Hello fans and
welcome back to our newsletter. We are
reporting from Ft. Lauderdale, FL. In
non in-ring news, Great Khali was injured at the hands of Brock Lesnar at the
Sarasota show. It was determined that
Khali would not heal in time for a proper return to the ring so he was given
time off to recuperate and will be moved to the inactive roster. Taking his place in the HWF will be Mr.
Monday Night Rob Van Dam.
In backstage
news from Sarasota, Brock Lesnar continued to make lots of noise. He was confronted by Bobby Lashley. The two exchanged blows and the Hulkster
himself had to get involved. Hogan
announces that Bobby Lashley vs Brock Lesnar in a Last Man Standing match will
take place at the Great American Bash.
While
recuperating at home, “The Elitist” Reid Rothchild received a visit from
Prestige Inc members King Damian Sandow and Magnus. Sandow spoke about Hogan’s treatment of
Prestige and Magnus mentioned that Psycho Jack tossed Reid’s title in the trash
calling it “obsolete”. Reid was not
happy but enjoyed the rest of the visit.
After they left, Reid received another visitor…from a very surprising
source. It was none other than former
Prestige lackey Jimberg. Jimberg didn’t
stay long but basically told Reid to “man up, get off his ass and get back into
shape so he can exact revenge only the Elitist would know how.” Reid was in the gym training within 2 days of
this visit. I think he is motivated (but
when you have Ravishing Raquel at your side, how could you not be?).
Undertaker had
taped a vignette telling Kurt Angle he accepts the challenge for Great American
Bash and that Angle will REST IN PEACE!
General Manager
Hulk Hogan is creating a “fight or fired” set of matches to thin out the roster. Wrestlers must win or they are fired. 6 people will be out. Matches starting tonight will include:
Joseph Park vs
Jack Swagger
Brad Maddox vs
Malo Leche de Mantiquilla
Wam Bam Arsonist
vs Tensai
Darren Young vs
Warrior of Truth
Titus O’Neil vs
Hernandez
King Mo vs Rey
Rey
These matches
will be taking place over the next couple of weeks heading into the Great
American Bash. With all the news out of
the way, let’s get to the results of the matches.
In the first
match of the night, Psycho Jack Hercules was scheduled to fight Bo Dallas. Bo took his time and was reluctant to get
into the ring with a known hitman. Bo
ended up siding on the side of caution and opted not to get in the ring.
The first (of
many) elimination match has Joseph Park taking on Jack Swagger. In 7 minutes, Swagger gets the win after
hitting a gutwrench suplex. Joseph Park
is now out.
The next match
on the card is Kevin Steen taking on Kofi Kingston. In a hard fought 21 minute battle, Kevin
Steen gets the win after catching Kofi with a superkick. The crowd was electric for the entire match.
Up next is
X-Division Champion Casey Jones vs the Axe for the title. The first fall goes to the Axe who picks up
the first fall 28 minutes in due to a distraction caused by Dirk “the Pick”
Devon. After the fall, Casey gets a mic
and calls Axe a coward for using outside interference to get his win. Axe claims he doesn’t need any help. Casey proposes they have one final fall…the
winner gets the belt. Axe accepts but
before he can gloat, Casey tells him it’s in the confines of a steel cage. Axe is not happy. Casey controlled the entire match even
stopping Dirk Devon from interfering.
Bran-Don-Goh ran down and chased the Pick away. On his way out, he threw a chain to Casey who
blasted the Axe with it. Casey then
proceeded to chain Axe to the cage. He
then scaled the cage wall and dropped quickly to the floor. Casey retains his title. This was another electric match that the fans
were tuned into.
Cactus Jackie
then came out and said that she defeated both Spider Violet and Fusion
Valentine in a match for the decades.
The crowd booed. Jackie brought
up famous feuds such as Ricky Steamboat vs Ric Flair, Hulk Hogan vs the
Ultimate Warrior and Mankind vs the Undertaker.
She says they were all great matches for their time but none can hold a
candle to her in today’s wrestling ring.
Jackie then called out Diva’s Champion Ravishing Raquel (who was not
there because she was at home with her husband Reid Rothchild). Jackie says that a champion should be on hand
to fight when the situation called for it.
She then challenged Raquel, whom she called a coward, to a match for the
title at Great American Bash. I guess
we’ll need to wait for Raquel’s response.
In a
Wrestlemania rematch, Sheamus defended his North American title against former
champion and current 6 man tag champion Alberto Del Rio. Del Rio gets the first win in 24
minutes. The second fall goes to Sheamus
who got Alberto to tap out to the Irish Clover Leaf. 18 minutes later, Del Rio scores the final
pin to regain the NA title. Del Rio then
told Sheamus that there were 12 minutes left.
If he could score one final pin or submission in that time, he would
keep the title but if Sheamus could not do it, he would not be able to challenge
for any title Del Rio had in his possession.
Del Rio managed to hit a falling powerbomb in the last few seconds but
the time limit ran out. Del Rio is the
NEW North American Champion,
This prompted
one of Wyatt’s Warriors – the Super Warrior – to come out. He mocked Del Rio calling him a nobody. Del Rio then told SW to get in the ring. He said that even though he just wrestled 60 minutes,
it would only take him 1 minute (again) to get SW to tap out. Super Warrior charged the ring but Alberto bailed
laughing at SW in the ring. Super
Warrior eventually left.
Our main event
is Bray Wyatt taking on A-Team member Antonio Cesaro. In an 18 minute battle that had the fans on
the edge of their seats, Antonio Cesaro emerged victorious. It was mostly due to outside interference
though. Half way through the match, Del
Rio and Austin Aries went down to the ring. While Alberto distracted the ref,
Aries blasted Bray with multiple chair shots.
Wyatt was never able to recover and Cesaro got the win after a gutwrench
suplex. After the match, the A-Team
continued the beat down on Bray until the remaining Warriors – Super Warrior
and the Warrior of Truth hit the ring.
SW blasted Del Rio with a superman punch that sent Alberto flying out of
the ring. Truth hit the Truth or
Consequences on Aries and he went flying.
Wyatt recovered enough to nail Cesaro with Sister Abigail. The A-Team bailed and retreated quickly while
Wyatt’s Warriors celebrated in the ring.
That is all for
now. Stay tuned as the action is sure to
heat up.
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