HCW Wrestling Newsletter 2018 #730 – Phoenix Heat

Hello fans and welcome back to another installment of HCW’s Phoenix Heat.  Even though winter is approaching, things are heating up in HCW and are nearing a boiling point.  Our PPV week begins on Sunday with a show in Tacoma followed by one last one in Phoenix on Monday.  After that, we pack up and head to the Mile High City where Denver, CO will host not only the fanfest (Colorado Springs) but also the 2 day PPV Zero Hour.  Our show in Denver is almost sold out so get your tickets now.

Before the show begins, HCW acknowledges the real life passing of legends The Dynamite Kid (from the British Bulldogs) and Larry ‘The Axe’ Hennig.  The bell rings 10 times in solemn respect for them.

Pyro goes off and out comes GM Master Bull to a pop from the crowd.  He thanks the fans for attending and says that he’s super excited for the PPV only days away.  He’s getting the fans pumped up until the loudspeakers spit out “APOLLO GYZE DON’T APOLOGIZE”.  Master Bull is pissed and looks around.  A skirmish in the crowd sees Apollo making his way down towards his ringside seat.  Bull makes a beeline for him.  Just as Apollo was getting to his seat, Bull hops the ringside barrier and tells Apollo that he doesn’t care that he bought (scalped probably) a ticket; he doesn’t want him here.  Bull gets loud enough for the microphones to pick up what he’s saying “I’m sick of your shit.  Nobody wants you here.”  Apollo flashes his ticket in Bull’s face. “I don’t think your opinion matters.”  Apollo takes a swing at Bull who easily moves out of the way.  Bull is furious and calls for security to escort Apollo out of the arena.  Local police come over and politely escort Apollo away.  Apollo surprisingly leaves with no further instigation except for his bellowing laughter as he leaves.  I think he did what he wanted; he upset the apple cart.  Bull shakes off his anger and calls for the event to begin.   He makes his way backstage.

Our show kicks off with manager ‘the Honorable’ JC Dykes and the Unknown Assassin making their way out to the ring.  The fans boo but the duo consider themselves like Teflon and don’t let it stick.   A bell rings and out comes ‘the King of Cones’ Magnum Kone.  He begins to hand out ice cream.  Dykes gets on the mic and begins to belittle Magnum.  Magnum lets it go until Dykes insults a little kid at ringside who unfortunately dropped his ice cream.  Magnum got him a new one but by this time, tempers were flaring.  Magnum began dominating the match and Dykes decided he wasn’t having any of it.  He got up on the apron and threw a fireball at Magnum.  Fortunately, Magnum stopped short of being blinded the flash but unfortunately for the Assassin, he was disqualified for his manager’s actions.  Dr. Red Fang then ran out and attacked the Unknown Assassin and the two brawled all the way to the back.  While that was going on, the Banker snuck in from the crowd, grabbed a chair, snuck in the ring and hit Magnum in the back with it.  Mangum no-sold it.  He turned around and the Banker bailed.  Magnum says he’s had enough of the Banker and challenges him to a match at the PPV.  The Banker surprisingly agreed.  It looks like our PPV is shaping up nicely.  (7 min)

Wilber Townsend is backstage and says that his loss to Texas Wildfire was a fluke and TW will wish he never crossed paths with the maniacal Wilber.

Our next match is ready to go. First, one member from the 6 Man tag team champs Baron von Blood comes out to booing from the fans.  The boos are short lived as the fans pop as Drew the Canadian Love Machine makes his way out.  Drew interacts with the fans as he makes his way down to the ring.  He even stops to give the kid who dropped his ice cream a high 5.  What a nice guy.  He gets in the ring but the Baron is an impatient man and he attacks Drew.  Drew dominates the match and easily takes control.  The Baron proved to be a challenge as Drew could not keep him down for the 3 count.  Before we knew it, the match was nearing the 20 min time limit.  Drew just took the Baron down with a handstand headscissors but then on the Omegatron, we see and hear from ‘the Elitist’ Reid Rothchild.  Reid begins to mock Drew for his easy loss to him.  Drew, distracted, turned from the match.  The Baron began arguing with the ref.  Reid then appeared in the crowd, grabbed a chair and blasted Drew in the head with it knocking him out.  Reid immediately took off.  The Baron ran over and applied the Brain Klaw.  The ref lifted Drew’s arm 3 times and watched it fall the same.  The ref then awarded the match via submission to Baron von Blood.  The fans were PISSED.  Drew has been robbed during a match twice now.  This is not going to sit well.  Drew recovered, figured out what happened and then left just a tad upset.  (20 min)

Back in his office, Master Bull confronts the Banker.  Bull confirms the match for the PPV and tells the Banker that since he wanted to be involved in tonight’s event, he will get a match against Leon Teremoto.  The Banker scoffs and walks out.

We head back to the ring for our next match.  Missy Chick makes her way out first to a mixed reaction from the crowd.  The music changes and out comes Tacoma’s very own Hayley Hailstone.  The fans pop as the hugger herself makes her way down to the ring.  Once she gets in the ring, the match begins almost immediately with Hayley controlling the first few minutes of the match but then after that, Missy evened things up.  The match went for 14 minutes and finally came to an end after Hayley connected with the “What the Hail” and got the 3 count.  The fans popped loud for her.  She spent some time with the fans at ringside before heading to the back.  Just as she was making her way up the ramp, the British Crippler ran out and attacked her beating her down.  The Crippler threw Hayley back into the ring and then locked in the Crippler crossface and Hayley was tapping out but it did no good.  Finally, the Crippler relented and then announced that she and Hayley will have a match at the PPV whether she likes it or not.  The British Crippler then walked off.  Some extra help came from the back and helped Hayley to the back. 

Leon Teremoto is backstage and he says he’s ready for his match at the PPV against ITF champion Jacques Beannot and takes comfort that the Wicked Prophet will call the match right down the line.  Jacques’ bullying days are over.

It’s time for our next match.   Music plays and out comes Scooter J to a decent pop from the crowd.  It seems that he is slowly winning the fans back.  He barely makes it into the ring when the lights go out.  A single solitary light rocks ever so slightly on the stage.  As the lights come back up, we see an empty rocking chair with the light attached.  Scooter J turns around and is ambushed by Wilber Townsend.  Wilber begins to take his frustrations out on Scooter J before the bell even rang.  Finally, the ref got off his butt and officially started the match but now Scooter J was at a disadvantage.  Much to his credit, Scooter J may have taken a lot of beating but he persevered.  He stayed right up there until the end.  Before we knew it, we were practically at the 20 minute mark.  Wilber attempts to hit the Go to Sleep but Scooter J nullifies it just as the bell rings bringing this one to a draw finish.  Wilber was frustrated but before he could do anything else,  TNT ran down and pulled Scooter J out of the ring.  Wilber looked on as his kin helped “the enemy” (basically, anyone who is not family).  He contemplated going after the two of them but turned around when he heard something and there was Texas Wildfire and TW began unloading on Wilber before hurling him out of the ring.  The fans popped huge for TW.  Wyatt was heard saying “this ain’t over, boy” and he made his way to the back.  TW celebrated briefly with the fans before also departing.  (20 min draw)

The Muscles Trio are backstage and they comment that it’s been too long since they held the 6 man titles.  Tonight, they take on the team of the Steel Curtain and Tommy Lightning and they will use them as stepping stones to secure the belts that were practically made for them.

We head back to the ring for the next match on the card.  First, the Banker comes out with his manager Ruth Heartless.  They are booed as they make their way down to the ring.  After some hemming and hawing, the music changes and out comes Leon Teremoto.  The fans pop huge as Leon makes his way down to the ring.  He gets in the ring and thwarts the Bankers attempt to sneak attack him.  The bell ring and Ruth gets involved early giving the advantage to the Banker.  This continued for some time until Leon started to make a comeback.  While the Banker was distracting the referee, Ruth removed one of the corner turnbuckle covers exposing the brackets below.  No one seemed to notice as no action really took place in that corner.  At the 13 minute mark, Leon hurled the Banker into that corner but he did not impact the bracket.  Leon charged hitting a splash in the corner but he caught too much air and landed a little high smacking his arm on the bracket.  He cradled his arm but the Banker grabbed it and locked in the ATM fee armbar.  The Banker used the ropes for leverage until Leon had enough and had to tap out.  The Banker steals a win.   The Banker leaves and mocks Leon but his eyes go all wide when he sees Magnum Kone come charging out from the back.  The Banker and Ruth hightail it through the crowd with Magnum in hot pursuit.  Leon shakes his arm trying to get the feeling back in but he gets blindsided by the ITF Champion Jacques Beannot.  Jacques locks in the Spreadsheet and sends Leon to la-la land.  Jacques keeps the hold on until the Wicked Prophet comes out wearing his ref’s shirt.  WP says he’s an official now and demands Jacques release the hold or be relieved of his title. Jacques relinquishes the hold and goes over to jaw-jack with the Wicked Prophet.  Jacques’ manager ‘The Singapore Sensation’ Matt Preacher comes out and gets between the two to keep Jacques from doing something that could cost him his title.  Preacher and Jacques leave but tell the Prophet to keep his nose out of their business.  (13 min for the match; 5 for the aftermath)

Ladies Champion Ravishing Raquel is backstage and she comments on how her 1:1 is now a triple threat match.  She says it doesn’t really matter if it’s one on one, a triple threat or even fatal four way.  She will be the one standing tall when the smoke clears.

Our tag team tournament is finally down to the last 4 competitors.  2 more qualifying matches and we’ll have the final teams vying for those coveted titles:

Hardcore Hensen & Jacques Beannot vs the Mexicali Flyers
Scooter J & TNT vs the Ovaltine Jackson & Ghee Buttersnaps

It’s time for our main event.  The Muscle Trio (Muscles McGuire, Weasley & Thorpe) come out wearing their rainbow colored bull horns and carrying boxes of Booty-O’s cereal.  The fans give them a decent pop as they head down to the ring.  Next, the Steel Curtain and Tommy Lightning come out and the fans pop huge for them.  The winner of this match will go on to the PPV to meet the 5^th Column for the 6 man tag team championship.  Buzz, Starbuck and Tommy get in the ring and the Muscles Trio backs off giving them their due.  The match began and the Muscles Trio took the early advantage sequestering Tommy into their corner.  By the time Tommy got to make the hot tag to Starbuck, he had been beaten down for almost 10 minutes.  Starbuck, followed by Buzz, came in and cleared house.  The Steel Curtain started to take control of the match but 3 minutes of triple teaming by the Trio pushed Starbuck to his breaking point.  The Trio then concentrated on Starbuck until he was able to make the hot tag back to Tommy.  Tommy began taking the fight to the Trio and then tagged in Buzz and Starbuck for some triple teaming of their own.  While all 6 men were in the ring fighting, the 6 Man Tag Team Champions the 5^th Column came out and stood just shy of ringside.  During the melee in the ring, Tommy gets tossed out.  The ref tries to regain control.  The Column attack Tommy and then hit him with a triple spike piledriver on the floor.  Tommy is busted open and bleeding like a stuck pig.  The Trio get pushed back to their corner.  Starbuck hits the ropes and hits a moonsault from the top turnbuckle onto the 5^th Column below.  HOLY SHIT chats rang throughout the building.  Buzz, the legal man, hits Muscles Thorpe with the Buzzkill.  He makes the cover and gets the 3 count.  The team of the Steel Curtain and Tommy Lightning get the win but everyone is concerned about Tommy.  Medics rush out and put Tommy in a neckbrace and load him onto a stretcher and take him out of there.  The show comes to an end with the Steel Curtain following and the fans looking on in concern.

That’s it for now.  Two more shows, a fanfest and then our PPV will be here.  Stay Tuned.

HCW Wrestling Newsletter 2018 #729 – Tacoma Thunder

Hello fans.  Welcome back to our wrestling newsletter.  Now that Master Bull got the results of his Phoenix show posted, we can finally get to ours. 

Pyro goes off and GM Max McGillicutty makes his way out.  He says that the PPV is only two weeks away and is shaping up to be one hell of a slobberknocker.  Tonight, the tag team tournament continues.  We also will see Wilber Townsend take on Texas Wildfire to determine the true #1 contender for the World Title held by the ‘Ragin Cajun’ King Rad Gumbo.  Wilber too has a beef with the Ragin Cajun as it was he who took Wilber’s crown as King of HCW earlier this year.  He hasn’t forgotten about it.  Finally, we will see Ruby Rose defend her spot against Kimberly Kiccsass who is making a final run after the Ladies Title.  With that, it’s time to kick off the show.  

Pyro goes off once again as the fans pop but then they turn sour when 2/3s of the 6 Man Tag Team Champions the 5^th Column come out.  Karl Braun and Oswald Zimmerman are representing their team in the tag team tournament.  We are shown brief comments from them with Karl boasting that not only will they retain their titles at the PPV but they will also become the New Tag Team champions and will hold both sets of belts.  We cut back to the ring and they are taunting the fans.  The music changes and out comes Ovaltine Jackson and Ghee Buttersnaps. The fans pop for them.  This makes the Column irate.  They immediately attack Ovaltine and Ghee as they enter the ring. The attack did little for the Column as Ghee and Ovaltine battled back and took control of the match from basically 5 minutes in.  At one point, Baron von Blood tried to make his way down but the ref must have been expecting it and had security out there almost immediately to escort him (kicking and screaming) to the back.  This allowed Ghee and Ovaltine to dominate the match to the end.  Just as we were approaching the 30 minute mark, all 4 men hit the ring trying to give themselves an advantage.  Once the ref got control, Karl hits the ropes going for something but Ghee hoisted him in the air with a back body drop.  He makes the quick cover getting the 3 count with seconds to spare.  Ovaltine and Ghee get the win and advance to the semifinals.  (30 min)

The Wicked Prophet is backstage with TV Champion Davis ‘the Hoff’ Hoffmeister.  Davis says that he doesn’t want to wait for Max to give him an opponent tonight so he says he chooses Apollo Gyze.  When asked “Why?” by the Prophet, Davis says, “I can take him.  It should be an easy enough night.”  Both men have a laugh.  Nix Anderson walks over and says that ‘the Singapore Sensation’ Matt Preacher cost him his title.  They both know that Davis would not beat him one on one so if Davis were any sort of man, he would give him his rematch at the PPV.  Davis agreed.  The two men had a brief staredown but Nix walked away.

We head back to the ring for our next match.  First, Leslie Grimes makes her way out to a small pop from the crowd.   Once in the ring, the music changes and out comes Violet Valkyrie.  The fans pop huge as she rushes down to the ring and slides under the bottom rope.  She climbs the turnbuckle and the fans pop even louder.  She jumps down and goes to shake Leslie’s hand.  Leslie takes a step back and doesn’t shake it. The bell rings and Leslie grabs Violet by the hair and tosses her to the mat.  Violet gets up really fast and locks Leslie in a triangle choke.  Leslie is trapped in the middle of the ring and with no hope to make it to the ropes, she taps out.  Violet lets her go.  Violet gets the win in just under 60 seconds.  The fans pop as she climbs the turnbuckle once again and then heads to the back.  Leslie follows shortly thereafter. 

The Wicked Prophet is backstage with the Steel Curtain.  Buzz says that singles action is ok but they really shine as a tag team. Starbuck says they may be in limbo at the moment but after their next match, they will be back at the top.  The Prophet asks who their opponents are tonight.  Buzz says that Max gave them the ability to pick their own so they have chosen…the Mexicali Flyers.  Starbuck says their styles have some similarities so this will be an entertaining one for the fans.  The Prophet wishes them good luck as they walk off.

We head to the ring for our next match.  First, the Steel Curtain come out and the fans explode.  They make their way down to the ring and do their typical psyching the crowd up.  Next, the music changes and out comes the Mexicali Flyers – Tornado en Fuego and El Dragon Insano.  They too get a loud pop from the crowd.  The high-five the fans as they make their way into the ring.  The Steel Curtain step aside and let them do their thing.  El Dragon climbs to the top turnbuckle and then does a back flip into the ring landing on his feet.  Starbuck and Buzz applaud him.  The four men make their way to the middle of the ring and all shake hands.  The bell then rings starting this one of with Tornado en Fuego and Buzz Steel.  This was about as even as it could get.  Both men hit moves that seemed very similar and each had the ease in negating or nullifying the others moves.  Buzz and Tornado tagged their partners in and for about 5 minutes, we saw the exact same thing.  Things then changed in favor of the Flyers as tempers began to flare.  The Flyers dominated the match for the next 7 minutes until Buzz made the hot tag and began clearing house.  At one point, Buzz hit both Tornado and El Dragon with the Buzz Cut and the fans enjoyed it.  The Flyers would also hit Buzz and Starbuck with a superkick and an insane brainbuster.  Starbuck gets the tag and he gets his team one step ahead of their opponents.  The Curtain then kept the tags quick as to keep each man as fresh as possible.  When Starbuck got tagged in the final time, he catches El Dragon with the Out of this World dropkick.  He makes the cover and gets the 1-2-3.  The Steel Curtain are victorious and the fans give them (all of them actually) a standing ovation.  All 4 men once again met in the center of the ring and shook hands much to the fans’ delight.  The Flyers left first giving the Curtain time to soak in their win.  They left a few moments later.  (26 min)

We cut backstage where a ruckus is transpiring.  It seems that Vanilla Zombie and Violet are brawling and security had to rush over to break it up.   GM Max McGillicutty arrives on the scene and he says that he’s had enough of these two.  Max says that the match at the PPV between Vanilla and Violet will take place inside a steel cage.  Both women look like they are happy with that news.  Security ends up escorting the two ladies to separate locker rooms.

We head back to the ring for our next match.  This one will be to determine the official #1 contender to the World Title.  The lights go dim and Wilber Townsend makes his way out carrying his lantern.  He takes a slow walk towards the ring but the closer he gets, the brighter it becomes.  Once in the ring, the lights are fully back up. New music hits and out comes Texas Wildfire.  The fans pop huge for him as he makes his way down to the ring.  He gets in wasting no time.  Wilber seems to have a few choice words for him but TW backs off at the insistence of the ref.  The bell rings and this one is off to the races.  TW manages to take control early but gets himself in a predicament when Wilber tried to powerslam him from the top rope.  TW held on for dear life and once it seemed that Wilber was going to let up, TW leapt and took Wilber down with a leaping DDT.  TW made the cover and got the 3 count.  Texas Wildfire gets the win and will go on to the PPV to meet King Rad Gumbo for the World title.  The fans popped for TW as he made his way to the back.  Wilber had to be helped to the back.  (8 min)

Kimberly Kiccsass is backstage with the Wicked Prophet.  She tells him she can’t stand being in the ‘Tacoma Aroma’ and that the state of Washington has nothing on Arizona and specifically Phoenix.  The fans boo her but she doesn’t seem to care.  She says tonight, the one true #1 contender’s walks out of the ring with a title shot and the other crawls home to wait another day.  The Prophet tells Kimberly not to dismiss Ruby so quickly but she said that she has and already has her sights set on a Ladies title match.  She walks off.

It’s time for our next match.  Kimberly Kiccsass comes out first but the fans boo her.  She doesn’t care and makes her way into the ring and begins to stretch.  We cut backstage where the Wicked Prophet has caught up with Ruby Rose.  He asks Ruby if she has anything to say about Kimberly but Ruby just turns and says her actions will speak for her.  Ruby makes her way out to a pop from the crowd.  She makes her way into the ring and is all business.  As soon as the bell rings, this one is off and Ruby takes control early on and holds on to it.  Kimberly got flustered a few times when Ruby would kick out of pin attempts but would fall back into defensive mode when Ruby got going again.  18 minutes in, the ref took a bump and went down.  Ruby hit the Red Wedding Facebuster and made the cover but there was no one to make the count.  Kimberly rolled out of the ring and grabbed a chair while Ruby checked on the ref.  Kimberly then hit Ruby across the back with the chair and then dropped the chair.  She then hit the Christo right on the chair.  She quickly discarded it as the ref was coming to.  Kimberly made the dramatic crawl and covered Ruby to get the 1-2-3.  Kimberly gets the win and then all of a sudden, is back up with renewed energy celebrating her win.  It is cut short when GM Max McGillicutty comes out.  Max says that Kimberly blatantly cheated to get this spot and even though he should reverse the ref’s decision, he won’t.  What he will do however is to add Ruby to the Ladies title match and now it will be a triple threat match.  Kimberly starts to throw a tantrum but then Ruby gets to her feet and then hurls Kimberly out of the ring.   The fans pop for Ruby as she will still be in Ladies main event. (19 min for the match; 5 for the aftermath)

The Wicked Prophet is backstage with Apollo Gyze.  Apollo says he won’t apologize for what happened in the Elimination Chamber as that hellacious structure is “every man for himself”.  He did what he had to in order to survive.  Tonight, his luck continues as he gets a shot at the TV title.  When the Prophet asked him if he could handle two titles if he won tonight, Apollo told Prophet to shut it and just watch a master at work.  Apollo then walked off.

It’s time for our main event.   First, we hear over the loudspeakers “Apollo Gyze don’t apologize” (editor’s note:  Be sure to do that in Mr. T’s voice) and out comes everyone’s favorite coward Apollo Gyze.  The fans boo him as he makes his way down to the ring.  He threatens to slug a few kids (what a jerk) who were mocking him.  He gets in the ring and waits.  The music changes and out comes the TV Champion Davis ‘the Hoff’ Hoffmeister.  The fans pop huge for Davis.  He high fives with the fans as he makes his way around the ring.  He gets in and Apollo makes like he’s going to attack Davis but then backs off.  Davis doesn’t flinch.  Apollo goes right on the offensive but the TV champ is right there with him.  4 minutes in, Apollo hits a gorilla press and drop moonsault and goes for the cover only to get a 1 count.  Apollo then follows it up with a delayed vertical suplex.  He makes the cover again but Davis kicks right out.  The match continued for a few more minutes until Nix Anderson made his way out.  He caused more of a distraction to Apollo than he did to Davis.  Apollo went to jawjack with Nix but as he turned around, Davis kicked him in the gut and then hit a piledriver.  Davis made the cover and the ref counted 1…2…3.  Davis gets the win and retains his title.  Apollo rolls out of the ring.  The ref hands Davis his title.  Nix climbs in and stands nose to nose with the champ.  Davis then holds the title in Nix’s face as the show comes to an end.

Thanks for reading.  Things are really shaping up for our PPV so be sure to stay tuned as the action heats up.

HCW Wrestling Newsletter 2018 #728 – Phoenix Heat (11/28)

Hello fans and welcome back to another installment of HCW’s Phoenix Heat.  This show was taped late due to Master Bull wanting to take extra time off for the Thanksgiving holiday and not put a temp GM in place to cover things.  I guess that’s his prerogative to change up his shows unless the owners have anything to say about that.

Pyro goes off and our show begins.  Master Bull makes his way out to a pop from the crowd.  He says that his roster has enjoyed the extra time off and they totally deserve it so he hopes the crowd understands with the delay in tonight’s show.  He adds that he needs to cut the show off early tonight as he has a ton of laundry to do.  All matches tonight will have 20 minute time limits.  Bull adds in that whomever has the shortest match (allowing him to leave earlier than expected) will get a bonus.  Bull then leaves.

First out representing the Ladies division is Lavender Gooms.  She gets a nice reception from the crowd.  Next out is Kimberly Kiccsass and she is booed as she heads to the ring.  She bypasses Lavender and grabs a mic.  She calls out Ladies Champion Ravishing Raquel for hiding behind her title and hiding from her.  She calls Ruby Rose unworthy of getting a title shot when someone such as her goes by unnoticed.  The bell rings cutting her off.  She throws down the mic and removes her jacket.  Lavender immediately goes on the offensive locking Kimberly up with the Lavender Lock but Kimberly makes it to the ropes.  As soon as she released the hold, Kimberly locks in a dragon sleeper and drags her to the middle of the ring.  Lavender thrashes about for a bit but ends up tapping out.  Kimberly Kiccsass gets the win in only 2 minutes.  I think that is going to be hard to beat.  Both ladies eventually leave.

Backstage, Texas Wildfire is with the Wicked Prophet and he says that he is officially challenging King Rad Gumbo to a match at the PPV cashing in his title shot.  He adds that this has been a long time in the making and he’s ready to lead HCW into its future.  Prophet wishes him luck.

We go back to the ring for our next match.  First, Biceps Bannerman makes his way out to a pop from the crowd.  As he is psyching the crowd up, his music is abruptly shut off and out comes the Banker with his manager Ruth Heartless.  The crowd boos them but they don’t seem to care. The Banker takes a mic before entering the ring and says that he’s going to do to Biceps (and anyone else who gets in his way) what he did to the Regulators – drive them out of Phoenix.  He laughs and enters the ring.  Even though most of the match was one-sided in favor of the Banker (and his manager), nothing he could do would keep Biceps’ shoulders on the mat for that elusive 3 count.  This one ended up going the distance.  Before the bell rang bringing the match to a draw, Biceps hit the Banker with a clothesline.  The Banker got back to his feet and hit a Deposit Diving DDT.  There was no gas left in the tank so no cover was made.  The bell rings signaling the end.  Just then, we hear the familiar bell ringing of an ice cream cart.  Out comes ‘the King of Cones’ Magnum Kone and just as he started to make his way down to the ring, the Banker got a surge of adrenaline and he and Ruth took off through the crowd.  Magnum says that he and the Banker will be in the same ring sooner rather than later.  He then left to a pop from the crowd.

The Wicked Prophet is backstage with Bishop Ripley and tells Bishop that King Rad Gumbo was here and wants to defend his World title and Bishop was chosen.  Ripley says that he will take the fight to Gumbo and says that there will be an Alien Resurrection in the King’s future and the title will be his.  Bishop leaves.

We go back to the ring for our next match.  First, the Ambassador comes out accompanied by Roderick Rothchild.  The duo head to the ring.  Roderick grabs a mic and says that he always knew Reid wasn’t going to go quietly and HCW is now in a world of trouble with a “Rothchild” occupying each of the rosters.  The Ambassador says that Reid will do just fine up in Tacoma and wishes him the best.   The music changes and out comes Buzz Steel.  The fans pop huge for Buzz as he makes his way down to the ring. The bell rings pretty quickly and Roderick and Buzz go toe to toe for a solid 10 minutes until Buzz took control and started to own his opponent.  To his credit, Roderick wouldn’t stay down long enough for a pin.  Before we knew it, we were entering the final minute of the match.  Buzz hit the Buzz Cut but then was distracted by the Ambassador.  As soon as Buzz turned back into the ring, the Ambassador hit him with a chair and Buzz stumbled.  Roderick grabbed him and hit an airplane spin.  He dumped Buzz to the mat and went for a pin but put his legs on the ropes for extra leverage.  The ref counted 1-2-3.  Roderick steals a win with only seconds left to spare.  Roderick rolls out of the ring laughing.  Buzz makes it to his feet and then nonchalantly rolls out of the ring…and grabs the Ambassador.  Roderick tries to make the save but eats a foot to his face.  Buzz then drops the Ambassador with the Buzz Cut (Diamond Cutter) and the fans popped huge.  Buzz walked to the back with a smirk on his face.  He may have lost the match but won the war.  (20 min)

We head back to the interview area with the Wicked Prophet but then all of a sudden, the lights go out.  A single light shines swinging in a lantern.  Prophet turns to see Wilber Townsend sitting behind him in a rocking chair.  The Prophet starts to approach but is stopped mid-step with a wave from Wilber.  He has his own mic.

"The TWNation has infected our world like an out of control wildfire.  And all it will take is one very simple little 10 count to eradicate Texas Wildfire and everything that he stands for. And I know, Wildfire, I know you're feeling the pressure too, man. That's why you're up and went and recruited the fans to be your new pawns. But you forgot to tell them the fact that you are just go going to throw them on the front lines and watch them fall and right behind them you will be riding oh so valiantly on your horse making sure your crown don't get too dirty. My brothers and sisters, know that you cannot tame a beast that does not fear. You the fans walk oh so blindly into this deadly alliance and you will finally learn the fact that there are worse things in this world than dying. When your city burned, I was there. When the plague swept your city streets, I was there. And when Texas Wildfire falls falls and his TWnation crumbles, there I will be standing. I am forever. I will always be, and I have always been.  Follow the Buzzards…but don’t get too close.  hahahaha"

Creepy.

We go back to the ring for our next tag team qualifying match.  First, the team of Outback Oscar and the Crocodile Hunter come out to a pop from the crowd.  Next, the team of Superquake Ferguson and Angry Jack Lawson come out and the fans boo them.  Jack hits the ring and attacks Oscar and Croc.  The team of Lawson and Ferguson totally owned the match but once it got to the 16 minute mark, Oscar and Croc took over and concentrated on Ferguson.  Superquake tried to tag his partner in but he just couldn’t make it to his corner.  In the 20^th minute of the match, Ferguson makes the tag to Jack who wasn’t expecting it.  Jack gets in the ring and looks, well, angry.  Croc and Oscar then double teamed him that took the match right to the time limit resulting in a draw finish.  Two more teams are out of the tournament and with this double elimination, it looks like Hardcore Hensen and Jacques Beannot have another bye that will take them right to the semi-finals.  After the match, Jack began to yell at Superquake.  Ferguson tried to calm him down but Jack was too angry and hits Superquake with a Chokeslam.  Jack gets frustrated and walks off.  We can hear him say “I gotta find someone.  I wonder if he’s free…”  I wonder who Jack is talking about or has that last screw finally come loose…?

We waste no time (remember, Master Bull has laundry to do) in moving right into our next match.  First, Tobias Snake makes his way out to a small pop from the crowd.  Next, the ‘Honorable’ JC Dykes comes out and introduces the Unknown Assassin.  The duo are booed as they head down to the ring.  Dykes gets on the mic and calls out Dr. Red Fang for being a coward and not wanting to face the Assassin for fear of getting his ass beat.  The match begins and for the first few moments, it is pretty even until Dykes sticks his nose into the match.  UA then began to own the match but Tobias would not stay down.  As we entered the 17^th minute of the match, Dykes pulled out his whistle and began to blow it trying to distract Tobias.  Tobias made a quick grab at it and then stomped on it on the outside of the ring.  He rolled back in only to get dropped with a piledriver.  He managed to make it to his feet and dropped UA with a snap DDT.  UA makes it to his feet and locks in a standing crossface.  The loudspeakers scream out “VAMPIRE LUNGES FOR EVERYONE”  and UA breaks the hold to watch for him.  Tobias makes it to his feet and hits the Dirty Deeds.  He makes the cover and with his foot on the ropes, gets the 3 count.  Tobias steals a win and leaves quickly.  Dykes gets into the ring to complain to the ref but then Dr. Red Fang and his manager Ant Graham show up on the stage.  Graham, speaking for Fang, says that the Dr. will accept a match against the Unknown Assassin at the PPV HOWEVER…it will be a loser leaves town match.  HCW, even on different rosters, isn’t big enough for the two of them so one has to go.  Dykes yells that he and the Unknown Assassin accept.

One final time, we head backstage and the Wicked Prophet is with the World Champion King Rad Gumbo.  Prophet begins to ask Gumbo about this match but Gumbo says that Ripley is a non-factor.  Gumbo says that he heard through the grapevine that Prophet wants to be a referee.  WP acknowledged that he was in fact granted the request to referee the match between ITF Champion Jacques Beannot and Leon Teremoto at the PPV and then is going to train for an in-ring debut in 2019.  Gumbo wishes Prophet the best of luck and then leaves.  

It’s time for our main event.  First, Bishop Ripley makes his way out to a small pop from the crowd.  Once in the ring, the music changes and we hear “GUMBO 7:30 SAYS ITS SUPPA TIME, BITCH” and out comes the World Champion King Rad Gumbo alongside Queen Alexandria.  The fans boo him and he just eats it up.  He makes his way to the ring and removes his robe and crown before entering.  He gets in, holds the title high and hands it to the ref.  The bell rings and Gumbo hits the Cottonmouth smash.  Ripley comes back with the Chest Burst Smash.  Ripley goes for the pin but Gumbo kicks out a two.  Ripley hits a german suplex but Gumbo straps in the New Orleans Crab.  He grabs the middle rope for extra leverage and Ripley taps out.  King Rad Gumbo wins the match and retains his title in only 2 minutes.   Gumbo gets on the mic and tells Texas Wildfire that he will accept the challenge from Wildfire or Wilber Townsend…whoever it ends up being…he doesn’t care.  Queen Alexandria gets on the mic and calls out Master Bull.  Bull comes on to the stage and she says that Gumbo got his win in two minutes.  Kimberly Kiccsass also comes out saying her match was also two minutes.  Master Bull says that the bonuses are that Kimberly will get a shot at Ruby Rose at the next show to see who will get the shot at Ravishing Raquel and the Ladies title.  She seems happy about that.  Bull tells Gumbo that he is already the World Champion and that he can’t grant him a contract or anything so he asks Gumbo what he would want.  Gumbo says that whomever he meets at the PPV, he wants it to be a specialty match and he wants to pick the stipulation.  Master Bull agrees. 

Just then, Texas Wildfire makes his way out to a HUGE pop from the crowd.  He gets in the ring and tells Gumbo that he’ll be seeing him at the PPV.  He is interrupted by Wilber Townsend (who by the way, is the guy that Gumbo stole the crown from) and Wilber says that he will be the one meeting Gumbo at the PPV.  King Rad says he will fight whomever is left standing.  Master Bull closes the show and says that in Tacoma, TW takes on Wilber with the winner getting the title shot at Gumbo.  The show ends with all 3 men in the ring glaring at each other.

That’s all for today.  Tacoma Thunder is up next.  Stay tuned.

HCW Wrestling Newsletter 2018 #727 – Tacoma Thunder

Hello fans and welcome back to another installment of HCW’s Wrestling Newsletter.  The Elimination Chamber from a week ago continues to have ramifications moving forward.  The quest to crown new tag team champions continues with 2 more tag team qualifying matches tonight.

Our show kicks off backstage in the office of GM Max McGillicutty.  Max is sitting with the Wicked Prophet.  The Wicked Prophet tells Max he wants to expand his involvement in HCW and says he wants to begin training for in-ring action.  Max questions if this is something he really wants to do.   WP says he’s mentally ready but needs to get into better shape.  He adds that he first would like to step into the ring but in a different capacity.  He wants to be a guest referee.  Max thinks it’s a good idea and asks which match.  WP says that he want to ref the Beannot/Teremoto match at the PPV.  Max asks if he thinks he can remain impartial and WP says he calls it like he sees it.  Max shakes his hand.  We have a special guest ref at the PPV.

Pyro goes off and we have our first match of the night.  The Axe and Superstar Chic Monroe come out at the same time to a nice pop from the crowd.  They do their bit in the ring to get the crowd psyched up but the music changes and out comes manager MJ and the Smashers.  The Smashers rush the ring and attack Axe and Chic.  They manage to stay in control for the majority of the match but as the match progressed, Axe and Chic started to make some headway.  Just as we approached the time limit, Smasher #2 locked Chic up with a side headlock but Chic hit a knee to the gut.  Just then, the bell rang bringing this one to a time limit draw.  With this draw, both teams are out of the tag team tournament.

We head backstage and the Wicked Prophet is with Ruby Rose.  WP congratulates Ruby on her win and asks if she’s decided when to cash in her title shot against Ravishing Raquel.  Ruby says that even though she wants it now, she is willing to wait until the PPV.  It will be there that the championship changes hands and the new blood will lead HCW into the future. 

Our next match is ready to go and the tag team tournament continues.  First, the Regulators come out and they get a small pop from the crowd.  Next, the music changes and out comes the Steel Curtain.  The fans blow the roof off the place.  Once the match began, the Curtain owned it however the Regulators would not go down easy.  They fought tooth and nail and made every possible save they could to hold on to any chance.  Before we knew it, the time limit was getting ready to expire.  Starbuck heads to the top and hits Mammoth with the Shooting Star Buck. He goes for the pin but Mule somehow manages to break up the pin.  Buzz gets tagged in and Mammoth makes the tag to Mule.   Buzz hits a slingshot suplex but Mule takes Buzz to the ropes and hits an inverted superplex.  He doesn’t have enough time to make the cover as the bell rings shortly after both men crashed to the mat.  The signaling from the bell brings another tag match to a draw finish.  With this draw though, it appears that the team of Hensen and Beannot get a bye into the next round.

After everyone left, music hit and out comes…what the hell…it’s the Elitist Reid Rothchild.  What the hell is he doing here?   He makes his way down to the ring and demands a mic.  Reid says that he never believed in chamber types of eliminations so he says he’s sticking around and not going anywhere.  GM Max McGillicutty comes out and says that he doesn’t have a contract and attempts to remove him from the ring.  Reid proposes an alternative.  Reid says he will wrestle one match and if he wins, he will join the Tacoma roster.  Max relents and says that Reid’s opponent is on his way out.

Music hits and out comes…Drew the Canadian Love Machine.  The fans pop huge as he makes his way down to the ring.  Reid does not look happy.  Drew gets in the ring and climbs two of the turnbuckles before Reid walks over and tries to get the match started.  Reid hurls Drew into the corner and hits a Stinger splash.  Drew hits a powerbomb but Reid hits the Hogan leg drop. Drew hits the La Casita but Reid connects with the Reid (Rock) Bottom.  Drew locks in the handstand headscissors but Reid hits another Rock Bottom. Drew bodyslams Reid but then gets hurled to the corner again and Reid hits another Stinger splash.  Drew stumbles out of the corner and Reid hits a third Rock Bottom.  He makes the cover, hooks the leg and gets a foot on the middle rope for leverage and gets the 3 count.  Reid gets the win and I suppose, is now on the Tacoma roster.  I guess we’ll have to see how that plays out.  (6 min)

Backstage, Nix Anderson is with his manager Matt Preacher.  Nix asks “what part of ‘you’re fired’ are you not getting?”  Preacher tries to call Nix down but he grabs his former manager by the shirt and lifts him off the ground.  All of a sudden, Nix is attacked by Hardcore Hensen and Jacques Beannot.  Preacher’s team beats Nix down.  Preacher tells them to pick Nix up.  They get him to his knees and Preacher begins to slap him across the face.  “You don’t fire ME you no talent hack.  You are the one fired and we don’t want to see you around anymore.  Oh, and you got your rematch against Davis but you get to do it without my help.  Good luck hack.”  Preacher, Jacques and Hardcore all leave after dropping Nix to the floor.

We go back to the ring for our next match.  Lavender Gooms makes her way out first to a decent pop from the crowd.  Next, Hayley Hailstone comes out and the fans pop pretty loud.  He high fives with the fans all the way down to and around the ring.  She even gives some hugs to a few of the kids at ringside.  She climbs into the ring and this one begins quickly.  Hayley stayed right with Lavender for the first 7 minutes of the match but then was interrupted by the British Crippler.  Lavender took advantage of the situation and even though she dominated the rest of the match, she could not keep Hayley down for the 3 count.  Hayley hung in there just long enough to make it to the time limit.  As soon as the bell rang, the British Crippler jumped into the ring and began beating Hayley down.  Hayley got in a couple of good licks before sending the Crippler to the outside of the ring.  Hayley took the mic and said that if the British Crippler really wanted a match against her, she’s got an opening at the PPV.  The British Crippler nods in agreement and it looks like those two will be meeting at the PPV.  (20 min draw)

Ant Graham is backstage with Dr. Red Fang.  Graham does all the talking here talking about how, after tonight, there will be a new Hardcore Champion and then the ‘great’ Dr. Red Fang will destroy the Unknown Assassin one more time. 

Texas Wildfire makes his way out to a huge pop from the crowd.  He gets into the ring and asks for a mic.  He calls out Wilber Townsend.  Wilber is not in the building tonight.  Wildfire says that Wilber’s interference almost cost Tacoma 5 of its best but they persevered and were saved by the most unlikable of people – Apollo Gyze.  Wildfire says he’s still here (fans pop) and that when Wilber is ready to step up, he’ll be ready.  He hands off the mic as he waits for his opponent.  Wendell Hammerschmidt makes his way out to booing from the crowd (just because they really like TW).  Wendell had the advantage for the first 8 minutes of the match but with the fans solidly behind him, TW began to rally back and then dominated the rest of the match…to the point where Wendell only got in 5 moves the rest of the match.  Just when it appeared that this one was going to be cut short by a draw finish, TW hits the hangman’s clothesline and quickly makes the cover getting the 3 count just seconds before the time limit would expire.  Texas Wildfire gets the win (accompanied by the pop) and he left after a brief celebration.  (20 min)

The Wicked Prophet is backstage and he’s with Hardcore Champion Hardcore Hensen and his manager ‘the Singapore Sensation’ Matt Preacher.  Hensen says that he’s going to do the humane thing tonight and put down a rabid dog.  He says Fang has been out of control and it will take someone like him to destroy the evil vampire bot.  Preacher chimes in and says that Fang will get the same treatment Nix just got.  Don’t cross his team or they will get their just desserts.

It’s time for our main event.  First, blaring over the loudspeakers is “VAMPIRE LUNGES FOR EVERYONE” and out comes Dr. Red Fang accompanied by his manager Ant Graham.  The duo make their way down to the ring amidst booing from the fans.  Fang gets in the ring and snarls and growls at the fans and that just makes them react all the more.  Next, music changes and out comes the Hardcore Champion Hardcore Hensen with his manager Matt Preacher.  They too get booed from the fans but it’s not as deep as the treatment Fang received.  Hensen gets in the ring and is asked what type of match he wants.  Hensen hands his title over and says he wants a Lights Out Match.  Before the match could begin, the Unknown Assassin shows up and begins to taunt Fang from the stage.  Fang leaves the ring and goes after UA.  UA and Fang brawl but then the Unknown Assassin THREW Fang off the stage crashing into tables down below.  Fang is out and medics are checking on him.  UA says that he’s officially taking Fang’s spot tonight. 

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

HARDCORE HENSEN rolled OC.

The Unknown Assassin rolled DC

HARDCORE HENSEN executes a INJURE FOE (Call MASH Unit)....

The Unknown Assassin neutralizes INJURE FOE (Call MASH Unit).

===== In the 2nd minute of the match: =====

HARDCORE HENSEN rolled OC/TT

The Unknown Assassin rolled DC

HARDCORE HENSEN executes a THROW OUT OF RING....

The Unknown Assassin attempts to defend against THROW OUT OF RING but is unsuccessful.

===== In the 3rd minute of the match: =====

HARDCORE HENSEN rolled OC.

The Unknown Assassin rolled OC.

HARDCORE HENSEN executes a DOUBLE HAYMAKER  - BOTH MEN DOWN!....

The Unknown Assassin executes a STANDING CROSSFACE....

HARDCORE HENSEN is down from the DOUBLE HAYMAKER - BOTH MEN DOWN! The referee begins the count...

1...2...3...4...5...6...

HARDCORE HENSEN makes it back into the ring at the 6 count.

The Unknown Assassin is down. The referee begins the count...Ant Graham rushes over and nails him in the head with a sledgehammer.

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

The Unknown Assassin is out cold!!!

HARDCORE HENSEN wins with a DOUBLE HAYMAKER over The Unknown Assassin!!!

Hardcore Hensen gets the win and retains his title.  Nix Anderson rushes out and attacks Hensen and the two brawl all the way to the back.  Just as the show is wrapping up, we hear “Apollo Gyze don’t apologize” and out comes Apollo with a mic.  The fans boo him as he makes his way down to the ring.  He tells the fans not to hate on him because of what he did at Elimination Chamber.  It’s all about survival.  Apollo says that since he gets a title shot of his choosing, he is going to challenge Hardcore Hensen for the Hardcore Title.  The fans boo as he drops the mic and just lets it all soak in.

Stay tuned.  More to come.

HCW Wrestling Newsletter 2018 #726 – Phoenix Heat

Hello fans and welcome back to another installment of the HCW newsletter.   Happy Thanksgiving to one and all!!!  We had a hell of a show this past Sunday in San Diego with Elimination Chamber.  Ruby Rose got the win for the Ladies allowing her Tacoma teammates to keep their jobs.  We hear that Scarlett Phoenix and Madame Jade will be on hand tonight to say their goodbyes.   On the men’s side, newcomer Apollo Gyze gets the win also for Tacoma allowing his teammates to also keep their jobs.  

Because of the vacancies caused by the departing wrestlers, HCW has decided to do a roster shake up.  Moving to Tacoma are the Regulators who frankly want nothing to do with the Banker anymore.  Moving to Phoenix are quite a few:  Bob ‘Powder’ Keg, the King of Cones Magnum Kone, Leon Teremoto, Perfect Pecs Stoddard and finally the NEW TV Champion Davis ‘the Hoff’ Hoffmeister. 

Next, because ‘the Elitist’ Reid Rothchild was part of the losing team and therefore is out, Elitism has to forfeit the Tag Team Titles.  A series of matches will be held starting tonight to get to a final 4 who will duke it out at the “Zero Hour” PPV next month.  Roderick was asked if he wanted to find a partner and get back into the tournament but he said that his brother is the only person he’d ever team with so now its singles action for him.

We are also going to have 2 title matches tonight with the 5^th Column defending the 6 Man Tag Team Championship against the Steel Curtain and Tommy Lightning and the ITF Champion Jacques Beannot (with his manager ‘the Singapore Sensation’ Matt Preacher) taking on Leon Teremoto.

Pyro goes off and our first match is ready.  Over the loudspeakers blares “VAMPIRE LUNGES FOR EVERYONE!” and out comes the evil vampire bot Dr. Red Fang and his manager Ant Graham.  Fang snarls and growls at the fans as he makes his way to the ring.  Ant gets ridiculed by the fans and he responds by flipping them off.  The music changes and the fans explode as Drew the Canadian Love Machine comes out.  He high fives the fans.  As soon as he gets in the ring, Fang attacks him.  The two battle tooth and nail and kept the fans on their feet for the entire match.  Even with interference from Ant Graham, it wasn’t enough to give Fang a huge advantage.  As the match entered the 20^th and final minute of the match, Drew connects with a corkscrew pescado but Fang hits a Vampire Lunge out of nowhere.  With both men spent, the bell rings bringing this one to a time limit draw.  Drew rolls out of the ring and leaves to a pop from the crowd.  Fang makes it to his feet only to get leveled by the Unknown Assassin who ran in from the crowd to attack him.  UA beat Fang down and then knocked him silly with multiple forearm shots.  UA’s manager JC Dykes decks Ant Graham and then enters the ring with mic in hand and he tells Fang that UA isn’t done with him by a long shot and officially challenges him to a match at the PPV with their careers on the line.  He proposes a loser leaves HCW match.  Dykes says that he and the Unknown Assassin will await the cowards’ response.  UA and Dykes leave to booing from the crowd.  (20 min for the match; 5 for the aftermath)

We cut up to the Omegatron where we get a recap from Elimination Chamber showing Ruby Rose’s win as well as Apollo Gyze’s “comment” directed at Master Bull.  “Kiss my ass Master Bull.  Hahahahahahahaha”.

We then cut to the interview area and the Wicked Prophet is there with Leon Teremoto.  WP asks Leon if he is ready for his match against the ITF Champion Jacques Beannot.  Leon says that not only is he ready but he is walking out with the title tonight and once the ref hands him the title, he will drop the ITF name and officially bring back the US title.  The Wicked Prophet wishes Leon good luck.

We head back to the ring for our first qualifying match for the Tag Team Titles.  First, Leiton and Tobias Snake come out to a mixed reaction from the crowd.  Shortly thereafter, their opponents, two members of the Huber Clan (Butch and Junior Huber) come out to booing from the fans.  They make their way down to the ring.  The two teams battled in the ring but lots of rest holds caused the fans to get bored and head to the bathroom or snack bar.  Before we knew it, this one hit the 30 minute time limit.  Both teams are eliminated and out of the tag team running.

We head to the back once again and manager ‘the Singapore Sensation’ Matt Preacher tells everyone that all is well with everyone he manages and Nix Anderson will be back in the ring on Sunday.  He however is not done with the man who “stole” his TV title Davis Hoffmeister.  He promises that Nix will be the champ again. 

We go back to the ring for our next tag team qualifying match.  First, Scooter J and TNT come out to a nice pop from the crowd.  Scooter J looks to be healthy.  TNT high fives with the fans as he makes his way into the ring.  Next, the music changes and out comes the Muscles Trio.  They are wearing their rainbow colored bull horns and carrying boxes of ‘Booty-O’s’ cereal.  The trio do ‘rock, paper, scissors’ to see who will represent them in the match.  Muscles Thorpe and Weasley get the win and they head to the ring.  The match begins pretty quickly but 4 minutes into the match, during a double team, Thorpe threw TNT over the top rope and he appeared to land awkwardly.  He appears to be hurt so SJ is on his own.  Scooter J began a good run but each time he executed a move, the Muscles would tag out bringing a fresh man into the ring.  They did this a few times and SJ got a bit frustrated.  Thorpe tagged Weasley in but before he could tag back in, TNT came around and pulled him off the apron.  In the ring, Weasley went for a double foot stomp but SJ reversed it and hit a piledriver.  With no one to make the save, Scooter J gets the 1-2-3.  SJ and TNT move forward in the tournament. (8 min)

Backstage, the Wicked Prophet interview the Steel Curtain (Buzz and Starbuck Steel) and Tommy Lightning.  Tommy is excited for a shot at the 6 man titles.  Buzz says that this enthusiasm is just what they need to revitalize the division.  Starbuck adds in that it’s been awhile since they carried gold and now is as good a time as any.  Buzz and Tommy then lean in and say “Word” and the trio leave.

We head back to the ring for another tag team qualifying match.  First, the Ryzing Storm (Terra and Travis Ryzing) come out to booing from the fans.  Next, the former champions the Mexicali Flyers (El Dragon Insano and Tornado en Fuego) come out to a huge pop from the crowd.  They zip around like bees which gets the crowd pumped.  The Storm begin by attacking the Flyers but their offense is squashed before it ever got started.  The Flyers were able to calm the Storm and own the match.  At the 12 minute mark, all 4 men were in the ring.  Travis hit Tornado with a neckbreaker and El Dragon threw Terra out of the ring to the floor.  He followed him and picked him up dragging him to the announce table where he hit a superplex from the announce table to the floor.  The ref began counting and El Dragon rolled back in just before the 10 count.  Terra Ryzing doesn’t make the count and ends up getting counted out.   The Mexicali Flyers get the win via CO and move on in the tournament. (12 min)

We head to the back with the Wicked Prophet and he is with the 6 Man tag team champions the 5^th Column.  Baron von Blood speaks for his team and says that they will dominate their match tonight and the Curtain and Tommy will go home empty handed.  They laugh as they walk off.

We are back at the ring and music hits and out comes the challengers the Steel Curtain and Tommy Lightning.  The fans pop as they make their way down to the ring.  Their pop is cut short when the 6 Man Tag Team Champions the 5^th Column make their way out.  The fans boo the crap out of them.  They stop on the stage and then they look up and we hear “Apollo Gyze don’t apologize” blare through the loudspeakers.  Tommy begins looking around for him determinedly.  When Apollo doesn’t show up, the Column laugh as it was all a ploy to throw Tommy off his game.  Both teams were pretty even through 13 minutes of the match.  The Column triple teamed Tommy and kept him on their side of the ring taunting the Curtain all the while.  people out of the ring, Tommy tried for a monkey flip but didn’t have enough to capitalize on it.  Karl then pulled out an illegal object and hit Tommy with it.  He made the cover getting the 1-2-3.  The Column retain their titles.  They began berating the Steel Curtain and then music hit and out comes GM Master Bull.  Bull says that he rid Phoenix of Apollo and is not happy that the Column likes to keep bringing him up even in an effort to throw their opponents off.  Baron asks Bull what he’s going to do about it.  Master Bull says that even though the Column won tonight, they WILL defend the titles one more time against the Steel Curtain and Tommy Lightning at the PPV.   The Column tried to complain but Bull walked off.  (16 min)

For the last time tonight, the Wicked Prophet is getting ready in the interview area and ITF Champion Jacques Beannot and his manager ‘the Singapore Sensation’ Matt Preacher walk in.  Jacques calls the Prophet a wannabe and if he knows what’s good for him, he’ll just stand there holding the mic.  Jacques says that Leon is a no body and can’t figure out why he’s getting a title shot.  Jacques says that once he defeats Leon, he will be the greatest to hold this title and no one will ever touch him.  Jacques walks away with Preacher following.  Prophet stands there glaring after them.

It is time for our main event.  First, Leon Teremoto comes out and the fans pop for him as he makes his way down to the ring.  After a few minutes to interact with the fans, the music changes and Matt Preacher comes out first and introduces the greatest International Title of France Champion ever – Jacques Beannot.  Beannot makes his way down to the ring and holds his title in Leon’s face.  Leon doesn’t waste any time and takes a swing at Jacques.  Jacques backs off not expecting it, hands the title off and then attacks Leon.  Jacques applies a shoulder pinch and Leon locks in an armbar scissored lock.  Leon then hits a sitout side slam.  Jacques locks in the Spreadsheet but Leon makes it to the ropes.  Jacques applies a sleeperhold but Leon locks in the armbar scissored lock again.  Jacques hits a jaw jacker.  Leon locks in a headlock but Preacher hits him from behind.  When that didn’t work, Preacher got up on the apron and put his hands on the ref.  The ref warned him not to do that again or he would disqualify Jacques.  Preacher rears back and slugs the ref.  The ref calls for the bell disqualifying Jacques and awards the match to Leon.  Since the title doesn’t change hands on a DQ, Jacques is still the champion.  All of a sudden, the Wicked Prophet storms out from the back and he tells the ref he has to call out a serious miscarriage of justice.  He replays the last few moments of the match that showed the constant interference by Preacher.  The Wicked Prophet suggests that Jacques give Leon a rematch at the PPV and make it a no DQ.  Jacques asks why he would do something so stupid.  The Wicked Prophet points up at the Omegatron and it begins flashing hilarious photos of Jacques and he screams to shut them off.  Prophet tells him to agree to the match.  Jacques stammers a bit but then finally agrees.  He and Preacher storm off.  It looks like Leon will be getting a fair shake.

Just as the cameras were getting ready to end, Madame Jade, Scarlett Phoenix, Taylor Bella, Phat Sol, Brick (Machine B), Top Gun Justin Winger and Sonic Blade all came out and said their goodbyes to the fans.  They each got a nice pop.  ‘The Elitist’ Reid Rothchild came out on the ramp and all he said was “You haven’t seen the last of me” and then walked off.  

With that, the show comes to an end.  I’m sure Jacques will have something to say to Tacoma GM Max McGillicutty when he arrives back in Tacoma.  Stay tuned as things are heating up.