Hello fans and
welcome to another installment of HCW’s Phoenix Heat. We are only a few days away from our PPV
Reign of Champions. As was noted on the
last Tacoma newsletter, HCW will have Saturday Night Showdown – taking place in
Olympia, WA before heading up to Tacoma for the PPV on Sunday. Tonight is the ‘go home’ show for the Phoenix
roster with everyone trying to get their digs in before things come to a
head.
The show begins back in the office of GM Ruth Heartless. She is talking on the phone. “I told you I would get it figured out. No, it’s not happening tomorrow. Just be patient.” She hands up the phone. “Now, where were we?” The camera pans and we see ‘the Ragin Cajun’ Rad Gumbo. Before Gumbo could speak, the phone rings again. “One moment please” she says holding up a hand. She answers the phone. Gumbo stands up, takes the phone out of her hand and hangs it up. “HOW DARE YOU...” Ruth begins but Rad holds up his hand silencing her. “You asked me here…and now you’ve picked up that phone for the SEVENTH time. Tell me what you want so I can leave.” Ruth stews for a moment before regaining her composure. “You are part of the co-Main event. I want to make sure that you are ready and that we see a match of the year out of you.” Gumbo laughs. “Me and the Sheik in a Match of the Year? Listen, Sheik doesn’t like me and I don’t like him. This, what did he call it, Persian Death Match, is not going to be some wrestling spectacular; it is going to be two people beating the hell out of each other. Sheik is going to suffer from what we call ‘short timers syndrome’ and he will disappear just as fast as he showed up.” Ruth stands. “If you’re done rambling, you have a match tonight.” Gumbo looks perplexed. “What are you talking about? There is nothing on my app” (he holds up his phone). “Oops, looks like I forgot to tell you. You’re in a match tonight and you’d better go get ready.” Ruth smiles evilly as Rad leaves.
Pyro goes off and
our show is ready to begin. Pyro and
smoke fill the stage as spotlights zip across the arena. First, Otto Ruthless shows up and is booed
heavily. He flips off the fans as he
makes his way down to the ring. He
swipes some “Wicked Prophet” signs and tears them up. Next, the music changes and the fans pop huge
for ‘The Hoff’ Davis Hoffmeister. He
high fives a few of the fans and then gets into the ring. Otto is pacing like a caged animal. Otto goes right on the offensive and for the
first 3 minutes of the match, he was running solid but then Davis took over and
controlled the pace of the match. There
was a slight distraction when the US Champion’s photo flashed up on the
Omegatron and Otto got monkey flipped.
Just as Davis was going for the pin (ref counted 1…2…), the Banker
rushed in from the crowd and attacked Davis.
The ref rang the bell disqualifying Otto and awarding the match to Davis
via DQ. Davis dropped the Banker with a
stiff shot and then dropkicked Otto out of the ring. Davis and the Banker then brawled all the way
to the back. (9 min)
Back in the
interview area, Tommy Lighting is packing.
“Killa Pops…you are calling ME out?
YOU are calling ME out? Come on
man. Here I thought you were cool but
you are nothing more than some limelight hog.
Hell, you can’t even beat a big butterfly (referring to the Big
Cocoon). But, since you want a match at
the showdown, I’d be happy to oblige and send you back to that stinkpit called the
‘Tacoma Aroma’ with your tail tucked between your legs. Ha ha ha.”
Tommy walks off
We head to the
ring for our next match. First, we hear “Ice
Dagger Baby” begin to play and the fans groan in unison as Ice Dagger comes out
to his horrible music. He makes his way down
and into the ring amid the booing from the fans. Next, we hear the familiar bell chime and out
comes ‘the King of Cones’ Magnum Kone. Magnum begins handing out ice cream to
the kids at ringside as he makes his way around the ring. Once Magnum completed his run, he entered the
ring but before the match could begin, the ref puts his hand to his ear
straining to listen what is coming across his earpiece and then rushes to the
back. Magnum and ID look at each other
with utter confusion. Just then, the
Omegatron lights back up with split screens.
On one side is Magnum and Ice Dagger and the other is a cameraman rushing
to the back right behind the referee. We
get to the commotion and see El Chango and Col. Flagg tearing up the backstage
and hurling it at each other. Finally,
Ruth arrives with the police and directs them to arrest El Chango as “he was
the one who started this” (everyone else knows it was Flagg). Just as El Chango is being handcuffed, Flagg
rushes over one final time and smacks El Chango once more. Someone in the back yelled “assault, assault”
but the police didn’t do anything except verbally admonish Flagg before dumping
El Chango in the squad car and driving away.
Ruth breaks everything up but looks at the camera and sees Magnum and
Ice Dagger still in the ring. “You two
can leave. We’ll reschedule your match
for the showdown.” Magnum goes to leave
but Ice Dagger attacks him from behind but Magnum is quick to his feet and
hurls Ice Dagger out of the ring. Dagger
leaves and Magnum interacts with the fans before departing. (no contest)
Wilber and team
show up. Wilber says to warm them up,
Leon and Anthony are in a tag match tonight with his former ‘family’ the Hubers. Wilber adds that the first of many tests
begin tonight as they continue their quest for the 6 man tag team titles. “Follow the Buzzards boys. They will lead you to victory.”
Our next match is
ready to get underway. First, the Axe
comes out to some major booing from the fans.
He flips them off calling them ‘sellouts’. He gets in the ring and continues to taunt
the fans. Next, the loudspeaker blares
with “Gumbo 7:30 means its suppa time, bitch” and out comes ‘the Ragin Cajun’
Rad Gumbo to a pretty substantial pop from the crowd. He makes his way to the ring but Axe,
impatient, rushes out to meet him. The
two begin to brawl and Axe took the advantage early after introducing Gumbo
into the steel steps. He rolled him into
the ring and continued the onslaught but Gumbo steadily fought back much to Axe’s
dismay. Axe kept looking at the
Omegatron waiting for a Jack Lumber promo to distract him but none came (and
THAT was the distraction). Gumbo used
that confusion and trapped Axe in the New Orleans Crab and Axe had no choice
but to tap out or risk further damage.
Axe’s hand hit the mat in rapid succession and the ref called for the
bell awarding the match to Gumbo via submission. Axe rolled out of the ring and stormed to the
back. Gumbo took a mic “Sheik, you saw
that. This Persian Death match is not
going to be the end for me but for you for when I break you, I will (and the
fans yelled in unison) MAKE YOU HUMBLE!”
Gumbo drops the mic and leaves.
(12 min)
The police only
went a block or so before stopping the car and letting El Chango out. They let him know that Ruth had some dastardly
plan being concocted and they felt it was best to get him out of there before
that powder keg blew. The police then
posed for pictures with El Chango and got some autographs for their “kids”
(yeah right).
The next match is
ready and begins with all 3 members of the Huber Clan (Butch, Ferb and ‘Mountain
Man’ Junior Huber). They get to the ring
and the ref asks which two are wrestling and Ferb says it’s him and
Junior. The ref then directs Butch to
stand off to the side or risk being ejected.
Next, the lights go out and 3 single lanterns drift towards the ring. As they got to the ring, the lights came up
and Wilber was there in his creepy mask along with Anthony and Leon (not
wearing masks). Leon rushed the ring
only to get scooped up by Junior and then hurled over the top rope to the
floor. Wilber removed his mask and
rolled his eyes. Wilber tells his team
that Anthony is starting this one off. Right
off the bat, Anthony nullified a spinning side slam from Ferb who then tagged
Junior in. Anthony went for a reverse
cradle but Junior nullified it. Anthony
hit the tilt a whirl arm drag twice on Junior.
Wilber directs Leon to join in for double teaming. Once it was done, Boom hit another tilt a
whirl arm drag on Junior and he went for the pin and got it! The team of Anthony and Leon secure an all-important
win just before their match for the 6 man titles. Wilber smiled and said “we’re ready” and
began to laugh maniacally. (6 min)
Backstage, the #1
contender to the Ladies Title is visiting people and she is interrupted by
Leslie Grimes. Leslie says that Hayley
has something she wants and that is a main event match at a PPV. Leslie says she is challenging Hayley for her
spot right now. Hayley accepts and says
they can head to the ring.
It’s time for our
main event. First, out comes Leslie
Grimes to a mixed reaction from the crowd.
A few fans tried to cheer for her but changed their tune when Leslie
insulted them. Next, out comes Hayley
Hailstone and she is dressed in her street clothes. Leslie complains to the ref but Hayley gets
on the mic and says that she did not come to Phoenix expecting to wrestle so “street
clothes it is”. The ref shrugged
allowing it and started the match. For someone who was not “prepared”, Hayley
surely dominated the match. 4 minutes
in, Hayley hit Leslie with a suicide dive to the floor that almost ended up in
a count out but Leslie made it back in just in time. A few minutes later, Leslie connected with a
DDT and a 2 count. Leslie tried to
follow it up with a moonsault but Hayley moved and hit an Old School Expulsion
slam and got a near fall. For the next
10 minutes, both women were all over the place but neither attempted a pin
until Hayley connected with another Expulsion slam. Another 8 minutes passed with action keeping
everyone glued to the edges of their seats.
Hayley hits a reverse lifting STO but only gets a 1 count. Hayley neutralizes a DDT attempt and a few
minutes later hits the What the Hail.
She makes the cover and gets the 3 count. Hayley Hailstone gets the win and secures her
spot for the PPV’s main event. She
stands tall as the fans pop and with that, the show comes to an end.
Our Super Showdown
is up next so stay tuned.
