Post by MadStepDad on Jul 13, 2011 22:37:14 GMT -5
Cut to the in-studio announce team for the evening:
Gordon Solie & Matt Striker
In 1776, the American Revolution culminated with the resolution of independence - a split from Great Britain. After voting for independence, Congress turned its attention to the Declaration of Independence - a statement declaring their intentions - and thus Freedom was delivered. At "Baptized in Blood", XPW Remixed declared it's secession from Mash-Up Wrestling protocol when it hosted the gruesome and reprehensible Tournament of Death. Now... their true Declaration of Independence begins... and XPW Remixed guarantees.... "LIBERTY OR DEATH"!!!
The month of July has already started with fireworks, as the Diamond Dynasty reigned supreme at "Baptized in Blood" with their resounding series of title defenses and wins. The Miz retained his precious Television championship, and "Nature Boy" Buddy Rogers captured the XPW Championship for the first time (even after LOSING the matches regulatory falls). The BLKOut clique made their ruthless and controversial debut when they collected the bounty set by The Sicilians. We'll hear from Ruckus and Sabian (BLKOut) tonight and hear their mission statement and find out exactly what their "FREE NICK GAGE" T-shirts mean. Meanwhile, XPW Commissioner Damien Steele continues to feel the heat after a series of bad administrative decisions have left him in a perilous position. His recent loss to Lou Thesz and his Shooters Club has certainly rubbed Gold Dust Trio Inc the wrong way, as they've been personal and professional rivals. Damien Steele is on the spot to maintain the GDT Inc hierarchy in an increasingly chaotic environment. Compound that with the legal separation and attempted coup by former GDT Inc partner The Grand Wizard, and you've got a true example of wrestling independence in action. The Black Army has dissolved while the Cannibal Cartel has grown only stronger. Meanwhile, rumors of a new faction continue to persist as the 4th Wall of Mash-Up Wrestling continues to crumble....
XPW Remixed presents "LIBERTY of DEATH"!!! Coming in July!!!
But coming up next, the Dark Match portion of "Baptized in Blood" where MadMan Pondo's "White Trash Challenge" finally got answered.
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** DARK MATCH **
"White Trash Challenge"
MADMAN PONDO (w/ Jessica Darlin) versus... "WHITE TRASH" JOHNNY WEBB!!!
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Pondo and Jessica Darlin in the ring to start the segment. Pondo has a stopsign, hunting knife and mic - and he and Jessica wait impatiently for the volatile Hollywood crowd to quiet down (complete with a series of edited "BEEPS" for some kind of vulgar crowd chant). Madman Pondo cuts a foul-mouthed, Southern-fried promo that you know had to be cut in certain places. Finally his angry rant is answered by some kind of funky, white trash Country banjo music and appearing on the XPW Remixed entrance ramp...
"WHITE TRASH" JOHNNY WEBB!!!
He gets a moderate pop, and as he stops to momentarily soak it in, Solie & Striker on commentary fill you in on his credentials: XPW Original, former XPW Champion, romantically-linked with Jessica Darlin. His backstage antics and old school vignettes were genuinly hilarious. He also appeared as a manager for the Trailer Park Boyz in Wrestling Society-X. He's here TONIGHT in XPW Remixed to answer Pondo's "White Trash Challenge!" He does a little humorous mic work, alluding to Jessica Darlin's past as a porn starlet (and infuriating MadMan Pondo further). Webb accepts Pondo's challenge and we're off! Brawl starts on the entrance ramp, adding every little gimmick along the way (guard rails to stage lights to electrical boxes). At one point, Webb has a little interplay with Darlin at ringside who graciously welcomes him back into her embrace. Only to lowblow him from the rear when he wasn't looking. Stop-sign to the head (just like Lou Thesz used to do) followed by an implant DDT onto the sign finishes things for Pondo. But he's apparently disgusted with Jessica Darlin, and just pie-faces her onto her ass when she tries to hug him. Pondo is the victor but storms off looking irrate. Meanwhile Jessica Darlin (the AMAZING actress she is) gently weeps.
Winner: MADMAN PONDO
BUT WAIT!!! What's that up there on the giant video screen???
** Introducing the SWITCHBLADE CONSPIRACY!!! **
** CUT TO COMMERCIAL **
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2) DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER (Interlude)
"Diamonds from Sierre Leone" instrumental by Kanye West heralds the arrival of XPW Remixed's championship conglomeration. NEW XPW Remixed champion "Nature Boy" Buddy Rogers, Jack Swagger, XPW TV Champion The Miz and Alex Riley are all dressed like a million bucks. Suprisingly, there are a number of pro-Dynasty signs in the crowd. Mixed cheers with the boos. Buddy Rogers has a mic.
BUDDY ROGERS: See, you don't have fidelity in this business today. And it stems from the promoters on down. The promoters are flesh-peddlers, overrated whores. You can't go by what somebody promises, you're only going to be utilized, and used when you're hot. And the moment you're not, you'd better say a prayer, and hope for something new, because they don't warn you, they just knock it out from under you.
THE MIZ: Literally everyone thought I was going to be future endeavored [released]. Nobody liked me in the locker room. I got kicked out of the locker room. No one likes a person who comes from a reality background and comes to WWE and thinks they can do it.
BUDDY ROGERS: Wrestling has changed. Like a 360-degree turn from my day. The holds that were great in my day -- especially the two that I invented, the figure-four leglock and the 'Atomic Knee Drop' -- are still the most famous holds today.
THE MIZ: After all the hardship, after everything, I finally started gaining respect, winning titles, and finally I won the big one two months ago. It’s been a long, hard fought journey. People go, ‘Oh, he was on ‘The Real World,’ and now he’s WWE champion.’ It was a long road before even trying to get there.”
They are suddenly cut off by "Black & Yellow" by Wiz Khalifa - enter BRUNO SAMMARTINO!!! The pop he receives is enormous, and he addresses the Dynasty right to their face.
BRUNO SAMMARTINO: Well having come from the old country and I was there during the war as a kid, and may family we suffered an awful lot. So a lot of deaths in my town, friends and relatives and that. Coming over to this country we struggles, we really struggles and I wanted to lift myself from that sense of poverty and what have you and see if i could help out at home a little bit, so winning the belt off Buddy Rogers, that was the turn about that would enable me to change as far as the past and a little brighter future and to help out at home a little bit, so that was the most significant thing Id have to say.
Sammartino wants to envoke his rematch clause, the Dynasty argue semantics (citing the MitB cash-in as extraneous circumstances), bicker bicker bicker. Miz mouths off, Sammartino offers to clip him one and before we get another angry 4 on 1 beat down, none other than XPW Remixed President Ed "Strangler" Lewis makes his entrance to quell the commotion!!!
Ed Lewis assuages the situation, and attempts to placate both sides. Tonight's main event will be a #1 Contenders match. Bruno Sammartino versus The Miz... (Miz looks cocky as the rest of the Dynasty pump him up, and Rogers no doubt envisions a "Fingerpoke of Doom" or other such cockamamie scams)... and EZEKIEL JACKSON! Crowd pop is huge, and the Dynasty suddenly don't look as confident any more!!!
BRUNO SAMMARTINO: There was never any love lost between he and I, it’s a long story that I’m not gonna get into, but we didn’t care for each other too much. And when given that opportunity and again it’s a long story which I’m not gonna get into but the place was sold out and I just grabbed buddy did a couple things to him, threw him on my shoulder told him that he should give up if he didn’t want serious injuries to him and he did and the match went 48 seconds. I thought the roof of the building was gonna fly off and that was it for me. That was the very beginning of a long long career for me after that...and at "Liberty or Death" that career will count me as a THREE-TIME XPW Remixed champion!!!
OH MY! Triple Threat #1 Contenders main event! Tonight!!!
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THE OLYMPIA (feat. William Muldoon) versus TWO UNNAMED JOBBERS
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"Men eat too much and breathe too lttle fresh air; they take too much medicine and too little exercise".
- William Muldoon
In 1880, Muldoon retired from the Police Force when he won the title of Greco-Roman Wrestling World Champion, when he defeated Thiebaud Bauer. Over the next year he defended his title over 8 times, including some notable matches against Tom Cannon of England, “Mat” Sorakichi of Japan, and Clarence Whistler. The match against Whistler, in 1881, lasted a total of 7 hours and 15 min., being called a draw as neither man could score a single fall. Due to the public’s response to the fight, Muldoon and Whistler joined together forming an Athletic Combination, and toured the U.S. as the Greco-Roman/Catch-As-Catch-Can Champions, respectively. After some time the partnership dissolved over a fight about a woman. For the next two years, Whistler would slander Muldoon in the press, trying to force a rematch. In 1883, Muldoon was in San Francisco, wrestling for Madame Modjeska. It was here that the two men met for their rematch. This fight lasted nearly 4 hours, leaving Whistler’s left Collar bone broken. Badly beaten, Whistler refused to give-up, forcing the doctor to stop the match. Muldoon quickly claimed the victory and re-friended Whistler. Immediately upon healing, Whistler challenged Muldoon again to finally settle the question of who was the Champion. The third and final match between them took place in 1884 and lasted 3 hours and 10 minutes, with the outcome being another draw. When reporters asked which man initiated the draw, the feud drew the two men apart for good. They dissolved their partnership and parted ways.
For the next few years, Muldoon would appear in numerous Broadway shows. Some of these included, Shakespeare’s “As You Like It”, and in 1887 as the Fighting Gaul in “Spartacus”. In 1889, Muldoon took on the daunting task of training John L. Sullivan for the final Bare Knuckle Boxing Championship. This was thought to be an impossible feat, as Sullivan was severely out of shape, overweight, and was walking with the aid of a cane. His drinking was so bad that Muldoon would chain John L. in the barn where he lived and trained. It was during this time that Muldoon created some of the most important inventions in the world of Physical Culture. He refined the Medicine Ball to aid in Sullivan’s rehabilitation. He also designed and built an early weight machine to allow Sullivan to build the specific muscles in his core and arms that are used in throwing a punch. After the Sullivan fight, Muldoon wrestled his last professional match against Evan “The Strangler” Lewis in Philadelphia, 1890. After winning, Muldoon retired undefeated, passing his crown to his protégé, Ernest Roeber. Muldoon successfully defended his title for 10 years. In 1894, Muldoon moved his health farm from Belfast, New York to White Plains. He continued to train boxers and wrestlers, but devoted most of his time to refining his personal system of health maintenance and physical culture. In 1900, with the ban on Boxing in New York, he opened “The Olympia”, the culmination of years of study in health and physical improvement. This would be his life’s work.
The Olympia once again get their grand, MMA inspired entrance (with a train of corner men carrying water pails, stools and fight banners with “The Olympia” logo). As usual, William Muldoon takes the lead, but this time he’s wearing fashionable street gear. Mascaras and Hakushi are dressed for action, as “The Solid Man” and “Professor” of the Brockton-area Olympia fight camp William Muldoon will be assuming guest commentary duties alongside Solie & Striker for this segment. Also, The Olympia is being escorted to the ring by a young, sporty, bubbly young woman who William Muldoon introduces as “World Women’s Wrestling champion, and the newest Olympia signee – ALEXXIS NEVEAH”.
Young Alexxis Neveah stays ringside as Hakushi and Mil Mascaras go to school on their over-matched opponents. Lightning-fast tags, synchronized double-teams, high-flying maneuvers and NO rest-holds. Together as a team, Hakushi and Mascaras are a VERY formidable unit. Part Rockers/Part Filth & the Fury (Wrestling Society X-reference)/Part Edge & Christian circa 2001 – these two International superstars dazzle and astound the viewing audience, eliciting chants of “XPW! XPW!” and “THIS IS WRESTLING!” Meanwhile on commentary, Muldoon continues to put over their tag team as well as the new addition of Alexxis Neveah to their training camp. Twin moonsault/450 splash from opposite ends of the ring end the match on an ill visual note. Postmatch, Muldoon and Alexxis Neveah join Hakushi and Mascaras in the ring to celebrate and pose for the crowd and cameras.
Winners: THE OLYMPIA
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** Cut backstage **
Segment starts with a shaky-handed, backstage interlude filmed documentary-style. In the locker room, the loud and belligerent Ian Rotten can be heard lambasting somebody else (his profane rant is riddled with censored “BEEPS”) Cameras find him accosting young Indy upstart JC Bailey. The lanky prelim wrestler is dressed in street clothes, with his baseball hat on backwards. Cameras have cut into their conversation about halfway through, but you hear Ian Rotten telling Bailey “things are different here” than they were in IWA-MS. No more freebies, no more fronts, no more consignment. The big bosses want their money! It starts tonight when Rotten collects JC Bailey’s match fee for the debt he owes. And JC Bailey better know what to do when the bell rings, because his opponent tonight will be Ian Rotten!!!
IAN ROTTEN versus JC BAILEY
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Rotten sucker-punches the downtrodden Bailey and we’re off! Absolutely brutal shellacking of JC Bailey by Rotten; who rips the boys shirt and hat off and pummels him unmercifully. He tosses him all about the backstage area until they finally emerge through the entrance curtains and down the ramp. Into the ring until Ian Rotten finally finishes JC Bailey (who’s only minor comeback is the few weak punches to the stomach he threw).
Winner: IAN ROTTEN
(Post match – none other than NEW King of the Death Match champion “Vicious” Vic Grimes has appeared! With his Cannibal Cartel behind him, he gleefully watches the savage beating unfold. Upon impaling JC Bailey upon the thumb tacks, Ian Rotten graciously makes room for the in-ring arrival of Grimes and crew. Here, Vic Grimes (wearing murder black gloves, KotDM belt and pizza cutter-necklace) takes the mic and cuts a blistering promo on the booing crowd and viewing audience. Cannibal Cartel rules, Vic Grimes is taking over, JC Bailey was an example tonight to any of the boyz in the back who want to come short with the Cartel’s money. With that said, Nick Mondo presents Ian Rotten with an official “Cannibal Cartel” T-Shirt, as the evil band of degenerate drug-users/dealers officially welcome Ian Rotten into their fold. Lord knows he deserves it).
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SUDDENLY
They're cut off by the antagonizing strains of Lil Guido on the house mic. Enter La Coka Nostra - Lil Guido, Tony Mamaluke & Big Sal E. Graziano! Lil Guido has a mic in hand and a look of disdain on his face. He and his boys (dressed in flashy street clothes) approach the ring Cannibal Cartel have taken over. The two gangs come face to face in the ring (or more appropriately - face to chest when it comes to Guido and Grimes). The Cannibal Cartel screwed La Coka Nostra out of their little job tonight, when Ian Rotten pinned JC Bailey. That's supposed to be La Coka Nostra's job money! Lil Guido demands restitution NOW - on behalf of da bosses! The Sicilians, XPW World Tag Team champions. Vic Grimes is astounded by Lil Guido's attempt to through his weight around. So Vic Grimes graciousl decides to DOUBLE La Coka Nostra's demand - in exchange for a challenge tonight. La Coka Nostra versus The Headhunterz!
HEADHUNTERZ versus LA COKA NOSTRA
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La Coka Nostra take one look at the fuming, salivating, white-eyed butchers and have hesistant reservations. But Grimes appeals to their macho bravado, and with the XPW audience amplifying the wolfpack mentality, Lil Guido ACCEPTS on behalf of La Coka Nostra! The Headhunterz suddenly STRIKE! Ripping La Coka Nostra from their street gear, and double-clotheslining Big Sal E. Graziano through the ropes, the Headhunterz quickly take over. They dominate the undersized Italian duo and score the dominating victory after stereo 400lb+ moonsaults!!! Like ravenous wolves they stand over their prey, growling and salivating, while "Vicious" Vic Grimes continues his wild eyed ranting and raving. Cannibal Cartel on the bloody rise!!! And now The Headhunterz have a guaranteed title shot!!!
Winners: HEADHUNTERZ
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** Dark, shadowy skit shot like a snuff film. The unhinged Doink ReBourne is cursing his cult of fanatical followers (the wild-haired, Death Rock, face-painted weirdos Thumbtack Jack & Danny Havoc). Doink ReBourne goes off on a wild tangent about destiny and desire. How their loss to Messiah will ultimately only benefit them. But the Cult ReBourne must do something drastic – something truly deranged – to swing the winds of dark karma back in their favor… what does Doink ReBourne have planned? And how far will Thumbtack Jack or Danny Havoc go to honor their leaders dark commandments??? **
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WORLD'S FIGHTING CHAMPION
"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." Even the fighters who slugged Carnera insensible are now included among his friends. He is like a man trying to embrace, with a bear-like hug, the whole world. Max Baer, who took the heavyweight championship away from him, who pounded him so unmercifully, is now counted as one of his pals. In Detroit a few months ago, Baer bought front row seats to watch Primo box Big Show. "O ho!" Primo bellowed happily, "Max was very excited that night. When Big Show took a slug at me with fists, Max jumped up and screamed at him and took off his coat and was going to get into the ring to help me." Carnera looked wise. "Maybe it was a joke, maybe he was only clowning, but it shows he is for me, he likes me. Afterwards, he invited me to the nightclub where he is playing and I am in the show with him and we make jokes together. I like Max Baer. He's a good guy."
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ABDULLAH the BUTCHER versus TWO UNNAMED JOBBERS
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Abdullah the Butcher, the bloodthirsty murderous madman, enters the arena with a black executioners mask over his face. He is being led to the ring by none other than The Grand Wizard (surrounded by a dozen armed security guards). West Coast XPW Remixed fans are NOT happy to see him. The Grand Wizard takes the ring first (while the two nondescript jobbers watch on) and cuts a brief pre-match promo. Once again, TGW was conspired against by his partners in Gold Dust Trio Inc. Now TGW wants OUT and he’s taking his part of the company with him! Back to the East coast ! (boooooo!!!!) For if The Grand Wizard doesn’t get his way, he will spring leaks in this ship big enough to sail the Titanic through… and with those ominous words, he gestures for Abdullah to ATTACK!!! He does, and the Madman from the Sudan makes quick work of his two over-matched opponents.
Winner: ABDULLAH the BUTCHER
SUDDENLY – there is a flurry of activity! A small riot has broken loose, front-and-center camera side. With XPW security scrambling and fans starting to throw elbows, 3 men suddenly break from the madness and enter the ring. The three men are dressed in blue gang colors and proceed to wipe the mat with the two helpless jobbers! But those aren’t just ANY blue gang bangers! That’s Blue Meanie, Stevie Richards and Hollywood Nova… the BLUE WORLD ORDER!!! What are THEY doing here in XPW Remixed???
STEVIE RICHARDS: So this is the great XPW Remixed??? I remember when XPW tried to steal ECW’s spotlight during one of our West Coast PPVs!!! It was called the last stand, and a lot of people were thinking it was the end of something, and it might have been the end of something for some people… but I'm just getting started!!!
BLUE MEANIE: Are we really doing this?" *Laughs* "Is it really XPW Remixed and the BWO's still here but the NWO's nowhere to be found? So it was good fun that the parody outlasted the thing that was being parodied. I love Stevie Richards as a friend and a brother and Nova, I love him to death too, those guys were a part of my history and we were part of one of the most popular factions in ECW. It’s awesome to be back with your friends! Tee hee hee!!!
STEVIE RICHARDS: There's a guy up north who says he's straight edge… like every OTHER guy in the business is a drug addict or a drunk. Well, he’s younger than me, and I don't do drugs. I don't drink. I don't smoke. As a matter of fact, as you caught me here, I was about to go out and do my afternoon p90x workout! [pounds the defenseless jobbers out on the mat again] I believe living positively, living strongly and most importantly, God gave me this body. God gave me everything, and you make the most out of it. You don't destroy that. I'm destroying enough by wrestling. And at “Liberty of Death”… the BWO will destroy XPW Remixed once and for all!!! We’re going to finish what the government couldn’t! Death to XPW Remixed!!!
** ABRUPT CUT TO COMMERCIAL **
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SHOOTERS CLUB PRESS CONFERENCE
B-BOY: I actually had a lot of guys inspire me as I was growing up but the ones that stood out were these three; Ricky Steamboat, Bobby Eaton and Arn Anderson. All for different reasons...with Ricky he was the perfect babyface and I was a kid that hated the "bad guys" and he is the best example of what a face should be like. With Bobby Eaton I was really into the way he would flow in the ring and him jumping off the top ropes and to this day I still think he is THE most underrated wrestler ever. Then with Arn Anderson, he was different from everyone else, he didn't look like any other wrestlers and he could adapt to anything whether it was tag matches or singles matches... When I started getting into the Japanese wrestling scene, it was definitely Jushin “Thunder” Liger, who is still active and still one of my all time favourite wrestler. As far as training goes, I was blessed with training alongside a lot of trainers but I would credit Lou Thesz along with Dan Severn for the wrestling, and Rocky Marciano for helping me to improve my stand-up and boxing game.
Suddenly - the press conference is thrown into disarray when "Rockstar" Joey Kaos (w/ Missy Hyatt) call-in unannounced!!! They're taking over the show!
ROCKSTAR KAOS: When it's all said and done, when the smokes cleared, when your laying on your back advertising the fact that you just got KAOSTROFIED!! then you'll know, simply put I'm simply the BEST!
KAOS challenges B-Boy to shoot the fair one with him at "Liberty or Death"!!! On behalf of the Shooters Club, B-Boy accepts!!! Rockstar Joey KAOS versus B-Boy at "Liberty or Death"! OH BOY that is sure to be an underrated CLASSIC!
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XPW REMIXED IS HIT WITH A BLKOUT
RUCKUS: MadStepDad gave us the opportunity, and gave us a lot of creative control, and we ran with it. We took four people who fans didn't really care about at all, put our own personalities into it, and now we're the top thing in this company!
SABIAN: During my entrance I feel up the girls in the crowd. Ruckus comes out smoking weed. It's not politically correct, but it's shit that fans want to be able to do themselves. They sit in the audience thinking how come they can't do that and get away with it. We do it, and they relate.
RUCKUS: If we were to leave CZW I swear that we'd get more bookings somewhere else. It's like the in thing for people to talk shit about CZW. We can put on a really good match with just about anyone. We could put on a match, move for move, that people loved seeing in another company. But if we did it in CZW, people would shit on it, just because it's CZW. Take me, for example. Someone who doesn't know who I am hears on the internet that I'm in CZW so I must be just a 'spot-monkey'. That fucks it up for me when some other booker reads that, and won't even give me a shot, even though they've never seen me. But I can work with a lot of the XPW Remixed guys, and I'd love the chance to work with them. But because I'm with CZW, I can't even get a break. But now that XPW Remixed has brought it to the East Coast - we gonna bring it right back! The Sun Rises in the East!!!
SABIAN: It's bullshit. They have to look beyond the CZW name, and see what we can do in the ring. XPW Remixed is great. We always look forward to their shows, they take care of us really well. Plus, the fans are great in Brockton or LA -- they get our shit, they appreciate what we do. It's always a good time.
BLKOut - Ruckus & Sabian - are here in XPW Remixed (along with token white girl of the crew, Annie Social - representing Philly to the fullest) - to raise hell and cash checks. Their first big score was picking up the Sicilians bounty by taking out Cryme Tyme (see "Baptized in Blood"). Now they aim to show XPW Remixed (and in turn, fantasy wrestling as a whole) who really runs the streets. BLKOut - East Coast - to the death! FREE NICK GAGE!!! The underground railroad of xtreme continues at "Liberty or Death" when BLKOut end the war they started against Cryme Tyme! XPW Remixed made it their business when they dared step foot back on the East Coast! (see "Night of Champions"). BLKOut have awoken the beast of coastal war, stirred the specters of Biggie & 2Pac, and firmly oppose The Grand Wizard's attempted East Coast expansion! Nick Gage, BLKOut & Annie Social - East Coast's finest!!!
Sabian & Ruckus = BLKOut
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BRUNO SAMMARTINO versus THE MIZ versus EZEKIEL JACKSON
(#1 Contenders Match)
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Spectacular free-TV main event. Crowd is 70% Bruno/ 30% Ezekiel Jackson – with 100% of the audience unanimous in their disdain for XPW TV champion The MIZ. He’s without his Diamond Dynasty brethren tonight as he attempts to beat back the challenge of Bruno Sammartino while avoiding the wild card Ezekiel Jackson. In the early going, Sammartino and Jackson (former rivals themselves) actually work in synchronization to humiliate and bounce the XPW TV champion around the ring! Miz is a victim of various double-team moves, including a wall-breaking double shoulder block that propels Miz literally right out of the ring. From there, the showdown between Ezekiel Jackson and Bruno Sammartino is intense – but this time it is framed by a deep sense of mutual respect. By the time MIZ gets back involved in the match, we segue to a series of brisk and creative 3-way spots that leave the rabid audience chanting “XPW! XPW! XPW!” So far no tables, chairs, guard rails or weapons of any kind. In the end, there is a flurry of offensive maneuvers that winds up with Bruno flattened by a “Book of Ezekiel” uranage, while MIZ begs off from the titanic (and now furious) Ezekiel Jackson. The MIZ gets the ref all tied up in the mix, when suddenly – “The Prince of Darkness” Kevin Sullivan makes the run-in!!! He’s escorted by Lizzy Borden, and the two conspire to screw Ezekiel Jackson out of the match. He gets a blinding blast of something aerosol from Lizzy Borden while Kevin Sullivan absolutely flattens him with a sick unprotected chair shot. The diabolical MIZ side steps the referee and prepares to end the battle with his Skull-Crushing Finale to Bruno… only to have the Italian Strongman counter out into an over-the-shoulder backbreaker!!! Try as he might, the Miz cannot break free – and with the crowd whipped into a frenzy – screams his submission!!! The Miz has tapped out!!! Bruno Sammartino drops him to the canvas like a heap of garbage and raises his hands to the sky in victory!!!
Winner (and new #1 Contender): BRUNO SAMMARTINO
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CREDITS:
BUDDY ROGERS: Sleeper Hold Part III (by Ray Tennenbaum)
THE MIZ: Miami Herald interview 7/6/11
B-BOY: In Deep with the Indies" Interview
BRUNO SAMMARTINO: Pro Wrestling Radio Interview 2/5/2000
PRIMO CARNERA: The Strange Case of Carnera By Jack Sher Sport, February 1948
BLKOUT: Slam! Wrestling 7/25/06
STEVIE RICHARDS: Miami Herald interview 2010
BLUE MEANIE: Wrestling 101 Interview (2005)