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January 29th 2007
Grand Olympic Auditorium The final show from the first Intimate Atmosphere Tour opened up with the new Undisputed C4 Champion making his way down to the ring, recieving a generous standing ovation. Daniels took a microphone from a rng announcer, but before he could even get a word out, he was interupted by the sound of Samoa Joe's music. Joe came down the aisle and stepped into the ring without gold for the first time in eleven months. Joe stood face-to-face with Daniels who still had his Global Tag Team Championship belt around his waist, and the Undisputed Championship resting over his shoulder. Joe held his hand out to shake, but then clenched it up in a fist. "Chris, you have to realise how hard this is for me. For thirteen months, I was unbeatable, for eleven months I held a Championship, and now I can lay claim to neither of those. I have to say that if it was a four count, I would have kicked out, but it's a three and as much as it eats at me to say it, but you beat me fair and square. However, I must warn you not to celebrate too hard because you have a big title defense against Jericho in two weeks time in Orlando. Well, it just got bigger because you'll also be facing me! I may no longer be undefeated, but that doesn't suddenly make me an easy guy to get past, you won't beat me again, and I'll take back my title!" After saying what he had to say, Joe once again extended his hand out to Daniels to shake, and it looked as if Daniels was about to accept his hand, but then he pulled his hand away. "You put across a very good case Joe, but I have to disagree. What makes you think that I wont beat you again in two weeks time? What evidence do you have to prove your case? I know that you've beaten me before, but I beat you fair and square, but your own admission, so I'll wish you the best of luck, but in two weeks, I'll walk in as Champion, and walk out as Champion." Both men had now had their say and seemed happy to finally shake eachother's hand until Chris Jericho slid in under the bottom rope and clubbed Daniels across the back, knocking him into Joe who stumbled out of the ring. Daniels quickly got back to his feet, but Jericho had picked up the Undisputed Championship belt, and struck Daniels across the head. Joe rolled back into the ring but Jericho rolled out just in time to escape with a clean bill of health and ran back up the aisle. Backstage: The Paparazzi were walking through the backstage halls, making their way to the ring for the big debut of MNM. Alex Shelley asked Johnny Devine to double check that all of their equipment was working because he didn't want to get out their and not be able to film the action. Devine then looked around and stumbled on his words when he had to admit to not bringing the camera. Alex stopped and asked Devine if he was being serious, and then shouted at him, telling him to hurry back to the locker room to get the camera before they missed the next match. Tag Team Contest » The local crowd welcomed MNM into the GWA with an ovation that nearly removed the roof from the venue. Nitro whipped Mamaluke into the ropes, knocked him down with a back elbow and then dropped a leg following a handstand helicopter spin. Nitro then held Mamaluke into the ropes allowing Melina to scream into his face, which the crowd just ate up. Mercury then came into the match, running the ropes and jumping on Mamaluke's back, choking him in the ropes. » After a desperation tag to Helms, MNM were put on the back foot for a moment which the crowd didn't like one bit. For the first time in quite some time, Helms was being booed out of the building, but that all stopped when Mercury began to fight back. Melina pulled Mamaluke from the apron which turned the referee around, giving Nitro time to run in and hit the Snapshot. When the referee turned back around, Mercury was covering Helms and got the three for the win. Winners: MNM Aftermath:The crowd jumped to their feet in celebration for their hometown heros. As MNM celebrated in the ring, Alex Shelley and Johnny Devine ran down the aisle, only to realise that they had missed the whole thing. Shelley gave Devine a look of disgust as he turned and walked back. Backstage: Daniels burst through the door of the King's Road locker room to find Punk and Homicide waiting for him. Daniels began shouting at them, asking them why they weren't at the ring to help him with Jericho, but Punk came back telling him that he was helping Homicide prepare for his match against Spanky, which he thought Daniels should have been doing. Daniels asked why he has to do everything when Punk's mouth gets them into situations. Homicide stood up from his chair and shoved Daniels against the wall. He said that just because he's the Undisputed Champion, it doesn't mean he can forget about the team. Homicide also didn't appreciate watching as Daniels was about to shake hands with Samoa Joe, the man they had been fighting for months as a team. Daniels had heard enough, shoved the tag team title belt into Punk's chest and told him to take his place, because he needed to concentrate being the Undisputed Champion. Backstage: Just moments away from the main-event, Paul Heyman was backstage with both challengers for Jushin Liger's JGP Championship, KENTA and Naomichi Marufuji. He said it had been a blessing working with such amazing athletes because not only can they work as a cohesive unit, but they can also face eachother in the spirit of competition and not fall out as allies. Tonight, it doesn't matter who takes the Championship away with them, as long as it isn't Jushin Liger. Singles Contest » Homicide instantly grabbed Spanky in a side headlock and dragged him across the ring, and then he began running his face across the top ring rope. Homicide then shoved Spanky in the corner and drove his knee deep into his ribs. Homicide whipped Spanky across the ring and attempted a follow up clothesline, but Spanky rolled out of the way and hit a Dropsault, knocking Homicide down onto his ass. Spanky ran the ropes and hit a dropkick into Homicide's face. » Spanky climbed to the second rope and caught Homicide perfectly in a Tornado DDT and covered him to only get a two-count. At ringside, Punk snapped up a steel chair, snuck up behind London and cracked him across the back with it. The referee was unable to do anything, but Spanky turned to see what had happened. Homicide took advantage of his and hit a low blow behind the referee's back, and then ended the match with a Cop Killa for the three-count. Winner: Homicide Backstage: After a replay of last week's Last Man Standing match was shown, Rob Van Dam joined Mean Gene backstage but only had a few things to actually say. RVD said that he was sick and tired of being screwed out of wins, but he wasn't going to spend any more time crying about it because he has always been a man of action. Rob said that he hoped Chris Benoit was going to be in attendance next week, because he was going to go to the ring and call him out! Backstage: Shown leaving the arena in a hurry, Chris Jericho only stopped when he saw that Maria was chasing him with a camera crew with her. After getting a good look at what she had to offer, he listened to what she had to say. She asked him why he got involved with the confrontation at the start of the show, and his answer was that he was always involved. Jericho said that since the day he became the number one contender, he was involved in the Champions business. If Joe and Daniels want to get cosey and friendly, then they can do it in their own time because he was all about business and all about become the new Undisputed C4 Champion. Junior Grand Prix Championship » To the surprise of nobody, KENTA and Marufuji turned their attention straight to their former leader, and Champion, Jushin Liger. After forcing him into the corner with several clubbing blows across the shoulders, Liger began to fight back with forearm shots and rights. Liger speared Marufuji to the canvas, and then sent KENTA through the ropes with a dropkick. KENTA got back to his feet, but Liger came flying over the top and knocked him down with a crossbody. » As Liger brought KENTA back to his feet, he was knocked into the announcer's desk by a baseball slide from Naomichi Marufuji. KENTA removed the top and monitors from the desk and rolled Liger on top of it. As Marufuji clubbed him across the chest, KENTA climbed onto the ring apron and then came flying from it, landing a double stomp onto Liger, driving him through the table. With Liger apparently out for the count, the challengers headed back to the ring. » Before engaging in combat, KENTA and Marufuji shook hands. Naomichi locked KENTA with a side headlock, but KENTA shoved him into the ropes and took him down with a hip toss. From running the ropes, KENTA missed a running knee giving Marufuji time to a hit a Tornado DDT from the top rope. With both men down, Liger somehow came crawling back in. Liger draped his hand across the chest of KENTA, but only managed to get a two out before KENTA kicked out. » Once again, Naomichi climbed to the second rope and attempted a hurricanrana, but Liger caught him on his shoulders and ran across the ring, hitting the famous Liger Bomb. As the referee was about to count for the third time, KENTA kicked Liger in the face, knocking him off of Marufuji. Liger blocked a right, attempted a clothesline, but KENTA ducked through and lifted Liger onto his shoulders. KENTA then hit the Go To Sleep and covered Liger to get the victory. Winner, and NEW Junior Grand Prix Champion: KENTA Aftermath: Paul Heyman jumped up and down at ringside, so much so that his baseball cap fell from his head exposing his bald spot. After quickly covering his head back up, Heyman climbed into the ring to congratulate KENTA by handing him the Junior Grand Prix Championship belt. As he got back to his feet, KENTA hugged his partner Naomichi Marufuji. Meanwhile, Jushin Liger quietly rolled out of the ring and walked up the aisle with his head held down. The celebration continued in the ring as Shockwave began to fade to black, ending the Intimate Atmosphere Tour.
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