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Wednesday Night Ring Wars
7-11-01

Baltimore, Maryland - The Baltimore Arena
Attendance: 21,318
Rating: 4.35

Interview: The Hell-Raisers
Stone Cold Steve Austin and Bill Goldberg, collectively known as the NWA Tag Team Champions the Hell-Raisers, shocked the CCW crowd by walking out as the show opened. Austin grabbed the mic and had this to say:

Austin: "So some pair of losers got together and decided to get our attention by stealing our name. Hawk, Power Warrior, you want The Rattlesnake and 'Da Man's attention, hell, you got it. I don't usually waste my time makin' other people famous, but son, me and Bill are gonna make an example outta you two. So what you're gonna do is-"
Just then, the arena's jumbo tron lit up, and the CCW's Hell Raisers appeared.
Hawk: "WELLLL! If it isn't the two biggest, baldest, whiniest men in wrestling! Austin, you need to do a little readin' before you open your mouth! The fact is, me and Warrior had the name 'Hell Raisers' first! We teamed up in Japan nearly a decade ago. You two rednecks only started teaming recently. So why don't you two just shut up and mosey on back to whatever saloon you stumbled out of!"
Austin grinned and nodded to Goldberg.
Austin: "Son, I'll make it easy for ya. Stop calling yourselves the Hell Raisers, or else."
Hawk: "Or else what?"
Austin: "Why don't you bring your ass to the ring and find out?"
With that, Hawk and Warrior left their spot backstage and walked down the ramp to the ring.

Brawl: The Hell Raisers battled the Hell-Raisers to a no-contest in 11:31. (NR)
The four men quickly got it on, and battled in the ring. The action spilled out of the ring, and into the crowd. The four brawled in the back of the arena, and eventually out into the parking lot. Hawk and Warrior managed to toss Goldberg into a dumpster, and Hawk held Austin as the Power Warrior climbed onto a truck trailer, and was going to splash Austin on a car hood. However, Austin low-blowed Hawk and got out of the way, and climbed up after Warrior. Goldberg scaled the other side of the trailer, and the two had Warrior trapped. Austin gave Warrior a stunner, and as he fell back, Goldberg speared him in mid-fall. The two jumped down and went after Hawk, and were about to beat him with steel pipes when they were struck from behind by someone wielding a baseball bat. The person also struck the camera, and the video feed was lost. When another camera man arrived, they found the camera man, Austin, and Goldberg laid out. The announcers deduced that it must've been someone other than Hawk and Warrior - they were unconscious.

Road Dogg defeated Bubba Ray Dudley by disqualification in 10:57. (** 1/4)
The Outlaws and Dudleys continued their war, and Bubba actually had the upper hand towards the end. However, the Wall and Billy Gunn mauled D-Von and were going to interfere against Bubba when Ahmed Johnson came out and cleaned house, smashing Gunn, Wall and Dogg with chairs. However, when he hit Dogg, Bubba Ray got disqualified.

Derek Boyer pinned Mr. Hughes with the Falling Headbutt in 1:01. (-*1/2)
Boyer continued to improve by running right through Rick Martel's big bodyguard. Martel wasn't pleased to see his man lose, and attacked Boyer after the bell. Boyer responded by effortlessly Gorilla-Pressing Martel out of the ring.

Backstage: Alex Wright and Sgt. Slaughter
Alex Wright introduced himself to Commissioner Slaughter, and announced he would wrestle Shawn Stasiak for the TV Title. Slaughter laughed and said that Wright hadn't even wrestled on CCW TV yet. However, he said, he would get a shot next week if he won tonight... against Sycho Sid. Alex Wright froze in fear, and Midajah had to drag him out.

Handicap Match: Mike Awesome defeated the Quebecers when Awesome pinned Jacques with the Awesome Bomb in 12:14. (*3/4)
After tangling with both Quebecers last week after beating Pierre, Awesome took on both men in the ring. The two Canadians actually had the upper hand with double-teams, but Awesome used his power to break a double-Boston Crab and hit them both with jack-knifes. Awesome then gave Jacques an Awesome Bomb for the win.

Sycho Sid pinned Alex Wright with the Power Bomb in 9:41. (-*1/2)
Wright tried to get ahead by trying to overpower Sid, but Sid pushed him around easily. Sid wrapped Wright up with a choke slam and power bomb for the win. As Wright came back to the locker room, Brakus laughed and told him it wasn't Alex's fault he sucked.

Hakushi pinned La Parka with the Praying Powerbomb in 10:22. (***1/4)
Hakushi rebounded by beating the big luchador in a big way. Hakushi displayed his underrated power by bombing Parka for the pin.

Backstage: The Hell-Raisers and Sgt. Slaughter
Steve Austin and Goldberg stormed into Commissioner Slaughter's office and demanded to know who attacked them. Slaughter didn't have an answer, and the two men decided "they had enough of this crap" and wanted to leave. When they got to their limo, they found the car smashed up. Goldberg and Austin turned around to go back and find security, but when they did - the door closed and locked. Someone laughed behind the door, and the Hell-Raisers began to scream and throw things around.

Shawn Stasiak pinned D-Lo Brown with the Perfect-Plex in 16:58. (*3/4)
Eager to show everyone that his victory last week wasn't a "fluke", D-Lo took on Stasiak for the TV Belt. D-Lo put up a good fight, but in the end, he fell to the Perfect-Plex. As D-Lo walked back from the match, Buff Bagwell confronted him and stated it was a "damn shame he couldn't fluke another one with his umpire's pad". D-Lo tried to attack him, but referees and security held him back as Bagwell laughed.

(Shawn Stasiak retained the CCW Television Title.)

The Parking Lot: The Hell-Raisers
As Austin and Goldberg got into another limo, they promised to finish off Hawk and Warrior, and find out who the mystery man was who hit them from behind, smashed their limo, and locked them out of the arena. The show closed as the limo pulled away.