NWA: Worldwide - Week 1 - Oct. 2002
+10 Hype | 37K Viewers | Overall: 3.75 stars
Recap Package on Halloween Havoc - 3.75 stars
- Shows Raven pinning Mick Foley to retain the NWA World Heavyweight Title.
Singles Match - 2.75 stars
Vampiro def. Shawn Spears - Vampiro's debut in NWA
New Power - 4.25 stars
- Konnan and Chavo Guerrero come out and stand with Vampiro in the ring. Konnan announces the trio have created a group called Los Regulators. They will lead the Revolution. The NWA now goes through Los Regulators. And their first task is going after the NWA Tag Titles.
Singles Match - 3 stars
Steven Richards w/ Lance Hoyt def. Carlito
Backstage Interview - 3.75 stars
- CM Punk talks about how one night Chavo Guerrero is getting beat by CM Punk and the next he's joined a group. He calls Chavo a coward.
Debut Package - 4.5 stars
- Dusty Rhodes is shown training on a farm hitting a punching bag. He's then talking into the camera. He says the more things change, the more they stay the same. You got guys and you got bad guys. And Raven's a really, really bad guy. Dusty say's its time he came to NWA to put a stop to it all.
Main Event Package - 4.75 stars
Singles Match - 2.75 stars
Samoa Joe def. L.A. Park
Stare Down - 2 stars
Bam Bam Bigelow comes out on the entrance ramp and stares down Samoa Joe. Samoa Joe dares him to enter the ring but Bam Bam doesn't nudge. The show closes.
Matches Announced for Chi-Town Rumble
None Available
News, Storylines, and Rumors
- Samoa Joe doesn't draw well his first time in the spotlight
- Konnan continues to rate high. He will be pushed to the Main Event scene
- NWA signs wrestlers from the indies: Jerry Lynn, Juventud Guerrera, Scorpio Sky, Ken Anderson, and The Hot Shots. They will all arrive in November.