Dark match: The Prime Time Players (Darren Young and Titus O'Neill) (w/Byron Saxton) d. Cliff Compton and CJ Parker when Young pinned Compton with Off the Air.
Dark match: Damien Sandow d. Dakota Darsow with the Cubito Fastidia and the Terminus. You're welcome.
Live from the Colonial Life Arena in Columbia, SC on the USA Network
We do ten-bell counts for the Amazing Zuma, Luigi Mario Macera, MOD Squad Spike, Ciclon Negro and Paul Bearer. R.I.P.
Your hosts are Scott Hudson and Mike Tenay.
(Wreck plays)
LG: Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome JWL Commissioner MICK FOLEY!
FOLEY: Hello, everyone. Normally, I'd come out here and talk about how great it is to be in whatever town we are in on a given night, but, unfortunately, this is not the night, as I have more serious business to attend to tonight. Jacob Hager, better known as the new JWL World Heavyweight Champion Jack Swagger, was arrested over the weekend for speeding and for having drugs in his car. Because of this he has been fired and the JWL World Heavyweight Title is now vacant.
KABOOM!
KANE: WAIT A MINUTE THERE, MICK! SO, YOU ARE SAYING, THAT BECAUSE SWAGGER WAS ARRESTED, HE IS GONE AND I DON'T GET MY REMATCH?
FOLEY: I'm sorry, Kane. I knew you were going to say that, but we had to let him go. It is in the best interest of the company. However, I will give you a match tonight and it will be our main event. Tonight, in this very ring, we will have, in one corner, 'THE BIG RED MACHINE' KANE! And in the other corner, we will have, 'THE ANIMAL' DAVE BATISTA!
Mixed reaction. Kane makes the pyro go off and leaves.
(We go back to the Bobby Lashley/Samoa Joe-Cody Rhodes/Ted DiBiase Jr. match from last week, which ended with Cody and Ted getting themselves counted out.)
Samoa Joe (w/Paul E. Dangerously and 911) vs. Cody Rhodes (w/Dusty Rhodes)
Lillian informs us that Paul E., 911 and Dusty are banned from ringside.
911 checks under the ring and around the first few rows to make sure nobody is there who could possibly interfere. He reports to Paul E. that it looks clear.
The managers leave.
The match starts, with Joe tossing Cody around again to the cheers of the crowd. Joe gets a dropkick and a powerslam for 2. Cody begs off, but that is not going to work with Samoa Joe. Joe controls, so Cody resorts to cheating like crazy to counter. They go back and forth for a few minutes, with Cody actually getting a couple of 2-counts. Joe charges, and Cody jumps up top. Joe grabs him for the Muscle Buster, but Cody counters with the Disaster Kick out of nowhere! He follows with the Silver Spoon DDT, but it only gets 2. He tries again, but Joe suplexes him halfway across the ring. Joe follows with the Muscle Buster and the Coquina Clutch for the tapout at 7:30.
LG: Here is your winner, SAMOA JOE!
Joe celebrates the win, as Cody makes his way to the back.
(Commercials)
Shannon Moore vs. Jimmy Wang Yang
We get a distinct clash of personalities, as Moore runs out to Anthrax’s "Caught in a Mosh," and Yang struts out to his country music theme "Gonna Punch Someone Tonight."
The self-styled "Anarchist" and the Korean redneck tie up and we get some excellent technical and aerial offense from both guys. They go back and forth for several minutes, with each guy getting 2-counts on the other. After some more action, Yang takes control and finishes with the debut of the Yang Time twisting Moonsault for the pin at 8:30.
LG: Here is your winner, JIMMY WANG YANG!
Daffney Unger vs. Victoria
Handshake to start…and they tear into each other. Just great technical wrestling from the ladies with some aerial offense mixed in as well. Vickie controls for a while, getting some 2-counts. Daffney responds, and they go back and forth for a while. Finally, Vickie goes for the Widow's Peak, but Daffney backdrops out of it. Daffney hooks Vickie and debuts the Lobotomy (bridging swinging fisherman's suplex) for the pin at 7:00.
LG: Here is your winner, DAFFNEY UNGER!
Crowd cheers.
Victoria does not look happy, but shakes Daffney's hand and walks away.
(Commercials)
DH Smith (w/Natalya Neidhart) vs. Johnny Nitro (w/Melina Perez)
We get excellent technical wrestling from both guys for the first few minutes, with Nattie and Melina shouting encouragement. Both guys get 2-counts on each other. Eventually, Nitro takes control and goes for Moonlight Drive, but DH counters and finishes with the Running Powerslam for the pin at 7:00.
LG: Here is your winner, DH SMITH!
DH and Nattie celebrate the win with the fans.
Melina and Johnny regroup and try to figure out what went wrong. As they head to the back, Aksana of Daivari International makes her way out in a sexy black outfit. Well, she takes one look at Johnny, and, well, picture a gender-flipped version of JWL 2012 Hall of Famer Randy Savage and JWL 2009 Hall of Famer Elizabeth and you’ve got it. Melina lets out a bloodcurdling scream, and starts beating the hell out of Aksana! This is not a catfight, it is an attack. Melina runs Aksana into the barrier, slams her face-first into the announce table, and just generally stomps her, screaming all the way. Nitro whispers to her to let it go and that she has made her point. Vladimir Kozlov and Trevor Murdoch run out to rescue Aksana and they do not look happy with her. Murdoch can be heard saying something about "company policy."
Interviewer/reporter Joey Styles runs out to talk to Johnny and Melina.
JOEY: What just happened?
NITRO: I don't know, Joey. I mean, I get why Melina did this, but I've never seen this side of her.
MELINA: Aksana, you crossed a line tonight. You had no business looking at Johnny the way you did. I hope you learned your lesson and that you will never, EVER try anything like that again. Come on, Johnny!
Melina grabs Johnny by the wrist and they head to the back.
(Commercials)
We go back to JWL Commissioner Mick Foley announcing that Jacob "Jack Swagger" Hager has been fired and stripped of the JWL World Heavyweight Title and announcing Kane vs. Dave Batista as tonight's main event.
Main Event: "The Big Red Machine" Kane vs. "The Animal" Dave Batista
As Vince McMahon would say, Batista's manager Jerry Lawler is conspicuous by his absence, which Scott and Mike suggest is due to not wanting to be anywhere near Kane given the mood he is in tonight. Of course, considering the kind of mood Kane is usually in, that is saying something.
Well, we get the full entrances for both guys, with all that pyro.
Power vs. power here, with slams, boots, clotheslines and neither guy selling a whole lot here. They go back and forth for several minutes until Batista actually gets control and goes for the Batista Bomb…and he hits it! But Kane JUST kicks out before the 3. Batista does not know what to do, so he tries the move again but Kane counters with the chokeslam and the Tombstone for 3 at 8:00.
LG: Here is your winner, KANE!
Kane makes the pyro go off in celebration.
Scott and Mike thank everyone for watching.
End of show.