Hello fans and
welcome back to another installment of HCW’s Tacoma Thunder Show. After the pyro goes off to kick off the show,
Emmett Millbarge and Cushmann Armitage come out and the fans boo them. Cushman warns the crowd. They booing intensifies. It gets even louder. “Fine.
You brought it on yourself.
Emmett…” Emmett takes the
mic. “You fans here are a bunch of
ingrates and can’t seem to appreciate anything.
Well, just remember that you brought this on yourself. You’ve given us no choice but to move the PPV
location from Tacoma to Seattle as you people are not deserving of a show of
this magnitude.” Now THAT got the fans
even more riled up than before. “We will
take the show not only where it will bring more appreciative fans (yeah right)
but make more money for US. Ha Ha.” The fans got so upset that they began
throwing things at Emmett and Cushman on the stage. Cushman warned them that if they do not cease
this abhorrent behavior, he will have no choice but to cancel the show. The threat had little effect. “Ok, fine.
You unworthy fans…” He doesn’t
finish his threat as music hit and out comes GM Max McGillicutty. The fans popped so loud that it was
deafening. Max walks over and forcibly
takes the mic from Cushman. “You will do
no such thing. In fact, why are you even
here? Your hostile takeover attempt was
thwarted and now all your hopes and dreams are relying on one match. I’m here now and the two of you can just
leave.” The fans pop turned to once of
concern and warning as Master Bull came from the back wielding a chair and he
blasted Max in the back with it. The
Tacoma GM hits the floor. Master Bull,
Emmett and Cushman all have one last hurrah before hurrying off stage. Medics came out and after a cursory glance,
they called for a stretcher. Max was
loaded up on it and taken to the back as the concerned fans looked on.
We head backstage
where ‘the Singapore Sensation’ Matt Preacher is with the Hardcore Champion
Hardcore Hensen and “future Ladies Champion” Vanilla Zombie. Tonight, Hensen defends the hardcore title
against Ghee Buttersnaps. Hensen laughs
at the name and says that he’ll plow through Ghee like a hot knife through butter. Preacher then says that Vanilla has a shot at
Ravishing Raquel’s title and like the “Thanos Snap”, Raquel’s title run comes
to an end and the FUTURE of the Ladies division takes the reigns.
Our first match of
the night kicks off with an explosion of sorts as Bob ‘Powder’ Keg makes his
way out to the ring. The crowd gives him
an ok reception but when his opponent Protocide comes out, the fans pop huge
for him. Protocide makes his way down to
the ring and does some posing (ala Hulk Hogan) before the match finally begins. Bob started off strong really taking the
match to Protocide but it wasn’t until the super soldier decided he’d had
enough that the tide turned and the strong man began to battle back hard. Protocide used his strength to wear down Bob
until Protocide locked in the Super Soldier Test of Strength and brought Bob to
his knees. With his hands otherwise
preoccupied, Bob had no choice but to yell out “I submit”. Protocide releases him and the crowd pops for
the super soldier as he poses and shows off for the fans.
Regulation (making
their way up from Phoenix) approach Cushman and Emmett and ask for a match at
the PPV. Emmett asks what they had in
mind and after not being able to make up their minds, Emmett throws out that
they will take on Texas Wildfire, Sonic Blade and ‘Top Gun’ Justin Winger. Ruth Heartless tried to interject that they
wanted someone else but before she could, Emmett told them to go back to
Phoenix and showed them to the door and closed it behind them.
We head back to
the ring for our next match. First
Felicia Cummings comes out to booing from the crowd. Her twin sister Betsy doesn’t appear to be
around but never count them out for the old switcheroo. Next, Ruby Rose comes out to a nice pop from
the crowd. Ruby makes it into the ring
and immediately warns Felicia to stay away from the shenanigans. Felicia has this look that says “Who me?” and
the match begins. The match started with
Felicia taking control and wouldn’t you know it, her twin Betsy was there all
along hiding under the ring. 15 minutes into the match, Felicia rolled out of
the ring and did the switch with her twin but complain as she might, the ref
never saw it so he did nothing about it.
Ruby did however and started to beat the tar out of Betsy. 21 minutes in and Ruby drops Betsy with an
inverted DDT. Betsy rolled out of the
ring and Felicia came back in. Ruby had had
enough and then dropped Felicia with the inverted DDT also and hooked the leg
(and maybe a foot on the ropes for payback)
and she got the 1-2-3. Ruby Rose
gets the win and pulls one over on the twins.
The crowd pops huge for her as she makes her way to the back. (22 min)
Backstage, TV
Champion Nix Anderson agrees to a rematch at the PPV however if the Unknown
Assassin wants it bad enough, he should put his career on the line. UA attacks him and says he’ll keep attacking
until Nix accepts. And by the way, he’s
not stupid enough to put his career on the line. The Unknown Assassin walks away. Some people try to help Nix up but he pushes
them away. He’s steaming.
Our next match is
a go. First, the Smashers led by their
manager MJ make their way out to booing from the fans. They flip the fans off and that seems to feed
into the frenzy. Next, Adam Jameson and
Billy Robbins make their way out to a nice pop from the crowd. The two high five the fans as they make their
way down to the ring. The Smashers
attack them on the outside of the ring and then throw them in to get this match
moving. The Smashers were definitely the
dominant team but they could not keep anyone’s shoulders to the mat for more
than a 2 count. AJ and Billy showed a
tremendous amount of intestinal fortitude in just being able to go the distance
with these monsters. In the end, the
bell rang bringing this action packed match to it’s conclusion. The match ends in a draw and the Smashers
tried to continue beating on their opponents but the ref threatened them with
fines and suspensions if they did not cease.
MJ got them to cool off and they left immediately. AJ and Billy shook it off and celebrated with
the fans briefly before leaving. (30 min
draw)
Backstage, the
newest member of the HCW roster Haylee Hailstone is cutting a promo about how
something so small could be so powerful but she is interrupted by the visiting
(from Phoenix) Sarona Reiher. Sarona
mockingly welcomes her to HCW and tells her it’s not the small who prevail but
the big and strong and Hayley is neither.
Hayley stands on her tippy toes and looks Sarona in, well the chin, and
tells her that if she’s feeling up to it, there is a ring that she can show
what she’s got. Sarona accepts and walks
off. Hayley smiles.
Up next is our
Hardcore title match. First, the challenger Ghee Buttersnaps comes out to a
nice pop from the crowd. Next, ‘The
Singapore Sensation’ Matt Preacher comes out and the crowd boos but gets even
louder when he brings out Hardcore Hensen – the champion. The two walk down to the ring and then
Preacher goes to sit at ringside. Henson
immediately goes on the warpath. For 12
minutes though, Ghee owned the champ and there were a couple of times it looked
like he was going to get the pin but Preacher would make the save. Henson then rammed Ghee’s head into the
exposed turnbuckle bracket and Ghee was busted open. The ref began to count but Ghee made it back
up to his feet. 5 minutes later, Henson
would try for a hard bodyslam and a pin but Ghee got his foot on the bottom
rope. Henson then tried to throw Ghee
out of the ring but it was neutralized so Henson settled for a stiff forearm
shot. Ghee stunned the champ with a
belly to back suplex. Ghee grabs a chair
and went to hit Henson with it but Henson ripped it out of his hands dropping
it on the mat. He throws Ghee to the
ropes and hits a powerslam right on top of the chair. Henson makes the cover and gets the 3
count. Hardcore Henson gets the win and
another successful title defense. (22
min) Henson picked up the chair and Ghee
and was going to hit him with it again until Protocide ran out for the
save. Protocide tells Henson that if wants to pick
on someone, why not try him. Henson
scoffs at him and tries to walk away. Before
Henson could take off, Protocide attacks him up the ramp but before Henson would
leave, Protocide removes his mask (only Henson could see who it was) and Henson’s
eyes go all wide. He mumbles “No, it can’t
be...” and rushes to the back. Protocide
slips his mask back on, poses for the crowd and then leaves. Hmm, I
wonder what that is about.
Backstage, lounging
in “their” office, Emmett and Cushman are talking about the PPV when Max McGillicutty
storms in. They are surprised to see him
(upright). Max orders them out of “his”
office and as they begin to leave, Emmett makes a snarky comment (NSFW) and Max
shoves Cushman out of the office and slams the door shut before Emmett could
leave. Cushman thinks about if he wants
to go back in there and “save” his right hand man but he shrugs his shoulders
and leaves as high pitched screams emanate from behind the door.
We have our cross
promotional match up next. First,
visiting from Phoenix is Sarona Reiher.
The fans give her a mixed reaction as she makes her way down to the
ring. She doesn’t seem to care if the
roster cheers or boos her. Next, the
Omegatron lights up with images from hail storms and out comes Hayley Hailstone
to a huge pop from the crowd. She eventually
makes her way to the ring and an impatient Sarona taps her foot waiting for the
match to begin. Sarona controls the
first few minutes but then after slapping Hayley across the face, Hayley ran
roughshot all over Sarona beating her from pillar to post. 17 minutes in, Sarona began to turn things around
and the two of them were basically trading shots back and forth. In the final minute of the match, Sarona
bodyslammed Hayley on the mat and then went to the top rope to deliver the
superfly splash. She launched but Hayley
was quick to her feet and caught Sarona mid-air with a roundhouse kick that
knocked Sarona into next week. Hayley
went for the pin and got the 3 count.
Hayley gets the win and celebrates with the fans briefly before
leaving. Sarona had to be helped to the
back by the ref. (21 min)
Davis ‘the Hoff’
Hoffmeister says that he’s taking a break from tagging with Magnum Kone to keep
up his game. He says that he was giving
the choice on who he wanted to fight tonight and he picked Ivan Dragovich. Davis tells Ivan that this isn’t “Rocky 4”
and reminds Ivan of the ending “The bigger they are, the harder they fall.” He walks off.
Our next match
begins when Ivan Dragovich came out to booing from the crowd. After he made it to the ring, the music
changed and out comes Davis ‘the Hoff’ Hoffmeister. The fans pop HUGE for this guy. He high fives with some of the fans but then
is in the ring and he puts on is “all-business” face. Ivan meets him in the middle of the ring and
says “I’m going to break you.” Hoff
responds with, yep…”Go for it”. Davis
had the slight advantage but the rowdy Russian was right there with him. Ivan took Davis down with a spinning heel
kick but then Davis threw him out of the ring.
Ivan, frustrated, grabbed a steel chair.
He tried to get into the ring with it but the ref struggled to get it
away. Ivan won the tug of war and
blasted Davis with it resulting in a disqualification. Davis recovered fairly quickly and hurled
Ivan out of the ring. He then stayed a
few moments to celebrate with the fans before heading to the back.
Backstage, Ladies
Champion Ravishing Raquel says that she is the foundation that the Ladies division
is built upon. She says that out of all
of the opponents she’s ever taken on, her opponent tonight – Vanilla Zombie –
has to be the wackiest of them all. At
the end of the day, she is a WRESTLER and not a Zombie so we know who’s going
to win. “If conventional methods don’t
work, there’s always the ‘double tap’” (a reference to the movie
Zombieland).
It’s time for our
Main Event. First, ‘the Singapore
Sensation’ Matt Preacher comes out and introduces “the next Ladies Champion”
Vanilla Zombie. Vanilla still has her
group of fans wearing zombie-like make up but the rest of the audience is
booing her. She looks around quizzically
and then proceeds to the ring. Next, the
music changes and out comes the Ladies Champion Ravishing Raquel. She comes out to a mixed reaction from the crowd. The match begins right away.
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In the 1st minute of the match: =====
Ravishing
Raquel (f) rolled OC.
Vanilla
Zombie (f) rolled OC.
Ravishing
Raquel (f) executes a RAVISHING ARMBAR....
Vanilla
Zombie (f) executes a HEADBUTT....
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In the 2nd minute of the match: =====
Ravishing
Raquel (f) rolled DC
Vanilla
Zombie (f) rolled OC.
Vanilla
Zombie (f) executes a SOUL CRUSHER....
Ravishing
Raquel (f) reverses SOUL CRUSHER!
Ravishing
Raquel (f) executes a RAVISHING ARMBAR....
Vanilla
Zombie (f) attempts to defend against RAVISHING ARMBAR but is unsuccessful.
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In the 3rd minute of the match: =====
Ravishing
Raquel (f) rolled DC
Vanilla
Zombie (f) rolled OC.
Vanilla
Zombie (f) executes a PILEDRIVER....
Ravishing
Raquel (f) reverses PILEDRIVER!
Ravishing
Raquel (f) executes a HAMMER SMASH TO THE BACK....
Vanilla
Zombie (f) reverses HAMMER SMASH TO THE BACK!
Vanilla
Zombie (f) executes a HEADBUTT....
Ravishing
Raquel (f) absorbs the punishment.
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In the 4th minute of the match: =====
Ravishing
Raquel (f) rolled OC.
Vanilla
Zombie (f) rolled OC.
Ravishing
Raquel (f) executes a DIVING KNEE DROP....
Vanilla
Zombie (f) executes a JAWBREAKER....
Vanilla Zombie rolls out of the ring and goes for a chair. Her manager tried to convince her to put it
down but she refused. The ref then began
talking to Preacher about what was going on.
Vanilla then tried to sneak back in to the ring with the chair but in
from the crowd came Violet Valkyrie and she yanked the chair out of her hands
and swung it hitting Vanilla in the arm.
Violet then rolled Vanilla back into the ring and took back off through
the crowd.
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In the 5th minute of the match: =====
Ravishing
Raquel (f) rolled OC.
Vanilla
Zombie (f) rolled OC/TT
Vanilla
Zombie (f) executes a ATOMIC DROP....but then grabbed her arm trying to get feeling
back into it but then…
Ravishing
Raquel (f) executes a RAVISHING CHICKENWING....
Ravishing
Raquel (f) straps in the RAVISHING CHICKENWING.
Vanilla
Zombie (f) submits!!!
Ravishing
Raquel (f) wins with a RAVISHING CHICKENWING over Vanilla Zombie (f)!!!
Ravishing
Raquel gets the win via submission and retains her title. The fans weren’t all that happy with the
short match but enjoyed the action packed show.
As
Raquel makes her way back up the ramp, she holds the title high as the show
comes to an end.
We
have one more show before the PPV so stay tuned.
