FINALS NIGHT
Sunday 4th July, JJB Arena – Wigan
Semi Finals
Xavier Vs Chris Kanyon ( * * * * ) – The crowd were white hot for this one, and a small, but very noticeable, element of the crowd were firmly behind Xav’s efforts which only added to the superb atmosphere throughout. The fact that Kanyon’s upcoming Triple Crown opponent at Xtreme Overload, Triple H was at ringside just winched the tension up a notch further. As you might expect the battle went to the outside and HHH ended up getting involved with both me, but in the melee, Xavi got hold of a steel chair and when the action got back in the ring he clonked Kanyon with it. The ref turned around to see Xavier going for the pin, and he got the slightly shocking three count which advanced him to the final. All three men then had a pull apart face-to-face after the match.
Chris Jericho Vs Jeff Jarrett ( * * * ¼ ) – This was a decent bout, slightly hampered by the fact that absolutely everyone believed that Jarrett had advanced quite far enough in this tournament. So it came as little surprise when Jericho finished him off with the Lion-Tamer for the win via tap-out.
Final
Xavier Vs Chris Jericho ( * * * ½ ) – So 32 men had come down to just these two, and the crowd were well into this. This was a role reversal for the two, with the crowd quite behind Xavier to some extent, and both men went with the flow, which made the match. Mind you, at the end, when Xavier cheated to win, via a low blow and another set of brass Knux, the crowd hated him. So when he got the tournament winning pinfall he got booed out of the building. As he received the trophy, Kanyon and Triple H came back out and a brawl ensued, which ended when another pile of referee’s jumped in and held them all apart.
WINNER OF 2004 SAMUEL ADAMS TROPHY…XAVIER
