 |
 |
TNA iMPACT on FSN: Raven Appearance: (01.28.05) - 42 minutes into Impact it’s the Naturals, Chase Stevens and Andy Douglas, vs. Cassidy Reilly, with his two broken fingers taped up, and Erik Watts. However, Watts has come down to the ring in street clothes with his arm right arm in a sling, which is the result of the separated shoulder he suffered at the hands of Raven in their match from the last pay-per-view (at least that’s what Mike Tenay tells us). As it turns out, Dustin Rhodes will be teaming with Reilly in place of Watts.
The match has a lot of back and forth action. Of course, the Naturals being heels, they capitalize on Reilly’s two broken fingers, working over his hand through out the match.
Just as the Naturals classically botch a classic heel double-team Raven comes down to the ring, sneak-attacking Erik Watts. Of course, Dustin Rhodes comes to Watt’s rescue, and he and Raven battle it out outside the ring. This interference has given the Naturals the opportunity to regroup and take advantage of the situation. Reilly is pinned for the victory. Rhodes returns to the ring to stop the Naturals from taking part in any post-match shenanigans. Raven points and laughs and otherwise gloats at Rhodes’ and Reilly’s loss while he leaves the arena floor.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
NWA Mid Atlantic Wrestling: Raven vs. Diamond Dallas Page: (01.22.05) - Raven comes out first and runs down the crowd, saying English is the premiere language in the world. He says Koreans are his least favorite people in the world. Also makes refernce to Rikidozan being a nobody which didn't get a response from the crowd. DDP made his way out got on the mic and said "Annyohasio" (spelling is wrong) Which is a reference to “Hello how are you today?” Page goes on about how he knows how to speak Korean and that Raven doesn't know how to speak Korean.
The match starts off and they do some brawling through the crowd for about 5 minutes. They took the action back to the ring with Raven in control. He did the drop toe hold into the chair spot twice, then Raven hit the Even Flow DDT but Page kicks out. Raven goes for the toe hold spot again this time Page counters. Page would then hit the Diamond Cutter and the three count. Page would celebrate in the crowd.
WINNER: DDP via Pinfall
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
TNA iMPACT: Raven vs. Cassidy O'Reilly: (01.22.05) - Thirty-eight minutes into the show we have Raven vs. Cassidy Reilly. Reilly comes to the ring first to the tune of some generic TNA music. Reilly is sporting yellow trunks and black boots with bright cerulean blue covers. Raven comes to the ring next, clad in the black kilt with the gray triangle edging, his helmet-era gold brocade ring jacket. He has the word “Pain” written across his chest in black.
As his music plays Raven poses briefly on the entrance ramp before disrobing and heading straight for the ring. Wasting no time he goes on the offense, hitting Reilly with a series of clubbing blows about the head and chest. Reilly, who is in the corner, eventually falls to the matt where Raven then proceeds to pummel him with kicks, finally scraping the sole of his boot across Reilly’s face. The ref finally breaks this up, so, Raven runs across the ring and comes back at Reilly with a knee to the head.
Raven then goes outside the ring and does the thing from the top rope where he knees Reilly in the shoulder and / or back as he comes down. Raven then forces Reilly to his feet and sends him into the ropes. Raven then hits him with a weak clothesline and various blows as Reilly comes off the ropes. Raven then flips Reilly onto the matt and goes for the ankle lock. Reilly manages to get back up to his vertical base, but it is to no avail. Raven takes him down for the Raven Effect DDT. Raven rolls him over for an arrogant heel cover and lifts Reilly’s shoulders from the matt at the count of two. Raven goes for another arrogant heel cover and again lifts Reilly’s shoulders from the matt at the count of two. Finally, Raven pins Cassidy Reilly for the three count.
WINNER: Raven via Pinfall
They cue Raven’s music. Rather than celebrate his heel won victory, Raven grabs Reilly by the left arm and turns him over, still holding Reilly’s left arm. Raven then proceeds to break not one, but two of Reilly’s fingers. Reilly writhes in pain in the middle of the ring as Raven goes outside for a chair. Raven brings the chair into the ring and readies himself to hit Reilly by slamming the chair into the canvas as he makes an arc towards Reilly. Just as Raven would hit Reilly with the chair Reilly slides out of the ring and takes solace in the presence of Dustin Rhodes who has made his way to ringside. Rhodes and Raven exchange glares and various inaudible verbal challenges. Rhodes helps Cassidy Reilly up the face ramp, and Raven stalks out of the ring and back up the heel ramp.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
TNA Final Resolution PPV: Raven vs. Erik Watts: (01.16.05) - Erik Watts made his way to the ring carrying a steel chair. Raven attacked him as he entered the ring and began putting the boots to him. Watts tried to evade a clothesline but was hit with a droptoehold and went sailing outside the ring. Raven hit a side Russian Legsweep into the railing twice. Raven said he had Watts wrapped around his finger. He peppered Watts with right hands. Raven hit several boot scrapes across the face of Watts. Raven began measuring him with punches, scoring a two count. He tossed Watts out of the ring to the floor. He slams Watts’ head into the ring apron. He fishhooked Watts’ mouth. Watts hit an elbow and came off with a backwards mule dropkick off the top rope. Raven tried to walk out but Watts chased him up the aisle. Watts caught him and pulled him back to the ring. He hit a side Russian Legsweep of his own on the railing. He dropped Raven across the guardrail crotch first, then slapped him to the floor. Watts went for a chokeslam and hit it. He went outside the ring for the chair, but the referee took it away. With Watts distracted, Raven hit a low blow. He went for a drop toehold into a chair, but Watts evaded and slammed Raven’s head into it. Watts dove off the chair with a clothesline on Raven. Watts hit a thrust kick on Raven, then mounted him with a series of right handed strikes. He beat down Raven with punches in the corner but Raven came back with his own lefts. Watts picked him up for a slam but instead threw him into the ropes. He went for the pin, but Raven kicked up. Raven superkicked Watts for a two count. Raven clotheslined Watts and demanded he get to his feet. Watts evades a DDT attempt and locked on a STF. Raven broke it and went to an anklelock. Watts used his height for leverage and choked Raven against the ropes with his legs. He went for a chokeslam but Raven evaded. Watts hit another and scored the pin.
WINNER: Erik Watts via Pinfall
After the match, Raven apologized and said that he let his hatred for DDP blind him. He said he didn't respect Watts. He said that he was jealous of Watts because he never had any friends or family and said even though Watts won't believe him, he asked for forgiveness. He then attacked Watts with a trash can. Security separated Raven from Watts.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
TNA iMPACT: Raven Appearance: (01.14.05) - After the A.J. Styles vs. Cassidy Reilly match we cut to a shot of the back. Erik Watts is walking down a hallway.
Raven: “Watts!”
Watts pauses towards the direction from which his voice was called. Raven emerges wielding a trash can. He bashes Watts over the head with the trash can. Watts falls prostrate on the ground. Raven stands over him, gesticulating: “I’ve still got you wrapped around my finger. Quote the Raven, nevermore.” Raven then throws down the trash can and walks off in the opposite direction.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
TNA iMPACT: Raven Appearance: (01.07.05) - Thirty-five minutes into the show we see DDP and Raven having a verbal exchange backstage.
DDP: “Yeah, as far as your concerned, the jigs up.”
Raven: “No, it’s not.”
DDP: “Yeah it is. You see, you call Watts' wife tellin’ her that it’s me--”
Raven: “Yeah.”
DDP: “--Yeah, and that he’s screwin’ around on the road when we both know he ain’t--”
Raven: “Well...”
DDP: “--Hey, hey -- you cost him his wife. You cost him his best friend -- Me--”
Raven: “You were never much--”
DDP: “ Hey, hey! And you cost him his job.”
Raven: “Well, first of all: you were never much of a friend to me, so, I can’t see you being much of a friend to him. Second of all: I won’t cost him his job, you know why?-- ‘cos I like having him around. Third of all, Page: he’s never gonna listen to you -- ‘cos I’ve got him wrapped around my little finger. What are you-- he’s standing right behind me, isn’t he? This isn’t over...”
DDP: (nods and chuckles) “Yeah, it is...”
Raven turns around. Watts headbutts him.
DDP: “Jigs up, man.”
Watts: “Around your finger?”
Watts then grabs Raven by the hair and drags him off camera. We then cut away to a shot of the ring, Watts immanently emerges from the opening beside the entrance ramp, dragging Raven in toe. They go, of course, to the ring.
Watts shoves Raven into the ring. He then enters the ring himself. By this time DDP is ringside, and he tosses Watts a garbage can. Watts hits Raven in the head with the garbage can as Raven had gotten to his feet. Raven falls to the matt. Raven gets up again, by this time Watts has set the trash can down in the middle of the ring -- suspiciously similar to the way that Raven places a chair in the middle of the ring when he executes the drop toehold off the chair on his opponent. Watts sends Raven into the ropes and across the ring, drop toeholding him onto the garbage can. Raven then foolishly gets to his feet again, only to be chokeslammed by Watts. Watts does some trash talking in reference to the “wrapped around my finger” remark. DDP enters the ring and he and Watts celebrate.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
TNA iMPACT: Raven Appearance: (12.31.04) - Thirty-three minutes into the show a recap of last week’s backstage segment between DDP and Watts and then Watts and Raven is played. We then watch DDP make his way through the crowd and to the ring.
DDP: “It’s Me -- it’s D-D-P! What’s happening, Orlando!?! You know guys, there’s two reasons why Diamond Dallas Page came back to professional wrestling and chose to come here at TNA. And Number One would be to get the chance to wear the gold again -- to get that NWA World Title. And the second, the second most important reason that Diamond Dallas Page came to TNA was to have fun, heh-heh. I mean I love hangin’ with the boys in the back -- goin’ havin’ a beer afterwards, you know. And there’s nobody I love to do that more with than one of my best friends on the planet -- Erik -- and I don’t mean Eric Bischoff. I mean Erik Watts. So, Wattsy, they wanna hear it, I wanna know it -- what happened, my brother? Come on out here, man. Come on out here and let’s get it face to face. You know I love you, man. Hey, hit his music. Hit his music, bring him out here...”
Watts’s music begins to play, but Watts is nowhere to be seen. The camera pans both entrance ramps, but suddenly detours to the ring where two hooded figures are attacking DDP. Page, of course, manages to get the better of them, or at least the big tall one. The other “druid”, say the one who looks more like six feet tall, slides out of the ring before DDP gets a chance to do anything more than land a couple of punches and a clothesline on him. Meanwhile, DDP unmasks the taller druid to discover that it is Erik Watts. Watts looks stunned at this simple twist of fate, and gets to his feet nonetheless. DDP hits the Diamond Cutter on him. The other druid, who has unmasked himself, and is, of course, Raven, gets in a few blows on DDP but bails when DDP goes on the defense.
Outside the ring Raven grabs a mic to address Page.
Raven: “See Page, that’s the kind of guy you are. You wanna solve things with Watts, and the you Diamond Cut him. Page, I would set you on fire just to light my cigarette. You’re a peddler of false dreams and a snake oil salesman! Look what you did to him! You ruined his private life, now you’re ruining him publicly, Page! You’re a (audio cut out)! You’re a disgrace! You’re a two-faced man! And you’re gonna pay, Page! You’re gonna pay, Page! Maybe not tonight, maybe not later... but soon, and for the rest of your life. Quote the Raven, nevermore.”
BACK TO MAIN RESULTS PAGE
|
|  |
|
|
