Saturday Midnight Thunder

Live from the Meadowlands

February 16, 2002

Marcus Collins vs. Gareth Evans vs. Chase Wilson (GB Title Shot)

Marcus Collins and Gareth Evans start fighting as soon as Gareth Evans enters the ring. Warwick runs to the ring and slingshots over the top rope, only to be caught square in the face with a super kick from Gareth Evans. Marcus Collins sends Gareth Evans to the ropes, but Gareth Evans ducks the clothesline. Gareth Evans hits Marcus Collins with a flying forearm off the rope. Gareth Evans charges Marcus Collins, planning to clothesline him over the top rope, but Chase Wilson ducks and back body drops Gareth Evans to the mats outside. Chase Wilson rolls out and gives Gareth Evans a double underhook powebomb outside the ring. Now Marcus Collins tries for a piledriver, but Gareth Evans straightens up and body drops Marcus Collins. Evans and Wilson roll into the ring and trade punches. Wilson goes down and Evans pulls him up by the arms for a double underhook DDT. The crowd is very loud as Collins rolls into the ring behind Evans. Evans hits the DDT, but before he can cover, Collins nails him with a superkick and covers. 1...2...3.

Winner: Marcus Collins

Convict vs. the Phoenix

The match opens slow. The bell rings and the two cirlce for a second. Without warning Convict is off, he spears Phoenix, taking him down. He grabs Phoenix's arm and pulls him into an armbar. After a second Phoenix leans over and punches Convict dead in the face. He releases the armbar and retreats to a turnbuckle holding his eye. Phoenix is up and Convict goes in for another spear. Phoenix catches him this time and drops him into a DDT. Phoenix picks Convict up and Convict hits him with a quick left jab, then he hits thr ropes and comes back with a hurrican rana. He geos for the pin. 1..2Kick out. Convict grabs Phoenix by the hair and lifts him up. He whips him into the corner. He stands on the second rope and starts pummeling Phoenix's head. He climbs down and lets Phoenix fall onto the mat. Convict hits a legdrop one the back of his head then rolls him over and goes for the pin. 1...2... kick out! Convict, obviously mad, picks him up and whips him into the corner again and follows him in. Phoenix hits the corner and turns around with a stiff boot to Convict's jaw. He nails Convict with a couple right hands, then whips him into the opposite corner, but Convict reverses it. He follows Phoenix in and jumps onto his shoulders, going for a hurricanrana out of the corner. Phoenix counters with a high-angle powerbomb, and goes for the pin. 1...2...3!

Winner: The Phoenix

Sirus Moran vs. Showtime (non-title match)

The matches starts off and they lock up. Sirus Moran starts it off with a side hammerlock. He turns it into a regular hammerlock then into a headlock. He holds the headlock for a few seconds before Showtime backs him into the ropes and sends him across the ring. Sirus Moran comes back and tries to slide between Showtime's legs, but Showtime drops to his knees above Sirus Moran's chest and starts hammering his face. The ref warns him and when he looks Sirus Moran kicks him in the back and he falls off. Sirus Moran picks him up, whips him into ropes. Sirus Moran bends over and hits a back body drop. Sirus Moran turns around and tries for a quick legdrop, but Showtime rolls and he lands hard. Showtime runs into the ropes, comes back and sit-out dropkicks Sirus Moran in the face and he falls back. Showtime hooks the leg. 1.. 2..kick. While he's still down Showtime runs into the and climbs up to the second rope. He sets up for a back elbow drop or something but Sirus Moran jumps up and charges Showtime. He hits him in the back and Showtime falls on the ropes. Sirus Moran gets Showtime up on his shoulders and falls back for a belly-to-back type suplex. Sirus Moran goes for a pin. 1... shoulder-up. Sirus Moran picks him up and sets him up for a powerbomb. He tries for the powerbomb but only gets him half way up. Showtime kicks and comes back down, the back-body drops Sirus Moran who, in turn, holds on and goes for a sunset flip. Showtime counters by dropping to his knees again for an axe-handle to Sirus Moran's face but Sirus Moran hits him in the groin as he drop. Showtime's knees buckle and Sirus Moran pulls him into the sunset flip anyway. 1...2...shoulder! Sirus Moran stands and lifts Showtime up and whips him into the ropes. Sirus Moran bends over for the back-body drop but then Showtime comes back and kicks him in the face. Showtime whips him into the ropes. As Sirus Moran comes back Showtime tries to gorrilla press him but Sirus Moran kicks and comes down behind him but before his feet hit the mat Showtime grabs his head and brings him down in a front neckbreaker. He tries for the pin. 1...2...thr-KICK! Sirus Moran barely gets the kick. Sirus Moran starts to get up but Showtime pulls him up and DDTs him. Showtime goes out onto the apron. He springs off the second, over the top, and legdrops Sirus Moran. He picks Sirus Moran up and whips him but Sirus Moran reverses it. Sirus Moran takes him down with a spinebuster, then carefully hooks the leg. 1...2...3.

Winner: Sirus Moran

Kevin Cool vs. Tribulation

The matches starts off and they lock up. Tribulation starts it off with a side hammerlock. He turns it into a regular hammerlock then into a headlock. He holds the headlock for a few seconds before Kevin Cool backs him into the ropes and sends him across the ring. Tribulation comes back and tries to slide between Kevin Cool's legs, but Kevin Cool drops to his knees above Tribulation's chest and starts hammering his face. The ref warns him and when he looks Tribulation kicks him in the back and he falls off. Tribulation picks him up, whips him into ropes. Tribulation bends over and hits a back body drop. Tribulation turns around and tries for a quick legdrop, but Kevin Cool rolls and he lands hard. Kevin Cool runs into the ropes, comes back and sit-out dropkicks Tribulation in the face and he falls back. Kevin Cool hooks the leg. 1.. 2..kick.  While he's still down Kevin Cool runs into the and climbs up to the second rope. He sets up for a back elbow drop or something but Tribulation jumps up and charges Kevin Cool. He hits him in the back and Kevin Cool falls on the ropes. Tribulation gets Kevin Cool up on his shoulders and falls back for a belly-to-back type suplex. Tribulation goes for a pin. 1... shoulder-up. Tribulation picks him up and sets him up for a powerbomb. He tries for the powerbomb but only gets him half way up. Kevin Cool kicks and comes back down, the back-body drops Tribulation who, in turn, holds on and goes for a sunset flip. Kevin Cool counters by dropping to his knees again for an axe-handle to Tribulation's face but Tribulation hits him in the groin as he drop. Kevin Cool's knees buckle and Tribulation pulls him into the sunset flip anyway. 1...2...shoulder! Tribulation stands and lifts Kevin Cool up and whips him into the ropes. Tribulation bends over for the back-body drop but the Kevin Cool comes back and kicks him in the face. Kevin Cool whips him into the ropes. As Tribulation comes back Kevin Cool tries to gorrilla press him but Tribulation kicks and comes down behind him but before his feet hit the mat Kevin Cool grabs his head and brings him down in a front neckbreaker. He tries for the pin. 1...2...thr-KICK! Tribulation barely gets the kick. Tribulation starts  to get up but Kevin Cool pulls him up and DDTs him. Kevin Cool goes out onto the apron. He springs off the second, over the top, and legdrops Tribulation. He picks Tribulation up and whips him but Tribulation reverses it. Kevin Cool comes back and Tribulation tries to press him up. Kevin Cool kicks, comes down behind him and kicks him in the groin from behind. Tribulation bends over and Kevin Cool grabs him and hits a Russian Legsweep. Kevin Cool makes the cover. 1...2..3!

Winner: Kevin Cool

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