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Post by MadStepDad on Apr 16, 2011 18:43:54 GMT -5
XPW Remixed presents...
FALL OUTCRYME TYME versus SHEIK & BERZERKER (w/ The Grand Wizard) (Tornado Tag Rules)
THE MESSIAH versus DOINK REBOURNE (Blood of the Martyr match)
** King of the Death Match championship ** POGO the CLOWN (w/ TGW) versus JUN KASAI © (w/ Onita)
HEADHUNTERZ versus TERRY FUNK & SABU (Log Cabin Light Tube Match)
VICIOUS VIC GRIMES versus SUPERFLY JIMMY SNUKA (Steel Cage Match)
LOU THESZ versus NATURE BOY BUDDY ROGERS (w/ special referee Jack Swagger) (I Quit Match)
** XPW Television Title ** ROCKSTAR KAOS © (w/ Missy Hyatt) versus EDDIE GILBERT versus MIL MASCARAS versus HAKUSHI (Ladder Match)
MAIN EVENT
BRUNO SAMMARTINO © versus EZEKIEL JACKSON (w/ Black Army) (XPW Championship)
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Post by MadStepDad on Apr 16, 2011 18:44:24 GMT -5
FALL OUT innuendo and rumors: * Missy Hyatt's managerial approval to reintroduce the XPW TV title (and apparently hand-selected her own champion, ROCKSTAR KAOS) is said to have come straight from GDT Inc president Toots Mondt. It may have had something to do with Hyatt's argreement to disengage herself from Bruno Sammartino's feud with the Black Army.
* The Vic Grimes/ Superfly Snuka steel cage match isn't getting much press from XPW, because they don't even know if it will occur. XPW officials are worried about a potential shoot situation between the two after a cocaine deal gone bad. Even if the two are able to work together, the potential to attempt to upstage their opponent with extreme, insane, cocaine-infused bumps could be fatal. Vic Grimes once had a short-run in the WWF as the drug dealer "Key" (true story).
* The Shooters Club is an elite training organization of fantasy wrestling deities including Lou Thesz, Jack Swagger, Dan Severn and Masahiko Kimura. They've trained in secret for years, constantly honing and improving their skills in the fantasy wrestling spectrum. But founder Lou Thesz eternal arch-rival "Nature Boy" Buddy Rogers has been telling gossip sheets and internet dirt rags that his newest Diamond Dynasty recruit will debut at the Fall Out PPV to counteract Thesz' appointment of Jack Swagger as special ref. Buddy Rogers promises a big surprise and grand introduction to his new Diamond Dynasty come Fall Out.
* Honky Tonk Man unleashed an internet tirade against XPW newcomer KAOS, claiming he only got his spot by performing certain "favors" for his new manager Missy Hyatt.
• Kevin Sullivan spotted leaving the Church of Satan in San Francisco where it is said he has received an unholy blessing for his Black Army’s final battle against Bruno Sammartino at “Fall Out”. Also, Lizzy Borden released a short series of perverted internet vignettes that depicted Bruno in a very unflattering and insulting light. Meanwhile, Sammartino himself has said to been training with world-renowned fantasy pugilist Rocky Marciano to improve his stand-up game. Sammartino is said to be concerned about his ability to overpower or outmuscle Ezekiel Jackson, so he has been working on his boxing and striking to counteract Jackson’s strength advantage. [/center] Fall Out preview by D-RAY:And now, last but not least, XPW's Fall Out! Tornado Tag Team Match Cryme Time vs. The Sheik and The BerserkerThis should be an interesting contest, with a unique mix of styles. However, The Grand Wizard will be at ringside with Sheik and Berserker, and I feel he will be the deciding factor for his team to achieve victory. Winner: The Sheik and The Berserker in 10:05Blood of the Martyr Match The Messiah vs. Doink RebourneI'm not exactly familiar with the rules of this contest, but this is truly a unique stipulation. After the beating he took a few weeks ago, I feel that The Messiah is going to extract revenge on Doink one way or another. Winner: The Messiah in 12:32King of the Death Match Championship Jun Kasai vs. Pogo The ClownThis should be one hell of a fight between two excellent competitors, and in the end, The Grand Wizard will go 2 for 2 at the PPV and get his first title into his stable of animals. Winner: Pogo The Clown in 11:40Street Fight Terry Funk and Sabu vs. The HeadhuntersTerry Funk wanted to retire, but Vic Grimes wouldn't let that happen yet, and so he sends his Headhunters to do the job, but the Funker won't be alone, as Sabu will be by his side in what will be another hellacious match. Winner: Terry Funk and Sabu in 9:16Steel Cage "Superfly" Jimmy Snuka vs. Vic GrimesRumors are going around that this match won't happen, but who knows. If it does, I sense Mr. Grimes will have a trick up his sleeve to get the win. Winner: Vic Grimes in 10:10Television Championship: Ladder Match Rockstar Kaos vs. Eddie Gilbert vs. Hakushi vs. Mil MascarasThis match has four of the best wrestlers in XPW right now, and as much as I think one of the other three is winning the title, I think that the sensual Missy Hyatt will find a way to keep the title around Kaos. Winner: Rockstar Kaos in 13:54I Quit Match (Special Referee: Jack Swagger) (Match of the Night) Lou Thesz vs. "Nature Boy" Buddy RogersThis is my pick for Match of the Night, as I feel these two legends will have one hell of a brawl. In the end, I think Mr. Rogers will achieve the victory, but he won't be doing it alone. Winner: Buddy Rogers in 31:05XPW Championship Bruno Sammartino vs. Ezekiel JacksonThe main event is another chapter in the war between Bruno and the Black Army, headed by Kevin Sullivan. Sullivan and his Army will be at ringside in Jackson's corner, and while the odds will be against Bruno, he will find a way to get the win and retain the title. Winner: Bruno Sammartino in 14:45That's it for me everyone. Join me next week for another edition of After The Bell!
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Post by MadStepDad on Apr 16, 2011 18:49:44 GMT -5
XPW Remixed presents...
FALL OUTRingside Intro with the Announce Team: Gordon Solie & Matt Striker GORDON SOLIE: My original goal of course, was to be a radio announcer, that's the way I started off. When I got out of the air force in 1950 I took a job at a radio station in Tampa, a little independent 100 watter. They didn't have a sports show. Of course, I had always been very interested in sports and participated, you know sandlot stuff - baseball, that sort of thing, and so I asked them if I could start a sports show on the station and they said, "Sure." So I started doing 15 minutes a night, I not only covered the line scores and that sort of thing, but I also looked around locally to see what kind of sports were involved. I knew that wrestling was held once a week, they had auto racing twice a week, we had smoker baseball - and then of course we had society tennis and society golf. The big stations, the network affiliates were very much into the society stuff. You know, I'd go out to the stock car races and there would be 3000 people out there and I'd go to a society golf match and there would be 40 people. And so I decided, "Well, hell, I'm going to go where the people are." I'd go to the wrestling matches and there would be five or six hundred people - so I got a hold of the promoter, MadStepDad, and I said, "Send me a couple of your wrestlers every week, the night you're going to wrestle, and I'll interview them." Well, he flipped out, he thought that was marvelous, and so I started interviewing the wrestlers and interviewing stock car drivers...we had some damn good boxers in the area at the time too – Rocky Marciano… plus local guys like White Ace and Sinister Hero, John Cena, Lou Thesz was living down here, so I did some interviews with them too. So I became sort of known as the guy who handled the "black leather jacket, dirt under your fingernails" sports... _______________________________________________________ CRYME TYME versus SHEIK & BERZERKER (w/ The Grand Wizard)(Tornado Tag Rules) versus The Grand Wizard takes to the ring to open the show. Tremendous boos rain down upon him. His vain, self-absorbent and condescending preaching’s rankle the audience as he individually introduces his charges one by one. The bloodthirsty Viking raider BERZERKER and the dangerous, mysterious madman SHEIK! Together they form an unholy union forged in the fires of the Dark Powers! XPW is their canvas as they prepare to take professional wrestling back to the dark side. But the rapid XPW audience before him only wants to know one thing - is BROOKLYN IN DA HOUSE??? Enter Cryme Tyme to uproarious cheers. Shad and JTG pass the mic back-n-forth between them in a brief exchange where they promise to take pro wrestling back to where it belongs - the STREETZ!!!! Cue run-in and wild brawl (with TGW diving for cover to the arena floor). Berzerker and Shad Gaspard go toe-to-toe in a wild spectacle that quickly spills through the ropes and into the crowd. JTG and the Sheik dazzle with a series of fast-paced counters and reversals, punctuated by a spinning leg lariat from JTG while Sheik holds the ring bell (instant gusher from the forehead of The Sheik). But Sheik finally manages to get his hands on JTG and scores multiple takedowns and administering crippling submission holds. JTG still has the heart, flash and vigor of youth at his behest and his speed advantage allows him to come back – until The Sheik says fuck it and breaks out the lead pencil. Then it's all bloodlust and mayhem from there. Intense, hard-hitting match – shades of the underrated XPW Original classic "Mexico's Most Wanted versus The New Panthers". Cryme Tyme really get put over for their ability to withstand punishment and continue to rebound. In the end, with JTG reduced to a bloody, quivering mess - the Sheik mistimed a fireball attempt and it winds up blasting Berzerker in his bushy face! Smoke trails from his beard as the wild man flails about, ultimately succumbing to Shad's running Timberland boot to the face! 1-2-3!!! Berzerker and The Sheik confront each other and brawl, as The Grand Wizard tries futilely to separate them! Winners: CRYME TYMEPostmatch, Cryme Tyme are jumped by a trio of uninvited guests - Lil Guido the Shooter, Tony Mamaluke and Big Sal E. Graziano: The Full-Blooded Italians!!! They lay Cryme Tyme out in tandem and strut their stuff. The FBI is here in XPW but what do they want? And why have they targeted Cryme Tyme???F.B.I. ** CUT ** _______________________________________________________ THE MESSIAH versus DOINK REBOURNE versus Say to the nations far and wide: "Get ready for war! Call out your best warriors! Let all your fighting men advance for the attack! Beat your plowshares into swords and your pruning hooks into spears. Train even your weaklings to be warriors. Come quickly, all you nations everywhere! Gather together in the valley." And now, O LORD, call out your warriors! "Let the nations be called to arms. Let them march to the valley of Jehoshaphat. There I, the LORD, will sit to pronounce judgment on them all. Now let the sickle do its work, for the harvest is ripe. Come, tread the winepress because it is full. The storage vats are overflowing with the wickedness of these people." Thousands upon thousands are waiting in the valley of decision. It is there that the day of the LORD will soon arrive. The sun and moon will grow dark, and the stars will no longer shine. The LORD's voice will roar from Zion and thunder from Jerusalem, and the earth and heavens will begin to shake. But to his people of Israel, the LORD will be a welcoming refuge and a strong fortress. "Then you will know that I, the LORD your God, live in Zion, my holy mountain. Jerusalem will be holy forever, and foreign armies will never conquer her again. (Joel 3:9) Winner: THE MESSIAHMATT STRIKER: I pray, I give thanks to the Lord and Savior for blessing me with the ability and opportunity to do what I love. I remind myself that I am in a position of influence and pray for the strength to lead by example. _______________________________________________________ HEADHUNTERZ versus TERRY FUNK & SABU(Log Cabin Light Tube match) versus Winners are the first team who can put each of their opponents through a light tube log cabin (a bundle of fluorescent light tubes taped and sealed in multi-tiered square formation resembling a "log cabin"). The referee appears dressed for combat duty, with heavy gloves on and a big construction-sized face guard on, like you might see a welder wear. Excellent use of chairs, thumbtacks and barbed wire by the two teams. Headhunterz get wrapped in barbed wire until their "Cannibal Cartel" shirts are literally shredded upon their backs. Headhunter #1 is driven through a table/light tube log cabin contraption by Sabu with an Arabian Facebuster off the giant "XPW" logo on the entrance ramp! Later, Terry Funk gets double hip-tossed over the top rope through another log cabin to even the match 1-1. Finally, Headhunter #2 actually drives himSELF through a log cabin when he attempts to launch a top rope moonsault, only to have his intended victim Sabu be dragged to safety by Terry Funk at the last second. Headhunter #2 misses the moonsault and crushes the final light tube log cabin with his massive body! The ECW Originals are victorious!!!Winners: TERRY FUNK & SABU_______________________________________________________ VICIOUS VIC GRIMES versus SUPERFLY JIMMY SNUKA(Steel Cage Match) versus Vic Grimes out first to some Thug Lordz stuff blasting over the arena sound system, wearing black murder gloves and a pizza cutter necklace. Superfly Snuka comes out last, nearly frothing at the mouth with anger and intensity. He shakes the steel cage vigorously before entering the ring. Vic Grimes assaults him immediately and the match begins. Brawl, slams, suplexes, top rope beals. Both men bleed heavily after cage shots. Snuka no-sells a few headshots, and instigates a series of very real, stiff head butts to Vic Grimes’ forehead. Snuka demonstrates almost super-human power in the face of the near-gargantuan Vic Grimes, but the self-proclaimed “CEO of Hardcore” and ECW Slayer Vic Grimes continues to rebound, as if he’s impervious to pain. The end result is a wild, chaotic frenzy that can barely be contained by the walls of the steel cage (now dripping with human plasma). It only ends after a wild series of desperate reversals leads to Superfly crushing Vic Grimes with a German suplex onto a steel chair. But instead of escaping through the door the easy way, Snuka feels the energy of the audience and decides to scale the cage. But unbeknownst to him – across the ring in the corner, the ring mat is suddenly cut away – and a figure emerges from beneath. Introducing to XPW Remixed…SICK NICK MONDO!!!A contingent of XPW fans immediately recognize the East Coast madman and begin a small “MONDO!” chant. But that goodwill is immediately tarnished when Nick Mondo leaps onto the cage behind Snuka like he’s Spider Man, and slams the Fijian warrior to the mat with his “Assault Driver” finisher! Mondo stomps and pummels Snuka, giving Vic Grimes enough time to regain his senses. Then the two double-team Superfly. Vic Grimes ends it with a super dramatic, top-of-the-steel cage homage to Snuka with a flying 400-lb Superfly splash!!! Grimes crushes Snuka, Nick Mondo reveals his Cannibal Cartel T-shirt and allegiance, and both men hold their arms aloft in victory as trash and boos rain down upon them! The Cannibal Cartel has only grown stronger in the wake of “FALL OUT”!!!Winner: VIC GRIMES GORDON SOLIE: (discussing the antics of Grimes and his Cannibal Cartel – as well as the audiences reaction to all the ultraviolence) Well it's because they don't understand the philosophy and they also don't realize, and I don't care what hold it is, if you take it to its logical conclusion there's a guy going to the hospital. So they are admitting now that, "Well, these things don't really mean anything..." Well, if they don't mean anything then why in the hell do them? But, see that's part of our societal evolution that's taken place. The "me generation" the instant gratification, nothing means anything. I had a good friend of mine who...I spent a week in New York with a buddy of mine who has a morning show up in New York City and is doing extremely well (he's much younger then I am obviously) and we went to have lunch at a favorite bistro of his up there, and he introduced me to the owner and the bartender and all. And he told them, "Gordon's the guy who taught me how to eat lunch." I looked at him and he related how back years ago, when he was a young law student, we'd have lunch together and he learned that if we were having lunch that he might as well take the afternoon off because we would sit down at noon and probably wouldn't leave the table until 2:30 - 3:00 in the afternoon, because lunch is something to be enjoyed, to be savored, so you take your time. Well, the same thing could be said about wrestling or anything else, but not on today's society. Today it must be instantaneous. We seem to have lost sight of, I guess, the more gracious way to do things. ** CUT ** _______________________________________________________ ** King of the Death Match Championship **POGO the CLOWN (w/ TGW) versus JUN KASAI © (w/ Onita) versus Profanity-laced tirade from Pogo the Clown to start the match as he's serenaded with chants of "YOU FAT FUCK! YOU FAT FUCK!" from the rowdy and inebriated XPW audience. Atsushi Onita – the OG of Ultraviolence – emerges to give a grand ½ English/ ½ Japanese intro for the XPW Remixed King of the Death Match Champion (and CZW Ultraviolent Underground Champion as of March 2011) Crazy Monkey JUN KASAI!!!! Straight gangsta; camo shorts (with pinned-on monkey tail), bandanna tied gangsta-style around his grill and the big-ass goggles. HUGE cheers for the King of the Death match champion!!! Wild match that accentuates Pogo’s massive size (with Kasai bumping around the ring like a toy). In typical Kasai fashion, he is quickly reduced to a bloody mess. With his face and back awash with crimson, Jun Kasai mounts the improbable comeback using light tubes like light sabers and other weapons as equalizers. Onita and TGW add another layer of anarchy to the proceedings with their ringside actions. At one point, Onita finally gets his hands around the skinny throat of the The Grand Wizard – only to have Pogo the Clown blindside him and powersplash him through a barbed wire table! Jun Kasai just won’t stay down, rebounding from the massive assault even when it appears that by all means he should be dead. Finally, Pogo mistimed a top rope maneuver and wound up crashing back first through a flaming table lined with panes of glass and thumbtacks. Still atop the turnbuckle – Kasai performs his Pearl Harbor plunge flying splash (complete with goggles and a salute) for the surprise pinfall!!! Kasai retains the title!!! Winner (and STILL King of the Death Match champion): JUN KASAI _______________________________________________________ GORDON SOLIE: I’ve had the honor and privilege of attending training seminars at the Shooter Club gym before. Yeah, every time I got on the mat with one of those guys I'd get hurt. Not hard, you know, not badly - but I got hurt. They were teaching me to respect the sport. I could also earn their respect - here's this little (knock wood)150 pounder willing to get on the mat with a 250 lb wrestler and literally put my body in their hands... But I wanted to know what it felt like to be in a side headlock - I wanted to know what a hammerlock felt like. I wanted to understand why a guy would make a particular move when he did, that where I learned the rudiments of chain wrestling. So I was sucking up knowledge like a sponge because I wanted to be able to tell the people what was happening to an individual who was in a hold. How they were going to have to figure an escape, and once they got the escape - if it was successful - then what was their next move. Would they have to come out of it and be defensive or could they come out of it and be offensive, you know, there's so much psychology behind it and, like I've said many times, "human chess" is what it's all about. I can’t wait to see Thesz and Rogers finally settle their decades-long vendetta, right here in XPW Remixed!!! LOU THESZ versus NATURE BOY BUDDY ROGERS(w/ special referee Jack Swagger) (I Quit Match) versus (Special Referee)Jack Swagger gets his own entrance, complete with amateur wrestling credentials and list of accomplishments. This is his first assignment in an XPW ring. Big match, MMA-styled entrances for both opponents - Thesz in his warm-up gear and boxing robe, the Nature Boy in his elaborate, extravagant (and expensive) Ostrich-feathered ring robe. Elongated Memphis-styled stall session from Buddy Rogers to start the match, and build crowd anticipation to a feverish pitch. By the time the mortal opponents lock fingers for the first time in decades, the XPW Arena becomes unhinged. Lou Thesz went for a kimura armlock early, and focused on the arm and shoulder of Buddy Rogers. Nature Boy meanwhile, rammed Thesz knee around the ring post and most of his offensive consisted of weakening Thesz appendage for the Figure-4 leglock. Finally after almost 30 minutes of pure, hard-hitting submission wrestling Lou Thesz is posed for victory as he prepares to cinch in his fight-ending STF hook. But in a shocking swerve, special referee Jack Swagger cuts Thesz off and flattens him with a decapitation elbow to the back of the head! This allows Buddy Rogers to counter into his famed Figure-4 leglock, where Jack Swagger quickly ends the match in Rogers favor!Winner: NATURE BOY BUDDY ROGERS(Post match, Swagger and Rogers have a brief stare down... before smiling and embracing before the outraged audience! They double-team and stomp Lou Thesz into the mat, and Jack Swagger cinches in the ankle lock! Thesz screams out in anguish and Buddy Rogers gets right down in his face to taunt him further. He then presents Jack Swagger with an exclusive Diamond Dynasty Rolex watch that Swagger proudly brandishes. Before they can completely leave the ring area, Matt Striker catches them for a quick interview: Buddy Rogers told everybody he would reveal the newest member of the Diamond Dynasty, and he has been trying to introduce him for weeks now! But he keeps getting interrupted and Swagger himself was sick of playing second fiddle. Especially to Lou Thesz and his Shooters Club. Jack Swagger is his own man and ready to wreak havoc in XPW as the newest Diamond Dynasty recruit!)** CUT ** _______________________________________________________ ** Backstage interlude with Missy Hyatt (circa 1987) who flaunts her reintroduction of the XPW TV Title and her hand-picked champion Rockstar KAOS. **MISSY HYATT: Hey everybody! Watch this quick 2 minute pre game show. This feature was helpful for somebody like myself that is not familiar with all of the wrestlers. I also enjoyed Kid Kaos' promo. I always found him to be one of the most underrated "XPW Originals". They even made me interested in seeing him against Mascaras, since Kaos pretended that he starred in Mascaras' movie. They also had a Vince McMahon parody pondering on buying XPW & marketing the wrestlers. I found this character funny. He had the best line about beating the government, unlike Rob Black! ** CUT TO RING ** ** XPW Television Title **ROCKSTAR KAOS © (w/ Missy Hyatt) versus EDDIE GILBERT versus MIL MASCARAS versus HAKUSHI (Ladder Match) versus versus versus Fun Fact: Missy Hyatt suggested to Gold Dust Trio Inc that they bring back the XPW TV Title for this year’s ””Fall Out”. Mr. Lewis approved the idea and qualifying matches were set up on XPW TV. Eddie Gilbert interfered and thus this 4-way Ladder Match was born.Scott: Ok, other than my #1 priority as a fan later in the show my #2 priority was rooting hard as a mark for Mil Mascaras to win this match. Sure you had all these risk takers and big young studs here that can maneuver a ladder with the best of them. In his thirty-three years of performing, this is Mil Mascaras second ever ladder match. Regardless, I was hoping for one more title shot, for The Masked Man. However a few minutes into this match my dreams were possibly smashed when he took a Kid KAOS superplex off the ladder and apparently injured his knee. He was carried off and my hopes were dashed. From here we of course were going to see some incredibly stiff shots from all these guys who want that one shot at glory, the XPW TV title. Another cool spot is Mascaras, KAOS and Hakushi triple power bombing Eddie Gilbert off a ladder. In terms of sentimentality, the crowd definitely wanted KAOS to win and the chants were proof of that. Then, hobbling out like the grizzled legend he is, comes Mil Mascaras again. Immediately I was marking out thinking that he was going to win. Then he chops KAOS and Hakushi out of the ring. Mascaras was crawling the ladder, slowly and slowly and then he grabbed the briefcase and I was going insane. Then that bastard Eddie Gilbert went up the ladder and cracked Mascaras. Damn you Eddie Gilbert! Mil Mascaras’ moment was done. We continue on and get more insane moves, like Hakushi’s triple moonsault to KAOS off the ladder. KAOS then splashed Hakushi on the tallest ladder. This match has had its moments. KAOS had a chance but Hakushi did that sweet hop from the top ropeto the ladder. The two of them with Gilbert battled on two ladders until Hakushi and Gilbert were pushed off one of the ladders and KAOS grabbed the briefcase for the win. Next to Mascaras winning, I was happy for KAOS. He now earns the XPW TV title, and he earned it in another stellar match. Grade: 4
Justin: Our ladder match features a fresh, unique and diverse field of competitors, including the surprising entry of KAOS. Mascaras would get a nice pop as he enters to compete in his second here. The crowd was clearly behind KAOS here, as he had returned from exile in January. He would deliver energy early on with a great plancha onto Eddie Gilbert, who was holding a ladder on the floor. Hakushi would top that as he ran up a ladder that was leaning on the ropes and hit a senton bomb on to a group of opponents. In a neat matchup of wily old veterans, Mascaras and Gilbert would tussle for a few minutes. Mascaras would then take a sick superplex off the ladder, and seemingly injured his leg upon impact. He would be helped out of the ring and taken to the back, seemingly eliminated from the bout. The match would feature quite the dichotomy between two wrestlers on different ends of the spectrum. The guys would rotate through spots as was usual for these types of matches. Mascaras would then return, fight off KAOS, Hakushi and Gilbert and begin to ascend the ladder in a nice tease spot. Just before he could grab the title, Gilbert ran up the ladder and clocked him to good heat. After that, the big spots would start to flow as Hakushi hit KAOS with a stiff legdrop and KAOS dropped a Five Star Frog Splash on Hakushi off ladders. Then, in the best spot of the match, KAOS would leap on to a ladder from off camera, looking like Spiderman in the process. Gilbert and Hakushi would climb a ladder, but both would tumble to the floor in another sick bump. KAOS would take advantage, climb the ladder and grab the briefcase to a huge pop for the big win, arguably the biggest in his career to this point. This was fun and crazy and filled with fun spots. It was a notch below its predecessor but was still a ton of fun. Grade: 4Winner (and STILL XPW TV Champion): ROCKSTAR KAOS (w/ Missy Hyatt) MATT STRIKER: I believe that the opportunity for the fans to voice their opinions is one of the things that make our sport so great, with that said: The gay thing is simple (referencing the “YOU’RE A FAG!” chants KAOS was greeted with by the fans); When a guy is out with his girlfriend and they see a good looking guy whether on the street or in a movie or magazine what is inevitably said by the boyfriend? "Oh, that guy is a fag." It is a defense mechanism and is basic psychoanalysis. Therefore, I do not mind the innuendo, as a matter of fact. It is entertainment. If it works then go with it. The fans seem to enjoy it. KAOS is fortunate to be blessed with a certain look and is very comfortable with his sexuality. He has a girlfriend whom he loves very much!!! The beautiful and vivacious Missy Hyatt!! _______________________________________________________ ** XPW Championship **BRUNO SAMMARTINO © versus EZEKIEL JACKSON (w/ Black Army) versus Bruce Buffer-styled, MMA Main Event intro to start the title match. Ezekiel Jackson (flanked by Kevin Sullivan and the Black Army) enter first, clad in gladiatorial armor and wielding archaic weaponry like spiked maces and gauntlets. Truly intimidating. Sammartino gets the dramatic pause intro, with the crowd swelling with anticipation before exploding as soon as the first strains of the theme from “Godfather” can be heard. Sammartino psyches himself up before entering the ring, and he stands ready to meet the (literally) biggest challenger of his career. Despite the in-ring limitations Sammartino said Jackson had, this match is surprisingly mobile and hard-hitting. Sammartino loses the test of strength, and gets outmuscled by Jackson in a few spots. But Sammartino’s wile and experience help him ratchet up the intensity, carrying the crowd’s emotions along with him. Outside the ring, Sullivan, Demento and Lizzy Borden sulk and stalk – giving Ezekiel Jackson a tangible advantage. Sammartino does manage to overcome a steel chair slid into the ring by Borden (he winds up spinebusting Jackson onto it), and an attempt at distraction by Damien Demento (Bruno clotheslines the crazy man off the ring apron) – but finally falls prey to a metal spike slipped to Jackson by Kevin Sullivan himself (the same metal spike used to give Sammartino the stitches he has on his head right now). Jackson jams that thing into Bruno’s forehead, drawing forth a river of crimson. The rest of the match has Bruno trying to compete despite massive blood loss. He actually manages to snag Jackson in his patented over-the-shoulder backbreaker in the matches most emotional, climatic moment… but the blood loss and taxing war has weakened Bruno to the point he loses his grip, and Jackson winds up countering with his massive standing rock bottom finisher. As the hope and anticipation of the audience is violently dashed, Jackson waits eagerly for Sammartino to drag his bloody carcass to his feet before springing forth with one more standing rock bottom (this one onto a steel chair) for the decisive finish! Ezekiel Jackson has pinned Bruno Sammartino!!! The crowd falls into a hushed, shocked silence. Meanwhile, the Black Army rejoices as the Apocalypse of 2012 has swallowed the former XPW champion. Winner (and NEW XPW Champion): EZEKIEL JACKSON_______________________________________________________ GORDON SOLIE: You know you made an interesting comment there, you see, that's another thing that I look upon in my career - the fact that I was "let into" that society, allowed inside the society has made me very proud and pleased with the fact that a community that was as tightly knit as they were has said, "Hey, here's a guy who is a non-wrestler but he's got our respect so bring him in..." That in itself, you see, is now gone. I mean, hell, you can walk down the street now and the average fan, and I see it all the time...I have a favorite little watering hole. and a fan will come in there and start telling me what's going to happen next week - "...whose got this gimmick going and whose got this gimmick going and next week their going to switch..." and I'm thinking, "Whoah!" That was the secret and the mystique about the sport years ago was that idea was to try and keep the fans guessing. They could try to figure it out, that's fine to try and figure it out - but never let them get there. Me? I didn’t see Ezekiel Jackson’s victory coming at all, and apparently neither did a lot of other people. MATT STRIKER: Current XPW TV champion KAOS - his abs are a little bit better but I’m better looking with a better body and more skills. In the last 8 months or so Kevin Sullivan, Lizzy Borden and the rest of the Black Army and I have really become friends I genuinely like these guys. Ezekiel Jackson is a great worker. I enjoy training with him or working with him in general. He is a great shooter, and now he’s the new XPW Champion! The world has spun on its axis!!! What will happen to the future of XPW Remixed? Tune in to XPW TV next week to find out!!! _______________________________________________________ CREDITS: SCOTT & JUSTIN: Wrestlemania XXII PPV Recap MISSY HYATT: Wrestlingfigs.com Editorial (3/1/09) GORDON SOLIE: Jeremy Hartley TWC Online interview MATT STRIKER: Declaration of Independents Interview [/i][/center]
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