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USA Pro Wrestling:USA Pro Heavyweight Championship: D'Lo Brown vs. Raven: (08.29.03) - Raven was accompanied by Mikey Whipwreck, Wayne, and Tara Charisma, his "Flock" in USA Pro Wrestling. They did a lot of false finishes and interferences throughout the match-up. Mikey and Wayne came into the balcony in a silly bit where they tried to quell fans from chanting things at Raven, but ended up joining in.
WINNER: Raven via Pinfall
WIN/LOSS/DRAW Singles Record for 2003: 36/20/1
WIN/LOSS/DRAW Singles Record vs. D'Lo Brown: 7/19/1
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NWA: Total Nonstop Action: Raven Interview w/Mike Tenay: (08.27.03) - Tonight, Raven has his chance at the NWA World Heavyweight Title as he takes on AJ Styles, the current champion and the man who he would have defeated for the World Title back on June 11th in a three-way match match considered by many to be a match of the year candidate if not for the interference of Shane Douglas.
Prior to an interview with Tenay, Shane Douglas mentions that Alexis Laree has turned on Raven and left TNA. Douglas counts his and The New Church's constant attacks as the reason for driving her away. Shane makes official the fact that he wants to take Raven's hair and he will make sure that Raven will lose his match tonight as well.
Raven is interviewed by Mike Tenay. Raven brings up how blood feuds can make a competitor lose their eye on the ultimate prize in the business: the World Title. He mentions the Tommy Rich/Buzz Sawyer feud as an example and then brings up an example from his own career with his feuds in ECW with Sandman and Dreamer. Raven says he will win the title, it is his destiny and neither Douglas, The New Church or their mystery man will stop him.
Suddenly, AJ Styles comes down and starts jawing off to Raven, making fun of his makeup. Raven gets the better of him and AJ leaves the ring cursing Raven and claiming he's nothing.
NWA/TNA World Heavyweight Championship: Raven [w/Julio Dinero & CM Punk] vs. AJ Styles [w/ Vince Russo]: (08.27.03) - Styles circled Raven early, throwing kicks at his legs. Raven came back with a forearm to the face. Styles ran into an elbow, and went down from a shoulderblock. Styles missed a dropkick, and Raven hit a headbutt to the groin. Raven tossed Styles to the floor, but AJ got right back in. Raven went for an early DDT, but Styles got out. Raven punched Styles and sent him to the floor again, but Styles got right back in. Raven hit a vertical suplex for two. Styles went for a leapfrog, but Raven caught him and dumped Styles to the floor. Raven tossed Styles into the ringsteps, then pulled out a trash can. Raven blasted Styles with the can on the floor, then gave Styles a trio of Russian legsweeps into the guardrail. Styles was busted open, and Raven gave him two more legsweeps into the rail. Raven rolled Styles in for the cover, but Vince Russo was distracting the referee. Styles hit a low blow on Raven, and hit a quebrada moonsault off the middle rope into a DDT.
CM Punk & Julio Dinero showed up at ringside and carried Vince Russo off to the back. Raven and Styles slugged it out, and Styles hit an enzugiri. Styles covered Raven for a two count. Styles hit a vertical suplex, followed up with a kneedrop and covered for a two count. Styles ripped at Raven's face, as the fans were chanting "Go Raven Go". Raven ducked a clothesline and hit a superkick. Both men were down, and when they got up, Styles hit a springboard rana. Styles snapmared Raven and kicked him in the back twice, then locked on a Mutalock (grapevine and bridging chinlock). Raven made the ropes. Styles brought in a chair and wedged it in a corner. Styles whipped Raven, but Raven reversed it. Styles stopped himself, and superkicked Raven. Styles set up the chair in the ring and gave Raven a drop toe hold into it for a two count. The referee tried to take the chair away, but Styles set it up. He went for the drop toe hold again, but Raven sidestepped it, picked up the chair, and tossed it at Styles' head. Both men were down, and got up slowly. Raven got a second wind, hitting punches, a pair of clotheslines and a running kneelift. Raven hit a lariat in the corner and a bulldog for two. Raven went for the drop toe hold into the chair, but Styles jumped off the chair onto the top rope and launched himself back, but Raven picked up the chair and Styles went right into it. Styles barely kicked out at two. A series of reversals saw AJ block a DDT, but Raven turned a rana attempt into a Styles Clash by Raven. Raven covered, but Sinn ran out and dragged the referee from the ring to stop the count. Styles hit Raven with a DDT, but Raven kicked out at two.
Sinn got on the apron, but as Styles went for a dropkick, Raven moved, and Styles kicked Sinn into the guardrail. Raven went for a DDT, but Styles backed him into the referee, knocking him down. Raven then hit the DDT, but there was no referee to count the fall. Slash came in with some powder, but Raven kicked it into his face. A blinded Slash then gave Styles a whirlybird powerbomb by mistake. Raven knocked Slash out of the ring and covered Styles. The referee recovered to make a two count. Raven went for a DDT off the top rope, but Shane Douglas ran down and knocked him off the ropes. Styles went for a rana off the top, but Raven turned it into a powerbomb for two. Raven knocked Douglas off the apron, while Slash was distracting the referee. Douglas got back in and hit Raven with a lowblow, allowing Styles to hit the Styles Clash for the pin.
WINNER: AJ Styles via Pinfall (15:00)
WIN/LOSS/DRAW Singles Record for 2003: 35/20/1
WIN/LOSS/DRAW Singles Record vs. AJ Styles: 1/1/1
Douglas got some shots in on Raven before being run off as Chris Harris and D'Lo Brown came down. Harris took the mic and said they were sick of everyone being screwed tonight. Harris threatened the referee, saying he either had to restart the match, or reverse the decision. Diamond & Swinger ran out and started brawling with Harris & Brown, while Styles & Douglas attacked Raven. Christopher Daniels ran in and joined the heels in the beatdown. Jeff Jarrett ran down to clean house. Erik Watts came down, and said he wanted to see everyone go at it. He announced a Clockwork Orange House of Fun Wargames next week.
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MLW: "Straight Edge Rules" Match: Raven vs. CM Punk: (08.22.03) - CM Punk pinned Raven after Nosawa interfered and straight edge referee Chasyn Rance did a controversial three count giving Punk the victory. Prior the start of the match, Punk had MLW announcer Stephen DeAngelis read off the stipulations for the straight edge match which included: the disqualification rule in effect, no weapons were to be used, no obscenities by the fans, no beer sold or consumed during the match, and a straight edge referee to enforce the above rules and ensure the match stayed pure to the straight edge challenge.
WINNER: CM Punk via Pinfall
WIN/LOSS/DRAW Singles Record for 2003: 35/19/1
WIN/LOSS/DRAW Singles Record vs. CM Punk: 2/5/0
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NWA: Total Nonstop Action: Raven/Douglas/New Church/Gathering Confrontation: (08.20.03) - As soon as the show went live, we saw that Shane Douglas was fighting with Raven in the ring, while CM Punk and Julio Dinero were fighting with Sinn and Slash in the crowd. Raven DDT'd Douglas, and got on the mic, talking about the mystery man who has attacked him in recent weeks. The lights went out, and flashbulbs showed that the mystery man was in the ring with a noose. When the lights came back on, Raven was bleeding and hung over the top rope. Jim Mitchell was holding a pair of scissors in front of Raven. The mystery man, Douglas and Mitchell ran off as the Gathering made the save.
Later, in a match against the New Church, The Gathering are taken out with Douglas' help. Shane Douglas ran in and hit Dinero with a chain, allowing Slash to get the pin. After the match, Shane gave Alexis a belly to belly suplex, and cut off some of her hair.
Mike Tenay pointed out that Raven and Jeff Jarrett were now out of tonight's gauntlet match.
Gauntlet for The Gold: Raven vs. Shane Douglas - Despite being horribly cut earlier on in the show, Raven still participated in The Gauntlet in order to win the number oen contendership to the NWA Title. Raven went right for Douglas, but Abyss and Daniels got in his way first. Raven superkicked Daniels, but Abyss caught him in a chokeslam, only for Raven to get right back up and toss Abyss over the top rope, eliminating him. Christopher Daniels went for the Angel's Wings on Raven, who blocked it. Raven then used a catapult to send Daniels over the top rope to the floor, eliminating him. It was down to Raven vs. Douglas, and it was now a regular match. Shane and Raven traded punches, then went to the floor. Shane hit Raven with a chairshot for a two count. Raven got a drop toe hold on Douglas. Raven got a two count with a small package, but Douglas came back with a clothesline. Douglas went for a suplex, but Raven turned it into a small package for a two count. Douglas hit another clothesline and called for the belly to belly suplex. Shane set up for the move, but Raven headbutted out of it and DDT'd Douglas for the pin. Raven is now the number one contender to the World Heavyweight Title.
Next week: Raven vs. AJ Styles for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship!
WINNER: Raven via Pinfall.
WIN/LOSS/DRAW Singles Record for 2003: 35/18/1
WIN/LOSS/DRAW Singles Record vs. Shane Douglas: 4/0/0
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Before the PPV went on the air:
Borash was doing his countdown to live television hype as the crew was frantically trying to get the Ultimate X Match set up. Shane Douglas came out and grabbed a live Mic. He had Sinn, Slash, and The Sinister Minister Jim Mitchell with him. He called out Raven, proclaiming that last week was a fluke. He said: "Raven, get your ass out here! I'm going to make you pay for what you did to me last week! Get out here NOW, RAVEN!"
It didn't take Raven long to accept the challenge, as he and the Gathering stormed the ring. The battle was on.
Julio locked up with Slash outside the ring, CM Punk and Sinn brawled into the crowd, and Raven and the Franchise stayed in the ring. It was 95% total domination by Raven and his crew.
The Franchise began to fight back, and whipped Raven into the corner. Raven reversed the move and sent Franchise into the turnbuckles hard, and as Franchise stumbled out of the corner writhing in pain, Raven finished off the sequence with his trademark Bulldog. Raven hit a short arm clothesline and laid the boots into Douglas.
Julio and Alexis had battled up to Raven's perch, as Punk and Sinn made their way past the dressing rooms towards the door outside.
This is around where the PPV comes in, where Raven hit a series of jabs followed by a DDP Style Discus Lariat. They did this spot twice in a row, with the second time being the opening moments of the live PPV.
After the PPV went off the air, a bloody yet victorious Raven laid slumped into the corner. Shane Douglas was outside the ring throwing a fit, kicking the rail and smashing his fists on the ring apron. He kept screaming about losing his shot at the title.
Raven motioned for a mic, and proceeded to cut one of his better delivered promos in recent memory.
(still slumped in the corner and bleeding profusely)
"I've said it before... and I'll say it again... I HAVE A DESTINY. (*huge crowd pop) I have a destiny... It IS my Destiny to be the NWA World Heavy Weight Champion... and there is nothing that anyone can do to stop me from achieving my destiny... not you Shane Douglas... not Jim Mitchell... not AJ Styles... I WILL wear the NWA WORLDS HEAVYWEIGHT TITLE... NEXT WEEK... and I'll do it at AJ Styles Expense... So it is written... and SO it shall come to pass... AJ STYLES will walk through Raven's Clockwork Orange House of Fun... Quote the Raven... NEVERMORE!"
Vince Russo and AJ Styles make their way out to the entrance, as Russo has a few words for Raven. He says that next week AJ Styles is going to take Raven to school. He says that the title isn't going anywhere, its staying around AJ Styles waist.
AJ Styles gets a few words in, telling Raven it is his destiny to get his ass beat next week, but then again, they don't have to wait for next week, he can meet his destiny now.
Styles charges the Ring, and Raven finally staggers up from the corner. They both exchange a few punches, Styles goes to whip Raven to the ropes, Raven reverses it and pulls Styles down into the Raven Effect DDT.
Just like that, in a matter of seconds, Raven took the World Heavyweight Champion AJ Styles out. Russo was enraged. Raven sits up on his knees, looking down at the fallen AJ Styles. He pointed to Russo, and kicks Styles out of the ring.
Russo is incoherently screaming and Raven again grabs the mic and to Russo proclaims:
"Ya wanna make it two out of three?"
Russo accepts Raven's challenge and takes of his shirt. He acts like he is going to get into the ring, but then looks down at the still laid out AJ Styles holding his head and neck on the ramp. Russo wisley decides not to get in the ring. Security comes out, and picks up Styles and escorts Russo out.
Raven strikes a crucifix, and does his standard photo op staggering cruci-twirl for the fans before leaving the ring. The crowd was completely on Ravens side. He had them eating out of his hands. Big pop for Raven as he acknowledged the crowd one last time before walking out of the arena.
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SCW Florida: Raven vs. Dagon Briggs: (08.16.03) - This match was explosive as these two fought all over the CrossRoads. Raven gave Dagon Briggs a beating. Dagon held his own against Raven as he fought back almost put Raven away on a couple of occasions. Raven then fought back and used a steel chair to help gain control on Dagon. Raven then hit the Evenflow DDT, but Dagon’s tag team partner, Leon Scott, came out and distracted the ref. Then Seven got involved, keeping the attention of the ref as Leon Scott nailed Raven. Raven then got the upper hand and hit the Evenflow on Leon Scott. Dagon tried to blindside Raven, only to get caught again with another Evenflow! The ref went for the count and just as he was about to hit the 3, Reverend Jeremiah Mayii came out and pulled the ref out of the ring. Dagon was then able to gain control. As he was about to put Raven away, Jeremiah accidently hit Dagon and Raven finally put Dagon away with a third Evenflow DDT.
WINNER: Raven via Pinfall
WIN/LOSS/DRAW Singles Record for 2003: 34/18/1
WIN/LOSS/DRAW Singles Record vs. Dagon Briggs: 1/0/0
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USA Championship Wrestling: Raven vs. Buff Bagwell: (08.15.03) - Raven took on Bagwell for the fourth time in Gainesville, GA for Center Stage Sports. Raven easily put Bagwell away with the Raven Effect DDT.
WINNER: Raven via pinfall
WIN/LOSS/DRAW Singles Record for 2003: 33/18/1
WIN/LOSS/DRAW Singles Record vs. Buff Bagwell: 4/0/0
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NWA: Total Nonstop Action: Raven vs. "The Franchise" Shane Douglas: (08.13.03) - Tonight on NWA/TNA, Raven finally exacts his revenge against "The Franchise" Shane Douglas - one on one - in the ring.
A video package is played of the history between Raven and Shane Douglas in NWA/TNA, starting with his arrival on June 11th 2003 and how he cost Raven the NWA World Heavyweight title in a three-way match between Raven, AJ Styles and Jeff Jarrett. We see Douglas state that he is out to derail Raven's road to the NWA Title. We see Raven attack Douglas and we see James Mitchell's involvement in the feud, with the New Church giving Douglas the edge. We see Raven setting up this week's match and tonight it will all be settled.
Raven is interviewed backstage by Scott Hudson, as we see Raven kneeling backstage surrounded by candles preparing for the match: Raven gets on his knees and crawls to Hudson as Hudson explains The New Church and The Gathering are barred from ringside and perhaps that way the feud will achieve closure. Raven comes up the mic and addresses Hudson:
"We'll have closure when one of two things happens. One, I find out who Mitchell's mystery man is and I grind him to rubble beneath my chariot of wrath. Two, when I take Shane Douglas, that maggot-ridden malingerer, and I renovate his internal organs from the outside in. Then, and only then, will we have closure. Quote the Raven, nevermore!"
"Perfect Strangers" hits and Douglas comes out to the ring as Jeremy Borash announces the match is set for one-fall and Tenay explains that Douglas' tunnel vision in destroying Raven's career has led them all to this point. "Scream" hits and Raven makes his way to the ring and the match gets underway. Raven comes in like a house of fire to a huge pop and Douglas takes a powder to the arena floor. The audience screams for Raven. Douglas gets a hold of Raven's legs from the apron and slams them into the turnbuckle post. Tenay also notes this is Raven and Douglas' first match since 1996 and only their 3rd singles match ever. Tenay states that when he questioned Raven about his and Douglas' relationship in the past, Raven replied, "Our egos never allowed kinship." Shane and Raven lock up on the floor as Shane is in control of an already bleeding Raven. Raven rallies with a series of lefts and rights, but Douglas knocks him down again. Shane continues beating Raven down, slamming his bloody skull into the announce table.
Finally, the matcn goes back into the ring. Chops are still traded, but Raven rallies out of the corner, Shane stops the onslaught with a big boot. Shane brings a chair into the ring and hits the drop toe hold on Raven. Shane screams to the crowd that he demands his fucking dues. Raven hits the low blow on Douglas. Both men are down. Raven gets a chair, but Douglas counters and whips Raven into the chair propped in the corner. Raven is a bloody bloody mess. Douglas goes manic at the sight of Raven's blood and Douglas is still in control as Raven is being chanted to rally. Raven is trapped in a figure four leglock by Douglas, but manages to turn it on Shane, who then breaks the hold. Both men are in a great deal of pain. Raven rallies big and knocks Shane with a series of clotheslines and screams for Shane to get up and clocks him with a bulldog. Raven gets up and he goes at Shane, who locks him in a belly to belly to try the Pittsburgh Plunge, but Raven hits a series of headbutts and hits him with Shane's own finisher. Mitchell comes out with someone in a bodybag and goes for the Raven Effect. Mitchell screams that Raven can eitehr beat Shane or save Alexis, who is in the bag and running out of air. Raven tries to leave to save her but Shane grabs him so Raven rolls Shane up in a small package for the win and runs to save Alexis, only to have it be "the mystery man" again as the lights go out. When they come back up, Raven is in a bloody heap and Mitchell hands Shane a pair of scissors to cut Raven's hair. Raven is saved by TNA security who hold Shane off.
WINNER: Raven via Pinfall (10:54)
WIN/LOSS/DRAW Singles Record for 2003: 32/18/1
WIN/LOSS/DRAW Singles Record vs. Shane Douglas: 3/0/0
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PCW-Chicago: Raven vs. "Superstar" Chris Styles: (08.09.03) - When both combatants made their way out to the ring, Raven announced the match would be contested under Raven’s Rules, which stipulate that falls count anywhere, no disqualification and basically anything goes. Styles and his fellow Chicago Connection entourage consisting of manager P.L. Myers, bodyguard Jay Phoenix, and making a special P.C.W. appearance Eryn. However, before the match Myers told Phoenix that Styles had Raven under control and that he could call it a night and wait for them to begin their victory party across the street at Heavenly Bodies.
When the match finally began, the action didn’t stay in the ring for long as Raven was getting ready to show Styles exactly what Raven’s Rules are. Raven took turns letting various fans around ringside hold chairs while he threw Styles into them. The action then went outside the P.C.W. Arena as Styles was shown what Raven’s mean streets are. Once they re-entered the Arena, the concession stand wasn’t safe as Raven threw Styles in and out of that area. Raven also attempted to throw Styles through a glass window, but Styles, being full of hot air, must not have been heavy enough and Raven continued the onslaught. They were able to make their way back into the ring, where Raven proceeded to beat Styles with the microphone, which provided those in attendance a good listen of Styles being pummeled. Raven also was able to spank Eryn yet again, but this time for P.C.W.
After the spanking and the beating, Raven was able to hit the Evenflow on Styles and that secured the victory for him, much to the delight of the crowd and the dismay of the Chicago Connection members.
WINNER: Raven via Pinfall
WIN/LOSS/DRAW Singles Record for 2003: 31/18/1
WIN/LOSS/DRAW Singles Record vs. Chris Styles: 1/0/0
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Shock Championship Wrestling: Raven vs. Steve Stone: (08.08.03) - Raven wrestled Steve Stone in Waukegon, IL for Shock Championship Wrestling on August 8th to a great fan response in fron of a full crowd. The end came with Raven landing the Raven effect for the pinfall.
WINNER: Raven via Pinfall.
WIN/LOSS/DRAW Singles Record for 2003: 30/18/1
WIN/LOSS/DRAW Singles Record vs. Steve Stone: 1/0/0
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NWA Total Nonstop Action: Raven/'The Franchise' Shane Douglas Confrontation: (08.06.03) - Shane Douglas gets on the mic, talking about how he's a Franchise player and promotions use him because he is a big time name, a name he's going to make even bigger by franchising Raven. Shane says its personal, that his attacks not about The New Church, it's about The Franchise. He calls out Raven and "Scream" hits as Raven sneaks up beind Shane carrying a body bag with him.
Raven starts laying punches into Shane. The crowd is behind him as he lariats Shane down. Shane rallies and punches Raven in the corner. Raven tries for the Evenflow, but Shane counters and kicks Raven in the nether regions. Raven stumbles in pain as Shane poses in front of the fans. The crowd chants Raven as Raven is pummelled in the corner. They go back in the ring as Raven takes a rake to the eyes. Shane whips Raven into the ropes, but Raven counters and lays out Douglas with a superkick. Raven eyes up Shane, kicks him in the guy and hits Shane with the Raven Effect as he finishes off the so-called Franchise. Raven unfurls the body bag and attempts to place Shane inside.
Suddenly, Father Mitchell of The New Church comes on the TNA-Tron from the back where Slash and Brian Lee have The Gathering, Julio and Alexis Laree, bound and gagged as Brian Lee waves about a flaming torch. Mitchell offers Raven, someone who he considered at one point completely amoral, a choice, a moral dilemma. Raven can stay in the ring and finish off Douglas or come and save The Gathering before they light Alexis and Julio up.
Raven Interview w/Scott Hudson - After the last segment, Scott Hudson, TNA's backstage interviewer, announced he was going to find out what Raven was going to do about The Gathering being kidnapped. Hudson finds Raven frustrated and angry backstage, bashing a chair into a wall:
SCOTT HUDSON: "Guys, I've located Raven here in the Chapel of The New Church. Raven, it would appear that you sacrificed what you were going to do to Shane Douglas to try and find Julio and Alexis. What's going on? Where are they?"
RAVEN: "Jim Mitchell! I'm coming for you. Shane Douglas, New Church, I AM COMING FOR YOU!"
New Church/Douglas/Raven Confrontation - We then cut to Jim Mitchell and The New Church in the ring, as they have Julio and Alexis bound with leather straps with ballgaggers in their mouth. Mitchell is amazed that Raven took the moral high ground to try and save The Gathering. He says that Raven is getting soft in his old age. Mitchell says The Gathering is going to feel Raven's pain, at least the pain Mitchell would inflict on Raven.
Raven then runs down and clears the ring, He lays out Lee and Slash with the Raven Effect and clock them with chairs. He sets Mitchell up for the Raven Effect, but Douglas runs in and tackles Raven then hits Raven with the Pittsburgh Plunge. The New Church and Douglas take turns beating on the prone Raven. Julio then manages to slip out of his bondage and tries to save Raven but Brian Lee takes him out as Raven and Alexis are beaten into submission in the middle of the ring. The New Church places Raven in the body bag Raven brought out earlier.
At the end of the show, it is announced that Raven will face "The Franchise" Shane Douglas - NEXT WEEK -one-on-one!
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