July & August 2003 TV

As the music plays, we see a picture of Al Snow in black and white. This fades into some colour clips from the archives of Al Snow in the very first NCPW Card, winning the world title. As the lyrics start, we see clips from Al Snow and Raven' first match on Monday Mayhem, and then some clips from the barbed wire match. This fades into Al now at the last F8 being hit with the metal bar at the hands of Sick Boy (these recent clips are in black and white). After each hit, we cut to a clip of Al in action in the past, such as hitting Keiji Mutoh with a massive moonsault to the outside, or superkicking Robbie Brookside, or Snow Plowing HHH through a table. Each time we see an old clip, it goes back to another hit. This continues till we've seen about aminute of this, and then we just see a slowed down series of bar shots on Al.On about the third shot, we slow to a stop and we can clearly see Al dropping and the colour fades in and we see more clearly the scene: Sick Boy with a smile on his face, the falling Al with sweat and blood visible in the air around his face. After a few seconds, the clip plays again, and Al drops. As Eric Stuart sings "I've been around, but it's got me nowhere…" (we are about 2 minutes 45 seconds in) we go back to old format of each bar shot being followed by older clips, this time of times such as Raven pinning Al with the Evenflow DDT, HHH putting Al throgh several tables, and TAKA Michinoku hitting his Michinoku Driver. After a few clips like this, the picture freezes on Sick Boy hitting HHH with the bar for a few seconds, and then goes to him hitting Raven for a few seconds. This then goes to the final sickening moments of the attack with Sick Boy writing on his own head with Al Snow's blood. The picture zooms in on Al Snow's bloody face and we go black and white as the music fades. We fade back to the arena.

This was a pretty solid match. Dave is getting into singles matches better now, but is still much better suited to the tag division. He and Juvy trade move after move, including a smooth sequence of Dave Juvy hitting a spinning head scissors then a hurucanrana, and then turning ti be hit with an arm drag, staying down as Dave runs the ropes, and trying a leap frog only to be hit with a dropkick. The action was good, but the finish was not what the fans really wanted to see, as was obvious by the boos. Juvy had hit a Juvy Driver, but Dean Malenko and Nick Dinsmore walked down the aisle. Juvy looked over to them and as a result his pin only got two. He went outside and shouted at them, but they pushed past and got in the ring and attacked Dave Harris! DQ!

IT'S CHRIS JERICHO! JERICHO RUNS DOWN THE AISLE AND SLIDES INTO THE RING AS THE CROWD GOES CRAZY! Nick turns from Dave first and is hit with a flying forearm, theat sends him to the mat, Dean turns and Jericho dropkicks him in the face. Dean and Nick get up and try to get a double team in on Jericho, but he ducks and Nick trips over the fallen Dave Harris! Jericho clotheslines Dean, sending him over the ropes to the outside! As he goes after Nick Dinsmore, Nick runs, and ducks out of the ring up the aisle with Dean! Meanwhile, Jericho checks on Dave and takes a mic.

CHRIS JERICHO: Yeah! That's it! Take out the rookie! I tell you what Dean, you and me go back a long way, so I know what to expect from you. You think you can get away with this, don't you! Well…you will NEVER…EVER…get away with this Dean! I know you and Nick think that was fun, but you won't think it's so fun later tonight when Lionheart takes Dean-o Machine-o apart in this very ring in my home country of Canada!

SICK BOY: Last Sunday, I did everyone a favour. I thought long and hard about which man was the biggest piece of vermin in the NCPW…which man spread his disease the most and I decided that it must be Simply Sensational. I then went out to that ring WITH A PURPOSE! I KNEW WHAT I WANTED TO DO…and I did it. I took…him…out! I destroyed him and his legacy. And now…

"Madness can come from the mind or the heart, ending is never as good as the start. Nothing is ever as good as your dreams, nothing is ever as bad as…" The spoken intro whips the crowd up as they know who's coming! The guitars kick in hard and heavy and NCPW Owner Matt Doyle walks down the aisle, looking serious. He steps up onto the apron, and Sick Boy holds the ropes for him as he enters. Matt calls for a mic, and is thrown one.

MATT DOYLE: You Scott, you need to think long and hard right now. Was it worth it? I mean, sure you took out Al Snow. Hell, as you could probably tell from that video we put together at the start of the show, he's gonna be gone for atleast six months. So tell me, now that you're big news, was it worht it? Was that rush when you took that bar to the ring worth it? Huh? YOU HAVE MADE A LOT OF ENEMIES, SO WHY DON'T YOU TELL US WHAT IT IS YOU WANT AND WE CAN SEE ABOUT GIVING IT TO YOU SO YOU CAN FUCK OFF!

MATT DOYLE: BUT…you WILL get the title shot when I feel that you have earned it. You can start tonight too, because I'vve got a very special opponent for you. A man who always deserved more in the NCPW, just like you Sick Boy, and he's got himself some new theme music, and he's ready to kick ass. That ass he's gonna kick is yours! Of course, IF you manage to win, then I'll see what I can do about this title shot you seem to think you deserve.

MATT DOYLE: I'm glad you asked that. You see, the obvious thing to do would be to say lets have Glen against Hunter and Raven at the same time in a three-way dance. But that aint how we do thing shere in the NCPW. No way. Tonight will be a match to determine the top contender. The winner faces Glen. If there is no winner tonight for any reason, then we'll have to see what happens. Meanwhile, Glen himself has the night off tonight.

RAVEN: Do you remember? Do you remember when I was the leader and you the follower? It seems that you've broken free from the constraints I placed on you, and I'm proud of you. But now you need to ask you self this…what is it that you're looking for? What do you truly seek? A Better Tomorrow? Let me tell you now…the path you have taken and continue to tread is not easy, and you need to look over your shoulder every single second of every day now, and you need to sleep with your eyes open, because you never…NEVER…fid that Better Tomoorow that you desire, because it doesn't exist. I tried to find it to, but all you find at the end of this road is a dark alley, and no escape. Can you handle that truth? Or is it not the truth you want?

ROB VAN DAM: Last Sunday, The Whole F'N Show became the F8 Winner of 2003! What does that mean? Well, it means I get to kick some serious ass against that lame, anti-charisma, Canadian you fans call a TV Champion, Chris Benoit! Well, tonight is the first taster of that beating as me and my buddy Kanyon face off with Benoit and Nova! The question now is…how long can they last till you people realise that I'm the best?

This was pretty short really, but hey! It's TV! Kanyon was attacked by Benoit and RVD by Nova at the start and they were backed into opposite corners. After a quick beating, they were whipped into each other and Nova took over on Kanyon and Benoit on RVD. The match went mainly Benoit and Nova's way as they continued to beat RVD into the ground with some quick double team moves. Then RVD ducked a Benoit crossbody and made a tag to Kanyon! Kanyon jumped in the ring and unloaded with some quick punches and clotheslines. RVD recovered quickly in the corner, and waited. Kanyon hit some big moves on Benoit, and even hit the Flatliner, but only got two as Nova broke the fall. Kanyon controlled Benoit with surprising ease here, and was only let down when Benoit ducked a clothesline and hit a dropkick allowing him to make the tag to Nova. Nova cam jumping into te ring, and the referee forced Benoit out of the ring. As the referee got Benoit to the apron, RVD snuck in and hit a Van Daminator on Nova, causing Benoit to jump in again, and further distract the referee! Kanyon hit the Flatliner onto the chair, and RVD dove at Benoit, sending them both to the outside. When the referee tunred around, the chair had been removed and he saw Kanyon hit the Kryptonite Krunch on Nova for the 1-2-3!

Kanyon sttod over Nova and laughed before leaving up the ramp with a big smile on his face. Meanwhile, RVD was beating on Benoit and tried a Van Daminator. Benoit threw the chair back and hit a dropkick, sending the chair in RVD's face! He then hit a German Suplex on the outside! RVD ws down and out at this point, and Benoit grabbed his TV Title Belt and stood over RVD, and said something about RVD never getting getting this belt.

A decent TV Cruiser match here from Chavo and his former rival. They went back and forth for a minute or so before Chavo took over. He then hit some big moves on Kidman, including a Lyger Bomb for a two count, and a top-rope reverse Suplex. Kidman managed to get back into things by blocking a back body drop and hitting a Kid Krusher for two, but the end was never really in doubt. Chavo managed to hit the Tornado DDT for the fall.

Mikey ducks a clothesline straight away and comes back with a FrankenMikey for a quick two count, but gets up and is belly-tobelly Tazplexed and he rolls to the outside. Outside the ring, he doesn't stop moving, but instead grabs as many weapons as he can and throws them into the ring as Taz looks on. Mikey climbs onto the apron and Taz walks forward. Mikey hits a shoulder to the midsection and dives over Taz, and runs the ropes, picking up a chair on the way. As Taz turns…WHAM! CHAIR SHOT! Taz falls to the floor and Mikey celebrates, only to have Taz get up and lock on a Tazmission! Mikey fights out though by grabbing a pice of wood and ramming it behind him into Taz. Taz manages to come straight back though with a single-leg Tazplex!

This is how the match went really, Mikey and Taz traded very quick sections of Mikey with weapons and Taz with suplexes. The finish saw Justin Credible rin in from the crowd as Taz prepared a T-Bone Tazplex…CRACK! SINGAPORE CANE ACROSS TAZ'S FACE! Taz drops Mikey, and Mikey nails Credible with a Whippersnapper! Mikey then hits a Whippersnapper on Taz! One…Two…Three!

A decent match here beween the two. They feel each other ot with a little bit of chain stuff at the start, and this soon moves into Dean nailing a Snap Suplex for two, followed by a Jackhammer for another two. Jericho reels from the moves and is hit with more high impact moves from Dean…this is very uncharacteristic of Malenko. Jericho's comeback consisted of a reverseing a hurucanrana into a triple powerbomb for a two count, and then being tripped again. Eventually, Dean went for the Texas Cloverleaf, but let go of the hold when he saw Nick Dinsmore fall through the curtain and down the aisle as Ralphus and Dave Harris rush down. The referee steps out to stop them, and Dean gets a three count on Jericho with a crossbody. Nick Dinsore then gets in the ring and tries a top rope dropkick, but Jericho ducks! Dean is taken out, and Nick is thrown to Dave and Ralphus! When Dean gets up, he takes a small package and Jerihco gets the three count!

The music hits and the crowd wait in anticipation as to who is back in the NCPW. The music makes for "Peavy" to sing "I never believed in miracles, I rarely even cried…" and as the lyrics hit someone steps out through the curtain…IT'S STEVIE RICHARDS! MY GOD! STEVIE IS BACK IN THE NCPW! Stevie embraces a large round of cheers from the crowd, and a "STEVIE! STEVIE!" chant goes up as he walks down to the ring and snatches the mic from Sick Boy.

STEVIE RICHARDS: Now it seems that this little upstart here, Sick Boy, took out a good friend of mine Al Snow. Al is a man I fought many times here in the NCPW, and never once did he do anything to deserve this. Of course, looking at Al also shows how much the bsuiness has changed and how much the NCPW has changed. I mean, when I was here, Al could finish with the Snow Plow. After I left, his finishers list went up to Snow Plow, Superkick, Moonsault, Sprngboard Leg Drop…so I thought, to go with the new music I should get an extra finisher. So Tonight Sick Boy you're gonna be hit, dropped and lost at the hands of not only the Stevie Kick, but my new finisher too!

A slow start of each man hitting some quick fire moves made way for Sick Boy taking over with a low blow and a piledriver. Sick Boy controlled the next couple of minutes until Stevie managed to reverse a hip toss with an arm drag and went straight back into it! He fired off move after move on Sick Boy, until eventually he hit a powerbomb and took a step back. The crowd knew what to expect and they clapped and stomped as Stevie Richards hit Sick Boy with…STEVIE KICK! One…Two…ThrNO! Sick Boy got a shoulder up! Stevie smiled, and shouted out, "THIS IS IT!" He then whipped Sick Boy into the ropes and caught him tilt-a-whirl style, but held him half-way through and span, hitting a Tombstone Piledriver! Stevie just hit a Tilt-A-Whirl Tombstone Piledriver on Sick Boy!One…Two…someone just put Sick Boy's foot on the ropes! IT'S ROBBIE BROOKSIDE! Stevie gets up and starts shouting at Robbie, and when he turns he gets hit with a kick to the midsection from a stumbling Sick Boy, and then a high impact Cure! One…Two…Three!

ROBBIE BROOKSIDE: Well, since Hammerlock are now departed, thanks to me! Since they're gon, I need something to do, and I figured that I could get back into the top line scene by making my presence felt. Sick Boy seems to be going the right way about getting himself oticed, and tonight I too the first steps in joining him in the main event scene by taking this "Legend" and screwing him over! HAHAHA! The Wildcat is going to go on, and continue to beat on you Stevie, until I get what I want…RESPECT!

This left the two teams that clashed last Sunday! Kash and Eddie proceeded to put on a decent display of high spots before making way for the Indy Sensations Modest and Devon Storm to take over. This lasted for about aminute as the two tore into each other, and then Kash tagged back in and Modest was dropped with…FREE FALL! One…Two…Eddie breaks it up! Kash goes to work on Eddie and Devon takes over on the dead Modest by hitting two Thunderclap Brainbusters! One…Two…Three! Devon got the pin, and he wasn't the legal man!

Ravem was the first to ger REALLY close to winning the match with an Evenflow DDT that just placed Triple H too close to the ropes. At two, he got his foot under the rope. Hunter scored next hitting a Pedigree, but having Raven just get his shoulder up. Hunter hit the Game Over later on, but Raven fell to the outside of the ring and recovered by eight. Raven then locked in the STF at the 11 minute mark, right in the middle of the ring! As he held it, Sick Boy ran down the aisle! hE jumped in the ring and swung his metal bar at both guys, and the referee called for the bell.

Dragon Kid got himself a nice little pop very quickly as he slid under a charging Chavo's legs and nailed a dropkick. This lead straight into a Dragon Ray from Dragon Kid for a two count. The crowd loved that move, and it's shame that he didn't hit too many more of them. The majority of what remained in the match was Chavo hitting some stiff looking moves on the pint sized star. The finish came while Dragon Kid had the advantage. He had reversed a powerbomb attempt with a sunset flip for two, and then nailed an arm drag. Dragon Kid then placed Chavo on the top rope and went up for a Rana. Chavo pushed him off, and then dove off with a Tornado DDT for the inevitable 1-2-3!

As the music hit, J-Thunder ran out form the back and joined Chavo in the ring. The screen then revealed a darkened room, with four figures sitting around a table. We do not see who they are, but the camera zooms in on the table and we get a shot of the NCPW Cruiserweight Title. In the ring, Chavp os throwing a fit, and J-Thunder calm him down as the music and screen fade out.

Hardly the ideal return for Jarrett, or the ideal debut for Val here. After the attack, Val quickly made a come back with a back drop, and he stood over Jeff. He girated those hips and took off the towel and layed in with punches. Val throws the towel to the crowd, and goes back to Jarrett. Fairly standard here with the two trading some basic moves. Unfortunately, the crowd was hardly heated, and both men were somewhat sloppy in the ring. Jarrett did manage to score two counts with The Stroke and a Guitar Shot behind the referee's back. Meanwhile, Val got a two from a Fisherman's Suplex. The finish was a strange one. Val had the advantage by far, and nailed his Pumphandle Powerbomb. One…Two…ThrNO! Val gets up and points to the top rope! The women scream, and Val goes up top and girates the hips again for the Money Shot…wait! Val suddenly stops, and seems to ponder something. He looks around and then jumps to the outside of the ring? Val just walked up the aisle! Val just got himself counted out! What is going on?

Mikey has heard enough and runs around the corner…WHAM! SINGAPORE CANE SHOT! Justin Credibe just floored Mikey! He picks up the FTW Belt and shouts something that we can't make out at Mikey. Just then, The Eliminators come around the corner to see what's happening. Justin starts to back off, but backs into Taz! Justin drops the belt and he and Taz start to brawl. Meanwhile, Mikey is helped up by Perry and John, and they hand him his belt. When Mikey realises who just helped him up, he gets a very fearful look on his face and runs like crazy! The Eliminators ponder this reaction for a while, and go to walk off around the corner, but they get cut off! Mikey is back with a trolley of weapons! Each Eliminator gets dropped with a road sign shot, and here comes a referee!

Mikey pulls out a chair and hits both Eliminators as they get up and then drops the chair on them and runs towards the curtain. As he steps through to the aisle, the pop is huge, and Mikey backs up down the aisle a few steps and then takes a fire extinguisher from his can of toys. As The Eliminators step out to the aisle, Mikey tries to blast them, and they duck to the side…but the extinguisher didn't fire! Mikey gets up and looks at it, Perry and John look at each other and smile! Mikey throws the extinguisher and runs, but as soon as it hits the aisle, it goes off, spraying both Eliminators! Mikey shrugs and gets to the bottom of the aisle.

The Eliminators come down the aisle and Mikey takes a Singapore Cane and throws the can into the ring. He backs away from the tag team, and they smile. As Mikey swings, and hits the ring post, Kronus ducks down and cralws under the ring. Mikey backs away from Saturn, and soon Kronus emerges behind him. Mikey backs into him,a and freezes. Then in one quick movement, he turns and hits Kronus over the head with the cane! Kronus is down and Mikey runs past him and slides into the ring! As Saturn jumps in, Mikey throws the can at him, and he falls to the outside where Mikey nails a tope. As Mikey jumps around and the crowd cheers, John Kronus hits him with a reverse DDT onto the trash can! One…Two…kickout!

What? Taz and Justin Credible are brawling down the aisle! Meanwhile, The Eliminators hit Total Elimination on Mikey! They try a double pin! One…Taz hits Creidble with a throwing overhead belly-to-belly Tazplex…Two…Credible lands on top, breaking up the pin! The former tag champs look annoyed and they go after Taz! Credible is KO'ed! Saturn falls to a Taz clothesline, and Kronus ends up brawling down the aisle and into the ring. Meanwhile, Mikey is up! He nails a FrankenMikey on Saturn! One…Two…shoulder up! The crowd is loving this! Perry blocks a Mikey punch and sets up the DVD! Death Valley Driver…NO! Mikey swung himself out! WHIPPERSNAPPER! One…Two…Three! Mikey did it! He beat both Eliminators!

The match was a fairly standard affair as far as six man tag matches go, and each man got his chance to put the match away! The two tag teams traded off some nice high flying moves, whiel Kouji and Ohtani traded the ground based stuff. The finish to the match was utter chaos. TAKA hit Essa with a Michinoku Driver, but then fell to a Thunder Fire Powerbomb from Eiji Ezaki. Eiji then took a Fisherman's Buster from Shoichi, who in turn fell foul of an Ohtani Dragon Suplex! This left Ohtani and Kouji! With a clear ring, the two men started the stif kicks going and the crowd cheered them on. Ohtani then nailed a German Suplex, but Kouji landed on his feet! Ohtani celebrated, not noticing, and was dropped with the match winning Tiger Suplex!

GLEN JACOBS: That's right Paul. Now…here's the deal. The original plan was for HHH and Sick Boy to fight it out with Raven as the referee and the winner goes on to face me at Powerslave. Is that going to happen? No! I've been talking to the owner of this company, Mr. Doyle, and of course HHH. What we've decided on is this. The winner of that match at One Step Closer will go straight on to face me right there and then!

GLEN JACOBS: Easier? These two men are at the top of their game. If they win, then they'll still be able to come at me full force! Not only that, but if they manage to give me a fight, it just proves that they really are THAT damn good! Besides, and there is no offense intended to either guy here…they couldn't beat me on their best day…and I could beat both of them on my worst! And as for Sick Boy…who gives a shit about what he thinks? He doesn't have a say here!

A good little tag match here with some good back and forth action for the first minute or so. Then the heels cut off the ring, and Jericho was double teamed mercilessly by the heels. When he finally got the tag in, the referee was occupied with Dean Malenko and as a result ejected Devon from the ring. The break through finally came when Jericho dove under an Eddie Guerrero dropkick and came back with a flying forearm. Both men were down, and both started to crawl. TAG FROM BOTH SIDES! Devon Storm goes crazy with dropkicks, arm drags and hip tosses on Dean and Eddie! As the referee ejects Eddie from the ring, Jericho managed to hit Dean with the NCPW Tag Title Belt that Devon had with him! Thudnerclap Bainbuster! One…Eddie gets back in…Two…Jericho belt shots Eddie…Three!

SICK BOY: I have no doubt that you'll win against Stevie, but that's not the issue here. You see, tonight Glen Jacobs and HHH are teaming up against me and a partner of my choosing with Raven getting some referee practice in. I KNOW they're planning some shit for me, and I figured that I need a REAL partner. So I was thinking that the Wildcat may want to return to the main event tonight?

This was everything you'd expect! The whoel match was a pure mat display, and for the first six minutes, the two warriors hardly lost contact! The two had some nice moves thrown in to break up the mat wrestling, and then end was the only thing that really disappointed. As Jerry hit the Cradle Piledriver, RVD ran in from the crowd and distracted the referee before he could make a count. Jerry shouted at RVD, and this gave Benoit a chance. He made a recovery and hit a German Suplex…CRIPPLER CROSSFACE! JERRY TAPS!

RAVEN: Answer? None of us. Yet you Sick Boy seem to be searching. You don't want freedom, you want to be able to be yourself. You've already taken that freedom yourself by taking it upon yourself to break every rule in the book to achieve your goal. And now you've got freedom, here you are searching for that better tomorrow. Searching for…the chance. The chance to be.

ROB VAN DAM: OK, so I may not have taken the World Title, but that TV Belt is still gonna be mine. You see Benoit, you may have won tongight, but there is something Jerry Lynn isn't…he isn't the Whoel F'N Show, and he sure aint Rob…Van…Dam! Now tonight, the future of wrestling takes on a fellow former ECW star, but far from being the future, my opponent tonight is washed up! Hell, he couldn't get the job done in his prime! So…

A hard hitting match here, with the two former ECW guys hitting a few nice moves. Nothing special however, but more heated than you'd expect. The ending was a BIG let down really. After over 11 minutes of action, Chris Benoit walked out onto the aisle. He taunted RVD and RVD went out of the ring and after him. THEN…Robbie Brookside ran down the aisle and Stevie went at it with him. The referee called the double count out.

Benoit and RVD fought in the middle of the aisle, and Stevie and Robbie fought their wau from the ringside to the area occupied by Chris and Rob. Both Stevie and Robbie hit an elbow to the head and backed away a few steps. Both tried the Super/Stevie Kick and connected with nothing but their foe's foot. Both stared each other down. Meanwhile, Rob and Chris were fighting over the TV Belt. Chris hit some hard chops on RVD, but RVD managed to come back and hit a Van Daminator using the TV Title Belt instead of a chair! Benoit fell. RVD then turned and distracted Stevie, allowing Robbie to hit the Super Kick! RVD picked up the TV Title belt and held it alof tand pointed to himself whiel Robbie taunted Stevie. RVD then dropped the belt and he and Robbie left.

GLEN JACOBS: What is happening here is this. We have two high quality wrestlers who are set to fight at One Step Closer. One is a calculated fighter, and the other is a little twisted. They live on opposite sides of the fence, and are totally different, but they both have one thing in common. If thye win at One Step Closer, they're gonna get their ass kicked by the World Champion!

The match we had here, on paper seemed like a decnt encounter. It was. Kid Kash was double teamed by Modest and Dinsmore for the majority of the match, but Kash eventually blocked a Powerbomb with a Hurucanrana to Modest. This lead to both teams making the tag, and Dave Harris going wild on everyone. He hit a quick series of moves to each guy and then he and Kash started to double team everyone. The referee had problems gaining control, and as he ejected people from the ring Dean Malenko ran in through the crowd and nailed Harris with a chair. He then ducked out, and Dinsmore reluctantly hit the German Suplex on Dave for the pin.

On paper, Justin Credible vs Nova SHOULD make you think of a hard hitting match. Unfortunately, nothing could upstage the match Mikey had earlier. This meant that this match was somewhat dull as the crowd failed to react to anything till Kanyon walked down the aisle stood at ringside. Kanyon didn't do anything either, he just watched Nova win with the Kryptonite Krunch and clapped.

Better than Nova's outing, but still somewhat average. The two traded a couple of moves, and Kanyon threw in some cowardly heel tactics before being caught in the Tazmission. As Taz looked set to get the win, Justin Credible, who had not left the ringside area, placed Kanyon's foot on the ropes! Justin then left to boos as Taz shouted at him. When Taz turned, Kanyon tried the Flatliner, but Taz countered with a Tazplex of some sort. Taz charges in, but Kanyon moves and Taz hits the post. He stumbles back out…FLATLINER! One…Two…Three!

Towards the end, Glen made a come back with a big boot and a lariat. As he reached to tag Hunter though, Hunter dropped to the floor! Raven wen'' out to talk sense into The Game while Glen had to fight off Sick Boy and Robbie again! Finally, Raven conviced Hunter to step back onto the apron. As soon as he did so, Glen tagged him and left! Glen Jacobs walked straight up the aisle and left Hunter to deal with both guys!

Hunter DID manage to keep his mind on the match and he got some good blows in against both guys until the inevitable happened and they double teamed him. Raven TRIED to maintain order, but in the end, that was impossible. Raven managed to regain some sort of ordewr in theend when he decided to Eveflow Raobbie. When he turned, Sick Boy nailed nailed Hunter with The Cure and Raven counted the three.

A decent 10 man battle royal opens the show this week. The winner recieves a shot at the Cruiserweight Title at One Step Closer, and that turned out to be Juventud Guerrera. Indeed the eventual winner made the first eleimination, nailing Essa Rios with a dropkick to eliminate him. Until the end, this would be Juvy's only major contribution. The real story of the match ws Billy Kidman. Kidman went on an elimination spree! First, he took both Kuji Kanemoto AND shinjiro Ohtani out with a double clothesline, and then hip tossed TAKA out too! Less than a minute later, and Billy struck again, nailing Dragon Kid with a springboard leg drop and then tossing him too, before turning around and nailing Magnum TOKYO! After these five eliminations, Billy celebrated, but this cost him. Eiji Ezaki avenged his partner Essa's ousting by high leg clotheslining Billy over the top. Soon, Eiji nailed a springboard bulldog on Funaki and threw him out too. This left Eiji and Juvy. They traded some moves off, but in the end, Juvy hit a Juvy Driver from nowhere, and then made the elimination.

MATT DOYLE: In Japan, those in the cruiserweight style divisions are given a lot of respect. They have their own PPVs, their own shows, and even their own federations. But in the USA…that's not really the case. I mean, WCW gave cruiserweights a good little push. Nothing major though. WWF…nah,they have a history don't they? They bury all the talented cruisers who go there. Like TAKA Michinoku for example.

MATT DOYLE: Here in the NCPW, we run a show every year, called Cruiser Kings. A tournament to decide the top contender to the cruiserweight title. That may seem big, I mean…you get a WHOLE PPV! But lets face it, that's not really THAT big, is it? I mean, the heavyweights still run the show round here. And THAT…that is how it will always be. I mean, apart from the odd appearance here on Mettle, what else can you cruiserweight hope to gain here in the NCPW?

MATT DOYLE: Hell, maybe you should all just go home now, huh? Well…the NCPW has done a lot in the wrestling world, but from here on, things are gonna change. As you all know, the NCPW is going to primarily relocate to England soon, and constantly tour the world. But what of the cruisers? Well, the NCPW is making more changes than just the base of operations. For startes, to go with Mettle, there will be a new Monday night show, called NCPW Rage. This show will feature the heavyweights of the NCPW battling it out, much like Mettle without the cruisers. Meanwhile, the cruisers will still be allowed to appear on the odd Mettle.

MATT DOYLE: It's about time the lighter wrestlers got as much attention as the heavyweights, and this show will help that. Now all we need is someone to run it. I mean, I can't be at EVERY show, so I think the cruiserweights need their own commissioner. Someone they can talk to to get those matches they want, and raise important issues with. Well…let me introduce to that man. The new commissioner of NCPW Wings…

JEFF JARRETT: Thank you Mr. Doyle, now lets get down to business. NCPW Rage, Wings and Faith will begin after One Step Closer 2003: End Game. I AM NOT a commissioner for all shows, just the cruiserweight show Wings. At that show, I'll be laying down the law, and takig it upon myself to take care of those who step out of line. Meanwhile, I am also going to be inviting wrestlers from around the world to appear on the show alongside our own stars, so jst think of the possibilities! One day, we could see the NCPW's own Dave Harris against Jyushin Lyger! Or we could have Billy Kidman against Darkness Dragon. So be ready…the NCPW Cruiserweight era is coming, and this revolution is getting it's own tag titles if I have any say in it!

RAVEN: In the wild, the hunters go after the sick. Take wolves. They act as a pack and target those who are ready to die…those who have lived and achieved all they can. But at One Step Closer, the rules change. Ravens follow wolves, because we know that they will lead us to the kill. And after that one moment where the hunter looks into the eyes of the prey, we can begin.

RAVEN: At One Step Closer, the Raven controls the hunt. When a wolf looks into the eyes of the prey, and see it is not ready to die, it backs down, but at One Step Closer the Hunter will look into the eyes of the Sick and he will see…he will see that the Sick animal has more to offer this world…but he won't back down. No, he won't back down as they do in wild, but instead he will continue the assault all the harder. And why is that?

As soon as Mikey got to the edge of the ring, he stopped the trolley and started th throw things into the ring. First the weapons in the trash can, then the can itself. He then threw the trolley too! Once he entered, his opponents were tolled up, and he took a cane shot from Credible and a Trash Can shot from Taz. Mikey rolled away and Credible started to fight Taz. From here, it was all conventional. These three were saving themselves for One Step Closer, and didn't want to do anything too special, so instead it was a few weapon shots and broken pin attempts until The Eliminators made their way to the ring. This lead to them entering and cleaning house of Taz and Credible with Total Elimination. Mikeyt then entered again and tried stop sign shots on the former tag champs, only to have them no sold. As they went after Mikey though, Credible made a recovery and hit them with his cane. This lead to a handicap fight on the outside as Taz got up and was nailed with the Whippersnapper for the three.

Not quite what you'd expect from these two, but still totally solid. From the bell, they strung moves together, it's just a shame that the match didn't really flow. Lynn was not at fault here, and neither was Nova. They just didn't seem to click. After a series of near falls that had the crowd on its feet, Kanyon ran in with a chair and slid into the ring, only to be hit with a Nova dropkick, sending the chair flying over towards Jerry Lynn. As Kanyon got up, the referee started to push him out of the ring, giving Jerry Lynn the chance to hit Nova with the chair and throw it away before hitting a Cradle Piledriver for the three count as the crowd boos.

This left Benoit and RVD to preview their OSC match. The match from here featured some strong chain work from RVD, which was surprising. The end was VERY heated too! After Benoit kicked out of a Five Star Frog Splash, RVD managed to hit a Van Daminator. The referee disciplined him about it, but didn't DQ him, letting Benoit recover and try a German Suplex. RVD landed on his feet though, and quickly applied a…CRIPPLER CROSSFACE! Benoit taps to his own hold.

This was a nice little TV match. The brawl at the start was a good start to the match as both seemed comfortable to duke it out in this way before Raven took over with some stiff elbows. Raven then ran the ropes and hit a roaring elbow that staggered Kanyon. As he tried a second one though, Kanyon avoided it and hit a Bare Back. A Leg Drop followed and he got a two count. Being cocky, Kanyon celebrated and then tried his finisher , but Raven countered with an atomic drop. As Kanyon stumbled back, Raven hit a clothesline sending Kanyon to the mat where he nearly got trapped in the STF. From there, the match went back to brawling for a while. The finish was nicely pulled off. In the middle of the brawling, Raven hit a kick to the midsection, and tried the Evenflow. Kanyon pushed him off, and tried a clothesline. Raven ducked and hit the turning Kanyon with a kick to the midsection followed by an Evenflow DDT for the three.

We see Raven making his way out to the parking lot. As he steps out into the parking lot though, a man jumps him! We cannot clearly see whop it is yet, but he throws Raven into some cars and then climbs onto the car with him. The camera now clearly shows him to be Sick Boy. He lifts Raven up and hits a Cure on the car windscreen, and then kneels over the fallen and bloody Raven.

An average match here. Test played the big man, and Val made some spirited come backs for a while. The first problem came when he floored Test and stood over him. He did the hip girating and seemed ready to lay in with the punches, but he paused for a moment and Test hit a low blow to get back into things. The finish was something similar. As Val floored Test, he did his taunt and then paused and seemed to contemplate something. This left Test free to hit a Pumphandle Slam, and Val rolled out of the ring and just left up the aisle to lose by count out.

Jarrett goes for the pin! One…Two…Glen kicks out! Jarrett stays on him though and drops a leg on the legs of Glen Jacobs and then drapes them across the ropes and drops his weight on them. Jarrett hen pulls Glen to the centre of the ring and applies the figure four! Glen writhes in pain in the centre of the ring, but manages to turn and force the hold to be broken. Jarrett doesn't let up though and instead charges in hits Glen with a clethesline and tries the Stroke. Glen pushes him off, but Jarrett hits another clothesline. Glen stumbles and Jarrett runs the ropes. He tries another clothesline, but Glen hits Big Boot! Glen falls to one knee and Jeff starts to get up, but Glen cuts him off with a massive Lariat! One…Two…ThrFoot on the ropes! IN what msut be a first, this lead into a secton of brawling where Glen came up losing! Jeff actually managed to nearly take the big guy out with some quick blows and then he hit the Stroke, but Glen rolled to the outside. Jarrett followed him and threw him back in the ring and went for the cover. One…Two…ThrNo! Shoudler Up! Jarrett is getting pissed off, but he doesn't seem to let it bother him too much as he stomps Glen in the head and tries a suplex. Of ourse Glen reversed this and came back with a top rope leg drop that got him a two count. Jarrett came straight back with a low blow though and continued to work over Glen. This went on till the end. When Jarrett tried yet another Stroke, Glen pushed him off and nailed another Lariat. He then picked Jarrett up and hit a Unabomb. This was enough to put Jarrett away, and Glen retained.