Shooting Stars Wrestling #166 - 'The Aftermath'

LIVE .... FROM DETROIT, MICHIGAN .... THIS .... IS ....

SHOOTING . . .
STARS . . . 
WRESTLING 
!!!!

The show starts off with a video package .... 

FROM WRESTLEMANIA .... 'Taz tries to pull Jericho to his feet .... But Jericho just slumps lifelessly back to the mat. Taz pulls him up again .... But Jericho shoves him away .... SPITS IN TAZ'S FACE!!!! Taz wipes his face and says something to Jericho that is inaudible .... ANGRY MAN'S CLOTHESLINE NEARLY DECAPITATES JERICHO!!!! Cover .... 1 .... 2 .... 2.999999!!!! It's Jericho's turn to survive!!!! Taz has had enough, and he gives the throat slash gesture, signaling that it's over .... Taz Mission locked in!!!! Jericho flails about trying to break the hold but can't .... He kicks off the ropes and rolls backwards, putting Taz in a pinning position .... 1 .... 2 .... 2 count!!!! Taz rolls out of it, still holding on to the Taz mission!!!! Jericho fights it, but Taz takes him down and locks him in a body scissors! Jericho fades and the ref checks him. The arm drops once .... Twice .... NOOOOOO!!!! Jericho is alive!!!! He squirms free of the body scissors and tries to fight to his feet but still can't break the hold .... TAZ-MISSION SUPLEX DROPS JERICHO RIGHT ON HIS HEAD AGAIN!!!! COVER BY TAZ .... 1 .... 2 .... 3!!!! It's over!!!!

The screen goes blank and we hear the fans chanting 'S-S-W! S-S-W!'. The shot comes up on the ring, and we see all the fans pumping their fists and chanting ....

Show starts with the opening SSW montage to 'INDESTRUCTIBLE' by Disturbed

There is no normal opening this week, as the SSW Genesis champion Taz stomps to the ring with 'WAR MACHINE' by KISS playing. 

Taz says that video was nice and all, and he should probably be in a good mood .... BUT THE MOOD IS ABOUT TO CHANGE!!!! .... Yeah, hes the guy that retired Chris Jericho .... Big deal. Thats not what hes here to talk about .... The only thing he wants to talk about is John Cena! He will keep it real simple, he wants John Cena out here right now, or they aren't having a show tonight! 

This brings out SSW General Manager John Lauranitis. He has bad news for Taz because, as of the night after Wrestlemania, John Cena is no longer a member of the SSW roster! Because of his actions, Cena has become a liability to this company and, as general manager, he had to protect it's interests. Cena has been traded to RWA!

Taz says 'Are you fucking kidding me????' He says Lauranitis is a chicken shit that hides behind what he thinks is 'best for the company' .... What is best for this company is John Cena and Taz in the same ring beating the hell out of each other!!!! So now he is going to have to go to RWA and beat the shit out of Cena there! Lauranitis tries to calm Taz down, and says he may not be able to have Cena, but he will give him the man that traded Cena to get .... The only triple crown winner in SSW history .... John Morrison!!!! Lauranitis directs the fans to the big screen, where we see a video package on Morrison.

Lauranitis says Morrison is not here right now, but he will be here tonight to officially sign his SSW contract. Taz says he has no beef with John Morrison, but if that's who Lauranitis is gonna put in his path then he's gonna be 'Just another victim!' .... From now on his name is not John Morrison, it's John Cena!!!! Just because Cena is somewhere else doesn't mean this is over .... Until he gets his hand on him, he is gonna take it out on everyone else .... Because he's Taz .... The SSW Genesis champion .... Beat me if you can .... Survive if I let you!!!!

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Back in the arena, Mike Goldberg and Joe Rogan are at the announce table and they set up tonight's show. The blockbuster news is that John Lauranitis has traded John Cena to RWA for John Morrison .... And now Morrison will face Taz for the SSW title at 'International Incident' .... As far as tonight goes, Morrison is still supposed to appear here tonight, and we will see the Vixxens take on AJ, Gail Kim and Natalya in a 6 woman tag match.  In the main event, Cody Rhodes defends the SSW Impact title against Eddie Edwards.  
 
IN THE BACK - We are taken to pre-recorded comments from Truth Martini and Cody Rhodes, the SSW Impact Champion about Cody's title defense tonight. 
 
Truth - 'I want to give you people a lesson in life.  The word 'Muse' means . . . to think.  Now when you put an 'a' in front of a word it actually means the opposite.  So while 'muse' means 'to think', the word 'amuse' means 'not to think'.  I am not here to 'a-muse' you people, I am actually here to make you 'muse'. But what is not 'amusing' is what the SSW front office has done to the hottest commodity in this company .... The Impact champion, Cody Rhodes!'
 
Cody - 'You know Truth, what truly boggles my mind, is that for the last several weeks this TV show has been allowed to air without its biggest star . . . yours truly . . . present on screen.  But that’s all about to change.  You see, I am tired of people like Taz and Chris Jericho stealing MY television time.  Now that Wrestlemania is over and SSW is once again one of the big dogs in the UWF, this is a new era . . . an era that Cody Rhodes proudly leads the charge.  Eddie Edwards, I’ll give you credit.  You’ve spent your whole career here and you have beaten some of the greats.  But you are a tag team wrestler, and you are not in my league.  And as far as ‘International Incident’ goes, the front office has seen fit not to tell me who I will be facing.  But rest assured, whoever it is, I will win and continue to be the biggest rising star in this company.  And that . . . is the Truth.’
 
Truth – ‘They say all men were created equal . . . ‘
 
Cody – ‘They were wrong!’ 
 
Match 1: Tag Team match
The United Kingdom (Drew McIntyre & Doug Williams)
Vs
The Rotundas (Bo & Husky)

The Rotundas control the opening moments with brawling, but McIntyre and Williams take over and ground Bo out with mat wrestling. Hot tag to Husky and he comes in a house of fire, when all of a sudden Wade Barrett shows up at ringside! He distracts Husky long enough for McIntyre to grab him and set for the Future Shock .... Spear by Bo to McIntyre!!!! Husky hits the back senton on McIntyre, but out comes Steen and Dragon! Husky prepares to hold them off, but Barrett slides in and delivers the Wasteland to Bo! While Husky is distracted, Williams covers as the ref turns around and he makes the 3 count! 

After the match, the Rotundas call Appetite for Destruction back to the ring and we have another wild brawl! Officials come out and it takes an army of backstage personnel to keep all four men separated!

A promo airs for the Motor City Machine Guns .... They return next week

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As we come back to live action, it is announced that Appetite for Destruction will face the Rotundas in a street fight coming up at 'International Incident'.

IN THE BACK – Eddie Edwards cuts a promo about his match against Cody tonight.  Cody is right, he has spent his entire career in SSW.  He was part of the most dominant tag team this company has ever seen.  He beat Bryan Danielson for the Pure Championship and retired it.  And still no one buys him as a singles competitor.  Tyson Kidd doesn't buy it, and neither does Cody Rhodes.  He is the absolute best technical wrestler on the roster and no one knows it.  Well, he is tired of having to earn the respect of the SSW roster.  He is going to go out and take it, starting tonight!

 Up next, Elijah Burke makes his return to SSW. 

Match 2: Singles Match
Elijah Burke 
vs 
Damien Sandow

Pope is over HUGE in his return to the ring, but Sandow is no slouch.  The match is very competitive, with Sandow holding his own.  However, in the end Burke is too much.  After drilling Sandow with the Elijah Express, he gets the 3 count to win the match. 

After the match is over, out comes Tomasso Ciampa!  Ciampa puts himself over as the future of SSW, after all it was SSW General Manager John Lauranitis that told the world he was.  Ciampa wants competition so he can show the world that Lauranitis was right, and as an 'SSW original', Burke can provide that competition.  He challenges Burke to a match at 'International Incident'.  Burke accepts. 

IN THE BACK - Josh Matthews is with the Miz and Dolph Ziggler. Miz says here there are, the two biggest stars in the company and Lauranitis just gift wraps a title shot and gives it to John Morrison???? Miz says he carried Morrison when he was in SSW before and he rode his coattails all the way to the SSW title. Ziggler says they are sick and tired of being passed over, it's time to start getting people's attention around here!

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Back from break, we are treated to the return to SSW of Lance 'Danger' Cade!!!!   Cade wants to perform a new stunt for the fans, one he has been working on for a long time .... He is going to attempt to dive off the stage into a cup of water!!!!  Cade asks for a drumroll, but as he prepares to perform his stunt .... He is attacked from behind by Dolph Ziggler and the Miz!!!!  Miz and Ziggler beat down Cade, and Miz gives him the Skull Krushing Finale on the stage!  Miz and Ziggler leave Cade laid out on the stage!

IN THE BACK .... Justin Gabriel promo and the blonde we saw last week are with Josh Matthews 



Josh asks who she is, and Gabriel says as we go through life, everyone has an angel on one shoulder and a devil on the other .... We make the choice on which one to listen to .... Tyler Black has chosen to listen to the devil on his shoulder, but Gabriel chooses to listen to the angel .... If Reby Sky is the devil on Black's shoulder, then Summer Rae is the angel on Gabriel's shoulder, and at 'International Incident' they are going to settle this once and for all.

Match 3: 6 woman tag match
The Vixxens (Kelly Kelly, Brooke Adams & Layla)
vs 
AJ Lee, Natalya Neidhart & Gail Kim

The faces end up arguing because Natalya tries to steal the pin from Gail, which ends up with Natalya taking out Gail with a clothesline!  Natalya locks Brooke in the sharpshooter, but Gail is back up .... Eat Defeat to Natalya!!!!  Layla is back in and tackles Gail through the ropes to the outside ....  AJ is back in .... Suicide Dive to the outisde takes everyone out!!!!  Kelly slides in from the other side and picks the bones .... K2 to Natalya!!!!  Kelly covers and gets the 3 count!!!! 

After the match, the Vixxens escape while AJ gets back in the ring and wants to know what happened.  Natalya and Gail get into a screaming match, which quickly turns into a brawl.  AJ tries to break it up at first, but all 3 ladies end up fighting!  Lauranitis comes out and makes a match for next week with AJ vs Natalya vs Gail Kim to determine who will face Kelly at International Incident for the US women's title.

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Main Event: for the SSW Impact title
(champion) Cody Rhodes w/ Truth Martini
Vs
Eddie Edwards

Trade lockups at the start and Cody goes for the arm, only to have Eddie reverse it.  Both men trade headlocks and reversals into headscissors, and they end up in a standoff as the fans give them a standing ovation.  They go to lock up, but instead Cody thumbs the eye and unleashes some rights but Eddie fires back with his trademark chops followed by a snap mare and a hard kick to the back.  Eddie is in control, but Cody catches him in a swinging neckbreaker to take control and then grounds him with a chinlock.  Eddie fights out, but Cody catches him with an elbow strike, then takes him down with a running kitchen sink knee.   Neck vice by Cody, but Eddie fights back with a chinbreaker.  Cody shoots him into the corner but Eddie gets a boot up and then hits a 2nd rope codebreaker!  Both men down!!!!

Eddie up first and fires away with chops, but Cody fires back with elbow strikes.  Both men trade hard shots in the center of the ring, each one staggering after being hit by the other.  We see that Tyson Kidd and Michael Elgin have come out to ringside to watch.  Cody rocks Eddie with a rolling elbow strike, then plants him with a DDT .... Cody up top .... Eddie hits a flying yakuza kick out of nowhere!!!!  Eddie up top .... Top rope huricanrana!!!!  Both men down again!!!!  Eddie up top .... Missile dropkick!!!!  Eddie gets a 2 count!  Eddie goes for the Die Hard, but Cody slips out .... Beautiful Disaster by Cody is blocked by Eddie .... Achilles Lock!!!!  Truth Martini is on the apron on one side and distracts the ref, while Kidd slides in on the other side .... Super kick to Eddie!!!!  Cody falls on top .... 1 .... 2 .... Noooo!  Eddie kicks out!!!!  Eddie keeps coming and Cody can't put him away!  Cody goes for the Cross Rhodes but Eddie turns it into a northern lights suplex!  Eddie to the top rope .... Bit instead dives out onto Kidd and Elgin outside the ring!!!!  Holy Shit!!!!

Meanwhile, Truth pulls out the loaded elbow pad and slides it to Cody .... Cody catches Eddie with the bionic elbow as he slides back in!!!!  1 .... 2 .... Nooooo!  Are you kidding me????  Eddie kicks out again!!!!  Cody pulls Eddie up, who can barely stand .... Rolling elbow ducked .... Super kick to Cody!!!!  Eddie climbs up .... Double stomp to the back of Cody!!!!  Eddie scoops up Cody for the Die Hard .... But Kidd reaches in and trips Eddie, causing Cody to fall on top of him!!!!  1 .... 2 .... Kidd holds the leg down .... 3!!!!  

Cody retains, and Elgin and Kidd back up the ramp laughing at Eddie.  Kidd has a mic and he says once again Eddie comes up short.  He sure doesn't look like the best wrestler in SSW, he just looks like a loser and that's what he will be at 'International Incident'.  Eddie says that payback is coming in Canada .... Because at 'International Incident' .... The Hunt is On!!!!

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A promo airs for SSW 'International Incident' from Windsor, Ontario .... Matches include:

Taz defends the SSW Genesis title against John Morrison 

Eddie Edwards & a mystery partner vs Tyson Kidd & Michael Elgin 

The Rotundas take on Appetite for Drstruction in a street fight

20 minute iron man match as Justin Gabriel and Tyler Black try to settle their feud

More matches announced next week

John Lauranitis is out and wants to introduce SSW's newest member .... John Morrison!!!!  Morrison's music hits, but .... Nothing!  In the back, we see a limo pull up to the arena and out steps Morrison with an entourage of ladies.  Morrison makes his way out into the arena, but takes his sweet time doing it.  The camera shows Lauranitis waiting in the ring, and he looks more than a little irritated about it.  



Morrison is out, and he says Lauranitis didn't introduce him correctly and he makes Borash introduce him again, this time as the NWA United States champion and the only triple crown winner in SSW history!  Lauranitis welcomes him and he has his SSW contract for him to sign.  Morrison says that he has some additions he wants to make to his contract, but before he can say what .... Some Latino music plays and out comes ....



Alberto Del Rio!!!!  Del Rio comes out with Ricardo Rodriguez, who does his ring introduction for Del Rio.  Del Rio comes out and cuts a promo on Morrison, saying he hasn't earned anything .... Morrison asks what Del Rio has earned and Del Rio says he is SSW's no. 1 draft pick and that earns him the right .... He is privileged above all others .... He should be the one to face Taz for the SSW title .... Lauranitis says he has an idea, and says next week it will be Morrison vs Del Rio with the winner going on to face Taz at International Incident!!!!  Morrison is pissed and Del Rio is mouthing at Lauranitis when .... 

'WAR MACHINE' by KISS hits and Taz comes out on the ramp .... And gives the throat slash to both men as the show ends!!!!