Hello fans and
welcome back to another installment of HCW’s Phoenix Heat. Tonight, we have our other semifinals match
with Scooter J and TNT taking on Ovaltine Jackson and Ghee Buttersnaps. The winner of this match goes to the PPV to
fight the team of Hardcore Hensen and Jacques Beannot with the winner becoming
the new Champions.
The show begins
back in GM Master Bull’s office. In
there with him are the Steel Curtain (Buzz and Starbuck Steel). Max says that after the doctor’s evaluation,
tt is determined that Tommy Lightning is not going to be healed enough from his
injuries so he will not be able to team up with the Steel Curtain for the 6 man
titles. Master Bull says that had there
been more time, he would allow the Curtain to re-qualify but since that won’t
happen, he will allow them to choose a partner.
Buzz says he knows who he wants and whispers it to Starbuck but Starbuck
shakes his head and whispers back. Buzz
shakes his head no. It seems that the
brothers are having an issue determining who their partner will be. Bull tells them they have up until their
match to reveal who it will be.
Pyro goes off and
our show is ready to go. Otto Ruthless
comes out first and the fans boo as he makes his way down to the ring. Next, the music changes and out comes Leon
Teremoto. The fans pop for him as he
makes his way down to the ring. Otto
attacks him ruthlessly but Leon is able to keep him at bay. The match was pretty even throughout with
both men getting near falls after hitting their specialty moves. At the 13 minute mark, Leon catches Otto with
a sitout sideslam and hooks the leg for the 1-2-3. Leon gets the win and the fans pop for
him. It’s cut short when ITF Champion
Jacques Beannot runs out and attacks Leon beating him down before locking in
the Spreadsheet. After a few moments,
Jacques releases the hold and laughs and walks away. Leon is helped up and to the back.
We go backstage
and we’re with roving reporter Larry Morton (the Wicked Prophet couldn’t be
here as he is already on Colorado preparing for his debut as a referee) and
Drew the Canadian Love Machine. Drew
says that Reid is a coward and hides in the shadows. Drew says that he will be the light in the
darkness and he will reveal Reid’s true colors and asks again for Reid to
accept his challenge for the PPV. Drew
walks away.
We head to the
ring for our next match. First, blaring
over the loudspeakers comes “VAMPIRE LUNGES FOR EVERYBODY” and out comes the
vampire bot we love to hate Dr. Red Fang.
Fang is accompanied by his manager Ant Graham and the duo are booed as
they head down to the ring. Fang is
snarling and growling all the way. Once
in the ring, the music changes and out comes the TV champion Davis ‘the Hoff’
Hoffmeister. The fans pop huge for
him. The TV title is not on the line tonight. Davis makes his way into the ring but before
the match can begin, Nix Anderson makes his way out and goes to sit at
commentary. Nix will be receiving a
rematch at the PPV for the TV title.
Davis takes control of the match early on and it’s only 3 minutes in
before we have our first ‘OH SHIT’ moment.
Fang set Davis on the top rope and he was trying for something but Davis
managed to block it and then bodyslammed Fang from the top rope all the way
down to the floor. The fans popped crazy
for that. There was some delay before
Davis was able to go out and drag Fang back into the ring. When he finally got him back in, he went for
a pin but Ant got Fang’s foot on the bottom rope after a 1 count. Fang gets up and executes an airplane spin
but Davis drops him with a piledriver.
He goes for the pin again only to put Fang’s foot on the bottom rope
again. 7 minutes in, Ant tries to
intimidate the referee but Davis coldcocks him.
Davis then locks Fang up with the Hollywood Clutch (camel clutch) and
after stretching Fang a bit, he releases the hold and goes for a pin securing
the 3 count. Davis Hoffmeister gets the
win. Davis goes to leave but Nix is
there and the two have a staredown before Nix leaves followed by Davis. In the ring, Fang struggles to get to his
feet but then the Unknown Assassin slides in and attacks Fang pummeling him
with English forearm strikes. The
Unknown Assassin leaves Dr. Red Fang a bloody mess and the fans boo him. Graham eventually makes it to his feet and helps
the Dr to the back.
The Steel Curtain
(Buzz and Starbuck Steel) are backstage with Larry Morton. Larry asks if they have decided on a partner
to replace Tommy. Buzz says he has an
idea but Starbuck’s is equally as good and they’ve tried multiple ways to
decide a winner – a Jenga game, Rock, Paper, Scissors, and even Connect Four
but they always reach an impasse. Starbuck says Master Bull has given them until
their match to find a partner so the search continues.
Our next match is
ready to go. First, Bob ‘Powder’ Keg
comes out to booing from the fans. Once
in the ring the music changes and out comes Drew the Canadian Love
Machine. The crowd goes absolutely
bonkers. They totlally love this
guy. He heads to the ring high-fiving
the fans and shaking hands before sliding into the ring. Bob attacks him before the bell with a punt
to the head which disoriented Drew quite a bit.
Bob took advantage and surprisingly owned the match. Drew finally was able to shake off the
cobwebs but then was tossed out of the ring by Powder Keg. Drew began walking trying to clear his head
when he is attacked by Reid Rothchild wielding a chair. Reid smashes him a few times and then rolls
him back in to the ring. He climbs over
the barrier and pushes a fan out of their chair and sits down. Bob picks up Drew and drops him with a DDT. He makes the cover and gets the 3 count. Bob gets a rare win due to the interference
of The Elitist. Bob leaves and Reid hops
the barrier again and grabs a mic and gets into the ring. “Yes, I accept the challenge.” He drops the mic, picks up Drew and then hits
the Reid Bottom (Rock Bottom). He then
hits the Rothchild leg drop. He laughs
as he leaves the ring. Drew is helped to the back by some stagehands. (8 min)
Ladies Champion
Ravishing Raquel is backstage conducting an interview when she is interrupted
by Kimberly Kiccsass. Kimberly says she
doesn’t want to wait for the PPV and wants a match tonight. Raquel says no. Kimberly starts to insult her. Raquels relents but says the title won’t be
on the line. “That’s fine” Kimberly
says. “I can beat the crap out of you
tonight and then again in a few short days.
That title will be mine; mark my words.”
Kimberly then walked off.
We go back to the
ring for some tag team action. First,
Tobias and Leiton Snake come out to a mixed reaction from the crowd. Next, the Steel Curtain comes out and the
fans pop huge for them. They get in the
ring and the match begins almost immediately.
The Steel Curtain proved their dominance by totally owning the Snake Pit
(201 to 95). The Snakes never got an
opportunity for a pin and Buzz and Starbuck shared equal time in the ring. Starbuck almost got a near fall on Leiton but
Tobias had made the save. Keeping
themselves fresh, the Curtain continued to dominate and it looked like it was
going to end after Starbuck hit the Shooting Star Buck but he made the tag to
Buzz who came in and hit Tobias with a German suplex. He made the cover and that was all she
wrote. The Steel Curtain get the win in
dominating fashion. (21 min). Just as they were leaving, the 6 Man Tag Team
Champions the 5th Column came out and began brawling with the
Curtain. We kept watching for someone to
come out to their aid but no one ever did.
The numbers proved to be too much and the Column beat them down until
officials came running from the back to break things up. The Steel Curtain were thrown into the ring
by the Column and try as they might, the officials could not stop them. Just then music hit and out comes…and the
lights went off. HEY, DOESN’T ANYONE PAY
THE ELECTRIC BILL AROUND HERE??? The
lights came on about a minute later and the 5th Column were totally
laid out. Buzz and Starbuck were
dumbstruck. They had no idea who came to
their rescue…or do they? I guess we’ll
have to find out at the PPV. (21 min)
Backstage, Larry
Morton introduces Angry Jack Lawson.
Jack says that Ferguson was a sorry excuse for a partner and he placed a
call and he will actually have someone who will watch his back. Larry asked who this person was and Jack got
really angry telling him it’s none of his business and he will find out when
the rest of the sheep do. He walked off.
Our next match is the
last of the semi-finals for the tag team tournament. Tonight, one of these two teams will go on to
meet Hensen and Beannot with the winner emerging as the World Tag Team
Champions. First, Ovaltine Jackson and
Ghee Buttersnaps come out and the fans pop for them. They make their way to the ring and get the
crowd psyched. Next, Scooter J and TNT
come out to a much louder pop from the crowd.
TNT high fives with the fans as Scooter J rushes the ring, climbs the
turnbuckle and does his part to get the crowd excited. After TNT arrived and he did his part, the
bell rang. Ovaltine and Ghee controlled
the match for the first 12 minutes of the match going for pin attempts where
they could but their opponents were aware enough to save the other. At the 13 minute mark, TNT and Scooter J
double teamed Ghee and feeding off the energy from the crowd, it got them
pumped up. Scooter J stays in and eye
rakes Ghee before trying for a quick rollup and pin but only getting a 2
count. Scooter J smashed Ghee’s head
into the turnbuckle before tagging TNT in.
TNT came in only to be back body dropped but as Ghee tried for a tag
out, TNT stopped him and hit the Townsend Driver. He went for the pin and got the 3 count. TNT and Scooter J get the win and will now go
on to the PPV to challenge for the World Tag Team titles. (15 min)
With the
Superquake/Angry Jack and Drew/Reid matches being added to the PPV, we are now
at 7 matches for each day. This is
really shaping up to be a great show.
It’s time for our
main event in this non-title matchup.
First, Kimberly Kiccsass comes out and the fans boo the crap out of
her. She sneers at them and then enters
the ring. The music changes and out
comes the Ladies Champion Ravishing Raquel.
The fans still pop for her. She
makes her way down and into the ring and the first thing she does is holds the
Ladies title right in Kimberly’s face.
She then climbs the turnbuckles to louder and louder pops from the
fans. Just before the match could begin,
new music played and out comes Ruby Rose – the lady who will be part of the
triple threat match for the Ladies Championship. She goes to sit at commentary and puts the
headset on. She waves at the Ladies in
the ring and that seems to perturb them.
It did not, however, take away from the match. These two put on a hell of a show and their
story kept the fans engaged throughout the match. They were practically even through the
entirety of the match and it wasn’t until the 24th minute when
Raquel caught Kimberly unaware with a cross bodyblock that she was able to
secure the 1-2-3. Raquel gets the win and, no offense to her challenger, looks
strong enough to pull it off. Ruby Rose
leaves commentary and gets in the ring to have a few words with Raquel. A quiet conversation leads to heated words
followed by some pushing and shoving.
Just before the two of them could get into it, Kimberly hits the ring
with a chair and takes out both of her PPV competitors. She stands over her fallen opponents, grabs the
Ladies title and holds it high as the show comes to a close.
After the cameras
stopped rolling, GM Master Bull came out and said that the Ladies title match
will follow the cage match between Violet Valkyrie and Vanilla Zombie. He says it’s not worth dismantling the cage
so the Ladies match will now be in the confines of the Steel Cage. The fans pop.
Bull waves and leaves.
Here is a sneak
preview of the 2 days of our PPV:
Day 1
Angry Jack vs
Superquake Ferguson
Magnum Kone vs the
BankerTV title: Davis Hoffmeister (champ) vs Nix Anderson (rematch)
Hardcore champion: Hardcore Hensen vs Apollo Gyze
ITF Champion: Jacques Beannot vs Leon Teremoto (WP special guest referee)
Violet Valkyrie vs Vanilla Zombie – Steel Cage
Ladies title: Ravishing Raquel vs Ruby Rose vs Kimberly Kiccsass – JUST ANNOUNCED – Steel Cage
Day 2
Red Hot Lucas Johnston vs Ned Rhyerson III
Six Man Tag team
titles: 5th Column vs Steel
Curtain & a mystery partnerRed Hot Lucas Johnston vs Ned Rhyerson III
Hayley Hailstone vs the British Crippler
Tag team titles: Hensen & Beannot vs TNT & Scooter J
Drew vs Reid Rothchild
World Title: Rad Gumbo vs Texas Wildfire
Unknown Assassin vs Dr. Red Fang. Hell in a Cell. Loser leaves HCW
The World title
match will take place before the final match as it will be a HELL IN A CELL and
those aren’t exactly easy to take down in a quick fashion.
Fanfest and the
all roster battle royal are next followed by this weekend’s PPV. See you there.
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