Post by MadStepDad on Sept 30, 2011 12:39:27 GMT -5
Cut to the ringside announce team for the
evening:
Gordon Solie & Matt Striker
XPW Remixed presents "RETRIBUTION"
Ladies and gentlemen, we are living in the End Times. Mash-Up Wrestling will never be the same now that the tentacles of XPW Remixed have crept in! Further proof of their deception, and deterioration of competition – the elimination of Polland’s ROH. No sooner had the paperwork been signed, did the entire house of cards tumble over in the wind. Consider his partnership with “The Commission” (led by The Grand Wizard & Jack Pfefer) a harbinger of doom. The ROH company was systematically dissected, it’s owner forced out of his business (some say with violent force) and his wrestlers have been released into the massive Fantasy Draft pool. Another fly-by-night organization dead in the wake of mighty XPW Remixed. TGW & Pfefer insist it is a sign of things to come, as XPW Remixed continues to take over the Fantasy Wrestling universe… corpse, by cold dead corpse…
Tonight, XPW Remixed hosts “RETRIBUTION”! A PPV plagued by personal inconsistency, violent intoxication and stained souls. The entire card is in flux, as contracts with ROH wrestlers have all been voided – thus destroying the West Coast main event of our show tonight. Originally, “Nature Boy” Buddy Rogers was scheduled to face Dusty Rhodes in a grudge match. Rumor is the collapse of ROH is directly linked to Rogers’ REFUSAL to face Dusty Rhodes in a sanctioned match. Can’t get out of the title match legally? BURN THE ENTIRE COMPANY TO HELL! Rogers, his Diamond Dynasty and “The commission” did just that. Now, it looks like Buddy Rogers has the night off. Meanwhile. The XPW Television title, Tag Titles, Boston Championship – and now – NEW XPW Remixed woman’s championship belt – will all be defended tonight!!! Let’s get right to the action!!!
** CUT TO RINGSIDE **
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THE OLYMPIA versus TONY RUMBLE's "WHACK PACK"
(6-Man Tornado Tag Match)
versus
The long-awaited comeuppance of the "Boston Bad Boy" Tony Rumble. He hides behind the massive Val Puccio and insane Mondo Kleen as long as he can, but when he finally gets caught by Muldoon one-on-one, it's over. Match is a fast-paced opener, and another brilliant display of pure tag team wrestling by Mascaras & Hakushi (two men never known for their team skills). William Muldoon throws KO boxing combinations at Puccio and uses his wrestling to take down and grind out Mondo Kleen. But he saves his most torturous submissions for Rumble himself. Anaconda Vice in the center of the ring has Rumble tapping like a madman. Virtue triumphs over venom, as the REAL flagbearers of the City of Champions step forward. In the end, with Kleen and fat Val Puccio detained by Mascaras & Hakushi - none other than Curly Moe makes his triumphant return (he was taken out by the "Undertakers" at DAMAGE INC)! He shuffles, dances, jukes & jives to the entire crowds delight before slapping, poking and bonking Tony Rumble in a humiliating display. Curly Moe helps the Olympia celebrate their victory.
Winners: THE OLYMPIA
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ORGINAL SHEIK versus SABU
(Death Match)
versus
On the opposite end of the spectrum we have this - pure, unchained evil. Razor-sharp barbed wire strands criss cross the ring in place of ropes, and instruments of death (like panes of glass, beds of tacks and flaming torches) are displayed throughout. With the houselights darkened dramatically, there is nothing but a row of blazing torches to illuminate the aisle as the dreaded OG Sheik makes his entrance. Terrifying. Sabu’s entrance is just as chilling, but the ovation he gets from the XPW Remixed faithful is bone-jarring. The vast history between uncle and nephew (mentor and apprentice) is covered nicely by Solie & Striker on commentary. The beautiful story arc runs in stark contrast to the violent, bloody spectacle unfolding in the ring. Both men are absolutely relentless and the stabbing, slicing and gutting is pronounced (and very gory). OG Sheik comes off like the Boogie Man of fantasy wrestling (the nightmarish fantasy – not worm eating wrestler), but tonight is really the SABU show. In his prime, he is crisp and his spots are precise. Arabian Face buster gets the emotional victory for Sabu. The closing visual of his bloody visage reflected in the burning torches surrounding ringside is beautiful in it’s disturbing intensity.
Winner: SABU!!!
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Switchblade Conspiracy VS (Real) Kings of
Wrestling VS Swagger & Riley VS New Jack & Pogo the Clown versus
UNKNOWN TEAM
(XPW Tag Team championship #1 Contenders match)
versus
versus versus versus
Once again, XPW Remixed shows why their tag team division might be one of the strongest in the land. After such an inauspicious start with The Sicilians “reign”, the XPW tag division was looking dead-on-arrival. Thankfully The Sicilians were forcefully removed from their perch of power by the BLKOut clique (who used The Sicilians own bounty against them in a classic example of a pro wrestling backstab), and the tag team titles were moved to the Headhunterz. Since then, with Ed Lewis & Toots Mondt taking primary ownership of the tag division, we have seen an infusion of high-level, quality tag teams in XPW Remixed. The (Real) Kings of Wrestling continue to impress – the Switchblade Conspiracy remain one of the most underrated teams in history – Swagger & Riley bring big-league credentials – and now tonight, we get a look at the NEWEST team to join the XPW Remixed ranks… GENERATION ME!!!
Match demonstrates every team’s strengths, with Switchblade Conspiracy pairing off against Austin Idol and Phil “Gunner” Shatter, before Swagger & Riley got the tag and took it to the Switchblade Con. Sammi Callihan played rag-doll for Swagger & Riley while his valet Jessica Darlin fretted at ringside. Late comers to the match New Jack & Pogo showed up with rap music blaring just as Swagger & Riley were really taking over the match. Their wild, weapon-filled brawl spilled out into the stands, taking both teams out of the equation. Switchblade Con went back-n-forth with Generation ME, while the (Real) Kings of Wrestling offered a powerful counterpoint to their aerial-based work. In the match’s high spot, New Jack put Alex Riley through a table with one of his patented balcony-dives! Swagger made it back to the ring though, and snapped on the competitors. He took out Austin Idol and overhead suplexed Sammi Callihan right out of the ring (and through another table ringside). Gunner and Swagger had a thrilling showdown, before Pogo the Clown made it back in and took out Swagger with a barbed-wire shovel hit to the head! (Real) Kings of Wrestling took out Pogo – Jon Moxley crushed the kings with a double lariat – before eating a double missile dropkick himself from Generation ME! The newcomers stole the victory and earned the crowds applause!
Jon Moxley was OUTRAGED over the loss, and manhandled Jessica Darlin a little bit postmatch to really put over his disgruntlement. Swagger & Riley extend their issues with New Jack & Pogo the Clown, Generation ME get the win and big push in their first match, and Switchblade Conspiracy continue to express with their ring-work and have a ready-made feud with both the (Real) Kings of Wrestling (who Jessica Darlin “screwed” at one point in the match, costing them a victory) and the victorious Generation ME. Any one of these feuds taking precedence will really help light a fire under the burgeoning XPW Remixed tag team division, blasting it off into the stratosphere. Not to mention a looming title match with whoever wins between BLKOut & the Headhunterz later tonight!
Winners (and #1 Contenders): GENERATION ME
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** Boston Championship Match **
DANNO O'MAHONEY © versus DICK SHIKAT w/ Jack Pfefer)
versus
This is the "screwjob" before Montreal. The ramifications of this real-life in ring "shoot" were so monumental, it touched news reports of all kinds. ESPN, Time Magazine, the Boston Herald, everywhere online. Here's a recap of the bizarre proceedings, as provided by TIME Magazine.
"In the long and far from simple annals of wrestling, few careers are more remarkable than that of a 224-lb. oddity from Ballydehob, County Cork, named Danno O'Mahoney.
A wrestling scout in Dublin on other business last autumn discovered O'Mahoney serving as a soldier in the Free State Army, brought him to the U. S., enlisted him as a member of the famed troupe of professional wrestlers run by Promoter Jack Curley. Aided by two enormous paws, a neck thicker than his head and a strange grip which he called the "Irish whip." Danno O'Mahoney promptly won 49 bouts in a row. For his 50th he received the reward of a match with Jim Londos, principal claimant to the World's Heavyweight Championship. When he defeated Londos last month (TIME, July 8), O'Mahoney had only one obstacle left between himself and the undisputed championship of the world. That was Wrestler Dick Shikat, a 30-year-old, 220-lb. recognized as champion in Canada and parts of the U. S.
Last week, in Boston, O'Mahoney and Shikat climbed into a ring to put the matter to the test. After the kind of undemonstrative growling and groveling of which most wrestling addicts heartily disapprove although they know it signifies the sincerity of the bout they are watching, Wrestler O'Mahoney contrived to throw his opponent over the ropes. Rules specified that Shikat had 20 seconds in which to climb back into the ring. When he failed to do so, Referee James J. Braddock, Heavyweight Boxing Champion of the World, raised O'Mahoney's right hand. But when O'Mahoney wasn't looking, Shikat rolled on him with a submission manuever that forced the Boston Champion to tap out. What followed the decision was disgraceful.
One of Shikat's seconds attacked Referee Braddock. Braddock promptly knocked him down. Twenty other handlers and camp-followers climbed into the ring, began scuffling among themselves. Pinned against the ring by spectators struggling to get into the fight was Massachusetts' Governor James M. Curley. one of the 45,000 (a record) who had seen the bout. That last week's bout ended in a riot was much less remarkable than the fact that it occurred at all.
For the past six years, ever since onetime Champion Ed ("Strangler") Lewis filed a protest after a match with Henri De Glane which was considered justified by some state athletic commissions but not by others, there have been two or more claimants for the wrestling championship. Far from being deleterious to the sport, this state of affairs has contributed largely to its renaissance since 1929 by making it possible for each of several different troupes of wrestlers, operating in different parts of the U. S., to have a "world's champion" of its own.
Two years ago, U. S. wrestling had boiled down to two major groups, comparable to the major leagues of baseball. One was Promoter Ed Lewis & Toots Mondt. The other was run by "The Commission" with Ed Don George's predecessor, Henri De Glane, as chief attraction. Wrestling rumors said that a merger between the two groups was imminent. Last week's bout, however acrimoniously contested, was essentially an indication that the merger had been violently rejected, and simple O'Mahoney watched Dick Shikat finally become sole proprietor of the Heavyweight Wrestling Championship of the World."
** TIME MAGAZINE ARTICLE **
O'Mahoney wasn't any safer back on the East coast when Curley and Bowser booked him into Madison Square Garden against the old malcontent Dick Shikat on March 2, 1936. You would think someone would have learned something after the first Shikat/Mahoney match, but they hadn't. Shikat shot on Danno and made the (almost) undisputed world champion submit in 18:57. The next edition of every major newspaper in the nation carried the story of Shikat's shoot on the phony champion and the breaking up of the Wrestling Trust. The Boston Globe told the story, but its version had Danno and Jack McGrath claiming they had been robed of the title. Later editions that same day had Bowser saying that O'Mahoney was sick and had simply collapsed in the ring. On March 4, Bowser announced that the AWA still recognized Danno O'Mahoney as world champion. His first justification was that the match was non-title because the state of New York ruled all matches as exhibitions. That didn't sound right, so the story they settled on was that the AWA title could only change in a two out of three fall match (under Boston rules). So Danno could still be called a world champion, but he was no longer a national champion. He became one of the regional champions that were multiplying by the day. The Boston newspapers took note of the hypocrisy involved and when out of their way to explain who the real champion was, and it wasn't Danno. It seems the idea of hooking Danno was Dick Shikat's alone and done out of hate for Toots Mondt, Ed Lewis and Jack Curley. Rudy Miller, Florida agent for the trust, Al Haft of Columbus, Adam Weismuller of Detroit, and former mat czar Billy Sandow were told of Shikat's intentions beforehand. Jack Pfeffer wasn't part of the deal, but following the match, added Shikat in his bookings. But the dirty deed was mainly Shikat's idea. After the match, Shikat announced that the title was up for sale and just about everyone bid on it. Ed Lewis and Toots Mondt offered Shikat $50,000 for two matches versus Nick Gage in Los Angeles and Bowser agreed to pay $25,000 for Dick to return the title to Danno or lose to Damien Steele. But Shikat has claimed the Boston Championship as his own, and "The Commission" consider it a very important bargaining chip in their continued efforts to take over the fantasy wrestling universe.
Winner (and NEW Boston Champion): DICK SHIKAT!!!
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EZEKIEL JACKSON versus ABDULLAH the BUTCHER,
SKANDOR AKBAR & KEVIN SULLIVAN
(Handicap Match)
versus
Straight savage beatdown. The segment starts in the back with a Skandor Akbar promo (hosted by MSD) that is violently interrupted by a raging Ezekiel Jackson!!! He tears Akbar to pieces, pitching him through the set and off concrete walls. A “Book of Ezekiel” standing uranage through a press table takes Akbar out!!! Jackson cuts a low, intense promo into the camera (with a shaken MSD procuring the microphone). Ezekiel Jackson promises to become the hunter! He stalks the locker room hallway looking for the “Prince of Darkness”. He’s suddenly ambushed from the darkness by Kevin Sullivan, wielding a cold metal shank! He tries to gouge Jackson, but Big Zeke is too big too bad! He gets his hands on Sullivan and throttles him, kicking him all the way through the entrance curtains – down the entrance ramp – and into the ring!! Ezekiel Jackson is so intent on hammering Sullivan, he doesn’t see Abdullah the Butcher sliding into the ring with a chair! STEEL CHAIR SHOT to Big Zeke’s back is shrugged off! Abdullah is shocked to see Zeke turn around in rage! Jackson snaps, bodyslamming Abdullah and clotheslining Sullivan over the top rope. Massive series of bodyslams to Abdullah the Butcher before another “Book of Ezekiel” gets the win! Big Zeke didn’t even give his opponents a chance to use the handicap stipulation to their advantage!!! Big Zeke wants his XPW Championship back!!!
Winner: EZEKIEL JACKSON
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SHOOTERS CLUB versus CALI CRIPPLERS
(Elimination Tag Team Match)
versus
with
ORDER of ELIMINATION
1) DRAKE YOUNGER – Displayed his hardcore marksmanship with the Kendo stick, but fell victim to an Adam Pearce jumping piledriver for the first elimination)
2) JEY USO – (The one with the tattoo on his chest submits to a flying kimura from the inventor of the hold Masahiko Kimura, as Uso’s valet Tamina screams with frustration)
3) DAN SEVERN – (“The Beast” is DQd after a ring-clearing suplex seminar that climaxes with him shoving the referee in anger)
4) ADAM PEARCE – (Tapped out to Lou Thesz’ “STF” after a scintillating scientific exchange)
5) MASAHIKO KIMURA – (Outside interference from Ad Santel & Tamina leads to Kimura going unconscious in a rear-naked choke from B-Boy)
6) JIMMY USO – (after another attempt at interference by Tamina – she gets herself ejected from ringside by the ref. In the confusion and angry arguments, Thesz taps Uso out with a Fujiwara armbar!!!)
7) B-Boy – (After eluding his former mentor all match, B-Boy finally gets caught in Thesz’ clutch when they are the last two left from their teams. B-Boy viciously and ruthlessly cheats, but Thesz is no stranger to dirty fighting and has a few tricks up his own sleeve for B-Boy. Thesz reverses a Figure-4 leglock attempt by B-Boy into a back-cracking Texas Cloverleaf! B-Boy wants to submit, but before he can Ad Santel hauls off on the ref for the instant DQ)
Winners: SHOOTERS CLUB (sole survivor - Lou Thesz)
Bench clearing brawl between the two teams, that climaxes with the Shooters Club clearing the ring (but not without some casualties - Drake Younger is bleeding from the head). Ad Santel and his Cripplers shout threats from the entrance ramp. This feud is far from finished...
** CUT **
Backstage interlude with "Nature Boy" Buddy Rogers
"Nature Boy" Buddy Rogers is with TGW and Jack Pfefer for an interview. Brags about burning down ROH, humiliating Dusty Rhodes, and getting the night off. Just then, they're attacked by a wild-eyed Terry Funk! He scares them off with his steel chair, takes out some security, and hijacks the interview set!!! Terry Funk blames the Commission for purposely holding him off XPW TV Episode #25 where he was supposed to announce his #1 Contendership!! That's right, Buddy Rogers WILL have a championship match tonight... AGAINST TERRY FUNK!!!!
** CUT TO RING **
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ALEXXIS NEVAEH versus SAMMI LANE
(XPW Remixed Woman's Championship)
versus
XPW Remixed Woman's division president Lizzy Borden and newcomer Mildred Burke assume guest commentary beside Solie & Striker (Borden disgusts and astounds them with her raunchy, candid language). Burke remains quietly amused as it's clear she was brought her by Borden to "learn the craft". Hot XPW Remixed newcomer (and new host of XPW Online) SUNNY is special ring announcer for this match. Alexxis Nevaeh is introduced as the NEW XPW Remixed Woman's championship - a title we are told by Borden on commentary, was won in a tournament in Rio Di Janeiro. This match is next..
Winner (and STILL XPW Remixed Woman's Champion): ALEXXIS NEVAEH
** CUT BACKSTAGE **
Promo from Bruno Sammartino on his match with Vic Grimes tonight. East Coast versus West Coast, morals versus depravity, good versus evil. Sammartino will triumph.
** CUT TO RING **
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** XPW Remixed Tag Team Championship
**
HEADHUNTERZ © versus BLKOut
(Gang Fight)
versus
Scott: One thing I will say about the XPW Remixed PPVs, they always pick the right combo to start things off. The Headhunterz have been on fire since winning the Tag Titles and the best thing that the bookers have done is find some great complements to these guys. So take two mid-card cruiserweights and put them together. I like these guys, including their swank matching chains and pitbulls. The pacing is solid as even with small quick guys, the spots are stiff and loud. I can’t believe it’s been ten years since the last time Indianapolis hosted a PPV. It’s a solid Midwest city with an updated arena, yet this is the first PPV since 1996. Anyway this match is getting better by the second, as Ruckus & Sabian counter the pounding, grinding work of the Headhunterz with their aerial strikes in and out of the ring. The Headhunterz dictated the pace for the most part with big time strikes and chops. They almost are wrestling like ECW of the 90s, plus about seventy pounds per guy. Sabians been the face in peril for most of the match until he finally gets the tag to Ruckus who goes crazy. One match into his PPV career and I’m already loving Ian Rotten on commentary. He’s fair, leaning to the heels, but fair and knowledgeable. Ruckus carries this match for a while and I’m really enjoying it. BLKOut win it with the drop kick/sunset flip combo to earn the titles. That was a great finish to fire things up. Annie Social may be banned from competing for 30 days, but she sure made her presence felt here tonight. Grade: 3.5
Justin: In a refreshing concept that could have really vaulted the tag division, it looked like the creative team was starting to filter their overabundance of cruiserweights into teams to pad the division. And one of those teams that really gelled nicely was BLKOut. This was an even match, filled with fluid offense and great teamwork by all four teams, leading to a hot start. The champs were really great here, breaking out a sweet double plancha through the ropes into the challengers. The action continued non-stop, with crisp offense that included a stiff powerbomb and well-worked near falls that fed into the classic tag style they were going for. BLKOut would eventually pick up the win in a nice finish. I really don’t have much to say here besides gushing superlatives, because the action was balls out and really got the crowd going. The Headhunterzwere proving to be great champs that could deliver tremendous PPV matches each month, and Annie Social proved why she's so crucial to the BLKOut squad when her key interference turned the tide of the match. Grade: 3.5
Winners (and NEW XPW Remixed Tag Team champions): BLKOUT
** SEGUE **
NICK GAGE versus IAN ROTTEN
(Impromptu Fight to the Death)
versus
Winner: IAN ROTTEN
** CUT **
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** XPW Television Championship
The MIZ © vs. Rockstar KAOS vs. "SICK" NICK
MONDO vs. CHRIS CA$H vs. MESSIAH
(5-Way Ladder Match)
vs vs vs vs
Exciting thrill fest, like a 5-man car crash (with just another outside titillation provided by the beautiful Missy Hyatt circa 1990). High velocity ladder spots, unholy sacrifice by Messiah, and sick bumps provided by Nick Mondo. “Sick” Nick Mondo is almost ninja-like in his abilities, while Chris Ca$h is high-octane all the time. MIZ takes advantage of every situation, while trying to stay out of the fray as much as possible. Everybody gets a chance to display their athleticism and daring go-for-broke attitude. All the while, the XPW TV title dangles precariously above the ring. After a series of amazing ladder spots and close calls, everybody comes crashing down one by one at the hands of various finishers. Chris Ca$h does an awesome “Cash Flo” off the top of the ladder to Mondo, but it leaves the Miz open to backstab Kaos (juuuuuust as the former TV champion was about to regain his title), and hit a “Skull Crushing Finale” on KAOS from the ladder! Miz makes the dramatic climb for the victory!!!
Winner (and STILL XPW Television Champion): THE MIZ
** CUT **
Backstage interlude w/ the Cannibal Cartel
Vic Grimes is backstage furious - LAYING into the Headhunterz for their loss. Vic Grimes then turns to the cameras to cut a wicked, mouth-frothing, coke-induced promo in which he promises to take Sammartino's title or DIE TRYING!
** CUT TO RING **
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** XPW Remixed championship ("West Coast")
After the introductions... but before the match begins... "The American Dream" Dusty Rhodes makes a surprise run-in!! He comes through the crowd with a mic and a championship belt. He claims he was robbed of the title shot and conspired against by The commission, but he knows Lewis & Mondt are fair men. So he appealed to them - put up this championship belt (the ROH title - something he had taken back behind the scenes) as collateral - and got this match turned into a 3-Way Dance!!!
"NATURE BOY" BUDDY ROGERS (1963) © versus DUSTY RHODES (1988)
versus TERRY FUNK (1997)
versus versus
This is the co-main event of "RETRIBUTION", and it’s the seminal Dusty Finish. If you’re talking about the absolute textbook example of what I hate about Dusty’s booking, this is the match. They exchange struts to start and Rogers takes him to the corner and starts chopping, but Dusty fires back and gets the Flip Flop and Fly right away. Rogers bails. Back in, Funk starts chopping, but Dusty comes back with elbows and overpowers him. Bionic elbow and Rogers backs off again and takes a breather outside. Back in, Funk tries a headlock, but Dusty reverses to a hammerlock and they go to the mat, giving Dusty his first break of the match. Rogers goes for the broken foot, but Dusty backs off. Rogers tries chops again and that seems to work a bit better, so he drops a knee and gets two. Back to the bad foot, and now Dusty has to take 5. Back to the apron, as Funk elbows Rogers in the neck on the way back in, and steps on his ankle. He lays down on the knee and it’s Dusty Rest Break #2. Not counting his time outside the ring. Rogers comes back and tries a suplex, but the gravitational pull of Dusty’s ass is too great, and Dusty goes back to the leg again. Rogers fights up, and grabs a sleeper, and you don’t have to ask Dusty twice for THAT spot. He manages to escape by ramming Rogers into the turnbuckle, however, and wraps Rogers's leg around the post. Rogers tries more chops, but Funk gets his own and then takes Rogers down with the most ridiculously lazy snapmare I’ve ever seen. I mean, how do you skimp on a SNAPMARE? Rhodes misses an elbow, however, apparently winded from the exertion of the snapmare, and Funk goes up, but Dusty slams him off and goes for his version of the figure-four. Rogers shoves him off, and Dusty injures the bad foot again. Now Rogers tries the figure-four, but Funk shoves him off. Again, same result. Rogers starts stomping the bad foot, but Dusty comes back with a headbutt and they slug it out in the corner until Rogers is whipped to the other side, and they brawl on the floor. Funk eats post and Dusty elbows away on the apron. Back in, Rogers tosses him, but Dusty goes up with a crossbody-flop for two. Dusty comes back (despite never really selling for Rogers) and hammers away on the mat, then elbows him down and pounds away in the corner. Terry Funk slugs away and Rogers goes down again and backs off, allowing Dusty to catch him in the gut coming down. Rogers finally kicks out the bad foot again to slow down Big Dust, and NOW, WHOO, WE GO TO SCHOOL. In Dusty’s case, McDonald’s College. Figure-four, but Dusty fights back and reverses. MAD COW! MAD COW! Oh, wait, that would make him Canadian then. I retract my insult. Rogers chops away, but Rhodes no-sells and fights back with bionic elbows and a lariat. That gets two, and Terry Funk flattens Tommy Young on the kickout. He’s knocked out of the ring, just so we REALLY get the point, and Dusty goes for the figure-four. The Diamond Dynasty run in and Dusty looks to heroically fight them all off single-handedly, but MIZ nails him from behind with a knee and second referee counts two for Rogers. Dusty cradles Terry Funk for the pin and the title at 22:07. BUT WAIT. It was announced that Dusty didn’t actually win the title, because the first referee was knocked out, and the match was restarted And that, my friends, is a Dusty Finish. ***1/2 Buddy Rogers retains after a belt shot from the XPW World title KO's Rhodes, and he's pinned under Buddy Rogers' Figure-4 Leglock. Terry Funk winds up tangled in a wild brawl with Miz (foreshadowing an XPW TV title run, perhaps?).
** SCOTT KEITH **
Winner (and STILL XPW Remixed West Coast Champion): "NATURE BOY" BUDDY ROGERS
Buddy Rogers has merged the ROH championship with his own!!!
** CUT **
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** XPW Remixed championship ("East Coast")
BRUNO SAMMARTINO © versus "VICIOUS" VIC GRIMES
versus
Huge, emotionally-charged main event. “Vicious” Vic Grimes showed up tonight on “something”, and was just absolutely impervious to pain tonight. Like a mix of late ‘90s Mankind mixed with WWF Zeus (circa 1989). Grimes more than meets Sammartino’s size with his own, and the two titans host an explosive clash. In-and-out of the ring brawling, and its Attitude Era energy, violence and frenetic pacing that really captivates the audience. Sammartino demonstrates his strength by hurling Grimes about with overhead suplexes and slams. Vic Grimes’ vicious street-fighting wears down ‘da Brune and Grimes’ creative use of various ringside accessories (like guardrails, ringside steps and ring posts) keeps the champ grounded. Finally, da Brune hulks up and begins the superhuman comeback. But with Vic Grimes holding up the ref in the center of the ring… former XPW Tag team champions the Headhunterz make the run-in through the crowd and assault Bruno! But who should suddenly make the save... why, it's NEW tag team champions BLKOut along with their mercurial leader NICK FN GAGE!!! Still incensed over the bloody loss to Ian Rotten earlier, Gage goes to town with weapon shots while BLKOut make sure the Headhunterz are occupied! All hell is breaking loose! But back in the ring, Vic Grimes misses a top rope splash - taking a big bump from the turnbuckle to the arena floor and through a wooden table! Back in the ring, with the chaos of the surrounding brawl, Sammartino catches Grimes and in a display of superhuman strength clutches the massive Grimes in an over-the-shoulder backbreaker! He shakes Grimes until he's forced to submit in pain!!! Bruno has done it!!!
Winner (and STILL XPW Remixed East Coast Champion): BRUNO SAMMARTINO
Show closes with Bruno holding aloft his championship belt, while Vic Grimes and team regroup on the outside! They make more threats while security holds back the BLKOut crew!
** CUT BACKSTAGE **
Backstage a brief confrontation between Ed Lewis & Toots Mondt versus The Grand Wizard & Jack Pfefer. This feud is far from over and "The Commission" won't rest until Lewis & Mondt are driven from the sport forever! But Lewis & Mondt get the last laugh when they inform TGW & Pfefer that TERRY FUNK IS GETTING HIS CHAMPIONSHIP REMATCH on the next Episode of XPW TV!!!
** FADE OUT **
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CREDITS:
DANNO O'MAHONEY: Time Magazine article Monday, Aug. 12, 1935
SCOTT & JUSTIN: "Great American Bash 2006" review
SCOTT KEITH: Essential Starrcade Rant (Part 3)