Hello fans and
welcome back to another installment of HCW’s Tacoma Thunder. The show begins immediately with pyro and an
appearance from GM Max McGillicutty. Max
thanks the fans for tuning in and he says he’s making a huge announcement that
tonight, 8 people on the Tacoma roster will get a shot to see who can
potentially become the next interim World Champion. He says lots of the roster has had their fair
shots and now it’s time to give others a chance to shine. Max then announces his 8 competitors and who
they will face tonight to make it to the final four.
The Axe vs
Hardcore Hensen w/ Matt Preacher
Jacques Beannot vs
Dr. Red FangNix Anderson w/ Matt Preacher vs Red Hot Lucas Johnston
The Crocodile Hunter vs Ice Dagger
Also on the card
will be:
Vanilla Zombie vs Lady Hermann
And a main event headlined by:
Hardcore title
match: Magnum Kone vs Butch Huber.
The fans pop and
Max leaves the stage so that the show can begin. Pyro goes off once again and we hear, blaring
over the loudspeakers “BECAUSE I’M HARDCORE” and out comes Hardcore Hensen and
his manager “the Singapore Sensation” Matt Preacher. The fans boo them as they make their way to
the stage. Hensen even goes so far to
try and hit a fan who was mocking him but Preacher pulled him back. Once in the ring, the music changed and out
comes the Axe. The fans pop for the
former champ and he high-fives the fans as he makes his way to the ring. The Axe gets in the ring and shrugs off a
sneer from his opponent and climbs one of the corner turmbuckles to pops from
the fans. He doesn’t get to do anymore
as Hensen blocks his way. The two trade
words before trading blows and this one begins. The Axe struggled in the beginning of the
match due to Preacher getting involved but he eventually shrugged it off and
began a dominating run that had both Hensen and Preacher concerned. One surprising note is that Hensen never went
for a pin or submission for the entire match.
I think he was trying to show off how “hardcore” he really is. The Singapore Sensation got involved one
final time before being laid out by the Axe on the outside of the ring. Axe rolled back in only to get tagged by Hard
Times from Hensen. Hensen made the cover
and got the 3 count. Hardcore Hensen
gets the win and will advance to the interim title tournament. Preacher joins him in the ring rubbing his
jaw and raises Hensen’s arm in victory and the two of them leave. Axe leaves shortly thereafter to a nice pop
from the crowd. (16 min)
We go backstage
and standing there is Ant Graham and Dr. Red Fang. Graham comments about tonight’s opponent
saying that the US is tired of taking in all these foreigners (except for the
ones he manages though). Graham mentions
the music band Nickelback (the fans pop) and promises to send Jeannot back to
Canada to follow them home (they boo).
Fang just stood there snarling and eventually followed Graham off
camera.
We hear “VAMPIRE
LUNGES FOR EVERYONE” and out comes Ant Graham and Dr. Red Fang. The fans boo as they make their way down to
the ring. Their mocking of the fans is
cut short when Jacques Beannot comes out and the fans pop for him. He is joined on stage by US Champion Drew the
Canadian Love Machine who wishes his teammate good luck and turns and leaves as
Jacques makes his way down to the ring.
Fang attacks Jacques as he enters the ring and this one begins. Jacques and Fang went toe to toe for 7 solid
minutes but then a Flying Fivearm took out Ant Graham and then Jacques took
over and owned the rest of the match.
Fang ended up trying for a Vampire Lunge but Jacques reversed it and
dropped him with a Canadian smash. The
match continued for another 12 minutes with Jacques just dominating the match (Fang
only got in one offensive move in that entire 12 min) and then caught Fang with
the Flying Fivearm. Jacques made the
cover and with very little effort, he got the 1-2-3. Jacques gets the win and will advance into
the interim tournament. He leaves to a
pop from the crowd. Fang and Graham
leave moments later. (19 min)
“The
Singapore Sensation” Matt Preacher is backstage with Nix Anderson and he’s
still rubbing his jaw. Nix says that
he’s had an interesting run so far and throws out the question “Not even here 3
months and I already have a better record than a good part of this roster. The dominance I’ve brought into this
federation is second to none and after the match tonight, I go on and will
dominate and TAKE that interim title and then will dispose of the supposed
champion and will become the one and ONLY World Champion!”
Our
next match is ready to go and “Red Hot” Lucas Johnston comes out and the fans
pop huge. Lucas makes his way down to
the ring and the fans cheer him on. He
waves to the fans from the ring and then out comes “The Singapore Sensation”
Matt Preacher and Nix Anderson. Nix
powerwalks to the ring and immediately climbs in and stares down Lucas. Nix stands a good foot taller over his
opponent. Nix tries to use his size to
intimidate but Lucas doesn’t seem to be affected. This had to be the closest match of the night
as Lucas stayed toe to toe with Nix and it just baffled him. He could not believe this nobody was hanging
with the big dog. Finally, Preacher made
his presence known and distracted the ref. Nix used that distraction and
grabbed his ukulele and blasted Lucas with it.
He made the cover and grabbed a handful of tights for leverage and got
the 1-2-3. Nix Anderson gets the win and
moves on in the tournament selection.
Preacher joins Nix in the ring and the two celebrate before leaving. (8
min)
Backstage,
Lady Hermann is backstage. She says she
was the first opponent of her competitor tonight and tonight, she avenges the
loss she was handed. She knows what
Vanilla Zombie can do and tonight, she is prepared to combat it and walk away
with a win.
Our
fourth and final tournament qualifier is up next. First, the Crocodile Hunter comes out only to
be ambushed by Ice Dagger. Dagger, with
a chair in hand, beat and bloodied up Croc.
Medics came out and immediately crossed their arms in an X and more
medics came out with a stretcher and got him on there and rushed him to the
back. Ice Dagger went to the ring and
took a mic saying that since Croc couldn’t make, he should win by default and
therefore would be the 4th and final member of the tournament. GM Max McGillicutty came out and blasted Ice
Dagger for his cowardly attack. Max
said that there was no way ID walks into what other fought tooth and nail for. Max says that he’s been holding, in reserve,
a competitor in case something like this happened. Max says this guy will be Ice Dagger’s
competition. Max steps aside as “the
Hoff” Davis Hoffmeister came out to a HUGE pop from the crowd. Davis shakes Max’s hand and makes a beeline
for the ring. Ice Dagger bails. Davis climbs each of the turnbuckles to even
greater pops from the fans. Finally, Ice
Dagger made his way back in and the bell rang immediately. Both men held the advantage in the match
throughout the match but as the match saw a time limit approaching, Davis
turned up the heat that melted Ice Dagger’s offense. Davis drops ID with a roundhouse kick. ID struggles to his feet and ends up getting
bodyslammed. Finally, ID stumbles to his
feet one final time and Davis nailed a piledriver. Davis makes the cover and gets the
1-2-3. Davis Hoffmeister gets the win
and moves on in the interim tournament.
The fans pop huge for him and he celebrates before leaving. Ice Dagger staggered to the back on his own. (17 min)
Butch Huber is
backstage with the other members of his clan – Junior and Ferb – who join us
from the Phoenix Heat roster. Butch says
that the Snake Pit had their chance and now it’s his. He will be the one to bring the Hardcore
title home back home with him and pities anyone who gets in his way.
We go back to the
ring for our next match. Lady Hermann
comes out first and is booed as she makes her way to the ring. She goes right to the ring and beckons for
her opponent to come out. Vanilla Zombie
comes out next and the crowd pops for her.
She looks awkwardly at them as if she wasn’t expecting to get this sort
of a response from them. She begins to
walk to the ring but then notices that the normally group 4-5 people wearing
zombie makeup has grown quite a bit and now there’s about 25 people all in one
group. She tilts her head towards them
and then turns and makes her way to the ring.
For about 9 minutes, Vanilla Zombie went on the offensive while her
Ladyship just hung in there. After that
point, it seemed that Lady Hermann was just playing possum and then began owning
her opponent mocking her unnecessarily.
Lady Hermann caught Vanilla with a jumping knee drop and a close 2
count. She then set Vanilla up in the
corner and then called for a spear. She
rushed in but Vanilla moved and Lady Hermann hit the ring post. She stumbled back into the ring and Vanilla
hit a chokeslam. She made the cover
leaning hard on Lady Hermann’s arm and was able to get the 1-2-3. Vanilla Zombie gets the win and another
victory over her Ladyship. Vanilla
left immediately to the back as the fans popped for her and Lady Hermann
followed. (16 min)
Backstage,
Hardcore Champion ‘the King of Cones’ Magnum Kone says he’s ready to take on
Butch Huber and announces that their match tonight will be a ‘coal miner’s
glove’ match. He knows it’s a dangerous
one so he will make sure he’s the first to get the glove and use it if he wants
to walk out of here tonight as the champion.
It’s now time for
our main event. Butch Huber comes out
first to a mixed reaction from the crowd.
Next, Hardcore Champion Magnum Kone comes out pushing his ice cream
cart. He hands out ice cream to all the
kids at ringside. Once the cart was
depleted, he entered the ring ready for his match. Right off the bat, Butch tried to use the
coal miner’s glove but Magnum wrestled it away and blasted him with it
immediately drawing blood. After that,
Butch would only get ONE offensive move in and that was it. Magnum controlled the match hitting Butch
with the Ice Cream sandwich (splash), the Drumstick (an armbar) and the
Push-Pop (legsweep). Butch tried to
start a comeback but the crimson mask he was wearing blinded him. Magnum then threw Butch into the corner and
hit the Ice Cream Sandwich again. Butch
fell into the ring and Magnum made the cover getting the 1…2…3. Magnum Kone gets the win in 7 minutes to
retain his title. The ref hands him his
title and he holds it high over his head.
The lights flicker and then when they come back on, Magnum is laid out
and standing over him is Hardcore Hensen.
He begins to scream “BECAUSE I’M HARDCORE” over and over. He picks up Magnum’s belt and holds it before
dropping it on Magnum’s prone form.
The show comes to
an end. Thanks for reading. Be sure to tune in as we make our way to the
final four who will duke it out to see who the new Interim World Champion
becomes.
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