RCW Livewire (May Week 3).
Paul Heyman is seen walking through the backstage area until Bikebraker Ralph Summers stopped him.
'Paul, what the hell do you think you're up to?' Summers demanded.
'My business is my business alone. I have a show to run, so if you don't mind...' Heyman insisted while trying to get past Summers, but the big man wouldn't budge.
'I'm not letting you run this show unless you give me what I am after. I want Goldberg tonight. No steel plates, no excuses. I know why you punished my partner, but I don't have to stand for it! Give me Goldberg or I'll mess up the damn broadcast!' Summers threatened.
'Alright, you got it! When I say "ding, ding!", make sure you end up in that ring. Wait a second...' Heyman intervened, checking his watch.
'Ding, Ding!' Heyman said. Suddenly, Goldberg attacked Ralph Summers from out of nowhere with a steel chair and laid him out. Goldberg then dragged Summers out to the ring with Heyman closely behind before hitting the Jackhammer. On Heyman's count, Goldberg pinned Summers to end an impromptu match.
The winner is Goldberg. Heyman grabbed a microphone.
'Don't play with fire, you moron... or you will end up just like Kevin Smith: crippled. And like Ryan Walters: unemployed!' Heyman taunted his fallen worker before slapping the dazed Summers in the face. Then the show's opening music video, set to Let The Bodies Hit The Floor by Drowning Pool. Once it ended, the 3,000 strong in the Vendetta Theatre came alive for the entrance of DJ Diddy Dog who rapped along to Who Let the Dogs Out? by the Baha Men. He would be facing Taz next.
DJ Diddy Dog vs. Taz.
DJ did his best to block Taz' takedown attempts, but Taz ended up catching DJ's ankle and cranking it in an Ankle Stretch submission. DJ booted Taz in the face, causing the Human Suplex Machine to let go. DJ hit a flip legdrop followed by a capeoira splash for a 2-count. DJ then got Taz in the pumphandle ready for the Guitar Driver, but Taz refused to leave his feet. Frustrated, the youngest member of the Dog House let go of the pumphandle and pounded Taz in the back. DJ stomped him a few times and grabbed a chair. He went for a Sabu-type facebuster, but Taz moved. Taz then dodged a swing with the chair and caught DJ with a Tiger Tazplex for a 2-count. DJ kipped up and suprised Taz with the Guitar Driver. The referee checked Taz while John Cena ran out and dropped DJ's neck on the top rope, temporarily paralyzing him. Taz got up and synched in the Tazmission for the win as Cena bailed.
The winner is Taz.
Yoshihiro Magma rushed out to get him some of the Human Suplex Machine, but Taz put up a fight. Magma went for the Burning Avalanche, but Taz wriggled out and kicked Magma in the crotch. Taz then hit a T-Bone Tazplex, rolled over and synched in another Tazmission. Magma tried to break it, but his efforts were in vain as he passed out. Taz then grabbed a microphone.
'I promised you, Magma, that I would choke you out. So I can offer another choke-out to you at the PPV, I challenge you to an FTW Rules match for the Openweight title. My name is Taz: beat me on my rules if you can! Survive if I let you!' Taz declared. He left the ring as EMTs came in to check on Magma.
Backstage, we are taken to Cyrus getting Ralph Summers onto an ambulance after Goldberg's viscous attack at the top of the program. Summers was holding an ice-pack to the back of his head. Cyrus then went to the curtains for the next match.
RCW Junior Heavyweight championship rematch: Champion Dan 'The Shuffle' Wilson vs. Mark Trevor Orton w/Cyrus.
Orton went after the man who took the Junior Heavyweight title from him with rage and destruction on his mind following a fight with his older brother the week before. Orton sent viscous forearm strikes Wilson's way and pounded Wilson into the ground. Orton smashed Wilson in the face with the Junior Heavyweight title belt Cyrus handed to him before whipping Wilson's back with the belt. Mark Orton then tossed the Junior Heavyweight title belt back to Cyrus and executed the MTO. Instead of pinning Wilson, Orton decided to drag the champion to his feet. Orton proceeded to get Wilson in the piledriver reversal position, hook the legs and drive Wilson down with the Reverse Double Fisherman's Tombstone Piledriver. Charlie Packets counted 1-2-3 before Jumpy Jim West announced Mark Orton as a 2-time Junior Heavyweight champion, bringing the title back to the Network.
The winner and NEW RCW Junior Heavyweight champion, Mark Trevor Orton.
A promo aired.
'After being mutilated, brutalised and stabbed in the back behind enemy lines, I'm back... and I'm here to stay! Because at As Good As It Gets, this soldier is waging a new war!'
The fans chanted 'RCW' after the promo finished, prompting 'Acid' Matt Hyson, Chris Sabin & Jake Taproot to walk out with weapons in hand. They were ready for an attack by Rob Van Dam, Sabu & Bill Alfonso. RVD & Sabu answered their challenge with a couple of chairs. Taproot & Sabin were smashed in the skull by Sabu while RVD dropkicked his chair into Matt Hyson, sending 'Acid' flying out of the ring. Sabu went to heel kick Sabin over the guardrail, but Taproot was there to fling a chair into Sabu's face and drop the hardcore legend on the steel ramp. RVD used his lethal kicks to his advantage as he tossed Hyson back in the ring. With 'Acid' Matt in the middle of the ring, RVD went up top for the Five Star Frog Splash. Hyson got up and shoved him off into the guardrail edge. Then the arena blacked out. When the lights returned, a chair was sitting in the middle of the ring. On the chair was a bloody mask and a bloody knife. Matt Hyson was shocked. The fans chanted 'Soldier's gonna' kill you!' repeatedly, tomenting Hyson. Sabin & Taproot tossed Sabu in the ring where an enraged 'Acid' Matt Hyson hit the Acid Drop followed by Sabin's Cradle Shock and Taproot's Rootcore. Hyson then grabbed the knife & mask from the chair and took Jim West's microphone.
'Mutt Soldier Z! Mutt Soldier Z! You want to play games with Matt Hyson? Let's settle this at As Good As It Gets! Here's the deal: you team with the two jabronis we just beat the crap out of and we'll take you on with anything and everything you see here! But the result will be the same as it was at Slam Jam: you're going to get crippled!' Hyson proclaimed. Hyson dropped the microphone and dragged the bloody blade of the knife through the bloody mask as a message to Mutt Soldier Z.
Jerry Lynn w/Rhino vs. Marc Sylvester w/Red Tiger.
The Global Tag Team champions were seething after being pounded by the Crazy Cats the week before. Lynn took down Sylvester with a side headlock which Sylvester countered with a head scissors. Rhino attacked Red Tiger with a Gore into the guardrail, distracting Marc Sylvester. Jerry Lynn got out a pair of brass knuckles and knocked Sylvester down. Lynn went up top for the New F'N Thunder and winded Sylvester badly. Lynn called for a chair from Rhino and his partner slid one in. Lynn dragged Sylvester up and spiked him on top of the chair with the Stroke. Referee Alexander Bradley counted all the way to 3, giving the champions a sense of retribution.
The winner is Jerry Lynn.
After the commercial break, Paul Heyman walked out with Goldberg in tow. He grabbed Jim West's microphone.
'Well, you have all seen that if you mess with the most sadistic S.O.B in the professional wrestling industry today, you get destroyed... as Ralph Summers found out at the top of this broadcast. If you were watching that, Ryan Walters, that is nothing but a sample of what Goldberg has in store for you at As Good As It Gets!' Heyman guaranteed. Then Randy Orton's music hit, bringing out the RCW World champion.
'Heyman, you are right that Walters is in for the fight of his life at the PPV. But I'd like to make an announcement concerning the next RCW World title defense after As Good As It Gets. I am willing to face the winner of Goldberg vs. Walters in any match of their choosing after I beat the holy hell out of my ungrateful brother.' Randy Orton announced.
'Don't get ahead of yourself, champ! You haven't beat your brother Mark yet... but to think of it, that's a swell idea. Whoever walks out the RCW World Heavyweight champion at the PPV will defend the championship against Goldberg after he rips up Walters' contract and does me proud in his match. Rest assured: the man who has knocked up 175 wins to nothing in WCW will steamroll straight through the new champion and make them ex-champion before they can say "reign over"! And that's all I've got to say about that!' Heyman responded.
'We'll see, boss. Goldberg will be back on my list of killed legends before he can say "ended win-streak" and I will walk away RCW World Heavyweight champion, continuing the reign that is single-handedly changing professional wrestling!' Orton concluded. Before the champion could walk away, Mark Orton ran out and attacked his brother with a lead pipe before sending the champion tumbling to ringside down the ramp. Mark continued his relentless assault on Randy with the lead pipe before sending him in to Goldberg. The bald monster speared the elder Orton as Mark set up a table on the outside. Mark directed traffic as Goldberg pressed Randy into the air and dropped him over the top rope straight through the table. Mark Orton slapped the World champion in the face before doing Randy's pose before a stunned crowd as Livewire went off the air.
As Good As It Gets Card:
Yoshihiro Magma vs. Taz - RCW Openweight title FTW Rules match.
The Crazy Cats vs. Jerry Lynn & Rhino - RCW Global Tag Team title match.
John Cena vs. DJ Diddy Dog vs. Grizzly vs. Balls Mahoney vs. Batista vs. Mechaclaw - UK title King of the Mountain Ultimate X match.
Star Dog vs. Paul Birchill - Taipei Fists of Death Cage match.
'Acid' Matt Hyson, Chris Sabin & Jake Taproot vs. Rob Van Dam, Sabu & Mutt Soldier Z.
Goldberg vs. 'The 911' Ryan Walters - Ultimate X Ladder match for Walters' employment status.
Randy Orton vs. Mark Trevor Orton - RCW World title match.
British Breakout Card:
UK Heavyweight Champion vs. Winner of Taipei Fists of Death Cage match - UK title match.
Champions:
Randy Orton - World Heavyweight champion.
Jerry Lynn & Rhino - Global Tag Team champions.
John Cena - UK champion.
Mark Trevor Orton - Junior Heavyweight champion.