Hello fans and welcome back to the next installment of HCW’s Phoenix Heat. As we saw in our last issue, Hardcore Hensen defeated Magnum Kone to become the NEW Hardcore Champion. When he was asked about how he was able to accomplish such a feat, all he said was “BECAUSE I’M HARDCORE!” Maybe his mouthpiece ‘The Singapore Sensation’ Matt Preacher can articulate a little better. In good news, the interim World Champion ‘the Ragin Cajun’ King Rad Gumbo is being kept off TV today so that he can “best prepare for his match against TNT” this Sunday in Tacoma. Frankly, he’s a huge pain in the ass and I’m sure GM Master Bull is happy he’s not here tonight. Tonight, we have a solid card lined up with 3 individuals joining together to form a potential 6 man team – Texas Wildfire, Sonic Blade and ‘Top Gun’ Justin Winger. Tonight, they challenge the Hubers for their spot in the 6 man title lineup. From the Ladies division, El Gato Negro and Taylor Bella will both be in action tonight against top competition. Winding out the main event will be US Champion Drew the Canadian Love Machine defending the title against Muscles Thorpe. Pyro goes off and our show kicks off.
El Gato Negro
comes out first and the fans boo her.
She snarls at them with disgust.
She climbs into the ring and pumps her arms into the air but it’s met
with disdain. Next, Jazz Emmett comes
out and she power walks down to the ring.
She immediately grabs a mic and says that she’s had it with El Gato and
her crappy attitude. She says that it
should be an honor wrestling in HCW and tells El Gato that if she had the
stones, she’d put up or shut up. She
clarifies that she needs to use small words so El Gato can understand. She wants El Gato to put her career on the
line against hers. El Gato tries to
weasel out of it but the taunting from the fans changed her mind. She agreed and the match begins. Things began slow with both women circling
each other in the ring. Finally, Jazz
went on a rampage and totally owned El Gato.
As much as she tried, El Gato could not keep up with the savagery that
Jazz was dishing out. Finally, Jazz was
ready to end it and called for the Bankrupt Neckbreaker slam but El Gato ducked
and then hit the 9 Lives. Jazz went down
and El Gato made the cover hooking the leg (and the tights). The ref counted 1…2…3. El Gato comes from behind and takes not only
a win but Jazz’s career and her spot in the Ladies title lineup. El Gato leaves and laughs all the way to the
back. Jazz takes a few moments with the
fans before leaving for the final time.
(16 min)
We cut backstage
where the Snake Pit are all sitting and talking. Niven Snake asks Leiton why he keeps pursuing
singles action when they are clearly a team and should be focusing on the 6 Man
titles. Leiton tells him that he needs
to stretch his wings per se. He says
that he’s clearly exceeding expectations in the singles world and that this is
his time to shine. Niven warns him about
putting himself over the Brotherhood of the Pit but Leiton reassures his
brothers that once he defeats the Banker tonight, it will put the whole Snake
Pit into the limelight and then they can challenge ‘Regulation’ for the
belts.
Our next match is
ready to go. First, Missy Chick makes
her way out to the ring to a decent pop from the crowd. Next, Taylor Bella comes out and the fans boo
the hell out of her. She gets into the
ring and says that her life is going great.
She’s getting promotions and recommendations from all over the world and
not only is her wrestling career blossoming but so is her life outside the
ring. She says that she’s multi-talented
and can juggle multiple things in her life.
She says that once Missy is out of the way, she’ll make a beeline for
the Ladies title and it doesn’t matter if it’s Madame Jade, Ravishing Raquel or
Madame Currie, she will become the champ again.
For the first 10 minutes of the match, Missy controlled the pace until
Taylor hit a sitout facebuster and almost scored the pin. After that, it was all Taylor. Taylor would connect with hurricanranas,
running kneelifts and another sitout facebuster that resulted in near
falls. As we got into the 18th
minute, Missy whipped Taylor into the ropes but didn’t capitalize on it and
Taylor hit a sunset flip and with a hook of the tights, got the 3 count. Taylor Bella gets the win and is once again
back in the title hunt. She is booed as
she left the ring. (18 min)
We cut to GM
Master Bull in his office and after hanging up the phone, he says that with a
spot opening on his roster, he is going to take Kimberly Kiccsass from
Tacoma. She will debut in Phoenix next
week. He says that Max has a plan for
Tacoma.
Our next match is
ready to go. First, Leiton Snake comes
out to a mixed reaction from the crowd.
Next, the Banker comes out flanked by the rest of the 6 man champs – the
Regulators and their manager Ruth Heartless.
The four of them are booed as they head down to the ring. Leiton is shaking his limbs trying to loosen
up. The bell rings and Leiton begins to
dominate the match. The Regulators were
warned a couple of times by the referee about interfering and if they got
caught, the Banker would be disqualified.
Leiton kept the pressure on but slowly (and with Ruth’s help), the
Banker began a comeback. A couple of close encounters with the Regulators
forced the rest of the Snake Pit – Niven and Tobias Snake. They came around the ring making sure the
Regulators could not attack Leiton when he got thrown to the outside. At the 15 minute mark, the Regulators climbed
onto the apron but did not enter the ring.
Niven did the same on his side.
Leiton went to whip the Banker into the ropes but he reversed it and
sent Leiton crashing into his partner.
Leiton exited the ring and went to check on his partner. Niven appeared to be ok and told Leiton to
get back in and finish it. However, it
didn’t get that far as Niven attacked Leiton whipping him hard into the steel
steps. Leiton went crashing into the
steps (Ruth had distracted the ref while this was going on). Niven then rolled Leiton back in and walked
away. Tobias went after him questioning
what he just did. The Banker then
grabbed Leiton by the arm and locked in the ATM Fee Armbar. Leiton tried but in the end, he had to tap
out. The Banker gets the win and he
celebrates with Ruth and the Regulators as Leiton is helped to the back.
Backstage, the team
of Texas Wildfire, Sonic Blade and ‘Top Gun’ Justin Winger talk about the
chance they are being given and tonight, the three of the can make history
being the first team to ever be thrown together at the last minute and could
actually win a future shot at the 6 Man titles.
TW says the three of them are great singles competitors and now, they’ll
show if they can make a great team.
Sonic and Justin extend their hands out and they put one hand on top of
each other’s and then yell “Go Team!”
As the next match
is getting ready, Wilber Townsend makes his way out to the ring and is booed so
he ignores them (those times he was getting the sympathy pop after being screwed
out of the crown by Rad Gumbo must be over).
Next, the Ambassador comes out and Roderick Rothchild makes his way out
accompanied by his brother Reid. The
trio walk down to the ring and as Roderick is conferring with his manager,
Wilber goes on the attack but Roderick was waiting for him and totally
destroyed Wilber. With help from both
the Ambassador and Reid, Roderick make relatively short work of Wilber and
after choking him on the ropes, he flung him back into the ring and made the
cover hooking the leg and getting the 3 count.
Roderick Rothchild gets the win.
He celebrates with his manager and Reid before the trio made their way
to the back. (18 min)
Backstage, Angry
Jack and Biceps get into another altercation with Jack hitting Biceps with
brass knuckles. Master Bull says that even though he wanted them to wait for
the PPV, it’s clear that this can’t wait so he’s putting them on the card for
next week in a brass knuckles match.
We’re ready for
some 6 man tag team action. First, Texas
Wildfire, Sonic Blade and ‘Top Gun’ Justin Winger come out and the fans show their
appreciation for them with a very warm reception. Once in the ring, the music changed and out
comes the Hubers (Butch, Ferb and Junior),
The Hubers tried to use their size to overwhelm their opponents but TW,
Sonic and Winger had great chemistry and worked surprisingly well together in
their first outing. 9 minutes into the
match, Winger went for a Flyin’ and Stylin’ from the top rope to the outside
but Junior Huber caught him mid-air and powerslammed him through the Spanish announce
table. Winger is injured and seems to be
out of the match for now. TW and Sonic
held their own and were still a force to be reckoned with. At the 18 minute mark, Winger started to stir
and looked like he was going to re-enter the ring but Junior charged at him and
speared him into the ringside barrier. Well,
it looks like he’s out. At the same
time, Butch pulled Texas Wildfire out of the ring and powerslammed him on the
floor taking him out of the action.
Sonic was able to hold his own and even got a 2 count on Junior after
hitting him with a flying dropkick that sent Junior out of the ring (and made
it back in). At the 21 minute mark, both
Winger and Texas Wildfire had recovered enough and were coming back into the
action. At the 26 minute mark, it was
Sonic’s turn to get injured after Junior hit a delayed vertical suplex putting
him through a table at ringside. 4
minutes later, the match is stopped after the time limit had been
achieved. The Hubers seemed happy with
themselves as a draw finish allows them to retain their spot in the line
up. This brought out Master Bull who
said that it was just dumb luck the Hubers didn’t lose tonight EVEN with each
of their competitors, at some point, getting injured. Bull says that he likes the cohesion between
TW, Sonic and Winger and says that they will still be a team and next week,
they get another shot but this time, it will be a no time limit match. The Hubers complain but Bull ignores
them. TW and Winger help Sonic to the
back. It seems he’ll be fine. (30 min draw)
Backstage, US
Champion Drew the Canadian Love Machines cuts a promo. In the middle of it, Jacques Beannot walks in and says good luck and hopes to meet
him sooner rather than later for that title.
Drew was a loss for words after that.
It’s time for our
main event. First, the challenger comes
out and Muscles Thorpe actually comes out solo without his tag team
partners. Next, the US Champion comes
out and the fans lose their shit. Drew
has to be one of the most ‘over’ wresters in all of HCW. He enters the ring and after posing on each
of the turnbuckles holding his title high over his head, he walks to the center
of the ring and hands the ref the belt.
He then extends his hand to Muscles Thorpe who shakes it and our match
begins. Thorpe brought his A-Game and
for the first 12 minutes of the match, we thought Thorpe was going to run away
with this match but then Drew started a comeback and then owned his
opponent. Drew hit some high spots back
to back and after hitting the corkscrew pescado (the move he wins most of his
matches with), he went for a cover only to have Thorpe power out at 2. Drew could’t believe it. Drew hit two back to back arm drag take
downs and went for the pin but Thorpe kicked out again. Drew went for a handstand headscissors take
down but Thrope reversed it and splashed Drew in the corner. Drew went for the handstand headscissors
again and this time he sent Thorpe flying into the opposite corner where he
went over the top turnbuckle and hit his head on the steel post. He fell back into the ring. Drew went for the cover and got the 3
count. Drew retains his title. After a brief pose, he checked on Thorpe who
seemed to be ok, just dazed. Drew helps
him to his feet and raises his arm in good sportsmanship. Thorpe shakes his hand and leaves. The show ends with Drew posing on the corner
turnbuckles holding his title high.
Thanks for
reading. Be sure to tune back in as
things are getting interesting as we head to our July PPV – Meltdown – which will
actually take place in Phoenix on 7/4.
Be sure to order it on PPV or attend live. Tickets are still available.
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