RODNEY MACK, CHRIS NOWINSKI & TEDDY LONG VS. THE DUDLEY BOYZ

 Earlier in the night Sheriff Steve Austin saw Teddy Long backstage, he said he made a last-minute change to the match since Teddy Long likes getting involved in matches, Austin is making it a 6-man tag later tonight. All three Dudley Boyz will be facing his clients and their partner…. THEODORE LONG! Long says he’s not a wrestler and that the man’s trying to keep him down again, Austin asks how he’s keeping Long down by putting him in a match. Kane walks by on the way to his match and Austin asks if he has a problem.

Jim Ross and Jerry “The King” Lawler are on commentary for this match

RODNEY MACK, CHRIS NOWINSKI & TEDDY LONG

VS.THE DUDLEY BOYZ

WWE Insurrextion 2003 (7^th June 2003)

Rodney Mack starts with D-Von and the crowd instantly chants for tables. Mack gets a waistlock and tries to get an early win but D-Von Dudley kicks out at 2 before tripping Mack and getting a 2 count of his own. D-Von rolls Mack up with a schoolboy and it’s 2 but Mack seems to have trouble getting to his feet. We’ve all been there. They lock up, D-Von is backed into the corner, Rodney Mack connects with right hands and sends D-Von into the ropes, D-Von runs into a shoulder tackle and goes prone then leapfrogs before planting Mack with a hip toss. D-Von connects with a dropkick and takes Rodney Mack down with a rough-looking arm drag. D-Von makes it to his feet but is forced into the heels’ corner where Chris Nowinski makes the tag. He connects with rights in the corner but his irish whip is reversed. D-Von hits the jumping back elbow and has to think for a minute before getting a 2 count with the inside cradle.

  D-Von Dudley brings Nowinski over to the Dudleyz corner in an arm wringer, Chris Nowinski breaks free and slaps Bubba on the apron, Bubba Ray Dudley gets the tag and Nowinski tries to tag out but is refused by his team-mates. A kick is caught and Bubba clotheslines Nowinski down for a nearfall. Bubba hits an overhand chop in the corner but is sent into the turnbuckles. He charges through Nowinski with an American Football tackle and starts slamming the back of Nowinki’s head into the mat. Rodney Mack enters the fray but Bubba cuts him off with his jabbing combination. Nowinski staggered over to the Dudleyz corner, so Mack is sent across the ring into his partner. Bubba hits the running splash and sends Nowinski over to the floor as D-Von clotheslines Mack. Spike runs in but Long bails to the floor before he can make contact. Bubba presses Spike Dudley overhead and assists with a crossbody (which sounds better than launches him) onto Nowinski and Mack. Spike removes his shirt and Lawler gets the line of the night on commentary “Spike’s not the biggest guy, but he looks like Hulk Hogan next to Long”

 

 Chris Nowinski asks for a test of strength in the ring, but Bubba starts dancing and frustrating Nowinski. Bubba ducks a right hand and hits a neckbreaker before tagging in Spike, who hits an ax handle to Nowinski’s arm then bites his hand. Nowinski sends Spike off the ropes but Spike connects with a headbutt to the midsection. Spike takes Nowinski over with a headscissors and knocks him back into the corner with a dropkick. Spike with the stomps on Nowinski’s shoulders in the corner. Nowinski reverses an irish whip and catches the crossbody attempt by Spike, hanging him in the Tree of Woe. Rodney Mack chokes Spike and holds him in place as Nowinski lays in boots as the referee is distracted. Mack gets the tag and Spike is sent into the turnbuckles by both guys. Rodney Mack stomps Spike and hits a delayed vertical suplex, covering for 2. Teddy Long gets in and starts “stomping” Spike. Spike grabs Long’s ankle and he tags out quickly.

  Chris Nowinski lifts Spike into a bearhug, Spike is close to the tag so Nowinski walks to the centre of the ring. Spike fights out of the bearhug and jumps for the tag but Nowinski keeps him out of reach, Spike rolls through with the sunset flip but only gets 2. Nowinski clotheslines his way through Spike drags him close to the corner, Spike gets his knees up on the Vader Bomb and makes the tag! Bubba Ray Dudley knocks Nowinski down with clotheslines and sends him off the ropes into a backdrop. Rodney Mack runs into a sidewalk slam and Nowinski eats a Samoan drop before Mack is evacuated over the top rope. The fans want the 3-D but Chris Nowinski is hit with a double flapjack instead. Bubba and D-Von point to Long, but they’re rushed by Rodney Mack, who takes D-Von for a brawl at ringside. Nowinski tries to whip Bubba across the ring but it’s reversed, Bubba ducks too early and Nowinski takes his protective mask off, Bubba ducks and gets some clean shots to the face with jabs and an elbow to the top of the head.

  Rodney Mack runs into a scoop slam as D-Von is on the apron, Teddy Long has the referee distracted for the Wazzup headbutt. D-Von is told to get the tables and obliges, but Nowinski dropkicks it back into his face. Bubba knocks him off the apron from behind and Rodney Mack is slammed again. Spike Dudley hits the double stomp from the top rope and covers, so he must have got the tag. Rodney Mack kicks out at 2 and Nowinski brings Bubba Ray to the floor. Dudley Dog is countered into a running powerslam by Mack, but he only gets 2 as JR mentions Spike Dudley almost lasted the 5-minute challenge Mack was running at the time. Teddy Long gets the tag again, he covers but Spike kicks out at 2. Teddy Long grabs Spike’s arms behind his back, Rodney Mack charges but knocks down Long, Spike dumps Mack through the ropes and covers for the win.

 

WINNER: THE DUDLEY BOYZ

 

This was a good tag match, Mack and Nowinski were short-lived but solid hands for the roster and were able to hold their own against the more experienced team. Theodore Long wasn’t over used in the match and besides a few moments of confusion this didn’t come off too badly for a throwaway tag feud on a throwaway Pay Per View [*¾] 3.75/10

After the match, Christopher Nowinski hits Bubba with the protective mask as Rodney Mack takes out Spike Dudley. Nowinski sets up the table as D-Von makes the save for Spike, Mack is sent into the corner and D-Von clotheslines him. Nowinski blindsides D-Von with a right hand, he lifts him for a suplex but D-Von counters and sends Nowinski into the ropes, Christopher Nowinski runs into the 3-D to send everyone into the next segment content.