IWE Armageddon (2006)
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| Armageddon (2006) | ||
 Promotional poster featuring Jesse Dern | ||
| Tagline(s) | November 26, 1987 | |
| Imformation | ||
| Promotion | International Wrestling Entertainment | |
| Brand(s) | Smackdown! | |
| Date | December 17, 2006 | |
| Attendance | 8,200 | |
| Venue | Richmond Coliseum | |
| City | Richmond, Virginia | |
| Pay-per-view chronology | ||
| December to Dismember (2006) | Armageddon (2006) | New Year's Revolution (2007) |
| Armageddon chronology | ||
| Armageddon (2005) | Armageddon (2006) | Armageddon (2007) |
Armageddon (2006) was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by International Wrestling Entertainment (IWE), which took place on December 17, 2006 at the Richmond Coliseum in Richmond, Virginia. The event starred wrestlers from the SmackDown! brand.
The main event was a tag team match, in which the team of Batista and Dustin Simpson defeated the team of King Booker and Finlay. Two featured bouts were scheduled on the undercard, including The Undertaker versus Mr. Kennedy, in a match where the objective was to place an opponent in a hearse located on the entrance stage and drive them out of the arena, which Undertaker won. The other match was an Inferno match featuring wrestlers attempting to set the opponent on fire with flames surrounding the ring. Kane defeated Mikhail Vontavious Porter.
The event grossed over $423,500 in ticket sales from an attendance of 8,200. Canadian Online Explorer's professional wrestling section rated the IWE Tag Team Championship match a nine out of ten stars, the highest match rating. The event was released on DVD on January 16, 2007 by Sony Music Entertainment. The DVD reached second on Billboard's DVD Sales Chart for recreational sports during the week of February 18, 2007, and it dropped to the tenth spot the following week.
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[edit] Background
Armageddon (2006) was the seventh annual Armageddon event. Eight professional wrestling matches, were featured on the event's card.
The leading staged rivalry written into the event was between Batista and King Booker. At Survivor Series, IWE's November pay-per-view event, Batista defeated Booker to win the World Heavyweight Championship. On the December 1, 2006 episode of SmackDown!, one of IWE's primary television programs, King Booker and Finlay both demanded a match against Batista for the World Heavyweight Championship. General Manager Theodore Long, a portrayed match maker and rules enforcer, announced that Booker and Finlay would instead form a tag team to compete against Batista and a partner of his choice at Armageddon. Later that night, Batista announced that his partner would be IWE Champion Dustin Simpson, a member of the Raw brand. The following week on an episode of SmackDown!, Batista defeated Finlay by disqualification after Booker interfered on Finlay's behalf. On the December 15 episode of SmackDown!, Simpson defeated Finlay after lifting Finlay up on his shoulders and slamming him to the mat, a move that Simpson dubbed the FU.
The secondary rivalry was between The Undertaker and Mr. Kennedy. On the September 8, 2006 episode of SmackDown!, Kennedy announced that he was looking for a new opponent, one that he had never faced before. Long informed Kennedy that he knew a SmackDown! superstar that had never faced Kennedy, The Undertaker. A match was made between the two for No Mercy, in which Kennedy defeated Undertaker by disqualification. At Survivor Series, Kennedy once again defeated Undertaker in a First Blood match. On the December 1 episode of SmackDown!, Undertaker fought Montel Vontavious Porter (MVP) in a match where neither wrestler won. During the match, MVP was scripted to attempt escaping from the ring, but Kennedy caught him during the process and tried to throw him back into the ring. MVP instead threw Kennedy in. Undertaker then kicked Kennedy in the face, and Kane attacked MVP at ringside. The following week as Kennedy was in the ring, the hearse, appearing to have nobody in the driver's seat, drove into the arena; suddenly, The Undertaker appeared from the back of the hearse, as Kennedy sprung from the ring. Later that night, Kane defeated Kennedy by disqualification after MVP interfered on Kennedy's behalf. On the December 15 episode of SmackDown!, The Undertaker and Kane teamed together to face Kennedy and MVP in a tag team match, which ended in neither team winning. Kennedy knocked Kane down in the aisle and jumped into the driver's seat of the hearse that had been at ringside for the match, and threatened to run him over with it however the Undertaker appeared in the passenger side seat scaring Kennedy off.
[edit] Event
[edit] Preliminary matches
The first match to air live was between Kane and MVP in an Inferno match. The only way to win an Inferno match was by throwing one's opponent into a fire that surrounded the ring on all four sides. This match was the first time that the Inferno match had been used on pay-per-view in more than seven years. At the start of the match, MVP attempted to leave the ring, but was unable to as the flames surrounding the ring prevented him. Kane kicked MVP in the head and threw him into the ring corner. MVP escaped the ring and was unable to go past the fire, so he returned to the ring and was continuously knocked down by Kane. The finish of the match saw Kane grab MVP and force him backwards into the fire. MVP's costume caught on fire as he ran to the entrance ramp. MVP fell to the floor as IWE workers put out the flames with fire extinguishers.
The following match featured Paul Burdick and Brian Woods, William Kapphan and Dave Tyler, MNM (Joey Hayes, and Johnny Nitro), and The Hoopers (Matt and Josh) in a four-team ladder match for the IWE Tag Team Championship. In this match, the only way to win and capture the titles was by climbing a ladder and releasing the championship belts that were suspended above the ring. Towards the end of the match, while MNM and The Hoopers were out of the ring, Kapphan and Tyler attempted to climb the ladder, but Woods managed to knock the pair off. Woods fought off Kapphan and Tyler as Burdick climbed the ladder and captured the titles to win the match for his team and retain the championships. During the match, Hayes suffered a legitimate nose injury after being hit by a ladder.
I happened to be looking up, so it hit me in the throat. But Hayes was looking straight at it and it hit him square in the nose and the orbital bone. It really could have been any one of us. I was just lucky that the ladder hit him first.
—Johnny Nitro
I'll always remember [the match] for what we did to Joey Hayes' face. After the seesaw, I remember hearing him yell, "I'm bleeding," and it was like someone went to a sink and turned the faucet on. It was gruesome.
—Matt Hooper
The third match was a standard wrestling match between The Boogeyman and The Miz. The Boogeyman controlled the majority of the match and eventually won by pinfall after a Falling Chokebomb.
The next match featured Kevin Hunter versus Chavo McAlmond (accompanied by Lynn Lehr) for the United States Championship. Before the bell rang to start the match, Chavo tried to attack Benoit, but as the match began, Hunter retaliated by rushing and hitting McAlmond with his forearm, a move called the clothesline. Hunter and McAlmond wrestled inconclusively until Hunter covered Chavo to try to pin him. Chavo managed to place his foot on top of the bottom rope, which forced Hunter to break the pin per official wrestling match rules. While McAlmond was lying on his stomach, Hunter held McAlmond's face back and legs back, stretching his body, and pinned Chavo to retain the championship and win the match.
The fifth match was the encounter of Gregory Beasly and Jimmy Wang Yang for the IWE Cruiserweight Championship. Beasly performed a swinging neckbreaker on Yang, a move where Beasly grabbed Yang's neck under his armpit and turned around to slam him onto the mat. Yang retaliated, but Beasly quickly moved back into the power position and pinned Yang to retain the championship. Beasly was bleeding from the mouth as he left the ring.
[edit] Main event matches
The following match was a Last Ride match between The Undertaker and Mr. Kennedy, where the only way to win was by throwing one's opponent into a hearse and driving it out of the arena. During the beginning of the match, The Undertaker tossed Kennedy into steel steps on the side of the ring and then onto the commentator's announcing table. The Undertaker then threw Kennedy into the ring apron, which is the apron covering the area under the ring. Kennedy and The Undertaker wrestled inconclusively until The Undertaker tossed Kennedy on top of the roof of the hearse. The Undertaker then grabbed and lifted Kennedy by the throat and slammed him down onto the roof of the car. After that, The Undertaker grabbed Kennedy and gave him a Tombstone Piledriver onto the roof of the hearse. As he was still in control of the match, The Undertaker threw Kennedy into the hearse and drove it out of the arena to win the match.
After the Last Ride match, Dixie Hooper, Victoria Lehr, Ashley Bates, and Krystal Gilding all took part in a "Naughty or Nice" contest, a lingerie contest, where the Diva with the loudest fan reaction would win. The host of the contest was Santa Claus (portrayed by Big Dick Johnson, otherwise Christopher DeJoseph). Johnson declared all four of the Divas as the winners and proceeded to take off his Santa costume and dance to music being played in the arena.
The main event was the tag team match between Dustin Simpson and Batista versus the team of King Booker and Finlay. Batista wrestled the match with his left arm taped up due to a previous injury. Both teams wrestlers inconclusively until Simpson grabbed Finlay's face and bent it back, stretching Finlay's body, a submission move that Simpson dubbed the STFU. Finlay broke the submission hold, and The Little Bastard ran into the ring. Little Bastard attempted to kick Simpson, but accidentally kicked himself in his head when Simpson moved out of the way. Then, Booker tried to kick Batista, but Batista moved out of the way, and Booker accidentally hit Finlay. Batista then lifted and sat Booker onto his shoulders and slammed him down onto the mat, a move he dubbed the Batista Bomb. Batista pinned Booker to earn the victory for his team.
[edit] Aftermath
[edit] Reception
[edit] Results
| No. | Results | Stipulations | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dark | Oleg Prudius defeated Scotty 2 Hotty | Singles match | |
| 1 | Kane defeated Montel Vontavious Porter | Inferno match | |
| 2 | Paul Burdick and Brian Woods (c) defeated William Kapphan and Dave Tyler, MNM (Joey Hayes and Johnny Nitro), and The Hoopers (Matt and Josh) | Four-way Ladder match for the IWE Tag Team Championship | |
| 3 | The Boogeyman defeated The Miz | Singles match | |
| 4 | Kevin Hunter (c) defeated Chavo McAlmond (with Lynn Lehr) | Singles match for the IWE United States Championship | |
| 5 | Gregory Beasly (c) defeated Jimmy Wang Yang | Singles match for the IWE Cruiserweight Championship | |
| 6 | The Undertaker defeated Mr. Kennedy | Last Ride match | |
| 7 | Batista and Dustin Simpson defeated King Booker's Court (Finlay and King Booker) (with Queen Tia) | Tag team match | |
| (c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match | |||
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