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Card Information: Held in: WEMBLEY STADIUM Location: LONDON, ENGLAND on April 15/2001 at 8:00pm The show started with the announcement that the tWo wrestlers were removed from the King of the Ring tournament and had been replaced. Then the Mike Poster and Norm Robitza walked to the ring to referee the $10,000 Announcer and Referee Royal Rumble. [Announcer and Referee Royal Rumble for $10,000]: No-Countout-No-DQ-9-Man Royal Rumble: Scoop Slim won a 9-man Royal Rumble: x The Nomad and Brian Thompson started out. x Joseph Jackson entered at 0:02:00 x Brian Thompson threw out The Nomad after a punch in 0:03:33 x Peter Moore entered at 0:04:00 x The Seeker entered at 0:06:00 x Scoop Slim entered at 0:08:00 x Keene Gene entered at 0:10:00 x Keene Gene threw out Peter Moore after a spinning leg lariat in 0:11:12 x Howard Walsh entered at 0:12:00 x Michael Goodwin entered at 0:14:00 x Scoop Slim threw out The Seeker in 0:18:21 x Michael Goodwin threw out Joseph Jackson after a vertical suplex in 0:19:12 x Michael Goodwin threw out Howard Walsh after a gutwrench suplex in 0:20:56 x Michael Goodwin threw out Brian Thompson after a chop in 0:21:35 x Keene Gene threw out Michael Goodwin after a dragon suplex in 0:22:45 x Scoop Slim threw out Keene Gene after a crotch slam in 0:23:25 Rating: ** 3/4 Scoop Slim walked away with the money and decided that he would donated half of it to Ronald McDonald Children Charities. Mike Poster and Steve Austin battled to a no contest at 0:8:13. Rating: **** Triple H came out of the crowd and tried to attack Poster. Poster, fought off Hunter until VenoM stormed the ring. All four men got into a battle in the ring and the referee called for the bell. [ICW vs CWA World Tag Team Title Match]: The Other Realm and Canadian World Order (Norm Robitza and Zachery Robitza) battled to a double countout in 0:10:39. Rating: **** (The Other Realm retained the ICW World Tag Team Titles.) (Canadian World Order (Norm Robitza and Zachery Robitza) retained the CWA World Tag Team Titles.) Click here to see highlights. Both teams walk away from this match with their respective federation's World tag team titles intact. [King of the Ring Tournament - Round 1]: John Hambly made Mike Poster submit to the Maple Leaf in 0:19:16. Mike Poster tore his right triceps. He will be out for approximately 8 cards. Rating: **** 1/4 Mike Poster lost his match to John Hambly and seemed to suffer an injury. Poster replaced The Insurance Policy who suffered a neck injury on CWA's Thursday Night Thrashing. [King of the Ring Tournament - Round 1]: VenoM pinned Jason Quackenbush with the Rattler in 0:16:15. Rating: *** 1/2 VenoM replaced Stone Cold Tucker who he ran out of the ICW. Jason Quackenbush lost to VenoM in this match. Quackenbush was the replacement for Grim Reaper who quit ICW. [King of the Ring Tournament - Round 1]: Jaker D pinned Destructor with the Missile Dropkick in 0:07:36. Rating: * 1/4 [King of the Ring Tournament - Round 1]: Cage defeated Mike Poster, Jr. by disqualification in 0:12:19. Rating: ** Click here to see highlights. Cage won via DQ when Abagail Poster entered the ring and hit Cage with a chair. Cage replaced Havoc who was forced from the ICW by VenoM. [King of the Ring Tournament - Round 1]: Norm Robitza pinned Terminator after an elbowdrop from the second turnbuckle in 0:11:17. Rating: **** 1/4 [King of the Ring Tournament - Round 1]: GrimStone defeated Big Beefy by countout in 0:06:32. Rating: 1/4* [King of the Ring Tournament - Round 1]: Yokotuna pinned Saddam with the Banzai Drop in 0:14:37. Rating: -3/4* [King of the Ring Tournament - Round 1]: Kingpin pinned "The Outsider" Lance Ace after a flying cross bodypress in 0:12:52. Rating: *** 1/2 [King of the Ring Tournament - Round 2]: VenoM pinned John Hambly with the Rattler in 0:06:26. Rating: *** 1/4 [King of the Ring Tournament - Round 2]: Cage pinned Jaker D with the Downward Spiral in 0:08:08. Rating: ** 1/4 [King of the Ring Tournament - Round 2]: Norm Robitza pinned GrimStone with his special move in 0:07:28. Rating: * 3/4 [King of the Ring Tournament - Round 2]: Kingpin pinned Yokotuna with the Money Maker in 0:12:38. Rating: -* 1/2 [King of the Ring Tournament - Semi-Finals]: VenoM pinned Cage with the Rattler in 0:09:01. Rating: ** 3/4 Click here to see highlights. [King of the Ring Tournament - Semi-Finals]: Norm Robitza made Kingpin submit to the Canadian Deathlock in 0:07:54. Rating: *** 1/2 Click here to see highlights. [King of the Ring Tournament - Finals]: VenoM pinned Norm Robitza with the Rattler in 0:14:17. Rating: *** 1/4 Click here to see highlights. VenoM defeated Norm Robitza and will receive a shot at the World title on Monday. As VenoM and Robitza walked up the ramp together and were attacked by Havoc and Kraven. Edge and Christian were accompanied to the ring by Rhyno. Kevin Nash and Bill Goldberg were accompanied by Shane McMahon. [WCW vs WWF]: Christian and Edge defeated Bill Goldberg and Kevin Nash when Christian pinned Nash after a flying elbowdrop in 0:17:45. Rating: ** 3/4 Click here to see highlights. The WWF World Tag Team Champions, proved that they deserved the WWF titles by defeating the much larger WCW Superstars. The steel cage was lowered around the ring as the competitors were introduced. Extreme Cage No-Time-Limit-No-Countout-No-DQ-Four Corners Match for the vacant ICW World Title: John Hambly defeated Mike Poster, Norm Robitza and VenoM: x J, Hambly beat N Robitza via a 450 splash in 0:07:17 x VenoM beat M Poster via the Rattler in 0:18:14 x J, Hambly beat VenoM via the Maple Leaf in 0:22:29 Rating: *** 3/4 (John Hambly won the ICW World Title.) John Hambly earned the right to wear the ICW World title once again but will be force to face VenoM on Monday. Hambly will also be forced to forfeit the ICW International title and a new champion will be crowned on Monday. Mike Poster's injury was announced after he was eliminated from the main event match. He will be out for about one month. 01Apr15 King of the Ring
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