Full WWE Sunday Night Heat Results - 1/12/03
» On Sunday, January 12, 2003 at 8:03 PM EST Full WWE Sunday Night Heat Results - 1/12/03
Commentators: The Coach & Lita
Report by: Dave Missert of WrestleView.com
Welcome everyone to my first official review of Sunday Night Heat, everyone’s favorite WWE “B” show. After a lackluster Raw last week, let’s see what Heat has to offer us. Coach and Lita are on the call as usual.
HEAT RECAP
Steven Richards (w/Victoria) vs. Spike Dudley
Steven Richards starts out on the offensive, abusing Spike from the start, until Spike attempts three times to rollup Richards, culminating with Richards getting tossed to the outside. Richards challenges Spike to a test of strength, which results in Spike dropping to his knees and putting his head into Stevie’s raisin sack. Action moves to the outside, where Spike runs into a crouching Victoria, as she tosses him back into the ring. Neckbreaker by Spike, followed up with a flying double legdrop. Spike goes for the Acid Drop, but Stevie breaks out and goes on the offensive, hitting his “Stevie-T” for the victory.
Tommy Dreamer vs. Aaron Aguilera
The rookie starts off by shoving Tommy. Tommy starts off with a wrist lock, and throws Aguilera to the ground. Sidewalk slam by the rook, followed by the dreaded pulling back of the arms and a bearhug. Tommy Dreamer breaks the hold by biting Aguilera in the face. Aguilera off the second rope, and walks into a clothesline by Dreamer. Reverse whip into the ropes, and the rookie walks into a Death Valley Drive by Dreamer for a Tommy Dreamer win.
Tough Enough 3 Replay
Matt got a solid beat down by Hardcore Holly.
Raw Retro
March 26, 2001, the simulcast of Nitro and Raw, the first time a McMahon ever appeared on Turner Television. Truly a monumental moment.
D’Lo Brown vs. Maven
D’Lo starts off on the early offensive, and immediately starts in on the young superstar. Bearhug by D’Lo, which is broken by a flip from Maven. D’Lo locks in a Boston Crab type maneuver, which is broken when Maven grabs the bottom rope. Spinning heel kick from Brown followed by a two count. Neckbreaker from Maven, followed by a series of punches a dropkick and a flying forearm. Whip into the ropes by Maven, reversed by D’Lo, and the youngster walks into a Lo-Down for a D’Lo victory. Following the match D’Lo calls for the mic and gets in the ref’s face about his slow counts. D’Lo accuses the ref of slow counts on account of racism.
Raw Replay
The Triple H posedown challenge is replayed.
Jeff Hardy vs. The Hurricane
Jeff and Helms start out by shaking hands before the match. Fast paced stuff early on, as both guys exchange flips and other mat maneuvers. Spinning heel kick by Hardy, followed by leg scissors. Hurricane breaks the hold and the two get in each others face, exchanging punches, followed by a double clotheline. Neckbreaker by the Hurricane. Hurricane attempts the Eye of the Hurricane, but Jeff reverses that with a Twist of Fate type maneuver. Hurricane tries for his chokeslam, but as usual it fails. Jeff goes up for the Swanton, but Helms moves out of the way. Shining Wizard by Helms for the three count. Hurricane trying to help up Jeff after the match, but Raven tries to take them both down. Jeff counters with a legdrop to the sack o’plenty, followed by a double clothesline by Jeff and Hurricane as the show comes to an end.
HEAT REVIEW
Steven Richards (w/Victoria) vs. Spike Dudley
Not a great match, but a decent start to Heat, as both of these guys are fairly established. Too bad Steven Richards is about as over as a lead balloon. And what’s the point of Spike being around if he’s going to get beat in every single match. I mean, I know full well he’ll never go back to his giant killer gimmick from ECW, but at least make his matches believable. I don’t know why they don’t ship him over to the cruiser division. He isn’t a high flyer, but is Jamie Noble? I really don’t understand the relationship with Richards and Victoria. I guess we need a “crazy” couple
Tommy Dreamer vs. Aaron Aguilera
Aguilera got some good offense in early, as Tommy really sold his moves. But enough was enough as Dreamer got the better of him. I love these B shows, because they showcase some new, developmental talent. Nothing really special in that match to speak of, but they did announce that Tommy Dreamer would be competing in the Royal Rumble. Now we all know he has no chance of winning, but wouldn’t it be great if someone that we didn’t expect walked out of the Rumble? Someone like Goldust or Tommy Dreamer? Maybe I’m alone on that one.
Tough Enough Replay
Bob Holly sucks. Not because he beat the snot out of Matt, I don’t care about that, but he sucks because he has never been over ever since he’s entered the WWE. He’s a character that the fans are so indifferent to it isn’t even funny. I honestly think the whole thing was a work to give Holly someone to feud with once he comes back. Lucky us if that’s the case. I really can’t stand this show either. It seems that all the guys on this show do is whine and cry about nothing.
D’Lo Brown vs. Maven
What? D’Lo isn’t wearing thug gear OR a polo shirt and slacks. D’Lo is just a character that is going nowhere. I don’t care about one thing that he has to say. Maven is boring too. Maybe someday he can be interesting, but until he gets rid of the generic Tough Enough music, he’ll be nothing to me. Both guys got some decent offense in on that one, not that we expect great things out of either of them. D’Lo’s finisher is one of the lamest powerbombs I’ve ever seen. Following the match, D’Lo accused the ref of counting slow because D’Lo was black and the ref was white. I’m sick of the racism angle already, especially when it didn’t make sense in this case. I mean, isn’t Maven also black? The only reason you counted to three was not because you wanted to but because you had to. What the hell does that even mean? Of course he had to count to three, D’Lo, it’s his job. Ugh.
Raw Replay
The Triple H posedown challenge is the “highlight” from Raw this week. This was an incredible waste of time. The only funny thing was when Hunter called Steiner “freakzilla” in a sarcastic tone and used finger quotes. Other than that, this did nothing to make me want to pay money to see this match. The funny thing is, is that Hunter probably would beat Steiner in a real life posedown, because he’s more defined than Steiner. Steiner’s body is disgusting. I don’t credit genetics to the “Genetic Freak” looking the way he does, because he didn’t look like that in the early 90’s. Both of these guys aggravate me. Steiner is stupid and incoherent on the mic, and well, Hunter is a worthless pile of manure.
Jeff Hardy vs. the Hurricane
What the hell was Jeff Hardy talking about before the commercial break? He was talking about sliding down a rainbow and a volcano. Maybe he should’ve talked about how inconsequential he’s become in the past two months. The match opens with a handshake between the two men. Lita just mentioned how these two don’t have any real history with each other, except they basically grew up together. I can’t believe how far Jeff has fallen, as he is now main eventing Heat. And how’s that switch to Raw working for the Hurricane? He had a good thing going with Kane, but now he’s just been buried. WOW, Raven is fat! What the hell happened to him? That’s one guy who’s sure gone downhill.
That’s all for Heat tonight. It was actually a pretty decent show for once. Some bigger names were on, as well as a new wrestler! It looks like we’ve got at least three more entrants in the Rumble announced, as it seems that Hurricane, Jeff Hardy and Tommy Dreamer will all be competing. I hope you enjoyed my recap and review. Any thoughts, feel free to e-mail me.