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Card Information:
 Held in: PITTSBURGH CIVIC CENTER
Location: PITTSBURGH, PENNSLYVANIA, UNITED STATES
          on October 2004  at 9:00pm

Interview:
Jericho wants Lesnar...
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Chris Jericho challenges Brock Lesnar to a match tonight.  Lesnar accepts, but
announces that the match will be no DQ and no Count Out.


nWo (Jeff Jarrett and X-Pac) defeated Randy Savage and The Undertaker when X-Pac
 defeated Undertaker by countout in 0:13:27.
Rating: ***
[Goldberg interfered against The Undertaker.]

In an amazing, and quite clearly shocking situation, it would appear that
Goldberg has joined the nWo.  He came to ringside, and then hit the Jackhammer
on the Undertaker, thus causing a count-out.

This new twist makes the main event of the evening seem rather unusual, as
Goldberg is set to take on Scott Steiner in a steel cage match.  Will the two
nWo members still continue with this fight, or will changes need to be made?


Rey Mysterio, Tajiri and Hurricane Helms defeated
Jamie Noble, Brian Kendrick and Ultimo Dragon when Tajiri pinned U. Dragon
 with the Stiff kick to the head in 0:06:21.
Rating: **** 1/4

Fantastic tag team match, made more notable due to Hurricane Helms' attempts
to remove the mask of Ultimo Dragon.  These two have now been signed up for
a singles match at No Mercy.


Interview:
Triple H makes his decision...
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Triple H refuses to join the nWo, which leads to an impromptu tag match.


Evolution (Randy Orton and Triple H) defeated The Outsiders when HHH pinned Hall
 with the Pedigree in 0:07:23.
Rating: *** 1/4

Big win for Triple H and Randy Orton over the Outsiders.  During the match, it
was announced that Hunter would face X-Pac at No Mercy, a match that had been
provisionally signed up by the nWo, in case Hunter refused their offer.


Steve Austin pinned Matt Hardy with the Stone Cold Stunner in 0:10:25.
Rating: *** 1/2
[Chris Benoit interfered against Matt Hardy.]

After the match, Benoit re-enters the ring and puts Matt Hardy in the Crippler
Crossface.  However, Austin then pulls the IC champion off Hardy and delivers
a Stunner.


Interview:
The Rock reacts to the challenger...
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The Rock makes comments on Goldberg's decision to join the nWo.


No-Countout-No-DQ-Match:
Brock Lesnar pinned Chris Jericho after hitting him with the guardrail in
           0:06:04.
Rating: ** 3/4
[Jeff Jarrett interfered against Chris Jericho.]
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With the help of the nWo, Brock Lesnar was able to get a victory over Y2J.


No-Countout-No-DQ-Cage Match:
Scott Steiner defeated Goldberg by escaping the cage in 0:20:56.
Rating: *** 1/4
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In the spirit of friendly competition, the nWo decided that both Goldberg and
Steiner would be able to compete against one another.  Steiner won the match,
but afterwards shook hands and hugged Goldberg.

This brought the Rock down to the ring, who tried to get to Goldberg, but only
ended up getting beaten down by the rest of the nWo at ringside.  The evening
ended with Rock being spray-painted with the nWo logo.



Card rating: *** 1/4


Match observations: 

Well, who would have thought it, Goldberg a member of the nWo?  It's a turn
that came so far out of the blue that even Nostradamus wouldn't have seen it
coming.  This adds extra fuel to the main event for No Mercy, because it will
now be a WWE vs nWo match-up.  Of course, if Goldberg does win the title, it
won't be that bad, as we know that the winner must face Chris Benoit at the
Survivor Series.

Speaking of Benoit, after the events of tonight's Steve Austin vs Matt Hardy
match, it has now been announced that the IC title match at No Mercy will be
a three way match, with Stone Cold added into the mix.  This should prove to
be a rather interesting contest now, even more so than before.

The involvement of the nWo here tonight cost Chris Jericho his chance to defeat
Brock Lesnar, who was wrestling his first match back in the company.  However,
when the match was over, the nWo walked away from Jericho, prefering to wait
for No Mercy to try and finish the job on Y2J.

As mentioned earlier, Triple H will take on X-Pac at No Mercy, following his
refusal to join the nWo earlier tonight.  Additionally, there is now a six man
tag team match signed for Smackdown, with Triple H, Randy Orton and Batista
taking on Hall, Nash and X-Pac.  This will be contested under elimination rules
and therefore should be a hell of a contest.

Next Show: Smackdown