Wednesday, November 7, 2018

HCW Wrestling Newsletter 2018 #722 – Phoenix Heat


Hello fans and welcome to another installment of HCW’s Phoenix Heat.  The show kicks off backstage with GM Master Bull talking on the phone.  He hits “play” on the VCR (yep, he’s pretty antiquated) and watches as Apollo Gyze, in his first match on the Tacoma roster, loses and will be going to the Elimination Chamber.  Master Bull laughs and says “Hey Apollo, don’t let your dress get caught in the door on your way out. HA HA.”  He is then interrupted by manager Ant Graham.  Graham says that he has a message from Dr. Red Fang for that interfering Leon Teremoto.  Graham says that Leon got involved in something that didn’t concern him and now he’s drawn the attention of the good doctor.  Master Bull asks him if he’s done and Graham says that he’s only begun to rant.  Master Bull stands up and puts his arm around Ant.  “You see, you’re not in charge; I am.  No one here wants to hear your rant to why don’t you take some time and chill.”  Graham harrumphed and walked off.

Pyro goes off and our first match of the night is ready to go.  The Banker comes out first with his manager Ruth Heartless and they are booed as they walk down to the ring.  The Banker gets on the mic and immediately tells the fans that they are going to witness a repossession tonight.  The Banker says he is going to take ‘Top Gun’ Justin Winger’s career and flush it right down the toilet.  He is interrupted by Winger’s music and he comes out to a pop from the crowd.  He makes his way to the ring and gets in immediately.  These two are not strangers and even though their feud is mostly behind them, there is still some bad blood.  The Banker took control early on but Winger would battle back and take the fight right to his opponent even managing to nullify interference from Ruth.  The longer the two battled, the more even the match became.  19 minutes in, the Banker goes for a Credit Check chop but Winger nullifies it.  Ruth gets up on the ring apron one final time verbally antagonizing Winger.  The ref went to admonish her and while that was going on, ‘The King of Cones’ Magnum Kone came out and the Banker began to flip out.  The Banker went up to the ref to inform him of Magnum’s appearance but then Winger caught him with a flying dropkick.  Winger made the quick cover and with a hook of the leg, got the 1-2-3.  ‘Top Gun’ gets the win and the fans pop.  Winger leaves while the Banker was complaining to the ref.  Magnum then climbed into the ring and the Banker took off like a scalded dog; over the ringside barrier and right thru the crowd.  The fans popped for Magnum as he stood watching the Banker run away.  Eventually he left.  (20 min)

We cut backstage and the Wicked Prophet is back.  He is with Tommy Lightning.  Tommy says that everyone in Phoenix is breathing a sigh of relief now that Apollo Gyze is gone.  Tommy says that he will take on Otto Ruthless tonight and like his name implies, he is pretty tough but lightning will strike tonight and Tommy says he’s walking out victorious.

Our next match is a challenge for a top 10 spot.  First, the lights go dark and we hear the creaking of a rocking chair and then a single light illuminates the stage.  Wilber Townsend is sitting in his rocking chair humming the tune “He’s got the whole world in his hands”.  He gets up and makes his way to the ring.  He gets in and takes a mic. 

“Save us, Biceps. Save us, Biceps! He's got the whole world in his hands. He's got the whole wide world in his hands. He's got the whole world in his hands. He's got the whole world in his hands. Save yourself, Bannerman.”

The music changes and out comes Biceps Bannerman to a nice pop from the crowd.  He makes his way down to the ring and climbs in over the top rope.  This guy is frickin’ huge.  He walks up to Wilber and flexes one muscle and dang, if that thing isn’t almost as big as Wilber’s head.  Wilber begins to cackle.  The bell rings and Wilber immediately attacks him. Wilber controls the match and when it seemed like Biceps was making a comeback, Wilber hurled him into the ref and the ref went down.  Wilber then went to the outside of the ring, grabbed the ringside bell and then slid back in.  He hit Biceps with it but Bannerman no-sold it.  Wilber looked concerned.  He hit Biceps in the chest with it and Bannerman just stood there.  Wilber tried it a third time but Biceps grabbed it.  Wilber then kicked Bannerman in the nether region and then hit him in the head with the bell.  Bannerman goes down.  Wilber discarded the bell and as the ref was getting back up, Wilber hit the Go to Sleep.  He made the cover but Bannerman kicked out at 2.  Wilber picked Bannerman up and hit a short arm clothesline.  This time he hooked both legs and got one of his on the ropes for leverage.  The ref didn’t see it and counted to 3.  Wilber Townsend gets the win and enters the World title picture.  (13 min)

We go backstage again and the Wicked Prophet is with the Steel Curtain – Buzz and Starbuck Steel.  WP says that the Curtain are actually in singles action tonight.  Buzz tells him that it doesn’t matter if they are in singles or tag action, the Curtain will dominate.  Starbuck leans in and says “Word.  But let me say something else.  We are multi-champions.  We’ve held the 6 Man titles, Tag Team and both of us have been the World Champion.  We are in a premier class of talent here in HCW”.  Buzz chimes in “You said it my brother.  Tonight, our opponents won’t know what hit them.”  The Curtain then walk off.  The Wicked Prophet says “What a couple of nice guys”. 

We head back to the ring for our next match.  First, Otto Ruthless makes his way out and he is booed all the way to the ring.  He flips off the fans which only riles them up all the more.  Next, Tommy Lighting comes out and the fans pop for him.  He high-fives the fans as he makes his way to ringside.  He climbs into the ring.  For 5 minutes, he and Otto go toe to toe but then something blares over the loudspeakers…”Apollo Gyze don’t apologize” and Tommy is confused as Apollo is not on the roster.  He watches the ramp but no one comes out.  Otto then clips him at the knee and then pulls him into the center of the ring.  He locks in the Yukon Cloverleaf and Tommy almost immediately taps out.  Otto steals a win.  He laughs as he makes his way to the back.  I wonder if that was something Otto had planned.  Hmm…(6 min)

The Wicked Prophet is backstage eating a pastry when he is approached by the World Champion King Rad Gumbo.

RG:  Missed you at the last show there Prophet.

WP:  Sorry your lordship.  I was given a day off and decided to capitalize on it.

RG:  I take it you saw the match with that ice cream vendor Magnum Kone.

WP:  I did your highness.

RG:  I’ll give you this.  He still didn’t match up to me but it was an interesting pick up you came up with. In fact, I want you to pick two wrestlers.  The two of them can fight it out with the winner getting a title shot at me.

WP:  It’s an honor your highness.

RG:  Let the GM’s know who you picked.  I’m interested to see what you come up with.

WP:  Sir, if I may be so bold, could I make a recommendation?  I would actually like to propose a fatal four way.  Four men get to slug it out with the winner getting a title shot.

RG:  That is a great idea.  Here’s what we’ll do.  I still want you to pick two people, Master Bull can pick one and GM Max McGillicutty can pick the other.  I’d like the match to take place next week here in Phoenix so make sure everyone gets their picks in.

WP:  Will do.  Thank you again your Lordship.

RG:   Keep spreading the good word, Prophet.

We head back to the ring as our next match is raring to go.  First, the crowd pops huge as the familiar music of Buzz Steel hits.  Buzz is so over with the crowd it’s crazy.  He gets to the ring and climbs in.  He pumps his fist in the air as he climbs the turnbuckles.  He then does something very un-Buzz like…He does a backflip into the ring landing on his feet.  The fans pop huge.  That is an astonishing feat for someone of Buzz’s size.  The music changes and out comes Tobias Snake.  Tobias has done his best to stay out of the feud between his brothers.   The fans boo him only because they like Buzz so much.  Tobias and Buzz went toe to toe for the entire match and if this were graded by judges, they’d be within a point of each other.  Both men tried to hit some power moves but the other gave as good as they got.  At the 13 minute mark, Tobias hits a snap DDT.  Instead of going for a pin, he picked Buzz up and then Buzz hit a Buzzkill out of nowhere.  Buzz made the cover with a hook of the leg and got the 3 count.  Buzz Steel gets the win much to the delight of the fans.  (13 min)

Master Bull is in his office and he’s not happy that the talent are once again becoming matchmakers.  Bull calls GM Max McGillicutty and puts him on speaker.  The Wicked Prophet walks in after knocking.  “You wanted to see me sir?”  “Sit down please” Master Bull said.  “I have Max on speaker.  We’ve spoken  about this once before.  You are an interviewer, not a match maker.”  “With all due respect to you both, his Lordship the World Champion has asked me for my input and I want to honor his wishes” Prophet said.  Max chimed in over the phone “So, we’re going to put you on the spot right now.  Who are the two people you want in the Fatal Four Way?”  Prophet tapped his finger on his chin.  “Got it.  I choose the ITF Champion Jacques Beannot and Drew the Canadian Love Machine.”  Bull nods his head.  “I already have mine picked out.  I want Sonic Blade.”  Max chimes in again.  “I have mine also.  I want Texas Wildfire.”  Max says he’ll announce it to his 3 guys on Sunday.  Bull says he’ll let Sonic know the good news.  They end the call and Bull dismisses the Prophet.

Our next match is ready to go.  Niven Snake makes his way out first and the fans pretty much boo him.  No time is wasted and Starbuck Steel makes his way out and the fans pop for him.  The match begins pretty quickly and it’s Starbuck who controls the pace of the match.  Starbuck would go for multiple pin attempts but Niven kept kicking out.  At one point, Niven went for a drive by apron dropkick but Starbuck reversed it going for a small packing (hooking the tights) but that was reversed and Niven dropped him with a leaping clothesline.   Starbuck regained control bouncing Niven’s head off all 4 corner turnbuckles.  Niven would plant Starbuck with a deadlift powerbomb but Starbuck caught him with the out of this world dropkick.  He made the cover and this time got the 1-2-3.  Starbuck Steel gets the win and the fans couldn’t be happier.  Starbuck heads to the back.  Niven followed shortly thereafter.  (11 min)

The Wicked Prophet is backstage with the challenger to the Ladies title Kimberly Kiccsass.  Kimberly says that she’s not going to stand here spouting a lot of promises.  She says she’s kicking ass and taking home gold tonight.  She walks off.

The Prophet is then joined by the Ladies champion Ravishing Raquel and her manager the Ambassador.  When he asked Raquel what she thought about what Kimberly just said, the Ambassador yelled at him to stop asking stupid questions.  Raquel says that Kimberly is one of the best in HCW but she does not hold a candle to her and will prove it NOW.  Raquel and the Ambassador walk off.

It is time for our main event.  First, the challenger Kimberly Kiccsass comes out and the fans give her a small pop.  Next, the Ladies Champion Ravishing Raquel comes out with her manager.  The fans are mixed as they like her but cannot stand her jerk of a manager.  He accompanies her because he manages Elitism which Raquel is part of with the tag team champions who just so happen to be her husband ‘the Elitist’ Reid Rothchild and his brother Roderick.  Kimberly is pacing in the ring ready for this to begin.  The bell rings and Kimberly hits a Toronto slam.  Raquel comes back with a power full nelson.  Kimberly hits a top rope leg drop but the champ hits the Simply Ravishing.  Raquel goes for the pin and gets a 2 count.   Kimberly hits a Toronto Slam and then hurls Raquel into the corner.  She charges but Raquel moves.  Kimberly hits the turnbuckle shoulder first at a pretty good clip.  She grabs her arm in pain.  Raquel grabs the arm and immediately locks in the Ravishing Chickenwing.  Kimberly tried to make it to the ropes but no avail so she tapped out.  Raquel lets go immediately and has her arm raised as the winner of the match.  The Ambassador joins her in the ring and takes the belt from the ref and puts it around Raquel’s waist.  The show comes to an end with Raquel standing tall in the ring with the Ambassador pointing and nodding at the champ. (6 min)

That’s all for now.  More elimination chamber qualifiers are coming so stay tuned.

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