Hello
fans and welcome back to our show. Today’s
episode is #625 and it’s another milestone in the evolution of HCW and we’re
glad you are along for the ride. To
coincide with the show today, it just so happens to be a SUPERSHOW that Phoenix
GM Master Bull has put together. Some of
the best from both brands are participating in tonight’s event.
Pyro
goes off to start off the show and GM Master Bull comes out to a pop from the
crowd. Bull thanks the fans for
attending and promises that tonight’s show will have everyone on the edges of
their seats. Balloons and streamers fall
from the ceiling as the fans pop. Bull
says that this is supposed to be his show but with it being a SUPERSHOW, he
graciously agreed to allow some of Tacoma’s finest to participate in the event
tonight. Bull says that he has a lot of
great matches planned and hasn’t decided on the main event. This brings out manager J C Dykes and the
Unknown Assassin who is wearing the US title and carrying the TV title on his
shoulder. Dykes tells Bull that this man
(points to UA) has done what no other wrestler has done and that is hold two
titles consecutively. Because his man is
so great, he deserves to be in the main event.
“No one else, not even the shell of a World Champion Drew the blah blah
blah is worthy.” Bull relents and agrees
to have the Unknown Assassin defend the US title against the Crocodile
Hunter. UA and Dykes leave and Bull
follows allowing this show to begin.
The
show begins with Elitism (the Elitist Reid Rothchild and Rowdy Roderick
Rothchild) come out but they are without their manager. They don’t seem put off by it. They are challenging Perfect Pecs Stoddard
and Red McNulty for their spot in the top 10 line up. Pecs and Red come out next and are booed as
they make their way down to the ring.
For 10 minutes, Reid and Roderick controlled the match but just
barely. It wasn’t until after that mark
that Elitism just tore their opponents to shreds. Just when Pecs was setting up to hit Roderick
with a brogue kick, Reid rushed over taking Pecs out and both men went tumbling
over the top rope to the floor. Red was
distracted by that so when he turned around, Roderick hit him with a
Frankensteiner and made the cover getting the 1-2-3. Elitism gets the win and moves up in the tag
team rankings while Pecs and Red move down.
Backstage,
Southern Belle is lambasting Master Bull for allowing the Duchess to fight her
on THEIR show. “Those Tacoma folk are
all stuck up thinking they’re high and mighty.
Well guess what…Once I defeat this poser, I will DEMAND my rematch against
the coward Taylor Bella and I will reclaim MY title.” She walks off without Bull getting a word in.
We
head back to the ring for the next match.
First, the 5th Column members Karl Braun and Oswald Zimmerman
come out with their tag partner Baron Von Blood. The fans boo as they walk to the ring. Baron is immediately sent to the back by the
ref threatening to disqualify his team if he doesn’t leave (he’s not a manager
so he has no business being out there.)
Next, music hits and out comes the Ambassador and he presents the Steel
Curtain – Buzz and Starbuck Steel. The
fans continue to boo them but there is a smidgen of fans who are actually
cheering them. The Steel Curtain enter
the ring and the Column immediately attack them. Right off the bat, Buzz tosses Karl over the
top rope to the floor and follows him out hitting the Buzzkill. Buzz gets back in and Oswald rushes over to
try to help his partner but it does no good and Karl ends up getting counted
out only 30 seconds into the match.
Before the ref could announce the winner, Master Bull came out and said
that this is not the way his show is going to go so he calls out Baron von
Blood and orders him to the ring to join Oswald and THIS time, he wants to see
some action. Neither team disappointed
but the Steel Curtain owned the match and took an even greater lead after Baron
von Blood got injured leaving Oswald to fight on. And fight he did…for a whopping 3
minutes. His offensive run ended after
hitting Buzz with a low blow. He turned
and showboated to the fans. Buzz called
the ref over complaining (and distracting) while the Ambassador hopped up and
delivered the worst eye gouge in the history of eye gouges and Oswald was
blinded. Buzz rushed over and rolled up
Oswald (hooking the tights for good measure) and got the 1-2-3. The Steel Curtain are victorious in their
second match of the evening.
After
the 5th Column left, Elitism came out and questioned why the
Ambassador was in the Curtain’s corner and not theirs. Buzz got into their faces and said that he’s
about had it with the ignorance that emanates from these two putzes. Starbuck says they’ve fought twice tonight
and won both matches. Roderick gets in
his face and tells Starbuck that a win by cheap countout isn’t a win. Buzz pushes Roderick back and says a Win is a
win regardless. Reid pushes Buzz back
and says that the Ambassador needs to decide on who he wants to manage….two
has-beens who don’t know when to quit or the Elite cream of the crop in he and
Roderick. The two teams almost come to
blows but Master Bull comes out and puts a stop to it before it can begin. Bull says that the two top teams on the
Phoenix Heat roster are in this very ring and one way or another, these two
teams need to end this once and for all.
Bull questions how to do it.
“Hmm, what about a falls count anywhere?” He looks to the crowd and they aren’t that
enthused. “Ok, what about a Lights Out
match?” The fans seem a little more
interested but still aren’t on board.
“Ok, I have it. The two teams
will meet, for a title match against the tag champs on the line, in a STEEL
CAGE!” The fans explode but the
Ambassador says he won’t pit his two teams against each other. Bull asks the fans if they want to see this
and they respond with a “YES…YES…YES” chant.
Bull says it’s official and the two teams will meet in a week. He directs everyone to leave separately so
the show can continue.
Lexy
Flexx is backstage and she says she’s excited about getting rid of Scarlett
Phoenix. Once that red-haired vixen is
off their roster, she can make her way up to a shot at the Ladies title.
The
next match is ready to begin and the Duchess makes her way out first to a
decent pop from the crowd. Once in the
ring, her music is abruptly cut off and Southern Belle makes her way out. Belle points a threatening finger at the
Duchess as and soon as she enters the ring, the two ladies go right at it
(strategy pin rules.) Belle had control
for the first 6 minutes beating the Duchess down but after her royalness hit a
superkick, it turned into her favor. The
Duchess then began taking the match to her opponent and Belle was struggling to
stay on her feet. In an act of
desperation, Belle went for a victory roll up but grabbed the ropes for
leverage but the ref saw it and made her break the hold. While Belle was busy complaining to the ref,
the Duchess got up and jumped onto Belle’s back and eye raked her. She then quickly rolled an unsuspecting Belle
up and got the 3 count. The Duchess gets
the win and Belle is PISSED! (16 min) Belle tells the Duchess “This isn’t over! Not by a long shot. You think you can come here into my backyard
and cheat and steal a win from ME? Guess
what sister, this isn’t going to go your way.
In fact, every show you’re at, I’ll be there in your face. Every match you have…you can bet that the
loss column of your record is going to explode.” The Duchess gets back in the ring and says
“Then let’s settle this…not like Ladies but like WRESTLERS! You want me in a match? How about one where there is no DQ, no pin;
only SUBMISSION.” Belle smiles. “You’re not such as dutz as I thought. Yes, an I Quit match will be perfect.” They are then interrupted by Master
Bull. “Listen ladies…you don’t make the
matches; I do. However, this one has got
money written all over it. BUT…there is
one major caveat…the loser of the match must RETIRE! That’s right, you heard me…you want this
match, this is MY rule.” Both women
agree to the match. Bull continues “and
this will be our first officially sanctioned match for the Apocalypse PPV that
is one month away.” The fans pop in
appreciation but just as the Duchess was leaving, Belle blasted her from behind
and then dropped her with the Southern Swing.
Belle laughed and left as the ref helped the Duchess to her feet and
then helped her to the back.
The Crocodile
Hunter is backstage and he says that he’s ready for his match tonight. He’s excited to be in the hunt for gold and
expects this to be the first of many titles he wears.
Scarlett
Phoenix is also backstage and she says that she has no intention of going
anywhere. She will finally get her
comeuppance and it will be Lexy who will be sent packing.
We
head back to the ring for our “I Quit” match between Lexy Flexx and Scarlett
Phoenix. Lexy Flexx makes her way out
to the ring first and she is booed.
Next, Scarlett Phoenix comes out and the crowd pops huge for her. She gets into the ring and the bell rings
moments later kicking this one off. For
7 minutes, Lexy had control of the match but after hitting a flying bodypress,
Scarlett took control of the match. Neither
lady went for any type of submission until late in the match. Lexy looked to
have it locked up after locking in the Dis-Arm-Her Fujiwara armbar (a move that
she beat Scarlett with twice) but to her credit, Scarlett powered out of it
making it to the ropes to break the hold.
Scarlett hit a dropkick but Lexy locked in the armbar again but Scarlett
was too close to the ropes and got to safety.
Lexy then went to the top turnbuckle but Scarlett caught her and
bodyslammed her to the mat. Scarlett
then locked in a spine-bending boston crab right in the middle of the ring and
Lexy started slapping the mat and the ref ran over with a microphone and Lexy
screamed “I QUIT!” Scarlett broke the
hold and with that, the match was over with Scarlett getting the dominant win
and Lexy is now being sent off to Tacoma.
Lexy made her way to the back as the fans sang “Na, na…na na na na…hey
hey hey…goodbye.”
World
Champion Drew the Canadian Love Machine is ready to head to the ring. He addresses Rad saying that if Gumbo thinks
he can defeat him, then he may actually deserve a title show but he has to win
first and in looking as Drew’s win/loss record, that may be a tough mountain
for the Ragin Cajun to climb.
The
next match is ready to go when over the loudspeakers blares “Gumbo 7:30 says
its suppa time bitch” and the Ragin Cajun Rad Gumbo and his manager MJ and the
crowd boos them as they head to the ring.
Gumbo walks with his head held high and looks confident as ever. Next, the music changes and out comes the
World Champion Drew the Canadian Love Machine and he heads to the ring as the
fans pop huge for him. He slaps the
fans’ hands as he makes his way around the ring and then finally entered the
ring. He climbed each turnbuckle and the
fans pop kept getting louder and louder.
Finally, he was ready for the match to begin. Drew hit the La Casita right off the bat but
then an eye rake from the Cajun ended Drew’s offensive run. Rad and his manager outsmarted Drew throwing
him off his game. 4 minutes in, MJ used
some peanuts to eye gouge the champ. Rad
then hit Drew with the Bourbon Street Blues and he made the cover. MJ reached in and held down Drew’s leg so he
could not kick out. The ref counted to 3
and awarded the match to Rad Gumbo.
Gumbo left the ring with MJ smirking knowing that he just stole a win
from the champ and now he’s in line for a title shot. Rad points to his manager and then to his own
head signifying he outsmarted Drew.
Drew, frustrated, ends up leaving moments later. (5 min)
Master
Bull comes back out and thanks the fans for coming out and proving the
superiority of the Phoenix brand. Bull
tells that the shows to come will start providing shape and structure to our
PPV and encourages everyone to order their tickets ASAP as the show will take
place on neutral ground about half way between both territories. The Apocalypse PPV will take place in Denver,
CO with the fanfest taking place in Colorado Springs, CO earlier in the week. That will be forthcoming but for now, we have
a main event that is ready to take place.
Master Bull then leaves the stage and we get ready for the main event to
begin.
Music
hits and the Crocodile Hunter makes his way down to the ring as the fans pop
for him. His reaction from the crowd was
almost as great as the one Drew got. Next, security comes out and lines the ramp to
the ring. Music changes and out comes J
C Dykes and the US Champion the Unknown Assassin. The two men head to the ring as the fans boo
and throw stuff at them.
For 19
minutes, Croc took the match to the champ and even though he went for pin
attempts early on, UA kept kicking out.
Assassin reached a point where he exited the ring and conferred with his
manager and after that (and probably being handed a foreign object) he
re-entered the ring stunning Croc with some straight lefts and rights (and
something hidden in each fist maybe?).
After knocking Croc’s block off with some English forearm strikes (and a
quick pin attempt), UA stood up and mocked Croc to get to his feet. UA moves in and locks in a standing
crossface. Croc struggled against it and
began to fade. When UA though he was
gone enough, he dropped him to the mat and hooked the left getting the
1-2-3. The Unknown Assassin is
victorious in his title defense. Dykes
joins UA in the ring and the two celebrate as the fans start pitching stuff at
them as the show comes to an end.
Thanks
for reading. Stay tuned as the PPV is
shaping up. Be part of the excitement
and get your tickets now.
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