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Warrior 1 Wrestling: Raven vs. Samoa Joe: (06.26.05) - For the main event, Samoa Joe came out first, followed by his manager for the evening, Jimmy "The Mouth of the South" Hart. Next, NWA World Heavyweight champion Raven came out (sans title belt). Last to be introduced was Foley. The match went to the floor a few times, and both men were thrown and/or rammed hard into the ringside barrier. The bout spilled into the crowd at one point, and Foley did a funny, slow count. After Raven introduced a chair to Joe's head, Foley announced it would be a Raven's Rules match. Joe clotheslined Foley at one point accidentally, and started to trashtalk the hardcore icon. Foley retaliated with Mr. Socko, and a mandible claw for Jimmy Hart as well. Dazed by the sock, Joe fell into Raven's Evenflow DDT, and Raven climbed on top of both Hart and Joe for the pinfall victory.
WINNER: Raven via Pinfall
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NWA Central States: NWA Central States Chmpionship: Raven vs. Derek Stone: (06.25.05) - Before the match, Raven put over the Central States belt by revealing that he’d always wanted to win it, but the Kansas City wrestling territory folded shortly after he got into wrestling. After the match, Michael Strider attacked Raven and challenged him to a title match in August. He also injured Stone’s shoulder with a shoulder DDT onto a chair. Raven and some other wrestlers helped Stone to the back.
WINNER and NEW NWA Central States Champion: Raven via Pinfall
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TNA iMPACT: Raven Interview: (06.25.05) - New NWA World Heavyweight champion Raven made his way to the ring from the balcony of the Impact Zone. Raven delivered poetry about his troubled youth on the way to the destiny of the NWA World title belt. Raven was cut off by Father James Mitchell who is now managing Abyss, who said Raven's destiny was going to come back to haunt him. Abyss rushed the ring and the fight was on but the Raven Effect missed while Abyss' Black Hole Slam didn't. Abyss choked Raven out with the chain as TNA officials tried to get Abyss to release Raven. Mitchell got control and Abyss left the ring.
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TNA Slammiversary PPV: NWA World Heavyweight Championship: King of The Mountain: Raven vs. Monty Brown vs. Sean Waltman vs. Abyss vs. AJ Styles: (06.19.05) - We go live to the Impact Zone in Orlando, FL at Universal Studios where the crowd is cheering loudly. A display of pyro goes off in the entrance way and above the ring as well. We then go to ringside with Mike Tenay & Don West. They note how Jeff Jarrett and Raven got into a brawl earlier in the night before the PPV went on the air. They also show Jarrett attacking a fan from the crowd and being detained by TNA officials, including Jerry Jarrett. Tenay notes the fallout from that is Jarrett in handcuffs backstage and how he has been removed from the building and Raven will take his place instead tonight in the King of the Mountain Match.
Mike Tenay and Don West introduced the program and talked about the incident earlier with Jarrett and Raven. Tenay said Jarrett was out of the main event and Raven was in.
A video promo runs with Raven talking about taking part in the King of the Mountain Match tonight. He notes that he would rather huge a suicide bomber than be those who take part in this match tonight. He said only he has the power to leave his opponents with great losses. Raven says he is a human cancer and the only way to stop him is to kill the host. He doesn't feel his opponents tonight are strong enough to go to the lengths he will. Raven said tonight he will at last fulfill his destiny...quote the Raven, future NWA World Heavyweight Champion, nevermore.
Backstage, Shane Douglas is with Monty Brown. Brown said it doesn't matter that Jeff Jarrett is out of the King of the Mountain tonight. He said AJ Styles, Raven, Abyss and Sean Waltman will not survive tonight.
- A video package airs hyping the King of the Mountain Match tonight for the NWA World Heavyweight Title. The rules: anything goes, anyone pinned is confined to the penalty box at ringside, the objective is to hang the NWA World Title above the ring to get the win. That match is up next!
The match starts with Sean Waltman diving off the penalty box and taking out Raven. Abyss goes outside of the ring and AJ Styles leaps off the ladder he was standing on, hitting the huricanranna. Back in the ring, Monty Brown hits The Pounce on Raven and covers, getting the pinfall. Raven will now enter the penalty box for two minutes. Monty Brown grabs a ladder and brings it to the ringside area. On the other side, Abyss brawls with Sean Waltman when Styles leaps over the top rope taking out both. Waltman gets in the ring and pins Brown for a two count. Brown hits a big knee to the back on Waltman. Styles gets up on the top, but Abyss knocks him off. Waltman fights back against Brown, hitting some hard chops. Abyss then splashs Brown in the corner when Waltman moved out of the way. Waltman takes out Abyss with a quick spin kick. Waltman attempts the Bronco Buster, but Brown cuts him off and launches him to the other side of the ring. Raven's time is up and he hits the ring (a little early). Brown then pins Waltman with a big powerbomb. Sean Waltman will now enter the penalty box for two minutes. Raven sets up a table on the outside as Styles climbs up the penalty box. Styles takes out both Abyss and Brown, but Brown fights back hitting a huge Pounce on Styles. Raven pulled Styles out and pinned him on the outside. AJ Styles will now enter the penalty box for two minutes. Back in the ring, Abyss lifts Brown to his shoulders. Raven knocks out both Brown and Abyss with a shot using a garbage can. Raven takes out Brown with a clothesline and taunts at the crowd.
Waltman's time is up and he leaves the penalty box. Waltman takes out Abyss and Brown with garbage can shots. Abyss fights back hitting Waltman with a big boot. Styles' time is now up and he hits the ring. In the ring, Abyss hits Brown with the Black Hole Slam for a pinfall! Monty Brown will now enter the penalty box. In the ring, Raven snapmares Styles and kicks him in the back. Raven picks up Styles, attempts a DDT, Styles counters that into the Styles Clash, rolls into the pin, but Abyss breaks it up. Styles then takes out Abyss with a huge kick to the back of the head. Abyss goes to the outside and Waltman takes him out with some big steel chair shots. Waltman puts Abyss on top of a table and calls for Styles. Styles gets up on the top rope and hits the Spiral Tap off the top, crashing through the table on Abyss! Styles covers Abyss and gets the pinfall. Abyss will now enter the penalty box. Brown's time has now expired as he leaves the box and looks under the ring. Brown puts a ladder and table into the ring. Brown sets up a table in the corner and then hits Raven with a sledgehammer off the ring apron. Raven fights back sending Brown into the ring barricade. While everything is going on, Styles gets the NWA World Title and he climbs up the ladder looking to hang it. Styles drops the belt and Waltman picks it up, handing it to him. As Styles goes to hang it, Waltman takes Styles and drops him down off the ladder hitting the X-Factor! Waltman pins Styles and gets the three. AJ Styles will now enter the penalty box again.
In the ring, Raven grabs a stapler and staples the top of Waltman's head. Abyss' time in the penalty box has expired and he enters the ring. Waltman gets the stapler and he staples Raven in the groin! Abyss attacks Waltman, but Waltman knocks him down and Waltman staples Abyss in the groin as well! Raven is brawling with Brown as Waltman sets up a ladder with the NWA World Title in hand. Styles' time has expired and he hits the ring, climbing up the ladder with Waltman. Abyss then dumps Waltman and Styles off the ladder, sending both over the top rope and Styles through a table! Abyss grabs the NWA World Title, starts climbing up the ladder when Brown gives him The Pounce off the ladder and Abyss crashes through a table! Raven grabs Brown and gives him the Evenflow DDT! Raven climbs up with the NWA World Title, Abyss starts to climb up, Raven kicks him off and Raven successfully hangs the belt above the ring! Raven is the new NWA World Heavyweight Champion!
WINNER & NEW NWA World Heavyweight Champion: Raven
After the match, Raven pulls down the NWA World Title and celebrates with it as the fans cheer loudly as blood flows down his face. Sean Waltman is shown frustrated on the ramp. AJ Styles comes to after crashing through the table, realizing he just lost the title. Raven puts the NWA World Title around his waist and poses as the fans in Orlando cheer loudly. The PPV comes to a close with Raven leaving the ring and celebrating his title win with the fans.
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Hardcore Homecoming: Raven vs. The Sandman: (06.10.05) - Just as Jerry Lynn and Justin Credible left the ring, the familar strains of "Come Out and Play (Gotta Keep 'Em Separated) came on over the P.A. announcing Raven's arrival, which got a tremendous reaction from the crowd, which doubled in size when they saw that Raven was wearing his traditional "ECW" look of a leather jacket, shorts and boots. Raven wore the new "Clockwork Orange House of Fun" t-shirt exclusively available on TheRavenEffect.com for this match-up as he was accompanied to the ring by The Blue Meanie and Simon Diamond's former protege in ECW - The Muskateer. Raven then got to the ring and did the crucifix pose on the turnbuckle to a monstrous pop and dropped in the corner awaiting his opponent for the evening, The Sandman.
Sandman came to the ring to the strains of "Enter Sandman" by Metallica and did his traditional beer drinking, smoking entrance to the delight of the several thousand people in attendance who sang along with every word. At which point, once he finally made his way to the ring, Raven got on the microphone and stated that performing against Sandman was beneath someone of his stature because he was a much much bigger star than Sandman - since after all, he is the only wrestler to have action figures of him made by every major wrestling company from ECW,WCW, WWE and TNA and anyone could realize that he got the biggest pop of the night and the match shouldn't even take place, which resulted in chants of SHUT THE FUCK UP, JOHNNY POLO and YOU'RE A FAGGOT. But, Raven stated that if he could go through his new protege - The Muskateer - maybe he could take him on. Muskateer pulled out his sabre as Raven yelled on the mic "Oooh, Sandman, lock out! You don't want none of this! You don't want none of the Muskateer!" Sandman then pulled out his kendo stick and laid out Muskateer, Meanie then ran in and Sandman clocked him to as Raven ran in and got the match underway.
Sandman brought a ladder in with him to the ring which would later play a role in the match, but Raven had a kendo stick and started smacking Sandman with it to little avail due to the invulnerability that alcohol gave Sandman, until Raven hit him in the groin with it to get the advantage. At this point, several fans in the audience, including the South Philly Godfather, started shouting JOHNNY POLO at Raven which got the whole arena doing it. It quickly turned into a brawl with Meanie and Muskateer running in and getting attacked and the ladder came into play here as Raven got opened up by it after Sandman put it on his shoulders to spin around and clock Muskateer, Meanie and Raven with it, as he see sawed it into Raven's face. Meanie ran in and threw powder in Sandman's face which let Raven get a 2 off a quick Raven Effect.
A table came into play here as Sandman did a senton bomb- originally Meanie had slid it in for Raven to use but Sandman put Raven threw it but couldn't get the job done - Muskateer grabbed the remnants of the table out of the ring as another was put in by Sandman, but Meanie did his job and hit a Meaniesault on Sandman to put him through it. Raven became livid at this point and the crowd was hot as he ordered Meanie to do Meaniesault after Meaniesault on the former Hak but still didn't get the pinfall after the cheap cover off the 4th moonsault. Raven then got a chair to set up his drop toe hold spot, but when whipped into it, Raven ate it as Sandman pulled a play from the RVD manual and tossed it into Raven's face and then into Meanie.
At this point, someone ran into the ring and clocked Sandman doing the Crucifix pose. Most of the crowd thought it was Tommy Dreamer until he took off his t-shirt to reveal a giant DON E. ALLEN printed on it, one of Raven's original Nest members. Mikey, another former Next member then ran in and ran off Allen Sandman was about to clock him, until Mikey pulled out a beer and cracked it open to toat Sandman in an imitation of Hak's signature pose, Mikey had another beer but as Hak went to reach it, he hit Sandman with the Whippersnapper to turn heel. Raven then ran in did a cheap 3 off the roll-up and got the win!
WINNER: Raven via Pinfall
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