HCW Wrestling Newsletter 2017 #553

Hello fans and welcome back to our newsletter.   Today’s show begins as Southern Belle makes her way out.  She takes a mic and calls out Lexy Flexx.  Lexy appears on stage asking what Belle wants.  Belle issues her a challenge for her title spot and she is doing that now.  Lexy heads to the ring seemingly put out.  Belle really went to town on her opponent and Lexy couldn’t believe she was on the losing end.  She ends up bailing out of the ring and gets counted out.  She thinks she outsmarted Belle but once the ref awards the match and new spot to Belle, she gets all flustered and tries to complain but no one seems to listen.  Belle moves up in the rankings while Lexy moves down.  (4 ½ min)

The Ragin Cajun Rad Gumbo arrives with his manager MJ. Gumbo says he’s not waiting to get into the ring so he calls out Dude USA Mick Rude and challenges him for his spot.  That match will be later.

We head back to the ring for our next match.  Superquake Ferguson comes out first to a pop from the crowd.  His opponent Mason the Mangler comes out next snarling (um…who does he think he is…Dr. Red Fang?) and hits the ring and immediately attacks Ferguson.  Ferguson battles back and even keeps Mason’s ferocity in check.  Ferguson and Mason end up brawling outside of the ring and then Superquake HURLS Mason into the crowd.  Ferguson makes it back in just before the 10 count and wins this one via countout.  (5 ½ min)

Backstage, the Desperados (El Chango & Leon Teremoto) say that they will prove that the Mexicali Flyers are up to no good and if given the chance, they will unmasked them.

It’s time to return to the ring for more action.  Ice Dagger makes his way out first to a so-so reaction from the crowd.  Next Adam Jameson makes his way out to a pop and he’s still wearing bandages from the attack by the Super Shockmaster.  Adam looked like he hadn’t lost a step and he outwrestled his opponent.  Ice Dagger looked more like an ice cube (and a melting one at that) however, it seemed that he wasn’t putting his all into this match.  Finally, AJ caught him with a spin kick and he made the cover to get the 1-2-3.  Adam Jameson gets the win.  (18 min).  A loud cackling reverberates as the Super Shockmaster makes his way to the stage.  He is laughing.  Adam takes off after him but SS stands his ground.  Adam attacks but SS overwhelms him and drops him with a vicious helmet smash to Adam’s face busting him open once again.  SS wipes AJ’s blood on the other side of the mask, laughs some more and then leaves as medics come out to check on AJ.

The Mexicali Flyers are backstage and they don’t understand why people are confused by their appearance.  El Dragon Insano says that when wrestling in the US, you have to bulk up and that explains why they appear different.  Tornado en Fuego says their wrestling speaks enough for them so they are done talking.

It’s match time again and it stars with manager MJ leading the Ragin Cajun Rad Gumbo down to the ring as “Gumbo 7:30 says its suppa time bitch”.  Next, Dude USA Mick Rude comes out to a pop since they don’t care for Gumbo.  Gumbo waits until the bell rings and goes right on the offensive.  MJ provided plenty of advice for Rad and he took it all to heart. In fact, Rad DOMINATED the match and Mick Rude couldn’t do anything outside of try to just stay on his feet.  MJ finally called for the finish and Rad locked in the Cottonmouth Clutch.  Dude USA appears to pass out so Rad let go and made the cover to get the pin.  Rad Gumbo wins the match and moves up in the rankings.  Rad takes the mic and tells Texas Wildfire that he’s coming after that US title.  (15 min)

The Elitist Reid Rothchild and his manager Master Bull approaches CJ and tells him to apologize.  “For what?” CJ asks.  Reid replies “For saying I steal gimmicks”.  CJ chuckles.  “Well, you do.”  Reid gets pissed.    “Take it back.”  CJ replies “No.”  Reid is adamant.  “I said take it back.”  CJ stands up and gets into Reid’s face.  “And I said no.”  Master Bull says “You’ll be sorry” and he and Reid walk away.  CJ sits back down and says “o….k….”

Backstage, the Axe storms into GM Max McGillicutty’s office.   Axe says that Talon McFrost is NOT in his league and if he had 30 minutes, he would have proved he could beat him.  Max counters and says that it’s very possible Talon would have beaten him had it gone to 30 minutes.  Axe stares blankly at Max and shakes his head.  Nevertheless, he wants a rematch against Talon.  Max says he will grant it for the next show.  For now, he has a show to run so he tells Axe to take a hike.  Axe storms out.  Max then turns on the monitor so he can watch the next match.

The Desperados (El Chango & Leon Teremoto) come out first and are booed.  Next, the Mexicali Flyers (Tornado en Fuego & El Dragon Insano) come out and get one of the loudest pops of the night.  The Desperados attack them before they can get into the ring and this one is off like a shot.  The Flyers fought back and even took the lead a few times.  Leon and El Chango both tried numerous times to remove the Flyer’s masks.  El Chango actually got El Dragon’s off but he was wearing a second mask underneath.  Leon nailed Tornado with a spinebuster and tried to unmask Tornado en Fuego.  The Flyers just about had enough.  El Dragon threw a chair into the ring to Tornado and he blasted Leon with it causing the DQ.  The Desperados win this one via DQ.  El Chango pulled Leon out of the ring and the two chose not to get back in with Tornado wielding a chair.  The Flyers tried to get them to come back but the Desperados chose to leave instead.  (11 ½ min)

Ant Graham is backstage with the 5^th Column and he says that all is good with them.  Karl Braun looks at his manager and his upper lip curls.  Graham says the Column is united and they will dominate as never before.

We head back to the ring for our Ladies match of the evening.  Scarlett Phoenix comes out first to a good pop from the crowd.  Next, the British Crippler comes out and she’s with the new leader of the court – the Duchess.  Duchess gives some words of advice and then leaves.   The Crippler hit the Crippler by Nature but only got a one count.  After that, Scarlett pretty much handled the Crippler with no problems.  Scarlett dazzled the Crippler with her speed connecting with flying bodypresses, and victory rolls.  Finally, the Crippler locked in a rear naked choke but as she was trying to take Scarlett to the mat, the Phoenix came to life connecting with the Black Widow.  Scarlett made the cover and got the 1-2-3 and the win.  She celebrates with the fans before leaving.  (14 min)

Max was watching the match from the back and he agreed that the Flyers do in fact look different.  He begins to question if something is up.  Max places a call to his forensic investigator Gardinia Blue and asks her to start looking into it.

It’s time now for our main event involving 6 man tag team action.  First, led to the ring by their manager Ant Graham comes the 5^th Column (Baron von Blood, Karl Braun & Oswald Zimmerman).  Ant seems to have everything under control.  Next, their opponents come out and Otto Ruthless, Ivan Dragovich and Wendell Hammerschmidt all come out to a pop from the crowd.  The Column yell at the fans to shut up but that only makes them get louder.  The ref announces that this match will have a 30 minute time limit as the previous two matches were so short.  It didn’t take long for Ant to get involved and paid the price with Ivan locking him in the Accolade.  The Column used that as a distraction to weaken their opponents.  Karl Braun took Otto to the outside and planted him with the Flying Krautline.  Baron and Oswald double-teamed Wendell and after hitting the Flatliner, Oswald made the cover to get the 1-2-3.  The 5^th Column win this one.  All of a sudden, 3 men ran out. It was Ice Dagger, Mason the Mangler and Dr. Red Fang.  They immediately attack the 5^th Column beating them down.  The new team also dispatched Wendell and Ivan.  The new team stood over the column and Ant Graham crawled back into the ring.  Graham then FIRED the Column from his employ saying they never protected him.  Now, he has 3 people who will.  Ant Graham now manages Ice Dagger and Mason the Mangler now it seems along with Dr. Red Fang.  Fang tried to yell something into the mic (maybe “Vampire Lunges for everyone”) but the mic was shut off much to his dismay.  (19 min for the match; 8 additional for the segment)

With that, the show comes to an end.  I’m sure the Column will have a response for their former manager soon.

HCW Wrestling Newsletter 2017 #552

Hello fans and welcome back to our newsletter.  Well, I guess we now know that the person stalking the Stache was Dr. Red Fang.  Well, if he wanted to get the attention of the Hardcore Champion, he did.  The Stache is not here today but did send us a video response that will air later.

Pyro goes off as the first match of the night kicks off. The Axe comes out first and is booed pretty heavily.  He flips off the fans and makes his way to the ring.  His opponent tonight is Talon McFrost.  Axe attacks before the bell and never let up.  He kept beating down Talon but he refused to give up.  Axe thought he had it locked up after connecting with the Axe but Talon got his foot on the rope and that just pissed the Axe off even more.  In the final moments of the match, the two stood toe to toe slugging it out and the bell rang bringing this one to a draw.  The bell kept ringing as the two would not stop fighting.  A bunch of refs ran out and tried to separate them.  It took a few minutes but they eventually got them separated and escorted out of the ring.  I’m sure this one is not over between them.

Backstage, The Savior says he really didn’t mean he’d give Croc the match and says he would have said anything to get the ‘gullible one’ to let him go.  He laughs saying Croc is a dumb hick and is clueless to his level of intelligence.

We head back to the ring where the former ‘Queen’ Juliette Beckett stands and she demands that the Duchess return her crown.  The Duchess is not here tonight and says she wants a fight.  Taylor Bella comes out and says she’ll accept the match as it gives her more ‘in-ring’ time.  Beckett tells her she picked the wrong person to get mouthy to as she’s here to fight.  She tells Taylor to put her ‘spot’ on the line and Taylor agrees.

Beckett must have let her frustration blind her as Taylor beat the HOLY HELL out of her (It took Beckett 3 minutes to get in one offensive move).  After that, she got in a total of 4 more offensive moves and the rest wall all Taylor.  At the end of the match, Taylor nailed Beckett with a running kneelift that sent her crashing first face into the turnbuckle.  Taylor made the cover and got the 1-2-3.  Taylor Bella wins this one in dominating fashion.  (18 min)  Taylor retains her spot for the Ladies title lineup.

A vignette airs with the Steel Curtain (Buzz & Starbuck Steel) on a deep sea fishing boat out in the Caribbean.  They seem to really be enjoying their “suspension”.  The camera pans to them and Starbuck holds up a massive grouper he brought in and is all smiles.  The camera pans to Buzz who is holding up an Angelfish and he looks all sad.

We head back to the ring for the next match.  Otto Ruthless comes out first to a mixed reaction from the crowd.  Next, the Fiend comes out to his Misfits music and gets a huge pop.   Otto is in the ring pacing.  The Fiend gets in, removes his jacket and is ready to get this one underway.   The Fiend was just too quick for Otto and stayed a few steps ahead of his opponent for the entire (short) match. Fiend caught him with a dropkick and a running clothesline.  Otto finally gets a move in and nails a back body drop.  The Fiend is up almost immediately and nailed the Last Caress (swinging DDT).  He made the cover and got the pin.  The fans pop as the Fiend has his arm raised in victory.  (3 min)

Max says the ratings were in from the memorial show and it got lots of views.  He says that the match between US Champion Texas Wildfire and the World Champion Drew the Canadian Love Machine blew the fans away.  He thinks he may have to work on something there.

We go back to the ring for our next match.  Making a rare singles appearance, led by his manager MJ, is Smasher #1.  He is being challenged for his spot by this man.  Out comes Wendell Hammerschmidt.  Wendell gets a pop as the fans hate the Smashers.  MJ says that the loser of this match should be out of the running for this belt.  Wendell reluctantly agrees.  This one doesn’t go very long as Wendell, surprisingly, went toe to toe with the much bigger man.  MJ continued to shout instructions but they fell on deaf ears.  Wendell got lucky and hurled Smasher #1 out of the ring.  He then hit the ropes and launched himself over the top rope right on to his opponent.  Wendell battled Smasher #1 up the ramp for only a few seconds and then rushed back into the ring to break the 10 count.  Smasher #1 loses the match to Wendell via countout and is completely out of the top 10.  MJ berated his charge for not heeding his words.  They left as Wendell celebrated in the ring.  (2 ½ min)

A video then airs with the Stache addressing the sneak attack from Dr. Red Fang.  “Part of me knew something was up and it had to come from someone as diabolical as Fang.  You know Fang, I’ve held multiple titles in HCW including World Champion.  You cost me the chance to reclaim it. Now you have my full attention.  You want this belt I’m holding?  Come and try to take it from me.  You set foot in the ring against me and you’ll sincerely wish you hadn’t.”

We head back to the ring for the next match.  Bishop Ripley comes out first to a mixed reaction from the crowd.  Next, Biceps Bannerman comes out to a huge pop. (The camera cuts to Reid’s dressing room where he and Master Bull are watching the crowd reaction and Reid comments that he wants that guy on his team.)  The two of them lock up.  To everyone’s surprise, Ripley dominated the bigger, stronger Bannerman.  Bishop was fast and hit Biceps with everything he had including taking the big man off his feet twice will well-placed flying dropkicks.  Ripley was calling for the Alien Resurrection but Bannerman reversed it and hit an AWESOME spinebuster.  Biceps makes the cover and luckily gets the pin.  Ripley was up a few moments later and starred daggers at Bannerman as he walked away.  (15 min)

Once again, we are in the interview area and the Desperados are there commenting on the Mexicali Flyers and Leon Teremoto issues a challenge to them for the next show.  El Chango says he’d bet they don’t show.

It’s time for the Main Event:  US champion Texas Wildfire takes on the Savior in a non-title match.  If Savior wins, he gets his title shot at home in Montreal.  Wildfire starts off like his name states but the Savior “accidentally” took the ref out early.  The Savior then used a chair multiple times on the US Champion.  Just as the ref was recovering, the Savior executed a powerbomb right on the chair.  He got rid of it pretty quick and made the cover.  The ref counted 1…2….3.  The Savior wins the match (in once again questionable fashion) and now is in line for a title shot in Montreal.  (12 min)  As the Savior was gloating in the ring, the Crocodile Hunter runs down.  The Savior sees him and bolts out of the ring and exits through the crowd.  Croc checks in on TW before taking off after the Savior.

With that, the show comes to an end.  Stay tuned for our next show.

HCW Wrestling Newsletter 2017 #551

Hello fans and welcome back to our newsletter.  After our Supershow in chilly Denver, we head back sunny Phoenix, AZ.  GM Max McGillicutty gave us a tidbit of information and it’s really above and beyond anything we could have thought.  Max says that he did some wheeling and dealing and was able to secure another location for a show later this month.  He was able to get out of the 4 corners and after lengthy conversations with local promoters, Max secured a deal for HCW to go to MONTREAL, QUEBEC CANADA!  That is HUGE news that I’m sure World Champion Drew the Canadian Love Machine and his former tag team partner the Savior will be ecstatic to return home.  Max says that show will take place on 3/19.

The show starts off with pyro and our first match is ready to begin.  Adam Jameson makes his way out first and is followed by his opponent Super Shockmaster.  SS comes out and is booed pretty heavily.  He doesn’t care.  He is here to wreak havoc and pick up a paycheck.  AJ used his speed and never allowed SS to get in one offensive move at all.  AJ nailed a gut buster and followed it up with a springboard face smash and then sent SS out of the ring.  AJ launched himself over the top rope onto the Super Shockmaster on the floor.  He made it back in by 10 but SS did not so the match gets awarded to Adam Jameson via countout.  (2 ½ min).  As AJ celebrated in the ring. Super Shockmaster ran back in and hit him with the Galactic Splash.  He then headbutted AJ multiple times until AJ was wearing a crimson mask.  SS then began laughing and wiped AJ’s blood on his mask.  He then walked away.

We cut backstage to Max’s office.  The Elitist Reid Rothchild and his manager Master Bull walk in and ask Max if he would be allowed to pick the opponent for his next title match.  Max says yes as long they as they are in his top 10.  Reid confirms that if the person is listed in his top 10, he can pick whoever he wants.  Max is getting irritated.  “Yes” he says.  “Hey, we’re just making sure we are playing by your rules” says Master Bull.  Max stands up.  “Look at the current lineup, you can defend the title against anyone on there.  Does that make it any clearer?”   Bull asks “And if that person doesn’t show up, Reid wins by forfeit, right?”  Max exasperated says “Yes”.  “Ok” Reid says and he and Master Bull leave.  Max shakes his head asking “what was that all about?”

Master Bull and the Elitist Reid Rothchild walk down and enter the ring.  Reid announces that he got permission from the GM to pick his opponent for tonight.   He pulls out a piece of paper with the names of the wrestlers in the top 10.  “Ok, I choose…. Starbuck Steel.  Oh Starbuck…where are you?”  Starbuck’s music plays but he is not there.  Max storms out on stage with a mic in hand.  “You can’t choose him as he and his brother are on suspension.”  Reid counters with “But you said that if they are listed in my top 10, I can choose.”  Max replies “He’s not here because of the suspension…you can’t choose him.”  Bull interjects “But he CAN and because of the exact wording that YOU used, he will.  He is on the active roster and you never flagged him as ‘ineligible’.  Timekeeper, ring the bell to start this match if you would”.  The bell rings and the ref counts to 10 and has no choice but to award the match to Reid.  “Now, since I’ve fulfilled my title defense obligation for this month, I don’t have to do anything until next month.  Thanks Mr. GM.”  Bull and Reid leave the ring laughing.

Backstage, the Duchess talks about taking over the court and how Beckett was an unfit leader unlike her who is a multi-time champion.   She says she will bring back prestige to the Court.

We head back to the ring for our next match.  First, Sarona Reiher makes her way to the ring and is followed out by Madame Jade.  Madame Jade looked fantastic in the match keeping Sarona on the defensive for her offensive but Sarona began to wear her down.  Sarona was able to nail Jade with a Samoan drop in the last few seconds of the match but Jade was too close to the ropes and easily got a foot on the ropes to break the pin attempt and the bell then rang bringing this one to a close.  This one ends in a draw.  Both women get a standing ovation from the fans who appreciated the show they put on.  (20 min time limit)

Back in the interview area, the Hardcore champion the Stache is cutting a promo addressing his upcoming match against World Champion Drew the Canadian Love Machine and we see a shadow moving in the background.  It seems this shadow has been stalking the Stache.  WHO or WHAT IS IT???

Heading back to the ring for more action, we have Dr. Red Fang vs Travis Ryzing.  Ant Graham comes out first with the Dr. who exclaims “VAMPIRE LUNGES FOR EVERYONE”.    He is booed but he doesn’t care.  Travis ‘Dark Storm’ Ryzing comes out next and he gets a pop only because of who he’s facing.  Well, this match was anything BUT uninteresting as Fang tore right into Ryzing and never let up.  Ant Graham didn’t have to do anything and let Fang go to town.  It was a massacre.  At one point, Fang pulled Ryzing out of the ring and nailed a Transylvania piledriver on the floor.  He wanted to keep up the fight but his manager sent him back into the ring.  The unconscious ‘Dark Storm’ never got up and Fang was awarded the match via count out.  Graham joins him in the ring and the two celebrate.  The ring announcer tried to interview both men and Fang snarled at him.  “I bet our champions are sitting at home punching keys (aka on their computers).  I’d like to punch THEM!”  Ant asks how the sheep (fans) would book Dr. Red Fang in today’s world of sports entertainment and the fans respond with “YOU SUCK”.  Graham gets pissed.  Fang exclaims “I am a LEGEND in HCW.  Your opinions are insignificant.”  The fans don’t let up so Graham and Fang leave.  (7 ½ min for the match; 15 total for the segment)

Backstage, a bloodied up Adam Jameson demands a rematch against the Super Shockmaster.

We go back to the ring for our next match.  Ravishing Raquel appears on the stage with her husband The Elitist Reid Rothchild and her ‘advisor’ Master Bull.  Bull gives her some words of advice and she heads down to the ring.  Taylor Bella comes out next to a pop from the crowd and for whatever reason, she’s carrying a lemon. She gets into the ring and Raquel immediately attacks.   Taylor shrugs her off and grabs the lemon and rubs some of the juice in Raquel’s eyes.  Taylor goes on the offensive pulling out all the stops. 9 minutes in, Raquel connects with a moonsault but is still feeling the effects of the lemon juice.  She manages to lock in a Ravishing Armbar but Taylor connects with a sunset flip.  She somehow hooks the leg and gets the 1-2-3.  Taylor Bella gets the win.  Raquel begins to recover but Taylor sees the writing on the wall and departs. (10 min)

Backstage, El Chango & Leon Teremoto - The Desperados claim they are the #1 contenders and for two shows straight, the Flyers get a title shot and what the hell was up with their appearance?   Did they put on weight?  Leon says this needs to be brought to Max’s attention.

Back in his office, Max sees numbers being down and realizes it’s due in part because of the Steel Curtain’s suspension.  Max places a call to the Steel Curtain and says he’ll drop the suspension.   Buzz replies and says “no, it’s ok.  For now, keeping the Steel Curtain off the show is ‘best for business’ so hopefully the business will flourish.  We’ll be back at the end of the month.”  Buzz hangs up the phone.  The Desperados walk in and El Chango tells Max that he seriously needs to look at tape of the Flyers as he thinks something is hokey there.

It’s time for our MAIN EVENT.  The challenger, the Hardcore Champion the Stache comes out to a huge pop.  He enters the ring.  World Champion Drew the Canadian Love Machine comes out next and the pop is even louder.  Drew climbs each of the turnbuckles posing with his belt.  He then faces the Stache in the middle of the ring and the two shake hands.  Only the World title is on the line tonight.  The match begins.

===== In the 1st minute of the match: =====

Drew the Canadian Love Machine rolled DC

The Stache rolled DC

Both Men in rolled DC

Drew the Canadian Love Machine rolled DC

The Stache rolled OC.

The Stache executes a THROW OUT OF RING....

The lights then go off and are off for about 5 seconds.  When they come back on, the Stache is out cold in the ring and Drew is out on the outside.  The ref, confused, begins to count.

Drew the Canadian Love Machine is on the outside.  The ref begins the count.

1...2...3...4...5...6...7...8...9...10

Drew the Canadian Love Machine is counted out!!!

The Stache wins with a THROW OUT OF RING - Count Out over Drew the Canadian Love Machine!!! 

Unfortunately, the belt does not change hands on a countout.  Stache recovers first and wonders what the hell is going on.  All of a sudden, a man dressed all in black attacks and drops the Stache with a piledriver.  The masked man stands over the Stache and then removes his hood.  HOLY COW…It’s… DR. RED FANG!  Fang screams “VAMPIRE LUNGES FOR EVERYONE” as the show comes to an end.

Thanks for reading.  Stay tuned as I’m sure there will be fallout from this.

HCW Wrestling Newsletter 2017 #550 - SUPERSHOW

Hello fans and welcome to our SUPERSHOW coming to you from Denver, Colorado.  This is our 550^th issue of the Wrestling Newsletter and what better way to kick off a MILEstone than to be in the Mile High City.  The show begins as GM Max McGillicutty comes out in front of a sold out arena to thank the fans for attending while the Colorado weather tries to figure out if it’s still winter or spring.  Max says that tonight. 4 titles will be on the line with one of them being the 6 Man trophy.  Max is cut off as Master Bull, the Elitist Reid Rothchild and his wife Ravishing Raquel come out on stage.  Master Bull makes fun of the fans saying they’re on a ‘Rocky Mountain High’ and is surprised most of them could find their seats amidst the ‘haze’ in the arena (just what are you hinting at Master Bull?).  Bull says that he and Reid have been kept off TV and he demands to know why.  Raquel chimes in saying that ever since the Ladies title was stolen from her, she never got the rematch she deserved being the ONLY woman last year to even be considered for the Woman of the Year award and wonders if this is how Max and the HCW treat those with such a prestigious honor.   Max tells them that it was Reid and Bull who have been told to show up and they always came up with an excuse not to.  Max then addresses Raquel telling her she did get the rematch against former champion Kimberly Kiccass but Kim KICKED her ASS.  Reid jumps in telling Max he can’t speak to his wife that way.  Max then tells Reid to simmer down and go eat some Rocky Mountain Oysters (the fans laugh and start to chant RMO, RMO, RMO).    Reid tells the fans to shut their pie holes and they are fortunate to have them in the building.  Reid says he has a major announcement and then tells the world that tonight, he will begin scouting HCW talent as he starts on the path to reform Prestige Inc.  He and Master Bull will begin scouting tonight from his new dressing room and once they find those worthy enough to join him, he will make his choices known.  Bull, Reid and Raquel all then leave the stage.  Master Bull follows and pyro goes off and the show begins.

The Snake Pit (Niven, Leiton and Tobias Snake) all come down to the ring dressed in black.  They enter the ring and stand unified…like a Shield.   Manager Ant Graham comes out next and introduces the 6 Man trophy champions the 5^th Column.  Baron von Blood, Oswald Zimmerman and Karl Braun come out and are booed pretty heavily.  Ant hollers at the help to bring the trophy to the ring.  The champs enter the ring but the Snake Pit goes right on the offensive.  Ant helped get his team back on track but the Pit just kept the pressure on and put the champs on the defensive.  After Ant got caught sticking his nose in, Niven blasted him with a Superman punch much to the delight of the fans.  After Tobias took out Karl Braun with the Dirty Deeds and Leiton took out Oswald with a Curb Stomp, Niven hit Baron with a back suplex side slam and made the cover to get the 1-2-3.  The Snake Pit wins this one and becomes the NEW 6 Man Tag Team Trophy winners.  They celebrate in the ring to the delight of the fans and then take the trophy to the back.  The 5^th Column appear very unhappy with their manager and they actually storm off without him.  Ant makes his way back on his own.  (18 min)

Backstage, TV champion Handsome Hernandez says that he let that loser ScooterJ stew for weeks and now he finally will get his match but the Handsome one says it doesn’t matter as he’s walking out with the title tonight regardless.

We head back to the ring for our next match.  First, Jerry Saunders makes his way down to the ring.  We cut right to the back where Hardcore Champion the Stache is and GM Max stops him to tell him that if he is successful tonight, he will get the next shot at Drew the Canadian Love Machine’s World title.  Stache is pumped and heads down to the ring (there was a shadow lurking backstage but we never saw who it was).  He gets in and when asked what type of rules he wants for this match, he says “Brawl Games”.  For 10 minutes, it seemed like the Stache was distracted by the thoughts of a World title match as Jerry went toe to toe with him all that time.  Jerry grabbed a baseball bat but the Stache got it from him and smashed him in the ribs with it and then tried to weaken him with the Handlebar (camel clutch).  He went for a quick pin but Jerry got his foot under the ropes.  However, that bat shot took all the wind out of Jerry’s sails and the champ took over.  Stache destroyed him for 4 minutes and then locked in the Handlebar again but Jerry looked like he was passing out.  Stache released him and went for a pin and got the three count.  The ref then counted to see if Jerry would get up by 10.  He did not so the Stache is awarded the win by KO and secures a title shot at Drew.  He looks ready.  (14 min)

The Ambassador is backstage with the Tag Team Champions Pete the PUN-isher and the King of Cones Magnum Kone.  Larry Morton who’s conducting the interview reminds the Ambassador that he cannot interfere or his team will lose the belts.  He says he has all the confidence in the world in his team and they will overcome.  The Ambassador and his team leave.  Larry questions if the Ambassador is working off of ‘alternative facts’.

Elsewhere backstage, the Crocodile Hunter confronts the Savior and is about to beat him senseless but the Savior has another idea.  He says that if Croc wants him in the ring, bring a partner and he’ll bring one and then he’ll determine if Croc is ready for 1:1 action against him.  Croc storms off and the Savior laughs.

We head back to the ring for the rematch for the TV title.  Former champion ScooterJ comes out and gets a decent reaction from the crowd.  The new champion Handsome Hernandez comes out and he is booed as he parades down to the ring.  ScooterJ immediately goes on the offensive but Hernandez shuts him down pretty quick.  For 4 minutes, Hernandez looked like he was going to own this match but a superkick from ScooterJ quickly changed that and owned the champ for 14 minutes.  Hernandez locked in a Cross Armbreaker and basically nullified ScooterJ’s arm.  Hernandez kept up the pressure for another 12 minutes and it looked like this was going to go a full 30 minutes but for whatever reason, Hernandez, after hitting a tilt-a-whirl backbreaker, pulled up ScooterJ at the 2 count when he clearly had him pinned.  Hernandez was going for a double foot stomp but instead ate a superkick from ScooterJ.  ScooterJ (painfully) hooked the leg and was able to get the 1-2-3.  ScooterJ defeats Hernandez to reclaim the TV title.  He takes the title holding it high and then leaves the ring and Handsome Hernandez behind.  (27 min)

Starr Vixen is backstage and calls out Kimberly Kiccass for taking the cheap route to win but then congratulates the Duchess on her strategy to claim the title.  She tells the Duchess she’s not done in the title hunt and Duchess had best keep an eye out because she’s coming for that title.  Queen Beckett walks over and says she’s tired of Starr being the weepy little nobody.  She challenges her to a match tonight.  Starr says she’ll accept but only on the condition that if she wins, Queen Beckett must disband the Queen’s Court.  Queen Beckett laughs and accepts the stipulation.

We head back to the ring and The Crocodile Hunter and his partner Outback Oscar make their way out to a huge pop from the crowd.  Next, the Savior comes out and is booed.  He introduces his tag team partner for the evening ‘Superstar’ Chic Monroe.  The Savior says that his team is superior however if the Aussies can somehow defeat them, he will give Croc a match anytime, anywhere.  The Savior would not start the match against Croc so Oscar had to.  Early on, Oscar got injured but was unable to tag out so the Savior and Chic totally destroyed him for 15 minutes.  Finally, Croc makes the hot tag (after all previous attempts were thwarted by their opponents) and goes to town taking out Chic.  The Savior gets tagged in and he blindsides Croc and then hurls him into the steel post.  Croc struggles to get to his feet but catches a spinning heel kick from the Savior who then makes the cover and with a handful of tights, gets the 1-2-3.  The Savior and Chic Monroe win this one and the fans really show their displeasure.  As Chic leaves (his commitment to the match is complete), the Savior gets on the mic saying how Croc is not in his league and gets NOTHING.  He laughs and starts to walk away but Croc catches him and drops him with the Prince’s Throne.  He then locks in an ankle lock and the Savior is screaming in pain.  Croc demands a 1:1 match and the Savior accepts.  As soon as Croc let him go, he rolled right out of the ring and limped his way to the back.  (18 min)

Backstage, the Mexicali Flyers (Tornado en Fuego and El Dragon Insano) say that they came so close to defeating the champs but tonight marks a turning point things will never be the same. (Pretty cryptic…)

We had back to the ring for our next match.  This one will have Queen’s Court monarch Queen Beckett finally going 1:1 with her former ‘lackey’ Starr Vixen.  Starr proposed that if she wins, Beckett must disband the court.  Beckett counters that if she wins, not only must Starr rejoin HER court, but will resume the role of ‘lackey’ and not say another word.  Starr totally went to town and handed her Royalness the beating of her life.  It’s a wonder how Beckett remained in power with such a horrendous performance.  Just when the Queen was mounting an offense, Starr charged her and dropped her hard with a vicious clothesline.  Starr makes the cover and gets the 1-2-3.  Starr Vixen wins the match and per the stipulation, Beckett must disband HER court.  This brought out both Lady Hermann and the British Crippler.  Her Ladyship and the Crippler got in the ring and after Beckett recovered, they began to close in on Starr.  All of a sudden, the Ladies Champion the Duchess comes out.  Beckett seems really annoyed as the Duchess gets in the ring.  Beckett turns to her teammates and orders them to take out the upstart (the Duchess).  They begin to move towards the Duchess who says “You heard her, remove the upstart.”  Hermann and the Crippler immediately turn and attack and beat down Queen Beckett.  WHAT THE HELL?  The Duchess is standing there laughing.  Lady Hermann takes the Queen’s crown and hands it to the Duchess.  It seems that the Duchess has just taken over the Court.  The Duchess looks and smiles at Starr Vixen but then turns and leaves with the court without further incident.  Starr leaves next and Beckett had to be helped from the ring. (9 min for the match; 15 total for the segment)

GM Max McGillicutty comes out to thank all the fans for attending and promises to return to Colorado in the near future.

It’s time for the Main Event.  The Mexicali Flyers come out first but wait…something looks different.  They LOOK different.  I know the camera adds 10 lbs but this is ridiculous.  The Ambassador comes out with the World Tag Team Champions Pete the PUN-isher and ‘the King of Cones’ Magnum Kone.  As the champs tried to say something was up, the Flyers went on the (very aggressive) offensive.  The Ambassador got in a few licks but stayed off the ref’s radar.  The Flyers had even changed their wrestling style and it looked more like…nah…couldn’t be!  The Flyers held the advantage for the match until the Desperados came out and attacked the champions resulting in a DQ against the Mexicali Flyers.  El Chango and Leon Teremoto then turned their attention to the Flyers and beat them down also.  The Desperados then left.  Pete and Magnum retain their belts once again in questionable fashion.  The Flyers took off after the Desperados as the Ambassador and his team celebrated in the ring.  The show then came to an end.

Thanks for reading.  Be sure to come back for our next show as we return back to Phoenix.

HCW Wrestling Newsletter 2017 #549

Hello fans and welcome back to our newsletter.  As was mentioned in the last issue, today will be a tournament to crown a new Hardcore Champion.  Everyone not holding a title (trophy excluded) is eligible to participate.  We started off with 60 people (‘The Elitist’ Reid Rothchild, although a ‘champion’ was allowed to participate because of his manager Master Bull’s finagling but it didn’t help much).  The final two came down to the Stache (eliminated Biceps Bannerman) and Jerry Saunders (eliminated El Dragon Insano). 

GM Max McGillicutty comes out and sets the guidelines for the final match.  He says this will be an ECW rules match.  Unfortunately, we never got that far. 

===== In the 1st minute of the match: =====

The Stache rolled OC.

Jerry Saunders rolled OC/TT

The Stache executes a THE HANDLEBAR (CAMEL CLUTCH)....

Jerry Saunders executes a CHOKE ON TOP ROPE....

The Stache straps in the THE HANDLEBAR (CAMEL CLUTCH).

Jerry Saunders submits!!!

The Stache wins with a THE HANDLEBAR (CAMEL CLUTCH) over Jerry Saunders!!!

And just like that, we have ourselves a NEW HARDCORE CHAMPION.  Congratulations to the new champ.  

The championship committee just noticed a huge error:  Tag Team Champions Pete the PUN-isher & Magnum Kone have not defended their titles in the February calendar month.  Max immediately puts the match together with Pete & Magnum defending their belts against the Mexicali Flyers.  The Flyers (El Dragon Insano & Tornado en Fuego) came out first and they looked ready to take on the world.  The Ambassador comes out to introduce the champs and they all looked peeved.  They make their way to the ring and try to complain that they are defending their belts at the supershow but their whining fell to deaf ears.  Max did make one concession and that is to make the time limit 20 minutes.   Right off the bat, the champs attacked Tornado en Fuego injuring him and taking him effectively out of the match.  El Dragon tried to hold his own but the champs overwhelmed them.  After Magnum got tired of Pete’s showboating, he tagged himself in only to have El Dragon hit him with a neckbreaker.  El Dragon went to the top turnbuckle but before he could launch, the Ambassador tripped him he crashed hard to the mat.  Magnum crawled over and draped an arm over El Dragon and got the 3 count.  The champs retained their belts.  This did not sit well with Max who came out and said he saw the Ambassador interfere.  As much as the manager tried to deny it, Max said that at the Supershow, the Mexicali Flyers get a rematch and if the Ambassador interferes again, his team will be STRIPPED of the tag team titles. The show ends with Pete, Magnum and the Ambassador in the ring yelling back at Max

Be sure to join us as the next show will be our 550^th issue and will be a SUPERSHOW coming to you live from Denver, Colorado.  Same Bat time, same Bat channel.

HCW Wrestling Newsletter 2017 #548 - Tribute show (please read)

Hello wrestling fans and welcome back to our newsletter.  The show begins, not with fanfare and fireworks, but an appearance by GM Max McGillicutty.  Max, somber, tells the fans in attendance that reality has interfered with the fantasy world of the HCW.  The man ‘behind’ the Masked Gentleman, Ralph Majewski has passed away.  Max says that today’s show will be a tribute show to the masked man. Max looks up to the Omegatron and a picture of the Masked Gentleman appears. 

The fans stand and applaud and (probably for the first time ever) start an “MG” chant.  Max says that since MG was the reigning Hardcore champion, the belt he possessed will be retired and will be the final holder of that belt.  A new belt will be created and a tournament will be held to crown a new Hardcore champion.

Max says that tonight there will be no storylines on the show; just a bunch of people who want to pay tribute to the man that who did his best to make everyone’s life miserable.

A mysterious figure sits in a chair in a dark room and then a light comes on and it is the hashtag – CJ.  “it is with a heavy heart that the hashtag speaks to you tonight but unfortunately we have lost a true entertainer  and competitor in MG ---the masked gentleman... his short appearance in the ring brought many a good matches and even better promos!!!  This man was destined to be a true legend, unfortunately like many legends, his career was cut way too short.  So tonight the hashtag will not make a challenge, will not rant rave or belittle... tonight the hashtag is truly stunned and will only mourn the loss of this legend, and a life cut too soon...”  CJ then leaves the room.

Match #1:  Super Shockmaster vs Superquake Ferguson:  The two men squared off in the ring and with this one, there was no “good guy vs bad guy”; it was just two guys putting on a show for the fans.  Super Shockmaster dominated the match with Ferguson getting a little run in himself but in the end, SS hits his patented Clothesline and makes the cover to get the 1-2-3.  (19 min)

Match #2:  Phat Sol vs Mr. Wrestling #5:  Phat is accompanied to the ring by his manager the Ambassador.  Both men shake hands as this one kicks off.  Mr. Wrestling #5 stayed one step ahead of Phat and even though the Ambassador tried to give Phat some advice, MW5 dictated the pace and after delivering an elbow smash, made the cover to get the 3 count.  (11 min)

A vignette airs with the Super Shockmaster:  "We never got to settle things, and our war of words and ticket dispensers now ceases. Take your heat elsewhere, to that ring filled with 'Animal's and 'Russian Bear's. They must have needed a Masked Gentleman, wherever they are."

Match #3:  Pete the PUN-isher & Magnum Kone vs Ferb & Junior Huber.  The Ambassador comes out with the tag team champs but the belts are not on the line tonight.  The Hubers had control very early on and continued the success throughout most of the match.  Once Magnum tagged in, it all changed and they started on an offensive run.  Once Pete thought they were beat down enough, he tagged in but Junior caught him right away with the Mountain Man Cutter and got the pin.  The Huber’s win this one.  (17 min)

Match #4:  The Stache vs the Fiend.  The Fiend was the one MG defeated to become the Hardcore champion in the first place and he seemed bound and determined to put on a good show in his memory.  The Fiend put it all on the line and he owned the match.  From hitting the Devil’s Reign to the Devil’s Lock, the Fiend had the Stache’s number here.  Finally, after reversing a Tombstone attempt from the Stache, the Fiend nails him with the Last Caress (swinging DDT).  He makes the cover and gets the 3 count.  The Fiend wins this one.  Both men shake hands to a standing ovation from the crowd.  (13 min)

A vignette airs from Texas Wildfire:  “When I started wrasslin', my mentor Dusty Rhodes told me, ‘There will always be a man that has ya number. He'll be the thorniest of the thorns in ya side.’ Since my time here in the HCW, there's been one man who was always the thorn in my side. That man was the Masked Gentleman. Our war was brutal, but I always had respect for MG. We weren't friends, but I always had respect for MG. When we were in the ring together we tore the house down. We went back and forth and pushed each other to be the best we could be inside and outside of the ring. I'll miss that. Thank you MG.”

Match #5:  Triple Threat Match:  King Wilber Townsend vs Hangman #3 vs Sonic Blade.  All three men made their way to the ring without a lot of fanfare.  Hangman #3 got involved a little in the match but it was more about King Wilber taking on Sonic Blade.  Sonic controlled the match but just couldn’t keep anyone down for a 3 count.  Finally, the bell rings bringing this to a time limit draw.  All 3 men get a standing ovation from the crowd as they head to the back.  (30 min draw)

Match #6:  Two of our ladies requested to be on tonight’s show:  El Gato Negro vs Ruby Princess.  Both women shook hands once they got in the ring.  El Gato had full control of the match but the longer it went on, Ruby began to become more of a threat.  Out of nowhere, Ruby hits the Ruby’s Simply Ravishing to get the 3 count.  Both women shook hands afterwards.  (19 min)

A vignette airs from The Fiend:  “When I was told I’d be fighting the Masked Gentleman, I had to do some research on the guy and got to know his character as well as the man behind the mask and he was one of a kind.  RIP my friend.”

Match #7:  The Mexicali Flyers vs the Desperados.  Both teams received healthy reception from the crowd.  All 4 men shook hands and the Flyers assumed immediate control of the match.  Lots of high flying from the Flyers was countered by the ground game from the Desperados.  El Dragon Insano connects with an insane flying dropkick on Leon Teremoto and gets the 1-2-3.  The Mexicali Flyers win this one. All 4 men shake hands afterwards.  (9 min)

It’s time for our Main Event.

Main Event:  Match #8:  Champion vs Champion but no titles are on the line.  First, the US Champion Texas Wildfire comes out to a huge pop from the crowd.  Next, the World Champion Drew the Canadian Love Machine comes out and the volume is equally as intense. Both men shake hands and it kicks off.  I’ve got to tell you, this match was the most intense with the top two guys in the HCW giving their all.  For 9 minutes, neither man gave an inch.  Once Drew hit the first corkscrew pescado, things began to go his way.  Regardless of what Drew hit him with, TW just wouldn’t stay down.  Finally, Drew is able to connect with another corkscrew pescado and this time, he gets the 3 count.  Drew wins the match but the fans gave just as much credit to the US Champion Texas Wildfire.  Both men shook hands as they left the ring.

Ralph MG Majewski tribute show. A video montage airs of MG’s funniest moments.

After the video is done, Turnip comes out and he is carrying MG’s favorite food – Prime Rib.  A table is set up in the ring and he places it on the table and lights a single candle.  Next, MG’s manager Miss Samantha comes down to the ring carrying his fedora and mask.  She places them on the table.  Lastly, CJ makes his way to the ring and he’s carrying a bag.  He gets into the ring.  He opens the bag he’s carrying and it’s a jar of teal colored M&M’s.    CJ then opens the jar and empties the contents into a bowl on the table.  The roster comes out and stands on the stage.  Max comes out with the owners Mr. Bychowski & Mr. Meyers and joins the roster on stage.  CJ then points to MG’s picture as a 10 bell salute rings. 

The light dim and the show comes to an end.

From everyone in the HCW, we thank you MG – Ralph Majewski - the Masked Gentleman – for entertaining us and providing us with a character we loved to hate.

HCW Wrestling Newsletter 2017 #547 - All Hail the King PPV

Hello fans and welcome to our “All Hail the King” PPV live here in Phoenix, Arizona.  Pyro goes off and our show is underway.  The camera cuts to the back with a limo pulling up.  World Champion Drew the Canadian Love Machine exits and looks like he’s had a rough night.  He says that he consumed a little too much cognac and when questioned if that would affect his match tonight, he said no as he’ll be fine as he has time to relax before his match in the main event.  Drew leaves and before the cameraman can come back inside, a horse drawn carriage pulls up and his Royalness the Hashtag King CJ exits.  He adjusts his cape and crown and proceeds (regally) into the building.

Pyro goes off once again and the ladies of HCW all head down to the ring for their battle royal.  After they’ve all gotten into the ring, the Ladies Champion Kimberly Kiccass makes her way down and goes to sit at commentary.  The bell quickly rings and eliminations happen almost instantaneously.  In just under 10 minutes, most of the women were eliminated leaving only 4 – Taylor Bella, Starr Vixen, Sarona Reiher and the Duchess.  Duchess is eliminated by Taylor who didn’t’ have any time to celebrate as she was the next victim courtesy of Sarona.  That left Sarona vs Starr Vixen.  Vixen almost had Starr eliminated but she was able to hold the ropes for dear life.  Starr went for a high risk move and was caught by the Samoan.  She was getting ready to powerbomb Starr out of the ring when Starr wriggled out of it and used a standing headscissors to send Sarona over the top rope to the floor.  Starr Vixen will receive the title shot tonight.  Before she could leave, the Ladies Champion got into the ring and into her face saying she has best be prepared as she’ll be in for the fight of her life tonight.  (15 min for the match; 5 for the extra segment)

Backstage, manager Ant Graham is with the 6 man trophy winners the 5^th Column (Baron von Blood, Karl Brawn and Oswald Zimmerman) and he says that two of their opponents tonight are reject members of the Column because they couldn’t cut it. The third is just a Stone Cold wannabe and will be a non-factor tonight.  Graham says his team will leave victorious.

In another interview area, Otto, Wendell and Ivan listened to Ant’s ramblings.  Otto says that Wendell and Ivan saw the light and got away from the poison before it totally destroyed them.  As for him being a “stone cold wannabe”, you know, he’s ok with that as imitation is the sincerest form of flattery and what better way to be a better wrestler is to incorporate a little something with your own.  Tonight, they don’t get “Stone Cold”; they get “Ruthless”.

Our next match is up.  First, the challengers – Ivan Dragovich, Wendell Hammerschmidt and Otto Ruthless come out to a pop from the crowd.  Next, hauling the 6 man trophy behind them are Ant Graham and the 5^th Column.  Ant is yelling at the staff to keep up with them as the trophy shows them as the best in the business.  The Column get in the ring and immediately attack their opponents trying to catch them off guard but they were ready for such a sneaky underhanded attack and sent all 3 men to the outside of the ring.  Once they got back in the ring, the champs DECIMATED their opponents targeting Otto the entire time.  For 6 minutes, Otto could not make the tag.  Finally after connecting with a back bodydrop on Karl, he made the hot tag to Wendell.  Wendell was immediately triple teamed until his team came in to even the odds.  After a couple of minutes, Ivan gets in and cleans house.  In fact, after Ivan got in the ring, the 5^th Column had 4 offensive moves the rest of the match.  The ref took a bump after Ivan crashed into him.  Ant then tried to interfere but Ivan got wise and locked him in the Accolade much to the fans delight.  The ref began to recover and Ivan dumped the manager out of the ring.  He turned around only to be caught with a foreign object shot to the head.  Karl hurled the illegal item out of the ring and made the cover to get the 1-2-3.  The 5^th Column retain their trophy.  They left half carrying/dragging Ant to the back and had their trophy in tow.  Wendell and Otto tended to Ivan and helped him to the back.  (14 min)

Backstage, King CJ all decked out in his regal gear says he’s going to go sit at ringside and watch this fight.  He thinks he knows who will win but is interested to see how it all plays out.

The Men’s battle royal is up next.  King CJ comes out to “Pomp and Circumstance” and goes to sit at commentary.   One by one, the men all come out and file into the ring.  There are a lot more of them so the action spills out of the ring more often than it stayed in the ring.  Once 15 minutes had passed, enough people had been eliminated allowing the action to continue in the ring.  Mountain Man Junior Huber had the most eliminations until world champion Drew the Canadian Love Machine eliminated him.  Masked Gentleman had the next amount of eliminations followed by the Axe.  One by one they kept falling.  Axe seemed to take great pleasure in eliminating Sonic Blade and Reid Rothchild (the latter of whom he hurled over the top rope on to his manager Master Bull).  Finally it came down to the final four:  The Axe, Drew the Canadian Love Machine, Wilber Townsend and the Masked Gentleman.  Axe tosses MG out of the ring but he holds the top rope.  The ref doesn’t catch it (the camera does though) and the tip of his boot brushed the floor but since a ref didn’t see it, he didn’t get eliminated.  The Axe hurls Drew out of the ring but then Wilber does the same to him.  Thinking he’s won it, Wilber lets his guard down and MG rushes over and hurls him out.  MG says he gets the shot at the King’s crown.  Someone in the back began doing an instant replay showing MG’s foot scraping the mat.  Max comes out and says that MG should have been eliminated but the ref didn’t pay close enough attention.  MG starts to complain saying how there is no instant replay rule in wrestling.  Max stops him and says he’s going to do right and allow both Wilber and MG to fight for the crown in a triple threat match.  Neither MG nor Wilber seem all that thrilled about it.  King CJ, sitting at ringside, says it will make it all that more interesting.  Eventually everyone leaves.  (30 min)

Backstage Starr Vixen says that since debuting in HCW, this is the biggest night of her career and she says she’ll do everyone proud.

We go back to the ring for our Ladies Championship match.  Starr Vixen comes out to a big pop from the crowd.  Next, the Ladies Champion Kimberly Kiccass comes out and she is booed.  Before anything could continue though, the Duchess makes her way out holding a briefcase.  She says she is in possession of a “Money in the Bank Contract” and she is inserting herself into this match.  Max comes out and questions the validity of the contract but the Duchess tells him to never mind and that it is valid.  Max says Ok but if you step foot in that ring and does not win the title, she will not be able to go for any title shot for the remainder of the year.  She thought about it for a moment, went to enter the ring but then stopped and dropped back to the floor.  She says that both women are great and even though she believes in risk/reward, the risk of not getting another title match for the year is just too great.  She says she’ll cash in when the time is right.  Starr brought her A game and really took the match to the champ where Kimberly got worried her title was slipping through her fingers.  She then hurled Starr out of the ring and after ramming her into the steel steps, she rolled back in just as the ref counted to 10.  Starr Vixen is counted out and Kimberly retains her title on a technicality.  (9 min) 

The Duchess comes back out and rushes the ring turning in her briefcase.  I guess we have ourselves another match.  The Duchess nails a European uppercut and Kimberly tosses her to the floor.  She’s back in by the 8 count.  Kimberly goes for a Flying Hurricanrana but the Duchess reverses it and locks in the “All Hail Her Majesty” and right in the center of the ring, Kimberly taps out.  The Duchess wins the match by submission victory and is the NEW LADIES CHAMPION.  She starts a chant “All Hail Her Majesty” and she holds the title high all the while walking to the back happy with the turnout.  (2 min)

Wilber Townsend is backstage with his family – the Huber’s.  Wilber says that you bring three men to battle and no such men will return. The war of the titans was a battle between the old guard and the new. This battle was for the control of the entire universe. In the end the titans were conquered by Zeus “King of the Gods”.   Wilber says that right here and right now their mythology becomes our reality.   Wilber says that he’s the King of the Gods; says that this (points to the clan) is our army. We’ve seen what battle does to the likes of King CJ and the Masked Gentleman but they have not fought someone like him.  Wilber says he and the Huber’s have their eyes set on destroying all of the HCW titans.

It’s now time for the defense of the crown.  First, the Masked Gentleman comes out (minus Miss Samantha) and gets in the ring.  Next, Wilber Townsend makes his way out and the fans (for some weird reason) are cheering for him.  Finally, the King of HCW CJ makes his way out to a huge pop from the crowd.  For the first 5 minutes of the match, CJ and MG teamed up to take out Wilber.  He took time on the outside of the ring to recover while CJ and the Masked Gentleman duked it out in the ring.  CJ nails a superplex and tries for a pin but Wilber made the save.  CJ then locked Wilber in a guillotine choke but that got broken up by MG.  After the three slugged it out for the next few minutes, Wilber took MG to the outside of the ring and nailed a lifting slam on the floor.  Wilber gets back in the ring and CJ hits a headstand headlock and goes for a quick pin but Wilber was right at the ropes.  CJ gets tossed out by MG.  Wilber hits a running crossbody but MG nails a superplex.  He goes for the pin but CJ makes the save.  CJ and Wilber try to double team MG but he reverses it and nails both with the Welcome Mat.  The three continue to trade blows but Wilber gets sent out of the ring and MG tries for the guillotine choke but MG reverses it and nails CJ with a piledriver.  Wilber sneaks in and hits MG with the Go to Sleep.  He goes for a pin but MG kicks out.   Wilber backs off begging MG to get up and nails him with a lifting slam.  He goes for the pin again but CJ breaks it up.   Wilber drops CJ with a short arm clothesline.  Another pin attempt is once again thwarted.  MG nails a dropkick but Wilber hits him with a short arm clothesline sending him to the outside.  He landed very awkwardly and looked to be hurt.  I think he realized he wasn’t going to make it back into the ring so he grabbed a chair and blasted CJ with it.  CJ stumbled and Wilber nailed a lifting sideslam.  Wilber goes for the pin and the ref counted 1…2…3!  Wilber Townsend has just defeated CJ to become the NEW KING of HCW.  The Masked Gentleman smirks and leaves limping to the back.  Wilber kicks CJ out of the ring.  The Huber’s come down and the coronation for the NEW KING begins.  Wilber is given the scepter, robe and crown and he begins to laugh manically.  (27:40 is the match time)

World Champion Drew the Canadian Love Machine is not looking like he got any rest.  He shakes it off and says it’s “GO” time.  He prepares to head to the ring.

It’s time for our MAIN EVENT.  MJ comes out first and introduces the “next world champion” ‘The Ragin Cajun’ Rad Gumbo.  Gumbo comes out as we hear blaring over the loudspeakers “Gumbo 7:30 says its suppa time bitch”.  Gumbo walks down to the ring with a focus we can’t recall ever seeing before from him.  The music changes and the World Champion comes out to the biggest pop of the night.  Drew looks slightly better now that he’s moving.  MJ directs Rad to attack but as soon as he does, the champ FLINCHES.  That’s all he wanted and now he thinks he has the upper hand.  Wrong.  (we think Drew flinched was because he belched)  The bell rang and for 7 minutes, Drew owned the Cajun.  MJ finally decided to get involved and handed Rad a foreign object.  First, Rad hits him with it and nails the Cottonmouth clutch.  Next, Drew goes for the corkscrew pescado but Rad reverse it, hits him with the foreign object a second time and follows it up with the Bourbon Street Blues.  He goes for a pin but Drew kicks out at 2.  Drew battles back nailing the La Casita and then follows it up with the Lover Bomb.  Rad pops the champ a third time with the foreign object, hits the Cottonmouth clutch and goes for the pin again but Drew makes it to the ropes.  From this point on, the challenger owned the champ but could not keep him down for a 3 count.  10 minutes later, Rad decides to use the foreign object again.  Pop 1:  Where ya at jabs…cover for a 2 count.   Pop 2:  fist full of hair pull…cover for a 2 count.  Drew somehow managed to get the foreign object out of Rad’s hand and then things improved.  Drew nullified the ‘where ya at jabs’ and then hit a bodyslam before hitting a corkscrew pescado.  Drew makes the cover and with a hook of the leg gets the 1, 2, 3.  Drew the Canadian Love Machine retains his title in an exhaustive 22 minute battle.  Rad and MJ leave defeated while Drew stays in the ring celebrating with his title and the fans.  With that, the show comes to an end.

Thanks for reading.  Be sure to tune back in for continuing adventures in the HCW world of fantasy wrestling.

HCW Wrestling Newsletter 2017 #546 – lead up to the PPV

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Hello fans and welcome back to our newsletter.  Well, the PPV “All Hail the King” will be taking place this weekend live in Phoenix, AZ.  But before that though, we have to get through today’s show.  Once again, taking on the main event will be the third and final match between the Masked Gentleman and King CJ.  Since CJ won the cage match, tonight’s match will be for the Hardcore title with Last Man Standing rules.

Pyro goes off and our show is off and running. 

Match 1: Madame Jade vs Ravishing Ruby Princess:  Madame Jade makes her way to the ring first to a mixed reaction from the crowd.  Next, Ravishing Ruby Princess makes her way out and she is booed but she can’t understand why.  After bit of a slow start, the match finally got moving and Madame Jade had control of the match nullifying Ruby at almost every opportunity.  Finally, Ruby starts to get frustrated and went for a high risk move but as soon as she was airborne, Jade caught her mid-air with a flying dropkick.  Jade makes the cover and gets the 1-2-3.  The fans showed her a little more love this time around and she left the ring content.  (17 min)

The Ambassador is backstage with ‘Red Hot’ Lucas Johnston and Lucas calls out the roster for being weak.  All of a sudden, his eyes go wide when Biceps Bannerman walks into the shot.  Biceps flexes in front of Lucas asking “Does this look weak to you?”  Before Lucas could answer, Biceps said he would show Lucas in the ring tonight.  Biceps walks off and you can see Lucas visibly gulp.

Match 2: Superstar Chic Monroe vs Wilber Townsend for his top 10 spot.  Chic Monroe comes out first and his music is cut off when the creepy “Deliverance” type music plays and out comes Wilber.  Wilber is accompanied by his cousins the Fubers but they do not go down to the ring with him.  For two minutes Chic began an offensive run but it got cut short when Wilber hurled him over the top rope.  Wilber distracted the ref and ‘Mountain Man’ Junior Huber ran down (agile for a man his size) and planted Chic with a powerslam on the floor.  He then rushed back up the ramp.  The ref counted and once he reached 10, counted Chic down and out.  Wilber retains his top 10 spot via countout.  (2 ½ min)

Backstage in the Ladies dressing room, Ladies Champion Kimberly Kiccass addresses the locker room.  She tells them that at the PPV on Sunday, she will defend her title against the winner of the Ladies Battle Royal and she expects whomever wins to be at her best (unlike her last title match) and they had best steal the show.

Match 3: Red Hot Lucas Johnston vs Biceps Bannerman.  The Ambassador comes out first and introduces Lucas.  He looks petrified and the Ambassador tries to calm his nerves but it does little to assuage him.  Biceps comes out and pyro goes off all around him.  The fans pop for him just because he’s so darn likable.  Lucas bails out of the ring once Biceps arrives and it takes a few moments for this to get underway.  For 6 minutes Biceps tossed Lucas around like a rag doll but once the Ambassador interfered, Lucas turned things around and actually went toe to toe with the huge man.  Lucas actually proved he could hang with the heavyweights and still looked impressive once the bell rang bringing this one to a time limit draw.  Seeing that Biceps still had stull left in the tank, Lucas erred on the side of caution and left.  (20 min draw)

The Masked Gentleman arrives with Miss Samantha.  "OH YOU DIDN'T KNOW? YOUR ASS BETTER CALLLL SOMEBODDDYYYY!!!"  MG walks by staff members and of course tells everybody that he is the Star of HCW, and the others are just wannabes, like Max ,TW, SuperDustBuster, and King Re-J(ect).  Miss Samantha holds the door to the dressing room open so that MG’s prime rib and teal M&M’s can be brought in.  MG cackles “MUAHAHAHAHAHAHA” and closes the door.

We go back to the ring for the next match.  First, the Huber Clan (Ferb, Junior & Butch) make their way out and they are booed.  Next, Ivan Dragovich, Otto Ruthless and Wendell Hammerschmidt all make their way out and they surprisingly get a large pop from the crowd.  At two points in the match, all 6 men were in the ring duking it out however Ivan was in most of the time as the Hubers kept him sequestered and didn’t allow him to tag out.  In a tremendous show of strength, Mountain Man Junior Huber hoisted Ivan (who’s not a small man by the way) over his head and hurled him to the floor.  Ivan landed weird but was able to make it back in just before the 10 count.  Junior, not satisfied with that, picked him up again and once again hurled him to the floor.  This time Ivan was moving much more slowly and didn’t make it back in to the ring in time.  The Huber’s get the win via countout.  After they left, Otto and Wendell were trying to help Ivan up when the 5^th Column (Baron von Blood, Karl Braun & Oswald Zimmerman) ran down and attacked Ivan and team.  Otto was a bit more prepared and had a chair handy and after a brief altercation, chased the Column from the ring.  He then took the mic and challenged the Column to a match at the PPV for the 6 man trophy.  Otto turned to the crowd asking if they thought the match should happen and he replied with a “Oh Hell Yeah!”  The Baron, speaking for the Column, accepted the match.  (7 min for the match; 5 extra for the segment).

King CJ arrives and says he’s ready for action.  “Taking out MG and once again becoming the Hardcore Champion will be greater than winning the crown or the World title…nah, maybe not but it’ll be fun.”  The King left to go get ready for his match.

Match 5 is ready to begin.  Southern Belle makes her way out to the ring to a mixed reaction from the crowd.   Scarlet Phoenix makes her way out next and she receives a better welcome than Belle did which seems to infuriate her.  Belle attacks Scarlett almost immediately and this one is quickly underway.  Scarlett, like her “black widow” moniker suggests, outmaneuvered Belle and controlled the match for the first 7 minutes.  Belle quickly turned the tables after catching her with a dropkick with cowboy boots.  Belle, the more senior wrestler took over and owned the rest of the match.  Scarlett was able to hit the Black Widow once but was unable to make the pin.  Belle would finally catch Scarlett with the Southern Swing and with a hook of the leg (and the tights) she got the 1-2-3.  Southern Belle gets the win and the fans don’t care for it one bit.  She flips them off and leaves.  Scarlett gets a “nice try” pop from the crowd as she leaves.  (18 min)

The Savior is backstage playing ‘God of War’ on the Crocodile Hunter’s (replaced) gaming console.  Croc hears this and storms in only to get attacked by the Savior (who was waiting but we think he was actually enjoying the game) again going after his bad knee.  The Savior promises that Croc WILL be saved and the path of redemption begins by getting the CRAP out of his life.  He takes the console and SMASHES it on the ground.  The Savior walks out and Croc is just stunned.

Over in the interview area, MJ and ‘The Ragin Cajun’ Rad Gumbo are being interviewed and Rad calls out Drew challenging him for the World title.  It just so happened that the World Champion was there.  He walked over and asked why Rad thought he deserved a shot before the likes of the Axe and the Stache.  Rad says he’s been waiting patiently and now it’s his time…unless Drew is afraid of him.  Drew assures us he is not and agrees to the match.  The two stare at each other with MJ standing behind them all smiles.

It is time for our MAIN EVENT:  the Masked Gentleman vs King CJ:  Match 3 and this time, the Hardcore title WILL be on the line. First, King CJ makes his way to the ring to the biggest pop of the night from the fans.  Next, Miss Samantha comes out and introduces her man, the Hardcore Champion the Masked Gentleman.  He comes out to “Pomp and Circumstance” but the music is quickly cut off (like a needle being dragged across a record) and MG’s own music plays.  MG stands outside the ring and then GM Max McGillicutty comes out.  Max tells us the Hardcore title will be on the line and it will be a Last Man Standing rules match.   The two of them pulled out all the stops and put on what most consider a 5 star match.  CJ was motivated to win the title and the Masked Gentleman was determined to put the King out to pasture. For about 22 minutes, MG controlled the match but after trapping MG in the guillotine choke for almost 2 minutes alone (MG did NOT give up), CJ’s offensive truly began.  The King dazzled the champ with flying dropkicks and many superplex.  CJ nails MG with a hangman’s DDT but MG kicks out at 2.  We join the final moments of the match:

===== In the 27th minute of the match: =====

Masked Gentleman rolled DC

King CJ rolled DC

Both Men in rolled DC

Masked Gentleman rolled OC.

King CJ rolled OC.

Masked Gentleman executes a DROPKICK....

King CJ executes a HEADSTAND HEADLOCK....

===== In the 28th minute of the match: =====

Masked Gentleman rolled OC.

King CJ rolled OC/TT

Masked Gentleman executes a DROPKICK....

King CJ executes a THROW OUT OF RING....

===== In the 29th minute of the match: =====

Masked Gentleman rolled DC

King CJ rolled OC.

King CJ executes a HEADSTAND HEADLOCK....

Masked Gentleman absorbs the punishment.

===== In the 30th minute of the match: =====

Masked Gentleman rolled OC.

King CJ rolled OC.

King CJ executes a FLYING DROPKICKS that sends MG over the turnbuckle and into the post practically knocking him out....

Miss Samantha jumps in the ring and levels King CJ with a chair. She then executes a PILEDRIVER....

Miss Samantha looks at the clock and then pulls out handcuffs cuffing King CJ to the bottom rope so he could not get up.  She runs over to MG pleading for him to get to his feet but he is very slow in moving.

The Referee begins the count: 1…2…3…4…5…6…7…8…9…10.  The referee counts both men out as they are unable to get to their feet in time. 

After 20 minutes, the match is declared a double countout. 

However, the belt does not change hands on a countout decision so the Masked Gentleman is STILL the Hardcore Champion.  Miss Samantha hands him his title and they walk away as CJ tires to free himself from the handcuff. King CJ is officially out of any future opportunities for the Hardcore title as long as MG is still in possession of it.

The fans are not happy with the finish but MG is content that he is walking away with his title intact. 

With that, the show comes to an end.  Our PPV is up next and the lineup looks like this:

A battle royal for the women will take place with the winner challenging for the Ladies title.

6 man trophy defense:  The 5^th Column vs Otto Ruthless, Ivan Dragovich & Wendell Hammerschmidt

A battle royal for the men will take place and the winner of it will challenge King CJ for his crown.

Kimberly Kiccass vs ???

King CJ vs. ???

World Champion Drew the Canadian Love Machine will defend his title against ‘The Ragin Cajun’ Rad Gumbo

Stay Tuned.