LCW Showdown Television Results 06.24.09

LCW Showdown Television Results (June 24, 2009) live from the FedEx Forum in Memphis, TN.

From the broadcast booth, Tony Schiavone and Larry Zbyszko welcomed everyone to a special three-hour, championship edition of LCW Showdown, in which all the title would be defended, as "Monsters" by Matchbook Romance, the LCW Showdown theme song, played in the background and as fireworks exploded all over the arena. Schiavone and Zbyszko talked about the fact that tonight would be the last edition of LCW Showdown before a two month hiatus. They also discussed the fact that there was still not a LCW Universal Champion after Magnum TA and Ric Flair went 60 minutes in an Iron Man match that ended with no decision.

LCW Chairman of the Board Ted Turner came out with LCW General Manager Eric Bischoff, Diamond Dallas Page, and Bill Goldberg. Bischoff said that tonight would be the final episode of LCW Showdown before a two month hiatus. He said tonight would also be the final show before the LCW Beach Brawl 2009 pay-per-view on Sunday, July 12th. Bischoff said every title would be on the line tonight and, by the end of the night, we would know the compete card for the LCW Beach Brawl pay-per-view. Bischoff also announced that tonight’s main event would feature a 20-man battle royal with the last two men in the ring becoming the number one contenders for the LCW Universal Championship and facing each other at the LCW Beach Brawl pay-per-view for the vacant title.

In the back, Sean Mooney interviewed Superstar Billy Graham and One Man Gang (with Luna Vachon) about Kevin Sullivan. Graham said Sullivan was an even bigger idiot than he thought if Sullivan thought for a second that Graham would ever help him with anything. Graham said he was ready to finish off Sullivan once and for all. Gang told Graham that he’d have to wait because he wanted to get his hands on Sullivan first. Gang said that Sullivan never knew how to treat a woman as great as Luna Vachon, but now that she was with a real man she was going to know what it meant to be treated like a queen because he was going to be her king. Gang and Vachon walked away and Mooney looked at Graham with a puzzled look on his face and Graham said, “Don’t look at me. I don’t get it either.”

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Superstar Billy Graham came out with One Man Gang and Luna Vachon and they got into the ring. Graham called out Kevin Sullivan and Sir Oliver Humperdink. Sullivan and Humperdink came out and Sullivan said he was done with Graham and he wasn’t worth his time anymore. He said he wanted to teach “that bitch” Vachon a lesson about betrayal and teach Gang a lesson about putting his nose where it doesn’t belong. Sullivan said since both of them wanted to get their hands on him maybe they could have a tag team match right now. Sullivan asked Humperdink if he knew someone who could be a partner for him. Humperdink said he had someone perfect in mind, the newest member of the House of Humperdink…King Kong Bundy!

Kevin Sullivan and King Kong Bundy defeated Superstar Billy Graham and One Man Gang (with Luna Vachon) in 6:21 by pinfall when Sullivan pinned Gang with a rollup and his feet on the ropes.

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In the back, Sean Mooney interviewed Dan Spivey, who challenged his Skyscrapers tag team partner, Sid Vicious, to a match tonight. LCW General Manager Eric Bischoff approached Spivey and announced that the match would take place tonight, but added that the match would determine the number one contender for the LCW Heritage Championship at the LCW Beach Brawl pay-per-view next month. Bischoff wished Spivey luck as he walked away.

LCW International Champion Tully Blanchard (with Baby Doll) defeated Wildfire Tommy Rich in 7:23 by pinfall with the slingshot suplex. During the match, Missy Hyatt came out and jumped up on the ring apron and started exchanging words with Rich. She slapped him and Blanchard attacked him from behind and then hit him with the slingshot suplex for the pinfall and the win. After the match, Hollywood John Tatum and Austin Idol came out and attacked Rich, but Rich managed to fight them off and knocked them out of the ring, Idol with a dropkick and Tatum with a clothesline. Rich grabbed a microphone and challenged Idol and Tatum to a tag team match at the LCW Beach Brawl pay-per-view. Idol and Tatum accepted the challenge and asked Rich who his partner was going to be. Rich said they would just have to wait until the LCW Beach Brawl pay-per-view to find out.

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Sid Vicious defeated Dan Spivey in 8:34 by pinfall after the powerbomb. After the match, Vicious said he was coming for LCW Heritage Champion Nikita Koloff.

In the back, LCW International Champion Tully Blanchard, with his valet Baby Doll, talked about beating Wildfire Tommy Rich to unify the LCW International Championship and the LCW Television Championship and then beating him again tonight just to put an exclamation point on the matter. Dr. Death Steve Williams approached them and challenged Blanchard to a match at the LCW Beach Brawl pay-per-view. Blanchard asked why he should give Williams a title shot and Williams said because he beat the King of the Legends at the LCW SuperClash and if Blanchard didn’t want him to beat him down right now he’d grant him the title shot. Blanchard relented and gave Williams his shot at the title.

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Tito Santana defeated The Genius Lanny Poffo in 5:27 by pinfall to win the LCW United States Championship after Randy Savage interfered and hit Poffo with the flying elbow smash. After the match, Savage got back in the ring and attacked Poffo some more. Angelo Poffo came out and told Savage to stop attacking his brother. Savage told his father to mind his own business and said that he brought it to this point. Savage said he wanted a match with his brother at LCW Beach Brawl and he wanted it to be a Loser Leaves LCW match. Poffo accepted the challenge on behalf of his son. Savage said if his father interferes in the match, Lanny Poffo will automatically lose the match. Poffo accepted the stipulation, but said if Savage touches his brother anytime before Beach Brawl, Savage will forfeit the match and have to leave LCW. Savage accepted the stipulation and then climbed to the top rope and hit Poffo with another flying elbow smash and then said, “Starting now.”

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In the back, LCW General Manager Eric Bischoff approached LCW United States Champion Tito Santana and congratulated him on winning the LCW United States Championship from The Genius Lanny Poffo. Bischoff said he wanted to introduce Santana to his opponent at the LCW Beach Brawl pay-per-view. Diamond Dallas Page approached them and told Santana to take care of his LCW United States Championship because at the LCW Beach Brawl pay-per-view he was going to get it back and become five-time LCW United States Champion.

LCW Unified Tag Team Champions Manny Fernandez and Terry Funk came out and Fernandez said that they proved last week that they were the most dominant team in Legends Championship Wrestling. Funk joked that the teams they hadn’t beaten were falling apart and the competition was dropping like flies. Fernandez said he had heard that Doom wasn’t in the building and he was sad to hear that because Doom was one of the few teams they hadn’t beaten, but he knew they would get the opportunity to beat them soon. Fernandez said he was laying out an open challenge to any team in the back who wanted to try their luck with Fernandez and Funk, the LCW Unified Tag Team Champions. The Nasty Boys came out and said they would accept the challenge and started making their way to the ring.

The Nasty Boys defeated LCW Unified Tag Team Champions Manny Fernandez and Terry Funk in 8:45 by pinfall when Brian Knobbs pinned Terry Funk after a powerslam. After the match, Fernandez confronted Funk and started to yell at him, blaming him for the loss. Fernandez pushed Funk and Funk ignored him and went to leave the ring, but Fernandez attacked Funk and beat him down until the Nasty Boys came to Funk’s defense.

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In the back, Sean Mooney interviewed Carlos Colon about his recent altercations with Abdullah the Butcher. Mooney mentioned the fact that Colon was first seen at the LCW Uprising two months ago when he helped Ken Patera defeat Abdullah in an Inferno match when he kept General Skandor Akbar and Sheik Adnan Al-Kassie from interfering in the match. Then, Colon appeared again last month at the LCW SuperClash pay-per-view when Colon interfered in the six-man tag team match between LCW Heritage Champion Nikita Koloff, Ken Patera, and Sgt. Slaughter and assisted them to a victory over the Disciples of Allah which forced the group to break up. Colon said two months ago, he thought the flames would be enough to keep Akbar and Al-Kassie from interfering, but they weren’t so he was there to help. Colon said last month he took advantage of an opportunity to help his friend Ken Patera eliminate the Disciples of Allah and they did it, but his old nemesis Abdullah the Butcher was still a threat and he wasn’t going to rest until that threat was eliminated from Legends Championship Wrestling. Colon said he hadn’t been on LCW television regularly because he was dealing with some issues in his native Puerto Rico, but he was back to settle his issues with Abdullah. Colon said he wanted to make things interesting for both he and Abdullah and the fans since they had done this thing so many times before in the past. Colon said if Abdullah wins at the LCW Beach Brawl pay-per-view, he will never appear in Legends Championship Wrestling again, but if he wins, Akbar will never manage Abdullah ever again and Abdullah will be all alone.

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In the back, Sean Mooney interviewed General Skandor Akbar, with Abdullah the Butcher, and Akbar said, “Carlos Colon must think he’s pretty smart. He attacks us at Uprising, he costs Abdullah the inferno match at Uprising and then, like a coward, he runs back to Puerto Rico and hides. He gets in our business again at LCW SuperClash and forces the breakup of the Disciples of Allah. He gets his match at LCW Beach Brawl from the Board of Directors before he goes, and then he goes and runs and hides. And then he wants to come back just to make a stupid stipulation. Well, Carlos Colon, you’ve got your stipulation because I have complete faith in Abdullah the Butcher to get the job done. He’s going to beat you just like he’s beaten you so many times before.”

LCW Heritage Champion Nikita Koloff defeated the Iron Sheik (with Sheik Adnan Al-Kassie) in 6:02 by pinfall after the Russian Sickle clothesline. After the match, Nikolai Volkoff came out and joined Sheik in attacking Koloff until Ken Patera and Sgt. Slaughter came out and evened the odds. Abdullah the Butcher then came out with General Skandor Akbar and attacked Koloff, but Carlos Colon came out and knocked Abdullah out of the ring and brawled with him through the crowd and to the back. Moments later, as Koloff was getting back to his feet, Sid Vicious came out and attacked Koloff, laying him out with a powerbomb before leaving ringside.

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From the broadcast booth, Tony Schiavone and Larry Zbyszko reviewed the complete card for the LCW Beach Brawl pay-per-view on Sunday, July 12th:

- Bret The Hitman Hart vs. The Dynamite Kid.
- Ken Patera and Sgt. Slaughter vs. The Iron Sheik and Nikolai Volkoff (with Sheik Adnan Al-Kassie).
- Terry Funk vs. The Raging Bull Manny Fernandez.
- Carlos Colon vs. Abdullah the Butcher (with General Skandor Akbar).
- Wildfire Tommy Rich and Mystery Partner vs. Austin Idol and Hollywood John Tatum (with Missy Hyatt).
- One Man Gang (with Luna Vachon) vs. Kevin Sullivan (with Sir Oliver Humperdink).
- LCW Heritage Champion Nikita Koloff vs. Sid Vicious.
- LCW World Tag Team Champions The Nasty Boys vs. Doom.
- LCW United States Champion Tito Santana vs. Diamond Dallas Page.
- Macho Man Randy Savage vs. The Genius Lanny Poffo in a Loser Leaves LCW match.
- Big Van Vader vs. Stan Hansen.
- LCW International Champion Tully Blanchard vs. Dr. Death Steve Williams.
- Magnum TA vs. Bill Goldberg for the vacant LCW Universal Championship.

Magnum TA and Bill Goldberg won a twenty-man battle royal in 18:04 to determine the number one contenders for the vacant LCW Universal Championships. During the battle royal, Big Van Vader and Stan Hansen both eliminated each other and brawled to the back as security tried unsuccessfully to separate them. After the match, Diamond Dallas Page came out and joined Goldberg in attacking Magnum. Dr. Death Steve Williams ran out to help Magnum, but LCW International Champion Tully Blanchard came out and hit Williams with his title belt, knocking him out. LCW Chairman of the Board Ted Turner and LCW General Manager Eric Bischoff came out and Turner called off Page and Goldberg and officially announced that Magnum TA would face Bill Goldberg for the vacant LCW Universal Championship.

The lights went out and LCW Founder Christian Calaway appeared on the LegendsTron in a white suit. Calaway said, “Ted Turner, you can try to destroy me, you can try to destroy my company, but you can never destroy the passion of these fans and you can never destroy the fighting spirit of these legends. Like a phoenix from the flames I will rise again. What you said is true, in September, we will see the return of Legends Championship Wrestling, but what we won’t see is the return of Ted Turner as Chairman of the Board.” Turner said if he wasn’t the Chairman of the Board, LCW Showdown would never appear on his network again. Calaway said, if LCW Showdown wasn’t on his network anymore, he wouldn’t be the Chairman of the Board anymore because he was sure the Board of Directors would vote to have him removed as Chairman. Calaway said he had found a new network on which to have LCW Showdown air. Calaway said Turner had made it known on many occasions that there was only one reason he wanted to own Legends Championship Wrestling, not because he loved the "rasslin' business," but because he had more money than Calaway and wanted to rub it in Calaway's face that while Calaway founded Legends Champioinship Wrestling he didn't have the money to support it. Calaway said he knew Turner took a sick and perverse pleasure in taking something from him that he cherished so greatly, his own creation, Legends Championship Wrestling. Calaway said he went out and found someone with more money than even Ted Turner and someone who had promised to provide LCW Showdown a home in the future...Rupert Murdoch, owner of FOX Networks. Murdoch said he had heard about the trouble that Turner had been causing and he was here to give LCW Showdown a home and Calaway any financial assistance he might need to regain control of his company. Calaway laughed and said, "See you at LCW Beach Brawl, Ted. Then again, maybe we won't." Calaway and Murdoch laughed and an irate Turner stared up at the LegendsTron with a mixed look of anger, shock and frustration on his face as the show went off the air.

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