HWF/CSWA Wrestling Newsletter 2013 03.01

Hello wrestling fans.  Welcome back to our 1^st newsletter for the month of March.  We immediately start off with Cactus Jack in the ring calling out the Mighty Casey.  He said that Casey had hit bat and he wants it back.  Casey showed up on the big screen to taunt Foley. “Aww, Cactus, did you lose something?  Well, guess what knucklehead, it’s mine now.  You think you can just disrespect me and think you’ll get away with it?  Try again.  It took me to stooping this low in order to get your attention.  Now that I have it and something that belongs to you, you’ll finally give me the respect I deserve.  You’ll get the bat back when I think you deserve it which will be, umm, never.  The Mighty Casey has the bat and if you get in my way, I’ll knock your head for a home run.”  As the screen went blank, Cactus went to storm out of the ring until Samoa Joe came down.  Joe had a mic in hand.  “Listen Cactus, our last match didn’t exactly blow the roof off the place but I’m here now to ask for a non-title match.  If I win, I want to be your Wrestlemania opponent.”  Mr Meyers came out but didn’t speak.  He motioned for Joe to head to the ring and for Cactus to get back in the ring.  Since Cactus is in line for the Western States title and Joe is in line for the media title, Jack’s spot would be on the line.

A very distraught Cactus took out his frustrations on the poor Samoa.  Cactus literally beat the holy hell out of Joe for a very lengthy 17 minute battle. In the end, Joe ends up getting pinned after being put down with the Mandible Claw.  Jack hollered for Casey but his cries fell on deaf ears.  Cactus retains his spot.

Mike “the Axe” Medley came out and challenged Rhyno for his spot.  Rhyno came out and said he wanted to make this more interesting.  He said he’d put his spot on the line if Medley would put his career on the line.  Mike didn’t think that was fair so he countered with Rhyno putting his career on the line. It was Rhyno’s turn to feel put out so he called for a specialty match – a brass knuckles battle.  If Medley wins, he not only gets Rhyno’s spot but will put Rhyno out.  He reluctantly agreed.  Rhyno was the first to bleed after getting nailed in the temple. After another 10 minutes of beating the heck out of each other (and were perfectly even in points) Medley nailed Rhyno in the groin incapacitating him.  After not being able to make any headway, he nailed Rhyno in the groin again.  He picked him up and nailed the Man-Beast in the face with the brass knucks.  Rhyno dropped like a wet burlap sack.  Medley made the cover and got the 1-2-3.  Medley moves up and Rhyno is out.

As we saw last month, Rey Mysterio tried to get back in the title hunt only to fall victim to 3MB and the devastating Jinder Mahal.  We did confirm that Rey was hurt and will out of action for some time. We don’t know if Rey will be back before Wrestlemania. 

Speaking of Mahal, he came down demanding his title shot at Christian.  After trying his best to stifle his laughter, Mahal attacked him.  It only took 10 short minutes to finish off his challenger and retain his title.  The rest of 3MB came down but Christian got out of there without incident.

Randy Orton called down John Cena stating he wanted his spot.  Cena came down.  It was a hard fought 19 minute battle but Cena was able to retain his spot.

Before Cena could leave, “The Elitist” Reid Rothchild came down demanding his title match.  A very weary Cena accepted.  Reid has never had his ass kicked this bad in his entire life as he did in this match.  Cena totally owned him.  Rothchild had his own special ref for this match but even with the ref refusing to make counts, Reid had no advantage.  He finally motioned for “the Axe” to come down.  Medley came down and then Reid tossed Cena from the ring.  Medley then planted Cena awkwardly on the steel steps.  It was a very nasty shot and I’m surprised he wasn’t severely injured.  Cena did not make it back in before the 10 count so Reid wins the match by countout but NOT the title.  Reid was not happy about it but the ref just said “what are you going to do?”  Reid took the belt, threw it over his shoulder and left the ring with it (he left Medley behind).

Master Bull made an appearance and called for some matches.  First match would be Daniel Bryan vs Ezekiel Jackson.  Jackson kept up with the champ and ended up taking him to a 30 minute draw.  Jackson will most likely be considered for a future title shot.

Big E Langston was up next defending his title against Sin Cara. The champ controlled the majority of the match but had trouble putting Cara away.  It took 22 minutes but he was finally able to accomplish it.

Kurt Angle came out next and said his challenger was none other than the Cowboy James Storm.  This was a very short match at 6 minutes but in the upset of the night, James Storm defeats Kurt Angle to become the NEW IC champion.  Kurt Angle was totally shocked.

                               

A very pissed off Kurt Angle calls out the Great Khali and challenges him for his spot. Angle took out all his frustrations on Khali and in 5 minutes, gets the pin.  Angle is back in the title hunt.

Lots more to follow

HWF/CSWA Wrestling Newsletter 2013 02.09 –  PPV fallout

Hello fans.  Well, there was a bit of fallout but not as much as we had planned.  We have received some information that we wanted to pass along.  Following the Warzone PPV, it was decided by both Jeff Meyers and Master Bull (Wayne Tuttle was not available – again) that PPV’s would be pushed out by a month starting with Wrestlemania in April.  Wrestlemania will be a 2 day show.  This will allow more matches to take place and not necessarily have a performer have to wrestle more than 2x in a single night.  This move will allow there to be a PPV in December and will give feuds a starting point at the beginning of each year. 

HWF’s own roving reporter had an interview with Master Bull.  Here is how it went:

Larry: “Master Bull.   Thank you for taking time out of your day for this interview.”

MB: “Of course Larry.  My time is valuable but I can make time for this.”

L: “You and CSWA GM Jeff Meyers had a conversation.  Do you care to comment on it?”

MB: “Yes, GM Meyers and I have discussed the possibility of my being involved in both brands.  Mr. Tuttle has temporarily nixed that but negotiations are being worked on.”

L: “We received feedback from one of our readers asking why you cancelled two matches at the PPV.”

MB: “First of all, there were two battle royals that were inserted into the PPV and since those were more time consuming, I made that choice.  Also, I am running the show so if I choose to cancel a match, it is my discretion to do what I feel like doing.  Third, all the performers did approach me. Angle won a tournament and when I told him he didn’t have to wrestle again, he was relieved and walked away.  HHH and Jericho will happen at the next show.  Daniel Bryan was the only person who really had an issue.  When I told him that he got paid for participating in the battle royal, his tune changed and he walked away.  So you see, most of the wrestlers didn’t have an issue with it after all.”

L: “But some of the fans feel cheated.”

MB: “I make the rules.  I enforce the rules.  It’s that simple.  With that said, I need to run.”

L: “Master Bull, thank you for your time.”

MB: “You are welcome.”

Additional information that we’ve received is that going forward, all tag team matches will have 60 minute time limits to hopefully avoid more time-limit draws.  

Also, it was determined that at every PPV, there will be an invitational battle royal with the winner getting a title shot of his choice.  The winner must “cash in” within 2 months or they lose their shot.  HWF will have one and then CSWA will be the following month..

“The Elitist” Reid Rothchild came out to challenge Yoshi Tatsu for his shot for the Western States Heritage title.  Tatsu wasn’t going to give up his opportunity so easily so he asked for this to be a specialty match.  Reid was not happy about this as he felt he shouldn’t be damaging his good looks.  Finally he relented.  It took a full 30 minutes but Reid got the win after a Rock Bottom.  This was an Indian Strap match and Tatsu was not in good shape at the end of the match.  After the bell rang, Rothchild continued his beating on Tatsu until Donnie B came down and chased Reid from the ring. 

Cactus Jack and the Mighty Casey were set down and tried to figure out what was going on between these two.  Cactus blew off the interview stating that the Media Champion didn’t have time for this.  He left abruptly before anything could start but he left his barbwire bat behind.  Casey helped himself to it.

Super Warrior issued a challenge to Nigel McGuinness for his title shot.  Nigel accepted but only if it was

There were a few matches that took place. 

RVD defends his title against Tommy Dreamer.  RVD picked up the win after a 25 minute fight was ended with a  5 Star Frog Splash.

-          Christian defends his title against Roderick Strong.  Christian retained after Strong was counted out of the ring.

-          John Cena defended his Western States title against Santino.  It only took 16 minutes and an F-U later for Cena to remain the champ.

-          Daniel Bryan retained his title against Kofi after Kingston submitted to the powerful MMA strikes.

-          Super Warrior challenged Nigel McGuinness for his spot.  The stipulation was that this would take place using Boot Camp rules.  SW got the cheap, quick win after ambushing Nigel and got the (cheating) rollup.

-          Nigel McGuinness immediately challenged Chavo Guerrero for his spot.  After 3 minutes and a severe beating, Chavo gets counted out.  Nigel takes that spot.

-          MW3 challenged Magnus for his spot.  Magnus retained after Mike “The Axe” Medley interfered causing a distraction and Magnus capitalized on it.

-          Mike “the Axe” Medley challenged Kazarian for his spot.  Kaz retained after MW3 held down the Axe’s foot when he was getting pinned.

-          Big E. Langston put his title on the line for the first time against Matt Morgan.  After 10 minutes, Langston retained the title. 

-          Negronomicon and Billy Pearl vs the USO’s one last time.  This time, there would be no time limit. This time, it only took 4 minutes and Negronomicon and Billy Pearl finally get a win. The USO’s move down in the rankings.

-          Reigns and Rollins challenged the Prime Time Players for their shot.  The Shield robs the Prime Time Players of their title match.

-          The Prime Time players immediately challenged Rothchild and Medley.   Medley controlled a good portion of the match and Reid kept tagging himself in trying to hog the glory.  Reid delivered a ReidBottom and then Medley tagged himself in and nailed a devastating uppercut to Titus.  He made the cover and got the win for his team.  Reid was not happy but Axe was grinning from ear to ear.

-          Rey Mysterio challenged Jinder mahal for his spot but Mahal wasn’t going to give up lightly.  He called for and was granted a gauntlet match.  Mysterio would have to go through all members of  3MB in order to get the spot.  First up was Drew McIntyre.  First down was McIntyre.  It all ended fairly quick with the 6-1-9.  Slater was up next and promptly fell victim to a hurricanranna. Mahal was sweating.  Before the bell could ring, all 3 attacked Mysterio and when Mahal called for the bell, he immediately pinned Rey retaining his spot.  Rey looks to be injured.  We’ll need to keep an eye on his situation.

-          Both Sting and Hogan were arguing who would be next for Angle’s title.  Kurt came in and made a suggestion – how about a best of 7?  Sting was receptive of the idea but Hogan was leery.  As soon as Sting questioned Hogan’s ability to wrestle anymore, the Hulkster jumped on the bandwagon. 

This is all we have for now.  More to come.

HWF/CSWA Wrestling Newsletter 2013 02.08 – Warzone: Battlefield of Pain PPV

Hello fans and welcome to our first PPV of the year “Warzone: Battlefield of Pain”.  The card promises to be exciting.  First things first, out comes assistant GM Master Bull.  He gets on the mic “Thank you for coming.  Thank you for giving me, I mean us, your hard earned money.  We put on the evening’s entertainment and you pay us for it.  Gotta love it.  Now, onto the card for tonight.  I have to say that our HWF matches seem a little light so I am announcing two additional matches – just for the heck of it.”  He announces HHH vs Chris Jericho and Abyss vs. the Great Khali. 

Before the match could begin, there was an interview with the Super Warrior.  He met up with Larry Morton and then when questioned about his opponent, SW had this to say:  “Daniel Bryan.  Your time has come “GOATFACE”  . I am going to THOROUGHLY enjoy grabbing you (Morton looked at him weird) by that ridiculous beard and REPEATEDLY clubbing you (Morton is taken aback) in the face.  You are in DIRE need of facial reconfiguration and this Warrior is going to do you and the world a favor by doing just that.  At that time,  I will give you good reason for you to scream your catchphrase “No, No, No”.  Your strap will be mine as I take another step up that fabled mountain on my quest to IMMORTALITY!”

Daniel Bryan wasn’t as full of hot air as his opponent but all he said when asked if the Super Warrior would walk out with the X-Division title, the answer was “No, No, NO!”

Our first match of the night will be Daniel Bryan defending the X-division title against the Super Warrior.  Bryan starts off the match with a flying headbutt.  He followed it up with a double knee strike and SW locked in a cobra clutch.  Bryan gets out easily. Bryan then hits a Regal Suplex but SW nails a Super Powerbomb but only gets a 1 count.  SW then hits the Wayner Stomp and follows it up with a one armed chokeslam.  Bryan hits the Regal suplex and SW hits the chokeslam again.  Daniel stops SW in his tracks after hitting a European uppercut.   Bryan hit an underhook suplex and SW executed a power punch.  SW goes for a  second power punch but Bryan reverses it and nails a diving headbutt.  He goes for the pin but only gets a 2 count.  Bryan hits a regal suplex, goes for the pin again but SW kicks out at 1.  Bryan then locks in the Lebelle lock (or the NO Lock or Yes Lock – whatever you want to call it) but instead of going for a submission, he goes for a pin but SW kicks right out.  He’s up right away and tosses Bryan from the ring.  He goes out and bodyslams Bryan on the exposed concrete floor and then rolls back in the ring just as the 10 count is reached.  SW wins the match but not the title.

Our second match of the night has Cactus Jack defending the Media title streaming live on YouTube against MW3. Prior to the match beginning, Jeff Meyers had announced that this would be a specialty match – he just didn’t identify which.  After both men got to the ring, it was announced it would be a Thumbtack deathmatch.  MW3 was taken aback by this. MW3 started off with a reverse neckbreaker but that was reversed and nailed a double arm DDT on a chair.  He went for a pin but MW3 kicked out at 2.  Jack then goes for a thumbtack splash but MW3 reversed it and connected with a neckbreaker.  A bodyslam from Jack was followed up by a MW3 superkick.  Jack then bodyslams MW3 on the thumbtacks, goes for the pin but only gets a 2 count.  MW3 delivers another superkick but then Jack piledrives him on thumbtacks.  He goes for the pin but MW3 kicks out.  Jack nails another DDT which only results in a two count.  Jack clotheslines MW3 over the top rope but he lands on the apron.  Jack then slingshots him back into the ring, goes for a pin but for only a 1 count.  MW3 tosses Cactus out of the ring for a breather.  As soon as Jack is back in, MW3 nails the MW3 driver but doesn’t have enough gas in the tank to make a cover.  Cactus slaps on the Mandible Claw and tries for a pin but is unsuccessful.  He locks in the claw again this time going for a  submission but MW3 won’t tap.  Mike “the Axe” Medley comes down to ringside and hids along the ring so the ref doesn’t see him.  Jack goes for a pin (with Medley holding down MW3’s leg) and MW3 is not able to get up in time.  Jack retains the title. 

The Mighty Casey was on the way to the ring for his match against Dean Ambrose and Jack just shoved him out of the way.  Casey went to get in his face and Jack hit him with his barbwire bat.  This drew blood.  Agents came out to check on him and decided to postpone the match till later.

Donnie B vs Hernandez is the 3^rd match on the card.  This was the shortest match so far.  Hernandez whipped Donnie B into the turnbuckle and DB hit a flying dropkick that sent Hernandez out of the ring.  He landed awkwardly on the steps and did not make it back in before the 10 count.  Donnie B gets Hernandez’ spot.

This is followed up by Austin Aries defending his newly won US title against Mike “the Axe” Medley.  MW# came down almost immediately.  Axe is tossed out and he goes to argue with MW3.  He almost gets counted out.  Aries nails a german suplex.  Medley nails a shoulder tackle.  Aries battles back with a pendulum elbow smash.  Medley hits a knee to the gut and follows it up with a shoulder smash.  Aries locks in a front face lock, Medley picks him up and deposits him over the top rope.  Aries is back in at 4. Aries nails two sets of hard kicks and the Axe is looking a bit blunted.  Medley hits a backbreaker but there isn’t much behind it.  Aries connects with a Slingshot Corkscrew press and rolls up Medley for the 1-2-3.  Aries retains his title.  MW3 leaves ringside somewhat satisfied. 

The match for the HWF World title was up next with the champ RVD taking on the IC champ the Rock.  Before the match could start, Master Bull came out and expressed his unhappiness that the IC title was not being defended here.  He gave the Rock an ultimatum:  Either the Rock could put his IC title on the line here or he would be required to defend it later on.  He just opted to defend it here.  Now, with both belts on the line and no wrestler would be allowed to hold 2 singles titles, the IC title would be vacated after this match.

The Rock started with a  people’s foot to gut and followed it up with (the abomination of a move) 2 People’s elbows.  RVD then tossed him out of the ring but he was back in by 6.  RVD hit some dropkicks and Rock hit a DDT.  Rock hits another DDT and a people’s foot stomp to the gut and then meets the outside.  He’s back in at 8.  Rock seems to be dominating this match.  Rock goes for the Rock Bottom but it is reversed and RVD hits a VanTerminator.  Rock goes to Lay the Smack Down but is tossed out of the ring again.  Rock hits a People’s elbow, goes for a pin but does not get far. Rock hits a Belly to belly suplex, RVD hits a VanDaminator and goes for a pin but barely a 1 count follows.  RVD hits a spinning back kick and out of nowhere, Rock hits a Rock Bottom.  A 1-2-3 follow and the Rock is the NEW HWF WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION.

A quick battle royal is held with the other 8 members of the IC title lineup to determine who wins the IC title.  In what ended up being very shocking, Kurt Angle Angle Slam’s Mark Henry out of the ring to become the new Intercontinental Champion.  Since he won this match, has stripped of the North American Championship and Master Bull called for another battle royal to determine the new NA champion.  In the end, after eliminating Abyss (who by the way was a total monster in this), the new North American Champion is Big E. Langston.

HHH vs. Chris Jericho that was scheduled next was cancelled due to the last 2 battle royals.  This match wasn’t needed.  Neither man was happy that they laced up for nothing.

Christian vs. Rey Mysterio for the CSWA title was up.  This was a pretty hard fought battle that showed why Mysterio would be a great world champion but this just wasn’t his night.  After being tossed out of the ring 4 times by Mysterio, on the final time, Christian just got fed up and walked out of the ring.  He got counted out which awarded the match, but not the title, to Mysterio.

Negronomicon and SBP vs the USO’s.  This match went a full 45 minutes and declared a draw.  Neither team changes in the rankings.

Big Show and Kane vs the Hardys for the tag team titles was next.  This match wasn’t as long but did see the champions retain their belts after Jeff Hardy got counted out.  Matt was unable to make the save as Kane had him tied up in the ropes.  It is interesting to note that the challengers were dominating the champs.

Next we had our Champion vs Champion match to see who would go on to meet RVD for the Undisputed Heavyweight Championship.  Both men held their own but it was apparent that since he got more rest, the Rock had greater control over the match.  Rock hit many rock bottoms and Christian just kept kicking out.  Finally, Rock hits the rock bottom for a 2 count and immediately followed up with the People’s elbow.  The Peeps Champ just couldn’t get up after that so the Rock goes on at the end to meet RVD once again.  This time, the Undisputed title will be on the line.

This prompted Master Bull to come out.  He claimed that the Undisputed title (held by his guy) was just too important to be defending in any old match.  It was determined that this would be a specialty match that will be unveiled towards the end of the show.

Clarkus Kentus was in the back and said that he an announcement of his own.  Since both Big E and Daniel Bryan hold singles titles, they will be removed from the tag team picture.  This prompted the Hardy’s being added back into the picture – but at the bottom.  They’d have to work their way back up.

John Cena vs. The Elitist Reid Rothchild was up next.  Reid was in a very salty mood as when he pulled up to the arena expecting to part in the premium (or Elite) parking spot, he saw that Donnie B had already parked there.  He’d been seething all evening.   Because he was in a foul mood, he demanded that his Elite referee “Slow Count” Sam ref this match.  Unfortunately, it didn’t help him one iota. Cena immediately hits a stomp to gut and Reid hits a Reid-a-rooni (spin-a-rooni).  Reid is tossed out of the ring and takes his time getting back in.  He tries for the Rothchild Stunner but Cena hits the 5 knuckle shuffle for a 2 count.  Cena does the “You can’t see me” and Reid counters with his own Reidbottom (rock bottom).  Cena hits a knuckle jam and Reid hits the Hogan legdrop.  Cena is tossed out of the ring and soon as he gets back in, he is treated to a Reid-a-rooni.  Reid hits 2 consecutive Reid splashes (Stinger Splash) but it doesn’t help him.  Cena tries to rap with the crowd and Reid locks in the Figure 4 Reidlock (leglock).  Cena is out of it easily.  Reid catches Cena with a ReidDT (DDT) and goes for the pin but only gets a 1 count.  Donnie B comes down to distract Rothchild.  Reid is screaming at Donnie B and turns around into an F-U.  Cena goes for the pin and 3 seconds later, he is still the champ.

Kurt Angle vs Daniel Bryan was also cancelled from the card.

The Mighty Casey vs Dean Ambrose was up next.  This one was another long one but it seems that giving the Mighty Casey a contract was a good thing.  He and Ambrose put on one heck of a show.  At one point, Cactus Jack came out trying to distract Casey.  Casey ended up turning him away after hitting the Media Champ in the head with his own barbwire baseball bat.  Casey returned to the ring where he and Ambrose finished entertaining the crowd.  Casey got the win after an eye gouge and a roll up (with a little tight pulling).  Casey moves up in the rankings.

Abyss vs Great Khali – Great Khali gets the quick win after Abyss is counted out.  Khali retains his spot in the IC rankings.

The final match of the night is RVD vs the Rock for the Undisputed Heavyweight Championship.  In the back, Master Bull and Jeff Meyers are having a discussion about what the specialty match would be.  Finally they agreed upon one.  They decided that the final match of the night would take place within the confines of a steel cage.  Before the match would begin though, Mr. Meyers told Master Bull that he “liked the cut of his jib”.  He wanted to give Master Bull an opportunity to also run the CSWA to see how well he would do.  Mr. Meyers said that he would give Master Bull until Wrestlemania to show him what he could do.  If he liked what he saw, he would allow Master Bull more and more liberties.  Mr. Tuttle walked in and was asking what was going on.  Mr Tuttle said that Master Bull was his asst.  Master Bull asked Mr Tuttle to sign some papers (that he’s always too busy to read) so he did and then left.  Master Bull seemed pleased with himself.  Mr. Meyers said that based on what just happened, he’d hold off until after Wrestlemania and then would tie off with him again.  Master Bull thought it would be a good idea.

Both men are in the ring and the cage has finished lowering.  They both lock up but no one could get a leg up.  Finally, Rock took to the cage and rubbed RVD’s face in the cage blinding him.  Rock went for the People’s elbow but RVD rolled out of the way.  Rock connected with a  belly to belly suplex.  Rock lays the smack down and then RVD rubs his face in the cage blinding him.  RVD goes to the top rope and hits a 5 star frog splash but doesn’t go for the pin.  RVD goes for a split legged moonsault, Rock reverses it, tries for a DDT but RVD shrugs it off.  RVD then connects with the VanTerminator but again, does not go for the pin.  A spinning heel kick from RVD takes the Rock off his feet.  RVD nails some dropkicks but Rock hits the People’s elbow.  RVD hits another moonsault and Rock turns it into a Rock Bottom.  He goes for the pin but RVD kicks out at 1.  Rob hits another VanTerminator but Rock goes to the cage again and chokes Rob between the cage and the ropes.  He goes for another pin but Rob kicks out. Rock lays the smack down and gets a VanDaminator for his efforts.  RVD goes for another VanDaminator but Rock shrugs it off and goes to the ropes and connects with a  wicked Rock Bottom for another 2 count.  Rock kicks RVD with the peoples foot to the gut.  Rob hits a spinning heel kick and this time goes for a pin. Rock kicks out at 2.  Rock tries for another DDT but Rob pushes him off.  Rob hits some hamstring chops and Rock goes back to the cage to hit a shoulder smash into the cage.  He goes for the pin but RVD kicks out at 1.  Rob gets caught in the sharpshooter but won’t tap.   Rock hits another DDT on the champ.  Rob nails some hamstring kicks and Rock goes down.  Rob tries for pin but barely gets the 1.  Rock hits another DDT.   The champ hits a VanTerminator; Rock hits the Rock Bottom but is too exhausted to go for the pin. Rock locks in the sharpshooter again but Rob still won’t tap.  Rock lays the smack down but Rob nails the 5 star.  Rock is tossed into the cage.  Rock picks up the champ and hits a running powerslam into the cage.  Rob tries to rub Rock’s face into the cage but Rock stops it and kicks the champ in the gut.  This time, Rob blinds the Rock after grinding the challengers face into the cage.  Rob kicks the hamstrings of Rock again and he just collapses.  Rob grabs the tights and rolls the Rock up for the 1-2-3.  He then tries for the door and makes it out with no issues.  RVD retains the Undisputed title in 29 minutes.

Thanks for coming.  I’m sure our next house show will have some fallout.  Stay Tuned.

HWF/CSWA Wrestling Newsletter 2013 02.07 – pre PPV info

Hello fans.  As we get ready for the 1^st PPV of the year, people are really getting back into the swing of things so begins the Warzone: Battlefield of Pain.  The PPV is still being finalized and there are things that have begun to prepare us for the upcoming showdown.  First in the news is that Master Bull, assistant GM to Wayne Tuttle has been doing a good job in Mr. Tuttle’s absence.  In fact, at their last brainstorming session, Master Bull has been given more authority in the running of the HWF as Mr. Tuttle claims he “just doesn’t have the time” to do what needs to be done. 

Reid Rothchild is back in the news also as he challenged Magnus for his #2 shot for the Western States Heritage title.  The battle went 29 minutes but somehow, out of nowhere, The Elitist got the win after connecting with a Rock Bottom. Reid moves up in the rankings.  He then challenged John Cena for the title at the PPV.  Cena came out and with only a few words spoken, he accepted.

Rey Mysterio drew on his #1 contention for the World Title calling for his match against Christian.   Since the US title would not be on the line here, he was required to defend the US title.   Mysterio chose Austin Aries as his opponent.  In what looked like was going to be a pushover turned out to be a true battle.  Aries took it to the champ never letting up.  Aries dominated the match like no other keeping Mysterio grounded.  The match went 20 minutes and after missing a 6-1-9, Aries connected with a  german suplex and with a secure lock on the tights, got the 1-2-3 and became the NEW US CHAMPION.  Mysterio will be granted a rematch in the future. 

With this win, Aries will defend the US title at the PPV.  Aries, claiming to be a defending champion, chose Mike “the Axe” Medley as his opponent at the PPV.

Cactus Jack chose to defend his Media title against MW3.

Donnie B has challenged Hernandez for his world title shot.

RVD will defend the World title against the Rock.  Due to the IC title not being defended at the PPV, Rock had to defend it against a challenger.  Just as he was going to pick his opponent, out comes Kurt Angle who demands his title shot.  In a quick match, only 4 minutes, Rock retains the title after Kurt was counted out.  In fact, it was the Miz who came out to distract Angle.  Angle was not happy with the distraction so he immediately challenged Miz for his title shot.  Miz tried to backpedal but Master Bull came out and said the match would happen at the PPV.  This brought out Daniel Bryan who said that he wanted his shot at Angle at the PPV.  Master Bull then changed his mind saying that Daniel Bryan would face off against the Miz.  If Miz wins, he loses his title shot.  If Bryan wins, then Angle will defend the North American title at the PPV.  In 16 minutes, Daniel Bryan gets the win over the Miz and now it will be Angle vs Bryan at the PPV.  The Miz wins the vacated spot for the X-division title so these two will meet again.

Big Show and Kane will be defending the tag team titles against the Hardys.

Negronomicon and Superstar Billy Pearl are challenging the USO’s for their spot.

Super Warrior came out demanding his shot at the X-division title.  Master Bull came back out and said the Bryan has to be a fighting champion so his title will also be on the line at the PPV.

The PPV promises to begin with a bang.   Stay tuned for the results.

HWF/CSWA Wrestling Newsletter 2013 02.06

Hi fans, welcome to our next installment. Apparently, one of the biggest names in the industry did not get picked for any title match.  That man’s name is Sheamus.  Sheamus was asked what belt he wanted to challenge for.  He thought about it for a moment to size up the champs. “Well, if I challenge for the North American title held by Kurt Angle, I could win that one and rename it the International Championship.  But if I wanted to go that route, I’d be better going after the IC title held by the Rock.  But when I really think about it, the World title picture is where I want to be.  So I’ve made my decision.  Hunico, I challenge you for your shot at the World Heavyweight title.”

Sheamus went down to the ring and was met by Hunico.  It only took 9 minutes but Sheamus got the win after Hunico got counted out.

Super Warrior then came down with a challenge of his own.  “Hear me Warriors, I am here this day to throw down the gauntlet in true WARRIOR style!  Nigel McGuinness!  I challenge YOU for your spot as #1 contender for the X-Division Title Strap. I will give you credit Nigel you are a good wrestler but a WARRIOR beats a wrestler any day of the week!  Your limitless arrogance will be your downfall...  Your defeat will be the first step of MANY on my climb up the mountain of IMMORTALITY!!! ”

Nigel then came out with a mic of his own.  “Well, for a minute there I thought we were partners.  I guess not anymore.   If I go back and watch our tag match, it was I who carried you.  If my memory serves, I carried your sorry ass through the match.  It will be with pleasure that I put you in your place.

Just before Nigel could head to the ring, the asst. GM Master Bull came out with a mic of his own.  “Alright, the two of you.  This is a sanctioned match but with a twist.  I don’t want anyone coming back to me complaining ‘I got counted out, I really should have won’ so this will be a falls count anywhere match with a 45 min time limit.  Now, get er done.”

I almost expected to see this match never leave the ring.  Finally when it did, Super warrior stole a chair from ringside and nailed Nigel in the head drawing blood.  Nigel went down like a sack of potatoes.  SW got the 1-2-3 and is now  the top contender for the X-division title and McGuinness moves to a lower position for the North American title. 

Cactus Jack came out for his next match which is being streamed live to Facebook and YouTube.  His opponent is Eric Young.  Cactus was able to retain the title but something else happened.  During the match, Cactus took the chair that SW borrowed from ringside to introduce EY’s face to.  It just so happens that the ringside seat belonged to The Mighty Casey.  He was pretty hot seeing his seat (and there was nowhere else for him to sit) being used by Cactus.  He tried to yell at Jack but was pretty much ignored.  Casey stormed out.

By some fluke in the system, “The Elitist” Reid Rothchild was set up in the wrong federation.  He was granted a title shot at the HWF X-Division title but since he is not HWF, he was removed and that spot will remain vacated unless something else happens.

Reid was nonetheless happy about this so he challenged Chris Sabin for his shot at the Western States Heritage title.  Before the match could start, Mr Meyers came out and declared that if Sabin loses, he is out.  If Rothchild loses, well, he be out on his ass. Fortunately for Reid, he did not need it and in 5 minutes was able to get the win after Sabin was pinned by the figure four (his shoulders never came up after the ref counted to 3).  Chris Sabin is now gone and Rothchild has earned his spot.

It has also been announced that the Warzone PPV will be happening this week in Tampa, Fl. 

More to come.

HWF/CSWA Wrestling Newsletter 2013 02.05

Hi fans.  Welcome back.  We just have some matches to recap.  3MB consisting of Slater and McIntyre challenged the USO’s.  3MB had the match in the bag but could not get the USO’s to lay down for them.  It was a hard fought battle going 45 minutes and ended up as a draw.  The USO’s retain their spots.

 

The next match had Rob Terry and Robbie E challenging the Elitist and the Axe.  This one went for 13 minutes and surprisingly saw the Axe do most of the work (why am I not surprised).  Axe got the win after Robbie E submitted to a bearhug and basically had passed out.  After the match, the team of Donnie B and MW3 ran down to the ring and briefly brawled with Rothchild and Medley before the two bags of wind took off through the crowd.

 

Big Show and Kane came out to defend their titles for the first time.  Kane took the mic and announced that they would be defending against Reigns and Rollins.  The two members of the Shield came down.  Surprisingly the Shield controlled the majority of this short match but while Kane was getting pummeled by Seth Rollins, Big Show delivered a huge chokeslam to Roman Reigns (the legal man) and put him through the Spanish announce table.  Rollins got tossed to the other side of the ring so he did not see what happened.  Reigns gets counted out and Big Show and Kane retain their belts.

 

Daniel Bryan came out next to defend the X-division title against BJ Whitmer.  Bryan controlled the majority of the match and even gave himself an 18 minute workout in the process.  Bryan ends up with the win and still the X-division champ.

 

Samoa Joe came out and challenged Brad Maddox for his spot.  In only 6 ½ minutes and an ass-whupping, Maddox decided to get himself counted out as he left the ring.  Samoa Joe gets his spot and eventually another shot as Cactus’ Media Championship.

 

Kurt Angle finally decided to defend the NA title against Mike Knox.  Mike Knox got the lead early and then tossed Angle from the ring.  Angle appeared to have landed bad and ended up getting counted out.  Knox wins the match but not the title.

 

John Cena opted to defend his title against Damian Sandow.  This had to be the fastest match in recent memory as it went less than 60 seconds.  Sandow began pummeling Cena with his fists and Cena nailed the F-U for the 1-2-3.  John Cena retains his Western States Heritage title.

 

The Rock chose Tyson Kidd as his opponent.  After a 13 minute fight, Rock walks out the champ after pinning Kidd with a nasty spinebuster.

 

Rey Mysterio had the toughest choice of all but he also opted to go with what he thought would be his easiest match against Jack Swagger.  Sadly, it was easier than he could have hoped.  The champ totally dominated the challenger and got the roll up pin on Swagger after 13 min.

 

Christian decided to defend his title against Tensai.  We stand corrected. This was actually the fastest match of the night and probably tied for the fastest ever.  Tensai tried for a claw hold but Christian launched him over the top rope and through a ringside table. Tensai never got up and Christian retains the title by countout.

 

Finally, RVD chose Justin Gabriel as his opponent.  RVD beat the living snot out of Gabriel.  RVD controlled the entire match and finally after 16 minutes, he decided to pin Gabriel after a VanDaminator.

 

More to come.

HWF/CSWA Wrestling Newsletter 2013 02.04

Hello fans.  Welcome back.  The top 10’s are still being created so we are still on pace for a weekend announcement.  We have some news regarding the HWF management.  Donnie B was approached by Wayne Tuttle who told him (yeah, I had my ear to the door, so what?) that managing the federation on a day to day basis was just going to be too much for him to handle so he was bringing on an assistant GM; a young fella by the name of Master Bull (aka Brooks Corwin).  Master Bull will not take any “bull” from anyone on the roster so everyone better stay in line.  The first thing Master Bull does is to fire Kid Kash.  He said that he just looked at him wrong backstage and said that he was no longer employed.  Wow, what a grouch.

All of the rankings have been compiled.  All but one person (non tag team) did not make it.  That man was Roderick Strong.  He noticed that both Big Show and Kane have made it for singles titles which didn’t make sense so he complained and Mr. Meyers did in fact acknowledge this error so both Kane and Big Show were removed from the world title picture.  Kane’s spot was awarded to Strong.  Big Show’s spot was left open.  That leaves 2 men left to fight for it.  3MB and the Shield all wanted that final spot but 2 of the wrestlers have to be left for the tag team title picture so it was agreed that a quick battle royal would take place with those final 6 left to fight for it.  The last man standing after eliminating Drew McIntyre is Jinder Mahal.

The Top 10’s have all been created and here is how they will look.

CSWA

World Heavyweight Championship - Christian                 US Championship – Rey Mysterio 

1) Rey Mysterio                                                                      John Cena      

2)  Tensai - CO                                                                       Mike “the Axe” Medley

3)  Chris Jericho                                                                      Ryback

4)  Hernandez                                                                         Mike Bennett

5)  Jerry Lawler                                                                       AJ Styles

6)  Alberto Del Rio                                                                 Austin Aries

7)  Roderick Strong                                                                Bobby Roode

8)  CM Punk                                                                           Jack Swagger - PIN

9)  Christopher Daniels                                                           Randy Orton

10)  Jinder Mahal                                                                    Booker T

 

Western States Heritage Champion – John Cena              Media Champion – Cactus Jack

1) Cactus Jack                                                                         Samoa Joe (won by DQ)

2)  Magnus                                                                              Antonio Cesaro

3)  Yoshi Tatsu                                                                        Dean Ambrose

4)  Kazarian                                                                             Donnie B

5)  Santino                                                                               Samoa Joe

6)  R-Truth                                                                              MW3

7)  Taz                                                                                     Ted Dibiasi Jr

8)  Chris Sabin                                                                        Zack Ryder

9)  Damian Sandow – PIN IN 60 SEC                                  Eric Young

10)  Rhyno                                                                              The Mighty Casey

 

HWF

World Heavyweight Champion – RVD                              IC Champion – The Rock

1)  The Rock                                                                           Kurt Angle

2)  Justin Gabriel - PIN                                                           Tyson Kidd - PIN

3)  Tommy Dreamer                                                                Sting

4)  Hunico                                                                               Jay Lethal

5)  Dolph Ziggler                                                                    Kevin Steen

6)  HHH                                                                                  The Miz

7)  Chris Jericho                                                                      James Storm

8)  Undertaker                                                                         Mark Henry

9)  Ken Anderson                                                                   Great Khali

10)  Brock Lesnar                                                                   Hulk Hogan

 

North American Champion – Kurt Angle                          X-Division Champion – Daniel Bryan

1)  Daniel Bryan                                                                      Nigel McGuinness

2)  Matt Morgan                                                                      Crimson

3)  Cody Rhodes                                                                     BJ Whitmer - PIN

4)  Wade Barrett                                                                     Reid Rothchild

5)  Sin Cara                                                                             Brodus Clay

6)  Mike Knox - WON BY CO                                              Kofi Kingston

7)  Big E Langston                                                                  William Regal

8)  Super Warrior                                                                    Ezekiel Jackson

9)  Zema Ion                                                                           David Otunga

10) Abyss                                                                                Chavo Guerrero Jr

World Tag Team Championship

Big Show and Kane

1)  The Hardys

2)  Benjamin and Haas

3)  Prime Time Players

4)  Big E Langston and Daniel Bryan

5)  The USO’s

6)  The Dudley Boyz

7)  Reid Rothchild and Mike “the Axe”

8)  Reigns and Rollins (representing the Shield) - CO

9)  Negronomicon and Billy Pearl

10)  Christopher Daniels and Kazarian

 

There are three (really sucky) teams that did not make it into the tag team top 10 – Rob Terry and Robbie E, Slater and McIntyre and the Colons.   Right after everything was finalized, Slater and McIntyre challenged the USO’s for their spot in the tag team line up.  The USO accepted and stated at the next show, they would put their spot on the line.  Big Show and Kane were present and really had a good laugh at this all.  They kept mocking the Team of the Robs and the Colons for not even being able to secure a single win…at all. 

While challenges were being thrown around, the Rob’s challenged Rothchild and the Axe for their spots and the Colons challenged Negronomicon and Billy Pearl. 

Mr Meyers was also backstage talking about the possibility of some job cuts.  He told Clarkus Kentus that his federation had to be a collection of winners and not whiners so unless certain people picked up the ball, there may be some heads on the chopping block too.

This just announced.  Normally, the first PPV of the year called Warzone that would be held in January would actually take place in New Orleans during the month of February.  All champions are being told that they have to defend their titles at least once before the PPV so they may not opt to go in order.  We have been informed by Mr Tuttle through his asst GM Master Bull that the HWF world title will be on the line with RVD defending against the Rock and Kurt Angle defending against Daniel Bryan.  Over on the CSWA side, Christian will be defending his World title against Rey Mysterio.  The other matches have yet to be defined.

Also stuck on the sidelines is Dean Ambrose.  He came out and challenged JTG for his spot.  At first JTG didn’t want to come out. Mr. Meyers came out and ordered JTG to the ring.  He still refused to head down.  Meyers stated that JTG would be guaranteed a World title shot if he came out.  That statement brought him down.  “But, if you lose this match, you are out of a job.”  JTG was floored.  Ambrose immediately attacked him and the bell rang.  It only took 7 minutes to find out that JTG was heading to the unemployment line.  He was all sad and weepy as he left the building.  “I said there would be some housecleaning and this is where it starts.” Mr Meyers stated.  “I expect no demand 100% in the ring.  If you aren’t willing to do it, it may be time to look for a job elsewhere.”

One last thing before signing off, any wrestler within their own federation can challenge another member in any top 10 for their spot.  It the challenger wins, he will take over that spot and the loser will take over the other’s.  This could be something as a #9 seed moving up to a #3 spot or even that same #9 seed in the X-division line up could challenge and defeat someone getting a world title shot.  Once that person gets the win, no one can challenge them further.

More to come.   Stay tuned.

HWF/CSWA Wrestling Newsletter 2013 02.03 – The fallout

Hello fans.  Well, I knew it was going to be an interesting ride and we have crowned all of our new champions to take us into the future.

For the HWF:

World Champion - RVD

IC Champion – The Rock

North American Champion – Kurt Angle

X-Division Champ – Daniel Bryan

For the CSWA:

World Champion - Christian

US Champion – Rey Mysterio Jr

Western States Heritage Champion – John Cena

Media Champion – Cactus Jack

World Tag Team Champions – Big Show and Kane

Undisputed Heavyweight Champion - RVD

If you’ve followed us before, you will know that Big Show and Kane have been the tag team champs before and for a time, they were unstoppable.  It will be interesting to see if they can replicate that success.

We knew that there was going to be some fallout and it was apparent that at the house show in San Diego, CA, it all started.

Donnie B and MW3 came down to the ring.  Donnie B took the mic first. “Well, it appears that Reid Rothchild has gotten himself some muscle.  ‘The Axe’?  Really?  That is the best you could come up with?  I made the decision that when entering the tag team tournament, I wanted a partner who I may not be able to totally trust but I know that when the time comes, he has my back.  Everyone, I want to introduce you to MW3.”  He handed the mic to his tag team parter.  “You know Axe, I had you totally beat in that singles match.  Feet on the ropes?  Really?  No trunk pulling?  Come on man, get creative.  Not only did you cost me the chance for a singles title, you cost us a shot at the tag team belts.  So, in the spirit of competition, why don’t you and your monkey’s ass of a partner come down and take a beating like real men.”  Immediately, the big screen came on with and there was Reid and the Axe.  “Awww, look at them standing there in the ring…isn’t it cute?” said Reid.  “Axe, I picked you as my partner because I know you are here to kick some Axe (bwwaaaahhahahahaha) but in all seriousness, we’d love to come down but, mmm, not today.  See, I’m taking the Axe here for a day on the town.  When people see me, they are taken in by my magnificence.  I’m from the Elite part of society and Mike here will soon be too.  You see him today as a grunt (Medley turned and looked at him weird) but I will show everyone that he is upper-echelon..just like me.  We will deal with you on our terms.”  At that point, Medley and Rothchild attacked MW3 and Donnie B in the ring until DB was able to toss Reid out of the ring and MW3 clotheslined the Axe from the ring.  Both were shouting obscenities at each other until Axe and Reid opted to continue to run away.  Donnie B and MW3 shook hands and then also left the ring. 

Coming out next was the CSWA World Heavyweight Champion Christian.  He came out wearing his gold and took to the mic also. “I’m here to address just one person…RVD.  I want you to come down here to explain your actions after our title match.”  He is interrupted by “IF YOU SMELLLLLLLLLL…..WHAT THE ROCK….IS….COOKIN.”  The IC Champion made his way to the ring and took the mic from Christian.  “Whoa, whoa, whoa, WHOA!  Christian, I know that you are the CSWA World Champion but now it is the Rock’s time and the Rock wants to address our beloved champion RVD.  The Rock wants to know why RVD stabbed the Rock in the back?  Why he kicked the Rock when the Rock was down?  Why RVD is the biggest piece of monkey crap ever to lace up a pair of boots.  The Rock has a problem with this and expects the champ to come down and face the Rock here…in this ring.”  RVD came out but stayed on the ramp.  He too had a mic in hand.  “Rocky, I’ll get to you in a sec.  Christian, I did exactly what you would have done…I just did it first.  Don’t hate.  Be happy.  It’s 4:20 somewhere.  Rocky, yeah, I beat ‘the People’s’ champ.  I took what is rightfully mine – the world title.  And thanks to Christian ‘doing the job’, I’m also the Undisputed Heavyweight Champion.  I’ve been here before after taking the title from Benoit all those years ago and now, I’m right back on top and I don’t plan on going anywhere.”  There was some silence as Christian and Rock traded some facial expressions and Christian motioned for the Rock to answer. “Well, the Rock has someplace he wants you to go.  The Rock wants you to take a trip. Not a very long one..it’s really close.  It’s called the Smackdown hotel.  You can find it at the corner of Know Your Role blvd and Jabroni drive.  In fact, let the Rock take you there right now.”  With that the Rock dropped the mic and charged after RVD. RVD took off like a scalded dog.  The cameras caught all the backstage action and saw RVD hop into his new Ferrari and drive off just as the Rock came around the corner.  “This isn’t over by a long shot.” Rock was heard saying.  Christian stayed at ringside and shook hands with his “peeps” before heading to the back.

We have a couple of new pieces of information.  We also hired a couple of guys to start off our first online media broadcast.  One guy calls himself Joe Jobber and the other calls himself Jimberg: the lil’ Bossman.  The best way for us to describe Jimberg is that he is a horrible ripoff of Gillberg who in turn was a rip off from Bill Goldberg.  The first media match has Jimberg taking on Joe Jobber.  In 7 minutes and after two JimHammers and a spear, Jimberg was victorious.  After the match, Jobber started to badmouth Jimberg and his family and friends.  Jimberg invited him back in the ring but he declined.

Next out we have Cactus Jack defending his Media title.  Samoa Joe comes out to accept the challenge.  We noticed that “The Mighty Casey” was sitting at ringside.  Cactus kept refusing to get in the ring and was dragging the start out.  7 minutes later, Joe has Cactus locked in the rear naked choke.  As Cactus was fading out, he somehow managed to trip up the ref causing a DQ.  Joe won the match but not the title.  Joe took Jack to the outside and started to beat on him again.  He then threw Jack over the ring barrier and Cactus landed in the lap of the Mighty Casey, spilling his drink and nachos.  Partially covered in cheese and not really knowing what he was doing and where he was, he pie-faced Casey and Casey fell down into the ringside chairs.  He wasn’t happy and Cactus never acknowledged him. 

By this weekend, we hope to have the top 10s created so that the champs can move forward with the defending of their respective titles.

More to follow.

HWF/CSWA Wrestling Newsletter 2013 – 02.2 – The crowning of the champions pt 2.

Hello fans and welcome back to your source for fantasy wrestling shows. In this issue we will recap the final 3 matches to decide who walked away with what gold.  Without further ado, let’s get right into it.

Hello Fans.  Larry Morton Esq. and Clarkus Kentus here reporting live from Phoenix, AZ; the site for the HWF and CSWA finals as well as the tournament to crown new tag team champions.   

The first singles match of the night has Christian taking on Rey Mysterio Jr to determine who will win the World and US titles respectively.  The winner of this match will go on later to fight the winner of the HWF world title to see who becomes the Undisputed Heavyweight Champion.  As a reminder, this belt will be required to be defended at all PPV’s so it is possible that this champion may end up pulling double or even triple duty in a single night. 

Christian came out first followed by Mysterio. Mysterio starts with some chops and Christian hits the One Man Concerto.  Christian opts to not go for a pin. He then hits an inverted facelock backbreaker by Rey comes back with a spinning heel kick. A springboard plancha from Christian is met with a dropkick from the turnbuckle.  Christian nails another springboard plancha but Rey hits the 6-1-9 and immediately goes for the pin but loses points in the process.  Rey hits a standing dropkick and Christian hits the one man concerto again and this time goes for the pin but Rey reverses the pin attempt and loses more points for the attempt.  Frustrated, Rey hits an amazing dropkick and Christian is down.  Rey goes up and nails a flying bodypress.  Rey goes for the 6-1-9 but Christian gets his wits about him and gets out of the way. Rey nails some headscissors but Christian goes to the ropes and connects with a  huge backbreaker.  He goes for the pin and secures the 1-2-3 to become the NEW CSWA WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION. Rey will win the US title.

Next on the card is RVD taking on The Rock for the HWF World title.  Rock begins with a belly to belly suplex on Rob.  RVD hits a VanTerminator while Rock begins to Lay the Smack Down (punches follow by spit in hand and then huge punch).  RVD hits a split legged moonsault and then is tossed right out of the ring.  He regains his composure and then comes back into the ring.  Rock hits the Peoples foot to gut and RVD goes to the ropes and nails a 5 star frog splash but does not try for a pin. Rock goes for a belly to belly suplex that is nullified by RVD.  RVD goes for dropkicks, it is reversed by the Rock who goes for a Rock Bottom but that gets nullified. Rock gets a quick Rock Bottom in but does not go for a pin. Rock kicks RVD in the gut but Rob hits a VanDaminator for a 2 count but loss of points. Chops from VanDam are met with a Sharpshooter but RVD quickly makes it to the ropes. Rock hits a belly to belly suplex and goes for a pin but loses points in the process. Rock begins to question the ref about what is going on when RVD goes to the ropes, jumps to the top turnbuckle and connects with a 5 Star Frog Splash.  RVD makes the cover and gets the 1-2-3.  RVD is the NEW HWF WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION.  The Rock gets the IC belt. 

In order to make the tag division more interesting, a few wrestlers were put together to mix things up.  For the CSWA, Big Show and Kane are being paired up as well as Daniel Bryan and Big E. Langston in addition to the tag teams that are already there.  For the HWF, Ryback and Taz are a new team as well as Hernandez and AJ Styles. The tournament is set up alphabetically from A-Z and will use the teammates’ name closest to A and work our way down. If the team has name, they will be categorized by that name.  The tourney will look like this:

“The Elitist” Reid Rothchild and Mike “the Axe” Medley

3MB (represented by Heath Slater and Drew McIntyre w/ Jinder Mahal)

AJ Styles and Hernandez

Big E Langston and Daniel Bryan

Big Show and Kane

Charlie Haas and Shelton Benjamin

Christopher Daniels and Kazarian

Dudley Boyz

Epico and Primo Colon

Hardy Boys

Jey and Jimmy USO

MW3 and The Original Big Daddy Donnie B

Rob Terry and Robbie E

Nigel McGuinness and the Super Warrior

Prime Time Players

The Shield (Roman Reigns and Seth Rollins w/Dean Ambrose)

Round 1

The Elitist and the Axe advanced over MW3 and Donnie B

The Prime Time Players defeated Robbie E and Rob Terry

Big Show and Kane advanced over 3MB

The Dudleys advanced over the Colons

The Hardys won over AJ and Hernandez

Daniels and Kaz defeated the Shield

The USO’s advanced over Bryan and Big E after Kane came down to distract his former partner

Haas and Benjamin defeated Nigel and SW to advance

Round 2

Prime Time players advanced over the Elitist and the Axe after Donnie B and MW3 came down to distract them.  After the match, all four men brawled all the way to the back.

Big Show and Kane advanced over the Dudleys

The Hardys got the win over Daniels and Kazarian

The USO’s fell victim to the World’s Greatest Tag Team

Round 3

Big Show and Kane got the win over the Prime Time Players

Worlds Greatest Tag Team advanced over the Hardys

The Final match saw Big Show and Kane take on the World’s Greatest Tag team.  The speedy team held their own throughout the 44 minute match which really never saw one team get a lead over the other.  In the end, after having almost passed out from Kane standing on his neck, Haas just couldn’t continue and Big Show and Kane are the NEW WORLD TAG TEAM CHAMPIONS.

The final match of the card will have Christian taking on RVD for the Undisputed Heavyweight title in a TLC match.  RVD begins with a heel kick but gets tossed out of the ring for his efforts. Christan hits a DDT and then gets kicked in the hamstring.  Christian then connects with a One Man Concerto but does not go for the pin. Christian then hits a reverse DDT but RVD comes back with a VanTerminator.  RVD then hits a VanDaminator but doesn’t go for the pin. RVD then mistakenly knocks out the ref.  Both men do battle while the ref is down but RVD gets the upperhand after using a latter as a battering ram. After some more back and forth action, Christian hits the one man concerto but the ref is still down. Christian tries to wake the ref up and then RVD goes to the top rope and hits a VanDaminator just as the ref is getting up. He makes the cover but only gets a 2 count.  Christian stops Rob in his tracks with a  nasty uppercut. Christian follows it up with a  tornado DDT but Rob rolls out of the ring. In a very interesting move, Christian hits a dropkick that sends RVD to the corner where he climbed and flew to connect with the 5 star frog splash but he doesn’t make the cover as it appears he may have hurt himself.  Christian buys time for himself by tossing Rob to the outside of the ring.  Rob climbs to the top turnbuckle and catches Christian unaware with another 5 star and this times makes the cover and gets the 1-2-3.  RVD is now the UNDISPUTED HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION.  What a match.  RVD and Christian shake hands  and as Christian turns to leave, RVD hits him with the belt knocking him from the ring.  He celebrates in the ring to a mixed reaction.

That’s all for now.  Thanks for joining us.  I’m sure there will be fallout in the next few days.