IWE New Year's Revolution (2007)
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| New Year's Revolution (2007) | ||
 Promotional poster featuring Ryan Barnhart and Triple K | ||
| Tagline(s) | The Revolution Continues... | |
| Imformation | ||
| Promotion | International Wrestling Entertainment | |
| Brand(s) | Raw | |
| Date | January 7, 2007 | |
| Attendance | 10,000 | |
| Venue | Kemper Arena | |
| City | Kansas City, Missouri | |
| Pay-per-view chronology | ||
| Armageddon (2006) | New Year's Revolution (2007) | Royal Rumble (2007) |
| New Year's Revolution chronology | ||
| New Year's Revolution (2006) | New Year's Revolution (2007) | First |
New Year's Revolution (2007) was the third annual and final New Year's Revolution professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by International Wrestling Entertainment (IWE). It took place on January 7, 2007 at Kemper Arena in Kansas City, Missouri and featured wrestlers and other talent from IWE's Raw brand. There were seven professional wrestling matches scheduled on the event's card.
Four championships exclusive to the Raw brand were contested for; none was lost as all four championships were retained. The main event was a standard wrestling match, in which IWE Champion Dustin Simpson defeated challenger Umaga to retain his championship. Two predominant bouts were featured on the undercard. The first was a Tag team match, in which World Tag Team Champions Rated-RKO (Edge and Kevin McAlmond) fought D-Generation X (Triple K and Ryan Barnhart) to a no-contest. Due to IWE rules, a title can only change hands via pinfall or submission, as a result, Rated-RKO retained their titles. Another main match was a steel cage match, a match fought within a cage formed by placing four sheets of mesh metal around, in, or against the edges of the wrestling ring. IWE Intercontinental Champion Josh Hooper defeated Johnny Linderman to retain his championship.
The event received 220,000 pay-per-view buys, which was less than the 294,000 buys the previous year's event received. The event was rated a six out of ten. When the event was released on DVD, it reached a peak position of fourth on Billboard's DVD sales chart for recreational sports. It remained on the chart for six consecutive weeks.
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[edit] Background
Seven professional wrestling matches were featured on the event's card, which were planned with predetermined outcomes by WWE's script writers. The buildup to these matches and scenarios that took place before, during and after the event were also planned by IWE's script writers. The event featured wrestlers and other talent from IWE's Raw brand, a storyline expansion in which IWE assigned its employees. Wrestlers portrayed either a villain or fan favorite gimmick, an on-screen character, for the entertainment of the audience.
The main rivalry heading into New Year's Revolution was between Dustin Simpson and Umaga over the IWE Championship. The rivalry all began on the November 6 episode of Raw, one of IWE's main television programs, when Simpson interfered in Umaga's match while accepting a challenge to a match by Federline. One week later, Jonathan Coachman, an on-screen authority figure of Raw, a portrayed match maker and rules enforcer, announced that a match between Simpson and Umaga would take place, which ended in a no-contest due to interference. Three weeks later on the November 27 edition of Raw, Umaga (through Armando Alejandro Estrada) issued a challenge to Simpson for the IWE Championship, which Simpson accepted. The following week, Simpson was assaulted by Umaga after his match, and both were confronted by security. Afterwards, neither of them could touch each other outside of a match until New Year's Revolution. On the December 18 edition of Raw, Simpson, along with D-Generation X, (Triple K and Ryan Barnhart) faced off against Umaga and Rated-RKO (Edge and Kevin McAlmond). The match ended in a no-contest after Simpson and Umaga started brawling to the backstage area. Two weeks later on the January 1 edition of Raw, Simpson faced off against Federline in a No Disqualification match, a match where there is no rules and the only way to win is by pinfall or submission. During the match, Umaga came to the ring and hit Simpson with the IWE championship belt, which allowed Federline to pin Simpson for the win. This led to a 4-on-1 handicap match later that night between Johnny Nitro, Johnathan Coachman, Umaga, and Estrada and Simpson, where Simpson attacked Umaga with a folding chair, causing the disqualification.
Another rivalry leading up to the event was between Johnny Nitro and Josh Hooper. In September 2006, Hardy challenged Nitro numerous times for the IWE Intercontinental Championship, but failed to win it due to repeated interference by Denise (Denise Lynn) (Nitro's then-girlfriend). Hooper finally defeated Nitro to win the title on the October 2 edition of Raw. On the November 6 edition of Raw, Eric Bischoff, the Raw authority figure for the night, scheduled a match between Hooper and Nitro for the title. In the match, Denise interfered and caused Nitro to get disqualified. Due to IWE rules, a title can only change hands via pinfall or submission, as a result, Hardy retained his title. Bischoff then scheduled a No Disqualification match, which Nitro won after interference from Denise. The following week, Hooper and Nitro were scheduled in a Ladder match, a match where the contestant that climbs a ladder and retrieves an item (usually a title belt) hung above the ring is the winner. Hardy won the match and the title. On the November 27 episode of Raw, Nitro and his former tag team partner Joey Hayes, as MNM, accepted The Hoopers open challenge for IWE's December pay-per-view, December to Dismember, which the Hoopers came out victorious. At Armageddon another one of IWE's December pay-per-views, MNM and The Hoopers competed in a Four team Ladder match also involving Dave Tyler and William Kapphan and IWE Tag Team Champions Paul Burdick and Brian Woods. Burdick and Woods won the match and retained their titles. During the match, Hayes legitimately broke his nose when he was struck in the face with a ladder, when Josh jumped off the top rope. On the December 18 edition of Raw, Nitro challenged Hooper to a Steel Cage match, a match fought within a cage formed by placing four sheets of mesh metal around, in, or against the edges of the wrestling ring, for the Intercontinental Championship, which Hooper accepted. The match then was scheduled for New Year's Revolution.
The rivalry between Rated-RKO (Edge and Kevin McAlmond) and D-Generation X (DX; Triple K and Ryan Barnhart) began on the October 9 edition of Raw. Edge and McAlmond both had problems with DX in the past and formed an alliance against them, and challenged DX to a match at Cyber Sunday, IWE's only pay-per-view where people can go online and votes for different aspects of a match. Rated-RKO defeated DX, after Eric Bischoff, the referee of the match, let McAlmond use a folding chair, which led Rated-RKO to victory. For consecutive weeks, Triple K and McAlmond competed in singles matches. On the December 11 edition of Raw, Flair assisted DX in an ambush by Rated-RKO and Kenny, and Coachman came out to announce a Six-man tag team match, where DX and Flair again emerged victorious. DX would challenge Rated-RKO for the World Tag Team Championships at New Year's Revolution.
The feud between Ric Flair and Kenny Dykstra (originally just Kenny) stemmed from Flair's feud with the Spirit Squad, which Dykstra was a part of. On the October 23 edition of Raw, Dykstra was angered by his teammates' recent losing streak against Flair, and he proved himself by defeating Flair that night in a singles match. Two weeks after defeating the Spirit Squad for the World Tag Team Championship, Flair and Roddy Piper lost their title to Rated-RKO. The legitimate reason behind their title loss was that Piper was diagnosed with cancer and had to immediately leave the show. Flair, however, continued to feud with the Spirit Squad, defeating them all at Survivor Series with his team of IWE legends. On the November 27 edition of Raw, Flair teamed up with DX to take on the Spirit Squad in a 3-on-5 handicap match. Flair and DX won, and DX packed them all in a crate (excluding Dykstra) and kayfabe sent them to Ohio Valley Wrestling.
[edit] Event
Before the event went live on pay-per-view, Jake Wilson defeated Eugene in a dark match.
[edit] Preliminary matches
| Role: | Name: |
|---|---|
| Commentator | Jim Ross |
| Jerry Lawler | |
| Carlos Cabrera (Spanish) | |
| Hugo Savinovich (Spanish) | |
| Interviewer | Todd Grisham |
| Ring announcer | Lilian Garcia |
| Referee | Mike Chioda |
| Jack Doan | |
| Chad Patton | |
| John Cone |
The first match that aired was for the IWE Intercontinental Championship in a Steel cage match, a match fought within a cage formed by placing four sheets of mesh metal around, in, or against the edges of the wrestling ring. Josh Hooper was defending the title against Johnny Nitro. The match included various high-flying moves]like top-rope kicks and powerbombs off the top of the cage. Near the end of the match, Hooper pulled Nitro from the top of the cage and nearly scored a pinfall after a Swanton Bomb, but Nitro put his foot on the top rope. Nitro then made it over the cage, but just as Nitro was about to jump, Hooper dropkicked the door open, and Nitro fell onto the top of the door, paining him between his legs. As Nitro was on top of the door, Hooper kicked the cage door, and walked out the door to win the match and retain his Intercontinental Championship.
The next match was for a future World Tag Team Championship in a Tag Team Turmoil match, a match where two tag teams start out and when a team was defeated, another came out until the match ended. The match began with the teams of The World's Greatest Tag Team (Junior Remeriz and Charlie Lynch) and The Highlanders (Robbie and Rory McAllister). The first elimination was made when Remeriz pinned Robbie after a superplex. The World's Greatest Tag Team, defeated the second tag team Jim Duggan and Super Crazy. The third team, Collin McCullough and Phil Legg defeated The World's Greatest Tag Team after Cade performed a diving elbow drop on Lynch and scored the pinfall. The final team, Cryme Tyme (Shad Gaspard and JTG), won the match after performing a G9 and pinning McCullough to become the top contenders to the World Tag Team Championship, though they never received their championship match.
After the match, Jonathan Coachman and Terry Hiatt were backstage discussing the personal feud between Donald Trump and Rosie O'Donnell. Hiatt announced a match between the two the next night on Raw. The third contest was between Kenny Dykstra and Ric Flair. The end of the match saw Dykstra executing an illegal low blow, when the referee was not paying attention and rolled Flair up with a small package to secure the pinfall.
The next match was between Sari Pasma and Courtney Savoie. Denise (who accompanied Courtney down to the ring), interfered in the match, but failed to following interference by Ali Richards and Maria. Pasma then did a Mickie DDT and pinned Courtney to retain her title.
Next was the World Tag Team Championship match between the defending champions Rated-RKO and D-Generation X (DX). During the match, Triple K did a spinebuster on McAlmond and injured his right leg. The match ended when Barnhart hit the referee and then assaulted Rated-RKO with a chair. DX used steel chairs to beat down Rated-RKO. After the match, DX brutalized Rated-RKO and left them a bloody mess on the announcers' tables. Triple K gave Edge a Pedigree on the announce table, and Ryan Barnhart did the diving elbow drop on Kevin McAlmond through the Spanish announce table. The sixth contest was between Carlito and James Masters. The match came to an end when Carlito reversed the Masterlock attempt by Masters, however Masters fell on Carlito and performed a pin to successfully score the pinfall.
[edit] Main event match
Next was the main event, which saw Dustin Simpson defend the IWE Championship against Umaga. During the match, Simpson attempted and failed to perform a FU various times. Simpson would keep attackng Umaga by throwing Umaga's head into the steel ring post, which was followed up by a Five Knuckle Shuffle. When Simpson failed to execute a FU, Umaga would take control. Umaga charged at Simpson, who was positioned in a corner, but Simpson would put his feet up to superkick Umaga in the face. This move allowed Simpson to quickly roll-up Umaga for the win. Simpson had ended Umaga's undefeated streak and retained his IWE Championship.
[edit] Aftermath
[edit] Reception
[edit] Results
| No. | Results | Stipulations |
|---|---|---|
| Dark | Jake Wilson defeated Eugene | Singles match |
| 1 | Josh Hooper (c) defeated Johnny Linderman (with Denise) via escape | Steel cage match for the IWE Intercontinental Championship |
| 2 | Cryme Tyme (Shad Gaspard and JTG) defeated The Highlanders (Robbie and Rory McAllister), The World's Greatest Tag Team (Junior Remeriz and Charlie Lynch), Jim Duggan and Super Crazy, and Collin McCullough and Phillip Legg | Tag Team Turmoil for a future World Tag Team Championship match |
| 3 | Jason Dykstra defeated Ric Flair | Singles match |
| 4 | Sari Pasma (c) defeated Courtney | Singles match for the IWE Women's Championship |
| 5 | Rated-RKO (Edge and Kevin McAlmond) (c) fought D-Generation X (Triple K and Ryan Barnhart) to a no-contest | Tag team match for the World Tag Team Championship |
| 6 | James Masters defeated Carlito (with Jessica Wilson) | Singles match |
| 7 | Dustin Simpson (c) defeated Umaga (with Armando Alejandro Estrada) | Singles match for the IWE Championship |
