Post by MadStepDad on Aug 16, 2011 8:08:20 GMT -5
Cut to the in-studio announce team for the evening:
Gordon Solie & Matt Striker
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"TWO CHAMPIONS" = 2 TITLE MATCHES
"The Commission"
"The Commission" opens the show. The Grand Wizard, Jack Pfefer, Dick Shikat, OG Sheik & Abdullah the Butcher - all dressed in finery and about their business - are holding court in the center of the ring. Tonight - the REAL champion of XPW Remixed - "Nature Boy" Buddy Rogers returns! For one night only, here tonight in Texas, Buddy Rogers is here for a special press conference to announce his opponent at "Damage Inc"... just then, they are cut off Wiz Khalifa's "Black & Yellow" blasting through the arena soundsystem!
Enter "Interim" champion BRUNO SAMMARTINO!!!
He carries with him his XPW Remixed championship belt - an exact replica of the one Rogers touts - and addresses "The Commission" from the entrance ramp. Crowd pops huge at Sammartino's appearance. He addresses the cowardly Commission and their imposter champion. Rogers has been ducking and dodging Sammartino for a rematch ever since "Liberty or Death"! Bruno Sammartino demands Rogers face him one more time to a definitive finish! "Interim" champion versus "real" champion!!! By the time Bruno finishes his tirade, he is face to face with the TGW-led faction in the center of the ring!
Just then, they are ALL interrupted by XPW President ED "STRANGLER" LEWIS
Litigation is still pending, and as of NOW, Ed "Strangler" Lewis is still President of XPW Remixed. Therefore HE makes the championship decisions. And as he already announced - "Nature Boy" is NOT recognized by XPW Remixed as the champion! He's a rogue wrestler holding the title belt for ransom! So, much to Bruno Sammartino's chagrin, he will NOT be fighting Buddy Rogers at "Damage Inc" (seeing as how he's already tied up in contractual obligations with TGW & Pfefer). Instead - Ed "Strangler" Lewis will be determining the #1 contender for the REAL XPW Remixed championship TONIGHT!
Yes, that's right - tonight there will be a 4-Way Dance Title Eliminator Match! The winner will go on to face the REAL XPW Remixed champion Bruno Sammartino at "Damage Inc"!!! There's a pretty big pop for the announcement, while "The Commission" looks nonplussed and perturbed. Bruno Sammartino still stares holes through the Commission before him. Ed "Strangler" Lewis continues his announcement:
TONIGHT (#1 Contenders Match)
DANNO O'MAHONEY versus PRIMO CARNERA versus... TERRY FUNK!!!.....
Crowd pop is louder with each successive name, before topping out at the mention of the Funker. Ed Lewis must pause for a second to acknowledge that reaction, but in that one moment - Dick Shikat suddenly SUCKER PUNCHES Bruno Sammartino! The champ is enraged, tearing at the Commission with punches and kicks! A wild brawl has broken out, upstaging Ed Lewis' announcement for good! XPW referees, officials and security guards pour into the ring to halt the fracas! The Shooters Club - Lou Thesz, Drake Younger & B-Boy make the run-in to help! Madness! Cut away!
** CUT TO COMMERCIAL **
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JON MOXLEY (w/ Jessica Darlin & Sammi Callahan)
versus MATT CLASSIC[
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Another quick in-screen picture-in-a-picture of Jack Pfefer heralding the signing of MATT CLASSIC. He has trained with Farmer Burns and Frank Gotch, and is here in XPW Remixed to carry on that proud wrestling tradition! He is Matt Classic!!! The masked man in the tight wrestling undies stalks the ring, throwing up the sign of the “Iron Claw” and rolling his shoulders while slapping his pecs. He’s ready for action! His opponent for the night enters to some brooding emo/Death Metal music, with a pervasive scowl upon his face. He is JON MOXLEY (aka “Dean Ambrose” of FCW 2011 fame) and he is escorted to the ring tonight in Texas by Jessica Darlin.
Jon Moxley Quick Facts:
Hometown: Cincinnati, OH
Wrestling Style: Depends what kind of mood I’m in
Trainer: Never needed anyone to help me I'm a natural
Career highlights: I taught myself how to do stitches
Top 3 moves: Hook and Ladder, Crossface chicken wing, Piledriver
Athletic Background: Street Hockey. I'm a legend on the east side
Training Philosophy: Whenever I feel like working out, I work out. I don't put any real thought into it. I like to play alot of pickup basketball games too.
Match is a very solid 6 minute affair, with the crowd chanting and laughing along. Matt Classic is a direct tongue-in-cheek nod of the head to all the wrestling "purists" who lament the gimmicky showbiz that has taken over their sport. Matt Classic is pure gold with his reprisal of such fearsome and deadly manuevers as the "abdominal claw" and giant judo chop. Jon Moxley on the other hand plays the comical foil for a moment, letting Matt Classic get his shine. But when Moxley's temper kicks in, he overtakes the match. New age submission and strong style wrestling greet Matt Classic, who is ill-equipped to counter. An MMA-inspired rear naked choke almost ends the match in Moxley's favor. But Matt Classic does the giant comeback (complete with HIIIIIGH back body drop!), but as the masked man runs the rope - Jessica Darlin hops up on the apron to greet him! Whoa! The man who fell into a coma in the '50s only to be awoken by XPW Remixed is STUNNED to see the little country dumpling before him! She flips her hair and shakes her little white girl tush and Matt Classic is frozen! Suddenly - Jon Moxley strikes with an Ace-Crusher (RKO)! He waits for Matt Classic to... slowly... pull himself... to his feet... before CRUSHING the masked marvel with a lariat-from-Hell! (spinning Matt Classic's body 360 degrees in the air)! Moxley picks up the pin! Darlin bounces and wiggles beside her man, who scowls and smirks into the cameras. Switchblade Conspiracy!
Winner: JON MOXLEY
On the way out the ring and back up the ramp, Jon Moxley and Jessica Darlin are approached by backstage correspondent MSD for a quick interview.
MSD: Why did you want to be a pro wrestler?
JON MOXLEY: Wrestling found me.
MSD Who are your heroes and/or role models and why?
JON MOXLEY: I've never really looked up to anybody.
MSD: What are you favorite TV shows, movies and music?
JON MOXLEY: All things lewd, funny, violent and/or pornographic.
(Jessica Darlin smiles broadly beside him)
MSD: What are your hobbies?
JON MOXLEY: Dive bars, chicks, strip clubs, sports.
MSD: What is the biggest obstacle or most challenging thing you've ever faced?
JON MOXLEY: I don’t like to think about it anymore.
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** Backstage, XPW Commissioner DAMIEN STEELE accosts Mister Mondt on his way into a business meeting. Damien Steele is outraged by the treatment he suffered at the hands of former partner EDDIE GILBERT last week (Eddie Gilbert and Steele finally came to blows over the "Commissioner" job title)! Mister Mondt is clearly busy with more important things, but he placates Damien Steele by promising him a chance to exact vengeance at "Damage Inc". At the PPV, Damien Steele will go one-on-one against Eddie Gilbert! But that's not all.... before Mister Mondt can tell Damien Steele that one final caveat... he is interrupted by a call on his cell phone. It's an important call Mister Mondt has to take. He leaves Steele hanging and in suspense as Mister Mondt hustles out of the picture to take his call. Damien Steele is left standing there looking confused... **
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LA COKA NOSTRA versus MASTERS of PAIN
(Slaughtahouse Stampede Qualifier)
versus
Formerly known as the "Full Blooded Italians" (circa 2000), Tony Mamaluke, Lil Guido and Big Sal E. Graziano now go by the name "La Coka Nostra" - but they've lost major power with the disappearance of The Sicilians (see XPW TV Episode #20 for Bruno Sammartino's real life explanation for the disappearance of "The Sicilians" tag team). They are answered tonight by the Devilish duo Thumbtack Jack & Danny Havoc, who use this match as a release for their pent-up aggression and hostility (after suffering a streak of losses recently that have turned Doink ReBourne from their favor). The midwestern maniac Danny Havoc and the German Thumbtack Jack impress with creative (and stiff) weapon shots and attacks, while Mamaluke & Guido bump like champs. Lil Guido almost gets Danny Havoc to submit with a Fujiwara armbar, but Thumbtack Jack comes screaming into the picture with a unrestrained double-foot-stomp off the top rope that breaks the hold. A few moments later, and a steel chair-assisted Frogsplash elbow drop by Thumbtack Jack onto Tony Mamaluke scores the pin. The Masters of Pain will be right at home in the weapons-filled battle royal at "Damage Inc"...
Winners: THUMBTACK JACK & DANNY HAVOC
** FADE **
** Backstage locker room vignette featuring the Diamond Dynasty!!! "Nature Boy" Buddy Rogers is in the house with his crew, and they're hashing out a plan for tonight. This evening, "Nature Boy"s opponent for "Damage Inc" will be revealed and Buddy wants all eyes open in case those scoundrels Bruno Sammartino or Dusty Rhodes try to interfere. Jack Swagger promises to handle business once again when he takes out Drake Younger for GOOD later tonight as well. Alex Riley reassures the others that he has what it takes to wear down the great Lou Thesz tonight. If not, well, Miz and Riley have a Plan C.... the Diamond Dynasty cackle and laugh with malicious intent... **
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JUN KASAI versus JC BAILEY
("Slaughtahouse Stampede" Qualifying Match)
versus
Winner: JUN KASAI
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** Backstage in the Shooters Club locker room, B-Boy is conversing with Lou Thesz. Apparently B-Boy wants the fight against Alex Riley tonight, but Lou Thesz insists it be he who take the match. Thesz doesn't explicitly SAY it, but B-Boy has been on a losing streak as of late - and the Diamond Dynasty must have a message sent to them tonight. That is why Lou Thesz will be taking on Alex Riley later tonight. B-Boy doesn't look pleased with his coaches decree, but gamely follows along none the less... **
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ALEXXIS NEVAEH versus ANNIE SOCIAL
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This is the first female one-on-one match in XPW Remixed history. The energetic and honorable Alexxis Nevaeh versus the trashy yet seductive Gangsta chick Annie Social. Match is kept short enough to mask shortcomings, while still giving the girls a chance to run their sets. Both are FAR more capable than your average WWE Diva, as they’ve both come up for years on the independent circuit. Alexxis Nevaeh is sportsmanlike, aggressive and technical – with a range of counters and takedowns straight out of the William Muldoon “Olympia” playbook. But Annie Social is just ruthless and street wise, finally taking over on Alexxis and forcing the finish with a vicious sunset-flip powerbomb that lays Nevaeh out for good!
Winner: ANNIE SOCIAL
But just then...
LIZZY BORDEN
** Post match, none other than the “Queen of Xtreme” herself LIZZY BORDEN makes her entrance. She’s dressed for power and commands the entrance ramp, with a mic in hand. She’s giggles smugly and says both girls passed with flying colors. This was a special test-match for a possible new division in XPW Remixed – woman’s wrestling! XPW Remixed is about to reinvent the women’s entertainment genre, resurrect apartment wrestling and hypnotize and titillate the Territory Wars like none have ever done before! And of course – (giggle) – nobody other than LIZZY BORDEN herself is more capable than running this new division!!! When Social and Nevaeh look angered by Borden’s declarations, and are about to mutiny… Lizzy Borden is joined on the stage by THE GRAND WIZARD & JACK PFEFER! The two monster heels (in the Vickie Guerrero 2011/Vince McMahon 1999 sense) confirm what Lizzy speaks is TRUTH. They are the new masterminds behind this division, and none other than “The Commission’s” own hand-selected Lizzy Borden will suffice as division figurehead and match maker! Lizzy Borden unleashes an evil laugh while Pfefer and TGW beside her revel in their wicked appointment! Lizzy Borden is head of the new XPW Remixed Woman’s Division! And in her SECOND act as president, is to order the FIRST woman’s match in XPW Remixed PPV history! But not just any match to showcase the start of this new division – it will be a “Manage Trois Bikini Match”!!! Only at “Damage Inc”! Alexxis Nevaeh looks repulsed! Annie Social looks intrigued. But who will be the 3rd opponent? Lizzy Borden looks deliciously evil and haughty from her new perch atop the throne of XPW Remixed Woman’s Divison… **
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BLKOut cut promo on Headhunterz, by revealing The Sicilians tied up in a car trunk. Ruckus slams it shut, pounds the side of the car, and the vehicle speeds off into the horizon!
** FADE OUT **
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DUSTY RHODES & ROCKSTAR KAOS (w/ Missy Hyatt)
versus
IAN ROTTEN & "SICK" NICK MONDO
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Match starts with a profane Ian Rotten rant that is answered on the mic by DUSTY RHODES!!! Awesome dueling mic bit between the two promo men (from different eras and scenes, but very similar in style). This is Dusty Rhodes 1988 - King of the World, reigning Stampede winner and Territory Wars regional champion! Mister Flamboyant himself has the flashy "Rockstar" Joey KAOS and the beautiful Missy Hyatt by his side as they lambaste the Cannibal Cartel (and it's capo Vic Grimes). Dusty Rhodes is about to open up a Texas-sized can of whoop ass on the Cartel and show them how a Slaughtahouse Stampede match really feels!!! Rhodes and KAOS race to the ring where they meet Rotten and Mondo in the aisle and start brawling! The fight is on! Match exhibits the daring, high-flying, Devil-may-Care attitudes of Rockstar KAOS and "Sick" Nick Mondo - while mixing in the hardcore, brute physicality of Rhodes & Rotten. Big pop from the series of Bionic Elbows Rhodes lays into Rotten's head, splitting him open. Top Rope KAoSTROPHE from the Rockstar onto Rotten earns the pin for his team! After winning the battle - Rhodes gets to give a closing sermon on the mic. Rockstar KAOS will prevail at "Damage Inc"! Dusty Rhodes says he will BEAT Samoa Joe at "ROH presents Rising Above", WIN the Slaughtahouse Stampede match at "Damage Inc", and prove to the WORLD (if you weeeel), that the "American Dream" Dusty Rhodes is the REAL one true champion of the Territory Wars universe!!!! They have a scene-stealing staredown with KotDM champion "Vicious" Vic Grimes who is OUTRAGED at their boasts and the fact they laid out two of his best goons!!!
Winners: KAOS & RHODES
** FADE **
** Backstage skit with Eddie Gilbert with The Grand Wizard & Jack Pfefer. Apparently, Eddie Gilbert is throwing his lot in with TGW's secession attempt. And when they move XPW Remixed to the East Coast - Eddie Gilbert wants to be their new Commissioner! TGW & Pfefer are intrigued by what Gilbert suggests (keep in mind, Gilbert used to be a big-time booker back in the day). At "Damage Inc" Gilbert will face Steele one-on-one, and if Gilbert wouldn't mind doing "The Commission" a little "favor"... perhaps the pot could be sweetened a little at "Damage Inc", if you catch my drift... Eddie Gilbert apparently does and the 3 men laugh mirthlessly and cruelly.... **
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SABIAN versus HAKUSHI
versus
Video recap from last week's episode to start. BLKOut defeated "The Olympia" in a #1 Contenders match when none other than "The Boston Bad Boy" Tony Rumble and his goons interfered! This led to a brutal beatdown on William Muldoon that has left him recuperating in the hospital. Tonight, the feud continues as the one healthy member of The Olympia - Hakushi - takes on "Killadelphia's Finest" SABIAN. Awesome singles match - a continuation of their epic contest from last week. The lightweight, agile and dexterous Hakushi & Sabian are all over the mat, ring ropes and up in the air with this one. Sabian has the crowd on lock with his disrespectful antics and street swagger, while Hakushi amazes with stiff kicks, amazing aerial assaults and ninjitsu attacks. Sure enough, just when Hakushi seems to be getting the advantage, "The Boston Bad Boy" Tony Rumble makes the run-in! Kendo stick shot to the head of Hakushi! BLKJeez stomp (double footstomp from the top rope) from Sabian seals the deal!!!
Winner: SABIAN
Post match, Tony Rumble is on the mic to run down the Olympia and tout his own "Whack Pack" as the best fighting team out of Brockton MA! And to prove his point - he is challenging the Olympia to a 6 man tag match at "Damage Inc"! (IF Muldoon can recover in time). Rumble stomps out Hakushi on the mat - Mil Mascaras makes the run in for the save, and for a brief moment Tony Rumble gets his comeuppance - but soon his "Whack Pack" of giant face-painted monsters attack Hakushi and Macaras, pulverizing them! Tony Rumble and his two GIANT goons raise their arms triumphantly and stand over the fallen bodies of Hakushi & Mascaras! Will William Muldoon make it to "Damage Inc"
Tony Rumble's "Undertakers"!!!
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JACK SWAGGER versus DRAKE YOUNGER
(Xtreme Rules Match)
versus
This time around things are different, and Jack Swagger looks like the one rattled by nerves. The cold blooded Drake Younger just ice-grills him from across the ring while twirling a Kendo stick in his fingers. Younger comes out swinging and Swagger goes out ducking and dodging, finally entwining himself in the ropes to force a break (which Drake Younger graciously acknowledges). But when Swagger comes off the rope break, Drake Younger actually tosses HIM the Kendo stick – momentarily catching Jack Swagger off guard as he instinctively catches the weapon. Quick double-leg takedown by Drake Younger and he’s on top of Swagger, pounding him out! The Kendo stick has fallen harmlessly from Swagger’s grasp! Good solid match, filled with a few surprisingly stiff weapon shots as well (think “Jack Swagger’s victory match over Tommy Dreamer on that old episode of WWE/ECW TV” from a few years back). Steel chairs, trash cans, Kendo sticks and ring steps are the primary weapons. No out-and-out BLEEDING, but there are bruises galore. In the end, Drake Younger dramatically reverses a Jack Swagger anklelock attempt into a convoluted, reverse STF-like hold with a Kendo stick (a light tribute to his trainer Lou Thesz, perhaps) that finally coaxes a tapout from the All-American American!!! The Shooters Club does it!!!
Winner (by submission): DRAKE YOUNGER
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Nick Gage video
** FADE **
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CO-MAIN EVENT
LOU THESZ versus ALEX RILEY (w/ The MIZ)
versus
This is grown man business, and despite all his future potential – Hollywood smile – and van glorious physique, Alex Riley is nothing more than a boy on the mat with Lou Thesz. The old school shooter hooks and stretches Riley in a variety of punishing submission holds, even stopping at one point to slap him in the back of the head like one might a petulant child! Oooo Alex Riley and the Diamond Dynasty do NOT like that type of disrespect! But when Riley gets wound up and tries to haul off and lure Thesz into a brawl, he gets bested to the punch as well! Riley is forced to recuperate and go back to the drawing board outside the ring with XPW TV Champion the MIZ. Alex Riley just doesn’t have a solution for Thesz, who actually (subtly) out cheats him as well, cuffing Riley’s finely-coifed hair in a headlock and peppering his forehead with closed fists while the ref’s view is obscured! Every move by Thesz seems designed to send a message to the MIZ. Lou Thesz is at the top of his game and ready to wrestle the TV Championship away from the MIZ at “Damage Inc”. STF seals the deal in the center of the ring with a frantic tap-out. At ringside, the fear and uncertainty is strong in Miz's eyes.
Winner: LOU THESZ
Post match Thesz and Miz are jawing at each other from ringside, when suddenly - Lou Thesz is blindsided by a masked man! The unknown assailant enters like a bolt of lightning and CLIPS Thesz in the knee when he isn't looking! Thesz goes down hard, and the masked man stomps his weakened appendage on the mat! Miz is still trying to scrape Alex Riley off the arena floor, and even they look stunned at this development! By the time fellow Shooters Club brethren DRAKE YOUNGER races in for the save - the masked man has fled ringside and disappeared into the crowd! Oh my! Thesz is rolling around on the mat, holding his knee in pain, while Drake Younger and XPW officials tend to him! Meanwhile, Alex Riley limps off with the aid of the Miz - who is smiling broadly now, and stilling flashing his XPW Television championship...
Who is this masked man??? And why did he assault Lou Thesz???
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THE COMMISSION'S CHAMPIONSHIP PRESS CONFERENCE & CONTRACT SIGNING
“The Commission” makes its entrance – led by The Grand Wizard and Jack Pfefer. Escorting them to the ring is the shimmering Lizzy Borden (radiant in her seductive evil) and the cauliflower-eyed tough guy Dick Shikat. Much pomp and circumstance is made of their entrance into the ring – transformed into a “business office” ready for a contract signing. The Grand Wizard on the mic first (XPW Remixed is miiiinnneee!!! I’m bringing it to the East coast!!!) – Jack Pfefer is on last (the reigning and recognized XPW Remixed champion “Nature Boy” Buddy Rogers will be defending his title on the East Coast ONLY at “Damage Inc”! live from Camden NJ). Introducing now… ladies and gentleman… the reigning… undisputed… trend setting… one and only… XPW REMIXED champion….
”NATURE BOY” BUDDY ROGERS!!!
BOOM! There he is, in all his effervescent, scintillating HD glory! “The Nature Boy” Buddy Rogers! Clad in priceless suit and tie, with gleaming championship belt by his side! He’s escorted to the ring by apprentice Alex Riley (still smarting and embarrassed from the stretching he suffered at the hands of Lou Thesz in the previous segment) and about a ½ dozen beautiful Cosmo models. The MAN! The instrumental for “Diamonds from Sierra Leone” plays in the background as the champ makes his entrance. He and Riley graciously shake the hands of Pfefer and TGW, before Rogers takes his seat at the negotiating table (flanked by a standing Alex Riley – very Goodfella-ish). Rogers rests his XPW Remixed championship belt on the table before him. TGW back on the mic again – glowing praise of “Nature Boy” Buddy Rogers that is just so preposterous and self-aggrandizing you can’t help but boo along in unison with the rest of the crowd. Rogers smirks along with the serenade, while chewing on the tip of a cigar. Big hype for “Damage Inc” – back home EAST in Camden NJ. Hometown of the “Nature Boy” himself.
The East con man TGW & Jack Pfefer themselves are working in joint unison with a handful of other regional East Coast promoters. Banding together in a so-called “Commission” in which one true world champion can be determined. It is through this union the following MAIN EVENT match has been signed at “Damage Inc”…
”NATURE BOY” BUDDY ROGERS (1963) defending his XPW Remixed championship against…
”THE MODERN DAY WARRIOR” KERRY VON ERICH (1984)!!!!
!?!?!
BIIIIIIG Texas-sized pop for the Yellow Rose-wearing KERRY VON ERICH!!! He enters, head down beneath his warm-up coat, waving to the crowd. His anonymous corner men fill in behind him as he makes his way through a crowded entrance ramp, overflowing with high-fives and teenage kisses. Yessir it’s really him! Kerry Von Erich is in XPW Remixed to sign on the dotted line and accept a championship match against Buddy Rogers at “Damage Inc”!!! OH MY only XPW REMIXED can bring this brand of cross promotional action to the Territory Wars! Breaking the 4th Wall DOOOWWWWNNN!!!!
They sit opposite each other, Pfefer recites the match breakdowns (regular title match, draw goes to winner, DQ and Count-Out rules apply etc), Rogers and Von Erich sign the contract, rise, stare down and pose for the cameras, shake hands (Rogers with a smirk, Von Erich with grim reverence). TGW and Jack Pfefer smile broadly and crow like wise business men who just inked a lucrative million-dollar deal. Everybody poses for pictures (really vain, and self-glorifying – and is that ROH frontman Polland in there too?), they unfurl the posters for “Damage Inc” – and throw it to a Hollywood glitz/glam piece on the video wall for the PPV event.
“Nature Boy” Buddy Rogers versus Kerry Von Erich for the XPW Remixed championship! Only at “DAMAGE INC”!!!
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MAIN EVENT
DANNO O'MAHONEY versus TERRY FUNK versus PRIMO CARNERA versus...
(4-Way #1 Contenders Eliminator Match)
versus versus
Danno O’Mahoney – the traditional, smiling, baby-kissing good guy – is introduced as the “Boston Wrestling Champion” and has an understated championship belt to prove it. He waves politely to the audience as he removes his Boston Celtics warm-up jacket and prepares for action. Terry Funk – the OG of Xtreme – gets a ring entrance to Kid Rock’s “Cowboy” as usual, and the reception is one of raucous cheers. Primo Carnera gets a boxers entrance – complete with hooded ring robe, and train of trailers and corner men (including a bucket man, a cut man and none other than the “Doctor of Style” SLICK by his side). To show a hint of modern relevancy, Mister Joseph “Toots” Mondt had Primo Carnera enter to “I’m Gonna Knock You Out” by LL Cool J tonight. Big-time main event feel, as each man gets his own personalized ring announcement once they’re all in the ring. By the time the bell tolls and the 3 men begin to circle and feel each other out, the audience is held in rapt attention.
Match is an incredible clash of styles that somehow manages to gel into one cohesive piece. The “Ambling Alp” Primo Carnera uses huge clubbing blows, boxing and body slams to neutralize the quicker, more agile Danno O’Mahoney. The lean Irishman impresses with pinpoint dropkicks and daring cross body dives, but the man who has the most fan approval this evening is undoubtedly the great Terry Funk. Each men get a chance to perform their own shticks, while engaging in some creative 3-way spots, as well as the traditional “one man rests while the other two wrestle” mold of the match.
Ref bump - cue ensuing chaos. The wildman Terry Funk lights up the flaming branding iron, apparently losing his mind in the process. XPW security and officials are on the scene as the Funker scatters fans and camera men. Primo Carnera winds up crucified in the ropes like Andre the Giant used to, off a top-rope missile dropkick from Danno O'Mahoney. But the Irishman is the victim of a pimp cane-shot from "The Doctor of Style" Slick outside the ring!
All hell has broken loose, suddenly… who should appear on the entrance ramp but the Anti-Christ himself… THE GRAND WIZARD!!! Flanked by Jack Pfefer and Dick Shikat, TGW proceeds to draw the crowd’s attention on the mic. Legal shenanigans, technical mumbo-jumbo, blah blah blah… this match was ruled a FOUR-WAY championship bout and with the state of full company ownership still in flux – that 4th match participant has been assigned by “The Commission”! (TGW’s new stable).
Introducing… THE ORIGINAL SHEIK (1974)!!!
Terry Funk and OG Sheik are brawling in the aisleway, security is running wild, and Dick Shikat has taken Danno O'Mahoney out in the ring with a chairshot! Somehow in the madness, Carnera winds up outside the ring, Funk is being restrained by off-duty police officers, and the Original Sheik is in the ring! He circles the downed Danno O'Mahoney and the crowd buzzes with anticipation. Sure enough, the OG Sheik cinches in the fight-ending Camel Clutch!!! O'Mahoney holds on as long as he can, but the Boston Wrestling Champion must verbally submit or be broken in half!!! We have a new #1 Contender and he comes right from the heart of "The Commission"!!! The Grand Wizard has a struck another blow in the ongoing feud between former business partners!!!
Winner (and NEW #1 Contender): THE ORIGINAL SHEIK!!!
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CREDITS
JON MOXLEY: “Evolve Wrestling” Roster Page