Hello fans and welcome
back to another installment of HCW’s Tacoma Thunder. As the PPV gets closer at the end of the
month, we are also approaching our next hiatus.
After the PPV, we will be taking time a couple of weeks off again to
give the roster time to heal after what we expect to be a brutal show with our
performers putting everything on the line for the fans.
Pyro goes off and
our first match of the evening is ready to get underway. First, Adam Jameson makes his way out to a
nice pop from the crowd. Once in the
ring, his music is shut off and then we hear “APOLLO GYZE DON’T APOLOGIZE” and
out comes Apollo who the fans boo as loudly as they can. Apollo looks on them with disdain and heads
to the ring. He gets in and does his
thing to get the crowd totally against him.
Apollo starts off with attempting a jumping clothesline but it’s immediately
nullified and Adam catches him with a flying dropkick. Apollo hits a Gorilla press drop moonsault
and he goes for the pin but then over the loudspeakers blares “Killa Pops is in
da hooooooooose”. Apollo gets up and
stands at the ropes watching as Killa Pops comes out and stands on stage. Apollo is seething. He turns around only to get hit with a spin
kick. Adam makes the cover and barely
gets the 3 count. Adam Jameson gets the win. After the ref raised his arm, he took off to
avoid Apollo trying to retaliate. Pops
stood on the stage laughing at Apollo and then turned and left…his job done for
now. Apollo left to “You got pinned”
chants from the crowd. (9 min)
GM Max
McGillicutty is in his office with Nix Anderson. Nix says that he wants another shot at Marvin
Barnes and when he wins, he wants a rematch for the Hardcore title against Dr.
Red Fang at the PPV. Max agrees to the
stipulation and says that if Nix is victorious tonight, the match at the PPV is
his.
Match #2 is ready
to begin. First, the twins of HCW Betsy
and Felicia Cummings make their way out to booing from the fans. They make their way down to the ring but the
ref stops Felicia and sends her to the back much to the disappointment of her
sister. The ref threatens to disqualify Betsy
if Felicia doesn’t leave. Felicia
leaves. New music hits and the fans pop
as Hayley Hailstone makes her way out.
She high fives the fans and heads down to the ring. Betsy motions like she’s going to break
Hayley but Hailstone just smiles back.
Hayley dominated the match and it doesn’t seem like a switch with her
twin would have done any good. The odd
thing about this match is that Hayley didn’t go for many pin attempts. Once the match passed the 15 minute mark, it
was apparent that she was going to take this one the distance to help with her
cardio. As we entered the 20 min mark,
Hayley planted Betsy with a Tornado DDT but once again didn’t go for the
pin. She let the time limit expire and
this one ends in a draw but she was in good form and looks ready to take on
Violet for the Ladies Title. Hayley asks
for a mic and says that this match proved she can go the distance and still be
dominating. She questions as to why the
Ladies Champion hasn’t accepted her challenge for a title match at the PPV so
she’s putting it out there again. “Violet,
the two of us can tear down the house.
Accept my challenge and you and I can have a match of the year. What do you say?” The Ladies Champ has yet to arrive so there
isn’t going to be a reply yet but we are confident Violet will have a response
later today. (20 min draw)
Backstage, Apollo is
taking his frustrations out on anything not tied down. He turns and talks to someone off camera (we
can’t see who it is) and says he’s tired of Killa Pops showing up during his
matches so he hopes that this is the right decision. The voice from off camera replies “Trust me,
it will be. Killa has always been like
this. I know him and can help you defeat
him.” Apollo smiles and says “Sounds
like a plan.”
Match #3 begins
with “I’ve got some bad news for ya” blaring over the loudspeakers and out
comes ‘Bad News’ Marvin Barnes. The fans
boo him and after flipping them off, he makes his way to the ring. After getting in the ring, the music changes
and out comes Nix Anderson. The bell rings as soon as Nix got into the ring and
for 3 minutes, he and Barnes went toe to toe.
After that, Nix hit Barnes with the Ukulele smash and went for a pin but
only got a 2 count. Barnes tried for a
comeback bouncing off the ropes but he never did anything. Nix manages to snag him and hit a swinging
neckbreaker. He went for the pin and put
his foot on the bottom rope (that is what Barnes did to him in their last
match) and he got the 1-2-3. Nix gets
the win and with that, solidifies his match for the PPV. Nix gets on the mic and calls out the
Ambassador. The Ambassador comes out
and stands on the stage. Nix says he won
and now wants the official acceptance of his challenge for the Hardcore title
at the PPV. The Ambassador goes on blah
blah blah and what he was doing was taking Nix’s attention from what was
happening behind him. Nix realized it
was a ploy at the last moment turning around only to get hit by a Vampire Lunge
from Dr. Red Fang. Nix is down. The Ambassador makes his way to the ring and
leans in saying that Dr. Red Fang accepts the challenge. Fang and the Ambassador leave to boos from
the crowd. Nix is able to make it to the
back under his own power. (9 min for the
match; 5 for the aftermath)
The team of
Maximillian Redbeard, TNT and Superquake Ferguson are being interviewed. Tonight, they get a shot at the 6 man tag
team titles held by the Steel Curtain and Biceps Bannerman. Maximillian says that taking nothing away,
the champs are great but they have not met this trio. When asked about if they were concerned that
rumors were that the World Tag Team the Jacks were in the building, Superquake
said that if they stick their noses into their match, they will be removed the
hard way. Finally, TNT was asked if he’d
heard from Scooter J since he took off time to recover. TNT says that SJ is looking for “his smile”
and once he finds it, he will be back in the ring dominating like never
before. The trio walk off.
The match kicks
off with Bishop Ripley making his way out to the ring to a mixed reaction from
the crowd. Over the loudspeakers blares
(there sure is a lot of that going on as of late) “Killa Pops is in da
hoooooose” and the fans pop as Killa makes his way to the stage. He begins the journey to the ring high fiving
the fans as he makes his way down. Once
the match began, it was only a matter of time before Apollo Gyze came out to distract
Killa. Killa was not happy with the appearance
and it cost him the match after getting caught with the Alien Resurrection from
Bishop. Apollo sauntered his way down to
the ring mocking Killa. Kill got to his
feet and the fans gasped as someone entered the ring from the other side. Killa turns around and his eyes go wide. “Cocoon?” he asks before being leveled by a
huge clothesline. Apollo joins in the ‘fun’
and assists the new guy with beating down Killa. Apollo takes a mic and introduces the man who
will not only help him eliminate Killa Pops but to be in his corner for his
World title match. Apollo has an evil
smile cross his face as he re-introduces the world to the Big Cocoon. The two leave the ring and Killa ends up
needing to be helped to the back. (7 min
for the match; 5 for the aftermath)
Ladies Champion
Violet arrives in her limo. She walks into
the building to get ready for her match tonight.
We head back to
the ring for the 6 man tag team title match.
First, TNT, Maximillian Redbeard and Superquake Ferguson all come out to
a nice pop from the crowd. Once in the
ring, the music changed and the fans popped huge as the Steel Curtain (Buzz and
Starbuck Steel) and Biceps Bannerman – the champs – made their way out. They high fived with the fans as they made
their way to the ring. Each man entered
and climbed their own corner turnbuckle holding their titles high. The fans popped even louder. They, in turn, handed their belts to the ref
who placed them outside the ring. The
six men stood toe to toe in the middle of the ring. They each shook hands and then went back to
their corners. The challengers started
off strong tagging in and out to keep their man fresh. The champs struggled a bit against the
frequent tags but at 18 minutes in, the champs took over and took control of
the match. 27 minutes in, the
challengers triple teamed Biceps Bannerman severely weakening him. Superquake followed it up with the Cutting
Edge. He went for the pin but Biceps got
his foot on the bottom rope at 1. Biceps
makes it to his feet and throws Ferguson out of the ring. He then makes the hot tag to Starbuck. Just as Superquake came back in, Starbuck
attempted to bodyslam him however the weight was too great and Ferguson fell on
top of him. The ref began to count but
Buzz was able to make the save. Just
then, the bell rang bringing this one to a 30 min draw finish. The match ends with all 6 men
exhausted. Just then, the Jacks (Mean
Jack Mason and Angry Jack Lawson) grab TNT and chokeslam him through a
table. They then attack Ferguson and Redbeard
and fought all the way to the back. The
champs were going to help but they were attacked by Wilber Townsend, Anthony
Boom and Leon Teremoto. Wilber managed
to hit the GTS (Go to Sleep) on all 3 of the champs. He then threw out the challenge again for a
match at the PPV. He anxiously awaits
their response. As they started to
leave, Buzz got to his feet first and told Wilber and gang they would accept
the match at the PPV. The fans popped
but Wilber smiled this crazy smile back at them and continued on his way to the
back. Buzz helped Starbuck and Biceps up
and they made their way backstage.
We’re sitting with
Killa Pops. He’s muttering something to
himself. “Well, damn, I didn’t see that
coming. Best think of something.” He must have as a big smile crossed his
face. I guess we’ll have to wait and see
what that is.
It’s time for our
main event. The Ladies title is on the
line. Sarona Reiher makes her way out
first to booing from the crowd. Once in
the ring, Violet’s music hits and out comes the champ. She stands on the stage as pyro and fog fill
in around her. She rushes down to the
ring, sliding under the bottom rope. She
takes her title, climbs a turnbuckle and holds it high. She does this in each corner. Sarona is tapping her foot waiting
impatiently for the match to begin.
Violet hands off the title and the bell rings starting this one off. Violet controlled the match early but then
Sarona began mounting an offense. Sarona
hit two consecutive Superfly Splash from the top rope but Violet made it to the
ropes to prevent a pin attempt. She got
back to her feet and caught Sarona with a jumping knee smash stunning her. Violet then locked in the triangle choke in
the middle of the ring. Sarona thrashed
about but was not able to break the hold or make it to the ropes so she ended
up tapping out. Violet gets the win and
retains her title. As the ref hands her
the belt, she asks for a mic. “You know
little one, for something so small, you make a lot of noise. Yes, I heard you the first time and YES I accept
you challenge for THIS belt at the PPV.
Time to tear down the house.” The
fans pop huge and the show comes to an end with Violet standing tall in the
middle of the ring.
The PPV is just a
few short weeks away. Stay tuned to
catch all the action.
