Hello fans and welcome back to our latest installment from HCW’s Tacoma Thunder. The Elimination Chamber super card is only a week away and between this and our next Phoenix show, we will have an idea who will be representing Tacoma vs Phoenix. As a reminder, the team left standing at the end will retain their jobs and the losing team will be out.
Pyro goes off and
our show begins. Kicking off the show
today will be the first of our Elimination Chamber qualifiers. First, Hayley Hailstone comes out to a nice
pop from the crowd. The fans are holding
signs that read “Small but powerful”.
She gives hugs to little kids at ringside putting huge smiles on their
faces. Next, the music changes and out
comes first ‘The Singapore Sensation’ Matt Preacher and he leads out Vanilla
Zombie. The fans boo her pretty
loudly. She and Preacher head to the
ring. Preacher tries to cause a
distraction which would have allowed Vanilla to attack her but she caught on
and halted that before it could happen. The bell rings and Vanilla goes on a
tear. Preacher got involved a few times
which ended Hayley’s offensive run.
Vanilla also used many dirty tricks to keep Hayley down. 12 minutes into the match, Vanilla hit a
piledriver but then picked Hayley up for the Soul Crusher. Hayley then pushed Vanilla out of the ring
and with a burst of energy, hit the ropes and went flying through the ropes
hitting a suicide dive right on Vanilla.
The fans popped HUGE. Hayley then
got back in the ring and climbed and sat on the top turnbuckle. She got the fans to chant along with the ref
1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10. Vanilla does not
make it back in (even with Preacher’s help) so Hayley gets the win via countout
and Vanilla goes on to the Chamber.
Vanilla will have
to team with Ruby and Violet so THAT will be interesting. (11 ½ min)
The Wicked Prophet
is backstage and in walks the Tag Team Champions – Elitism. ‘The Elitist’ Reid Rothchild and ‘Rowdy’
Roderick Rothchilid stand there smirking holding their titles. Reid says that in a few short days, they are
being required to defend their titles.
Since tonight’s match will determine who they are facing, they wanted to
get an up close look. The Wicked Prophet
warns them about any interference but Roderick assures him that they are only
there to scout. The brothers snicker
and walk off.
We head to the
ring for our next match. Tonight, the
challengers Adam Jameson and Billy Robbins challenge the former Tag Champs the
Mexicali Flyers for the next spot in the title line up. AJ and Billy come out first to a decent pop
from the crowd. Next, the Mexicali
Flyers (Tornado en Fuego and El Dragon Insano) come out and the crowd pops
huge. The two make their way down to the
ring, do their little schtick and then stand face to face in the middle of the
ring with AJ and Billy. Just then, music
hits and out comes the World Tag Team Champions Elitism. Reid and Roderick are booed as they head down
to the ring. The champs go to sit at
commentary and mockingly waive at the Flyers.
The Flyers controlled the first few minutes but after a distraction from
Elitism, AJ and Billy took control and ran with it dominating the Flyers. A few times when the Flyers were making a
comeback, Reid or Roderick would do something dastardly. 22 minutes into the match, Reid hit Tornado
en Fuego with a steel chair while Roderick distracted the ref. AJ then hit a gut buster and went for the pin
but somehow Tornado kicked out. Billy
is tagged in and locked in a headlock.
Tornado then caught him with a HUGE knee lift knocking Billy silly. Tornado went for the pin and got the 3
count. The Mexicali Flyers get the win
and will go on to the next show for a showdown with the champs. Elitism was not happy and they hit the ring
attacking the Flyers. Reid drops El
Dragon with a Reid-Bottom and Roderick hit Tornado with a Frankensteiner. The champs stood over their soon-to-be
opponents holding their titles high and eventually left. (23 min for the match; 5 for the aftermath)
We head to the
back where GM Max McGillicutty is with Texas Wildfire, Drew the Canadian Love
Machine and the ITF Champion Jacques Beannot.
Jacques and Drew are on opposite sides of the room so that no
altercation takes place. Jacques’
manager ‘the Singapore Sensation’ Matt Preacher rushes in. “Sorry I’m late but before you get started, I
should have you know that as the ITF Champion, Jacques is already the
unofficial #1 contender to the World title and there is no reason he should be
subjugated to this kind of match. Max
tells Preacher to sit down and shut it.
Max tells the men that there is going to be a lot riding on the line and
hopefully, one of the three of them would be able to bring the title to
Tacoma. Jacques chimes in saying that even
though it’s been a while, HCW will have themselves a dual champion when he’s
done. Max tells him that if he wins the
opportunity to face King Rad Gumbo and somehow wins, he will have to forfeit
the US/ITF title. Jacques goes berserk.
“This is my title and you are making me relinquish it? No!
That is unacceptable. I don’t
care about your stupid rules. Preacher
will protect my interests as the ITF Champion and I’ll defeat that betise (goofball) Gumbo and take his
title. Compter sur ca” (count on
that). Jacques and Preacher then leave.
We head back to
the ring for our next match and some tag team action. First, the Cummings twins Felicia and Betsy
make their way out and they are booed all the way to the ring. They seem to relish in the angst from the
crowd. Next, the music changes and
first, out comes Violet Valkyrie. The
fans pop. She waits a moment and then is
joined by Ruby Rose. The fans pop
again. The duo make their way down to
the ring high-fiving with the fans. The
enter the ring and the twins acted like they were going to attack getting
Violet and Ruby to flinch but then backed off laughing. Once the match began, the twins used their
dirty, underhanded tactics to take control and own the match. Even though Ruby and Violet were on the
receiving end of the abuse, they had enough presence of mind to make the save
each and every time a submission or pin was attempted. At the 26 minute mark, Violet dropped Betsy
Cummings with a running one-handed bulldog.
Betsy immediately tagged her sister in.
She dropped to the floor and then unexpectedly got pulled under the ring
taking her out of the match. Felicia
looked around for her sister but she was nowhere to be found. She turned attention back to the ring where
Violet was waiting and immediately locked in a triangle choke. Felicia flailed like a fish out of water
trying to escape but it did no good. She
finally relented and tapped out giving the win to Ruby and Violet. The fans popped. They popped even lounder when Hayley
Hailstone crawled out from under the ring.
She smiled and made her way to the back.
Violet and Ruby soaked in the adulation from the fans before heading to
the back on their own. (27 min)
Once again we head
backstage and the Wicked Prophet is with Davis ‘the Hoff’ Hoffmeister. Davis removes his facial gear and his face
looks completely healed. Davis says that
he’d forgotten the pop that the Stache used to get and thanks the fans for
remembering. He says tonight, he finally
gets the match he’s been waiting for…before the whole Ivan situation. Tonight, he gets Nix Anderson in the ring for
a shot at the TV title. The Wicked
Prophet asks him if he’s up to such a task.
Davis says that his feud with Ivan has prepared him for this and thinks
that Nix will be in for the fight of his life.
We go back to the
ring for our next Elimination Chamber qualifier. First, out comes Superquake Monroe. The fans boo as the monster heads down to the
ring. Next, we hear the familiar chime
of the ice cream truck and out comes ‘the King of Cones’ Magnum Kone. Magnum comes out and the fans pop huge for
him. Magnum does his customary handing out the frozen treats to the kids at
ringside and then enters the ring to stand toe to toe with Superquake. The bell rings shortly thereafter and Magnum
controls the match for the first 5 minutes of the match but after Superquake
pulled him out of the ring and powerslammed him on the floor, things began to
go Ferguson’s way. Superquake kept the
pressure on and it looked like Magnum was making a comeback but then Superquake
dropped him with a big foot to the face.
Magnum gets whipped to the ropes where he catches the giant with a bomb
pop (dropkick). He then hurled Ferguson
into the corner and hit him with the Ice Cream Sandwich (splash). Just then, the Banker came out and Magnum
got distracted. The Banker began yelling
at Magnum who was about to head out of the ring but Superquake grabbed Kone and
hit the Cutting Edge. Ferguson hooked
the leg getting the 1-2-3. The Banker is
outside the ring laughing. It looks like
Magnum will be going to the chamber. (14
min)
We head backstage
again with the Wicked Prophet and he is with Drew the Canadian Love Machine and
Texas Wildfire. Drew says that there is
still bad blood between him and Jacques Beannot after Jacques turned on him and
taking the coveted US title and renaming it insulting the country that pays his
bills. Drew promises that there is no
way Jacques will get a win. The Prophet
then turns to TW who says that he’s honored to have been picked to fight for a
title shot. Texas Wildfire says he’s in
great company with Drew and his former tag team partner Sonic Blade and is
confident the fans will be satisfied with whomever wins (he puts his hand to
the side of his mouth and says “it won’t be Jacques”.) He adds that tonight, he challenges Jesse
California for his spot in the top 10.
He promises to give it his best.
TW leaves to head to the ring and Drew shouts behind him “Good Luck”.
Our next match
begins with Texas Wildfire coming out to a huge pop from the crowd. He rushes down to the ring and slides in
under the bottom rope. He starts to
psyche up the crowd but the music and atmosphere sour when Jesse California
comes out. Jesse gets in the ring pushes
TW out of the way and begins to jaw jack with the fans. The match begins and Wildfire takes control
early but Jesse lies, cheats and steals control of the match. During the match, we saw quite a few
reversals of moves. TW goes for a snap
powerslam but Jesse reverses it going for the California Spirit but Texas
Wildfire nullified it. A few minutes
later, Jesse goes for a standing dropkick but TW reverses it going for a
standing armbar but that too gets reversed and Jesse drops TW with a shoulder
jawbreaker. After some more back and
forth, Jesse goes for the Famouser Leg drop bulldog but Texas Wildfire fires
back hitting a Hangman’s Clothesline. TW
goes for the pin and gets the 3 count.
Texas Wildfire moves into the top 10.
(12 min)
Wicked Prophet is
taking a break but it’s interrupted by TV Champion Nix Anderson. Nix complains that he was standing in the
interview area waiting for the Prophet who thought it was more important to eat
a slice of pizza then interview a champion.
Nix says that he’s the longest reigning TV Champion in some time and
deserves better than the schmuck standing in front of him now. Nix walks off. The Wicked Prophet looks after him and then
mutters “I hope Davis kicks your ass.”
It’s time for our main
event. First, Davis ‘the Hoff’
Hoffmeister comes out to a thunderous pop from the crowd. He makes his way into the ring and climbs
each of the turnbuckles getting the crowd more and more pumped. It comes to a screeching halt when TV
Champion Nix Anderson comes out and is followed by his manager ‘The Singapore
Sensation’ Matt Preacher. The duo are
booed pretty heavily and Nix sneers as they head down to the ring. Once in the ring, Nix walks right up to Davis
and holds his title in Davis’ face.
Davis snatches it out of Nix’s hand much to the champ’s surprise. Nix grabs his title back and then takes a
swing at Davis but Davis steps back and all he feels is the swoosh of a passing swing. Davis snickers and that infuriates the champ. The bell rings and we’re off to the
races. For about 7 minutes, Nix held the
pace of the match in his hand. Then,
while he was gloating, Preacher got involved and almost cost Nix the
match. Davis rolled out of the ring and
went after Preacher. Nix followed
him. Preacher, fearing that Davis was going
to put hands on him grabbed a chair and charged, swinging. Davis moved out of the way at the last second
and Preacher hit Nix with the chair stunning him. Davis rolled Nix back in the ring and then
hit a piledriver. He made the cover and
got the 1-2-3. Davis Hoffmeister gets
the win and becomes the NEW TV Champion!!!
He is handed the belt and he holds it high much to the delight of the
crowd. He leaves as the fans pop. Back in the ring, Matt Preacher tries to
explain to Nix what happened but Anderson didn’t seem to want to hear it. Preacher grabbed Nix by the arm but Nix
turned and slugged Preacher who fell on his ass. The crowd popped as Nix walked off leaving
Matt Preacher rubbing his jaw.
With that, the
show comes to an end. There sure is to
be fallout so stay tuned.
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