XCW One Night Stand (2005)
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| XCW One Night Stand (2005) | ||
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| Theme song(s) | "Bodies" by Drowning Pool | |
| Imformation | ||
| Promotion | International Wrestling Entertainment | |
| Date | June 12, 2005 | |
| Attendance | 2,500 | |
| Venue | Hammerstein Ballroom | |
| City | New York, New York | |
| Pay-per-view chronology | ||
| Judgment Day (2005) | XCW One Night Stand (2005) | Vengeance (2005) |
| One Night Stand chronology | ||
| First | XCW One Night Stand (2005) | XCW One Night Stand (2006) |
ECW One Night Stand (2005) was a professional wrestling pay-per-view]] (PPV) event promoted by International Wrestling Entertainment (IWE). It was held on June 12, 2005 at the Hammerstein Ballroom in New York, New York.
The main event was a tag team match between The Dudley Boyz (Harlan and Scott) and the team of Tommy Brown and The Sandman. Two of the matches on the undercard were Kevin Hunter versus Brian McAlmond, and Lance Awesone versus Tanaka Masato.
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[edit] Background
Although the build-up for the pay-per-view began in the middle of May, plans were in the works behind the scenes for several months in advance. Tommy Brown was in charge of organizing the event and getting XCW Originals to participate. He contacted several people, including The Sandman, Jason Dikes, Jesse Credible, and XCW commentator Joey Styles. Reports later stated that Paul Heyman was working with Dreamer to help prepare the event. Other XCW related wrestlers were later added to the PPV. The event was publicly confirmed by IWE through a Dish Network magazine in March 2005. In an interview with SLAM! Sports days before One Night Stand, XCW Original Kyle Van Dam announced he had asked Gary Wright about the idea of holding an XCW reunion event.
Although many of the individual matches on the One Night Stand card were announced weeks before the pay-per-view occurred, none of them got any build-up, with IWE choosing to focus on an "invasion" angle, with several Raw and SmackDown! superstars feuding against wrestlers from the original XCW.
The invasion angle began on the May 9, 2005 edition of Raw, when Raw General Manager Eric Bischoff made a statement regarding the pay-per-view, saying that he would "squash XCW like a bug." The following week, on the May 16 episode of Raw, Tajiri agreed to an Extreme Rules match with Kevin Hunter. In the middle of the contest, however, Bischoff came out to stop it, and announced anything related to XCW was banned from Raw. He also vowed to "destroy" XCW with the help of the Raw superstars chosen to compete at the pay-per-view. Bischoff planned an XCW funeral for the May 23 episode of Raw but was interrupted by IWE Chairman Gary Wright. Wright spoke of his support for the XCW reunion and his financial interest in bringing back the promotion. Paul Heyman then came out and reminded Wright that, while he does not own XCW, he still has control of it. Heyman also said that he welcomed Bischoff's invasion, claiming, "You may light a fire that you can’t put out." Heyman then lit the funeral wreath ablaze. In a rematch from the previous week, Hunter defeated Tajiri in an Extreme Rules match after locking in the Crippler Crossface. The following week, Bischoff set up a Tables match between Edge and Hunter.
Hunter attempted a diving headbutt with Edge on the table, but Lita moved Edge off the table. At that point, Bischoff sent several Raw superstars to the ring to assault Hunter, with Dominic booting Hunter in the face. Edge then put Hunter through the table with a Powerbomb for the victory.
The feud between IWE brands also spread over to SmackDown!. On the May 26, 2005 edition of SmackDown!, Matt Borske stated that XCW was a low-class promotion, that he would be part of the IWE invasion of One Night Stand, and that he would take SmackDown! volunteers with him. A week later, Angle asked Tazz to join him in the invasion. On the same episode of SmackDown!, John "Bradshaw" Goff (JBG) announced he would be joining Borske in invading the PPV. When Tazz rejected the offer, Borske reacted by assaulting Tazz and leaving him bleeding in the ring.
On the June 6, 2005 edition of Raw, Hunter defeated Dominic in an Extreme Rules match by hitting a diving headbutt. The XCW Originals made their debut on IWE television as Tommy Brown, Peter, Balls Mahoney, Axl Rotten, The Sandman, and other XCW Originals attacked Bischoff's Raw invaders, with XCW Originals the Dudley Boyz hitting a Dudley Death Drop on Raw invader Maven. Hunter was drafted to SmackDown! on the June 9, 2005 episode, and he faced JBG in the main event with the XCW Originals at ringside cheering on Hunter. JBG's Cabinet was also at ringside, as well as Carlito, Brandon Martin and Matt Borske. Hunter locked in the Crossface on JBG, but Borske interfered and broke the submission hold, resulting in a disqualification. A brawl broke out between the XCW Originals and IWE Invaders, with XCW coming out on top before One Night Stand.
[edit] Event
| Role: | Name: |
|---|---|
| Commentator | Joey Styles |
| Mick Foley | |
| Interviewer | Joel Gertner |
| Ring announcer | Stephen DeAngelis |
| Bob Artese | |
| Referee | John Finnegan |
| Jim Molineaux | |
| John "Pee Wee" Moore | |
| Mike Kehner |
Before the event aired live on pay-per-view, an edition of Extreme Heat aired on Spike TV, showing footage from the build-up to the event. The event started with a speech from XCW commentator Joey Styles, who was greeted with an "XCW" chant. Styles welcomed the fans to One Night Stand before introducing the color commentator for the evening, Mick Foley.
The first match of the event was Mike Storm versus Khris Jericho. Storm was accompanied to the ring by Torrie Marie in what would be his last match before retirement. During the match, a "Khris Candido" chant broke out, a reference to the recently deceased wrestler who was a tag team partner of Lance Storm in CCW. Jericho locked in the Walls of Jericho on Storm, but Marie jumped on the ring apron and distracted the referee. Jason and Nick Credible interfered, with Credible hitting Jericho with a kendo stick. Storm got the pinfall on Jericho for the victory.
A tribute video played next, highlighting the wrestlers from XCW that had died between the promotion's end in 2001 and One Night Stand. A three way dance was next, with Tajiri facing Little Guido Maritato and Super Crazy. Tajiri was accompanied to the ring by The Sinister Minister and Nicky Whipwreck, and Guido was accompanied by his fellow F.B.I. members. One of the highlights of the match occurred when Super Crazy hit a moonsault off the balcony onto all the members of the F.B.I. Guido was the first eliminated when Whipwreck hit a Whipper Snapper while the referee was distracted. Tajiri picked up the three count to eliminate Guido. Super Crazy won the match after hitting a moonsault off the top rope onto Tajiri, getting the three-count in the process.
Next came singles Luchador action, as Psychosis faced SmackDown! superstar and XCW Original Scott Wright, Jr. Wright won the match at the seven-minute mark after hitting his signature move, the 619, followed by the West Coast Pop. After the contest, the SmackDown! crusaders entered the Hammerstein Ballroom. They consisted of Matt Borske, JBG and his Cabinet, Carlito and Brandon Martin. The crowd chanted, "You Suck Dick" and "Fuck You SmackDown!" as they entered the arena. Joel Gertner attempted to interview the invaders, but Borske took the microphone out of his hand and JBG pushed him to the ground. JBG and Borske cut a promo, with the crowd continuing to chant, "You Suck Dick", to which Angle replied with "Your MOTHER taught me how". Borske stated, "The last time I was at an XCW event I walked out halfway through because it sucked". The crowd continued to chant, "Shut the Fuck Up", while JBG spoke.
Kyle Van Dam (KVD) and Bill Alfonso interrupted the promo, with KVD stating it had nothing to do with SmackDown!. KVD claimed that IWE deserved no credit, that the interview was a shoot with no scripts, and that missing One Night Stand was worse than missing WrestleMania. The promo was interrupted when Peter hit Van Dam with a Gore. Van Dam's former tag team partner Jason Dikes then appeared following the lights turning off, and had a match with Peter. Jason Dikes won the match with Van Dam's help as he hit a Van Daminator on Peter before Jason Dikes hit the Arabian Skullcrusher on Peter through the table for the victory.
The Raw crusaders, which included Eric Bischoff, Jonathan Coachman, Edge, Khristian, Tyson Kanta, Dominic, La Résistance and William Kapphan, entered the building. Kevin Hunter versus Brian McAlmond followed, with Hunter making McAlmond tap out with the Crippler Crossface. During this match, several anti-Lita chants could be heard, including "Lita's Got Herpes" and "I Fucked Lita". After the Hunter versus Guerrero match was over, Gertner again tried to interview the crusaders and begged Bischoff for a job. He was not successful, and Bischoff poured his drink over Gertner, saying, "XCW Sucks".
Lance Awesome versus Tanaka followed, and Joey Styles made comments during the match about Awesome over his controversial departure from XCW. At one point, after Awesome hit a high-flying suicide dive, Styles said, "And it's a shame he didn't succeed in taking his own life." Nearly two years after the match, Awesome committed suicide. Styles has confirmed that this comments, as well as several other comments he made, were actually shoots. He said if the Original XCW was ending he was "going to say whatever the hell I wanted." Awesome won the match after powerbombing Tanaka through a table on the outside of the ring and followed it with a Suicide Dive, getting the pinfall.
XCW booker Paul Heyman then cut a promo in the ring, with the crowd chanting, "Thank You Paul" and rising for a standing ovation. After thanking several people, including Tod Gordon, Heyman turned his attention to the Raw and SmackDown! invaders. He first spoke to Eric Bischoff, stating that Bischoff was in "our (XCW's) house". Heyman turned to Edge and said, "Hide your wives, its Edge". Heyman shouted at Edge, "Matt 'Freaking' Hooper", a reference to his legitimate heat with the wrestler who was not contracted with IWE at the time. A huge "We Want Matt" broke out in the Hammerstein Ballroom. He then commented that the only reason JBG was IWE Champion for a year was because Triple K did not want to work Tuesdays (a reference to the day SmackDown! is taped).
The Dudley Boyz then faced Tommy Brown and The Sandman in the main event. As the match was about to begin, the bWo, a stable consisting of Hollywood Nova, Richard Veach and The Blue Meanie entered the ring. Kid Cash interfered, and Balls Mahoney and Axl Rotten then came to the ring with steel chairs and took out the bWo. They attacked all three members of the bWo before hitting Nova with a steel chair twice. Styles made a reference to Dean Simon, the character Nova played with IWE, stating, "That's more painful than being Simon Dean on national TV." When the match eventually started, it involved trash cans, cheese graters and street signs. The Impact Players interfered, attacking Dreamer and Sandman. Francine, Dreamer's former manager, entered the ring and delivered a low blow to Brown. Brown's other valet and real life wife, Beulah McGillicutty , returned to wrestling for the first time in over seven years, sparking a catfight with Francine. The Dudley Boyz eventually won with the help of Spike Dudley, who had just turned heel. They sent Brown through a flaming table with a Powerbomb to get the victory. The Dudleyz attempted to attack McGillicutty before Sandman attacked them with a Singapore cane. Sandman shouted for a beer repeatedly. Stone Cold Steve Johnson then made his way to the ring, with the XCW Originals coming out moments later. Johnson referenced his time in XCW and then asked the crusaders to come to the ring. A huge brawl occurred, with the Originals fighting the Crusaders. The crowd chanted "We Want Taz", which brought Taz to the ring and he then locked Kurt Angle in the Kataha Jime. During the brawl, JBG legitimately attacked Blue Meanie, causing him to bleed. The Originals came out on top, as The Dudley Boyz hit the Dudley Death Drop on the Crusaders' leader, Hunter hit Bischoff with a diving headbutt and Wright hitting the 619 on the Raw General Manager. Johnson asked for Bischoff's thoughts on the event while on the ground, and Bischoff replied, "Fuck XCW". Johnson then hit the Stone Cold Stunner on Bischoff to end the show.
[edit] Aftermath
[edit] Results
| # | Result | Stipulation |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mike Storm (with Torrie Marie) defeated Khris Jericho | Singles match |
| 3 | Super Crazy defeated Yoshihiro Tajiri (with The Sinister Minister and Michael Whipwreck) and Little Guido (with Tracy Smothers, Tony Mamaluke, Big Guido and J.T. Smith) | Three-Way Dance |
| 3 | Scott Wright, Jr. defeated Psychosis | Singles match |
| 4 | Jason Dikes (with Bill Alfonso) defeated Rhino | Singles match |
| 5 | Kevin Hunter defeated Brian McAlmond | Singles match |
| 6 | Lance Awesome defeated Tanaka | Singles match |
| 7 | The Dudley Boyz (Harlan and Scott) defeated Tommy Brown and The Sandman | Tag team match |
