HCW Wrestling Newsletter 2018 #727 – Tacoma Thunder

Hello fans and welcome back to another installment of HCW’s Wrestling Newsletter.  The Elimination Chamber from a week ago continues to have ramifications moving forward.  The quest to crown new tag team champions continues with 2 more tag team qualifying matches tonight.

Our show kicks off backstage in the office of GM Max McGillicutty.  Max is sitting with the Wicked Prophet.  The Wicked Prophet tells Max he wants to expand his involvement in HCW and says he wants to begin training for in-ring action.  Max questions if this is something he really wants to do.   WP says he’s mentally ready but needs to get into better shape.  He adds that he first would like to step into the ring but in a different capacity.  He wants to be a guest referee.  Max thinks it’s a good idea and asks which match.  WP says that he want to ref the Beannot/Teremoto match at the PPV.  Max asks if he thinks he can remain impartial and WP says he calls it like he sees it.  Max shakes his hand.  We have a special guest ref at the PPV.

Pyro goes off and we have our first match of the night.  The Axe and Superstar Chic Monroe come out at the same time to a nice pop from the crowd.  They do their bit in the ring to get the crowd psyched up but the music changes and out comes manager MJ and the Smashers.  The Smashers rush the ring and attack Axe and Chic.  They manage to stay in control for the majority of the match but as the match progressed, Axe and Chic started to make some headway.  Just as we approached the time limit, Smasher #2 locked Chic up with a side headlock but Chic hit a knee to the gut.  Just then, the bell rang bringing this one to a time limit draw.  With this draw, both teams are out of the tag team tournament.

We head backstage and the Wicked Prophet is with Ruby Rose.  WP congratulates Ruby on her win and asks if she’s decided when to cash in her title shot against Ravishing Raquel.  Ruby says that even though she wants it now, she is willing to wait until the PPV.  It will be there that the championship changes hands and the new blood will lead HCW into the future. 

Our next match is ready to go and the tag team tournament continues.  First, the Regulators come out and they get a small pop from the crowd.  Next, the music changes and out comes the Steel Curtain.  The fans blow the roof off the place.  Once the match began, the Curtain owned it however the Regulators would not go down easy.  They fought tooth and nail and made every possible save they could to hold on to any chance.  Before we knew it, the time limit was getting ready to expire.  Starbuck heads to the top and hits Mammoth with the Shooting Star Buck. He goes for the pin but Mule somehow manages to break up the pin.  Buzz gets tagged in and Mammoth makes the tag to Mule.   Buzz hits a slingshot suplex but Mule takes Buzz to the ropes and hits an inverted superplex.  He doesn’t have enough time to make the cover as the bell rings shortly after both men crashed to the mat.  The signaling from the bell brings another tag match to a draw finish.  With this draw though, it appears that the team of Hensen and Beannot get a bye into the next round.

After everyone left, music hit and out comes…what the hell…it’s the Elitist Reid Rothchild.  What the hell is he doing here?   He makes his way down to the ring and demands a mic.  Reid says that he never believed in chamber types of eliminations so he says he’s sticking around and not going anywhere.  GM Max McGillicutty comes out and says that he doesn’t have a contract and attempts to remove him from the ring.  Reid proposes an alternative.  Reid says he will wrestle one match and if he wins, he will join the Tacoma roster.  Max relents and says that Reid’s opponent is on his way out.

Music hits and out comes…Drew the Canadian Love Machine.  The fans pop huge as he makes his way down to the ring.  Reid does not look happy.  Drew gets in the ring and climbs two of the turnbuckles before Reid walks over and tries to get the match started.  Reid hurls Drew into the corner and hits a Stinger splash.  Drew hits a powerbomb but Reid hits the Hogan leg drop. Drew hits the La Casita but Reid connects with the Reid (Rock) Bottom.  Drew locks in the handstand headscissors but Reid hits another Rock Bottom. Drew bodyslams Reid but then gets hurled to the corner again and Reid hits another Stinger splash.  Drew stumbles out of the corner and Reid hits a third Rock Bottom.  He makes the cover, hooks the leg and gets a foot on the middle rope for leverage and gets the 3 count.  Reid gets the win and I suppose, is now on the Tacoma roster.  I guess we’ll have to see how that plays out.  (6 min)

Backstage, Nix Anderson is with his manager Matt Preacher.  Nix asks “what part of ‘you’re fired’ are you not getting?”  Preacher tries to call Nix down but he grabs his former manager by the shirt and lifts him off the ground.  All of a sudden, Nix is attacked by Hardcore Hensen and Jacques Beannot.  Preacher’s team beats Nix down.  Preacher tells them to pick Nix up.  They get him to his knees and Preacher begins to slap him across the face.  “You don’t fire ME you no talent hack.  You are the one fired and we don’t want to see you around anymore.  Oh, and you got your rematch against Davis but you get to do it without my help.  Good luck hack.”  Preacher, Jacques and Hardcore all leave after dropping Nix to the floor.

We go back to the ring for our next match.  Lavender Gooms makes her way out first to a decent pop from the crowd.  Next, Hayley Hailstone comes out and the fans pop pretty loud.  He high fives with the fans all the way down to and around the ring.  She even gives some hugs to a few of the kids at ringside.  She climbs into the ring and this one begins quickly.  Hayley stayed right with Lavender for the first 7 minutes of the match but then was interrupted by the British Crippler.  Lavender took advantage of the situation and even though she dominated the rest of the match, she could not keep Hayley down for the 3 count.  Hayley hung in there just long enough to make it to the time limit.  As soon as the bell rang, the British Crippler jumped into the ring and began beating Hayley down.  Hayley got in a couple of good licks before sending the Crippler to the outside of the ring.  Hayley took the mic and said that if the British Crippler really wanted a match against her, she’s got an opening at the PPV.  The British Crippler nods in agreement and it looks like those two will be meeting at the PPV.  (20 min draw)

Ant Graham is backstage with Dr. Red Fang.  Graham does all the talking here talking about how, after tonight, there will be a new Hardcore Champion and then the ‘great’ Dr. Red Fang will destroy the Unknown Assassin one more time. 

Texas Wildfire makes his way out to a huge pop from the crowd.  He gets into the ring and asks for a mic.  He calls out Wilber Townsend.  Wilber is not in the building tonight.  Wildfire says that Wilber’s interference almost cost Tacoma 5 of its best but they persevered and were saved by the most unlikable of people – Apollo Gyze.  Wildfire says he’s still here (fans pop) and that when Wilber is ready to step up, he’ll be ready.  He hands off the mic as he waits for his opponent.  Wendell Hammerschmidt makes his way out to booing from the crowd (just because they really like TW).  Wendell had the advantage for the first 8 minutes of the match but with the fans solidly behind him, TW began to rally back and then dominated the rest of the match…to the point where Wendell only got in 5 moves the rest of the match.  Just when it appeared that this one was going to be cut short by a draw finish, TW hits the hangman’s clothesline and quickly makes the cover getting the 3 count just seconds before the time limit would expire.  Texas Wildfire gets the win (accompanied by the pop) and he left after a brief celebration.  (20 min)

The Wicked Prophet is backstage and he’s with Hardcore Champion Hardcore Hensen and his manager ‘the Singapore Sensation’ Matt Preacher.  Hensen says that he’s going to do the humane thing tonight and put down a rabid dog.  He says Fang has been out of control and it will take someone like him to destroy the evil vampire bot.  Preacher chimes in and says that Fang will get the same treatment Nix just got.  Don’t cross his team or they will get their just desserts.

It’s time for our main event.  First, blaring over the loudspeakers is “VAMPIRE LUNGES FOR EVERYONE” and out comes Dr. Red Fang accompanied by his manager Ant Graham.  The duo make their way down to the ring amidst booing from the fans.  Fang gets in the ring and snarls and growls at the fans and that just makes them react all the more.  Next, music changes and out comes the Hardcore Champion Hardcore Hensen with his manager Matt Preacher.  They too get booed from the fans but it’s not as deep as the treatment Fang received.  Hensen gets in the ring and is asked what type of match he wants.  Hensen hands his title over and says he wants a Lights Out Match.  Before the match could begin, the Unknown Assassin shows up and begins to taunt Fang from the stage.  Fang leaves the ring and goes after UA.  UA and Fang brawl but then the Unknown Assassin THREW Fang off the stage crashing into tables down below.  Fang is out and medics are checking on him.  UA says that he’s officially taking Fang’s spot tonight. 

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

HARDCORE HENSEN rolled OC.

The Unknown Assassin rolled DC

HARDCORE HENSEN executes a INJURE FOE (Call MASH Unit)....

The Unknown Assassin neutralizes INJURE FOE (Call MASH Unit).

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

HARDCORE HENSEN rolled OC/TT

The Unknown Assassin rolled DC

HARDCORE HENSEN executes a THROW OUT OF RING....

The Unknown Assassin attempts to defend against THROW OUT OF RING but is unsuccessful.

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

HARDCORE HENSEN rolled OC.

The Unknown Assassin rolled OC.

HARDCORE HENSEN executes a DOUBLE HAYMAKER  - BOTH MEN DOWN!....

The Unknown Assassin executes a STANDING CROSSFACE....

HARDCORE HENSEN is down from the DOUBLE HAYMAKER - BOTH MEN DOWN! The referee begins the count...

1...2...3...4...5...6...

HARDCORE HENSEN makes it back into the ring at the 6 count.

The Unknown Assassin is down. The referee begins the count...Ant Graham rushes over and nails him in the head with a sledgehammer.

1...2...3...4...5...6...7...8...9...10

The Unknown Assassin is out cold!!!

HARDCORE HENSEN wins with a DOUBLE HAYMAKER over The Unknown Assassin!!!

Hardcore Hensen gets the win and retains his title.  Nix Anderson rushes out and attacks Hensen and the two brawl all the way to the back.  Just as the show is wrapping up, we hear “Apollo Gyze don’t apologize” and out comes Apollo with a mic.  The fans boo him as he makes his way down to the ring.  He tells the fans not to hate on him because of what he did at Elimination Chamber.  It’s all about survival.  Apollo says that since he gets a title shot of his choosing, he is going to challenge Hardcore Hensen for the Hardcore Title.  The fans boo as he drops the mic and just lets it all soak in.

Stay tuned.  More to come.

HCW Wrestling Newsletter 2018 #726 – Phoenix Heat

Hello fans and welcome back to another installment of the HCW newsletter.   Happy Thanksgiving to one and all!!!  We had a hell of a show this past Sunday in San Diego with Elimination Chamber.  Ruby Rose got the win for the Ladies allowing her Tacoma teammates to keep their jobs.  We hear that Scarlett Phoenix and Madame Jade will be on hand tonight to say their goodbyes.   On the men’s side, newcomer Apollo Gyze gets the win also for Tacoma allowing his teammates to also keep their jobs.  

Because of the vacancies caused by the departing wrestlers, HCW has decided to do a roster shake up.  Moving to Tacoma are the Regulators who frankly want nothing to do with the Banker anymore.  Moving to Phoenix are quite a few:  Bob ‘Powder’ Keg, the King of Cones Magnum Kone, Leon Teremoto, Perfect Pecs Stoddard and finally the NEW TV Champion Davis ‘the Hoff’ Hoffmeister. 

Next, because ‘the Elitist’ Reid Rothchild was part of the losing team and therefore is out, Elitism has to forfeit the Tag Team Titles.  A series of matches will be held starting tonight to get to a final 4 who will duke it out at the “Zero Hour” PPV next month.  Roderick was asked if he wanted to find a partner and get back into the tournament but he said that his brother is the only person he’d ever team with so now its singles action for him.

We are also going to have 2 title matches tonight with the 5^th Column defending the 6 Man Tag Team Championship against the Steel Curtain and Tommy Lightning and the ITF Champion Jacques Beannot (with his manager ‘the Singapore Sensation’ Matt Preacher) taking on Leon Teremoto.

Pyro goes off and our first match is ready.  Over the loudspeakers blares “VAMPIRE LUNGES FOR EVERYONE!” and out comes the evil vampire bot Dr. Red Fang and his manager Ant Graham.  Fang snarls and growls at the fans as he makes his way to the ring.  Ant gets ridiculed by the fans and he responds by flipping them off.  The music changes and the fans explode as Drew the Canadian Love Machine comes out.  He high fives the fans.  As soon as he gets in the ring, Fang attacks him.  The two battle tooth and nail and kept the fans on their feet for the entire match.  Even with interference from Ant Graham, it wasn’t enough to give Fang a huge advantage.  As the match entered the 20^th and final minute of the match, Drew connects with a corkscrew pescado but Fang hits a Vampire Lunge out of nowhere.  With both men spent, the bell rings bringing this one to a time limit draw.  Drew rolls out of the ring and leaves to a pop from the crowd.  Fang makes it to his feet only to get leveled by the Unknown Assassin who ran in from the crowd to attack him.  UA beat Fang down and then knocked him silly with multiple forearm shots.  UA’s manager JC Dykes decks Ant Graham and then enters the ring with mic in hand and he tells Fang that UA isn’t done with him by a long shot and officially challenges him to a match at the PPV with their careers on the line.  He proposes a loser leaves HCW match.  Dykes says that he and the Unknown Assassin will await the cowards’ response.  UA and Dykes leave to booing from the crowd.  (20 min for the match; 5 for the aftermath)

We cut up to the Omegatron where we get a recap from Elimination Chamber showing Ruby Rose’s win as well as Apollo Gyze’s “comment” directed at Master Bull.  “Kiss my ass Master Bull.  Hahahahahahahaha”.

We then cut to the interview area and the Wicked Prophet is there with Leon Teremoto.  WP asks Leon if he is ready for his match against the ITF Champion Jacques Beannot.  Leon says that not only is he ready but he is walking out with the title tonight and once the ref hands him the title, he will drop the ITF name and officially bring back the US title.  The Wicked Prophet wishes Leon good luck.

We head back to the ring for our first qualifying match for the Tag Team Titles.  First, Leiton and Tobias Snake come out to a mixed reaction from the crowd.  Shortly thereafter, their opponents, two members of the Huber Clan (Butch and Junior Huber) come out to booing from the fans.  They make their way down to the ring.  The two teams battled in the ring but lots of rest holds caused the fans to get bored and head to the bathroom or snack bar.  Before we knew it, this one hit the 30 minute time limit.  Both teams are eliminated and out of the tag team running.

We head to the back once again and manager ‘the Singapore Sensation’ Matt Preacher tells everyone that all is well with everyone he manages and Nix Anderson will be back in the ring on Sunday.  He however is not done with the man who “stole” his TV title Davis Hoffmeister.  He promises that Nix will be the champ again. 

We go back to the ring for our next tag team qualifying match.  First, Scooter J and TNT come out to a nice pop from the crowd.  Scooter J looks to be healthy.  TNT high fives with the fans as he makes his way into the ring.  Next, the music changes and out comes the Muscles Trio.  They are wearing their rainbow colored bull horns and carrying boxes of ‘Booty-O’s’ cereal.  The trio do ‘rock, paper, scissors’ to see who will represent them in the match.  Muscles Thorpe and Weasley get the win and they head to the ring.  The match begins pretty quickly but 4 minutes into the match, during a double team, Thorpe threw TNT over the top rope and he appeared to land awkwardly.  He appears to be hurt so SJ is on his own.  Scooter J began a good run but each time he executed a move, the Muscles would tag out bringing a fresh man into the ring.  They did this a few times and SJ got a bit frustrated.  Thorpe tagged Weasley in but before he could tag back in, TNT came around and pulled him off the apron.  In the ring, Weasley went for a double foot stomp but SJ reversed it and hit a piledriver.  With no one to make the save, Scooter J gets the 1-2-3.  SJ and TNT move forward in the tournament. (8 min)

Backstage, the Wicked Prophet interview the Steel Curtain (Buzz and Starbuck Steel) and Tommy Lightning.  Tommy is excited for a shot at the 6 man titles.  Buzz says that this enthusiasm is just what they need to revitalize the division.  Starbuck adds in that it’s been awhile since they carried gold and now is as good a time as any.  Buzz and Tommy then lean in and say “Word” and the trio leave.

We head back to the ring for another tag team qualifying match.  First, the Ryzing Storm (Terra and Travis Ryzing) come out to booing from the fans.  Next, the former champions the Mexicali Flyers (El Dragon Insano and Tornado en Fuego) come out to a huge pop from the crowd.  They zip around like bees which gets the crowd pumped.  The Storm begin by attacking the Flyers but their offense is squashed before it ever got started.  The Flyers were able to calm the Storm and own the match.  At the 12 minute mark, all 4 men were in the ring.  Travis hit Tornado with a neckbreaker and El Dragon threw Terra out of the ring to the floor.  He followed him and picked him up dragging him to the announce table where he hit a superplex from the announce table to the floor.  The ref began counting and El Dragon rolled back in just before the 10 count.  Terra Ryzing doesn’t make the count and ends up getting counted out.   The Mexicali Flyers get the win via CO and move on in the tournament. (12 min)

We head to the back with the Wicked Prophet and he is with the 6 Man tag team champions the 5^th Column.  Baron von Blood speaks for his team and says that they will dominate their match tonight and the Curtain and Tommy will go home empty handed.  They laugh as they walk off.

We are back at the ring and music hits and out comes the challengers the Steel Curtain and Tommy Lightning.  The fans pop as they make their way down to the ring.  Their pop is cut short when the 6 Man Tag Team Champions the 5^th Column make their way out.  The fans boo the crap out of them.  They stop on the stage and then they look up and we hear “Apollo Gyze don’t apologize” blare through the loudspeakers.  Tommy begins looking around for him determinedly.  When Apollo doesn’t show up, the Column laugh as it was all a ploy to throw Tommy off his game.  Both teams were pretty even through 13 minutes of the match.  The Column triple teamed Tommy and kept him on their side of the ring taunting the Curtain all the while.  people out of the ring, Tommy tried for a monkey flip but didn’t have enough to capitalize on it.  Karl then pulled out an illegal object and hit Tommy with it.  He made the cover getting the 1-2-3.  The Column retain their titles.  They began berating the Steel Curtain and then music hit and out comes GM Master Bull.  Bull says that he rid Phoenix of Apollo and is not happy that the Column likes to keep bringing him up even in an effort to throw their opponents off.  Baron asks Bull what he’s going to do about it.  Master Bull says that even though the Column won tonight, they WILL defend the titles one more time against the Steel Curtain and Tommy Lightning at the PPV.   The Column tried to complain but Bull walked off.  (16 min)

For the last time tonight, the Wicked Prophet is getting ready in the interview area and ITF Champion Jacques Beannot and his manager ‘the Singapore Sensation’ Matt Preacher walk in.  Jacques calls the Prophet a wannabe and if he knows what’s good for him, he’ll just stand there holding the mic.  Jacques says that Leon is a no body and can’t figure out why he’s getting a title shot.  Jacques says that once he defeats Leon, he will be the greatest to hold this title and no one will ever touch him.  Jacques walks away with Preacher following.  Prophet stands there glaring after them.

It is time for our main event.  First, Leon Teremoto comes out and the fans pop for him as he makes his way down to the ring.  After a few minutes to interact with the fans, the music changes and Matt Preacher comes out first and introduces the greatest International Title of France Champion ever – Jacques Beannot.  Beannot makes his way down to the ring and holds his title in Leon’s face.  Leon doesn’t waste any time and takes a swing at Jacques.  Jacques backs off not expecting it, hands the title off and then attacks Leon.  Jacques applies a shoulder pinch and Leon locks in an armbar scissored lock.  Leon then hits a sitout side slam.  Jacques locks in the Spreadsheet but Leon makes it to the ropes.  Jacques applies a sleeperhold but Leon locks in the armbar scissored lock again.  Jacques hits a jaw jacker.  Leon locks in a headlock but Preacher hits him from behind.  When that didn’t work, Preacher got up on the apron and put his hands on the ref.  The ref warned him not to do that again or he would disqualify Jacques.  Preacher rears back and slugs the ref.  The ref calls for the bell disqualifying Jacques and awards the match to Leon.  Since the title doesn’t change hands on a DQ, Jacques is still the champion.  All of a sudden, the Wicked Prophet storms out from the back and he tells the ref he has to call out a serious miscarriage of justice.  He replays the last few moments of the match that showed the constant interference by Preacher.  The Wicked Prophet suggests that Jacques give Leon a rematch at the PPV and make it a no DQ.  Jacques asks why he would do something so stupid.  The Wicked Prophet points up at the Omegatron and it begins flashing hilarious photos of Jacques and he screams to shut them off.  Prophet tells him to agree to the match.  Jacques stammers a bit but then finally agrees.  He and Preacher storm off.  It looks like Leon will be getting a fair shake.

Just as the cameras were getting ready to end, Madame Jade, Scarlett Phoenix, Taylor Bella, Phat Sol, Brick (Machine B), Top Gun Justin Winger and Sonic Blade all came out and said their goodbyes to the fans.  They each got a nice pop.  ‘The Elitist’ Reid Rothchild came out on the ramp and all he said was “You haven’t seen the last of me” and then walked off.  

With that, the show comes to an end.  I’m sure Jacques will have something to say to Tacoma GM Max McGillicutty when he arrives back in Tacoma.  Stay tuned as things are heating up.  

HCW Wrestling Newsletter 2018 #725 – Elimination Chamber Supershow – San Diego, CA

Hello fans and welcome to our Supershow!  We are coming to you LIVE from sunny San Diego, California. The sold out show promises to exceed all expectations.  As a reminder, in tonight’s Elimination Chamber matches, one team will retain their jobs while the losing team will be headed for the unemployment line.  

We head to the back where reporter Clarkus Kentus is with 2 of the ladies from the Phoenix roster Madame Jade and Scarlett Phoenix.  Missing is Taylor Bella as she stated that she has to be in the chamber with two of her enemies doesn’t mean she stands with them like a happy go lucky team.  Madame Jade states that she’s excited to represent Phoenix alongside Scarlett and they feel that with our without Taylor’s help, they have the makings of a winning team.  Scarlett agrees and says that experience will be the deciding factor and they will continue their winning ways.

We cut to another part backstage where the Wicked Prophet is with Ruby Rose and Violet Valkyrie.  Missing is Vanilla Zombie who, through her manager, said that her team is not going to show her up and she will be the one reigning supreme.  Ruby wishes her teammate good luck and says that they’ve got this.  Violet chimes in and says that the Phoenix roster may have been around longer than they have however, with youth and exuberance on their side, they will bring the win home to Tacoma.  They leave and the Wicked Prophet wishes them good luck.

Pyro goes off and our show is about to begin.   GM’s Max McGillicutty and Master Bull come out thanking the fans for attending the show.  Max said “Typically, Tacoma would typically host this but with all the hype surrounding the show and our continued hopes working with other states, we continue to fine tune our ability to take our shows on the road.”  Master Bull added “And with Elimination Chamber being a ‘Phoenix’ event,  Max and I agreed that fans from all over want to experience an HCW show and what better place than southern CA for us to build those relationships for future events.”  Max concluded “Without further ado, let’s get this party started.”  They left and pyro went off once again.

ELIMINATION CHAMBER - LADIES

The bell rings and introduces the first team.  Taylor Bella was the first to come out and was booed as she headed down to the ring.  She immediately went into the chamber and began stretching.  Next, Scarlett Phoenix and Madame Jade made their way out and the fans popped for them.  They high-fived the fans and then entered the structure.  The music changed and then Ruby Rose came out.  The fans popped pretty loud for her and she made her way down to the chamber but didn’t enter.  Smoke filled the stage and like a rocket, Violet Valkyrie came shooting through it on her zipline heading down to the chamber.  When she stopped, she was actually above the cage.  She dropped down onto it and the crowd popped.  She eventually climbed down and then entered the structure with Ruby.  The music changed once again and this time Vanilla Zombie came out with her manager ‘The Singapore Sensation’ Matt Preacher.  She regarded the fans booing her with disgust and then made her way down to the ring.  She entered the cage as Preacher went to go sit at commentary. 

The first fall begins with Madame Jade and Ruby Rose starting off.  Jade bounced Ruby’s head into the corner but Ruby drops her with an inverted DDT.  She goes for the pin but Jade kicks out right away.  Ruby hits a roundhouse kick.  She turns to the corner where Vanilla Zombie is mouthing off.  Ruby tags her in and smirks.  Jade climbs to the top of the pop and connects with a splash.  She goes for the pin but Taylor blind tags herself in.  Scarlett joins her and they double team Vanilla.   Vanilla nullifies a sitout facebuster from Taylor and tags Ruby back in.  Ruby and Taylor slug it out for a couple of minutes and Violet gets tagged in.  Violet executes a flying shoulder smash Taylor back first into the chamber.  Taylor gets up but drops after getting hit with a jumping knee smash.  Taylor then went for a sunset flip but Violet held on the ropes.  Vanilla rushed over and KICKED Violet’s hands off the ropes.  Taylor rolled with it and with a handful of tights, she got the 1-2-3.  Violet is eliminated.  (10 min)  Ruby is pissed and yells at Vanilla who just looks at her.

The next fall begins with Tacoma at a 2 to 3 disadvantage.  This next fall went a whopping 23 minutes with Ruby doing a lot of the work but Vanilla did her part.  Scarlett Phoenix and Madame Jade took the fight to their opponents but Ruby had a lot of pent up anger and used it wisely.  After lots of double teaming, Vanilla hits Scarlett with the Soul Crusher and tagged Ruby back in.  Scarlett attempted to take Ruby off her feet with a headscissors but Ruby nullified it and then hit the Nightmare Make Believe Buster.  She then looked at Jade as she made the cover getting the 1-2-3.  Ruby gets the win for her team and we’re tied back up at 2-2.  Scarlett is eliminated.

Fall #3 begins and once again, there was a lot of double teaming but the dislike between Ruby and Vanilla and Taylor and Jade began to show through with the villains attempting to usurp their partner’s ability to try and win the match.  At one point, Jade got injured but Taylor pulled her to their corner, tagged herself in and kicked her off the apron.  Just before Jade was able to get back in, Taylor got injured but took the ref down with her injuring him too.  Jade repaid the favor by tagging herself back in and dumped Taylor to the floor.  Once Jade got back in the ring, Vanilla began choking her on the top rope and then tagged Ruby back in.  Ruby locks in an upsidedown headlock but Jade locks in the Jade Breaker but Ruby doesn’t tap out.  Vanilla gets tagged back in as does Taylor.  Vanilla hits an atomic drop but while going for a second one, Taylor pulled out brass knuckles and popped her in the head.  She fell on top of Vanilla, hooked the leg and got the 3 count.  Vanilla Zombie is eliminated.  (21 min)

Fall #4 is a short fall with Ruby supporting the weight of Tacoma on her shoulders.  She gives it her all against Taylor and Jade.  It was actually surprising how well she did against 2 competitors. Taylor began to take a more prominent role pushing Jade out of the way.  She dropkiced Ruby out of the ring but didn’t pursue as she jawjacked with Jade.  Jade tags herself in only to be hit by the Red Wedding Facebuster. Ruby makes the cover but only gets a 2 count.  Taylor tags back in but Ruby drops her with an inverted DDT.   Jade throws her hands up not caring about Taylor.  Ruby gets the 3 count and now it’s down to the final 2 participants.  (8 min).  Taylor is eliminated.

Fall #5 is the last one with one team retaining their contracts and the others out of a job.  Ruby locks in a modified boston crab but Jade drags her face on the ringrope.  Jade follows it up with a slingshot suplex.  Jade then smashes Ruby’s head into the corner.  Ruby explodes with a power bomb.   Ruby locks in the upside down headlock.  Madame Jade hits a slingshot suplex but Ruby hits an inverted DDT.  Ruby makes the cover and gets the 3 count.  Ruby Rose is the sole survivor and because of her win, Tacoma’s team will keep their jobs but we will have to say goodbye to Phoenix.  (6 min)  Ruby, being the last woman standing, will get a shot at the Ladies title whenever she wants it.  Ruby leaves to a huge pop from the crowd.  Once on the stage, she salutes the fans and then leaves.

Backstage, the Wicked Prophet, one by one, wishes all of the competitors for the men’s Elimination Chamber match good luck.  The last person to leave, Apollo Gyze, says that he won’t apologize for Phoenix losing their careers and he says that if it could have happened, he wouldn’t have minded seeing Master Bull put his career on the line too but sometimes you get what you’re going to get.  Apollo walks off.

ELIMINATION CHAMBER - MEN

Our next match is ready to begin.  First, the Phoenix team makes their way out.  The Machines (B & P) make their way out first to a nice pop from the crowd.  ‘Top Gun’ Justin Winger makes his way out next and the crowd pops a little louder.  Next, Sonic Blade comes out and the fans pop even louder.  The fans go sour when the final member of the Phoenix team – ‘the Elitist’ Reid Rothchild comes out.  The fans boo the crap out of him but he smirks and just flips them off.   The music changes and the Tacoma roster begins to make their way out.  Protocide is the first participant out and he gets a decent pop.  ‘The King of Cones’ Magnum Kone makes his way out next and the fans pop.  Third, Drew the Canadian Love Machine comes out and the fans explode.  Fourth, Texas Wildfire comes out and the fans continue the deafening pop.  Finally, we hear the eye-rolling groan of “Apollo Gyze don’t apologize” and out comes Apollo.  The fans boo him but he doesn’t seem to care.   Drew stops Apollo telling him he needs to start off the match but Apollo rushes for one of the pods and locks himself in.  Drew pulls on the door but Apollo holds it shut with a chain wrapped around the handle.   The match begins with Top Gun and the Machines on one side and TW, Protocide and Magnum Kone.  Protocide was kept in the ring the longest but when he made the hot tag to TW, the fans would pop huge.  After a couple of minutes, Magnum Kone got tagged in but he only got in a couple of shots before he was double and triple teamed by the Phoenix roster.  After the ref cleared the ring, Magnum began to make a comeback but a distraction from outside the chamber caught his attention.  Someone was stealing his ice cream cart.  The perpetrator turned around and it was the Banker.  He laughed as he made his way to the back with the cart.   He turned around to see Winger, who was bouncing off the ropes come flying at him connecting with a Wild Bill punch.  Winger makes the cover and gets the 3 count.  Magnum Kone is eliminated. (15 min)

The next round begins with Drew entering the fray.  Winger goes to sit out and is replaced by Sonic Blade.   Protocide starts this one off and the Machines took advantage of the exhausted state he was in and kept him sequestered to their corner.  Sonic gets tagged in and goes for an atomic drop but Protocide reverses it going for a clothesline but Sonic negates that. Sonic then does something unlike him and his character, he drags Protocide’s face across the cage blinding him but Protocide drops him with an elbow smash.  He rolls Sonic up (and puts his feet on the ropes for leverage!) and got the quick 3 count.  Sonic Blade is eliminated.  We are down to 4 on 4 but Apollo still refuses to enter the ring.

Round #3 sees ‘the Elitist’ Reid Rothchild enter the ring for the first time in the match.  He makes sure to go over and mock Apollo and Drew.  Reid teams up reluctantly with the Machines and they take the match to their opponents.  It does seem that Tacoma is wearing out faster than the Phoenix side.   Reid makes his appearance at the 10 minute mark dropping TW with the Rothchild Stunner.  After letting the Machines beat down some more on TW, Reid comes back in to hit the Rothchild (Hogan) leg drop.  Reid once more goes over to mock Drew and Apollo but he turns around only to get hit by the Hangman’s clothesline.  TW makes the quick cover and gets the 3 count.  Reid Rothchild is eliminated!  Uh OH!  Reid is one half of the tag team champions.  If Phoenix loses, what will happen to the tag belts??? (12 min)

Round #4 sees Drew the Canadian Love Machine come in to share some of the workload with TW and the fans pop huge for him.  The Machines also seem to take on the bulk of the fighting for their team.  TW started things off with catapulting Machine B into the cage.  4 minutes later, Drew joins in but an accidental bump takes the ref out of action.  All 6 men hit the ring and begin slugging it out until the ref shook it off and got back to his feet.  After a piledriver from Machine B almost eliminated TW, the hot tag was made and Protocide gets in a few good licks before tagging Drew in.  Drew immediately climbs to the top of one of the pods, flashes the ‘Superfly’ hand signal and then leaps off landing on Machine B.  Drew hooks the leg getting the 1-2-3.  Machine B has been eliminated.  (20 min)  Drew goes to have words with Apollo who still has his pod locked refusing to get into the ring.

Round #5 goes for another exhausting 18 minutes and surprisingly didn’t have a lot of high spots.  At one point in the match, Phoenix GM Master Bull came out.  He went to talk to Winger who entered the ring right after his conversation.  He then blasted TW with a foreign object and almost got a 3 count if it weren’t for TW’s presence of mind.  Protocide tried to get Machine P to submit to the Super Soldier test of strength but he didn’t.  As we were nearing the 18^th minute of the match, the lights go dim and the stage goes dark except for one single light gently swaying.  The lights slowly came back up and standing in the chamber is Wilber Townsend and he hits Texas Wildfire with the GTS.  Wilber then exits the structure accompanied by security.  Winger takes advantage of the attack and goes for the pin getting the 3 count.  Texas Wildfire is eliminated.

Round #6 once again sees Apollo hiding in his pod refusing to participate leaving Protocide and Drew to cover for their team.  Drew, seeing that Protocide is totally exhausted, stays in the ring for this round and it was longer than any of the others.  Phoenix continued their onslaught of Tacoma and after Machine P hit the ‘Phat’s enough’ (hey, wait a sec, is that who we think it is?) Machine P makes the cover and gets the 3 count.  Drew the Canadian Love Machine is eliminated.  Machine P removes his mask and…holy crap…its Phat Sol.  Phat must have been under the mask this whole time.  What a hell of a time for a reveal.  Master Bull enters the chamber and yells at Apollo for being such a coward and tells him to get in the ring for his team.  When Apollo refused, Master Bull pulled out a sledgehammer and broke the door to Apollo’s pod.  Now, Apollo has to enter the ring.

Round #7 saw Apollo begrudgingly enter the ring but as soon as the bell rang, the freshest man went to town hitting Top Gun with a triple powerbomb.  After that, Winger had to tag out.   Protocide and Apollo shared the same amount of in-ring action and 21 minutes in, Protocide tags himself in (as Apollo refused to tag out) and locked Machine P (Phat Sol) up with the Super Soldier test of strength.  P was just as exhausted as the rest and eventually had to tap out.  Machine P/Phat Sol is eliminated.  Right after the submission, Apollo left the ring and went back to another pod and locked himself in leaving Protocide to defend Tacoma on his own.  Winger is left as the final member of the Phoenix roster.

Round #8 was one on one action between Winger and Protocide.  In their battle, there was, as expected, lots of rest spots as both men were exhausted.  Somehow Winger kept digging deeper and would stun the fans with a powerful move.  Protocide hits a weak hip toss.  Just then, Hardcore Champion Hardcore Hensen (HEY, HE’S NOT SUPPOSED TO BE HERE!) hits the ring and begins dismantling Protocide.  Hensen hits Protocide with the ‘Hard Times’ and he’s out.  Hensen then leaves the ring.  Winger then jumped up onto the turnbuckles and launched with a flying body splash connecting in the middle of the ring.  Winger made the cover getting the 3 count.  Protocide is eliminated.  Now, we are down to 1:1 and Apollo has no choice but to re-enter the ring.

Eliminations so far: 

Magnum (T) (Banker interference)

Sonic Blade (P)
Reid Rothchild (P)
Machine B (P)
Texas Wildfire (T) (Wilber Townsend interference)
Drew (T)
Machine P (P)
Protocide (T) (HH interference)

Round #9 – this is it.  One team sticks around and the others…well…don’t.  

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

Apollo Gyze executes a ENZUIGIRI....

'Top Gun' Justin Winger reverses ENZUIGIRI!

'Top Gun' Justin Winger executes a Flying Shoulder Smash Opponent Back first into Chamber....

Apollo Gyze absorbs the punishment.

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

Apollo Gyze executes a ENZUIGIRI....

'Top Gun' Justin Winger executes a FLYING DROPKICK....

'Top Gun' Justin Winger is attempting a pin!!!

1...

Apollo Gyze kicks out of the pin!

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

Apollo Gyze executes a REF Thrown into Pod Accidentily….

'Top Gun' Justin Winger executes a STEAMROLLER....

Referee is incapacitated for 4 more rounds.

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

Apollo Gyze executes a GORILLA PRESS DROP MOONSAULT....

'Top Gun' Justin Winger executes a Flying Shoulder Smash Opponent Back first into Chamber....

Referee is incapacitated for 3 more rounds.

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

Apollo Gyze executes a Flying Shoulder Smash Opponent Back first into Chamber....

'Top Gun' Justin Winger executes a KNEE TO BACK....

Referee is incapacitated for 2 more rounds.

===== In the 6th minute of the match: =====

Apollo Gyze executes a TRIPLE POWERBOMB....

'Top Gun' Justin Winger executes a HEAD SMASH INTO TURNBUCKLE....

Referee is incapacitated for 1 more rounds.

===== In the 7th minute of the match: =====

'Top Gun' Justin Winger executes a D.D.T.on Chamber Floor....

Apollo Gyze absorbs the punishment.

Referee is no longer incapacitated.

===== In the 8th minute of the match: =====

Apollo Gyze executes a FLYING DROPKICK....

'Top Gun' Justin Winger reverses FLYING DROPKICK!

'Top Gun' Justin Winger executes a CHINLOCK W/ FOREARM SMASH....

Apollo Gyze neutralizes CHINLOCK W/ FOREARM SMASH.

===== In the 9th minute of the match: =====

Apollo Gyze executes a TRIPLE POWERBOMB....

'Top Gun' Justin Winger executes a CHINLOCK W/ FOREARM SMASH....

===== In the 10th minute of the match: =====

Apollo Gyze executes a DELAYED VERTICAL SUPLEX....

'Top Gun' Justin Winger executes a CHINLOCK W/ FOREARM SMASH....

===== In the 11th minute of the match: =====

Apollo Gyze executes a ENZUIGIRI....

'Top Gun' Justin Winger executes a HEAD SMASH INTO TURNBUCKLE....

===== In the 12th minute of the match: =====

Apollo Gyze executes a ENZUIGIRI....

'Top Gun' Justin Winger executes a HEAD SMASH INTO TURNBUCKLE....

===== In the 13th minute of the match: =====

Apollo Gyze executes a Backbody Drop onto Chainlink Floor AND

SPIN-OUT POWERBOMB....

'Top Gun' Justin Winger attempts to defend against Backbody Drop onto Chainlink Floor AND

SPIN-OUT POWERBOMB but is unsuccessful.

===== In the 14th minute of the match: =====

Apollo Gyze executes a SPIN-OUT POWERBOMB....

'Top Gun' Justin Winger executes a KNEE TO BACK....

Apollo Gyze is attempting a pin!!!

1...2...

'Top Gun' Justin Winger kicks out of the pin!

===== In the 15th minute of the match: =====

Neither man did anything except take a breather

===== In the 16th minute of the match: =====

Apollo Gyze executes a ENZUIGIRI....

'Top Gun' Justin Winger absorbs the punishment.

Apollo Gyze is attempting a pin!!!

1...

'Top Gun' Justin Winger kicks out of the pin!

===== In the 17th minute of the match: =====

'Top Gun' Justin Winger executes a HEAD SMASH INTO TURNBUCKLE....

Apollo Gyze executes a Backbody Drop onto Chainlink Floor AND

SPIN-OUT POWERBOMB....

Apollo Gyze is attempting a pin!!!

1...2...3

'Top Gun' Justin Winger was pinned by Apollo Gyze!!!

Apollo Gyze wins with a Climb out of steel cage over 'Top Gun' Justin Winger!!!

Apollo Gyze wins the chamber and brings Tacoma the win.  With this, he earns a title shot at any title of his choice.  This also means that the competing Phoenix team are now out of a job.  Before the show could come to an end, Apollo grabbed a mic and yelled “Kiss my ass Master Bull.  Hahahahahahahaha”.

This was a hell of a show and we thank you sticking around with us.  We are sure that there will be fallout from this and as we head into our final PPV of the year in mid-December, things will continue to get interesting. Stay Tuned.

HCW Wrestling Newsletter 2018 #724 – Phoenix Heat

Hello fans and welcome back to another installment of HCW’s Phoenix Heat. The show begins with pyro and then GM Master Bull makes his way out.  Bull says that the final 2 elimination chamber matches will take place tonight and the teams for both Phoenix and Tacoma will be set in stone.  Bull reminds us that it will be Phoenix vs Tacoma and he has all the confidence in the world his team, once completed, will pull it through.  Also on the card, Elitism defends their Tag Team titles in a rematch against the former champions the Mexicali Flyers.   Finally, there will be a fatal 4 way to determine who will be the next wrestler to gain a shot at World Champion King Rad Gumbo.   Bull then leaves as the crowd pops, pyro goes off one more time and the show is ready to begin. 

Our first match of the night is an Elimination Chamber qualifier.  First, the Banker makes his way out along with his manager Ruth Heartless.  The fans boo as the duo make their way down to the ring.  The Banker threatens to hit a few fans with his briefcase but holds back (barely).  Once in the ring, the music changes and out comes Sonic Blade.  The fans pop as one of the hometown favorites makes his way down to the ring.  Sonic gets to play double duty tonight as he’s also going to be part of the fatal 4 way.  The match begins and Ruth starts off early by distracting Sonic with her beauty.  The Banker then locks in the ATM Fee armbar and was going for a submission until Magnum Kone ran down and jumped in the ring attacking the Banker causing the DQ.  The Banker immediately fled with Magnum in hot pursuit.  The Banker gets the win via DQ and it looks like Sonic will be going to the chamber.  (2 min)

The Six Man Tag Team champions the Fifth Column bump into the Machines.  Baron von Blood starts to harass them until ‘Top Gun’ Justin Winger walked over.  Winger told the Column to back off or there may be a problem.  Oswald Zimmerman told Winger to watch where he sticks his nose.  Winger says that if the Column is itching for a fight, he’d stand with the Machines to take them on.  The Column agree to the match but immediately state it will not be for the titles.  Winger says it’s ok that they will enjoy kicking the Column’s collective asses all over the ring.  All six men then dispersed. 

Our next match is up.  First, the Machines (B & P Machine) come out to a pop from the crowd.  Next, ‘Top Gun’ Justin Winger joins them.  The crowd pops as they make their way down to the ring.  They were in the process of getting the crowd psyched up until the music changed and out comes the Six Man Tag Champs the Fifth Column (Baron von Blood, Karl Braun & Oswald Zimmerman).  The crowd boos them heavily and the champs flipping the fans off did little to dampen the noise.  Winger begins the match dropping the Baron with an arm drag take down.  He tags in the B Machine who is immediately triple teamed and try as he may, he could not get to his corner.   At one point, the B Machine made the hot tag but the ref was distracted and therefore didn’t see it negating any help.  The Column continued to beat down the B Machine and taunt P Machine and Winger.  9 minutes into the match and everyone was in the ring.  Winger hits the Baron with a chinlock forearm smash that sent him out of the ring.  The B Machine hit Karl Braun with a piledriver and he rolled out of the ring.  The P Machine hit Oswald with a jaw jacker.  The ref then sent Winger and P Machine out of the ring but Oswald grabbed B Machine preventing him from making the tag.  B Machine drops Oswald with a piledriver and almost makes it to his corner but Baron and Karl prevented it.  Winger hits the ring and Karl with a body press that sent both over the top rope to the floor.  P Machine hits a superkick on Baron and follows him out.  B Machines gets psyched up and drops Oswald with another piledriver.  He makes the cover and gets the 3 count.  Winger and the Machines get the win over the champs.  The crowd pops for them but since this was a non-title match, the belts do not change hands.  The champs grabbed their titles (and their pride) and made their way to the back.  (12 min)

Backstage, the Wicket Prophet meets up with Sonic Blade. Sonic says that his going to the chamber will only help his team win against Tacoma and that he’s not concerned.  He then says he needs to go find Magnum Kone and have a discussion with him.  Sonic walks off.

We head back to the ring for our next match which is our final Elimination Chamber qualifier.  First, Missy Chick makes her way out to the ring and is booed.  She gets in the ring and starts doing jumping jacks.  Next, Scarlett Phoenix makes her way out to a nice pop from the crowd.  She high-fives the fans as she makes her way to the ring.   Missy immediately attacks her as she entered the ring but Scarlett takes her down with a headscissors flip.  Missy comes back and hits an exploder suplex.  Scarlett landed awkwardly.  Missy continues the assault and locks in a guillotine choke.  Scarlett, trapped in the middle of the ring, had no choice but to tap out. Missy steals a win and laughs as she leaves.  Scarlett is the final entrant into the chamber. 

Our Elimination Chamber Supercard now is complete.  Team Tacoma vs Team Phoenix.

Team Tacoma                       Team Phoenix

Magnum Kone                        Sonic Blade

Protocide                                 Machine B
Apollo Gyze                vs        Machine P
Drew the CLM                        Top Gun Justin Winger
Texas Wildfire                        ‘The Elitist’ Reid Rothchild

Team Tacoma                       Team Phoenix

Vanilla Zombie                       Madame Jade

Ruby Rose                  vs        Taylor Bella
Violet Valkyrie                       Scarlett Phoenix

Backstage, Wilber Townsend is with the Wicked Prophet.  Wilber says that now that he is in the top 10 for the World title, he says that King Rad Gumbo needs to be afraid.  Wilber says that no one will stand in his way to get something he should have had a long time ago.  “Beware the buzzards as they will feast on the Gumbo and have their fill.  Be afraid…be afraid.”  Creepy.

Our next match is for the World title placement in the top 10.   The lights dim and Wilber Townsend makes his way down to the ring with the music from ‘Deliverance’ plays softly in the background.   He gets to the ring and begins to mock the fans which of course elicits booing.  Next, defending his spot is Terra Ryzing.  As soon as Terra came out, Master Bull followed and said that the loser of this match will actually lose their spot in the top 10 so it’s not just about placement in the top 10 but holding onto your “spot”.   Terra started off strong but faltered the longer the match went on, Wilber seemed to be getting stronger.  About 12 minutes in, Wilber began hammering Terra’s back like a jack hammer.  When he thought Terra was ‘tenderized’ enough, he hit the Go to Sleep.  Wilber makes the cover and gets the 1-2-3.  Wilber skyrockets up the rankings.  The fans boo as he leaves the ring.  Terra eventually left also.  (13 min)

The Wicked Prophet is backstage with the Mexicali Flyers and they say that tonight, things change for the better when they regain the World Tag Team titles.

We head back to the ring for our Fatal Four Way with the winner getting the next title shot at the World Champion.  First, Drew the Canadian Love Machine comes out to a huge pop.  He is followed by Sonic Blade who also gets a good pop.  ITF Champion Jacques Beannot (his title is not on the line here) is next out and the fans boo him pretty bad.  Lastly, Texas Wildfire comes out and the fans once again pop.  The match begins with Jacques taking on TW.  The ITF champion held his own but soon, the three faces ended up being too much for him and he tried to leave.  He was half way up the ramp when the Wicked Prophet came out and blocked Jacques’ way so that he could not leave.  Jacques had some choice words for the Prophet but ended up going back to the ring.  About 15 minutes in, Jacques removed the covering of the turnbuckle exposing the metal brackets below.  There was more double and triple teaming but no one went to that corner.  We join the match now at the 21 minute mark.

===== In the 21st minute of the match: =====

Sonic Blade,  Texas Wildfire,  Drew the Canadian Love Machine double teaming for 2 rounds.

Sonic Blade is a offensive (OC) double teamer.
Sonic Blade executes a TILT A WHIRL ARM DRAG....

Texas Wildfire is a offensive (OC) double teamer.

Texas Wildfire executes a SIDE HEADLOCK....

Drew the Canadian Love Machine is a offensive (OC) double teamer.

Drew the Canadian Love Machine executes a LA CASITA....

Jacques Beannot executes a FLYING BODYPRESS....

Sonic Blade, Texas Wildfire, Drew the Canadian Love Machine are double teaming for 1 more rounds.

===== In the 22nd minute of the match: =====

Sonic Blade is a defensive (DC) double teamer.

Sonic Blade does nothing for the round.

Texas Wildfire is a offensive (OC) double teamer.

Texas Wildfire executes a TURNBUCKLE SMASH....

Drew the Canadian Love Machine is a offensive (OC) double teamer.

Drew the Canadian Love Machine executes a POWERBOMB....

Jacques Beannot attempts to defend against Double Teaming. but is unsuccessful.

Double teaming ends.

===== In the 23rd minute of the match: =====

Texas Wildfire executes a HANGMAN CLOTHESLINE....

Drew the Canadian Love Machine executes a LA CASITA....

Texas Wildfire is attempting a pin!!!

1...2...

Drew the Canadian Love Machine kicks out of the pin!

===== In the 24th minute of the match: =====

Drew the Canadian Love Machine executes a ARMDRAG TAKEDOWN....

Sonic Blade absorbs the punishment.

===== In the 25th minute of the match: =====

Texas Wildfire executes a TURNBUCKLE SMASH (with Drew hitting the exposed bracket)....

Drew the Canadian Love Machine absorbs the punishment.

Texas Wildfire is attempting a pin!!!

1...2...3

Drew the Canadian Love Machine was pinned by Texas Wildfire!!!

Texas Wildfire wins with a TURNBUCKLE SMASH over Drew the Canadian Love Machine!!!

Texas Wildfire gets the win much to the crowd’s delight.  TW drops to his knees in exhaustion.  Sonic walks over and extends his hand in congratulations before leaving to help Drew (who has a nice sized knot on his head) to the back.   Jacques was nowhere to be seen as he must have stormed off in the last couple of minutes.  TW remains in the ring celebrating but its cut short when Wilber Townsend hits the ring attacking him.  Wilber dropped TW with the GTS.  Wilber then climbed the corner turnbuckles and launched hitting a moonsault on TW.  Wilber then stood over TW and asked for a mic.  “The buzzards still circle and there is more feast to be had.  You think you have the next spot when I just became the #1 contender.  No my friend.  If you want the next shot, you WILL meet me in the ring to determine who the true #1 contender is.  Beware, my friend, beware.”  Wilber then left.  The ref checked on TW and helped him to the back.

The Wicked Prophet is once again backstage and he is with Elitism – ‘the Elitist’ Reid Rothchild and ‘Rowdy’ Roderick Rothchild and their manager the Ambassador.  Reid says that they have the titles and there is no way in Hell they’re losing them to a couple of schmucks from ‘over there’.  Roderick begs the Flyers to bring their best as it will only result in disappointment when Elitism defeats them again.

It’s time for our main event which is a rematch for the World Tag Team Titles.   First, the Mexicali Flyers (El Dragon Insano & Tornado en Fuego) come out to a loud pop from the crowd.  Next, the Ambassador leads Elitism out and down to the ring as the trio are booed pretty loud.  Reid begins by hitting the Reid Bottom on El Dragon but then the former champs double teamed Reid and it became a close match.  The Ambassador then added his influence and things then went the way of the champs.  15 minutes into the match, Roderick had just tagged Reid in.  Tornado en Fuego hit Reid with a tornado DDT but before he could go for the pin, the Ambassador grabbed the ref’s leg and pulled him out of the ring and then sucker punched him.  The ref immediately called for the bell disqualifying Elitism however the belts don’t change hands on a DQ.  The fans are disappointed that the Flyers didn’t win the belts.  The show came to an end with the Flyers still in the ring and Elitism making their way to the back holding their titles and laughing.

Elimination Chamber is up next.  Stay tuned.