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Post by MadStepDad on Mar 26, 2012 10:43:53 GMT -5
XPW Remixed presents...
** XPW Television Title ** The MIZ (2011) © versus Gorgeous George
** Woman's Championship ** Wendy Richter (1985) © versus Natalya Neidhart (2010)
** Unofficial XPW Championship ** Shane Douglas © & Lizzy Borden versus French Angel & Sammi Lane (Intergender Tag Team Match)
** King of the Death Match Championship ** "Real Deal" Damien Steele © versus Danny Havoc
Bruno Sammartino vs Samoa Joe II
** XPW Tag Team titles ** Fabulous Kangaroos ©vs (Real) Kings of Wrestling vs ?? vs ?? (Fatal 4-Way Match)
Money-in-the-Bank Ladder Match Sheamus vs Jon Moxley vs Bam Bam Bigelow vs Sami Callihan vs "Sick" Nick Mondo vs The MESSIAH
Ad Santel versus B-Boy ("Loser Leaves XPW Remixed" Match)
** XPW Boston Championship ** Mil Mascaras (1975) © vs John Cena (2005) vs Hakushi (1995) (Triple Threat Match)
** XPW Championship ** Lou Thesz © versus Ezekiel Jackson (2012)
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Post by MadStepDad on Mar 26, 2012 12:44:08 GMT -5
Cut to the in-studio announce team for the evening: Honky Tonk Man & Heath Slater!!! HEATH SLATER: I was always playing basketball, football, baseball, whatever was in season all the way up to when I got a scholarship to play basketball at Potamac State, which is basically the farm league for West Virginia University. I've always been into sports, but the one thing I've always wanted to do is become a professional wrestler and entertainer. With wrestling you've got to do it all: you've got to get people's attention, showcase your athleticism, you've got to be able to talk on a microphone, all of which I love doing. It's like every piece of the entertainment business rolled up into one. You've got drama, you've got suspense -- it's all in wrestling. ** CUT TO RING ** __________________________________________________________________________** King of the Death Match Championship **”REAL DEAL” DAMIEN STEELE © (w/ Lord Humongous & Jasmin St Claire) Versus DANNY HAVOC versus Damien Steele and his entourage open the show… big elaborate championship belt-wielding ceremony to begin, with Steele reiterating the very special security precautions he’s taken to provide a “fair and balanced, competitive environment” (aka “ban BLKOut, B-Boy’s crew and any other rival gang affiliate from the building”)… but Steele’s opponent for the night – Danny Havoc – is scared of nothing… he jumps right into action carrying light tubes and a spiked clubs – and using them to clear space between him and Steele… Lord Humongous and Jasmine St Claire flee to ringside… Lord Humongous sets up a table on the outside….but Danny catches him with an uppercut, and puts Damien Steele on top of the table! He looks to jump off the apron….but Damien Steele quickly slithers away… Damien Steele then sets up his own table (as Havoc is distracted by St Claire at ringside), but Danny rights out of Steele’s attempt to crucifix-bomb him through the table… instead Danny Havoc bounds back into the ring – baseball slides a ladder into Humungous’ face on the opposite side – and comes back all set to unleash a suicide dive on Steele – but the XPW Remixed Commissioner and reigning KotDM champion catches Havoc in mid-air with a bundle of light tubes! In a huge, glassy explosion Havoc crashes hard to the arena floor… Damien Steele sets up another table (leaning vertically against a turnbuckle pad)… Lord Humongous takes his revenge out on Havoc on the floor with a WICKED series of emphatic chair shots to Danny’s back, nearly paralyzing him… Lord Humongous scoops Havoc up like a sack of potatoes and bench presses him over the top rope into the ring… but Steele only gets a 2-count! He picks up Danny…but Havoc slips out and hits a SICK release German on Steele that puts him right through the table in the corner! “XPW! XPW!” Danny plays to the crowd like he’s going to his finisher… but Steele flees the ring like a coward and regroups with his entourage at ringside… So Havoc shakes his head – runs UP a table wedged in the corner – and comes flying into Lord Humongous & Steele with a somersault plancha! Havoc barely misses the announce table (and a very bad ending) by inches… Both men slow to regroup, but Lord Humongous winds up catching Havoc and whipping him from pillar to guardrail (unprotected) in powerbomb position! Ouch! Damien Steele has control of Danny after putting a couple of his own shots in, and he sets up a table in the middle of the ring….he fronts like he’s going to some high-risk, Xtreme move off the top rope – calls Jasmine St Claire into the ring to douse the table with lighter fluid and set it ablaze - crowd growing with anticipation… but instead Steele chickens out and winds up simply poking Havoc in the eye instead (in a very comical yet infuriating moment)… But this time Havoc returns fire and tantalizes the fans with the thought of Damien Steele himself going through the burning table… but Jasmin St Claire strikes with the high-heeled shoe to the head of Havoc… followed by Lord Humongous safely removing Steele from the top turnbuckle – and in a huge, climatic fiery blast – POWERBOMBS Danny Havoc through the burning table! “XPW! XPW!” Lord Humongous drags Steele over to Havoc’s smoldering, twitching body for the pinfall. Steele survives by the skin of his teeth again, but celebrates with his entourage like he’s the greatest champion in the world… can anyone topple his monarchial reign?? Winner (and STILL KotDM): "REAL DEAL" DAMIEN STEELE********** HONKY TONK MAN: We were really behind the eight ball and they wanted to send me over to do TV commentary with Daffy Duck. You know, Roddy Piper in Rav-P's WWF. He never stops talking. So, that was not good and I felt like I could do more in front of the camera as opposed to behind the camera. I just made a decision to just take off and leave. But Damien Steele is the kind of administrative leader this place needs to succeed in fantasy wrestling.** CUT ** __________________________________________________________________________B-BOY versus AD SANTEL(“Loser Leaves XPW Remixed” Match) versus Ed “Strangler” Lewis comes out to join Solie & Striker for commentary. Santel enters first – solo, yet bearing the colors and logo of his Cali Cripplers training camp – to a surprising pop. Cameras pan past a sign in the crowd that reads ”Santel Is Pro Wrestling." But when “Real Muthaphuckkin G’z” by B-BOY kicks in – he gets an even bigger ovation… B-Boy comes out wearing the hood and poses at the top of the ramp with pyro in the design of gunfire goes off around him… Main event introductions given to both men, as the ramifications of the match are re-stated (Loser is GONE FOR GOOD)…
Once the match starts out Santel dominates early with a running knee that knocks B-Boy off the apron, and an amazing suicide dive through the ropes that propels B-Boy backwards into the announce table (“XPW! XPW!”) B-Boy manages to recover and make a comeback; even giving Santel an overhead suplex and rolling neckbreaker… B-BOY hits a chokehold and bridges the hold, adding a futuristic dimension and added pressure to the submission attempt… Santel starts his comeback and runs all the way up the ropes to get a high knee – a low blow – face crusher – roaring elbow – and a running knee into B-Boy as he's slumped into the ropes… amazing combinations from Santel.. On commentary, Ed “Strangler” Lewis says that the two are fighting so hard because it’s the end of their fantasy wrestling careers… Matt Striker also discusses the gang-related blood feud that has spanned from this feud, including shots fired, gangland beatings and cementing’s…
Santel continues the power offense and B-Boy is face-in-peril… yet he kicks out of a powerbomb pinfall attempt… but Santel never releases his hold, so he immediately flips B-Boy over onto his back in a modified chicken-wing submission!!! B-Boy fights out but Santel turns it into an STF… Ed “Strangler” Lewis says that Santel is always one step ahead of his opponent, but Solie compliments B-Boy’s seemingly endless reserve of courage… B-Boy comes back with a dropkick and a springing tornado DDT that puts both men down in the center of the mat… Santel kicks out! B-Boy knocks hits an enziguri, and both men are on the canvas… “THIS IS AWESOME” chant”… ref begins the double count and now fans get suspicious… but both men get up at 7 and 8 to break the count… B-Boy tries to go top rope - Santel catches him on top, and the duel begin a top turnbuckle duel… and at this moment Ad Santel chooses to unleash the dreaded BRASS KNUCKLES OF DOOM! He SOCKS B-Boy in the jaw, softening him up for a devastating top rope superplex… Santel starts stretching B-Boy on the mat, and ultimately locks in a dramatic chokehold for the victory… B-Boy’s never taps, his body just goes cold in Santel’s grip… until the ref is forced to pry Ad Santel off and call the match… While the crowd had been cheering both men (and the match) voraciously before – through the master manipulations of a classic wrestling heel, Ad Santel has turned their emotions completely against him… post match they serande him with boos and pelt the ring with garbage in retaliation for him tarnishing such a mat-worthy affair… B-Boy gets the standing ovation post-match, as he refuses to be helped to the back and proudly leaves with his head held high and a salute for his fans…Winner: AD SANTEL __________________________________________________________________________
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Post by MadStepDad on Apr 22, 2012 9:20:31 GMT -5
Cut to the live ringside announce team for the evening: Gordon Solie & Matt Striker Welcome to the show! Countdown clock in the corner - hype for the two huge FREE Title matches we're about to see - hype for the PPV later! It's finally here! THE NIGHT OF CHAMPIONS II! Let's get right to the action! ** CUT TO RING ** __________________________________________________________________________** XPW Woman’s Championship **WENDI RICHTER © versus NATALYA NEIDHART versus Natalya Neidhart arrived in XPW Remixed amongst much hype – and even stood beside the pop diva Cyndi Lauper and the “Rock-n-Wrestling” female champion of the world Wendi Richter… but Natalya quickly showed the world that she’s from the grimy Dungeons of Calgary, not the glitzy runways of pop culture when she took out Alexxis Neveah – took out Annie Social – and then (in a vicious, heelish display) took out Cyndi Lauper as well… Natalya Neidhart isn’t here to just have fun – she’s here to DOMINATE… Wendi Richter has been driven to a new emotional level with the demolishing of her friend Cyndi Lauper, and the promos she gave leading up to this match have been the best of her fantasy wrestling career.
Natalya attacks from behind, but Richter turns the tables almost immediately… Neidhart appears to injure her knee – something Solie almost falls for, but Striker stays wary… Of course, Natalya takes the opening to lull Richter in and give her a cheap shot… Natalya goes after Richter' leg at every opportunity… she even pumpsplashes leg and locks in the figure-four…. Striker puts over Natalya's strategy, while Solie condemns her for her actions… Wendi elbows out of a sleeper and nails a lariat, but she tries an atomic drop and reinjures her knee… now Natalya follows up with some strong-style offense, but misses a spinning lariat attempt… Richter catches her and rolls through to a pin attempt… 1!.. 2!.. NO! They battle back and Natalya gets two off an enzuigiri… she begins arguing with the ref, losing her temper… That gives Richter the chance to recover and hit a bulldog for the win! Natalya had things well in hand with her evil strategy, and deadly submission holds – but her temper wind up costing her in the end. Winner (and STILL Woman's Champion): WENDI RICHTER__________________________________________________________________________** XPW Television Title **THE MIZ (2011) © versus GEORGEOUS GEORGE (1950) w/ “Focus” versus w/ For the first few minutes the two wrestlers mock each other's trademark moves, including Miz busting out a picture perfect “Gorgeous strut” into a mock rendition of David Otunga’s favorite flexing pose… Miz sells George working on the left arm and shoulder… Solie puts over both men as legends in their field, and pioneers in the wrestling/Television cross-over... more showboating than strong style, but there are several notable spots nonetheless… Gorgeous George takes a “Flair Flop” into the buckles… Miz with a flying clothesline in the buckles that nearly takes off George’s head… Gorgeous George & David Otunga combining to pull the top rope down and sending Miz hard to the arena floor… Miz with a tornado DDT counter… and finally, a big superplex from George to Miz that left the current Television champion breathless in the center of the ring… that actually got a huge pop from the LA crowd. Miz blocks a cradle piledriver, hits a Skull-Crushing Finale, but the valet GG puts George’s foot on the ropes at the last moment to break the count… George hits a beautiful rolling neckbreaker, but Miz still manages to kick out before three...
But Miz fights back with weak strikes becoming stronger each successive hit – and climaxes with Miz tussling Gorgeous George's hair in a hilarious spot! Crowd pops as George goes berserk. Gorgeous George thumb to Miz’s eye, and the TV champ goes down. George pummels him in a corner, ducks a clotheslines and punches him in the kidney.. He does it again and now the valet GG at ringside is applauding him, as Otunga holds up the big hand-held mirror for George to admire himself in between the ropes… that opening allows Miz to come back with a dropkick to Gorgeous George that propels him INTO David Otunga, knocking the “Focus” CEO off the apron! Miz mows George over with a running shoulder block and gets a 2-count… low blow from Gorgeous George, and now the “Human Orchid” is choking the hell out of Miz. Clothesline for a 2-count… George puts him in an armbar as the fans come alive for Miz… he fights to his feet but Gorgeous George plants him with a belly-to-belly suplex for 2… Gorgeous George body slams him near the buckles, and as Otunga holds Miz’s feet down from outside – George executes a running Vader/Swagger bomb off the middle ropes… then he does PUSH-UPS on Miz’s body! But only a 2-count, and George is perturbed with the referee’s slow count. Miz rolls away from another Gorgeous George Bomb and gets in some jabs! He hiptosses Gorgeous George and hits the backbreaker/neckbreaker combo! Here comes the distraction from GG on the apron and while Miz wraps up a show-stealing Skull Crushing Finale… Otunga BREAKS THE MIRROR OVER MIZ’s HEAD! Glass shatters, shards reign down like sparkling confetti, and Miz topples back in the center of the ring where Gorgeous George is waiting for him with his OWN rendition of the SCF!! He plants Miz face-first into the mat with his own finisher! 1!.. 2!.. 3!!! WE HAVE A NEW TELEVISION CHAMPION! The entire “Focus” conglomerate throws the biggest, most obnoxious victory celebration ever – complete with ticker tape, musical accompaniment, and glorious posing… much, much vain posing and preening from them all…Winner (and NEW Television champion): GORGEOUS GEORGEGorgeous George is the King of Television! David Otunga is the manager of champions!GG makes sure all eyes stay in FOCUS...__________________________________________________________________________
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Post by MadStepDad on Apr 22, 2012 9:54:19 GMT -5
Cut to the live ringside announce team for the evening: Gordon Solie & Matt Striker ** PYRO! EXPLOSIONS! LOUD MUSIC! We are LIVE on PPV from Los Angeles CA where EVERY title in XPW Remixed is ON THE LINE! Solie & Striker hype the card, advance the storylines, and through it to the introductory video package! **** CUT TO RING ** __________________________________________________________________________** XPW Tag Team Titles **FABULOUS KANGAROOS © (w/ Wild Red Berry) versus (Real) KINGS of WRESTLING (w/ Jessica Darlin) versus ? ? ? versus ? ? ? w/ Versus w/ versus versus XPW Tag Team champion Fabulous Kangaroos (and manager Wild Red Berry) enter first... on the mic Berry doesn't care who they face... this cues the theme song for the (Real) Kings of Wrestling - who enter as a united whole (Impact Players x10)... Gunner answers the FabKangs on the mic and pledges to tear through them and retain their titles... this draws out XPW Remixed Commissioner "Real Deal" Damien Steele (for his PPV payoff)... he reiterates that it is indeed "all about the money" and introduces the 3rd team tonight...DIAMOND DYNASTY!! The team gets their billion dollar PPV entrance; diamonds twinkling and Rolexes glistening... Buddy Rogers briefly on the mic to re-introduce his team as the Tag Team of the FUTURE!... but before we get that far, we are cut off on the mic by something nobody expected to hear...
Oh? You didn't KNOW?? This is XPW Remixed, BEEYOTCH!!(REAL) KINGS OF WRESTLING attacks during FabKangs strategy session… meanwhile, Diamond Dynasty & NAO have begun brawling on the entrance ramp and around the ring… Alex Riley takes a vertical suplex on the ramp… Finally, they take it to the ring where Gunner has just launched FabKang #2 over top rope (where he crashed into “Wild” Red Berry & FabKang #1)… Alex Riley has a big welt on his back from the suplex on the ramp… (REAL) KINGS OF WRESTLING double-team Matt Morgan until he powers through BOTH of them with a massive double clothesline… Missy Hyatt is tending to her boyfriend Alex Riley outside the ring, while Jessica Darlin cheers on her men the (Real) KoW… things finally settle down and we’ve got our first legit encounter = Matt Morgan vs “Bad Azz” Billy Gunn.
Finally NAO double-team Matt Morgan – forcing him to bail from the ring (and get blind-tagged out on his way)… this leaves the New Age Outlaws and (Real) Kings of Wrestling to get it on… Another blind-tag forces Gunner out of action just as he was getting the upper hand on Road Dogg… Road Dogg gets caught in the heel FabKang corner but fights back with jukes-n-jives… he even takes time to sock Riley in the jaw while he stood on the apron… FabKang #1 crawls to the tag, but Matt Morgan just cuts it off... Now Morgan & Riley have offense and Alex Riley gets a sunset flip on Road Dogg for two. Diamond Dynasty pose and taunt their foes, while “Nature Boy” Buddy Rogers & Missy Hyatt add the sizzle at ringside…
Riley gets cuts off with a clothesline and Road Dogg almost makes it to his corner, but FabKang #1 (Al Costello) hits him from behind… but the FabKangs miscalculate a double-team move, and Road Dogg reaches his partner! HOT TAG TO BILLY GUNN! Gunn cleans house and hits the Full Nelson Slam on FabKang #2 (Roy Heffernan)… A delayed vertical suplex gets two, but Matt Morgan makes the save... “The Blueprint” Matt Morgan gets two on FabKang #1 with a powerslam… Austin Idol breaks up the pin, and now all HELL just breaks loose…
FabKang #1 (Al Costello) reverses a TKO attempt and powerbombs Riley… Gunner hurls FabKang #2 (Roy Heffernan) over the top rope onto Matt Morgan & Buddy Rogers (both standing at ringside). Austin Idol hits Road Dogg with a neckbreaker, but Billy Gunn pulls the referee out of the ring… Jessica Darlin begins arguing with Gunn at ringside, but quickly switches moods and becomes flirtatious and flattered by his amorous advances… this pisses Austin Idol off tremendously, and he comes tearing out of the ring to brawl with Gunn on the floor. FabKang #1 hits Phil “Gunner” Shatter with a spinebuster for 2… at ringside, an irate Buddy Rogers removes a pair of HANDCUFFS from Missy Hyatt’s purse and CUFFS Road Dogg to the ring post!!! In the ring, FabKang #1 Al Costello & Phil “Gunner” Shatter are in the throes of the matches finishing sequence… Wild Red Berry hops up on the apron, distracting (REAL) KINGS OF WRESTLING long enough for Matt Morgan to hit Gunner with a clothesline from behind… Wild Red Berry waits for FabKang #1 to hit a helicopter slam on Billy Gunn and then CRACKS him with the cane! FabKang#1 Al Costello covers Gunn for the pin… but now a PISSED-OFF Matt Morgan breaks up the count!!! Wild Red Berry takes a swing at HIM with the cane, but misses and none other “Nature Boy” Buddy Rogers catches Berry from behind – spins him around –and PUNCHES HIM IN THE FACE, knocking his derby hat right off his head!!!
(REAL) KINGS OF WRESTLING hits Matt Morgan with a DWI suplex/Powerbomb combo! 1!.. 2!.. ALEX RILEY BREAKS UP THE PIN! Crowd exhales big time there, as they thought that was the finish… Matt Morgan & Alex Riley begin a brutal double-team on Billy Gunn outside the ring, as he was trying to uncuff his partner Road Dogg… this leaves the FabKangs & (Real) KoW in the ring… Wild Red Berry tosses in a chair, but Austin Idol gets there first… FabKang #2 (Roy Heffernan) clotheslines Idol's head into the chair!! 1!... 2!... Jessica Darlin gets Austin Idol’s foot on the ropes to break the count!! Gunner tries to get help from Jessica Darlin (who has come up with the steel chair), but Jessica accidentally SMACKS him with the no-look chairshot!! Phil “Gunner” Shatter is more distracted and aggravated than hurt, and turns to angrily confront a remorseful Jessica… but gets caught from behind in a modified FabKangs version of the 3D!! 1!.. 2!.. 3! Matt Morgan tried sliding into the ring to break up the count but it was too late! FabKangs retain!! Postmatch, Berry and his crew celebrate – the (Real) Kings of Wrestling argue and point fingers all the way back to the dressing room, and the Diamond Dynasty continue brawling with NAO throughout the building! (especially after Road Dogg was freed from the handcuffs by security).Winners (and STILL XPW Tag Team Champions): FABULOUS KANGAROOS__________________________________________________________________________SAMOA JOE (2007) versus BRUNO SAMMARTINO (1975) II versus Video highlight reel of their past history, including Bruno's win at MBVII and Joe's continued pursuit (stalking) of Sammartino ever since... then we get brief words from each contender in their locker room - every word is spoken with intensity and aggression... the energy in the arena is palpable tonight for the only match on the PPV card that's NOT for a title... it's about something far less tangible, but NO LESS important than championships... Sammartino grabs a hammerlock, and switches to a frontface lock… Joe uses an amateur-style firemans carry to reverse out, and grabs an armbar... Sammartino reverses with a firemans carry of his own into an armbar, and Joe is pissed at the one-upmanship… Joe hits a headlock takeover, and Sammartino counters with a headscissors… They trade go behinds, and Sammartino grabs a headlock takeover – straight 1970’s style… Joe fights to his feet and hurls Bruno off… Sammartino hits the ropes and runs into a shoulderblock (Joe pounds his chest defiantly)… so Sammartino takes him down with a single leg, but Joe hits a quick reversal... Sammartino elbows out, but gets hit with an armdrag into another wrenching armbar… Sammartino gets to the corner to break, and delivers a knee to the ribs. Into the ropes and Bruno runs into a back elbow that puts Samoa Joe in control... Joe follows up with a series of shoulderblocks in the corner, and hits a powerslam for the matches first 2-count… Sammartino ducks a clothesline and delivers a German suplex – but in an awesome spot, Joe completely no-sells it and pops right back up to deliver a WICKED stiff clothesline… small (but vocal) “JOE’S GONNA KIIIIIILLLL UUUU” chants breaks out… Bruno bails to the floor… Joe gets Sammartino back to the ring, but eats a boot on the way in… Samoa Joe stops an Irish whip and delivers a huge body slam to Bruno… Another Irish whip (shout out to Danno O’Mahoney!) sends Sammartino to the corner, but Joe charges into a boot… Sammartino delivers an amazing German suplex into the top turnbuckle, and Joe rolls to the floor in great pain (“HOLY S***” chant for that bump)… Sammartino goes outside after him and drives Joe into the barricade a few times, before firing him back inside.. Sammartino connects with a back suplex for a VERY CLOSE two count (reminiscent of the way Bruno won their first match at MBVII)… Sammartino fires away in the corner with a series of boots and a suplex gets two… Bruno grabs a bow and arrow submission, but Joe fights out of it and winds up driving Sammartino back first into the turnbuckle.. Samoa Joe stomps Sammartino down in the corner, but Bruno reverses an Irish whip sending him into the buckles… On the rebound, Sammartino hits a belly-to-belly suplex, and delivers a pair of knees to Joe’s ribs - sending Joe to the floor… Back inside and Bruno is in control, until running into a spinebuster from Joe. Both men struggle to their feet, and Joe stiffs Bruno with a forearm off the ropes… Samoa Joe kicks it strong-style, delivering a vicious lariat and several shoulder blocks in the corner… Bruno is weathering the storm, but Joe looks bigger and badder at this point… Samoa Joe connects with a pair of belly-to-belly suplexes, picking up a two count… Now the crowd is chanting for “BRUUUUNO! BRUUUUNO!!” Sammartino reverses a go behind from Samoa Joe and delivers an amazing series of rolling German suplexes, without releasing his grip! Sammartino goes for the over-the-shoulder backbreaker, but Samoa Joe counters into a rear-naked choke attempt… Sammartino counters with an inside trip and locks in a leg grapevine… but Joe rolls through - so Sammartino switches to a half crab in an amazingly dexterous maneuver! Joe reaches the ropes to break the hold, and Sammartino delivers another running knee to the ribs… Bruno charges again, but Joe delivers a backdrop sending Sammartino over the top to the floor! “XPW! XPW!” chants and “THIS IS AWESOME!” break out again… Sammartino rolls back but gets hit with a series of shoulderblocks… Bruno comes back with an INCREDIBLE release German suplex that picks up a two count (and minor “HOLY S***” chant from the crowd)… Bruno hits a bodyslam for another two count… Bruno sets up for another backbreaker attempt, but Joe counters into a cradle for two… Suddenly Joe explodes with a Samoan Drop, but is slow to cover and Sammartino gets out at two… more “BRUUUUNO!” chants… Joe picks up Sammartino (aggressively reacting to the fans chants in a more heelish fashion), but Sammartino grabs the leg and locks in an ankle lock! Bruno grapevines the legs, but Joe is still able to drag him to the ropes… Sammartino tries to go back to the ankle lock, but gets kicked off… Joe goes for another spinebuster, but Bruno counters into a small package for two… Sammartino goes for a body slam, but Samoa Joe reverses and backs Bruno into the buckles with stiff shoot strikes and kicks… but with the fans egging him on, Bruno fights back with his last bit of steel reserve… but a flying Pele kick from Joe puts him back in the corner, where Joe amazingly lifts the Italian strongman up into a muscle buster! Joe hits the move emphatically in the center of the ring, and locks in the Kokina clutch… until Sammartino’s limp arm drops once… twice… THREE TIMES! Bruno is OUT! Joe has done the unthinkable here tonight! A ferocious, physically exerted Joe mean mugs for the cameras and flips off various audience members as he reminds the world “I TOLD U SO!!” Winner (by submission): SAMOA JOE __________________________________________________________________________** BACKSTAGE INTERLUDE **
** MSD speaks with Sheamus who gives another 'ol Irish tale about the havoc he's about to wreak... when none other than JON MOXLEY saunters into the scene... he quickly gets under Sheamus' skin (much like he did in the infamous Mick Foley clip at WM28 weekend) and leaves the Celtic Warrior as red in the face as his hair...
** Cut to a promo from "Sick" Nick Mondo that is rife with conflicted thoughts and emotions... he's trying to wear his "Best of the Best" victory as a badge of honor, but his demons keep trying to drag him back into the cesspool of Death Match wrestling... this draws Messiah into the scene - who offers a cryptic bible quote that once again seems to subtly undermine everything Mondo is working towards... friction is clearly exhibited...
** Words from "Wild" Red Berry and Bam Bam Bigelow in their locker room...
** Quick backstage sketch in some dark, dank boiler room in the arena - Sami Callihan is whipping Thumbtack Jack into shape and demanding sacrifice... tonight is the night the "Antic Christ of Fantasy Wrestling" ascends into Heaven...** CUT TO RING ** ** Money-in-the-Bank Ladder Match **SHEAMUS vs BAM BAM BIGELOW vs JON MOXLEY Vs SAMI CALLIHAN vs “SICK” NICK MONDO vs THE MESSIAH vs vs vs vs The bell rings as Sheamus, Jon Moxley and Bam Bam Bigelow fight out on the floor and Messiah goes after Mondo in the ring… Sami Callihan sits in a corner (classic Raven/Jake the Snake-style) watching the chaos unfold – before picking his spot and dropkicking a ladder into “Sick” Nick Mondo’s FACE at ringside… In return, Messiah hurls a ladder at Callihan’s head… Sheamus Brogue Kicks another ladder through Bam Bam’s tattooed skull and threatens to go after “Wild” Red Berry at ringside… but a freshly recovered Jon Moxley actually snuck up on Sheamus from the rear (like a dastardly snake) and CRUSHES him with a DDT onto a ladder!! Outside the ring, Callihan & Messiah are brawling – only to have Mondo run UP a ladder in the ring (at an angle on the buckles) – and propel himself off the top turnbuckle with an amazing suicide dive to take them both out! “XPW! XPW!”
Moxley then sets up the ladder and begins to climb but old Switchblade Conspiracy partner Sami Callihan comes in and pulls him down off the ladder – where the two men begin arguing… but this just allows Bam Bam Bigelow to cream them BOTH from behind, and crush them with a ladder-assisted avalanche splash… “ Wild” Red Berry is going crazy for his man at ringside… Bam Bam Bigelow then (tries) climbing the ladder, but Messiah comes off the top rope with a missile dropkick to dislodge him… Messiah and Bam Bam Bigelow begin fighting in the ring as Sheamus is trying to struggle to his feet on the outside… but “Wild” Red Berry reacts by breaking his cane over Sheamus’ back!
“Sick” Nick Mondo & Sami Callihan are now going at it tooth and nail, with Mondo’s assault growing more extreme with each improvised ladder spot… Messiah executes a dazzling moonsault off the top rope that takes out Callihan, Mondo AND Moxley on the arena floor! “HOLY S***!” and “XPW” chants for that… Back in the ring, Messiah begins to climb the ladder but “Sick” Nick Mondo springboards off the top rope with a steel chair to knock Messiah off in another “HOLY S***!” level bump… Jon Moxley goes after Bam Bam Bigelow again, but Bigelow hip-tosses Moxley onto a ladder wedged between the ring apron and guardrail… The MESSIAH then flies into the scene with a steel chair and PASTES Bam Bam Bigelow in the skull full force - driving him down onto the ladder with Moxley (and pinning Moxley under Bigelow's huge, unconcious body)… The ring is clear now except for “Sick” Nick Mondo as he sets up a HUGE ladder in the center of the ring, and slowly begins climbing… he hesitates when he sees Messiah, but Messiah waves him on and acts like he’s “watching his back” with the steel chair… but as soon as Mondo continues his climb - his “friend”, mentor and “spiritual guide” Messiah CHUCKS the steel chair at Mondo’s head from behind! That stops his climb and Messiah streaks to the top of the ladder to meet him… the two men are duking it out at the top of the ladder, teetering precariously… until Sheamus appears at the base of the ladder to push them BOTH off! They topple from the top, over the ropes, and THROUGH the ladder with Bam Bam Bigelow & Jon Moxley on top of it! “HOLY S***!” and “XPW! XPW!” chants for that one…
Sheamus then begins climbing the ladder – but “Wild” Red Berry climbs up the other side to distract him! Sheamus winds up SLUGGING Berry off the ladder, but that minor distraction is enough to have Sami Callihan (and his accomplice Thumbtack Jack – making the run in now) catch Sheamus from behind – and double-POWERBOMB him off the ladder through a table set up in the ring! The “New Horror” and “Anti-Christ of Fantasy Wrestling” Sami Callihan climbs the ladder and RETREIVES THE BRIEFCASE! Postmatch, Callihan stomps, spits and swings the briefcase into the metal ring post and guardrails, denting and disrespecting it tremendously… Winner: SAMI CALLIHAN__________________________________________________________________________** BACKSTAGE INTERLUDE **Mil Mascaras (through a translator) begins his promo - but John Cena brazenly strolls onto the set to interupt... he and Mascaras share a few brief (but intense) words and a stare down... Hakushi Kuro remains the mysterious wild card in a battle with no united front... ** CUT ** ** XPW Boston Championship **MIL MASCARAS (1975) © vs JOHN CENA (2005) vs HAKUSHI KURO (1995) vs vs Mascaras and Cena are in one corner facing Hakushi Kuro… At the bell, they size him up… dramatic stare downs are exchanged… Mascaras & Cena are united and moving towards Hakushi Kuro… when out of nowhere, John Cena gives Mil Mascaras a muthaphuckkin Attitude Adjustment over the top rope!!! The masked man crashes to the arena floor in a heap and the crowd is stunned - but pops HUGE for the surprise display! Already this match promises to be a barn burner! Crowd is actually chanting for Cena now… Hakushi Kuro reverses a Cena charge and hits a neckbreaker on Cena… Hakushi & Cena have a few exchanges (with the cat-like Hakushi using dexterity and quickness to avert Cena’s strength advantage) – until out of nowhere, Mil Mascaras comes FLYING into the ring with a cross bodyblock to Cena and some chops for Hakushi!!! Now the crowd is chanting for PWI’s “Most Popular Wrestler of the Year” (1975)…
Cena sends Mascaras into the ropes and hits a bulldog and a suplex for 2… Cena sends Mascaras into the corner, but Mil vaults ONTO the top rope and flies off with a high cross body!… but Cena ducks and Hakushi Kuro catches Mil right in the GUT with a dropkick in midair!... Back to Cena & Hakushi Kuro briefly, as Cena boots Hakushi Kuro and catches him in the fireman's carry… He goes for the FUAA but Hakushi counters on the way down to a DDT for 2… Now Mascaras is back, but misses a flying chop and Hakushi clips his knee… The crowd tries dueling chants again, but this time the anti-Cena sentiment has grown stronger, and the “let’s go Cena” chants are drowned out by “Cena sucks”! Hakushi Kuro with another chopping block – this one to Cena – and he’s in firm control…
Hakushi Kuro uses a dazzling array of ninjitsu strikes and springboard moves to keep both opponents grounded… Mascaras powders out while Hakushi & Cena share the bulk of the exchanges… finally Mil returns to action and he and Cena unite to dispose of Hakushi Kuro… with the Japanese Angel of Death temporarily out of the picture, Cena & Mascaras finally have the long awaited face-off and showdown… They chop and slug it out, and Cena floors Mascaras with his running shouldertackle… But Mil ducks a second attempt, and Cena catches a STEEL CHAIR SHOT to the top of his head from Hakushi on the ring apron! The sudden impact causes Cena’s unconscious body to plummet through the ropes to the floor! Crowd “OOOOOHS” that one, and Cena hits the arena floor out cold… Mil Mascaras returns though to a hit an awesome plancha onto Hakushi Kuro that has the crowd cheering and chanting “XPW! XPW!” Mil rolls the traitor Hakushi back into the ring as the announcers recap their history under the “Olympia” fight camp banner…
While Mascaras & Hakushi engage in a thrilling aerial battle in the ring – outside Cena preps the announce table for something devastating… Back in the ring, Hakushi counters Mascaras with a crescent kick… but Cena cuts him off hoists Hakushi up into FU position! But Hakushi elbows out – ducks a flying lariat from Mascaras – and Mil winds up clotheslining Cena over the top rope… both Cena & Mascaras come tumbling from the ring and begin stiffly brawling at ringside… over towards the announce table… where suddenly, Hakushi Kuro executes a breath-taking springboard suicide plancha RIGHT ONTO Cena & Mascaras – driving EVERYBODY through the table like a giant human cannonball!!! “HOLY S***!” and “XPW! XPW!” chants for that!
Back in, Hakushi slides in the ring – and catches Mascaras with a “Trouble in Paradise”-like spin kick for two… Now Cena’s dragging himself into the ring while Hakushi Kuro removes a turnbuckle pad – exposing metal buckle… With Cena in the ring, Hakushi Kuro sends him hard into the turnbuckle… Hakushi Kuro goes for the handspring corner-elbow smash, but Cena avoids it and catches Hakushi Kuro in the Attitude Adjustment! Crowd rides the momentum as Cena takes him UP and DOWN with a hellacious FUAA! But before Cena can pin him, Mascaras catapults him into the unprotected turnbuckle face first! Mascaras gets the pin on Hakushi!... but he KICKSOUT at 2.9!! Oh my the crowd is in conniptions!
Hakushi & Mascaras exchange chops and strikes, but Mil has the size advantage… Mascaras wins this round and rockets his former training partner off the ropes – but Hakushi ducks the clothesline and answers with a flying leg lariat… that sends Mascaras directly back into Cena, who catches him with his spinning sit-out slam… Hakushi Kuro sends Cena into the ringpost… Mascaras and Hakushi Kuro now go eye to eye… MASCARAS with the inverted atomic drop but Hakushi hits a high head kick… Mascaras ducks another and hits a flying forearm… He kips up but runs into a spinebuster by Cena, who has just reentered the ring! Cena wants the 5-Knuckle Shuffle on Mascaras (equal boos/cheers), but Hakushi winds up backdropping Cena over the top rope before he can complete the move… Hakushi wants the steel-chair buzzsaw kick on a weary Mascaras… but in a instinctual display of self-sacrifice, Cena moves in for the save and winds up taking the steel chair shot himself (but to his back – so it’s not as debilitating had it been to Mascaras’ FACE like Hakushi aimed)… so Hakushi says it “F it” and just pastes Mascaras across the back with the chair… Now Hakushi scales the top turnbuckle and hits a huge moonsault on Mascaras AND Cena for a very close 2-count!
Suddenly, on the mat, Cena springs to life and locks in the STF on Hakushi Kuro!!! Crowd pops as Cena cinches in the hold! Hakushi struggles but can't reach the ropes… but now Mascaras comes back in and breaks it up with a CRIPPLER CROSSFACE ON CENA!! Cena stands up to power out of it, but Mil slides out of his grip – and now Cena snaps the STF on Mascaras!! Mascaras is thiiiiiis close to tapping out, as the dueling crowd chants continue in earnest… but Mascaras refuses to quit and makes the ropes to a HUGE pop… Cena breaks the hold, runs the ropes to target Mascaras, but Hakushi trips him up and takes Cena down with an ANACONDA VICE! (same move used by his former mentor and coach William “The Solid Man” Muldoon!!) Mil Mascaras tries to break up the hold, but Hakushi releases his grip to focus on Mascaras injured legs/knees with pulverizing kicks…. Mil’s leg is hurt and he falls to the floor… Hakushi uses a standing moonsault on Cena for 2…
Cena slow to his feet as Hakushi dramatically measures him for the steel chair buzzsaw kick of doom… Mascaras stirs and crawls to the apron – momentarily distracting Hakushi… this allows Cena to DISARM the chair from Hakushi and enter the end game… all 3 men engage in a complicated series of finisher attempts/reversals/counters, until Mascaras tries a la magistral pin on Hakushi – but Cena hoists up Mascaras for an FU right ON TOP of a downed Hakushi Kuro!! Mascaras’ body bounces from the impact and rolls to the arena floor, leaving Cena alone to swoop in on Hakushi for the dramatic pinfall… 1!.. 2!.. 3!! Cena has regained his precious Boston championship!! Winner (and NEW Boston Champion): JOHN CENA** CUT ** __________________________________________________________________________** (Unofficial) XPW Championship Match **SHANE DOUGLAS © & LIZZY BORDEN versus FRENCH ANGEL & SAMMI LANE versus SCOTT: This is the apex for one wrestler’s career, and the lowest of lows for the other. Since Shane Douglas made his return, after almost 13 years, he was living large. He won his matches and put on a good showing. The French Angel, on the other hand, is a mess. After losing and getting locked up his character became delusional and somewhat nuts. Shane Douglas ditches Triple Threat and picks up Lizzy Borden. Her character is just as delusional as he is. He still looks good in the ring, but his promos were reaching Jimmy Snuka levels of incoherence. This feud started and was intensified in a confrontation between the four on the XPW Online set. The match is OK, but is carried by the excellent commentary of Gordon Solie & Matt Striker. His total ripping of Douglas and Borden's constant cheating almost put him over the edge. Borden didn’t have to do much, and I applaud Sammi, a much more capable wrestler, for lying down. Shane Douglas still looks good in the ring, but this type of character was disturbing. As for Angel, things wouldn’t get better from here on out. Grade: 4
JUSTIN: I am a huge Bobby Heenan fan, but Gordon Solie had an uncanny ability to actually CARRY a match with his commentary, and this an example. Everything out of his mouth is pure gold. Before the match, surprise “crown jewel,” Sunny is special ring announcer. The match itself is OK, and is actually not the first ever mixed tag team match in history. The bout is carried by Striker and Angel’s enthusiasm and the unreal crowd heat for Douglas and Borden. Matt Striker steals the show again at the end when goes apocalyptic over Shane Douglas and Lizzy Borden cheating to win. This was just a great moment for one of the best play-by-play guys in the business. As for the competitors, Shane Douglas is riding high right now, but things fall apart over the summer, and his final months in XPW Remixed are not very good ones. French Angel, on the other hand, would finally get things together by our next PPV and would regain his Main Event status by the end of the year. It has been a trying year for Angel, but he hung in there and made the best out of some sub-par storylines and bizarre antics. Grade: 3.5Winner (and STILL Unofficial Champion): SHANE DOUGLASShane Douglas convinces himself he's the REAL THING!** CUT ** __________________________________________________________________________** BACKSTAGE INTERLUDE **LOU THESZ: I have no problem with the entertainment facet, but I don't like the vulgarity and violence of today's product. Their target, like cigarette manufacturers, is the young and easily led. To acheive a balance between personalilty and wrestling ability - like the Olympics tries to do now with making you aware of the struggles in each athletes life - is a way of getting the audience interested in an indiviual to enhance the loyalty to that person in his wrestling competiton. Professional wrestling I knew was two fold - to win interest in your success or demise - and present a wrestling foundation. That premise would bring me to the matches. I stopped watching when there was no one I cared about winning or losing. I really like Ezekiel Jackson as a person and an athlete and I wish him well, but today's promotions have no place for a wrestler. The best and the brightest wrestlers lose out to the loudest and the most vulgar. But not tonight. This is the season for sportsmanship in fantasy wrestling!** CUT TO RING ** ** XPW Championship**LOU THESZ © versus EZEKIEL JACKSON versus Both men stand in opposite corners before the ref calls them to the center… brief confirmation of the rules, and the ref says “if you’re gonna shake hands do it now”… but neither man does! Thesz & Jackson just glare at each other before moving back into their corners… Referee holds the belt up to start the match and calls for the bell… Big Zeke charges right away, but Thesz ducks under it and gets a waistlock… Jackson muscles his way to the ropes… Thesz bails from the ring after avoiding another Jackson charge… back in the ring, Thesz clamps on a Side headlock – but Jackson propels him off the ropes in a Herculean display of strength and shoulderblocks Thesz to the mat… but only for a 1 count… Armbar by Thesz and he rams Jackson’s left wrist/hand into the top rope. He picks Jackson up by his hand, flips him down and drops the leg on his arm for a short arm scissors followed by a key lock on that arm. The crowd does the dueling chants, half chanting “Let’s Go Thesz!” and the other (less vocal) half going “Let’s Go Zeke!” In response, Big Zeke powers Thesz into the corners and unleashes the body shots and dirty boxing… Jackson in control, but when he charges in the opposite corner, a high kick misses and he gets crotched... Thesz is on the apron now and rocks Jackson out of the ring where his head hits the ringside barrier… Thesz meets him on the floor, ramming him headfirst on the steps.
He goes in to break the count, then leaps out on Zeke who catches him and drives Thesz back first into the steps… Zeke drives an elbow to Thesz’s neck, then hits a huge legdrop on the apron across the throat of Thesz… crowd “oooooh” on that impact… Back in the ring, and Zeke gets two…. He sets up Thesz for a chokeslam, but the current XPW Champion kicks him in the knees to break his grip… Zeke comes back with a big right hand to the face… Zeke sends Thesz off the ropes, but Thesz clips Jackson’s knee on the rebound… now we go to school… Thesz stomps on the knee and works it over mercilessly, as the announcers speculate the extent of any pre-existing knee injuries Jackson may have… Thesz bulls him into the corner, and rams Zeke’s left knee into the pole twice.. with the crowd cheering (and the ref counting), Thesz hooks up a ringpost figure four! Back in the ring, Thesz only gets a two count… “THIS IS AWESOME” chant begins to rise from the bowels of the building…
Thesz continues his medieval torture methods – stomping Zeke’s knee on the mat, and keeping him grounded with a series of grinding submission holds… Zeke tries to grab him so Lou retaliates with some stiff punches to the face… Thesz works on the knee more using the ropes for added leverage, in a subtle heel touch that draws cheers from the XPW Remixed faithful… Ezekiel Jackson manages to shove him out of the ring through the ropes… Thesz tries to re-enter the ring, but Jackson catches him with some shoot knees to the face – that leave Thesz hanging off the apron… this allows Zeke to BUST HIM with a running boot to the face! He goes for another legdrop on the apron, but Thesz blocks it – catches Zeke’s leg (the one he’s been systematically targeting the entire match) – and turns it into an advanced ankle lock on the arena floor! HUGE pop for that sleight-of-hands submission counter!!! The ref is counting them out… Thesz breaks it the count – then rolls back outside the ring again – and puts ANOTHER ankle lock on! Crowd is cheering his ruthless aggression now… Thesz works on the knee with more stomps and kneebars... Back in the ring, Zeke tries to push Thesz off, but Lou is relentless… double leg takedown and ground-n-pound from Thesz! Lou eases up as the ref wedges in between them…
Suddenly Ezekiel Jackson springs to life and grabs Thesz in a desperation triangle choke (!?!?) Thesz breaks it by getting to the ropes, then rolls out of the ring to sell his exertion from the hold… Zeke recovers, and (gingerly) follows him out to the floor (selling the bad leg all the way)… Big Zeke hulks up and beals Thesz halfway across the arena, sending the champion crashing into the announce table area and knocking the bell keeper right out of his seat! Jackson has seemingly snapped, unleashing a brutal beating on Thesz… Jackson starts clearing the announce table with murderous intent… he rolls back in to break the count - scares the ref back with a hard glare – and rolls back out to continue his attack on Thesz… but Lou catches him with a high-angle slam RIGHT THROUGH THE ANNOUNCE TABLE! Bump of the match right there, and the crowd cheers and chants approvingly… both men down and the ref administers a double-count…
Thesz finally gets back into the ring to break the count… ref starts counting Jackson now, and gets all the way up to 9 – when Thesz cuts him off and refuses to win by count-out… he tells the referee (with exaggerated body language) like a minute later the ref counts again. He gets up to nine and Thesz tells the ref he doesn’t want a countout win! Lou goes outside the ring to follow-up with Jackson… Thesz goes to toss him into the steps, but Zeke counters and Thesz crashes shoulder first into the steel steps instead! Both men struggle back to the apron and begin slugging it out on the apron… superplex attempt is blocked by Zeke who instead lifts Thesz up and back into the ring with that move… but only 2…
They stagger to their feet and begin exchanging blows - Zeke wins with a boot to the FACE! Zeke sets him up for a torture-rack submission hold – but Thesz counters with a roll through and locks in an STF on Zeke’s bad leg! Zeke counters the STF by reaching the ropes – then standing UP with Thesz on his back… but Thesz rolls through that – takes Jackson down – and sinks in a Dragon Sleeper hold! Crowd chanting “THIS IS WRESTLING!” But Zeke powers out – hulks up – and hits a Dominator on Thesz! 1!.. 2!.. kickout! Matt Striker screamed “we have a new champion!” but it was premature… During the match, undercard stars like Tommaso Ciampa, Dan Severn, Drake Younger, Masahiko Kimura & the Havana Pitbulls (Reyes & Romero) gather at the top of the ramp to watch on in a sign of deep respect.
Both men slow to their feet… Jackson kicks Thesz in the gut and goes for another Torture Rack attempt – but Thesz rolls through THAT and snaps an anklelock on the injured leg! Zeke gets close to the ropes, so Thesz pulls him back out…. With his last bit of energy, Jackson kicks Thesz off with his other leg… but his clothesline attempt is met head on by a Thesz Press from Lou for two! Another razor-thin 2 count the crowd thought was the finish… They trade punches, with Jackson winning – and he whips Thesz into powerbomb position… but on the incline, Thesz somersaults out into a sunset flip – clips Jackson’s knee on the way down – and BAM! Air-tight STF from Thesz! OMG WTF!?! Zeke is close to tapping… crowd heat is nuclear… Jackson rolls to his back and kicks Thesz in the nose with his free foot – but Thesz locks it in again… Jackson tries in vain to drag himself to the ropes – but Thesz breaks the hold just to drag Jackson back to the center of the ring, where he applies the STF with finality! Jackson taps out! Jackson taps out! Thesz retains the XPW Remixed championship of the world!!!Winner (and STILL XPW Champion): LOU THESZ** Backstage Promo **LOU THESZ: Thanks for the kind words. Ezekiel Jackson is a terrific guy and it means even more coming from him. I guess I owe the respect I have for the title to men like him, Ray and Ed. I was taught to respect wrestling as a fantastic sport. In fact, wrestling teaches self reliance and confidence, so it is natural for a wrestler to have those traits. If you see someone who is carrying a title belt and doesn't do it with respect, it is because he isn't a wrestler nor does he respect wrestling. It is such a noble sport to be dragged thought the gutter every day on TV and and in house shows. The last title change I witnessed was the degradation of Miss Elizabeth, as she and the title were passed from Randy to Hulk. I haven't watched since. __________________________________________________________________________CREDITS:SCOTT & JUSTIN: Wrestlemania 6 review HEATH SLATHER: The NXT Interview LOU THESZ: Wrestling Classics messageboard HONKY TONK MAN: wrestling inc interview April 02, 2012 __________________________________________________________________________
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