IWE Capitol Punishment (2011)
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| Capitol Punishment (2011) | ||
 Promotional poster featuring Scott Wright, Barack Obama and Dustin Simpson | ||
| Theme song(s) | "WWE: Capital (Official PPV Theme Song/Capitol Punishment)" by Jim Johnston | |
| Imformation | ||
| Promotion | IWE | |
| Date | June 19, 2011 | |
| Attendance | 9,850 | |
| Venue | Verizon Center | |
| City | Washington, D.C. | |
| Pay-per-view chronology | ||
| Over the Limit (2011) | Capitol Punishment | Money in the Bank (2011) |
Capitol Punishment was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by IWE, which took place on June 19, 2011 at the Verizon Center in Washington, D.C. IWE reported through their second-quarter earnings report that Capitol Punishment received 170,000 buys, up from the 143,000 last year that Fatal 4-Way received.
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[edit] Background
- See also: Professional wrestling
Capitol Punishment featured professional wrestling matches involving different wrestlers from pre-existing scripted feuds, plots, and storylines that were played out on IWE's television programs. Wrestlers portrayed heroes or villains as they followed a series of events that built tension and culminated in a match or a series of matches.
The predominant feud on the card was between Dustin Simpson and B-Truth for Simpson's IWE Championship. The crazed B-Truth started to set his sights on the IWE Championship and Dustin Simpson after Truth realized that there was a "conspiracy" against him in the IWE. Truth started to attack merchandise stands featuring Dustin Simpson merch, and then he even turned his attention to the fans in attendance at arenas. Truth labeled the fans "Little Jimmys" and "Little Jennys", and they were just as big a part of the conspiracy as the people in the IWE. Truth attacked fans, and managed to trick Dustin Simpson into getting counted-out when the two had a match. This put Truth in contention for the IWE Championship yet again. As the weeks to the pay-per-view drew closer, Truth was nearly put into a match with Joe Linderman by "Stone Cold" Steve Johnson on the All-Star RAW episode, but Truth attacked Linderman backstage, re-injuring Linderman's neck.
The second most predominant feud on the card was between former World Heavyweight Champion Khristian and current World Heavyweight Champion Kevin McAlmond. Khristian felt as though he deserved another shot at Kevin McAlmond's title due to poor officiating at the Over the Limit pay-per-view. SmackDown General Manager Theodore Long didn't grant Khristian his title match, but he placed Khristian in a match as the Special Guest Referee between Sheamus and McAlmond. During the course of the match, Khristian refused to count "three" against McAlmond while Sheamus had his shoulders pinned to the mat. This angered Sheamus, but also let McAlmond connect with an RKO on Sheamus, and Khristian counted the three to give McAlmond the victory. When the match was over, Khristian hit Kevin in the face with the World Heavyweight Championship instead of giving him the belt. Khristian then managed to taunt and mock McAlmond to the point that McAlmond agreed to another World Heavyweight Championship bout at Capitol Punishment. Sheamus was going to be added to the match after winning a No Disqualification Match against McAlmond on SmackDown, thanks to interference from Khristian. The match was Sheamus vs. Khristian, but Khristian won the match. Afterwards, Kevin McAlmond stormed to the ring, but Khristian escaped. Kevin then settled on kicking Sheamus in the head, putting him out of action indefinitely.
Justin Hensen and Charlie Wilson led a mini-feud leading up to Capitol Punishment. Hensen and Wilson exchanged a series of wins and losses.
But a more important feud on the card was between Justin Eldridge and Scott Wright. Eldridge and Wright similarly exchanged a series of wins and losses like Justin Hensen and Charlie Wilson did, but Eldridge and Wright were reigniting a feud dating back to WrestleMania XXVI. Eldridge enlisted the aid of his New Nexus cronies to help him win against Scott, but they were to be banned from ringside at the pay-per-view.
Russell Dalton started to grow apart from The Corre, and wanted to pursue a singles career away from the group. Daniel Gonzalez, Devin Keller, and Jeremiah Garcia didn't take kindly to Dalton's new aspirations, and promptly beat him down backstage. Dalton was given multiple opportunities at Daniel Gonzalez's Intercontinental Championship, but each time he got Daniel in the Torture Rack, his signature submission maneuver, Devin and Jeremiah would run down and attack Dalton. This would make Dalton win the match by DQ, but titles can't change hands by disqualification. During a six-man tag team match against The Bignells and Russell Dalton on SmackDown, Daniel abandoned Devin and Jeremiah Heath and Justin. He claimed he was preserving his own interests since he had a title match at Capitol Punishment against Russ, but Jeremiah and Devin were angered by his actions. Jeremiah and Devin then announced to Daniel that The Corre was no more and he could defend his title on Sunday without their help, effectively dissolving the group.
Big Show sat on Alberto Del Rio's luxury car, which angered Del Rio. When they lost the IWE Tag Team Championships to The New Nexus, Alberto Del Rio mocked The Big Show and Kane backstage during an interview segment. Del Rio even slapped Big Show across the face. Big Show then chased Del Rio into the parking lot, but Del Rio's personal ring announcer Ricardo Rodriguez "accidentally" ran Big Show over with his car. This injured Big Show's leg and left Kane without a partner. Del Rio and Ricardo then made fun of Big Show by having Ricardo dress like him, mocking Big Show's weight. Big Show then ran down to the ring and beat Ricardo to a pulp, putting him in the hospital and leaving Del Rio without his ring announcer. Kane had to pull Show away to keep him from killing Ricardo. Despite his injury, Show still wanted a match against Del Rio, and was granted one at the pay-per-view.
The Miz blamed his former protege Alex Riley for him not regaining the IWE Championship from Dustin Simpson at Over the Limit. Miz fired Riley live on Raw and then demeaned him in front of the world. Riley responded violently, attacking Miz. Riley and Miz battled each other over the next few weeks, leading to a match between the two at the show.
The opening match was between Nick Kessler and Jose Serrano, who were feuding over the United States Championshp after Nick beat Jose in a non-title match on Raw.
[edit] Event
[edit] Production
As IWE's 2011 June pay-per-view event, IWE Capitol Punishment replaced the 2010 Fatal 4-Way themed event. Promotion towards this event was centered around the setting for the PPV, that being the United States capital, Washington, D.C. IWE produced a video to promote the event using actual press footage of President Barack Obama spliced and edited with footage that IWE recorded using actors. The video was intended to show Obama answering questions about Capitol Punishment in a press conference. First airing on May 22 at Over the Limit, IWE received criticism for the video. To avoid legal complications with the U.S. government, IWE added a disclaimer at the start of the video for future airings. This included spelling out their acronym as "International Wrestling Entertainment", a name they ceased using earlier in the year.
The parody of a White House Presidential press conference is intended to publicize IWE's (International Wrestling Entertainment) pay-per-view television event known as Capitol Punishment, which emanates from our Nation's Capital on Sunday, June 19.
—IWE, Disclaimer for IWE Capitol Punishment promotional video
The promotional poster for the event also featured the President, where Obama is acting as a referee in a confrontation between IWE Superstars Dustin Simpson and Scott Wright. IWE released a similar disclaimer for the artwork as they did for the video.
[edit] Reception
[edit] Results
| # | Results | Stipulations |
|---|---|---|
| Dark | Justin Black and Jake Wilson defeated Jeremiah Garcia and Devin Keller | Tag team match |
| 1 | Nick Kessler (with Lynn Lehr) defeated Jose Serrano (c) | Singles match for the IWE United States Championship |
| 2 | Alex Riley defeated The Miz | Singles match |
| 3 | Justin Marlen defeated The Big Marc | Singles match |
| 4 | Russell Dalton defeated Daniel Gonzalez (c) | Singles match for the IWE Intercontinental Championship |
| 5 | Justin Eldridge defeated Scott Wright | Singles match |
| 6 | Kevin McAlmond (c) defeated Khristian | Singles match for the World Heavyweight Championship |
| 7 | Justin Hensen defeated Charlie Wilson | Singles match |
| 8 | Dustin Simpson (c) defeated B-Truth | Singles match for the IWE Championship |
[edit] See also
[edit] References
[edit] External links
- Official Capitol Punishment website
