Post by MadStepDad on Jun 11, 2011 13:06:14 GMT -5
"A Cold Day In Hell" - the climax of XPW Remixed's East Coast "Invasion" - was a rousing success.
Cut to the in-studio announce team for the evening:
Gordon Solie & Matt Striker
Indeed it was "A Cold Day In Hell" when XPW Remixed pulled off it's incredible Broken City coup. Not since their final show in 2002 and the original XPW was laid to rest forever, has such extreme fantasy anarchy overtaken the East Coast. It was a tumultuous night of change in XPW Remixed. OG Legend Terry Funk was taken OUT by the Cannibal Cartel, enroute to their gang victory. The evil cult of Doink ReBourne grew even bigger with the addition of Danny Havoc. KAOS lost the XPW TV title to the MIZ, who (along with apprentice Alex Riley circa 2010) also joined "Nature Boy" Buddy Roger's "Diamond Dynasty" by the time the night was over! Rogers camp reigned supreme in the War Games finale; monopolizing all the World Title shots and forcing somebody from the Black Army to be fired! We'll find out WHO from the Black Army receives their walking papers tonight when Army leader Kevin Sullivan takes on Damien Demento and Ezekiel Jackson in a triple threat match. Finally, XPW Remixed has returned HOME to the West Coast to host their biggest card of the year - XPW Remixed presents "Baptized in Blood". This year the Tournament of Death tradition continues, as 8 of the nastiest, most volatile animals in Death Match history will compete for the trophy. Qualifying matches for this historic occasion will span the next two weeks. But right now - NEW XPW Remixed Television Champion the MIZ takes on #1 Contender B-Boy in the night's opening contest; a title shot B-Boy earned at "A Cold Day In Hell" with his emphatic and exciting victory over Eddie Gilbert! Let's get right to ringside!!!
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** XPW Television Title **
1) THE MIZ versus B-BOY
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A sick medley of "AWWWESSSOOOOOOME!!!!" meets the instrumental to "Diamonds from Sierra Leone" by Kanye West opens the show and heralds the arrival of the gold-encrusted Diamond Dynasty. The Miz (w/ TV Title), Alex Riley, "Nature Boy" Buddy Rogers and Jack Swagger (w/ Buddy's MitB Briefcase from "Night of Champions") all look like a million bucks - with matching diamond Rolex watches. They take the ring to huge boos. Rogers on the mic first and crows about his championship conglomerate and their goal to take over XPW Remixed. Pass the mic to the MIZ for the main-event touch. He reiterates his goal (accomplished at "A Cold Day In Hell" when he took the TV Title) and the class, dignity and skill it takes to be one of the Diamond Dynasty. Only the Miz because he's AWWWESSSOOOOOME! His monologue is cut off by the spray of machine gun fire blasting through the arena sound system. Enter the "New Age Punisher" of XPW Remixed... B-BOY!!! He earned this title shot tonight with his #1 Contendership victory over Eddie Gilbert at "A Cold Day In Hell". Before the match begins, the referee gets a HUGE cheer and ovation when he forces the Diamond Dynasty to vacate ringside! That's right, the ref tosses Rogers, Riley and Swagger from the area - leaving MIZ alone to defend his title against the New Age Punisher B-Boy! Championship tale of the tape graphics for both men - official ring introductions - and we're off. Solid, back-and-forth exchanges between the two pros. It spans two commercial breaks and all the sudden we got the timekeeper giving us notifications as the 15 minute time limit is rapidly expiring. Just when it looks like we may be heading towards an exciting (yet anticlimactic) DRAW, the MIZ suddenly counters B-Boy's cross special brainbuster into a devastating Skull-Crushing Finale! The MIZ earns the clean 3-count with seconds to spare! Impressive performance by the XPW TV champion against some seriously high-caliber competition here. Meanwhile, the New Age Punisher earns the respect of viewers who may have been previously unfamiliar with his work. Backstage shot of the rest of the Dynasty clapping and whooping in celebration while watching Miz's victory on a monitor.
Winner (and STILL XPW Television Champion): THE MIZ
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** Backstage correspondent MSD has been accosted by members of La Coka Nostra – Lil Guido, Tony Mamaluke & Big Sal E. Graziano. MSD demands they justify their actions at “A Cold Day In Hell” where they participated in an illegal gauntlet match that prevented the tag team Cryme Tyme from earning a fair title shot. Lil Guido plays mouthpiece for the gang, and big ups their bosses The Sicilians. Capo di tutti capi. Tonight, there is a 3-way Tornado Tag match to determine the #1 contender to the Tag Team titles (currently held by The Sicilians). La Coka Nostra just gets through explaining how their placement in the match guarantees The Sicilians the opportunity to hand-select their next challengers… when suddenly – La Coka Nostra is blindsided and attacked from behind by Cryme Tyme! Shad Gaspard and JTG burst into the picture wielding metal pipes and steel chairs and absolutely demolish La Coka Nostra. Tony Mamaluke gets double-bealed through a plaster drywall, Big Sal eats a fire extinguisher blast into a pile of pallets and finally Lil Guido – in exaggerated shock and fear – gets bagged, sacked and stuffed into a burlap sack and sent to “sleep with the fishes” (aka “get dumped into a nearby lobster tank”). Cryme Tyme then cut a brief, yet enthusiastic and crowd pleasing promo where they promise to STEAL La Coka Nostra’s spot in the #1 Contender match tonight and challenge The Sicilians ONE LAST TIME for the titles!!! **
2) BAD BREED versus HEADHUNTERZ versus CRYME TYME
(XPW Tag Team Championship #1 Contender Match)
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Bad Breed and the Headhunterz (clad in their Black-and-White "Cannibal Cartel" attire) begin the match under traditional tag rules. Axl Rotten starts the match for his team and it quickly spills outside the ring with all 4 men getting involved. Cue the steel chairs, barricade whips and ring-step tosses. The commentary team touches on the friction exhibited between Axl and Ian Rotten at "A Cold Day In Hell" (the two brothers brawled amongst each other after their loss). But because of the contractually-obligated #1 Contenders match they had tonight as a team, they decided to put aside their differences for the greater good. But it's not to be, as the expert teamwork by the beastly Headhunterz turns the tables on the Rotten brothers. Axl Rotten takes a huge double-suplex over the top rope hard onto a metal guard rail laying across the ring apron and ringside barricade. Finally - to a massive pop - Cryme Tyme's theme begins and the popular tag team bumrushes the ring with steel chairs and chains. They clear out the Headhunterz before focusing on a stranded Ian Rotten. He gets bloodied by repeated steel chain-encrusted punches from Shad Gaspard followed by a steel-chair assisted Shining Wizard from JTG. A blood soaked Ian Rotten drags his fat, pasty body across the ring but his pissed off (and still hurting, himself) brother Axl Rotten brushes him off! He throws his hands up and walks away! In the matches climatic moment - Ian Rotten turns around to eat a FLAMING chair shot from Shad Gaspard that knocks him off the apron through a pane of glass! Tope rope elbow drop (in honor of Macho Man) from JTG from the top rope to the floor on Ian Rotten scores the pinfall! Cryme Tyme have re-earned a shot at the titles!! Backstage reaction shot from The Sicilians in the locker room watching on is one of outrage and disgust! They tear up their locker room in a rage!
Winners (and #1 Contenders): CRYME TYME
** CUT TO COMMERCIAL**
** Meanwhile, in the makeshift Commissioners office, “The Real Deal” Damien Steele is furiously barking into a cell phone. He is irate over his treatment at “A Cold Day In Hell” when he was humiliated in a surprise challenge by William Muldoon and his “Olympia” fighting camp. But the gregarious assault he suffered post match at the hands of that criminal scumbag Nick Gage is inexcusable. That crime will NOT go unpunished, and Damien Steele has issued an APB on “The Future of Hardcore” Nick Gage. If he is spotted, the police must be immediately called. Consider him armed and dangerous at all times. As Steele is wrapping up his phone call, in walks Eddie Gilbert. Ever the psychological bastard, Eddie Gilbert placates the XPW Remixed commissioner by jointly lamenting the injustices he has suffered. The injustices they BOTH have suffered… Eddie Gilbert reminds us of his loss at “A Cold Day In Hell” to that “Hip Hop thug” B-Boy. Gilbert and Steele bond over common ground and Gilbert promises to watch Steele’s back. In exchange, Eddie Gilbert has earned himself a “Baptized in Blood” Qualifying match TONIGHT. The two evil, sniveling heels shake hands and share a mutual chuckle of agreement. **
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3a) WHITE TRASH CHALLENGE
"White Trash Life" by Big B once again heralds the arrival of the crusaders of purity in pro wrestling MadMan Pondo and Jessica Darlin! They are greeted by big boos, especially after Pondo's cowardly performance at "A Cold Day In Hell" (he actually tried to befriend New Jack after challenging him for weeks!) None the less, Pondo and Darlin are back here in XPW Remixed tonight to issue a new variation of the "White Trash Challenge". Pondo is on a mission to return pro wrestling to its pure (read: "all white") roots, and will rip through the fantasy wrestling universe eradicating all the white trash, piece by piece. He starts tonight in LA by cleaning up some trash off the filthy LA streets. He's talking of course about the rampant homeless population that's degrading the city and lowering property values. Therefore tonight MadMan Pondo is calling out their king to a "Gutter Match" street fight! That's right, MadMan Pondo has actually picked up a bum off the streets to fight him in a hardcore match! A ratty-haired, flannel wearing scrub pushing a shopping cart enters the arena. It's the same bum MadMan Pondo jumped and throttled in Brockton! (see Episode #14). No mention of how the homeless guy got halfway across the country for this match tonight.
3b) MADMAN PONDO (w/ Jessica Darlin) versus... HOMELESS JIMMY
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Winner: MADMAN PONDO
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4) "SICK" NICK MONDO versus EDDIE GILBERT
("Baptized in Blood" Qualifying Match)
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"Sick" Nick Mondo enters first with Cannibal Cartel capo Vic Grimes, who takes up a spot on guest commentary with Striker and Solie (much to their mutual chagrin). Eddie Gilbert enters last, and the once cocky "Hot Stuff" has been reduced to a conspiracy theorist rife with paranoia. He is tense and edgy, arguing with every ringside fan who has a slight to throw his way. Good, solid match between the two similar-sized opponents. Nick Mondo is known for his extreme Daredevil style, a by-product no doubt of mental illness (he himself has said he suffered through serious bouts of depression during his darkest Ultra Violent days). Those conditions are only exacerbated by the presence of the "Kilo Killa" Vic Grimes, official supplier to the fantasy wrestling scene. The way he jabbers on commentary you swear he zipped a couple lines of blow before he came to the ring. Vic Grimes speaks on his teams dominant victory at "A Cold Day In Hell", burying ECW - burying Tommy Dreamer - burying Terry Funk. And at "Baptized in Blood"... Vic Grimes will bury Jun Kasai too. That's right, Vic Grimes wants a match at the next PPV - King of the Death Match style. He challenges Jun Kasai to put his KotDM Title on the line against him. Meanwhile in the ring, the exciting exchange continues between Gilbert and Mondo - and just when it seems Eddie Gilbert has the match in hand, and prepares to launch his Hot Shot finisher - Nick Mondo counters with a sick hurricanrana that tangles Eddie Gilbert in the ropes. While partially entangled, Gilbert is struck by Mondo with a top rope guillotine legdrop for the finish! "Sick" Nick Mondo earns the win without the use of weapons or gore, and does it in exciting fashion. Grimes and Mondo celebrate in-ring post match, while Gilbert is stunned and outraged by the loss, pounding the mat with frustration and tearing at his hair. Big, crazy bug eyes and puffing cheeks as he makes his way backstage, making sure the audience is aware of his palpable frustration and madness.
Winner: "SICK" NICK MONDO
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5) NECRO BUTCHER versus DANNY HAVOC (w/ Doink ReBourne)
("Baptized in Blood" Qualifying Match)
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Danny Havoc relates why he joined the Cult of ReBourne...
Idle time is the Devil's workshop. Nowhere is that more appropriate than here in XPW Remixed, where Doink ReBourne has brainwashed two of the most promising up-and-coming wrestlers on the independent scene into maniacal, sadomasochistic butchers. Thumbtack Jack and Danny Havoc comprise the Circus of Outcasts, and their entrance with Doink ReBourne is both eerie and awesome. Brief pre-match spectacle where Doink ReBourne "blesses" Havoc and officially indoctrinates him into the cult tonight with this "Baptized in Blood" Qualifying Match. "When the Man Comes Around" by Johnny Cash begins and the roof is nearly blown off the building by XPW Remixed fan favorite Necro Butcher! He comes wielding weaponry and begins the match in a frenzy. Necro Butcher schools the younger Danny Havoc on the fine art of raising hell, and bounces the cultist all around the ring. Doink ReBourne meanwhile continues to watch on, emotionally detached from the beating his protege is suffering. A Necro Bomb (tiger bomb onto steel chairs) seals the deal and earns Necro Butcher his spot in the Baptized in Blood Tournament of Death!!!
Winner: NECRO BUTCHER
It is post match - only when Necro Butcher has his back turned in victory - does Doink ReBourne decide to get involved. He hits a homerun to the back of Necro's head with his spiked baseball bat, and stomps the affable Hillbilly maniac into the mat. He is quickly joined by Thumbtack Jack and a recovering Danny Havoc, who take over the beat down duties. But once again - the arena house lights flicker off - plunging the building into darkness. A cheer rises up from the crowd. When the lights come back on, the Messiah's logo is once again in the center of the ring, and Doink's cult stands ready - but Messiah appears behind them! He quickly takes out Danny Havoc and Thumbtack Jack, before finally cornering Doink ReBourne. But instead of killing the evil clown once and for all with his own spiked bat - Messiah cuts an intense face-to-face promo daring Doink to meet him in the Tournament of Death at "Baptized in Blood". It is there the legend of Messiah was born - and it is there that same legend will either be put to rest forever - or raised to a higher plateau. Doink ReBourne orders Havoc and Jack back into the ring, but before they can - a huge electrical charge from the roof BLASTS the ring post like a bolt of lightning!
The flash and minor explosion draws Havoc and Jack away from the ring for good, like a Divine Intervention. Meanwhile MESSIAH stands unwavering, unflinching in the center of the ring. The Holy Crusade has been laid - tournament of death style. Only at "Baptized in Blood"!!!
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6a) A GIANT CHALLENGE
PRIMO CARNERA!!!
Primo Carnera is the only man in history to be both the Boxing Heavyweight Champion of the World and professional wrestling's World Champion.
The men now connected with Carnera are a different breed of cat from his associates in pugilism. His personal manager and closest companion is Joe (Toots) Mondt, a former heavyweight wrestling champion. The bulky, genial Toots has the face of a benign Santa Claus. His reputation in wrestling circles is spotless and his devotion for Primo is completely and wholly genuine. (eye roll)
"I've been traveling with Primo for over a year now," Toots smiled, "and I'll tell you that anyone who can't get along with him must have a hole in his head. He's become one of the best friends I've ever had in this world. He is a clean-living guy, an honest man, and I couldn't ask for anyone better to handle." Mondt gave up a flourishing business as a promoter around Washington and Oregon to handle Primo. Toots was so impressed by Carnera, who appeared in a match Mondt promoted, that he accepted Babe McCoy's offer to train and handle Primo. Toots is making quite a performer out of Da Preem. And Mondt is the man who can do it. He has met them all–Stanley Zybysko, John Friedberg, Jim Londos, Big Munn, and the renowned Strangler Lewis. "When I took Primo on a year ago," Mondt said, "I never dreamed he would do so well. After all, he was 40 years old. But age doesn't seem to mean anything in Primo's case. He seems to get better as he goes along." In an easy-going, effortless, and un-phony way, Toots Mondt can sit all day long and spin yarns about his friend, Primo Carnera. He likes to tell you about the giant's tiny appetite; how Primo, who actually eats very little, is always embarrassed by the huge portions he is served everywhere he goes. "We have a terrible time at parties and dinners," Mondt chuckled. "The host or hostess always gets upset because Primo does not eat much. They think he does not like their food and they never believe it when I tell them that the only time he eats a fairly average meal is at breakfast." "It is true," Primo chimed in, smiling, "I do not eat much."
It is constantly amazing to Mondt how easily Carnera makes friends and how many of them he now has. As a fighter, he was undoubtedly the loneliest figure in ring history. As a wrestler, Primo is constantly surrounded by admirers and friends. He gets innumerable invitations to parties and affairs in every city in which he appears. "He likes people," Mondt explained. "I never knew a man who liked to be among people so much. I can't understand it when he tells me he was once afraid of them and lonely. Now, he is happiest when he is among people. In towns where he has not appeared before, he will strike up friendships with people in the lobby of the hotel, even with strangers he meets on the street, and invite them to our room. "Milwaukee!" Mondt exclaimed, throwing up his hands. "He is always after me to get a match for him in Milwaukee. There are two men in the contracting business there, Andre and Bruno Bertin. Primo knew them in Sequals. They were boyhood friends of his. He gets into Milwaukee and he practically lives with those Bertin guys and their families. It is hard to get him out of the town." Everything has changed for the giant from Sequals. The odds which were once so heavily stacked against him have switched. A world that had no place for him has suddenly opened up what must seem like limitless horizons. At this writing, Primo has left for Mexico, to be re-admitted to the United States under a quota and be allowed to take out the first papers that will eventually make him an American citizen. Pina, Umberto, and Joanna Maria Carnera are on their way across the ocean, hoping to live permanently in their father's big house in Westwood, California. "This," Carnera said, almost reverently, "will make everything completely happy for me."
Toots Mondt speaking on behalf of the giant Ambling Alp, proclaims Carnera the true "Giant" of professional wrestling and declares his dominion over the squared circle as a whole! Boxing, professional wrestling, MMA... Primo Carnera is the best and can do it all. Suddenly, they are cut off by the eerie instrumental to "Beat Butcha Get 'Em" (Canibus - "Melatonin Magik" (c) 2010). Somebody clearly disagrees with Carnera's claim.
Enter ABDULLAH the BUTCHER!!!
6b) PRIMO CARNERA versus ABDULLAH the BUTCHER
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The big, yet surprisingly mobile Abdullah the Butcher goes right for the jugular but Carnera is ready for him. A series of rocking body blows and combinations leaves the Butcher momentarily stunned, so he enters Judo grappling mode and tries leaning on Carnera. Brief, yet very physical "big man" match between the two, with Carnera heaving practically everything but the kitchen sink at Abdullah but being unable to sweep the giant Butcher off his feet. Finally, Abdullah the Butcher unsheathes the fork but it only enrages Primo Carnera. The Ambling Amp socks the weapon out of Abdullah's hand before countering with a sick right hook. In a massive display of power he then scoops the humongous Butcher up and bodyslams him with titanic impact! The whole ring shakes, and the crowd erupts with cheers!!! Abdullah crashes hard off the mat and immediately rolls to the outside of the ring in stunned embarrassment. He refuses to reenter the ring and Primo Carnera whoops and hollers in victory! The suit-wearing Toots Mondt joins Carnera in the ring (cigar in mouth) and raises the big mans hands in victory! Primo Carnera is the one true giant of professional wrestling!!!
Winner (by count-out): PRIMO CARNERA
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7) ICE CREAM PARLOR
(Featuring Bruno Sammartino)
HONKY TONKY MAN: On May 17th, 1963 you defeated Buddy Rogers in 47 seconds to become the WWWF World Heavyweight Champion at Madison Square Garden. What are your thoughts on that night?
BRUNO SAMMARTINO: Well, that was quite a night. The place was sold out, but back when they called it the felt forum. It was sold out downstairs and held another 4,500 people. That night was great for me because for the first year or two I had been kinda struggling, but then I went to Canada for a year and a half and did well. When I was offered the chance at Madison Square Garden, two things came to mind: first, how the crowd received me, but also a little bit of nervousness, and I was a little concerned about that because I didn't know if the fans would accept me. As time went on I got more and more confidence and the arenas doing well. I had come from being born in Europe and knowing nothing but misery, hunger, and pain, and all of the sudden I am the top gun over here. I sometimes wondered if I had dreamed it all. It was great.
HONKY TONK MAN: Wrestling promoters Toots Mondt and Vince McMahon, Sr. literally dragged Buddy Rogers out of his hospital bed, took him to the garden, put the new belt around his waist, and sent him to the ring for the quick pin by you. Do you think that was fair to Buddy Rogers, and even possibly disrespectful to the wrestling business that a man with a heart condition was dragged out of his bed by the promoters to lose a title to you, and could not have been done at a later date?
BRUNO SAMMARTINO: There is not one ounce of truth in that. This was Buddy Rogers, after losing the belt, who made these claims in a couple appearances that he made. Let me tell you a little story that happened here in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. I used to come home from Toronto, Canada twice a month every Sunday because we would be at the Maple Leaf Garden shows every other Sunday. They had a show at the Civic Arena, but those were the days of the Buddy Rogers era, and Vince McMahon Sr. was trying to get me to come back because he saw my success in Canada. I told him that the only way I would come back is if he put me in the ring with Buddy Rogers for the title. I was in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in that territory, and Vince McMahon, Sr. was near bankruptcy because that was how poorly this place was doing. Pittsburgh has a new arena, which was the Civic Arena that held 19,000 people, and Buddy Rogers came in with a big cigar strutting around, and by the time it was 8:00pm he went to look at the audience, and the place was empty. I don't think there were 1,500 people in the joint. Buddy Rogers was a funny guy, and he thought he wasn't going to wrestle under these conditions, and back then we didn't have contracts like today, but more or less we strictly got paid on the gate. When Buddy Rogers saw the attendance he wanted to get out of there, and he told the doctor he felt a funny pain on his chest, and then when the doctor heard that he called Paul Sullivan who was the head of the state athletic commission, and the doctor who was at every show said to Paul Sullivan, 'I am checking Buddy Rogers blood pressure and I am listening to his chest and everything sounds ok, but he claims that he has a pain in his chest. I don't know if I should allow him to go in the ring.' When Pat Sullivan heard that he immediately stopped Buddy Rogers from going to the ring, but he also informed all the state athletic commissions that he was revoking his license until they found out if in fact there was a problem. When Vince McMahon, Sr. and Toots Mondt heard about this of course they got him to come to Washington, DC, and they put him in a famous hospital over there. Buddy Rogers was examined and re-examined, and they couldn't find a thing wrong with him, and then after that his license was reinstated. If you remember two weeks before the Madison Square Garden show I wrestled him on TV in Washington, DC that was live TV that went to New York. Buddy Rogers was wrestling every day, and he was not in a hospital. To renew your wrestling license every single year you had to go before the state athletic commission, and get a long physical exam, and I knew guys who couldn't wrestle for reason or another, and they wouldn't renew their license.
Cue “Diamonds from Sierra Leone” instrumental as the Diamond Dynasty – fronted by OG “Nature Boy” Buddy Rogers himself – makes their magnificent entrance! The quartet is immaculately dressed, and Jack Swagger carries Rogers’s special “Money-in-the-Bank” briefcase while the MIZ brandishes his recently retained XPW Television championship. All 4 men flaunt their exclusive designer Rolex watches. They enter the set of the Ice Cream Parlor and lightly surround XPW Champion Bruno Sammartino. He is wary of their Cheshire cat grins and wicked smugness.
Buddy Rogers angrily confronts Sammartino while his flock watches on in agreement behind him. Rogers and camp have dominated the world title scene with their titanic War Games victory at “A Cold Day In Hell”. Now, the XPW Championship is coming to the Diamond Dynasty! That’s right, Buddy Rogers makes it official right HERE and right NOW… Sammartino vs Rogers – THE REMATCH!!! One-on-one for the XPW Remixed championship. Only at XPW Remixed’s BIGGEST card of the year – “Baptized in Blood”!!! This announcement nearly blows the roof off the building! Intense stare down between Sammartino and Rogers as he ACCEPTS the Nature Boy’s challenge! Sammartino extends the hand… Rogers shakes it… and the two men go forehead-to-forehead yapping it up!!! The rest of the Diamond Dynasty peels Rogers away from Sammartino as the two mortal enemies continue to exchange words and wagging fingers. Meanwhile, host Honky Tonk Man is ecstatic to have another groundbreaking announcement on his show. Bruno Sammartino versus “Nature Boy” Buddy Rogers for the XPW Remixed Championship! Only at “Baptized in Blood”!!!
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FUGITIVE ON THE RUN: Warning! Considered Armed, Dangerous and Insane!!!
“The Future of Hardcore” Nick Gage is a bad muthaphuckker. An original building block of Combat Zone Wrestling on the East Coast, Nick Gage has been bludgeoned, battered, slashed, burned and flatlined from loss of blood. He’s also one of (if not THE) premiere Ultra Violent specialist in all of the underground. But in December 2010 things took a turn for the worse when a masked assailant burst into a Collingswood NJ bank and demanded money. After the robbery, the surveillance footage made its way around various wrestling message boards – and Nick Gage was snitched out by the same fans that supported him. A mighty betrayal.
On 4/29/11, Nick Gage was sentenced to five years in prison in the State Superior Court of Camden, New Jersey after having plead guilty to one second-degree count of bank robbery. Gage will not eligible for parole until serving 85% of that sentence, according to the Camden Prosecutor's Office. Gage will also be responsible for paying restitution of $3,095 to the PNC Bank branch in Collingswood, NJ that he robbed as well as $150 in lost wages to the bank teller, who later left her position with the branch after the robbery.
Now – in the dangerous fantasy world of XPW Remixed – Nick FN Gage has broken out of prison! The daring jail break took place mere days before the “Night of Champions” PPV in Pittsburgh PA. Somehow, Gage actually staged a run-in during that show (see the Terry Funk vs Vic Grimes match from “Night of Champions”) before fleeing back into the obscurity of the streets. Gage resurfaced once again in Broken City MA, when he attacked XPW Remixed Commissioner Damien Steele with a tire iron! Now – on behalf of the XPW Commissioner – we are issuing a warning to all fans and spectators. Be on the lookout for the criminal Nick Gage. Any sightings should IMMEDIATELY be reported to local authorities.
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"ECW" = XPW Remixed
At "A Cold Day In Hell", Sabu was the victim of an unprovoked attack by his own uncle The Original Sheik. Nobody knows the motive of the attack, or how Sabu will react. But we do know that the Homicidal, Suicidal and Genocidal Sabu will face his blood uncle Original Sheik at "Baptized in Blood"!!! Both men have earned their spot in the tournament and have drawn each other in the first round! What will happen when these two forces clash at "Baptized in Blood" BUY THE MUTHAPHUCKKIN PPV!!!
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MAIN EVENT
DAMIEN DEMENTO (1993) versus KEVIN SULLIVAN (1982)
versus EZEKIEL JACKSON (2012)
(Loser will be FIRED)
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All three men stare ominously at each other; unblinking. Unwavering. Damien Demento clutches his head and points to the sky, acknowledging the voices he hears. The voices telling him to DESTROY the Black Army! Ezekiel Jackson beats his chest and rolls his shoulders forward in a titanic display of flexing muscle. Kevin Sullivan double-checks the metal shank concealed in his wrestling trunks – the mighty equalizer he will use to combat those who are much bigger than him. Finally, Kevin Sullivan convinces Damien Demento to JOIN him in taking out Ezekiel Jackson! They immediately rush to double-team the former XPW Remixed champion, and we’re off! Ezekiel Jackson shows his barbarian strength, fighting off the combined forces of Damien Demento and Kevin Sullivan! Jackson literally pitches Sullivan over the top rope like a useless sack of potatoes! This leaves the monster Jackson to battle the animal Demento. 3-way spots abound with Sullivan switching allegiances every time the momentum changes. At the end – after Jackson takes Demento out with the “Book of Ezekiel” standing rock-bottom/uranage – Ezekiel Jackson has Kevin Sullivan fully in his scopes. Flexing, growling and stalking the Prince of Darkness who has no recourse but to beg away on his knees and plead for mercy from the Apocalypse of 2012. Instead, LIZZY BORDEN makes the run-in and jumps on Ezekiel Jackson’s back! With the lily-white Lizzy Borden hanging off his back like a mosquito or a gnat, big Ezekiel Jackson simply flips her over his shoulder to the mat! But the minor distraction allows Kevin Sullivan to sink a low blow from behind! Oh no, that’s it for Jackson! 1-2… NO! Another close near-fall in a series of match-ending segments. Jackson explodes in anger! Lizzy Borden shrieks in fear as Jackson literally bench presses Kevin Sullivan out of the pin attempt. At this point, Sullivan sees the writing on the wall, and once AGAIN throws Demento to the wolves! (see “A Cold Day In Hell”) He tosses the henchmen towards Jackson who demolishes him with body slams before planting one more “Book of Ezekiel” (this time through a wooden table) for the emphatic pinfall! Ezekiel Jackson picks up the pin on Demento! Ezekiel Jackson once again poses and roars like the King of the Jungle, but this time he’s greeted by huge cheers from the XPW Remixed faithful! Kevin Sullivan and Lizzy Borden slink away with fear and horror in their eyes, while Damien Demento has been FIRED!!!
Winner: EZEKIEL JACKSON
Damien Demento is FIRED!!!
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GORDON SOLIE: Well, we had the Black Army here, and of course they were red hot, they were absolutely red hot, and Kevin Sullivan was one of the most despised managers that you could find simply because there was the racial and religious ethnic background differences between these Arayan's and him. So one day, Sullivan...I'm doing the show and rocking along pretty well - we're having resonable success with it - so one day The Black Army comes on with an interview because tag team action was hot...and so we had these other tag teams and I and I asked Sullivan, "To what do you owe the success of your team?" And he said, "Well Gordon, it's very simple, now if you Americans (and he's as American as any of us) would do like Germans do - concentrate on that we are all German, we're not Yankees and Southerners and so on and so forth and on and on and on..." Well, there was a retired judge who was a wrestling fan and heard all of this and he became livid. He wrote Channel 13 a letter, and this was not too long after they got their license, here was an ethics situation - that judge was furious! So he wrote Channel 13 a letter just raising hell. Channel 13 went to XPW Remixed president Strangler Lewis and said they were going to take the show off the air, and of course that was disasterous, here I am part of it because I asked a question. Anyway, a compromise was reached but they had to have a fall guy - so I became the fall guy. The official word at that time from Channel 13 was, "Mr. Solie lacks control." So personally, I am glad to see the Black Army finally dismantled - and I say we all owe Bruno Sammartino, Lou Thesz, Mil Mascaras and Primo Carnera a debt of gratitude for their duty.
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CREDITS:
"A GIANT CHALLENGE": The Strange Case of Carnera (by Jack Sher) Sport Magazine, Feb 1948
BRUNO SAMMARTINO: Media Man Interview
GORDON SOLIE: TWC Online Interview