Hello
fans and welcome back to another installment of HCW’s Tacoma Thunder. The show begins backstage with a meeting of
the 6 Man tag team champions. Axe, TNT
and Scooter J are having a conversation.
Scooter J says that the titles come first. Axe tells him that there is unfinished
business between him and UA as well as between J and Brick. Axe says he and TNT have J’s back. The titles aren’t going anywhere.
Pyro
goes off and GM Max McGillicutty comes out.
Max says that tonight, there will be a 4 team tournament to see who will
meet the Tag Team Champions. All of a
sudden, Phoenix Heat GM Master Bull joins Max on stage. He tells Max that he already made a match
between the Steel Curtain and Elitism to see who gets the next match. Max comments on how coincidental it is with
one of Phoenix’s teams getting the next shot.
To make things fair, he will pick 2 teams to take on Bull’s two teams
and THEN one of them will get a title shot.
Bull asks which two teams will be picked. Max says that the Smashers and Ovaltine Jackson
/ Ghee Buttersnaps will be the teams Tacoma will put in. Bull promises that we will see Elitism vs the
Steel Curtain and he takes off. Max
leaves as the show gets ready to go but turns to add in that these matches will
all be no DQ.
The
first match gets ready to start and Ovaltine Jackson & Ghee Buttersnaps
head down to the ring first. Next, the team of Elitism (Reid & Roderick
Rothchild) head down to a pop from the crowd.
Elitism had control of the first part of the match but after the Steel
Curtain came out for a distraction and Jackson and Buttersnaps took advantage
of it. After bouncing Elitism around the
ring, Ghee tossed Roderick out of the ring and the Steel Curtain immediately
attacked him. Reid rushed to his
brother’s aid and fought off the Curtain but the distraction lasted just long
enough to get them counted out.
Buttersnaps and Ovaltine get the win via countout and they move on in
the tournament. (16 min)
Backstage,
Master Bull is walking around and is in a foul mood because Elitism is out of
the tournament. He looks over at
something and his mood suddenly changes.
A smile comes across his face.
What is he up to now?
We go
back to the ring for our next match which is a rematch from the previous
week. First though, Dr. Red Fang makes
his way down to commentary yelling “Vampire Lunges for everyone” at the fans as
he makes his way to the desk. He does
his snarling and growling gimmick for a moment and then the competitors start
to make their way out. First, Pete
Punsher aka the PUN-isher makes his way out and powerwalks to the ring. Next, Brick comes out to a mixed reaction
from the crowd. The bell rings almost
instantaneously and this one begins.
This one was a lot closer and Pete was no-nonsense in this match. Brick though had no problem choking Pete on
the ropes or hitting him with a low blow but not getting DQ’d.
We cut
over to Dr. Red Fang who’s been screaming because his mic was cut off. He starts to get up but then someone from the
crowd leapt over the barrier and started WAILING on Fang. Hey…it’s our IT guy @Jowsterguy! The fans pop as he just goes crazy on the
evil vampire and Fang takes off with @Jowsterguy in hot pursuit.
Back
in the match and just as Pete started a strong run, an eye rake followed up
with a piledriver in the middle of the ring brought this one to an end. Brick gets the win after he hooked the tights
for extra leverage. Brick begins to
celebrate but that is cut short when Scooter J comes out and Brick once again
takes off like a scalded dog. Scooter J
gets on the mic and tells the fans that at the PPV, once the Hell in a Cell is
lowered, Brick will have nowhere to go and THAT will be it for him. After Scooter J left, Pete started to make
his way to the back when Covfefe came out and immediately attacked him beating
him down and dragged him to the stage where he planted (poor) Pete with a black
hole slam before tossing him off the stage to the pit below. The fans booed Covfefe for the attack and his
cowardice for not facing Pete face to face.
The US
Champion the Unknown Assassin shows up backstage with his manager J C Dykes and
is immediately confronted by GM Max McGillicutty. Max questions why he’s here when he is on the
Phoenix roster. Dykes steps in saying
that UA is the US Champion and that he can be on whatever show he wants. Dykes reminds Max that he (Dykes) promised
that the Unknown Assassin would be on every show and if he has to show up to
represent the US title, so be it. Max
gives men an option. “Fine, if you want
to be here, then the Assassin MUST defend the title NEXT!” Dykes tried to complain saying that UA didn’t
have his gym bag but Max said it’s that or he leaves. Dykes leans over and whispers something to UA
who nods and then says “Fine, we’re leaving” and they turn head to the door.
We go
back to the ring for the next tag qualifying match. The Smashers (#1 and 2) come out and actually
get a small pop because of who they’re facing.
Next, the Ambassador leads the Steel Curtain (Starbuck & Buzz Steel)
who are booed pretty heavily. It doesn’t
take much time for the Curtain to hit the ring and attack the Smashers. This was a very close match and all 4 men
slugged it out for almost the entire 20 minutes. Just as the match was closing in on the 20
minute mark, Elitism (Reid & Roderick Rothchild) came out and made their
way to ringside. The immediately attack
Buzz distracting Starbuck who turned around only to get caught by the Steel
Smasher. Smasher #1 makes the cover and
gets the 3 count with only seconds left to spare. The Smashers move on and the Steel Curtain
are out. (19:51)
While
they were making their way out of the building, they saw the Axe backstage
giving an interview and UA just couldn’t resist and he attacked Axe on the set
beating him down for just a few moments before security rushed in and got him
out of there. Axe was furious.
We
head back to the ring for our next match.
First, Jazz Emmett comes out and she gets a small pop from the
crowd. Next, the Duchess comes out with
her entourage (Lady Hermann) and the two head to the ring. Lady Hermann is immediately sent to the back
and she complained the entire way. Both
ladies pulled out all the stops and put on an entertaining match for the
fans. The Duchess tried, on a few
occasions, to leave but Jazz just brought her back in. As the match was winding down in the last few
seconds, the Duchess went for a Lou Thesz press but Jazz managed to nullify it
at the last moment. Then, the bell rang
bringing this one to a draw finish. Jazz
left pretty quick but as the Duchess started to make her way to the back,
Ladies Champion Taylor Bella came out and attacked the Duchess beating her down
and then standing over her holding her Ladies title high above her head. The fans didn’t care for Ms. Bella’s actions
and they let her know it.
GM’s
Max and Bull are backstage in Max’s office and Bull says that both his teams
may be out of this tournament but they are not out of action just yet. Bull says he’s going to have Elitism and the
Steel Curtain meet in some sort of specialty match with the winner challenging
tonight’s tournament winner but if there is no clear cut winner tonight, one of
his two teams gets the title match. Max
questions Bull’s motives and agrees to it but the match between the Steel
Curtain and Elitism best be one for the record books. Bull promises to “make it so, Number One”. Max just shakes his head at him.
We’re
back to the ring for our next match.
First, TNT makes his way out to a pop from the crowd. Next, music changes and we hear a mechanical
laugh over the loud speakers and out comes the Super Duper Shock Master. SDSM makes his way down to the ring, gets in
and attacks TNT from behind. For the
first few minutes, TNT went toe to toe with SDSM but after getting hit with a
power headbutt, things started to go south for Templeton N Townsend. As the match progressed and TNT struggled,
his tag team partners Scooter J and the Axe came out to cheer him on. That began a resurgence but it was just a
little too late. The bell rang only
moments later bringing this one to a draw finish. TNT left the ring now flanked by his
teammates leaving SDSM in the ring laughing and gloating that TNT couldn’t get
the job done. The fans began to pop and
SDSM thinking it was for the 6 Man champs, didn’t give it much thought. He turned around and was in shock seeing
Texas Wildfire standing there with a steel chair and he began walloping SDSM
with it. Super Duper then took off with
TW in tow and the fans popping for it.
Max is
still in his office and he makes a decree that unless it is officially
sanctioned by either him or Master Bull, talent on one show STAYS on their
show. It’s ok if the GM’s make a match
but this attacking of talent by the opposing roster has to end.
It’s
time for our Main Event. The Smashers vs
Ovaltine Jackson & Ghee Buttersnaps is next with the winners (potentially)
getting a title shot for the Tag Team titles.
Before the match could begin, the World Tag Team Champs Hoff N Spicy
make their way down to the ring and sit at commentary. First, Ovaltine and Ghee make their way out
to a nice pop from the crowd. Next, the
Smashers come out and they are booed.
The Smashers try to sneak attack their opponents but Ghee and Ovaltine
bail before any damage could be done. In
what probably surprised everyone in the building, Ghee and Ovaltine OWNED the
Smashers. They took control early on and
beat the living daylights out of Smasher 1 and 2. After about 15 minutes, the Smashers went
into defense mode and basically just saved each other from pin and submission
attempts. In an act of desperation,
Smasher #2 hit Ghee with a knee lift but that wasn’t enough to try for a pin so
the bell rang bringing this one to a draw finish. It seems that before leaving, Master Bull had
the time limit changed from 30 to 20 minutes thereby ensuring Elitism vs the
Steel Curtain will see a winner challenging for the Tag titles.
That’s
all for today. Be sure to tune in to
Wednesday’s show for the next episode of Phoenix Heat.
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