No Mercy

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Location: KANSAS, UNITED STATES
          on October 2004 at 7:30pm

Brian Kendrick pinned Kurt Angle after a sunset flip in 0:14:10.
Rating: *** 1/2
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A surprising win for Brian Kendrick to kick off the action.


Ultimo Dragon made Hurricane Helms submit to the Dragon Sleeper in 0:09:05.
Rating: **** 1/4
[X-Pac interfered against Hurricane Helms.]
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Dragon got a big victory, but Helms was clearly affected by the steel chair
shot from X-Pac.  This was obviously a revenge attack from where Helms cost
Pac a match against Marty Jannetty just a few weeks ago.


Shawn Michaels and Steven Richards battled to a no contest in 0:03:21.
Steven Richards tore his left triceps. He will be out for approximately 5 cards.
Rating: ** 1/2
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Folks, this is one of those unfortunate situations that you cannot account for
when planning a live show.  Steven Richards picked up an injury, which meant
that he could not continue.  We hope to see him back as soon as possible.


Triangle Match:
The New Rockers defeated The Million Dollar Team and The Outsiders when Jannetty
 pinned DiBiase after a German suplex in 0:30:32.
Rating: *** 1/4
(The New Rockers retained the WWE Tag Team Championship.)
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The nWo's plan to screw the New Rockers out of the tag titles failed, as both
teams clashed over who would get the win.  As it was, Jannetty ended up getting
a sneaky pinfall over DiBiase to retain the titles.


No-Countout-No-DQ-Match:
X-Pac pinned Triple H with the X-Factor in 0:12:25.
Rating: *** 1/4
[Randy Orton interfered against Triple H.]
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In a shocking turn of events, Randy Orton cost Triple H the match by siding
with X-Pac!


Interview:
The newest member of the nWo - Randy Orton
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Randy Orton reveals that the nWo were looking to recruit him all along, not
Triple H.


No-Countout-No-DQ-Ladder Match:
Tajiri defeated Rey Mysterio in 0:21:38.
Rating: *** 3/4
(Tajiri retained the WWE Cruiserweight Championship.)
[Ultimo Dragon interfered against Rey Mysterio.]
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After an epic confrontation, plus interference from Ultimo Dragon, Tajiri wins
the ladder match to retain the Cruiserweight Gold.


Triangle Match:
Matt Hardy defeated Steve Austin and Chris Benoit:
         x M. Hardy beat Benoit via the Twist of Fate in 0:25:35
         x M. Hardy beat S. Austin via the Twist of Fate in 0:27:44
Rating: *** 1/4
(Matt Hardy won the WWE Intercontinental Championship.)
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Benoit's long reign as Intercontinental Champion finally came to an end, as
Matt Hardy pinned both him and Stone Cold in order to win the title.


Interview:
The lid will soon be closed...
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Undertaker vows to lock Jeff Jarrett in a casket here tonight.


Casket No-Countout-No-DQ-Match:
Jeff Jarrett defeated The Undertaker in 0:11:32.
Rating: *** 1/2
[The Big Show interfered against The Undertaker.]
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Thanks to some help from the nWo, Jeff Jarrett ended up getting Taker in the
casket and winning the match.


No-Countout-No-DQ-Match:
Bret Hart, Chris Jericho and Randy Savage defeated
nWo (Brock Lesnar, Hollywood Hogan and Scott Steiner) when Y2J defeated
S. Steiner when S. Steiner passed out in the Walls of Jericho in 0:10:25.
Rating: ****
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A sneaky win for Jericho, but a win nonetheless.  The nWo were left defeated
but they lived to fight another day.


Interview:
It's time...
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The Rock is confident that he will defeat Goldberg.


No-Countout-No-DQ-Match:
Goldberg pinned The Rock with the Jackhammer in 0:07:41.
Rating: *** 1/2
(Goldberg won the WWE Championship.)
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Despite the best efforts of The Rock, Goldberg won the match, and the WWE title
became property of the nWo.



Card rating: *** 1/2


Match observations: 

Well, the nWo had a few slip ups, most notably their failure to win the six man
match and the tag team titles, but they more than made up for that with Jeff
Jarrett defeating the Undertaker, the addition of Randy Orton to the group as
X-Pac defeated Triple H, and of course with Goldberg defeating The Rock to 
become the new WWE Champion.

Goldberg's reign may have begun tonight, but it may not last much longer than a
month, as his first challenger at the Survivor Series will be Chris Benoit, a
man who defeated Goldberg in just 71 seconds at Unforgiven last month.  Benoit
may not be that high on morale going into this match however, after losing the
Intercontinental Title that he held for so long against Matt Hardy tonight.

It looks like there may be some unfinished business between Rey Mysterio and
Ultimo Dragon.  Dragon came to ringside during the Rey/Tajiri ladder match here
tonight and was clearly assisting Tajiri, before the referee ejected him from
ringside.  No word as to whether Tajiri had actually asked for the help of
Dragon though.  And speaking of interference, we saw some from X-Pac, as he
assisted Ultimo Dragon by attacking the Hurricane during their match.  Could an
Ultimo Dragon nWo turn be on the cards?

Finally, we wish for a speedy recovery for Steven Richards, who suffered an
injury during his match with Shawn Michaels here tonight.  The match was 
forced to an abrupt halt, after Richards broke down in the ring.  Hopefully
he will return soon.

Next Show: Raw