Hello fans and welcome to another installment of HCW’s Tacoma Thunder. The show begins today backstage in the office of GM Max McGillicutty. Standing with him is ‘the Elitist’ Reid Rothchild. Max questions Reid about the ‘injury’ and then the cell phone footage of Reid playing golf. Reid shrugs it off. They watch a recap of the promo Apollo Gyze cut on Reid and Reid gets a little pissed off. Hardcore Champion Apollo Gyze then walks into the office. “Hey, that was great, wasn’t it?” Reid challenges Apollo to a match tonight for the Hardcore title. Apollo says that if his wrestling is as crappy as his golf game, it will be a breeze and then walks off. Reid stands there seething.
Pyro goes off and
our first match is ready to get underway.
First, ‘Big Money’ Ned Rhyerson III comes out and he is booed pretty
heavily. He responds in kind to the fans
which just makes things worse. Once in
the ring, the music changed and out comes Adam Jameson. AJ hasn’t seen a lot of airtime as of late so
it’s good to see him in action. Rhyerson
tries to attack before the bell and AJ levels him with a Pele kick. Finally, the match gets underway and AJ
controls the whole thing from start to finish.
Ned maybe got in 4 or 5 moves but that was it. At the 10 minute mark, Adam hits a reverse
STF and is able to easily get the 1-2-3.
Adam Jameson gets the (he made it look easy) win.
Backstage, Ladies
Champion Ruby Rose is sitting in the corner enjoying her Starbucks coffee and
happy there are no shenanigans going on.
She is then approached by the British Crippler who makes fun of her
saying she’s had one too many lattes.
Ruby says she’s not afraid of the Crippler. BC challenges Ruby to a match for the
title. Ruby says she wasn’t born
yesterday either. If she wants a match,
she can have a non-title one and can prove, if she can, that she is worthy of a
title shot. The two women stared at each
other before the Crippler walked away.
Ruby sat down and went back to drinking her drink. She muttered “Damn shenanigans”.
We head back to
the ring to decide the #1 contender and the man will meet World Champion Texas
Wildfire at the PPV. First, Starbuck
Steel comes out and the fans pop huge for him.
He high-fives the fans as he makes his way to the ring, enters and
climbs the turnbuckles to louder and louder pops from the fans. Everything goes sour when the music changes
and out comes the Banker with his manager Ruth Heartless. Ruth has been ruthless in getting the Banker
moved up the rankings and getting the Banker to the big game is her goal. He makes his way into the ring and Ruth
follows him in raising his arm in victory before he’s even won anything. Ruth got involved early and often and the
match definitely went the way of her guy.
When Starbuck began making a comeback, he almost scored a win after rolling
the Banker up with a small package (ok, he was hooking the tights) but the
sudden appearance from Tommy Lightning who came through the crowd distracted
the ref so he did not make the 3 count.
Starbuck began arguing with Tommy and that gave the Banker just enough
to connect with the Repossession Rib-buster.
He went for the cover blocking the ref’s view from the outside of the
ring. Tommy snuck over and held Starbuck’s
foot down so he could not kick out. The
ref counted to 3 and awarded the match and the shot at the PPV to the
Banker. The Banker and Ruth were elated
but the fans felt just the opposite.
Starbuck rolled out of the ring and ended up chasing Tommy to the
back. The Banker stayed and gloated for
a few moments before leaving. (15 min)
Shawn ‘Abs of
Stone’ Austin is in the back admiring himself in a mirror when he hears a
commotion outside his dressing room.
Annoyed, he goes to see what it is and as soon as he opens the door,
Maximillian Redbeard is standing right there.
Redbeard immediately attacks and the two fight all over the dressing
room destroying it. Redbeard picked up
Austin and powerslammed him through a table.
He then picked Austin up, threw him over his shoulder and began to walk
to the ring.
Music hits as
Maximillian Redbeard comes out with the prone form of Shawn Austin slung over
his shoulder. He gets to the ring and
rolls Austin in. He begins to climb in
calling for the bell. Before Redbeard
could get through the ropes, Austin, who must have been playing possum, jumped
up and kicked the second rope which ‘stunned’ Redbeard and he fell into the
ring. The bell had not yet rung so
Austin got out of the ring, grabbed a steel chair and climbed back in. Austin hit Redbeard once across the back
before the ref was able to wrestle it away from him. He then called for the bell. Austin controlled the first few minutes of
the match but then Redbeard took over.
Maximillian didn’t try for a pin or submission as he just wanted to hurt
Austin…and that he did…for a full 20 minutes.
The bell rang bringing this one to a draw finish and Austin managed to
get out of the ring. The chair he had
used before the match was still sitting there.
Maximillian wasn’t done yet and in his rage, he got to close as Austin
blasted him in the head again busting him open.
Seeing the blood just enraged Redbeard all the more. Austin once again took off and left the
building. This one is not over…not by a
longshot. (DRAW)
Backstage, Ruby
runs into Violet Valkyrie. Violet asks
Ruby if she saw her last match where she won in less than a minute. Ruby says it was impressive. Violet asks for the next title shot saying
she’s deserving. Ruby says “Well, I
wouldn’t go that far. You still have
much to learn young padawan.” Violet looks at her. “This isn’t Star Wars, this is
wrestling. Sooner, not later, you will
have to give me that match. Violet
walked off. Ruby didn’t seem to care.
We head to the ring
for some tag team action. First, the
team of the Axe and Superstar Chic Monroe come out to a pop from the
crowd. Both interact with the fans
before entering the ring. Next, the
music changes and out comes the Smashers (minus MJ). The Smashers felt that MJ was holding them
back keeping them from the titles so they parted ways. Axe and Chic were in control for the first 4
minutes of the match but then the Smashers began targeting the Axe with multiple
double teams. The two teams continued to
fight on until the Smashers used a double powerbomb to put the Axe through a
ringside table. Chic was on his
own. The Smashers keep the heat on but
Chic wouldn’t quit. Finally, at the 23
minute mark, Smasher #1 lands a weak DDT but Chic hits a Cradle
Facebuster. Smasher #1 tags out to
#2. After hitting #2 with a tackle, Chic
goes to the top rope and connects with a flying headbutt. #1 wasn’t paying attention and Chic was able
to get the 3 count. Axe and Superstar
Chic Monroe get the win and continue to move up the rankings. The Smashers were not happy but eventually
left. Chic helped the Axe to the
back. (24 min)
‘The Elitist’ Reid
Rothchild is backstage and says that someone keeps calling his phone. He doesn’t know the number so he’s not
answering. Reid says that he regrets
taking out Drew the Canadian Love Machine because that was his last real
challenge. If Drew never returns, then
so be it.
Once more, we make
our way to the ring for a non-title match up.
First, the British Crippler makes her way out to booing from the crowd. As soon as she hit the ring, the music
changed and out comes the Ladies Champion Ruby Rose. Ruby is all business and makes her way to the
ring. She gets in and immediately stands
toe to toe with the British Crippler.
The match begins and the Ladies Champ takes the fight immediately to her
opponent however, the Crippler used strategy and paced herself so the longer
the match went on, she had not overworked herself. 17 minutes in, the Crippler locked in a rear
naked choke but Ruby was able to get to the ropes. She tried to follow it up with the Nattie by
Nature but Ruby was able to nullify it.
The Crippler bodyslammed Ruby and then motioned for her to get up. Ruby though went for an inverted DDT but it
got reversed and the British Crippler went for the rear naked choke again but
Ruby reversed that and locked in a modified Boston Crab. The Crippler made it to the ropes just as the
bell rang bringing this one to a draw finish.
The British Crippler rolled out of the ring and made her way to the back. Apparently she had enough. Ruby stayed and celebrated with the fans for
a few minutes before leaving. (20 min
draw)
Backstage, the
Banker meets up with World Champion Texas Wildfire. The Banker tells TW that he is here to
collect…the title. He says that since TW
has not kept up with the obligations of being a champion, he is going to
repossess the title. He makes a grab for
it and TW socks him in the nose. “I saw
what you did in that match against Starbuck Steel. You will NOT do that to me. You want this title, earn it the RIGHT way.”
TW walks away. The Banker is standing
there holding his nose.
It’s time for our
main event. First, ‘the Elitist’ Reid
Rothchild comes out first to boos from the crowd. After he’d been in the ring for a moment, we
hear “APOLLO GYZE DON’T APOLOGIZE” and the Hardcore Champion Apollo Gyze makes
his way out. The reception he gets from
the fans is even worse that Reid’s.
Apollo has a mic in hand and tells the crowd that they wouldn’t recognize
a 5 star caliber athlete such as himself.
This got the fans worked up even more.
After Apollo finally got to the ring, the ref asked him what type of
rules match he wanted. Apollo thought
about it for a moment and said “Lybian Death Match”. Well, Ok.
The two beat the holy hell out of each other for a solid 18
minutes. This is where we join the
match.
=====
In the 18th minute of the match: =====
All of
a sudden, familiar music hits and it’s for…DREW THE CANADIAN LOVE MACHINE. But he doesn’t come out.
Apollo
Gyze executes a DELAYED VERTICAL SUPLEX....
"The
Elitist" Reid Rothchild attempts to defend against DELAYED VERTICAL SUPLEX
but is unsuccessful.
Apollo
Gyze is attempting a pin!!!
1...2...
"The
Elitist" Reid Rothchild kicks out of the pin!
Apollo
Gyze executes a SPIN-OUT POWERBOMB....
"The
Elitist" Reid Rothchild reverses SPIN-OUT POWERBOMB!
"The Elitist" Reid Rothchild executes a TRIPOLI AMBUSH FROM MASKED ALLY....
Apollo
Gyze absorbs the punishment.
Reid
looks around but he doesn’t see Drew so he laughs and goes back to the match.
===== In the 20th minute of the match: =====
Apollo
Gyze executes a JUMPING CLOTHESLINE....
"The
Elitist" Reid Rothchild neutralizes JUMPING CLOTHESLINE.
=====
In the 21st minute of the match: =====
Apollo
Gyze executes a ENZUIGIRI....Reid is stunned.
Drew
the Canadian Love Machine comes in from the crowd, grabs a steel chair and blasts
Reid in the head with it. He drops like
a ton of bricks.
"The
Elitist" Reid Rothchild absorbs the punishment.
Apollo
Gyze is attempting a pin!!!
1...2...3
"The
Elitist" Reid Rothchild was pinned by Apollo Gyze!!!
Apollo
Gyze may get the KO win!
Apollo
Gyze wins by KNOCKOUT!
Apollo
Gyze wins with a 10-COUNT K-O over "The Elitist" Reid Rothchild!!!
Apollo gets the win
and retains his title but he doesn’t want any piece of Drew after what he had
just gone through so he takes off. Drew
stands in the ring and watches as Reid is helped to the back. Drew grabs a mic and says he is BACK and he
is officially challenging Reid to a match at the PPV – Career vs Career. One of them has to go. Drew stays and celebrates with the fans as
the show comes to an end.
HOWEVER…
Just as the
cameras stopped rolling, a video appeared up on the Omegatron.
The scene takes
place on a dark corner with a single street light illuminating the spot. A guy wearing all black is standing
there. Another person walks up to him stealthily
staying in the shadows and scares the guy.
“Man, you scared
me.”
The second guy
replies “APOLLO GYZE DON’T APOLOGIZE”
“So, this beef
with Master Bull…do you want me to rub him out?”
Second guy: “Nah.
He seems to have it in for me so I want to hit him where it hurts. I want to see him out of a job.”
“So you want me to
find some dirt on the guy? The last dirt
(Master Bull had skimmed money from the gate to cover his strip club habit) has
been cleared up and he’s pretty squeaky clean now”
The second guy
says “There has to be something. See
what you can do”
“Ok”. The guy in black walks off.
The second guy
turns, still in the shadows and looks (at the reader) and says “You got that?”
To be continued….
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