Major League Wrestling presents Backlash!
May 1, 2006 19:50:56 GMT -5
Post by stephenvegas on May 1, 2006 19:50:56 GMT -5
Major League Wrestling (MLW)
Preview for Backlash PPV
Sunday May 7 @ Thomas and Mack in Las Vegas, Nevada
Main Event: Antonino Rocca vs Nick Bockwinkel (managed by Bobby Heenan) for Bockwinkel's World Championship with Dan Severn as the special referee. Rocca finally gets his title shot against Bockwinkel. The Heenan Family has tried, apparently unsuccessfully, to bribe special referee Severn to call things "appropriately."
The Road Warriors (managed by Killer Kowalski) vs the Midnight Express (managed by Jim Cornette) for the the Midnight Express's World Tag Team Championship in a best 2 out of 3 falls contest. Two of the most unpopular tag teams in MLW will wrestle for the World Tag Team Championship.
Buddy Rogers vs Bobo Brazil vs Mil Mascaras in a triple threat match to determine MLW's first United States Champion. The last three men from the original US Championship tournament face off in a triple threat match. Last week on MLW: Showtime, Rogers, Brazil, and Mascaras had to team together to take on the Road Warriors and Killer Kowalski in a 6 man tag team elimination match. Rogers helped the Road Warriors and Kowalski eliminate both Mascaras and Brazil before ultimately ending up as the only survivor. Will Rogers continue his winning streak Sunday at Backlash to become MLW's first ever United States Champion?
Frank Gotch vs Harley Race. Ox Baker and the rest of the Heenan Family are banned from ringside, Heenan will be in a small cage above the ring, and Gotch gets to wrestle Heenan if he defeats Race! Frank Gotch seeks revenge against Race and Heenan who played a major role in sending him to the hospital three weeks ago on Showtime. Gotch has also accused Race and Heenan for the food poisoning he received right before the Semifinals in the World Championship Tournament at the end of March that caused him to lose to Race in just a handful of moves. Will Gotch achieve revenge against Race and Heenan at Backlash this Sunday?
Jimmy Snuka vs Gorgeous George (steel cage match). In one of MLW's most intense feuds, Snuka and George face each other in MLW's first-ever steel cage match. Snuka defeated George in the First Round of the World Championship Tournament only to be sprayed in the eyes with George's customized beauty spray. Snuka also eliminated George in the battle royal to determine the wild card for the United States tournament and defeated George again in a falls count anywhere match on Showtime two weeks ago. George however managed to steal a victory over Snuka last week on Showtime by grabbing the ropes as he applied his SPINNING TOE HOLD FINISHER. Expect the blood to flow as both men undoubtedly will look to use the cage as a weapon against their hated opponent.
Giant Baba vs Ox Baker (managed by Bobby Heenan). This match will mark the return of Giant Baba to the ring three weeks after Baker put him in the hospital via a HEART PUNCH. Heenan has vowed that Baker will send Giant Baba right back to the hospital at Backlash.
Yukon Eric vs Killer Kowalski. This match is unofficially the first- ever "ear match" in wrestling history! Yukon Eric has not wrestled since Kowalski bit off part if his ear in a wrestling match three weeks ago on Showtime. Since that match, Kowalski has worn Yukon Eric's severed piece of ear around his neck. Kowalski has promised to return Yukon Eric's ear if Yukon Eric defeats him at Backlash. However, Kowalski has also promised to bite off part of Yukon Eric's other ear if Kowalski wins at Backlash.
Tag Team Turmoil Match to determine MLW;s first-ever United States Tag Team Champions. Iron Sheik and Nikolai Volkoff vs Killer Bees vs Valiants vs Flying Redheads vs Valentines vs Regulators vs Heart Thrashers. Seven teams will compete to become MLW's first United States Tag Team Champions. The randomly-selected teams will begin the match and another team will join the match each time one of the two teams in the ring is eliminated. While nobody knows the order of entry for the teams, the Iron Sheik and Nikolai Volkoff have earned the right to enter the match last due to their victory in the fatal four way elimination tag team match on Showtime last week.
S. D. Jones vs King Kong Bundy (managed by Bobby Heenan). Bundy is scheduled to make his in-ring debut for MLW at Backlash>
Hot Seat: Bruno Sammartino, MLW's owner and general Manager, himself will be the guest. Sammartino will reveal just what is the Sammartino Invitational that is to be held over Memorial Day weekend in Las Vegas that MLW spokesman Splatter mysteriously talked about on Showtime last week.
The "official" theme song for Backlash is "Reach for the Sky" by Social Distortion from their album "Sex, Love, 'n' Rock and Roll."
(Play it loud!)
Preview for Backlash PPV
Sunday May 7 @ Thomas and Mack in Las Vegas, Nevada
Main Event: Antonino Rocca vs Nick Bockwinkel (managed by Bobby Heenan) for Bockwinkel's World Championship with Dan Severn as the special referee. Rocca finally gets his title shot against Bockwinkel. The Heenan Family has tried, apparently unsuccessfully, to bribe special referee Severn to call things "appropriately."
The Road Warriors (managed by Killer Kowalski) vs the Midnight Express (managed by Jim Cornette) for the the Midnight Express's World Tag Team Championship in a best 2 out of 3 falls contest. Two of the most unpopular tag teams in MLW will wrestle for the World Tag Team Championship.
Buddy Rogers vs Bobo Brazil vs Mil Mascaras in a triple threat match to determine MLW's first United States Champion. The last three men from the original US Championship tournament face off in a triple threat match. Last week on MLW: Showtime, Rogers, Brazil, and Mascaras had to team together to take on the Road Warriors and Killer Kowalski in a 6 man tag team elimination match. Rogers helped the Road Warriors and Kowalski eliminate both Mascaras and Brazil before ultimately ending up as the only survivor. Will Rogers continue his winning streak Sunday at Backlash to become MLW's first ever United States Champion?
Frank Gotch vs Harley Race. Ox Baker and the rest of the Heenan Family are banned from ringside, Heenan will be in a small cage above the ring, and Gotch gets to wrestle Heenan if he defeats Race! Frank Gotch seeks revenge against Race and Heenan who played a major role in sending him to the hospital three weeks ago on Showtime. Gotch has also accused Race and Heenan for the food poisoning he received right before the Semifinals in the World Championship Tournament at the end of March that caused him to lose to Race in just a handful of moves. Will Gotch achieve revenge against Race and Heenan at Backlash this Sunday?
Jimmy Snuka vs Gorgeous George (steel cage match). In one of MLW's most intense feuds, Snuka and George face each other in MLW's first-ever steel cage match. Snuka defeated George in the First Round of the World Championship Tournament only to be sprayed in the eyes with George's customized beauty spray. Snuka also eliminated George in the battle royal to determine the wild card for the United States tournament and defeated George again in a falls count anywhere match on Showtime two weeks ago. George however managed to steal a victory over Snuka last week on Showtime by grabbing the ropes as he applied his SPINNING TOE HOLD FINISHER. Expect the blood to flow as both men undoubtedly will look to use the cage as a weapon against their hated opponent.
Giant Baba vs Ox Baker (managed by Bobby Heenan). This match will mark the return of Giant Baba to the ring three weeks after Baker put him in the hospital via a HEART PUNCH. Heenan has vowed that Baker will send Giant Baba right back to the hospital at Backlash.
Yukon Eric vs Killer Kowalski. This match is unofficially the first- ever "ear match" in wrestling history! Yukon Eric has not wrestled since Kowalski bit off part if his ear in a wrestling match three weeks ago on Showtime. Since that match, Kowalski has worn Yukon Eric's severed piece of ear around his neck. Kowalski has promised to return Yukon Eric's ear if Yukon Eric defeats him at Backlash. However, Kowalski has also promised to bite off part of Yukon Eric's other ear if Kowalski wins at Backlash.
Tag Team Turmoil Match to determine MLW;s first-ever United States Tag Team Champions. Iron Sheik and Nikolai Volkoff vs Killer Bees vs Valiants vs Flying Redheads vs Valentines vs Regulators vs Heart Thrashers. Seven teams will compete to become MLW's first United States Tag Team Champions. The randomly-selected teams will begin the match and another team will join the match each time one of the two teams in the ring is eliminated. While nobody knows the order of entry for the teams, the Iron Sheik and Nikolai Volkoff have earned the right to enter the match last due to their victory in the fatal four way elimination tag team match on Showtime last week.
S. D. Jones vs King Kong Bundy (managed by Bobby Heenan). Bundy is scheduled to make his in-ring debut for MLW at Backlash>
Hot Seat: Bruno Sammartino, MLW's owner and general Manager, himself will be the guest. Sammartino will reveal just what is the Sammartino Invitational that is to be held over Memorial Day weekend in Las Vegas that MLW spokesman Splatter mysteriously talked about on Showtime last week.
The "official" theme song for Backlash is "Reach for the Sky" by Social Distortion from their album "Sex, Love, 'n' Rock and Roll."
(Play it loud!)