This is a chronological list of the five pay-per-views promoted by World Wrestling All-Stars (WWA) between 2001 and 2003.

Event dates and venues

Event Date City Venue Main Event Ref.
The Inception October 26, 2001 Sydney, New South Wales Sydney Superdome Jeff Jarrett vs. Road Dogg in a Steel Cage match for the new WWA World Heavyweight Championship [1][2]
The Revolution February 24, 2002 Las Vegas, Nevada The Aladdin Casino Center Jeff Jarrett (c) vs. Grandmaster Sexay for the WWA World Heavyweight Championship [1][3]
The Eruption April 14, 2002 Melbourne, Victoria Rod Laver Arena Scott Steiner vs. Nathan Jones (with Sid Vicious as special enforcer) for the vacant WWA World Heavyweight Championship [1][4]
The Retribution December 6, 2002 Glasgow, Scotland Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre Lex Luger vs. Sting for the vacant WWA World Heavyweight Championship [1][5]
The Reckoning May 25, 2003 Auckland, New Zealand North Shore Events Centre NWA World Heavyweight Champion Jeff Jarrett vs. WWA World Heavyweight Champion Sting in a Title Unification match [1][6]
(c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match

History

The Inception

The Inception was the first pay-per-view event by WWA, which took place at the Sydney Super Dome in Sydney, Australia on October 26, 2001. The event was broadcast live on pay-per-view in Australia and via tape delay in the United States on January 6, 2002.

The event featured a Seven Deadly Sins tournament to crown a new World Heavyweight Champion after previous champion Road Dogg was stripped of the title, so a new champion could be crowned. Jeff Jarrett defeated Road Dogg in a Steel Cage match in the tournament final to win the vacant title. The event also featured a ladder match in the first round of the Seven Deadly Sins, in which Juventud Guerrera defeated Psicosis to win the vacant International Cruiserweight Championship.

The Revolution

The Revolution was the second pay-per-view event by WWA, which took place on February 24, 2002 from the Aladdin Casino Center in Las Vegas, Nevada, United States.

Jeff Jarrett defended the World Heavyweight Championship against Brian Christopher in the main event. Jarrett was originally scheduled to defend the title against Randy Savage, but Savage no-showed the event and was replaced by Christopher. Jarrett retained the title. Also at the event, Eddie Guerrero defeated defending champion Psicosis and Juventud Guerrera in a triple threat match to capture the International Cruiserweight Championship.

The Eruption

The Eruption was the third pay-per-view event by WWA. The event took place on April 13, 2002 at the Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne, Australia. The event aired in the United States via tape delay on April 14, 2002.

Nathan Jones defended the World Heavyweight Championship against Scott Steiner in the main event, with Sid Vicious serving as the special outside enforcer. Steiner defeated Jones to win the title. In other prominent matches on the event, Sabu defeated Crowbar in a steel cage match and A.J. Styles defeated Jerry Lynn in the finals of a tournament to win the vacant International Cruiserweight Championship.

The Retribution

The Retribution was the fourth pay-per-view event by WWA. The event took place on December 6, 2002 at the Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre in Glasgow, Scotland. The event aired in the United States on February 9, 2003 via tape delay.

Lex Luger defeated Sting in the main event to win the vacant WWA World Heavyweight Championship. Predominant matches on the undercard were a three-way match between Sabu, Simon Diamond and Perry Saturn and a title defense of the NWA World Heavyweight Championship by Jeff Jarrett against Nathan Jones.

The Reckoning

The Reckoning was the fifth and final pay-per-view by WWA. The event took place on May 25, 2003 at the North Shore Events Centre in Auckland, New Zealand. The event aired via tape delay in the United States on June 8, 2003.

The main event was a title unification match between the WWA World Heavyweight Champion Sting and the NWA World Heavyweight Champion Jeff Jarrett, in which Jarrett defeated Sting to unify the WWA title into the NWA title. The WWA International Cruiserweight Championship was also unified into the TNA X Division Championship in a four-way match, with the X Division Champion Chris Sabin defeating International Cruiserweight Champion Jerry Lynn, Frankie Kazarian and Johnny Swinger to unify the titles.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "WWA Wrestling Results". Retrieved 2008-09-17.
  2. ↑ "WWA Wrestling Results". Online World of Wrestling. Retrieved 2008-09-17.
  3. ↑ "WWA Wrestling Results". Online World of Wrestling. Retrieved 2008-09-17.
  4. ↑ "WWA Wrestling Results". Online World of Wrestling. Retrieved 2008-09-17.
  5. ↑ "WWA Wrestling Results". Online World of Wrestling. Retrieved 2008-09-17.
  6. ↑ "WWA Wrestling Results". Online World of Wrestling. Retrieved 2008-09-17.
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