Post by MadStepDad on Apr 16, 2011 18:17:22 GMT -5
1) Cut to the in-studio announce team for the evening:
Gordon Solie & Matt Striker
GORDON SOLIE: See wrestling used to be run by wrestlers, now it's run by corporate entities, and that's where I finally bailed out. I finally had had enough of the corporate crap and decided to get the hell out of it. First of all it was a much tighter form of wrestling. When we were doing those shows they were shipped in and edited. I was doing them with MSD at first, then later they brought in Bruno Sammartino and we did several shows together. They would say, "Do you want to see these matches in advance?" and I said, "No, I didn't want to see them in advance, I want to be able to call them as I see them..." And the thing that I found so pleasing was, that be not having seen them ahead of time, I could not tell who was going to win. The matches were so close that many times the person that I had picked in my mind as the winner didn't win. I'll never forget one kid that I was watching, Jun Kasai. I had never seen him before and he really didn't look like a wrestler he didn't have the etched muscles and all of that - but I was watching him in his match and instinctively I began to go with this kid because he was doing a lot of things naturally that a lot of other guys really had to work at - he just seems to have it - an lo and behold he ended up winning the King of the Death Match Championship over here! The matches over here are...you earn everything you get over here. You don't see the horrible mismatches, and that really used to get to me, you watch some fine young kid grossly outdistanced by their opponent - there was no contest. For me to sit down and say, "Boy this is going to be a great contest..." I felt like I owed my viewers more honesty then that.
MATT STRIKER: XPW Remixed is a great site, the guys that run it are my buds, I like that XPW covers promotions and wrestlers that people are unfamiliar with or may not get enough exposure to. XPW has really grown in the last year.
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1) THE HOT STUFF ANNOUNCEMENT
The beautiful young Missy Hyatt is in the ring with the equally-smitten backstage correspondent for XPW, MSD. She has a pedestal set up in the center of the ring, upon which a large box (covered with a green sheet) rests.
MSD: Did you get the little gift I sent you last month for Valentines Day???
MISSY HYATT: (giggles flirtatiously) Last month on Valentines Day, the great people at Big Vision Entertainment had bombarded my mail box with DVD's. There is nothing better than having Big Vision Entertainment and MSD tell me that they love me by sending me XPW Remixed: New Years Revolution, a box set of NWA Lucha Libre, & Omega Uncommon Passion!
MSD: What did you think when you first heard the Gold Dust Trio Inc was re-launching and remixing Xtreme Pro wrestling?
MISSY HYATT: I was amazed that Big Vision Entertainment [in conjunction with Gold Dust Trio Inc] had created a XPW reunion show. I'm even doubly amazed that there was a demand by the fans for a reunion show. I decided to watch that DVD first and I had no idea on what to expect. My memories of XPW, since I was a "XPW Original" was that they were just another fly by night ECW knock off. The initial show had every ECW cast off from myself, Public Enemy, Pit Bulls, Big Dick Dudley, & others. Plus there was nothing like Rob Black running around with a headset, while thinking that he was the second coming of Paul Heyman. Plus Rob Black kept asking out loud, "How Would Paul Have Done This"? Needless to say that we all took the $$$ and didn't expect much from the company. Granted the company was among the first wrestling companies to get national DVD distribution in retail stores. They beat out ECW & WCW [who never even got to make a DVD]. My only memory of XPW was managing a wannabe Sandman character in Johnny Webb. Lets take a guy with a cane, cigarettes, & beer and put him with Missy. Obviously people are going to make the comparison to Sandman. Duh! Luckily Johnny Webb developed his own shtick and personality and even provided some memorable moments.
MSD: Alot of people got really scared when they heard XPW was coming back to Mash-Up Wrestling...
MISSY HYATT: I had very low expectations on wanting to see a XPW Reunion show. Especially since Rob Black's abrasive personality was part of the reason that nobody from the East Coast was willing to attend XPW shows. Nothing like pissing off the ECW/CZW/ROH/3PW fans and than expecting them to attend his vision of wrestling. I found his TV revolting. He had a John Wayne Gacy character that implied that he killed children [Pogo the Clown]. A skin head manager that had a tattoo of a skin head being crucified on his back. Simulated rape/bondage scenes with Tool w/ Louis Cypher and Jessica Darlin. Did I mention Messiah brawling with Supreme in a confessional? Than lets not forget Messiah possibly getting his thumb cut off by people linked with Rob Black in real life. Needless to say that this company had a very bad stigma. I gave the DVD the benefit of the doubt, since it had no involvement by Rob Black. Plus how could you go wrong with a wrestling show that features Necro Butcher, Terry Funk, Cryme Tyme, & Bruno Sammartino?
Missy Hyatt has been blessed by the upper management arm of Gold Dust Trio Inc to personally reintroduce one of the greatest assets in XPW history (no, not her boobs or ass). With a flourish, she removes the cloth from the case set up in the ring to reveal the XPW TV Title!!!
Missy poses and shows the magnificent title belt off to great crowd approval. Just then - she's cut off by "Hot Stuff" by Donna Summers... it's none other than EDDIE GILBERT!!!
On commentary, Striker and Solie remind of the ripe history between Hyatt and Gilbert. This is their first reunion in a wrestling ring since the demise of Hot Stuff Inc... and only XPW Remixed can bring it to you!!! Eddie Gilbert kicks it to a blushing Missy Hyatt, and it's clear that the self-proclaimed King of Tennessee and "King of Philadelphia" (a title he beat Terry Funk for at ECW Summer Sizzler) is ready to declare himself the new XPW TV champion as well - with Missy Hyatt's blessing of course. But as he leers in for the deal-clinching smooch all he gets is the palm and cold shoulder. Actually Eddie, the new Hot Stuff has yet to be crowned. #1 contendership for the all new XPW TV title will be determined in a match later this evening... and you're not in it! Gilbert explodes in exaggerated outrage, while the crowd cheers his exclusion. Dissed and dismissed, whip of the hair, play Missy Hyatt's theme ("Hate Myself for Loving You" by Joan Jett) and we're out! Eddie Gilbert left steaming and scheming in the ring to end the segment.
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** Dark, eerie Messiah promo from within the claustrophobic confines of a confessional. His eyes flare to life and he promises to deliver Matt Bourne (aka "Doink REBOURNE") from his sins... or die trying... **
2) SO CAL JOBBERS UNION vs
POGO the CLOWN (w/ The Grand Wizard)
Winner: POGO the CLOWN
Post match, The Grand Wizard cuts another self-aggrandizing promo to incite the already-rowdy, borderline inebriated audience. This time however he's greeted on the mic by an enraged ATSUSHI ONITA!!! Crowd explodes with cheers at Onita's appearance, because it foreshadows the arrival of King of the Death Match champion Jun Kasai... and sure enough the "Crazy Monkey" shows up in the ring to blindside Pogo the Clown with a series of devastating razor blade-lined chair shots that literally shred the clown suit upon Pogo's massive back! Jun Kasai clears the ring and poses with the razor-blade chair, pausing to lick the blood in a grand flourish!
But The Grand Wizard isn't done - Berzerker and the Sheik race to the ring! Kasai and Onita do all they can to fight them off, but the added 500 lbs of devastation in Pogo the Clown tip the scales unfavorably. With TGW directing traffic, the Monster Squad begin to lay waste to Kasai and Onita once more. But this time - they're answered by CRYME TYME!!!
Shad Gaspard and JTG charge through the audience and take over on the Monstah Squad! A Pier 6 brawl erupts between the 6 men that draws forth a small army of XPW security into the ring. But the ruckus cannot be contained and the brawl continues - until the Sheik unleashes a titanic fireball in JTG's face! Even the crowd gasps in horror at this truly terrifying site! TGW and his unholy alliance of Berzerker, Sheik and Pogo the Clown get the last laugh! Gaspard stays with JTG who received medical attention and rolls out on a stretcher.
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** Backstage promo from the leader of the Cannibal Cartel "Vicious" Vic Grimes. Superfly Snuka is going down at FALLOUT, and to make sure of that Grimes has raised the stakes. Their match at FALLOUT will now be a Steel Cage Match!!! **
3) THE FUNKER RETURNS!!!
Middle-aged and crazy like a fox, Terry Funk is in XPW Arena hootin and hollerin for the hides of the Headhunterz. With this bandaged head and maniacal gleam in his eye, he calls out the Headhunterz and challenges them to a fight. After enough insults, the twin gargantuans finally make their appearance to massive boos (both adorned in black-and-white "Cannibal Cartel" gear - available in the XPW Remixed Shop Zone).
Terry Funk lights up the flaming branding iron to big "ooohs" and "ahhhs" from the drunken crowd, but the Headhunterz numbers game is too much and Funk himself winds up getting a cool fire extinguisher blast from one and jumped by the other. Both monsters pummel Funk unmercifully into the mat. With the old dog down, they flex, taunt and throw up their gang signs. They go under the ring - and in a dramatic reveal - pull out a light tube log cabin***!!! It's for their climatic spot, but as they scale the ropes in preparation for a double superbomb - who should appear from the crowd like a savior - the homicidal, suicidal, genocidal SABU!!! His surprise appearance draws a massive pop, and he winds up ambushing both Headhunterz. One takes a hurricanrana through a table! Another one eats an Arabian Facebuster (steel chair-assisted) through the log cabin! To a growing crowd ovation, Sabu and Funk - long time enemies - stare each other down center ring. Sabu points to the sky and extends his hand! Funk accepts and the two nod in respect! Oh my, Terry Funk has found his tag team partner for "Fall Out"!!!
Terry Funk & Sabu versus Headhunterz ("Light Tube Log Cabin") only at "Fall Out"!!!
GORDON SOLIE: Terry Funk... Oh yeah...he's one of the best. Terry Funk was another guy...he would come along and talk on the sidelines. Of course Funk and I were on the same wave-length...you know we both wanted to protect the integrity of the sport and to guard the logic of the sport.
*** "Light tube log cabin" = a bundle of flourescent light tubes wrapped and tied into a square formation, resembling a "log cabin"
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4) MIL MASCARAS (1975) vs HAKUSHI (1995)
(XPW TV Title #1 Contender Match)
versus
Nationalist pride on display throughout the arena, as scattered pockets of fans throughout proudly brandish Mexican or Japanese flags in support of their favorites. Big match entrances for both men. Mascaras has the size and strength advantage, and his speed and reflexes are enough to match Hakushi. But the Japanese star shines with sheer cat-like dexterity and agility, executing seemingly impossible counters and striking from improbable angles (like a Kamikaze pilot, Solie relates on commentary). Fast paced, high-wire, X-Division/WCW Cruiser weight circa late '90s-styled match between the two competitors. Astounding series of roll-throughs off a Mil Mascaras top rope cross body block lead to the masked man about to pull out the victory... when an unseen hand grabs the referee from his position! It's Eddie Gilbert!
In a fury, Gilbert slides into the ring with a steel chair and absolutely hammers both Hakushi and Mascaras! Bell frantically rings to end the spectacle, but Gilbert has only begun. Stun gun for Hakushi! Fireball for Mascaras! Gilbert has a live mic, and he calls out Missy Hyatt! He claims sole responsibility for her success and initiation in this business and DEMANDS she deliver what is rightfully his - the new XPW TV title! His angry discourse draws the young, sensual Missy Hyatt from backstage (with a bright smile on her face and the new XPW TV title in her hands). She too has a mic, and retorts with sass and vigor. Hot Stuff International was her creation, she holds the Intellectual Property rights, and she's reinventing the franchise TONIGHT when she introduces the new XPW TV champion...
Introducing the Rockstar KAOS!!!
The Rockstar Kid Kaos makes his triumphant return to XPW to a huge hometown ovation (much to Eddie Gilbert's in ring consternation). Kaos on the mic and he tells Gilbert that if he wants some - come get some - but get in line first. With that said, Hakushi suddenly springs to life behind Gilbert - knocking him silly with a springboard dropkick! This opens him up for a top rope splash from Mil Mascaras that leaves Gilbert writhing in pain on the mat! KAOS holds the new XPW TV title aloft as Missy Hyatt makes it official - 4 way ladder match at "Fall Out" for the new XPW TV Title! Kaos defends against Gilbert, Hakushi & Mascaras!
GORDON SOLIE: To a degree Eddie was one of the great, great minds in the sport. Eddie brought a sophistication to the sport that had never been seen before. Eddie would tell the wrestlers that came into our area the rules and regulations for wrestling in XPW, and one of his admonishments every time was, "...and there's one thing you don't do...you don't touch the Kings crown. Here, Gilbert felt disrespected and responded in traditional, vile, Eddie Gilbert form. His comeuppance is well deserved, and I for one applaud Missy Hyatt for standing her ground and getting rid of that creep once and for all. A lot of these guys were used to being in a territory where they could push people aside or grab the mic out of his hand, you know, and treat them basically like a piece of dirt. Guys like "Hot Stuff" Eddie Gilbert obviously don't respect anybody, and yet expect everybody to respect them. And Eddie would always close it out too by saying, "You know..." If anybody questioned him on it, he'd say, "...do you plan on drawing any money with him?"...and that pretty well put everybody in their place. Well it's about time somebody finally put Eddie Gilbert in HIS place...
MATT STRIKER: I enjoy wrestling- period. There are some places where I learn valuable lessons more so than others. XPW Remixed is one of those places. I have earned opportunities and I am thankful for that. And for Eddie Gilbert to make a mockery of that tonight with his actions just shows the absolute disrespect he has for everything righteous and pure in this sport. Hopefully his ugly antics won't tarnish what is sure to be a beautiful match for the XPW TV title at "Fall Out".
** Shady, spooky midnight promo from a masked Doink REBOURNE who rambles on about mercy, salvation and redemption until becoming completely unhinged and promising to draw blood at "Fall Out" in his match against the Messiah. **
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5) DAMIEN DEMENTO & EZEKIEL JACKSON (w/ Kevin Sullivan & Lizzy Borden)
vs.
BRUNO SAMMARTINO & LOU THESZ
versus
Black Army get their Rockstar entrance, with Ezekiel Jackson arising from beneath the stage like a demon unleashed. Lou Thesz and XPW Champion Bruno Sammartino get separate entrances, each to resounding applause. But before the match can begin - much to do is made about the special referee for this occasion... none other than the OG Nature Boy Buddy Rogers!!!
Special Referee!!!
Sammartino and Thesz are aghast as Rogers struts like a peacock in his referee stripes. On-screen XPW Remixed commissioner Ed "Strangler" Lewis confirms the official appointment, and to make sure things remain fair and impartial, Lewis will be remaining at ringside as an uninvolved observer (the look on Thesz and Sammartino's faces reveal their grim concern). Strangler Lewis takes a seat at ringside to watch the match. Thesz and Demento start the match, and Thesz just dissects him with precision go-behinds and expert take downs. Things don't fare much better for Demento when Sammartino tags in and crushes him with a variety of suplexes and throws. But the match complexion immediately changes when Ezekiel Jackson - the Apocalypse of 2012 - makes his official entrance. He overpowers even the Italian strongman himself, and flattens them with devastating clotheslines. Kevin Sullivan and Lizzy Borden continue to make a spectacle at ringside. Special referee Buddy Rogers is harsh on Thesz and Sammartino, halting their offensive momentum multiple times over silly things like closed fists and not breaking for 5-counts (while conveniently ignoring the instances in which Demento or Jackson do the same things). Finally, tensions boil over and all hell breaks loose as all 4 men brawl uncontrollably in the ring. Strangler Lewis slides the chair he's sitting on into the ring, where it's retrieved by Ezekiel Jackson who uses it to crush Sammartino with an unprotected chair shot (drawing blood). Buddy Rogers gladly counts to 3 for that, and the Black Army wins!
Winners: EZEKIEL JACKSON & DAMIEN DEMENTO
Post match, "The Prince of Darkness" Kevin Sullivan emerges with a giant metal spike from beneath his cloak! With Lizzy Borden caressing and slinking around him, he positions the spike above Bruno's skull and gouges the XPW champion in horrifying fashion! Ezekiel Jackson finishes Sammartino with a devastating standing rock bottom onto a steel chair! Lou Thesz finally breaks free of Demento and makes the save, but Sammartino is a bloody, savaged mess. Suddenly Lou Thesz is clipped from behind by Buddy Rogers! The Nature Boy rips off his referee shirt to reveal his bronzed, sculpted physique. He hammers away on Thesz's knee and ankle some more! Buddy Rogers sets up Thesz for the Figure-4 leglock, screaming that he will make Thesz say "I QUIT!!!" But before he can cinch it in, Thesz fights back! In a rage, the "Undisputed Wrestling Champion" (a title he earned by beating Strangler Lewis at "My Bloody Valentine") hammers away on Rogers before flattening him with a Thesz press and pounding out the Nature Boy! But as Thesz mounts Rogers and unleashes the ground-n-pound, Strangler Lewis is sneaking up from behind him with the steel chair! He's about to clobber Thesz from behind! But a pair of hands interjects at the last minute to intercept the Stranglers swing...
Introducing JACK SWAGGER!!! ()
Strangler Lewis appears shocked to see the tall Oklahoman! Swagger (in street clothes) halts the chair swing and simply nods his disapproval. Swagger snatches the chair from Lewis and has a mic, where he addresses the crooked promoter. When Jack Swaggers old training partner Lou Thesz called him and told him about the golden opportunities here in XPW Remixed, and his chance to finally put an end to Buddy Rogers trash talk forever, Swagger knew he had to make the trip. That's why - in an effort to make sure things remain "fair and impartial", to quote an earlier Strangler Lewis comment - Jack Swagger has had himself officially inserted into the "I Quit" match as Special Referee! Where he promises to call the match right down the middle and give Lou Thesz more than enough time to stretch every muscle and break every bone in the Nature Boys' body! Buddy Rogers and Strangler Lewis are outraged as they flee the ring! Jack Swagger helps Thesz to his feet where the two shake hands and embrace! They stay with the paramedics who tend to fallen XPW Champion Bruno Sammartino in the ring, and the two charter members of the Shooters Club (elite, high-level training team of various fantasy wrestling deities) make sure no other attacks occur. Jack Swagger has arrived in XPW to even the odds! But can Bruno Sammartino withstand the titanic force of his #1 contender Ezekiel Jackson? What kind of unholy battle will be waged between Messiah and Doink Rebourne? Who is the true XPW TV champion, how high can Superfly fly and does the The Grand Wizard have enough firepower to torch the King of the Death Match champion Jun Kasai??? Tune in to "Fall Out" to find out! Live on PPV!!!
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GORDON SOLIE: Lou Thesz, by the way, is a guy who is still on the air and is still doing it, in my opinion, in the right way, which is the old fashioned way. He's not one of these "new and improved" individuals. He gets out there and reports a solid match, in my opinion, the way a match should be. No, they [Gold Dust Trio] target the audience today, so consequently when you target your audience to an 8 year old, or a 10 year old, or a 12 year old mentality...but then they are much sharper today ten they were thirty years ago. You know, good lord, they sit down at the computer and they have access to information around the world at their fingertips, these kids are growing up very quickly mentally, I don't know how emotionally well they are doing...but that's another subject... The match between Thesz and Rogers, and Sammartino vs Ezekiel Jackson, are clashes of good versus evil - ignorance versus enlightenment - justice versus punishment. They are battling for the very souls and minds of XPW's impressionable viewing audience. I fear what will become of our industry if that dying flame of truth and honor were allowed to flicker away for good...
MATT STRIKER: I speak with Thesz and Swagger often. There has been some issues with some members of the group [Shooters Club] but Swagger is still on the current roster and very much a part of the Shooter Club family! May the best man win at "Fall Out!"
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CREDITS:
MISSY HYATT: Wrestlingfigs.com Editorial
MATT STRIKER: Declaration of Independents interview
GORDON SOLIE: Jeremy Hartley TWC Online interview
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Winner: POGO the CLOWN
Post match, The Grand Wizard cuts another self-aggrandizing promo to incite the already-rowdy, borderline inebriated audience. This time however he's greeted on the mic by an enraged ATSUSHI ONITA!!! Crowd explodes with cheers at Onita's appearance, because it foreshadows the arrival of King of the Death Match champion Jun Kasai... and sure enough the "Crazy Monkey" shows up in the ring to blindside Pogo the Clown with a series of devastating razor blade-lined chair shots that literally shred the clown suit upon Pogo's massive back! Jun Kasai clears the ring and poses with the razor-blade chair, pausing to lick the blood in a grand flourish!
But The Grand Wizard isn't done - Berzerker and the Sheik race to the ring! Kasai and Onita do all they can to fight them off, but the added 500 lbs of devastation in Pogo the Clown tip the scales unfavorably. With TGW directing traffic, the Monster Squad begin to lay waste to Kasai and Onita once more. But this time - they're answered by CRYME TYME!!!
Shad Gaspard and JTG charge through the audience and take over on the Monstah Squad! A Pier 6 brawl erupts between the 6 men that draws forth a small army of XPW security into the ring. But the ruckus cannot be contained and the brawl continues - until the Sheik unleashes a titanic fireball in JTG's face! Even the crowd gasps in horror at this truly terrifying site! TGW and his unholy alliance of Berzerker, Sheik and Pogo the Clown get the last laugh! Gaspard stays with JTG who received medical attention and rolls out on a stretcher.
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** Backstage promo from the leader of the Cannibal Cartel "Vicious" Vic Grimes. Superfly Snuka is going down at FALLOUT, and to make sure of that Grimes has raised the stakes. Their match at FALLOUT will now be a Steel Cage Match!!! **
3) THE FUNKER RETURNS!!!
Middle-aged and crazy like a fox, Terry Funk is in XPW Arena hootin and hollerin for the hides of the Headhunterz. With this bandaged head and maniacal gleam in his eye, he calls out the Headhunterz and challenges them to a fight. After enough insults, the twin gargantuans finally make their appearance to massive boos (both adorned in black-and-white "Cannibal Cartel" gear - available in the XPW Remixed Shop Zone).
Terry Funk lights up the flaming branding iron to big "ooohs" and "ahhhs" from the drunken crowd, but the Headhunterz numbers game is too much and Funk himself winds up getting a cool fire extinguisher blast from one and jumped by the other. Both monsters pummel Funk unmercifully into the mat. With the old dog down, they flex, taunt and throw up their gang signs. They go under the ring - and in a dramatic reveal - pull out a light tube log cabin***!!! It's for their climatic spot, but as they scale the ropes in preparation for a double superbomb - who should appear from the crowd like a savior - the homicidal, suicidal, genocidal SABU!!! His surprise appearance draws a massive pop, and he winds up ambushing both Headhunterz. One takes a hurricanrana through a table! Another one eats an Arabian Facebuster (steel chair-assisted) through the log cabin! To a growing crowd ovation, Sabu and Funk - long time enemies - stare each other down center ring. Sabu points to the sky and extends his hand! Funk accepts and the two nod in respect! Oh my, Terry Funk has found his tag team partner for "Fall Out"!!!
Terry Funk & Sabu versus Headhunterz ("Light Tube Log Cabin") only at "Fall Out"!!!
GORDON SOLIE: Terry Funk... Oh yeah...he's one of the best. Terry Funk was another guy...he would come along and talk on the sidelines. Of course Funk and I were on the same wave-length...you know we both wanted to protect the integrity of the sport and to guard the logic of the sport.
*** "Light tube log cabin" = a bundle of flourescent light tubes wrapped and tied into a square formation, resembling a "log cabin"
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4) MIL MASCARAS (1975) vs HAKUSHI (1995)
(XPW TV Title #1 Contender Match)
versus
Nationalist pride on display throughout the arena, as scattered pockets of fans throughout proudly brandish Mexican or Japanese flags in support of their favorites. Big match entrances for both men. Mascaras has the size and strength advantage, and his speed and reflexes are enough to match Hakushi. But the Japanese star shines with sheer cat-like dexterity and agility, executing seemingly impossible counters and striking from improbable angles (like a Kamikaze pilot, Solie relates on commentary). Fast paced, high-wire, X-Division/WCW Cruiser weight circa late '90s-styled match between the two competitors. Astounding series of roll-throughs off a Mil Mascaras top rope cross body block lead to the masked man about to pull out the victory... when an unseen hand grabs the referee from his position! It's Eddie Gilbert!
In a fury, Gilbert slides into the ring with a steel chair and absolutely hammers both Hakushi and Mascaras! Bell frantically rings to end the spectacle, but Gilbert has only begun. Stun gun for Hakushi! Fireball for Mascaras! Gilbert has a live mic, and he calls out Missy Hyatt! He claims sole responsibility for her success and initiation in this business and DEMANDS she deliver what is rightfully his - the new XPW TV title! His angry discourse draws the young, sensual Missy Hyatt from backstage (with a bright smile on her face and the new XPW TV title in her hands). She too has a mic, and retorts with sass and vigor. Hot Stuff International was her creation, she holds the Intellectual Property rights, and she's reinventing the franchise TONIGHT when she introduces the new XPW TV champion...
Introducing the Rockstar KAOS!!!
The Rockstar Kid Kaos makes his triumphant return to XPW to a huge hometown ovation (much to Eddie Gilbert's in ring consternation). Kaos on the mic and he tells Gilbert that if he wants some - come get some - but get in line first. With that said, Hakushi suddenly springs to life behind Gilbert - knocking him silly with a springboard dropkick! This opens him up for a top rope splash from Mil Mascaras that leaves Gilbert writhing in pain on the mat! KAOS holds the new XPW TV title aloft as Missy Hyatt makes it official - 4 way ladder match at "Fall Out" for the new XPW TV Title! Kaos defends against Gilbert, Hakushi & Mascaras!
GORDON SOLIE: To a degree Eddie was one of the great, great minds in the sport. Eddie brought a sophistication to the sport that had never been seen before. Eddie would tell the wrestlers that came into our area the rules and regulations for wrestling in XPW, and one of his admonishments every time was, "...and there's one thing you don't do...you don't touch the Kings crown. Here, Gilbert felt disrespected and responded in traditional, vile, Eddie Gilbert form. His comeuppance is well deserved, and I for one applaud Missy Hyatt for standing her ground and getting rid of that creep once and for all. A lot of these guys were used to being in a territory where they could push people aside or grab the mic out of his hand, you know, and treat them basically like a piece of dirt. Guys like "Hot Stuff" Eddie Gilbert obviously don't respect anybody, and yet expect everybody to respect them. And Eddie would always close it out too by saying, "You know..." If anybody questioned him on it, he'd say, "...do you plan on drawing any money with him?"...and that pretty well put everybody in their place. Well it's about time somebody finally put Eddie Gilbert in HIS place...
MATT STRIKER: I enjoy wrestling- period. There are some places where I learn valuable lessons more so than others. XPW Remixed is one of those places. I have earned opportunities and I am thankful for that. And for Eddie Gilbert to make a mockery of that tonight with his actions just shows the absolute disrespect he has for everything righteous and pure in this sport. Hopefully his ugly antics won't tarnish what is sure to be a beautiful match for the XPW TV title at "Fall Out".
** Shady, spooky midnight promo from a masked Doink REBOURNE who rambles on about mercy, salvation and redemption until becoming completely unhinged and promising to draw blood at "Fall Out" in his match against the Messiah. **
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5) DAMIEN DEMENTO & EZEKIEL JACKSON (w/ Kevin Sullivan & Lizzy Borden)
vs.
BRUNO SAMMARTINO & LOU THESZ
versus
Black Army get their Rockstar entrance, with Ezekiel Jackson arising from beneath the stage like a demon unleashed. Lou Thesz and XPW Champion Bruno Sammartino get separate entrances, each to resounding applause. But before the match can begin - much to do is made about the special referee for this occasion... none other than the OG Nature Boy Buddy Rogers!!!
Special Referee!!!
Sammartino and Thesz are aghast as Rogers struts like a peacock in his referee stripes. On-screen XPW Remixed commissioner Ed "Strangler" Lewis confirms the official appointment, and to make sure things remain fair and impartial, Lewis will be remaining at ringside as an uninvolved observer (the look on Thesz and Sammartino's faces reveal their grim concern). Strangler Lewis takes a seat at ringside to watch the match. Thesz and Demento start the match, and Thesz just dissects him with precision go-behinds and expert take downs. Things don't fare much better for Demento when Sammartino tags in and crushes him with a variety of suplexes and throws. But the match complexion immediately changes when Ezekiel Jackson - the Apocalypse of 2012 - makes his official entrance. He overpowers even the Italian strongman himself, and flattens them with devastating clotheslines. Kevin Sullivan and Lizzy Borden continue to make a spectacle at ringside. Special referee Buddy Rogers is harsh on Thesz and Sammartino, halting their offensive momentum multiple times over silly things like closed fists and not breaking for 5-counts (while conveniently ignoring the instances in which Demento or Jackson do the same things). Finally, tensions boil over and all hell breaks loose as all 4 men brawl uncontrollably in the ring. Strangler Lewis slides the chair he's sitting on into the ring, where it's retrieved by Ezekiel Jackson who uses it to crush Sammartino with an unprotected chair shot (drawing blood). Buddy Rogers gladly counts to 3 for that, and the Black Army wins!
Winners: EZEKIEL JACKSON & DAMIEN DEMENTO
Post match, "The Prince of Darkness" Kevin Sullivan emerges with a giant metal spike from beneath his cloak! With Lizzy Borden caressing and slinking around him, he positions the spike above Bruno's skull and gouges the XPW champion in horrifying fashion! Ezekiel Jackson finishes Sammartino with a devastating standing rock bottom onto a steel chair! Lou Thesz finally breaks free of Demento and makes the save, but Sammartino is a bloody, savaged mess. Suddenly Lou Thesz is clipped from behind by Buddy Rogers! The Nature Boy rips off his referee shirt to reveal his bronzed, sculpted physique. He hammers away on Thesz's knee and ankle some more! Buddy Rogers sets up Thesz for the Figure-4 leglock, screaming that he will make Thesz say "I QUIT!!!" But before he can cinch it in, Thesz fights back! In a rage, the "Undisputed Wrestling Champion" (a title he earned by beating Strangler Lewis at "My Bloody Valentine") hammers away on Rogers before flattening him with a Thesz press and pounding out the Nature Boy! But as Thesz mounts Rogers and unleashes the ground-n-pound, Strangler Lewis is sneaking up from behind him with the steel chair! He's about to clobber Thesz from behind! But a pair of hands interjects at the last minute to intercept the Stranglers swing...
Introducing JACK SWAGGER!!! ()
Strangler Lewis appears shocked to see the tall Oklahoman! Swagger (in street clothes) halts the chair swing and simply nods his disapproval. Swagger snatches the chair from Lewis and has a mic, where he addresses the crooked promoter. When Jack Swaggers old training partner Lou Thesz called him and told him about the golden opportunities here in XPW Remixed, and his chance to finally put an end to Buddy Rogers trash talk forever, Swagger knew he had to make the trip. That's why - in an effort to make sure things remain "fair and impartial", to quote an earlier Strangler Lewis comment - Jack Swagger has had himself officially inserted into the "I Quit" match as Special Referee! Where he promises to call the match right down the middle and give Lou Thesz more than enough time to stretch every muscle and break every bone in the Nature Boys' body! Buddy Rogers and Strangler Lewis are outraged as they flee the ring! Jack Swagger helps Thesz to his feet where the two shake hands and embrace! They stay with the paramedics who tend to fallen XPW Champion Bruno Sammartino in the ring, and the two charter members of the Shooters Club (elite, high-level training team of various fantasy wrestling deities) make sure no other attacks occur. Jack Swagger has arrived in XPW to even the odds! But can Bruno Sammartino withstand the titanic force of his #1 contender Ezekiel Jackson? What kind of unholy battle will be waged between Messiah and Doink Rebourne? Who is the true XPW TV champion, how high can Superfly fly and does the The Grand Wizard have enough firepower to torch the King of the Death Match champion Jun Kasai??? Tune in to "Fall Out" to find out! Live on PPV!!!
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GORDON SOLIE: Lou Thesz, by the way, is a guy who is still on the air and is still doing it, in my opinion, in the right way, which is the old fashioned way. He's not one of these "new and improved" individuals. He gets out there and reports a solid match, in my opinion, the way a match should be. No, they [Gold Dust Trio] target the audience today, so consequently when you target your audience to an 8 year old, or a 10 year old, or a 12 year old mentality...but then they are much sharper today ten they were thirty years ago. You know, good lord, they sit down at the computer and they have access to information around the world at their fingertips, these kids are growing up very quickly mentally, I don't know how emotionally well they are doing...but that's another subject... The match between Thesz and Rogers, and Sammartino vs Ezekiel Jackson, are clashes of good versus evil - ignorance versus enlightenment - justice versus punishment. They are battling for the very souls and minds of XPW's impressionable viewing audience. I fear what will become of our industry if that dying flame of truth and honor were allowed to flicker away for good...
MATT STRIKER: I speak with Thesz and Swagger often. There has been some issues with some members of the group [Shooters Club] but Swagger is still on the current roster and very much a part of the Shooter Club family! May the best man win at "Fall Out!"
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CREDITS:
MISSY HYATT: Wrestlingfigs.com Editorial
MATT STRIKER: Declaration of Independents interview
GORDON SOLIE: Jeremy Hartley TWC Online interview
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