Hello fans and welcome to the latest installment of the HCW Newsletter. Today, we are proud to bring to you live from Phoenix, AZ – our ppv “Meltdown”. The show here in Phoenix is sold out in front of a capacity crowd. Pyro goes off kicking this one off and it starts with GM’s Max McGillicutty and Master Bull coming out to a pop from the crowd. They thank the fans for attending and promise that this show will be one for the record books. Master Bull says that a member of the roster wants to address the fans before the show begins so they are going to step back and let that happen. They leave the stage to a pop. Next, music plays and out comes Starbuck Steel and his brother the World Champion Buzz Steel. The fans pop huge for them as they make their way down to the ring. Starbuck takes the mic first and says that he’s only here for support and tonight belongs to Buzz. He hands the mic over.
“The World
Champion is in the hooouuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuse. You know, a PPV is just another show but with
some pizazz. That pizazz comes to you in
the form of a ‘True Wrestling Story’…similar to the Hollywood version but only
better. Tonight, the show centers around
the so-called interim chump Rad Gumbo.
Let me take you through his story so that you can better understand what
a schmuck he really is.”
Buzz takes us back
to where Rad came from – the swamp bayou of Pigwhistle, LA in Bushwack Parrish
SW of the Arkansas border. His parents,
Jean-Luc and Rebecca, opened the first Jewish deli and then brought into the
world their only son…Murray LaFeet.
As a young boy,
Murray played in a swamp and joyfully played the game of “Tipping Gators”.
Fast forward to
when Murray becomes a man at the “Bah Mitzvah in the Bayou”.
Upon entering the
work force, his 1st job was a possum herder. He didn’t do very well.
He moved on to his
2nd job as crawfish wrangler.
He kept eating all the profits.
His third job was
on a shrimp boat. He joined with a guy
named Forrest and one named Dan and they both booted him off the boat after he wasn’t
any help in catching anything. A fun
note is that after he was dropped off, a hurricane hit and the two fisherman
scored big. Coincidence?
Murray then
thought that he’d be better off as a wrestler so he began to wrestle
Gators. Then, back in 2016, he was
discovered by current GM Max McGillicutty.
What he hadn’t realized though was that the gator was not exactly what
he thought.
(He had a 50/50
record). The crowd laughs.
Murray is then
signed to a lucrative contract with HCW (then HWF and CSWA) but because he was
not sure what he was doing, he crossed out the dollar amounts and put in “32
cents plus all the red beans I can eat”.
Max and Murray collectively decided that “Murray LaFeet” was not going
to put any asses in seats so “Rad Gumbo” was created. After a solid start, he began a very
memorable program with superstar ‘the King of Cones’ Magnum Kone that came to a
conclusion with ‘Defiance in Appliance(s)’ that took place at the Fry’s
Electronics Store.
Gumbo then went and created his kingdom with a
‘Queen’ at his side. His kingdom is a
trailer park that is guarded by a handful of blood hounds. “King and Queen of the trailer park” Buzz
says. “That is what you’ll get to see
tonight. You know, there is more we can
talk about but really, it’s just tiring of talking about this goofball. Everything gets settled in the ring tonight
so once and for all, we’ll see who the best really is.” The fans laugh and Buzz and Starbuck head to
the back.
Pyro goes off
again and we kick off our show with tag team action. First, Ruth Heartless and the Banker
accompany the Regulators (Mammoth and Mule) down to the ring. They are all booed. The Regulators threaten to hit a couple of
fans but show restraint. Next, the
Ambassador comes out and brings out Elitism (Reid and Roderick Rothchild). The Elitist and the Rowdy one don’t get much
better of a reception from the fans.
Once everyone was in the ring, the Regulators handed over their six man
titles to Ruth and the Banker and the two not involved in tonight’s match left
the ring. Right off the bat, Reid hits
Mammoth with the Rothchild stunner and got a 2 count. Mule is tagged in and he drops Reid with a DDT
but only gets a one count. Elitism then
double team Mule for a couple of rounds beating him senseless. Mammoth joins Mule and they double team
Reid. 10 minutes in, Ruth tried to eye
gouge Reid but he stopped it and turned and hit Mule with the Rothchild
stunner. Mammoth is tagged in and Reid
is on the defensive. Mammoth goes for an
inverted superplex but Reid reverses it and hits the Spinnarooni (and a foreign
object shot). Reid makes the cover and
gets the 3 count. Elitism get the win. Reid and Roderick bail and they along with
the Ambassador make their way to the back laughing. Eventually, Regulation followed suit. (11 min)
Backstage, El Gato
Negro is first to cut a promo. She says
that she has unfinished business and doesn’t plan on going anywhere. Starr will be the first to go and can kiss
her career goodbye. El Gato says she’ll
even hold the door open so that it doesn’t hit Starr on her way out. She laughs.
Starr Vixen is
also backstage and she can only shake her head at the ignorance that El Gato
displays. She says that no one wants to
have a black cat around and it will be El Gato being shown the door but Starr
says that she won’t hold the door for her; in fact, she will slam it in El
Gato’s face and that will be that. DIG
IT?
Our next match
will see one of these ladies have to leave HCW.
There is a lot on the line here as they only have 30 minutes to make it
happen or else both of them are out. El
Gato Negro comes out first and she is booed as she makes her way down to the
ring. Next, she is followed by Starr
Vixen who hightails it to the ring and El Gato bails as she wants the match to
happen on her terms, not on Starr’s. The
bell rings and the ref begins a count out.
El Gato screams that she’s not ready but ends up sliding under the rope
to stop the count. Starr goes on the
offensive and she totally owns the match.
El Gato tried a couple of times to run away only to be brought back to
the ring the hard way. At the 13 minute
mark, Starr went for a hair pull and slam but El Gato reached up and swiped
Starr with the 9 Lives. She rolled her
up and with her feet on the ropes, secured the 1-2-3. El Gato Negro gets the win and Starr can’t
believe it. El Gato runs off to the back
laughing. The fans begin a “Thank you
Starr” chant as she makes her way to the back.
(13 min)
We head backstage
once again for a promo from Texas Wildfire, Sonic Blade and ‘Top Gun’ Justin
Winger. TW says that they’ve had fun
teaming and look forward to getting an eventual shot at the 6 man titles. Winger chimes in and seconds that. He adds that the 5th Column are underhanded
and devious but now that they face the collective force of Texas Wildfire,
Sonic Blade and Top Gun, they won’t stand a chance. Sonic adds in that they are ready for their
match tonight and after securing the win, they will come after the 6 man titles.
The next match
begins with the 5th Column (Baron von Blood, Karl Braun and Oswald
Zimmerman) making their way out to booing from the crowd. They flip the fans off as they proceed to
the ring. The music then changes and
‘Top Gun’ Justin Winger, Sonic Blade and Texas Wildfire come out to a huge pop
from the crowd. They are followed out by GM Max McGillicutty
who states that he wants to see resolution with these teams so he’s allowing
the time limit to be extended to 45 minutes.
Both teams went at it and were pretty even for 8 minutes when Top Gun
hit the Flyin’ n Stylin’ and got a close 2 count. The Column would battle back keeping within
striking distance. A few minutes later,
Winger would try for a second pin after hitting a hip toss but the Column made
the easy save. Sonic gets tagged in and
works his magic but after getting choked on the ropes, he made the tag to
Wildfire. Baron von Blood also tried to
choke him on the ropes but he reversed it connecting with rapid fire
punches. He went for a pin only for
Baron to kick out. Winger gets tagged
in and after a few minutes, he brings in the full might of his team against the
Column. Karl Braun and Oswald Zimmerman
are both sent flying from the ring crashing through the ringside commentary tables
injuring them. That left Baron all
alone. Sonic is tagged in and hits a
tilt-a-whirl arm drag and then rolls him up.
With no one to make the save, Sonic gets the 1-2-3. Winger, Wildfire and Blade all get the
win. Baron rolls out of the ring to avoid
further injury. The fans pop huge as the
trio remain in the ring soaking in the pop from the crowd. The 5th Column gathered what was
left of their dignity and left. Sonic,
TW and Winger all left shortly thereafter.
(26 min)
We head to the
back for a promo from Davis Hoffmeister and Magnum Kone. Magnum begins “Let me tell ya something
brother” (Davis rolls his eyes) “I’m kidding.
However there will be nothing but seriousness taking place in that ring
tonight.” Davis chimes in “You got that
right Magnum. Tonight, we show Preacher
and his goons who the top team making waves in HCW really is. The best Tacoma and Phoenix have to offer all
rolled up into one.” Magnum finishes
with “Bedder beleed dat sucka.” Davis
looks at him and just shakes his head.
Also backstage
cutting their own promo are ‘The Singapore Sensation’ Matt Preacher, Nix
Anderson and Hardcore Champion Hardcore Hensen.
Preacher speaks for his team “Two goofs spouting old clichés…is that
what wrestling has come to? The future
of the sport is here and it’s in the form of these two gentleman. Nix Anderson, future champion; Hardcore
Hensen, the only man capable of ruling the hardcore roster. Davis and Magnum, you two morons will be
shown just how ignorant you really are.
Davis, go jump in your car with the flashing lights and Kone, go back to
getting your ass kicked in the electronics store. The real men are here.”
The action heads
back to the ring. First, Davis ‘the
Hoff’ Hoffmeister and ‘the King of Cones’ Magnum Kone come out to a huge pop
from the crowd. They make it to the ring
and get the crowd psyched up for the match.
Next, the music changes and Matt Preacher leads Nix Anderson and
Hardcore Hensen down to the ring. They
ignore the fans for the most part. Nix
points at Davis and Hensen snarls at Magnum before making a ‘breaking’ motion
with his hands. Before the match begins,
GM Master Bull comes out and tells us that the time limit on this one will be
extended to 45 minutes to avoid a draw finish.
The match begins but only two minutes in, Davis is injured leaving
Magnum to fend for himself and totally going toe to toe with his
opponents. Davis gets tagged in at the
13th minute in the match and immediately leaves after hitting one
move. He explains what’s going on to
Magnum who nods. After one more minutes, Davis is tagged back in against
Nix. Nix goes for the Acoustic Equalizer
but Davis reverses it and tries to choke Nix in the corner but Nix nullifies it
and tags Hensen in. Anderson and Hensen
double team Davis trying to get in some cheap shots. Preacher then goes to throw powder into
Davis’ eyes but he moves and it hits Hensen.
Davis drops Hensen with a roundhouse kick and goes for a pin but Hensen
powers out. About 5 minutes later,
Preacher hands a foreign object to Hardcore who uses it to bludgeon Magnum with
it busting him open. Hensen goes for the
pin but Magnum powers out. Magnum
battles back hitting two hard moves on Hensen and he tags out to Anderson. Magnum hits Nix with the Rocky Road and tags
Davis back in. Davis calls for and hits
a piledriver. Magnum rushes the ring
colliding with Hensen taking him out.
Davis goes for the pin and gets the 3 count. Magnum and Davis get the win and skyrocket up
in the rankings. Preacher and his team
leave while Davis and Magnum celebrate in the ring. They stick around for 5 minutes celebrating
with the fans before eventually leaving.
(27 min)
The ring is
cleaned up and the staff come out to start setting up the steel cage. The lull was just long enough for our
resident windbag, er I mean Interim Champion to come out.
We
hear blaring over the loudspeakers “Gumbo 7;30 means its suppa time bitch” and
out comes the interim World Champion King Rad Gumbo accompanied by Queen
Alexandria. "Aw right, aw right.
Simmer down now ya hear” Gumbo exclaims as he and his Queen make their way to
the stage. After the crowd begins to
settle down, he begins again. “Now over the last few weeks y'all have had a
good time haven't ya? Y'all have had a good laugh at good ol' Rad's expense
huh? I can't go out in peace, I can't eat in peace. Hell I can't even take a
leak in peace 'dese days. (loud cheers) I see all ya'll and I hear ya with yer
chants. Everyone in da arenas and everyone watchin' at home, ya think dat the
King is a joke now don't ya? Well I'm out here right now to tell all of you
ungrateful, low life peasants dat King Rad ain't no joke! Does dis championship
look like a joke to you? A championship dat I won fair and square! (loud boos
and groans from audience) Dat's right, fair and square. Steel brothers! Ya
think ya pulled a fast one on me now, eh? Well, you can have your funny
video. And you know wat, I don't need no
fancy lawyer drawin' up papers an'
restraining orders n' whatnot like you two has beens. An' I didn't need no
manager before and guess what? I don't need no woman out here messin' up my
life either! (gasps from crowd) Dat's right. Dis King don't need no Queen no
mo'. It look like once again Rad can only rely on himself. Like always. I will
win the Undisputed World Title for myself and by myself! So Buzz I'm comin' for
ya big boy! You done pissed dis Cajun right off now ya hear?!?! An' dat restraining order is gonna be null
an' void real soon! N'est pas? You're welcome an' your audience wit' da King is
over.” (drops mic, leaves by himself)
Queen Alexandria watches on in astonishment and runs after him.
The cage is
assembled and we are ready for our next match.
First, Angry Jack Lawson comes out and the fans boo him as he makes his
way down to the cage. He goes in through
the door and begins to pace like a caged animal. The music changes and out comes Biceps
Bannerman to a HUGE pop from the crowd. Biceps
makes his way down and stares at Lawson through the cage. Biceps then begins to
climb the cage and enters via over the top.
He and Jack meet in the center of the ring and it doesn’t take long for
the fisticuffs to start flying. Jack
shoves Biceps with enough force to drop him on his butt but Biceps is up almost
immediately and tries to hit a spinebuster but Jack nullifies it. Jack then went on to dominate the match. He introduced Biceps to the steel post a few
times trying to soften him up. Biceps managed to catch Jack in the Biceps
Crunch (bearhug) a couple of times but Jack wouldn’t tap. Jack stood on Bannerman’s throat trying to
choke him out. Biceps locked in the
Crunch again but Jack made it to the ropes.
Jack then rushed the ropes but Biceps caught him with a huge powerslam
right in the middle of the ring. He goes
for the cover and gets the 3 count. Now
he has to try and get out of the cage.
Biceps made it to the cage door but Jack grabbed his foot. He picked Jack up and then slammed his face
into the cage door. Biceps exited the
ring and as soon as his foot touched the floor, the bell rang bringing this one
to a close. Biceps Bannerman gets the
win and puts the final nail in the closure of the feud between these two. Biceps leaves to a pop from the crowd. Jack left on his own. (25 min)
Backstage,
Ravishing Raquel keeps her promo short and sweet. “Jade, the little altercation at our contract
signing was only a small taste of what to expect tonight. I told you not to underestimate me and if you
do, the belt changes hands.”
Ladies Champion
Madame Jade is also ready for her promo.
“Raquel, a cheap shot from a coward.
You are jealous of my success.
You lost the title and now you’re trying to make excuses for not being
at the top. I am and you can’t handle
it. You’re right about one thing; I
didn’t see that cheap shot coming but I know you and I’ll be ready for you. Let’s get this party started.”
Our next match
begins and the Ladies title will be on the line. First, the challenger Ravishing Raquel comes
out and the fans are truly mixed. Raquel
looks at the fans and shakes her head.
She then turns and motions to the back and out comes the
Ambassador. He has a mic in hand and
hands it to her. “Cheer or boo. Like it or not, I am a member of Elitism and
it’s time I acknowledge that fact. My
manager now accompanies me to the ring and will be in my corner.” The fans immediately go sour on her and boo
her as she and the Ambassador make it down to the ring. Next, the music changes and out comes the
Ladies Champion Madame Jade. The fans
pop huge for her. She high fives some of
the fans and then slides into the ring.
She shakes her head thinking that Raquel once again outsmarted her but
she wasn’t going to let this go easily.
The bell rings and the two begin.
Two minutes in, Raquel locks in the Ravishing Chickenwing but Jade makes
it to the ropes. She releases the hold
only to lock it in again but Jade gets to the ropes again. At the 13 minute mark, Jade goes for the Jade
Breaker but it is reversed and the Ambassador trips Jade at the ropes. Raquel goes for the pin but Jade kicks
out. Jade begins to drag Raquel’s face
across the ring ropes on all 4 sides.
The final time though, Raquel hit her with the Simply Ravishing. She rolls Jade up and then puts both feet on
the ropes for leverage. The ref counts
1…2…3! Ravishing Raquel wins the match
and becomes the NEW Ladies Champion.
Raquel kicks Jade out of the ring.
The Ambassador joins her and the two hold the belt high much to the
dislike from the fans. Raquel sneers at
them and then she and her manager leave.
Madame Jade is helped to the back.
(17 min)
As we are getting
ready for our final match, we are shown a recap of the feud between Buzz Steel
and King Rad Gumbo. Each time Gumbo
tried to do something, Buzz was there to thwart him. The fans got in one good laugh and are pumped
as our Main Event is finally ready to begin.
First, music hits
and we hear “Gumbo 7:30 says its suppa time, bitch” and out comes the Interim
World Champion ‘the Ragin Cajun’ King Rad Gumbo alone. The fans boo him pretty spectacularly. He flips off the fans as he doesn’t seem to
care. He gets in the ring, removes his
cape and crown and his title and hands it to the ref. Next, music changes and out comes the World
Champion Buzz Steel. The fans pop huge
for the champ. He high fives all the
fans as he makes his way to the ring and makes one lap around the ring much to
the delight of the fans. He gets in the
ring and immediately hands his title to the ref and goes nose to nose with
Gumbo. The ref steps in between the two
and tells them that they have 60 minutes to determine who the undisputed World
Champion will be.
Before the match begins, Rad slugs Buzz with a foreign object. Buzz starts off disoriented.
Before the match begins, Rad slugs Buzz with a foreign object. Buzz starts off disoriented.
=====
In the 1st minute of the match: =====
Buzz
Steel rolled DC
"The
Ragin Cajun" Rad Gumbo rolled DC
Both Men
in rolled DC
Buzz
Steel rolled DC
"The
Ragin Cajun" Rad Gumbo rolled OC.
"The
Ragin Cajun" Rad Gumbo executes a VOOODOO DRIVER....
Buzz
Steel absorbs the punishment.
=====
In the 2nd minute of the match: =====
Buzz
Steel rolled DC
"The
Ragin Cajun" Rad Gumbo rolled OC.
"The
Ragin Cajun" Rad Gumbo executes a VOOODOO DRIVER....
Buzz
Steel absorbs the punishment.
=====
In the 3rd minute of the match: =====
Buzz
Steel rolled DC
"The
Ragin Cajun" Rad Gumbo rolled DC
Both Men
in rolled DC
Buzz
Steel rolled OC.
"The
Ragin Cajun" Rad Gumbo rolled OC.
Buzz
Steel executes a BUZZ CUT (DIAMOND CUTTER)....
"The
Ragin Cajun" Rad Gumbo executes a BURBON STREET BLUES....
Buzz
Steel rolled DC
"The
Ragin Cajun" Rad Gumbo rolled OC.
"The
Ragin Cajun" Rad Gumbo executes a VOOODOO DRIVER....
Buzz
Steel absorbs the punishment.
"The
Ragin Cajun" Rad Gumbo is attempting a pin!!!
Buzz
Steel Reverses the pin!!!
Buzz
Steel is attempting a pin!!!
1...2...
"The
Ragin Cajun" Rad Gumbo kicks out of the pin!
=====
In the 5th minute of the match: =====
Buzz Steel
rolled OC.
"The
Ragin Cajun" Rad Gumbo rolled OC.
Buzz
Steel executes a BUZZKILL (INSUGURI)....
"The
Ragin Cajun" Rad Gumbo executes a COTTONMOUTH CLUTCH....
=====
In the 6th minute of the match: =====
Buzz
Steel rolled OC.
"The
Ragin Cajun" Rad Gumbo rolled DC
Buzz
Steel executes a THE BUZZER....
"The
Ragin Cajun" Rad Gumbo attempts to defend against THE BUZZER but is
unsuccessful.
=====
In the 7th minute of the match: =====
Buzz
Steel rolled OC/TT
"The
Ragin Cajun" Rad Gumbo rolled OC.
Buzz
Steel executes a THE BUZZER....
"The
Ragin Cajun" Rad Gumbo executes a COTTONMOUTH CLUTCH....
=====
In the 8th minute of the match: =====
Buzz
Steel rolled OC.
"The
Ragin Cajun" Rad Gumbo rolled DC
Buzz
Steel executes a BUZZ CUT (DIAMOND CUTTER)....
"The
Ragin Cajun" Rad Gumbo attempts to defend against BUZZ CUT (DIAMOND
CUTTER) but is unsuccessful.
=====
In the 9th minute of the match: =====
Buzz
Steel rolled OC.
"The
Ragin Cajun" Rad Gumbo rolled OC.
Buzz
Steel executes a THE BUZZER....
"The
Ragin Cajun" Rad Gumbo executes a VOOODOO DRIVER....
=====
In the 10th minute of the match: =====
Buzz
Steel rolled DC
"The
Ragin Cajun" Rad Gumbo rolled OC/TT
"The
Ragin Cajun" Rad Gumbo executes a FRENCH QUARTER NELSON (REST HOLD)....
Buzz Steel absorbs the punishment.
"The
Ragin Cajun" Rad Gumbo is attempting a pin!!!
1...2...
Buzz
Steel kicks out of the pin!
=====
In the 11th minute of the match: =====
Buzz
Steel rolled OC/TT
"The
Ragin Cajun" Rad Gumbo rolled OC.
Buzz
Steel executes a REVERSE NECKBREAKER ....
"The
Ragin Cajun" Rad Gumbo executes a BURBON STREET BLUES....
=====
In the 12th minute of the match: =====
Queen
Alexandria makes her way down to the ring.
She looks at Rad who nods to her.
Buzz
Steel rolled DC
"The
Ragin Cajun" Rad Gumbo rolled DC
Both Men
in rolled DC
Buzz
Steel rolled OC.
"The
Ragin Cajun" Rad Gumbo rolled DC
Buzz
Steel executes a SLINGSHOT SUPLEX....
"The
Ragin Cajun" Rad Gumbo reverses SLINGSHOT SUPLEX
"The
Ragin Cajun" Rad Gumbo executes a WHERE Y'AT? (QUICK JABS)....
Buzz
Steel absorbs the punishment.
=====
In the 13th minute of the match: =====
Buzz
Steel rolled DC
"The
Ragin Cajun" Rad Gumbo rolled OC.
"The
Ragin Cajun" Rad Gumbo executes a BURBON STREET BLUES.... Queen Alexandria
then hits Buzz with a low blow.
Buzz
Steel absorbs the punishment.
"The
Ragin Cajun" Rad Gumbo is attempting a pin!!!
1...2...3
Buzz
Steel was pinned by "The Ragin Cajun" Rad Gumbo!!!
"The
Ragin Cajun" Rad Gumbo wins with a BURBON STREET BLUES over Buzz Steel!!!
King Rad Gumbo
gets the win and becomes the UNDISPUTED World Champion. He
stands over the prone form of Buzz Steel laughing holding both titles. Queen Alexandria joins him in the ring and
the two celebrate as the show comes to an end.
Just then, the
show’s feed started to go wonky and then two people we’ve never seen before show up on the screen. “HCW…everyone has a
price for the BILLION DOLLAR MAN! Ha ha
ha ha ha”
What the hell???
