Hello fans and welcome to the next installment of HCW’s Phoenix Heat show. Our PPV House of Horrors is one week away and is shaping up to be a pretty crazy one with every match on the card having specialty rules.
Today’s show kicks
off backstage in GM Master Bull’s office.
He’s busy writing when the Regulators (Mule and Mammoth) enter and ask
to speak with him. Mule says that they
were one move away from being next in line for the tag team titles if it
weren’t for the Banker’s outside interference costing them the match. They ask for a match with the Banker at the
PPV. Master Bull thinks about it for a
moment and then agrees but says that since the Banker has taken many liberties
in breaking the rules, he says it will be a 2 on one handicap match. The Regulators smile and thank Master Bull
and then leave.
We head to the
ring for our first match of the night.
Pyro goes off and things are about to get started. We kick off the show with an Elimination
Chamber Qualifying match. First, music
hits and out comes Starbuck Steel accompanied by his brother Buzz. The pop they get is deafening. Both men head down to the ring but Buzz goes
to sit at commentary and Starbuck enters the ring. Next, the music changes and out comes ‘The
Elitist’ Reid Rothchild accompanied by his manager the Ambassador. The duo are booed as they head down to the
ring. Reid enters immediately and begins
to jawjack with Starbuck. The ref
separates the two and then calls for the bell to be rung. Right off the bat, the Ambassador tries to
interfere, gets caught and then is ejected from ringside. He heads to the back grumbling (and probably
swearing too). The distraction was
enough for Starbuck to capitalize on. 4
minutes in, Reid hits the Reid Bottom (Rock Bottom) but then goes to jawjack
with the fans. Starbuck recovers and
heads to the top corner turnbuckle. Just
as Reid turns around, Starbuck launches connecting with a Shooting Star Buck. Reid is down.
Starbuck goes to the corner a second time and executes a second Shooting
Star Buck. Starbuck hits a hangman’s DDT
and goes for the pin but Reid kicks out.
Starbuck then takes Reid to each corner and bounces his head off each
turnbuckle. Reid falls backwards into
the ring. Starbuck makes the cover and
gets the 1-2-3. Starbuck Steel gets the
win and it looks like Reid will be heading to the Elimination Chamber. (7 min).
Starbuck and Buzz leave to a pop from the crowd. Reid recovers and heads to the back also.
The Wicked Prophet
is backstage with the new 6 Man Tag Team Champions the 5th
Column. Baron von Blood, Oswald
Zimmerman and Karl Braun are basking in the glow of being the champs. WP asks them if they are ready to defend the
belts and Karl interjected “Whoa there hoss.
We just won the belts and you think we’re going to turn around and
defend them? WRONG. We have 30 days (Oswald corrects him saying
‘once a month’) to defend the belts and they are going to maximize the amount
of time that they can sit back and watch the world go by.” WP says that they are coward champions then
and Baron almost decks him. “Watch your
tongue boy. You are talking to the 6 Man
champs and if you really think you have something to say, step in the ring and
we’ll shut you down like an abandoned carnival.” The champs walk off with Prophet glaring at
them.
We head back to
the ring for our next match which also happens to be an Elimination Chamber
qualifier but this one will be tag team based.
The losing team will go to the Chamber.
First, the Ryzing Storm (Travis and Terra Ryzing) come out and are
booed. Travis does his best to ignore
them but Terra gives about as good as he gets.
Eventually they get in the ring.
Next, the Machines (B and P Machines) come out to a pop from the
crowd. The fact that the masked men get
such a great reaction further irritates Terra and he begins pacing in the
ring. Terra attacks them but the
Machines immediately double team him and from there, they own the entire
match. In fact, it was a bit
embarrassing on the Ryzing Storm as they didn’t put up much of a fight. What was surprising though was that this
match went the distance. The Storm had
the presence of mind to make the save from any pin or submission attempt. As we got into the final two minutes of the
match, Terra hit the Terror Rising and
went for a pin only to have B-Machine kick out at 2. He then tagged out to Travis who came in
locked B-Machine up with a Power Full Nelson and in his weakened state, he
ended up tapping out. The Ryzing Storm
comes from behind to take the win in the final seconds of the match. The Machines will be going on to the
Chamber. (29:56)
Apollo Gyze is
backstage and he sees ‘Top Gun’ Justin Winger.
He begins to mock him for losing his chamber qualifying match but Winger
got fed up pretty quick. He then challenged
Apollo to a match and said that Apollo should agree to make this another
qualifying match but Apollo said that he wasn’t stupid and would not agree to
such a ludicrous request. Winger said
fine and challenged him to a normal match instead. Apollo accepted. That match is up next.
We go to the ring
just at ‘Top Gun’ Justin Winger is making his way out. The fans pop for him as he makes his way to
the ring. Next, we hear “Apollo Gyze
don’t apologize” over the loudspeakers and out comes the most irritating man in
all of sports entertainment. The fans
boo him but he doesn’t seem to care.
Apollo barely has time to get his jacket off before Winger goes on the
offensive. The two do battle but Apollo
must have gotten under Winger’s skin as Top Gun’s game was a bit off. Apollo used that to his advantage and ended
up taking the match to the time limit.
The match is called a draw and Apollo breathes a sigh of relief and
Winger heads to the back. Apollo took
the mic and said that he is officially accepting the twerp Tommy Lightning’s
challenge to a match at the PPV where the loser leaves Phoenix. Apollo says he just bought a house so he
ain’t going anywhere. He leaves to a
chorus of booing from the fans. (30 min
draw)
Our next match is
ready to go. First, Leiton Snake comes
out to a mixed reaction from the crowd.
He makes his way down to the ring and does his shtick. Next, the music changes and the crowd goes
sour as manager JC Dykes comes out and is followed by the Unknown
Assassin. The duo make their way down to
the ring amid a barrage of verbal insults and some miscellaneous garbage thrown
their way. The Assassin gets in the ring
and the booing intensifies. I think it’s
safe to say he is not liked by the crowd here.
The match begins. UA starts off
with going for a nerve pinch but Leiton reverses it and attempts a diving
somersault neckbreaker but UA nullifies it.
UA gets the nerve pinch on but Leiton hits a sling blade twice. Dykes then blows on his whistle hoping to
distract Leiton but that gets nullified and Leiton hits a pedigree
facebuster. UA hits some karate chops
and Leiton hits a running single leg dropkick.
Dykes provides a distraction and this time he got Leiton’s attention
which allowed UA to connect with some English forearm strikes. He goes for the pin and gets a handful of
tights to secure the 3 count. The Unknown
Assassin gets the win. The fans and
Leiton tried to complain but it did no good so he left. Just as UA was going to leave, the lights go
out briefly and when they come back on, Dr. Red Fang is standing right behind
him and hits a Vampire Lunge. The fans
boo even louder. Fang screams “VAMPIRE
LUNGES FOR EVERYONE” before leaving. (6
min)
The Wicked Prophet
is backstage with Tommy Lightning. Tommy
says he’s glad that Apollo grew a pair to face him again in the ring with a
potential move out of the territory on the line. Tommy says he’s taken about all he can handle
of “Apollo Gyze don’t apologize” and says Phoenix will be a much better place
with Apollo gone.
The next match is
ready to begin. Tommy Lightning comes
out first to a pop from the crowd. Once
in the ring, the music changes and out comes Angry Jack Lawson. Lawson tries to intimidate Tommy by raising
his arms and dropping them. Flames shot
out of the corner posts but not in such a dramatic fashion as he’d had hoped. In fact, the flames sort of sputtered and the
fans laughed which made Jack even angrier.
He rushes down to the ring and immediately attacks Tommy. Jack held the offense for about 10 minutes
but then Tommy began to battle back and took the match to Lawson. Tommy had things pretty much locked up by the
end of the match. Jack had other plans
and hit a clothesline from the top rope but Tommy rolled through it and went
for a sunset flip. As he was trying to
get Jack down (who was holding the top rope to prevent that), the bell rang
bringing this one to a draw finish.
Jack, frustrated, left. Tommy
began to celebrate with the fans but then his celebration is cut short when
Apollo Gyze hits the ring taking Tommy out with a steel chair. Apollo stands their laughing but he stops
with the music changes and out comes GM Master Bull. Bull gets on the mic and tells Apollo he’s
had it with this garbage and says that he is making a change to the
Apollo/Tommy match and that it will have a special guest referee…HIM. The fans pop huge and Apollo starts to throw
a tantrum in the ring. Bull smiles and
leaves. Apollo follows soon thereafter.
We head to the
back where the Wicked Prophet is standing with the Ladies champion Ravishing
Raquel and her manager the Ambassador.
WP: I’m the Wicked Prophet and I call it like it
is. I’m here with the Ladies champion
Ravishing Raquel. Raquel, tonight you
defend your title against Lady Hermann. What
are your thoughts on your challenger?
RR: Prophet, there aren’t many women in this
sport who operate at my level but Lady Hermann is pretty damn close. But here is the thing…close only counts with
horseshoes and hand grenades. I’ve said it once before and I will say it
again, I am the best, better than the rest.
WP: Well, you are the Ladies Champion and a
dominant one at that. With your manager
in your corner, you seem unstoppable.
Ambassador: It doesn’t matter if I’m in her corner or
not, she is the greatest ladies wrestler to ever put on a pair of boots. That title stays where it is until she
decides she wants to throw a bone to someone else.
WP: Strong words.
Now, you’ll need to back them up.
RR: Watch and be amazed.
Ravishing Raquel
and her manager then leave heading to the ring.
It’s time for our
main event. First, the challenger Lady
Hermann comes out to a small pop from the crowd. Next, the music changes and out comes the
Ambassador as he leads the Ladies Champion Ravishing Raquel down to the
ring. She seems to have a following
although most fans still boo her. She
gets in the ring and walks by Lady Hermann.
She climbs each turnbuckle holding her title high each time. Once she accomplished that, she handed the
title to the ref, did some stretching and nodded to her manager. Needless to say, Lady Hermann DOMINATED the
champion. We have never seen Raquel
thrown around like a rag doll before.
Raquel didn’t get one offensive move in until 7 minutes into the match
when she hit the Simply Ravishing out of nowhere. She didn’t have the presence of mind though
to go for a pin. Raquel goes for the
Ravishing Chickenwing and Lady Hermann hits a spear. Both ladies go down and are slow to get up
but eventually make it to their feet before the ref counted to 10. Lady Hermann hits the Natural Selection
Cutter and stands over Raquel. She
takes her eyes off Raquel for only a split second but that was all the champ
needed to jump up and lock in the Ravishing Chickenwing. She takes Lady Hermann to the mat and grounds
her. Lady Hermann struggled and tried to
claw her way to the ropes with no avail.
She finally relented and tapped out.
Ravishing Raquel gets the win after taking a beating (24 to 57) in 10
minutes. She knows she had the toughest
challenge in some time. She holds her
title high as the show comes to an end.
Thanks for
reading. The PPV is almost here so stay
tuned.
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