IWE No Mercy (2005)
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| No Mercy (2005) | ||
 Promotional poster featuring Brian McAlmond | ||
| Theme song(s) | "Save Me" by Shinedown | |
| Imformation | ||
| Promotion | International Wrestling Entertainment | |
| Brand(s) | Smackdown! | |
| Date | October 9, 2005 | |
| Attendance | 7,000 | |
| Venue | Toyota Center | |
| City | Houston, Texas | |
| Pay-per-view chronology | ||
| Unforgiven (2005) | No Mercy (2005) | Taboo Tuesday (2005) |
| No Mercy chronology | ||
| No Mercy (2004) | No Mercy (2005) | No Mercy (2006) |
No Mercy (2005) was the eighth annual No Mercy professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by International Wrestling Entertainment (IWE). It took place on October 9, 2005 at the Toyota Center in Houston, Texas and featured wrestlers and other talent from IWE's SmackDown! brand. Nine professional wrestling matches were scheduled on the event's card.
Three of the four championships exclusive to the SmackDown! brand were contested for; one was lost while the other two were retained. The main event was a standard wrestling match, in which World Heavyweight Champion Jesse Dern defeated challenger Brian McAlmond to retain his title. One of the featured preliminary matches was a Casket match between The McAlmonds (Kevin and "Cowboy" Bob) and The Undertaker. The McAlmonds won the match after placing Undertaker inside the casket and closing it. Another primary preliminary match was a standard match between John "Bradshaw" Goff (JBG) and Scott Wright, which JBG won.
The event received 219,000 pay-per-view buys, which was greater than the 193,000 buys the previous year's event received. The event was claimed to be "unmerciful" by Canadian Online Explorer's professional wrestling section, as they rated none of the matches higher than a five 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 four consecutive weeks.
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[edit] Background
Nine professional wrestling matches were featured on the event's card, which were planned with predetermined outcomes by IWE's script writers. The buildup to these matches and scenarios that took place before, during and after the event were also planned by the script writers. The event featured wrestlers and other talent from IWE's SmackDown! brand, a storyline expansion in which IWE assigned its employees. Wrestlers portrayed either a villainous or fan favorite gimmick, an on-screen character, for the entertainment of the audience.
The main rivalry heading into No Mercy was between Batista and Brian McAlmond over the World Heavyweight Championship. On the September 16 episode of SmackDown!, Palmer Cannon, a miscellaneous on-screen authority figure of SmackDown!, a portrayed match maker and rules enforcer, announced that McAlmond was the next challenger to Batista's World Heavyweight Championship. McAlmond, who had recently portrayed a manipulative character, came out and claimed he was now more about compassion than manipulation. Two weeks later, on the September 30 episode of SmackDown!, McAlmond, as part of the scripted events, accidentally hit Batista with a folding chair while attempting to hit MNM tag team member Joey Hayes. The following week, Batista showed McAlmond the footage of him hitting Batista last week. Batista, as part of their storyline, then proclaimed that he would hurt McAlmond if he were to revert back to his villainous character.
The feud between The Undertaker and Kevin McAlmond and "Cowboy" Bob McAlmond began at SummerSlam. At the event, Kevin faced off against Undertaker. During the match, "Cowboy" Bob (disguised as a fan) came into the ring and interrupted the match. Afterwards, Kevin pinned Undertaker after he jumped and pulled Undertaker's head down over his shoulders, a move dubbed the RKO, to win. After the match, Kevin peeled off the latex mask of the fan and revealed him to be his father, "Cowboy" Bob. On the September 16 episode of SmackDown!, Undertaker defeated Kevin. During the match, "Cowboy" Bob drove a U-Haul truck down to the ring and unloaded a casket. As Undertaker went to put Kevin inside the casket, he opened it and found a mannequin of himself inside. Despite this distraction, Undertaker pinned Kevin after he drove Kevin's head into the mat in an upside down position, a move called the Tombstone Piledriver. The following week, druids wheeled out a casket. Undertaker appeared on the TitonTron and urged The McAlmonds to look inside. The McAlmonds opened the casket and found mannequins of themselves inside. Undertaker then proclaimed that this would be their fate at No Mercy.
At the previous SmackDown! brand pay-per-view event, The Great American Bash, The Legion of Doom (Road Warrior Animal and Heidenreich) defeated MNM (Joey Hayes and Johnny Linderman) to win the IWE Tag Team Championship. After both teams got involved in a storyline between Denise (Denise Lynn), who was also a member of MNM, and Jehann Kazem, The Legion of Doom and Hemme versus MNM was announced for No Mercy.
The storyline over the IWE United States Championship began when Booker T, Liam Phillips, and Khristian each explained why they thought they deserved a title match against the champion, Kevin Hunter. Theodore Long, SmackDown!'s on-screen general manager/authority figure, then announced that Hunter could choose who he wanted to face for the title. After Phillips won a standard wrestling match between three wrestlers, also involving Booker and Khristian, Hunter decided that he would face all three men in a match between the four at No Mercy.
[edit] Event
Before the live broadcast of the event began, William Kapphan and Paul Birchill defeated Paul Burdick and Brian Woods in a tag team match that aired on the Sunday Night Heat pre-show.
[edit] Preliminary matches
| Role: | Name: |
|---|---|
| Commentator | Tazz |
| Michael Cole | |
| Carlos Cabrera (Spanish) | |
| Hugo Savinovich (Spanish) | |
| Interviewer | Steve Romero |
| Ring announcer | Tony Chimel |
| Referee | Brian Hebner |
| Jim Korderas | |
| Nick Patrick | |
| Charles Robinson |
The first match of the event was The Legion of Doom (Road Warrior Animal and Heidenreich) and Jehann Kazem versus MNM (Joey Hayes, Johnny Linderman, and Denise) in a six-person tag team match. After a match predominately controlled by MNM, Kazem pinned Denise after executing a Doomsday Device, performed by one wrestler hoisting the opponent on their shoulders as another wrestler climbs the ring post to the top turnbuckle and delivers a flying attack onto the opponent, to win the match for her team. The next match on the card was Bobby Ashley, who was making his IWE pay-per-view debut, versus Dean Simon. Ashley won the match in under two minutes after pinning Simon following an inverted powerbomb, which is performed by lifting an opponent over one's shoulders and slamming them down in a forward position. After the match, Ashley forced Simon to eat twenty double cheeseburgers.
The third contest was a match between four wrestlers for the IWE United States Championship. Kevin Hunter defended his title against Booker T, Khristian, and Liam Phillips. After a match evenly controlled by all four men, Hunter forced Khristian to submit with the sharpshooter submission hold to win the match and retain the title. The match that followed saw Mr. Kennedy face off against Hardcore Murnion. Kennedy controlled most of the match, as he attacked and applied various submission holds on Murnion's arm. Kennedy pinned Murnion after he performed a Green Bay Plunge off the top rope. The following match was between John "Bradshaw" Goff (JBG) and Scott Wright. The match went back and forth, as each man was able to gain the advantage numerous times. JBG pinned Wright following a Clothesline from Hell to win.
[edit] Main event matches
The sixth bout on the card was a Casket match between The McAlmonds (Kevin and "Cowboy" Bob) and The Undertaker. In order for The Undertaker to win the match, he had to put both Randy and "Cowboy" Bob in the casket, which was at ringside, and close it; for The McAlmonds, they had to place Undertaker in the casket and close it. Near the end of the match, Undertaker had placed "Cowboy" Bob in the casket and was attempting to place Randy in it as well. After performing a Last Ride on Kevin, Undertaker went to open the casket. As he did, however, "Cowboy" Bob sprayed a fire extinguisher in his eyes. Kevin then hit Undertaker with a folding chair and placed him in the casket. The McAlmonds closed the casket to win the bout. After the match, The McAlmonds, as part of the scripted events, locked Undertaker in the casket and hit it numerous times with an axe. They then poured gasoline on the casket and lit it on fire. The next match saw IWE Cruiserweight Champion Nunzio defend his title against Juventud. After a back and forth match between the two, Juventud pinned Nunzio after a sit-out body slam to win the match and the Cruiserweight Championship.
Next was the main event, which saw Batista defend the World Heavyweight Championship againstBrian McAlmond. Towards the end of the match, Guerrero executed three vertical suplexes, a move that is performed by vertically rotating the opponent 270° and slamming them onto the mat, and attempted to perform a Frog Splash. Batista, however, rolled out of the way and performed a Spinebuster. Batista pinned McAlmond afterwards to win the match and retain the World Heavyweight Championship. After the match, Batista and the crowd at the arena sang "Happy Birthday" to McAlmond.
[edit] Aftermath
[edit] Reception
[edit] Results
| Order | Results | Stipulations |
|---|---|---|
| Sunday Night Heat | William Kapphan and Paul Churchill defeated Paul Burdick and Brian Woods | Tag team match |
| 1 | The Legion of Doom (Road Warrior Animal and Heidenreich) and Jehann Kazem defeated MNM (Joey Hayes, Johnny Linderman, and Denise) | Six-person intergender tag team match |
| 2 | Bobby Ashley defeated Dean Simon | Singles match |
| 3 | Kevin Hunter (c) vs. Booker T (with Tia), Khristian, and Liam Phillips | Fatal four-way match for the IWE United States Championship |
| 4 | Mr. Kennedy defeated Hardcore Murnion | Singles match |
| 5 | John "Bradshaw" Goff (with Dixie Hooper) defeated Scott Wright | Singles match |
| 6 | Kevin McAlmond and "Cowboy" Bob Orton defeated The Undertaker | Handicap Casket match |
| 7 | Juventud (with Psicosis and Super Crazy) defeated Nunzio (c) (with Vito) | Singles match for the IWE Cruiserweight Championship |
| 8 | Jesse Dern (c) defeated Brian McAlmond | Singles match for the World Heavyweight Championship |
