #1
Special event details	1 hour episode
IWE Main Event chronology
First episode	Main Event (October 3, 2012)	Main Event (October 10, 2012)

The October 3 Edition of Main Event is a professional wrestling television show of the IWE, it will be taped at the BOK Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma on October, 2012. This is the debut show of the Main Event.

[edit] Background

ION Television’s new weekly program, IWE Main Event, will kick off with one of the biggest matches of the year. Announced on SmackDown, IWE Champion CM Punk will face World Heavyweight Champion Sheamus in the main event – the first-ever meeting between the two Superstars! IWE Main Event debuts this Wednesday on ION Television. The hour-long program will feature in-ring action, commentary, exclusive behind-the-scenes content and continue to build on the events of Monday Night Raw, leading directly into Friday Night SmackDown, making Wednesday night appointment viewing for the IWE Universe. Don’t miss the huge featured contest – Champion vs. Champion – on the debut on WWE Main Event this Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2012 at 8/7 p.m. CT.

Team Hell No’s first defense of the IWE Tag Team Championships on a pay-per-view will happen Oct. 28 at IWE Hell in a Cell, but Kane and Kody Brown will have to wait a little while longer before finding out who their opponents will be. Thanks to an earth-shattering announcement by General Manager Booker T on the September 28 edition of SmackDown, the No. 1 contenders to the IWE Tag Team Champions will be determined via an eight-team tournament that will play out over the next several weeks. IWE’s tag team division is arguably the deepest it has been in years, and the tournament format will provide a natural process of attrition. Whether the winning pair will ultimately have the tools necessary to exploit the obvious fault lines in Team Hell No’s exterior, however, remains to be seen. The bracket revealed on SmackDown showed the following first-round matchups: Team Semmler Scholars (Mark Semmler and Damien Sandow) vs. Jimmy & Jey Uso; Santino Marella and Zack Nuss vs. Jeremiah Garcia and Tyson Booth; former champions B-Truth and Jose Serrano vs. The Prime Time Players (Titus O'Neil
Darren Young); and Primo and Epico vs. Rey Mysterio and Sin Cara. The newly formed unit of Semmler & Sandow put away The Usos in the first bout of the tournament on the very same night it was set up. Then, on the Oct. 1 episode of Raw, Rey Mysterio and Sin Kara defeated Primo and Epico to advance to the semifinals. Next up, Santino Marella and Zack Ryder will take on Jeremiah Garcia and Tyson Booth on the premiere episode of "IWE Main Event" on Wednesday at 8/7 CT on ION Television. Then, Jose Serrano and B-Truth will battle The Prime Time Players on this Friday's episode of SmackDown. With two teams down, six duos remain in contention. Which pair will make it all the way through the packed field?

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As the contest got underway, it quickly became crystal clear why these two ring warriors carry the most coveted prizes in sports-entertainment. Sheamus’ strategy consisted of using his brute strength to keep the IWE Champion at bay, while Punk’s resiliency and agility frustrated the powerful Celtic Warrior on numerous occasions. Momentum swings were fairly even and many near falls kept IWE Universe members on the edge of their seats. Watching from ringside with an equal blend of arrogance and trepidation was Paul Heyman, hoping his guy — CM Punk — would emerge victorious. During the course of the battle, Punk accidentally pulled off one of the turnbuckle covers, leaving the steel support exposed. As the match wore on and the two champions clashed seemingly to a stalemate, The Straight Edge Superstar noticed the exposed turnbuckle. When The Great White moved to execute the Brogue Kick, Punk ducked and tripped his opponent head first into the unprotected steel. Immediately going for the pinfall, the IWE Champion grabbed Sheamus’ tights for extra leverage and the victory. Punk’s win marked the first time since April 23, 2012, that Sheamus has been pinned — only the second time all year. It took an exposed turnbuckle and a questionable pinfall tactic for Punk to secure the win, a fact that the World Heavyweight Champion emphasized in a post-match interview. CM Punk may have defeated The Great White, but his dubious methods may not earn him the respect he demands.

After his match Josh Mathews interviewed CM Punk about his "win" over Sheamus and got nothing but "disrespect" from the IWE Champion. In an interview with Matt Striker, The Big Show revealed that he will go one-on-one with his rival, Kevin McAlmond, next week on IWE Main Event. Big Show acknowledged it would be each Superstar’s first appearance on ION Television, but threatened that it would be The Viper’s last.

The stakes could not be higher on IWE Main Event’s debut as Santino Marella and Zack Nuss battled Jeremiah Garcia and Tyson Booth — the latest bout in a tournament that will determine the No. 1 contenders to the IWE Tag Team Championship. The IWE Universe in Tulsa’s BOK Center and watching around the world on ION Television witnessed a highly athletic and competitive tag team match. The tournament — with the winners set to face the Tag Team Champions, Team Hell No, at IWE Hell in a Cell — has highlighted the importance of tag team competition and it was certainly on display on IWE Main Event. Each of the agile and gifted Superstar tandems did their respective best to sway momentum in their favor, but ultimately it was the devastating Cobra that enabled Nuss & Santino to advance in the tournament.

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[edit] See also

• IWE Main Event

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