Monday, August 20, 2018

HCW Wrestling Newsletter 2018 #704 – Tacoma Thunder


Hello fans and welcome back to another installment of HCW’s Tacoma Thunder Show.  After the pyro goes off to kick off the show, Emmett Millbarge and Cushmann Armitage come out and the fans boo them.  Cushman warns the crowd.  They booing intensifies.  It gets even louder.  “Fine.  You brought it on yourself.  Emmett…”  Emmett takes the mic.  “You fans here are a bunch of ingrates and can’t seem to appreciate anything.  Well, just remember that you brought this on yourself.  You’ve given us no choice but to move the PPV location from Tacoma to Seattle as you people are not deserving of a show of this magnitude.”  Now THAT got the fans even more riled up than before.  “We will take the show not only where it will bring more appreciative fans (yeah right) but make more money for US.  Ha Ha.”  The fans got so upset that they began throwing things at Emmett and Cushman on the stage.  Cushman warned them that if they do not cease this abhorrent behavior, he will have no choice but to cancel the show.  The threat had little effect.  “Ok, fine.  You unworthy fans…”  He doesn’t finish his threat as music hit and out comes GM Max McGillicutty.   The fans popped so loud that it was deafening.  Max walks over and forcibly takes the mic from Cushman.  “You will do no such thing.  In fact, why are you even here?  Your hostile takeover attempt was thwarted and now all your hopes and dreams are relying on one match.  I’m here now and the two of you can just leave.”  The fans pop turned to once of concern and warning as Master Bull came from the back wielding a chair and he blasted Max in the back with it.  The Tacoma GM hits the floor.  Master Bull, Emmett and Cushman all have one last hurrah before hurrying off stage.  Medics came out and after a cursory glance, they called for a stretcher.  Max was loaded up on it and taken to the back as the concerned fans looked on.

We head backstage where ‘the Singapore Sensation’ Matt Preacher is with the Hardcore Champion Hardcore Hensen and “future Ladies Champion” Vanilla Zombie.  Tonight, Hensen defends the hardcore title against Ghee Buttersnaps.  Hensen laughs at the name and says that he’ll plow through Ghee like a hot knife through butter.  Preacher then says that Vanilla has a shot at Ravishing Raquel’s title and like the “Thanos Snap”, Raquel’s title run comes to an end and the FUTURE of the Ladies division takes the reigns.

Our first match of the night kicks off with an explosion of sorts as Bob ‘Powder’ Keg makes his way out to the ring.  The crowd gives him an ok reception but when his opponent Protocide comes out, the fans pop huge for him.  Protocide makes his way down to the ring and does some posing (ala Hulk Hogan) before the match finally begins.  Bob started off strong really taking the match to Protocide but it wasn’t until the super soldier decided he’d had enough that the tide turned and the strong man began to battle back hard.  Protocide used his strength to wear down Bob until Protocide locked in the Super Soldier Test of Strength and brought Bob to his knees.  With his hands otherwise preoccupied, Bob had no choice but to yell out “I submit”.  Protocide releases him and the crowd pops for the super soldier as he poses and shows off for the fans.

Regulation (making their way up from Phoenix) approach Cushman and Emmett and ask for a match at the PPV.  Emmett asks what they had in mind and after not being able to make up their minds, Emmett throws out that they will take on Texas Wildfire, Sonic Blade and ‘Top Gun’ Justin Winger.  Ruth Heartless tried to interject that they wanted someone else but before she could, Emmett told them to go back to Phoenix and showed them to the door and closed it behind them.

We head back to the ring for our next match.  First Felicia Cummings comes out to booing from the crowd.  Her twin sister Betsy doesn’t appear to be around but never count them out for the old switcheroo.  Next, Ruby Rose comes out to a nice pop from the crowd.  Ruby makes it into the ring and immediately warns Felicia to stay away from the shenanigans.   Felicia has this look that says “Who me?” and the match begins.  The match started with Felicia taking control and wouldn’t you know it, her twin Betsy was there all along hiding under the ring. 15 minutes into the match, Felicia rolled out of the ring and did the switch with her twin but complain as she might, the ref never saw it so he did nothing about it.  Ruby did however and started to beat the tar out of Betsy.  21 minutes in and Ruby drops Betsy with an inverted DDT.  Betsy rolled out of the ring and Felicia came back in.  Ruby had had enough and then dropped Felicia with the inverted DDT also and hooked the leg (and maybe a foot on the ropes for payback)  and she got the 1-2-3.  Ruby Rose gets the win and pulls one over on the twins.  The crowd pops huge for her as she makes her way to the back.  (22 min)

Backstage, TV Champion Nix Anderson agrees to a rematch at the PPV however if the Unknown Assassin wants it bad enough, he should put his career on the line.  UA attacks him and says he’ll keep attacking until Nix accepts.  And by the way, he’s not stupid enough to put his career on the line.  The Unknown Assassin walks away.  Some people try to help Nix up but he pushes them away.  He’s steaming.

Our next match is a go.   First, the Smashers led by their manager MJ make their way out to booing from the fans.  They flip the fans off and that seems to feed into the frenzy.  Next, Adam Jameson and Billy Robbins make their way out to a nice pop from the crowd.  The two high five the fans as they make their way down to the ring.  The Smashers attack them on the outside of the ring and then throw them in to get this match moving.  The Smashers were definitely the dominant team but they could not keep anyone’s shoulders to the mat for more than a 2 count.  AJ and Billy showed a tremendous amount of intestinal fortitude in just being able to go the distance with these monsters.  In the end, the bell rang bringing this action packed match to it’s conclusion.  The match ends in a draw and the Smashers tried to continue beating on their opponents but the ref threatened them with fines and suspensions if they did not cease.  MJ got them to cool off and they left immediately.  AJ and Billy shook it off and celebrated with the fans briefly before leaving.  (30 min draw)

Backstage, the newest member of the HCW roster Haylee Hailstone is cutting a promo about how something so small could be so powerful but she is interrupted by the visiting (from Phoenix) Sarona Reiher.  Sarona mockingly welcomes her to HCW and tells her it’s not the small who prevail but the big and strong and Hayley is neither.  Hayley stands on her tippy toes and looks Sarona in, well the chin, and tells her that if she’s feeling up to it, there is a ring that she can show what she’s got.  Sarona accepts and walks off.  Hayley smiles.

Up next is our Hardcore title match. First, the challenger Ghee Buttersnaps comes out to a nice pop from the crowd.  Next, ‘The Singapore Sensation’ Matt Preacher comes out and the crowd boos but gets even louder when he brings out Hardcore Hensen – the champion.  The two walk down to the ring and then Preacher goes to sit at ringside.  Henson immediately goes on the warpath.  For 12 minutes though, Ghee owned the champ and there were a couple of times it looked like he was going to get the pin but Preacher would make the save.  Henson then rammed Ghee’s head into the exposed turnbuckle bracket and Ghee was busted open.  The ref began to count but Ghee made it back up to his feet.  5 minutes later, Henson would try for a hard bodyslam and a pin but Ghee got his foot on the bottom rope.   Henson then tried to throw Ghee out of the ring but it was neutralized so Henson settled for a stiff forearm shot.  Ghee stunned the champ with a belly to back suplex.   Ghee grabs a chair and went to hit Henson with it but Henson ripped it out of his hands dropping it on the mat.  He throws Ghee to the ropes and hits a powerslam right on top of the chair.  Henson makes the cover and gets the 3 count.  Hardcore Henson gets the win and another successful title defense.   (22 min)  Henson picked up the chair and Ghee and was going to hit him with it again until Protocide ran out for the save.   Protocide tells Henson that if wants to pick on someone, why not try him.  Henson scoffs at him and tries to walk away.  Before Henson could take off, Protocide attacks him up the ramp but before Henson would leave, Protocide removes his mask (only Henson could see who it was) and Henson’s eyes go all wide.  He mumbles “No, it can’t be...” and rushes to the back.  Protocide slips his mask back on, poses for the crowd and then leaves.   Hmm, I wonder what that is about.

Backstage, lounging in “their” office, Emmett and Cushman are talking about the PPV when Max McGillicutty storms in.  They are surprised to see him (upright).  Max orders them out of “his” office and as they begin to leave, Emmett makes a snarky comment (NSFW) and Max shoves Cushman out of the office and slams the door shut before Emmett could leave.   Cushman thinks about if he wants to go back in there and “save” his right hand man but he shrugs his shoulders and leaves as high pitched screams emanate from behind the door.

We have our cross promotional match up next.  First, visiting from Phoenix is Sarona Reiher.  The fans give her a mixed reaction as she makes her way down to the ring.  She doesn’t seem to care if the roster cheers or boos her.  Next, the Omegatron lights up with images from hail storms and out comes Hayley Hailstone to a huge pop from the crowd.  She eventually makes her way to the ring and an impatient Sarona taps her foot waiting for the match to begin.  Sarona controls the first few minutes but then after slapping Hayley across the face, Hayley ran roughshot all over Sarona beating her from pillar to post.  17 minutes in, Sarona began to turn things around and the two of them were basically trading shots back and forth.  In the final minute of the match, Sarona bodyslammed Hayley on the mat and then went to the top rope to deliver the superfly splash.  She launched but Hayley was quick to her feet and caught Sarona mid-air with a roundhouse kick that knocked Sarona into next week.  Hayley went for the pin and got the 3 count.  Hayley gets the win and celebrates with the fans briefly before leaving.  Sarona had to be helped to the back by the ref.  (21 min)

Davis ‘the Hoff’ Hoffmeister says that he’s taking a break from tagging with Magnum Kone to keep up his game.  He says that he was giving the choice on who he wanted to fight tonight and he picked Ivan Dragovich.  Davis tells Ivan that this isn’t “Rocky 4” and reminds Ivan of the ending “The bigger they are, the harder they fall.”  He walks off.

Our next match begins when Ivan Dragovich came out to booing from the crowd.  After he made it to the ring, the music changed and out comes Davis ‘the Hoff’ Hoffmeister.  The fans pop HUGE for this guy.  He high fives with some of the fans but then is in the ring and he puts on is “all-business” face.  Ivan meets him in the middle of the ring and says “I’m going to break you.”  Hoff responds with, yep…”Go for it”.  Davis had the slight advantage but the rowdy Russian was right there with him.  Ivan took Davis down with a spinning heel kick but then Davis threw him out of the ring.  Ivan, frustrated, grabbed a steel chair.  He tried to get into the ring with it but the ref struggled to get it away.  Ivan won the tug of war and blasted Davis with it resulting in a disqualification.  Davis recovered fairly quickly and hurled Ivan out of the ring.  He then stayed a few moments to celebrate with the fans before heading to the back. 

Backstage, Ladies Champion Ravishing Raquel says that she is the foundation that the Ladies division is built upon.  She says that out of all of the opponents she’s ever taken on, her opponent tonight – Vanilla Zombie – has to be the wackiest of them all.  At the end of the day, she is a WRESTLER and not a Zombie so we know who’s going to win.  “If conventional methods don’t work, there’s always the ‘double tap’” (a reference to the movie Zombieland). 

It’s time for our Main Event.  First, ‘the Singapore Sensation’ Matt Preacher comes out and introduces “the next Ladies Champion” Vanilla Zombie.  Vanilla still has her group of fans wearing zombie-like make up but the rest of the audience is booing her.  She looks around quizzically and then proceeds to the ring.  Next, the music changes and out comes the Ladies Champion Ravishing Raquel.  She comes out to a mixed reaction from the crowd.  The match begins right away. 


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

Ravishing Raquel (f) rolled OC.

Vanilla Zombie (f) rolled OC.

Ravishing Raquel (f) executes a RAVISHING ARMBAR....

Vanilla Zombie (f) executes a HEADBUTT....


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

Ravishing Raquel (f) rolled DC

Vanilla Zombie (f) rolled OC.

Vanilla Zombie (f) executes a SOUL CRUSHER....

Ravishing Raquel (f) reverses SOUL CRUSHER!

Ravishing Raquel (f) executes a RAVISHING ARMBAR....

Vanilla Zombie (f) attempts to defend against RAVISHING ARMBAR but is unsuccessful.


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

Ravishing Raquel (f) rolled DC

Vanilla Zombie (f) rolled OC.

Vanilla Zombie (f) executes a PILEDRIVER....

Ravishing Raquel (f) reverses PILEDRIVER!

Ravishing Raquel (f) executes a HAMMER SMASH TO THE BACK....

Vanilla Zombie (f) reverses HAMMER SMASH TO THE BACK!

Vanilla Zombie (f) executes a HEADBUTT....

Ravishing Raquel (f) absorbs the punishment.


===== In the 4th minute of the match: =====

Ravishing Raquel (f) rolled OC.

Vanilla Zombie (f) rolled OC.

Ravishing Raquel (f) executes a DIVING KNEE DROP....

Vanilla Zombie (f) executes a JAWBREAKER....

Vanilla Zombie rolls out of the ring and goes for a chair.  Her manager tried to convince her to put it down but she refused.  The ref then began talking to Preacher about what was going on.  Vanilla then tried to sneak back in to the ring with the chair but in from the crowd came Violet Valkyrie and she yanked the chair out of her hands and swung it hitting Vanilla in the arm.  Violet then rolled Vanilla back into the ring and took back off through the crowd.


===== In the 5th minute of the match: =====

Ravishing Raquel (f) rolled OC.

Vanilla Zombie (f) rolled OC/TT

Vanilla Zombie (f) executes a ATOMIC DROP....but then grabbed her arm trying to get feeling back into it but then…

Ravishing Raquel (f) executes a RAVISHING CHICKENWING....

Ravishing Raquel (f) straps in the RAVISHING CHICKENWING.

Vanilla Zombie (f) submits!!!


Ravishing Raquel (f) wins with a RAVISHING CHICKENWING over Vanilla Zombie (f)!!!


Ravishing Raquel gets the win via submission and retains her title.  The fans weren’t all that happy with the short match but enjoyed the action packed show.

As Raquel makes her way back up the ramp, she holds the title high as the show comes to an end.

We have one more show before the PPV so stay tuned.

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