Location: Wintrust Arena, Chicago
The cameras pan live inside the arena where we see the stage is all decorated and ready for the festivities.....
And not far away we then see The Bella Twins asking Santa if they made his naughty list.....
And then we go ringside and join our host of the 12 Days of Christmas tour...... Melissa Santos!
Melissa Santos: "It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas wrestling fans.... and we are coming into your homes live from The Windy City.... Chicago, Illinois for the first stop in the 12 Days of Christmas tour! And I'm sure once Santa finishes up with The Bellas, he will be watching all the action tonight to see who's been naughty and nice! So sit back and relax as the IWA gives it's great fans 12 Days of nonstop action! It's time to start the 12 Days of Christmas!" Match One: Bob Backlund vs Pat Patterson These two are representing the upstart USWA promotion based outta Memphis! The introductions are made...the bell rings...a handshake..and we are off!
This match starts out with a scientific display as these to trade hol for counter hold with neither men getting the upprthand for too long! At times these two DO get more aggresive but it's usually hard forearm smashes,hard chops ,.etc. but no closed fists or anything illegal! The fans aren't used to seeing two men go all out to prove who the better man is by using just scientific holds butb really seem to appreciate it!
As Patterson and BACKLUND,once again, battle it out hold for hold,the bell rings! The 15 minute time limit has expired and the ref declares this match a time limit draw! Both men shake hands and leave the ring together as the fans show their appreciation with their applause!
Melissa Santos: "Great show of respect by both those great athletes. If that's a sign of things to come from the upstart USWA, that promotion has a very exciting future." Match Two: Toni Storm vs Gail Kim After a handshake, we get going with Toni grabbing a headlock, but Gail counters right back, only to get taken to the mat as the pair looked to neutralise the other. Storm scoots out of some headscissors as we get another handshake, before they rotated through more holds, with Storm flipping out of a wristlock ahead of some body blows. A low dropkick catches Gail for a near-fall, as Storm keeps up with the strikes, throwing in uppercuts and forearms… but Kim backflips away and lands a dropkick of her own as she looked to stay in the match. There’s a vicious handstand into a knee drop that gets Kim a near-fall as she tries to pull Toni into a version of the Rings of Saturn… turning it into an Octopus-like stretch, but Storm makes it to the ropes as a break’s forced.
Storm leaps over Kim before catching her with a German suplex, sending Gail into the corner for a hip attack. From there, Toni heads up top, but she’s caught as Io sprung up and hit a leaping kick to send Storm down, following up an moonsault to the floor. They both end up on the apron, where Toni teases a Storm Zero Tiger Driver… but Gail wriggles free, only to get dumped with a German suplex onto the apron.
Barely beating the count, Gail’s forced to kick out of a cover as Storm keeps up the offence… only for Kim to hit back even harder, before she ran into a lariat from Storm. Toni follows that up with a Storm Zero Tiger Driver, 1......2......forcing Gail to the ropes as she tried to find some respite. Kim hits back with a dropkick as Toni was in the ropes, then a springboard sunset flip, 1......2...... but Storm kicks out at two, only to get clocked in the corner with a running double knees. Gail heads up top for the moonsault… but Toni lifts her feet up, and quickly catches Gail with a Storm Zero, and that Tiger Driver, 1.....2......3!!!
Storm is in complete shock with her victory as is the live audience. Gail gets up and walks over to Storm, then nods her head in approval and raises Storms hand in victory before leaving the ring.
Melissa Santos: "How's that for a shocker? We are only two matches into the tour and already have what could be considered the upset of the year as Toni Storm has just defeated the number 10 contender to the IWA Womens title, Gail Kim! We have had two great scientific encounters thus far, but with our next match, something tells me that's all about to change!" Match Three: "Rowdy" Roddy Piper vs Jake Roberts PIPER enters the ring first to a huge pop from the crowd! ROBERTS slowly makes his way to the ring accompanied by his manager -LORD ALFRED HAYES!
PIPER doesn't wait for the announcements as he clobbers ROBERTS and actually tosses HAYES over the top rope and to the floor as the crowd pops! The next several minutes is all PIPER as he keeps pouring it on JAKE!
JAKE begs PIPER off but to no avail! JAKE tries to go to the arena floor to not only escape PIPER'S onslaught but to also check on his manager! Unfortynately PIPER follows him out to the floor and bangs JAKE and HAYES'S heads together and tosses a dazed ROBERTS back in the ring! PIPER whips JAKE into the ropes and rebounds off the opposite ropes but HAYES grabs PIPER'S leg,stoppingn his momentum!
A pissed PIPER reaches down,grabbing HAYES by the hair and pulling him up on the apron! But before he can do anything, a fairly recovered drives his knee into the scotsman's back,forcing him to release HAYES as RODDY hits the canvas in pain! Now the devious one takes over and not only does he nbeat down PIPER with kicks,punches,short arm clotheslines,etc.! As PIPER is taking this beating,the crowd starts cheering and getting behind the scotsman!
RODDY is slowly fighting back as HAYES is getting wildly frustrated at ringside imploring the raucous crowd to quiet down! PIPER finally gets riled up and gets into a slugfest with JAKE! The crowd is on it's feet as PIPER gets back on the offensive and hits JAKE with a running clothesline followed by a kneelift!
PIPER circles behind JAKE ready to clamp on the sleeper hold as the crowd cheers!! PIPER applies it on the stunned JAKE as the crowd pops!! Unfortunately as JAKE starts to fade,LORD ALFRED HAYES clobbers PIPER from behind thus causing a dq on ROBERTS due to outside interference!
An irate PIPER goes after HAYES and starts pounding him in the corner but has forgot all about JAKE! Once again JAKE attacks RODDY from behind ! He hits PIPER with a short clotheline...the signals for the DDT!
JAKE hits his signature move and lays out PIPER!! ROBERTS and HAYES lay the badmouth on a layed out PIPER before they slither out of he ring and go back to the dressing room to a chorus of boos!
PIPER wins by dq and has to be helped back to the dressing room by the referee!!
In between the matches we see Santa Claus at ringside handing out candy and WCW dvds to the ringside fans.
Match Four: Windy City Pro Wrestling Survivor Series Dusty Rhodes, Cody Rhodes , Hulk Hogan and Kota Ibushi vs Jimmy Snuka , Bad Luck Fale, Shinsuke Nakumura and Yokozuna The first elimination doesn’t happen until 11:24 in . Snuka eliminated Ibushi with a Mandible Claw .
Hogan and Yokozuna at the 17 Minute mark fight to a double count out . Dark Hart has a 3 on 2 advantage . Dusty submits Nakumura in a Figure Four. 24 minutes in Cody hits Cross Rhodes on Fale . A double brain Buster on Snuka by Cody and Dusty give them the victory.
Match Five: Chris Benoit & Dynamite Kid vs Black Wallstreet The WWF Tag Team champs are showing right here that they will face any and all on their way to thei date with destiny at WRESTLE KINGDOM!
But this is no easy task against BENOIT/DYNAMITE! Not only do they have a speed advantage but also fare well in the strength department! BENOIT and DK show some damn good teamwork here as they control the early minutes of this conttest with some great scientific work and some hard hitting action!
BWS find themselves both out on the arena floor conferring with each other, just trying to get a handle on being this outwrestled! Finally REED gets an advantage by a simple yet effective rake of the eyes and the WWF Tag Champs take over!
Several minute are used here as BWS maul and brawl their way to a decided advantage! BENOIT has been getting the worse of this as he is kept fromm his corner by double teams! Finally DK has had enough and enters the fray as a four way breaks out! All four men are battling back and forth! As the ref tries to get REED and DK seperated, he doesnt see BAD NEWS hit the Ghetto Blaster on BENOIT who is the press slammed by REED and covered for the three count!
The cowd boos as the ref raises the hands of BLACK WALLSTREET as an angryn DK half ass checks on BENOIT!
Melissa Santos: "Black Wallstreet certainly may not have Christmas spirit, but you can bet they are primed for their title shot at Wrestle Kingdom against Harley Race and Nick Bockwinkle. And speaking if the champions, their up next!" Match Six: The Midnight Express w/Jim Cornette vs Harley Race and Nick Bockwinkle for the IWA World tag team title Early on MXE owns the start . They have Race trapped in the corner and are constantly double teaming him . Cornette provides a distraction to make a ton of illegal in and outs . Bobby drops a knee across the forehead of Race and then Condrey hits a spinning neck breaker Suplex by Bobby , then a brain Buster by Dennis . Cover 1….2….Nooooo ! Bockwinkle breaks it up .
Dennis goes for a DDT , but it’s reversed by Race . Race gets the tag to Bockwinkle. Forearm shot by Bockwinkle to Dennis . Half Nelson Suplex on Bobby . They regroup on the outside with Cornette . Then from there Race and Bockwinkle, bang all 3 of their heads together . Race rolls in Dennis . Bockwinkle puts him in an abdominal stretch . Bockwinkle tags off to Race , who buries a right hand into the exposed rib cage of Dennis . From there Race hits a side belly to belly .
He tags off to Bockwinkle who now works a body scissors. Bockwinkle tags off to Race . Race with a back breaker and tags off to Bockwinkle. Cornette tosses on the Tennis racket . The ref is yelling at Cornette Bobby sneaks in with a chair and waffles Race across the back , then rolls out . Dennis gets the tag to Bobby as the ref turns around . Cornette has Bockwinkle’s leg as Bobby is about to come off the top rope …..
Michael Hayes shoves him off the top rope. Terry Gordy clotheslines Bockwinkle. Jimmy Garvin hits a Bulldog on Dennis . The ref calls for the bell . Gordy tosses out Race . Hayes hits a Piledriver on the floor on Race. Garvin is choking Bockwinkle with a chair in the ring .
Hayes takes the house mic....
Michael Hayes: "Boo all you want . You think we give a damn . Nobody is having a tag match with the champs other than us . We done warned any team that gets in the ring against these guys..... that if you try and take our world tag titles.... there's gonna be trouble That! That’s the way it’s done on Badstreet!" Freddy Miller: Fans the winners of this match as a result of a disqualification. The Midnight Express.
Main Event: Kerry Von Erich vs Ric Flair for the IWA World title Kerry is able to escape when Flair tries to ride with him, but when Kerry takes Flair down Flair cant escape and is forced to get the ropes. Then he gets pissed and loses a shoving war. From there we get some top wristlock tests of strength that Kerry wins. Kerry works an armbar and a double wristlock as Flair hollers and tries to maneuver out, but to no avail. Kerry moves into the side headlock. Flair tries crowding in the corner. Kerry charges and Flsir back body drops Von Erich only for Kerry to land on his feet and immediately jump back in the ring. Flair tries to take the offense right to Kerry but in all the commotion ends up in a Military Press Slam and now it is Flair whobrolls to the floor.There is some really good stand up exchanges here and Kerry does get an early nearfall off a discus punch. Kerry works a front chancery and Kerry misses a dropkick and maybe pulls a muscle in his abdomen. Flair goes to work punting the challenger. After getting his ass kicked, he has snapped and is just straight choking Kerry by throttling his throat.
Flair begins a King of Mountain sequence. This is a heavy Flair heat segment. Just big, thunderous shots. The ref breaks it up and this affords Kerry the opportunity to shouldertackle and go for the Sunset Flip, 1.....2.....NO! Kerry lands some punches, but Flair fights through it. Flair is desperate and goes off the ropes and Kerry applies the IRON CLAW to the stomach. Flair raked the eyes. Flair goes to the sleeper, but cant finish his man off. Of course, Kerry applies his own sleeper. Flair sells the sleeper so well fading right next to the ropes with his fingertips grazing the ropes. Kerry goes for the big splash but eats knees. Flair hits a nice short knee as a follow up to the midsection, but Kerry re-applies the sleeper. This time Flair hits a back suplex and both men are out. Flair misses his Flair Flip in the corner and comes crashing back to the mat. Flair staggered re-enters the ring and Kerry applies the IRON CLAW TO THE HEAD! Flair short knee and chops Kerry down.
Flair goes for his patented kneedrop but Kerry moves and Flair hurts his knee on the move. FIGURE-4! Flair makes the ropes. Kerry drags Flair to the post and wraps his knee around the post. Kerry is working the leg, but misses an elbow drop to the knee. Then he misses a kneedrop to the head. Flair starts to mount his comeback while hobbling. Flair just moves a step back and lets Kerry miss a dropkick before nailing a PILEDRIVER for two! Kerry gets a series of nearfalls as hope spots as Flair is working on him heavy. Kerry gets Flair up for a big suplex, but only gets two. Flair hits a ballshot, Flair press slam off the top, big bump over the top rope by Flair off a standing dropkick. Flair reaches in and grabs Von Erichs leg and whips it around the corner post. Flair back inside and clips the leg of Kerry.......FIGURE FOUR! Flair grabs the ropes for added leverage as the ref counts three! RIC FLAIR RETAINS THE IWA WORLD TITLE!
As Flair takes his title we see WCW General Manager Eric Bischoff making his way to the ring. Bischoff passes by Santa who is passing out candy to the kids at ringside again.
Eric Bischoff: "Flair.... we have to talk! We all see the video of you and The Young Bucks and all the money. Just be honest.....it was blood money wasn't it? Your the one who paid to have Steve Austin attacked wasn't you?" Ric Flair: "Bischoff..... I just went 45 minutes with Von Erich! And now you wanna get in The Nature Boys face?? What if it was me? So what? What are you gonna do? Fire me? I'm the world champion! I'm WCW's meal ticket. Don't you ever forget that! And if Austin has a problem with that....you tell him to do something about it!" Flair walks up on Bischoff and there's some words said between them the camera can't pick up. Santa enters the ring to try and prevent a fight. Flair pushes Santa away then turns to leave the ring. Santa yanks his beard and hat iff......ITS STEVE AUSTIN!!!
Austin grabs Flair... STUNNER!!! Now Austin is just stomping a hole and walking it dry on Flair!! Bischoff tries to stop Austin, so Austin slings Bischoff across the ring. This gives time for Arn and Tully to rush to ringside and pull Flair out of the ring. Austin scales the turnbuckles staring the Horsemen down as they retreat. Austin then calls for a few cold ones as the show goes off the air.
