Sunday, July 29, 2018

HCW Wrestling Newsletter 2018 #698 – Tacoma Thunder


Hello fans and welcome back to another issue of HCW’s Tacoma Thunder.  Our Supershow which also happens to coincide with the 700th issue posted of the Wrestling Newsletter is only a week away.  A quick recap from the last show in Phoenix.  In previewing the last newsletter before it got posted, Emmett learned that Phoenix GM Master Bull was lurking around probably up to no good (in his eyes) so he sent out a mandate that both Master Bull and Tacoma GM Max McGillicutty show up here tonight or there would be hell to pay.  We’re not quite sure what’s going on but I’m sure as the show progresses, we will learn more.  Master Bull did respond on social media telling Millbarge that he would be “at the minor league venue in Tacoma”. 

The show begins outside the arena in the parking garage.  Master Bull is already there (he gets a pop) and then a car pulls up and it’s GM Max McGillicutty (the pop he gets is quite a bit louder than Bull’s).  The two men shake hands and then Max inquires “Minor league venue?  Really?”  Bull laughs and says “No, not really” but he turns to the camera smiles and nods in acknowledgement that is EXACTLY what he meant. The two men then enter the building and there is a small army of security waiting to escort both men to Emmett Millbarge’s office.   They arrive and enter the office where both Emmett Millbarge and his bankroll Cushman Armitage are waiting.  Emmett begins “Well, look who it is…our two troublemakers.  We know you two have been taking orders from those old owners however, there is new blood in town and we are running the show.”  Cushman stands up.  “Everyone has a price for this billion-dollar man.”  Max stands up.  “I don’t.”  Cushman looks him in the eye and says “Fine.  You’re out of here.”  He turns to Master Bull.  He looks at Cushman, Emmett and then at Max.  “What is thy bidding my master?”  Max is shocked!  Bull has sided with the enemy.  Emmett shoves Max out the door and closes it while Cushman puts his arm around Bull and says “At least one of you has a brain.”  We can hear all three men laugh behind the closed door.  WHAT THE HELL JUST HAPPENED?

Pyro goes off kicking this one off.  Smoke fills the stage and then ziplining through the smoke is Violet Valkyrie and she zips down to the ring.  She lands and asks for a mic.  Violet calls out Vanilla Zombie for the attack and says if she wanted her in the ring, all she had to do is put out a challenge.  Violet will do that now and calls Vanilla out.  Emmett Millbarge comes out instead and says that local fans shouldn’t get to see all the great action so he will make the match happen however it will be at the PPV at the end of August.  Emmett says she gets to wrestle tonight and will be given a tag team partner.  Music hits and out comes Ruby Rose.  The fans pop huge for her.   She stops in front of Emmett and tells him to cut the shenanigans.  She then makes her way down to the ring.  She shakes hands with Violet.  The music changes and out comes Lady Hermann.  She is booed but she stops on stage waiting for her tag team partner.  Out comes Vanilla Zombie.  The fans resume their booing of the pair as they make their way down to the ring.  Both Ruby and Violet have a beef with Vanilla Zombie but she refuses to start off the match so it’s up to Lady Hermann to begin the action.  The action begins with Violet and Ruby double teaming Lady Hermann.  Vanilla Zombie just sort of stood there.  5 minutes in and Lady Hermann was still taking the brunt of the abuse but then Vanilla dropped off the apron and as Lady Hermann distracted the ref, Vanilla hit Violet with a steel chair and then also hit Ruby.  Lady Hermann tried to go for a quick pin but Violet kicked out.  Lady Hermann then hit a sitout wheelbarrow face buster and then tagged in Vanilla Zombie who looked on quizzically.  She finally entered the ring hitting Violet with a jawjacker but Violet hit her with a running one handed bulldog.  She made the hot tag to Ruby and the fans popped.   Ruby hits a Russian leg sweep and then drops (seemingly hurt from the chair shot).  She tags Violet back in.  Violet hits another running one handed bulldog and then hooks Vanilla’s leg for the 1-2-3.   Lady Hermann was a split second too late trying to make the save but entered the ring with a chair.  Vanilla took the chair and smashed Violet with it.  She then ran across the ring and smashed Ruby with it who went flying from the ring apron and landed hard on the floor.  She then dropped the chair and rolled out of the ring.  She tilted her head and smiled the tiniest of smiles as she made her way to the back.  I’m sure Violet and Ruby aren’t done here.  (9 min)

Backstage, Drew the Canadian Love Machine meets up with US Champion Jacques Beannot.  Drew suggests a non-title match against Jacques at an upcoming show and if he wins, he gets his rematch at the PPV.  Jacques accepts.  The two shake hands.  I guess we got ourselves a future match.  Jacques wishes good luck to Drew in his match which is up next.

Drew the Canadian Love Machines comes out first for his match and the fans pop huge for him.  Next, the music changes and we hear blaring over the loudspeakers “VAMPIRE LUNGES FOR EVERYONE!” and out comes everyone most hated vampire Dr. Red Fang.  Fang comes out with his manager Ant Graham and the duo are booed as they head down to the ring.  Fang gets in the ring and immediately attacks Drew.  Graham tries to get involved early and Drew takes him out.  Drew then hits Fang with a handstand head scissors followed up by a superkick that rattled the vampire’s fangs.  Just then, Jacques made his way out to make sure that Graham wouldn’t get involved again (he was out cold so not sure why Jacques came out).  Jacques shouted encouragement to his teammate but Drew was perplexed as to why Jacques came out.  Fang took advantage of the distraction and locked Drew up with a spider web lock.  Drew was almost at the ropes but Jacques yelled at the ref to watch for Graham’s interference (he was still out cold).  Drew had the ropes but the ref didn’t see it to break the hold.  Fang dragged Drew back into the center of the ring where he had no choice but to tap out.   Dr. Red Fang gets the win via submission.  Drew was not happy.  Jacques entered the ring and began yelling at the ref for not paying attention.  Jacques extended his hand and Drew finally shook it.  The two tag team partners then left.  Dr. Red Fang went to gather his manager and dragged / carried him to the back.  (3 min)

Outside, Max meets up with the owners Mr. B and Mr. M.  Max says he failed.  He’s told it’s ok and then ask where Master Bull is.  Max says Bull sold out and sided with THEM.  “WHAT?” Mr. B and Mr. M exclaimed at exactly the same time.   Mr. B shakes his head.  “This isn’t good.”  Mr. M chimes in.  “So, plan B then?”  Mr. B nods his head and Max asks what plan B is.  They motion him over and the three walk off out of the way from any eavesdropping that may be going on.

Our next match is ready to kick off.  The Crocodile Hunter makes his way out first and the fans give him a welcome reception.  His music is abruptly cut off when we hear “Money, money, monaaaaaaaay” and out comes Emmett Millbarge’s corporate stooge “Big Money” Ned Rhyerson III.  The fans boo him as he makes his way down to the ring.  He towers over Croc and begins pummeling him as soon as the bell rings.  Croc went toe to toe with the big man and started to take control as the match progressed.  Rhyerson got frustrated and exited the ring.  Croc went over to mock him but Ned pulled Croc’s leg and then wrapped it repeatedly around the steel post.  Croc tried to crawl back to the center of the ring but Ned was on him like Yogi Bear on picnic baskets.  Ned then locked in a step over toe hold and Croc almost immediately tapped out.  Ned wouldn’t let up and it took the threat of having the decision reversed to get him to finally let go.  Ned Rhyerson gets his first submission victory since he debuted.  He grabs a mic and says that no one on the HCW roster is safe – especially that goofball King Rad Gumbo.  He then left the ring to booing from the fans.  (8 min)

The Unknown Assassin and his weasel of a manager the Honorable J C Dykes are on their way to the GM’s office to demand his rematch for the TV title.  They are stopped by Nix Anderson and his manager ‘The Singapore Sensation’ Matt Preacher who says that he is already next in line for that shot and if UA wants to leapfrog to the head of the class, he will have to go through him.  The Unknown Assassin says he’ll see him in the ring next.

For the next match, Nix Anderson and his manager ‘the Singapore Sensation’ Matt Preacher made their way down to the ring first amidst booing from the crowd but it wasn’t as bad when his opponent the Unknown Assassin and his manager J C Dykes made their way out.  The fans went rabid on them.  These two guys are just not well liked.  The match started off pretty even but then Nix began taking control and that got Dykes worried. 3 minutes in, Dykes tried to throw a fireball into Nix’s face but Nix whirled and UA caught some of the brunt and it was followed up by Nix dragging UA’s face along the top rope. 

Backstage, Davis ‘the Hoff’ Hoffmeister and his tag team partner Magnum ‘the King of Cones’ Kone are chatting.  Davis acknowledges that they got stiffed in their match against the Desperados but still felt they are a force to be reckoned with.  Magnum says he’s still up to tagging up if Davis is.  Both men shake hands.  It sounds like they’re making another run for the tag belts.  Tonight, they get a chance to move up the rankings by taking on the Smashers.  Nix shows off doing the Nix Strut but UA connects with some English Forearm Strikes.  UA goes for the pin and Dykes tries to hold Nix’s leg down but Preacher came around and chased Dykes off.   UA goes for the strikes again but Nix neutralizes it.   Nix then connects with the Nixinator but chooses to showboat instead of going for the pin.  He then backed into the corner ready to do something but Dykes jumps up clocking Nix with his loaded canteen.  Nix falls into the center of the ring.  UA turns him over and makes the cover getting the 1-2-3.  The Unknown Assassin gets the win and will be next in line for the TV title shot.  Nix isn’t out of this yet and will probably be first in line whether or not UA wins the belt back.  (7 min)  Preacher helped Nix to his feet and the two left.

After a few moments, music hits and out comes former Ladies Champion Ravishing Raquel who made the trek up here to Tacoma.  She asks for a mic and calls out El Gato for stealing her title.  She demands a rematch at the supershow however Ruby Rose is supposed to be getting a shot.  Emmett Millbarge comes out and comments that Madame Jade never got her rematch so she will be added to the mix.  Emmett says that he will give Ruby a pass if she wants to bow out of the match in favor of one on one but then changes his mind and makes the match a fatal four way.  Emmett warns that the lady who gets pinned or submitted will be OUT of HCW.  The reason for this is that a new lady will be joining the roster to replace the one who will be losing their job.  She will make her debut at the Supershow.

We cut backstage and Mountain Man Junior Huber (who by the way truly is a mountain of a man) and he says that tonight he gets to bring gold to the family by defeating Hardcore Hensen for the Hardcore title.  He called Hensen a coward for not defending it more often and says that once he demolishes Hensen, the Hubers will reign supreme.

Our action returns to the ring.  The Smashers and their manager MJ all come out first and the fans boo them.  Smasher #1 and 2 almost came to blows with some of the fans.  Next, Davis Hoffmeister and Magnum Kone came out to huge pops from the crowd.  Magnum had to let the fans know he didn’t have any ice cream for the kids at the moment but if they stuck around after the show, he would get them their treats.  The match started immediately and as expected, Davis and Magnum controlled the match but MJ got involved and things began going his team’s way.  For 6 minutes, Magnum had the upper hand.  He then tagged in Davis who immediately threw Smasher #2 out of the ring.  He followed him out only to be blindsided by Smasher #1.  Smasher #1 hurled Davis into the steel steps and then tossed him back in the ring.  Smasher #2 held Davis by the leg as he struggled to make it to his corner.  Davis managed to break free and tag Magnum back in.  Smasher #1 gets tagged in and hits Magnum with the Steel Smasher.  He goes for a pin but Magnum powers out.  Smasher #2 is tagged in and he immediately taunts Davis while MJ chokes Magnum in the corner.  He goes for a pin but Magnum powers out again.  Magnum locks in the Drumstsick (armbar) but Smasher #2 hits a kneelift and tags his partner back in.  Magnum locks Smasher #1 with the King Kone (headlock) but Smasher #1 takes them to the corner.  As the ref is trying to break things up, MJ jumps up and when he goes to slug Magnum, Magnum moves and MJ hits the ref.  The ref immediately disqualified the Smashers for outside interference.  Davis hits the ring and he and Magnum dispose of the Smashers.  They hang around for a few minutes to interact with the fans and then head to the back.  (12 min)

Hardcore Hensen is backstage with his manager ‘the Singapore Sensation’ Matt Preacher.  Hensen says that the entire Huber Clan is a bunch of morons from some back woods Podunk town.   Hensen says that the Hubers think of themselves as hardcore but that is a laugh as Hensen said they would have been laughed out of the military unit he himself ran.  Hensen says Junior will become just another victim and he and Preacher walk off.

It’s time for our main event and the Hardcore title will be on the line.  First, Mountain Man Junior Huber comes out and he gets a mixed reaction from the crowd.  He doesn’t pander to them but doesn’t get in their faces either.  Next, we hear over the loudspeaker “BECAUSE I’M HARDCORE!” and out comes Matt Preacher and the Harccore Champion Hardcore Hensen.  These two are booed all the way down to the ring.  Hensen gets into the ring alongside his manager and he holds his title high as the fans watching boo him.  He hands the title to the ref and motions to Huber to get this one started. 

===== In the 1st minute of the match: =====

HARDCORE HENSEN rolled DC

Mountain Man Junior Huber rolled OC.

Mountain Man Junior Huber executes a RAM HEAD INTO RINGSIDE Barriers!....

HARDCORE HENSEN absorbs the punishment.


===== In the 2nd minute of the match: =====

HARDCORE HENSEN rolled DC

Mountain Man Junior Huber rolled OC/TT

Mountain Man Junior Huber executes a MILITARY PRESS DROP....

HARDCORE HENSEN reverses MILITARY PRESS DROP!

HARDCORE HENSEN executes a FOREARM SMASH....

Mountain Man Junior Huber reverses FOREARM SMASH!

Mountain Man Junior Huber executes a BODYPRESS OUT OF RING....

HARDCORE HENSEN absorbs the punishment.


===== In the 3rd minute of the match: =====

HARDCORE HENSEN rolled OC.

Mountain Man Junior Huber rolled OC.

Mountain Man Junior Huber executes a SCOOP POWER BODYSLAM.... 

Matt Preacher then slides a chair into the ring and…

HARDCORE HENSEN executes the Hard Times on Steel Chair....

HARDCORE HENSEN is attempting a pin!!!

1...2...3

Mountain Man Junior Huber was pinned by HARDCORE HENSEN!!!

HARDCORE HENSEN wins with the Hard Times on Steel Chair over Mountain Man Junior Huber!!!

Hardcore Hensen gets the win in relatively quick fashion.  As Huber rolled out of the ring, Hensen and Preacher stood victorious in the ring while the fans booed and the show came to a close.

Thanks for reading.  Stay tuned as the action is sure to continue.

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