WWE Heat Results: 10/31/04
By: RingInsider.com on 11/01/04
Heat Report for 10/31/2004
Report by John Keane
Matches taped on 10/25 in Des Moines, Iowa.
Your Announcers are Jonathan Coachman and Todd Grisham.
No pyros, Coach and Todd welcome us in, we get to work...
1st Match: Rodney Mack, with Jazz, vs. Rhyno, with Tajiri. Referee is Chris Kay.
(Commentary: This one should be about as subtle as a flying brick...)
Mild heat for Rodney, decent pop for the Man Beast. Staredown to start, Rodney fires off a swat to the face, crowd cheers as Rhyno unleashes forearms to the face. Rodney backs into a corner, Rhyno whips him to opposite, Rodney goes down to a hiptoss on the rebound. Rhyno looks for the Gore early, Rodney ducks under, Rhyno FLIES through the ropes to the outside. Jazz looks for some cheap kicks, Tajiri quickly shoos her away. Rodney gets in some ringside shots, Rhyno gets rolled in and covered for 2. Rodney keeps him grounded with elbow and knee drops, another cover still just gets 2. Rodney goes for a corner barrage, DDT gets another 2. Rodney slaps on an armbar, Rhyno struggles to his feet and powers out, forearms are exchanged, Rhyno goes off ropes, Rodney eats canvas via flying clothesline. Up, Rhyno keeps Rodney at arms length with backhands to the face, he backs into a corner, Rhyno gets in a series of forearms before going down to a hard clothesline. Rodney goes up top (huh?), Rhyno gets to his feet and joins him, superplex sends Rodney for a walk down queer street, Rhyno covers, Rodney surprisingly manages to kick out. Both men up slowly, Rodney reverses a whip attempt, Rhyno goes hard into a corner and drops face first to the canvas. Rodney hauls him up, quick slugfest ends with a kneelift to Rhyno's gut, Rodney looks for a whip, Rhyno puts on the brakes and scores with a belly to belly suplex. Ref checks on Rodney, Jazz enters behind Rhyno, he turns to face, she quickly begs off, Tajiri enters, Jazz gets Tarantulized. Rodney staggers up, Rhyno connects with the Gore, Rodney looks at the lights for 3. Stiff as a board, as expected. Nothing wrong with that.
Winner: Rhyno.
Later tonight: Chris Benoit vs. Chuck Palumbo. Break.
WWE Rewind: From almost 2 weeks ago at the Taboo Tuesday PPV, Living Legend Chris Jericho loses the Intercontinental Championship to Shelton Benjamin.
Back for Raw recap. Last Monday Y2J got a shot at re-gaining the IC strap. Shelton managed to retain in a very good match. As he celebrated Christian ran in for a quick beatdown. After taking Shelton out with the Unprettier he took his turn posing with the IC belt.
La Resistance in action next. Break.
Footage rolls from a 'Rock the Vote' rally. Sighted: Garrison Cade, Mark Henry and my boy Chris Nowinski.
2nd Match: Rob Conway & Sylvan Grenier vs. Lenny Lane & Ken Anderson. Referee is Mike Chioda.
Lenny and Ken already in the ring, good heat for La Res. Pre-match Rob whines about losing the tag straps to Chris Benoit at TabTues. Long story there that's been covered elsewhere. Bell rings, Syl and Ken start, lockup leads to latter going down to an old school body slam. Ken gets sent face first into a neutral corner, he manages to duck under a haymaker and schoolboy Syl for 2. Up, Ken lays in an arm wringer, Lenny makes the hot tag and goes up top, Syl takes a hard elbow onto his outstretched arm, Ken exits as his partner continues wringing the arm. Syl escapes with a forearm to the face, Lenny drops, Syl hauls him up, Lenny gets whipped to neutral corner, Syl gets leapfrogged as he charges in, Lenny rolls him up, Rob charges in to make the save, Lenny gets clotheslined over the top rope to the outside. Ref shoos Rob out, Ref gets distracted as Ken and Syl talk trash, Rob uses the distraction to put the boots to Lenny at ringside. Syl exits and takes over on Lenny, he quickly gets rolled in and covered for 2. Mounted punches by Syl, Lenny gets hauled to La Res corner, Rob gets the tag and administers a stiff flurry of forearms to the face. Lenny drops, Rob hauls him up and tags Syl, he stands waiting at the turnbuckles, Rob whips Lenny into an elbow to the face, he rebounds into a clothesline from Rob. Nice! Rob exits, Syl drops the knee and covers for 2. Lenny gets hauled up, Syl scores with a back suplex before laying in the boots. Lenny goes down to a backbreaker, Syl breaks off to knock Ken off the apron with a hard elbow, Lenny takes yet more boots, Ken enters untagged, ref tells him to get outta Dodge, La Res clubber Lenny in their corner. Ken finally gets the message as Rob indulges in a bit of choking at the ropes, ref forces a break and issues a warning-as at ringside Syl gets in a cheap shot to Lenny. Rob approaches, Lenny gets to his feet and lashes out with wild rights to the face, Rob drops but trips Lenny up as he does so, he eats a faceful of canvas. Rob scores with a flurry of forearms to the back, dropped elbow precedes the rear chinlock, Lenny manages to get to his feet and elbow out, Rob quickly cuts off the comeback attempt with a kneelift. Lenny gets whipped to neutral corner, Rob charges into an elbow to the face, he groggily tries for a corner splash, Lenny ducks under and makes a flying tag to Ken. Rob goes down to a clothesline, Syl enters untagged and goes down to the same, Ken sets Rob at the ropes, he gets whipped to opposite, Ken connects with a spinning heel kick as he rebounds, Rob covers, Syl makes the save. Lenny enters, we move to Pier 6 mode just for a moment, Syl scores with a backdrop that sends Lenny flying to ringside. Ken retaliates by kicking him right in the gut, he sets for a neckbreaker but eats a boot from Rob that doubles him over. La Res use the 5 count rule to hit Ken with the Au Revoir, Rob covers, 1-2-3. Not bad.
Winners: Sylvan Grenier & Rob Conway.
Snippet from Raw: Ric Flair assures HHH and Batista that he'll have no problem defeating Randy Orton in the night's Main Event. Break.
Back, we see Hardcore Legend Mick Foley reading his new kids book to some school children in Harlem.
Raw recap. Last Monday our beloved GM Eric Bischoff, bummed about getting a harsh haircut after losing a stipulation match to Eugene Dinsmore at TabTues, decided to take the night off and get hammered with Coach. In his absence World Champion HHH and his Evolution faction cronies decided to throw their weight around-with very mixed results. Whole group gut punked out backstage by the 'fan favorite' side of the roster and Maven scored an upset win over Batista. On the plus side, Flair, with help from his boys, defeated Randy-who, as per pre-match stip proposed by Hunter and agreed to, will now NEVER be granted a shot at 'his' World Championship. Real fun began post-match; As Flair and HHH celebrated they found themselves surrounded by the assembled Raw roster (Batista had already been dealt with). Randy first dispatched Ric with the RKO, Hunter tried to escape but ended up taking a SWEET trio of Germans from the Crippler, a Lionsault from the Living Legend and his very own RKO.
Coach guesses that the glory boys of Evo may be a bit pissed tomorrow night. Gee, ya think? Break.
Monster Job of the Week: From TabTues, Edge walks out on Chris Benoit, leaving him to win the tag straps on his own.
Main Event...
3rd Match: Chuck Palumbo vs. Chris Benoit. Referee is Chris Kay.
Mild heat for Chuck, who grabs a mic to announce himself as 'Custom Chucky P'. Automotive references leave the crowd yawning-until THE MAN (sorry Ric), carrying both tag straps, makes his way down to the pop of the night. (Sign in the crowd: 'Beniot is for real'. Oh well.) Bell rings, Chris appears mildly annoyed as Chuck runs the ropes, we go to the lockup, Chuck powers Chris into a corner, ref calls for the break. Chuck gets in the regulation cheap shot, Chris responds with a pair of (rather mild) chops to the chest, we go to circling and whining to the ref by Chuck. Another lockup, Chuck slaps on the side headlock, Chris walks him to the ropes and slips free, Chuck gets whipped to ropes, Chris goes down to a shoulder block as he rebounds, Chuck covers for 2. Up, back to circling, Chris applies a wristlock, Chuck backs to the ropes, ref forces a break. Lockup, side headlock takedown by Chuck, Chris struggles up and gets him to the ropes, Chuck gets whipped to opposite, Chris drops down, Chuck leaps over as he rebounds, Chris stands and connects with a pair of elbows to the face as Chuck again goes off the ropes. He retreats to a corner, Benoit serves up some backhands to the chest, Chuck manages the standing switch and scores with a series of shoulders to the gut. Ref forces him to back off, Chuck goes back to work with another headlock takedown, Chris gets to one knee and backs him to the ropes, hold is broken, Chuck fires off forearms to the back, Chris gets whipped to opposite ropes, Chuck whiffs on a haymaker as he rebounds and ducks under, Chris scores with a trio of chops before being shoved to the canvas. He rises, Chuck charges, Chris gets the telegraph message and ducks under, high kick by Chuck gets nothing but ropes, momentum sends him over the top to the outside. He shakes off the cobwebs, Chris goes off ropes and SOARS through opposite, pair of forearms to Chuck's face leave both men down at ringside. Final break.
Back, action has returned to the inside, Chuck's eye looks to be swollen shut as he lays in the boots. Chris goes down to a back suplex, Chuck covers for 2. Rear chinlock by Chuck, Chris gets to his feet and elbows out, Chuck blocks a kick and connects with a clothesline, Chris to canvas. Lackadaisical cover by Chuck just gets 2. Chris gets hauled up, showy right cross sends him right back down. Another crummy cover by Chuck gets 2. Chris again gets hauled up, Chuck whiffs on a haymaker, Chris looks for the Crossface, Chuck flails wildly and grabs the ropes to force the break. Chuck drops a trio of elbows, crowd is deathly silent as he goes for ANOTHER S****Y cover (really tempted to break my 'G Rated' policy for this one) that gets 2. Rear chinlock by Chuck, ZZZZZZZZ, forearms to the back by Chuck, Chris gets whipped into a corner, Chuck charges into a pair of boots to the face, YES! Chuck staggers, Chris goes off ropes, both men drop as they collide. Chuck rises at 6 and drops the double axehandle, Chris floats over a slam attempts and applies the waistlock, Chuck elbows out and goes for a kick, leg takedown by Chris, Chuck kicks him away, Chris ducks under a running clothesline, goes behind, crowd wakes up as he dishes out a QUINTET of Germans, both men are down for 3. Chris staggers up and signals for the end, he goes up top, diving headbutt gets nothing but canvas as Chuck rolls clear. Damn. Both men rise at 8, Chuck goes off ropes, Chris goes down to the Jungle Kick, decent cover by Chuck gets 2. He bitches at the ref for a bit before hauling Chris up by the hair, he sets for his modified Samoan Drop, Chris floats over and locks in the Crossface, Chuck quickly taps out.
Winner: Chris Benoit.
Coach and Todd get in some hype for tomorrow night's Raw as the show ends.
Short form match results (all victories by pinfall unless otherwise noted):
1. Rhyno defeated Rodney Mack.
2. Sylvan Grenier & Rob Conway defeated Ken Anderson & Lenny Lane.
3. Chris Benoit defeated Chuck Palumbo, submission.
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