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Atlantic Grand Prix Wrestling on ASN
Saturday, June 8, 2013
From the Charlottetown Civic Centre in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
It’s time for Atlantic Grand Prix Wrestling on ASN. It’s time to play that old familiar drum beat!
Saturday, June 8, 2013
From the Charlottetown Civic Centre in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
It’s time for Atlantic Grand Prix Wrestling on ASN. It’s time to play that old familiar drum beat!
Ed Whalen: Good evening, Atlantic Canada! Welcome to Atlantic Grand Prix Wrestling on ASN. I’m Ed Whalen and this is Jeremy Borash. Tonight, fans, you’re in for a ring-a-ding-dong-dandy! Tell them why it’s going to be such a big night, Jeremy.
Jeremy Borash: This is the most exciting card that Atlantic Grand Prix Wrestling has put together since its rebirth. Tonight, we will see the first four matches in the tournament to crown the International Heavyweight Champion. In tonight’s first round matches, we’ll see Elix Skipper face Eric Young, Leo Burke take on Robbie E, “The Iceman” Dean Malenko do battle with Al Snow, and Chris Candido go to war with Chavo Guerrero!
Ed Whalen: Wow! Those are some stellar matchups. It’s anyone’s guess as to who will advance to the round of eight. But, that’s not all. We also have some even bigger matches in store for you, tonight.
Jeremy Borash: That’s right. Mad Dog Vachon and Dino Bravo will take on The Junkyard Dog and Bo Dallas in a no holds barred tag team match!
Ed Whalen: This will be a huge grudge match that has been building for quite a few weeks now.
Jeremy Borash: And in the match that has the most on the line, tonight, we’ll see René Duprée versus Lance Storm!
Ed Whalen: There is so much on the line for both men. A spot in the International Heavyweight Championship title tournament and, for Lance Storm, a contract to become a member of the Atlantic Grand Prix Wrestling active roster.
Jeremy Borash: We all know that René Duprée has been claiming that he is the best wrestler in all of Canada and that he doesn’t want Lance Storm in Atlantic Grand Prix Wrestling. This is his chance to prove to us that he is what he says he is and to prevent Lance Storm from stepping foot in a Grand Prix ring ever again!
Ed Whalen: I’m very excited for the next two hours of Atlantic Grand Prix Wrestling. There won’t be a moment to spare, tonight. Let’s go to the ring for our first contest!
VS.
Elix Skipper vs. Eric Young
The action starts out slowly with both men locking up and taking each other to the mat with hip tosses and arm drags, however neither man capitalizes or follows up with a second move. All attempts are blocked or missed. Finally, the action really gets going when Young gets Skipper in a side headlock. He backs into the ropes and sends Young off and running. Skipper drops to the mat and Young hops over him. Skipper gets up and goes for a leg lariat, but Young ducks it and keeps going. Skipper hits the mat but kips up and takes Young down with an arm drag, then another and another, and a spinning heel kick. He goes for the first cover, but only gets a one-count. Skipper sends Young into the corner and follows in, only to get a foot to the face. Young explodes out of the corner with a leaping bulldog. He covers, but only gets a 1-count. Young picks up Skipper and gives him a pair of snap suplexes. He works the crowd into a frenzy before running to the ropes and going for a lariat, but it is ducked by Skipper, who takes Young down to one knee with a diving dropkick to his thigh. Skipper moves quickly and follows up with a bridging cradle for a 2-count. They get up and Skipper gives him a bridging dragon suplex! However, Young kicks out just in time. Skipper gets up, but as soon as he reaches his feet, he eats a huge running boot to the face from Test! Eric Young gets up and Test gives him the Test Grade. He tosses both men out of the ring as this one is over.
Official Decision: No Contest
Test takes a microphone and says that he’s upset that he has been left out of the International Heavyweight Championship tournament when he is clearly the best wrestler in Atlantic Grand Prix Wrestling. He has a message for Emile Duprée and it is quite simple. He’s not going to let this tournament proceed until his name is added into the bracket somewhere. In fact, he’s not even going to let the rest of the show go on until Emile comes down to the ring to right his wrongs by telling everyone that he will have his spot in the tournament. We wait, but Emile is nowhere to be seen. Test reiterates that he is serious and says that he’s got nowhere to go, so Emile better come face him if he doesn’t want his first megacard to be completely ruined. Finally, the silence is broken.
Test wants to know what the hell he’s doing here. Morley grabs a microphone and tells him that he had better get out of the ring before he’s suspended indefinitely. Test laughs him off and tells him that he has no authority to tell him what to do. That’s when Morley says that he does in fact have the authority to tell him what to do. He serves Test a document and as he’s reading it, Morley says that Emile Duprée just hired him to act as his Chief of Staff. He’s here to make sure that order remains in Atlantic Grand Prix Wrestling and to dole out punishments for bad behaviour if need be. And he sees a need for it right now. That’s when Morley strikes Test in the forehead with the microphone and then puts the boots to him. He won’t let up with the kicks until Test has been booted out of the ring. A number of officials are there and Morley instructs them to get Test away from the ring and they follow his order, lending some teeth to his claim that Sean Morley is the new AGPW Chief of Staff. Test is furious, but he can’t do anything about it because there are too many officials surrounding him to retaliate.
Ed Whalen: Incredible! Emile Duprée has hired a strong authority figure in Chief Morley!
Jeremy Borash: I think it was a smart move, Ed. After seeing the Junkyard Dog-Roadkill match end in a brawl three weeks ago, the two Robbies put Petey Williams through a table two weeks ago, and Marc Mero shatter Johnny Devine’s ankle last week, it was beginning to become obvious that Grand Prix needed to beef up its administration a little bit.
Ed Whalen: I agree with you Jeremy. But what will become of the unfinished match between Elix Skipper and Eric Young? Hopefully, we’ll be able to find out later in the evening.
*Commercial Break 1*
VS.
Al Snow vs. “The Iceman” Dean Malenko
The match begins with some good chain wrestling. Each man trades holds and tries to wear his opponent down with some submission holds. The action picks up when Snow seems to get on a bit of a roll. Malenko is quick to break up his momentum by bailing out of the ring. While he tries to collect himself, Al Snow goes over to the side and launches himself over the top rope with a plancha to take Malenko down. Snow brings Malenko up and gives him a couple of stiff shots to the mid-section before smashing his face down on the ring apron. Snow rolls him into the ring. He slingshots back into the ring and onto Malenko with a somersault senton. Snow goes for the first pinfall attempt of the match, but Malenko kicks out. Snow brings him up and gives him a couple of chops and then a kick to the mid-section to back him into the corner. He burries his knee into Malenko’s mid-section a couple of times, then gives him a stiff uppercut forearm to the chin. Snow sits Malenko up on the top turnbuckle. He climbs up, but Malenko starts fighting with him and shoves him down to the mat. Malenko gets up on the top turnbuckle and waits for Snow to get up. He comes down with a diving flying clothesline. Both men get up and Malenko lays into Snow with some stiff chops. He goes for the whip, but Snow reverses and Malenko hits the turnbuckle. Snow runs in, but Malenko moves and Snow’s shoulder slams into the ringpost. Malenko pulls Snow out of the corner and goes for the pin with a school-boy roll-up. Snow kicks out. Malenko slaps on an armbar and delivers several elbows to Snow’s injured shoulder. He takes him to the mat with an armbar flip and holds onto it. Snow won’t submit and he eventually makes it to the ropes. Malenko hits him again with some chops. He goes for a fisherman’s suplex, but Snow kicks out. Malenko decides to go to the top rope. He leaps from the top rope. Snow puts his foot up and connects with Malenko’s face. They’re both down for a few seconds. They get up and Snow lays into Malenko with the chops. He goes for a whip. Malenko reverses it. Snow goes for tilt-a-whirl headscissors, but Malenko counters it into a tilt-a-whirl backbreaker. He pins for two. He tries to go for the Texas cloverleaf, but Snow blocks wih some punches to the head. Snow gets up and runs to the ropes only to be met with a drokick from Malenko. He goes to pick up Snow, but gets pulled into a small package that gets a 2-count. They both get up and trade chops and punches. Snow takes over and sends Malenko into the corner. Malenko’s chest hits the turnbuckle. Snow grabs him and executes a bridging German suplex. It gets a 2-count. Snow tries to pick up Malenko, but this time he pulls Snow into a small package, but he only gets 2-count. They both get up and Snow burries his knee into Malenko’s abdomine. He gives him a side Russian legsweep. Snow decides to go to the turnbuckle. Malenko gets up and grabs the top rope to keep Snow from getting airborne. Malenko climbs the turnbuckle and both men are trading fists. Snow manages to knock Malenko down to the mat. He tries to get to his feet again. Malenko gets up and sweeps his leg to crotch him on the top turnbuckle. He climbs the corner while punching and chopping Snow. Then he brings Snow down from the top turnbuckle with a fisherman’s suplex from the corner! The referee counts to three. Dean Malenko advances to the quarter finals.
Official Decision: “The Iceman” Dean Malenko wins by pinfall
Ed Whalen: What an exciting match!
Jeremy Borash: That was great action, the kind that you will only find in Atlantic Grand Prix Wrestling.
Ed Whalen: Al Snow put up a valiant effort, but it was not meant to be on this night. Dean Malenko advances to the next round.
Jeremy Borash: It’s going to be tough to get past him in this tournament, that’s for sure. Fans, there’s more exciting wrestling coming up after the break. Don’t go away!
*Commercial Break 2*
We come back from commercial to see a pre-taped interview between Jeremy Borash and Lance Storm, who says that he’s more prepared for this match than he has been for any match he’s had to wrestle in a very long time. He says that he intends on sticking around in the Atlantic region. Tonight, he says, he will win a contract with Atlantic Grand Prix Wrestling, qualify for the International Heavyweight Championship title tournament and, most importantly, embarrass René Duprée by defeating him, thus proving that his claims to being the best wrestler in Canada have been and always will be false.
VS.
Leo Burke vs. Robbie E
Burke dictates the pace of the match in its opening minutes. Robbie can’t keep up with his ability to work the catch style. It is throwing him off his game plan and the frustration is becoming very visible as Robbie can’t get anything going. Burke is in the driver’s seat until Robbie T finds an opportunity to distract the referee and Burke. He climbs onto the ring apron and points at Burke, claiming that he pulled Robbie E’s tights on his last pin attempt and he threatens to enter the ring. With the referee distracted, Robbie E grabs the VIP list clipboard that Robbie T left on the opposite ring apron. He trips up Burke by using the clipboard to chopblock him and then smacks him in the forehead with it. He gets rid of the evidence and pins Burke as Robbie T gets down. However, it’s only a 2-count! Robbie E can’t believe it.
Meanwhile, Petey Williams has come out and he attacks Robbie T at ringside. Robbie E points it out to the referee before sitting down on Burke and wailing away on him with his fist. Eric Young slides into the ring undetected by the referee. He has a chair. Robbie E sees him and goes for a wild haymaker. Young ducks it, and then plunks him in the face with the chair. He disappears and then Williams leaves. Burke gets to his feet just before Robbie E. He grabs Robbie E from behind and gives him a falling reverse DDT. He covers for the 3-count and the win.
Official Decision: Leo Burke wins by pinfall
Jeremy Borash: Leo Burke gets the win and advances to the round of 8. You can bet that Robbie E and Robbie T aren’t happy with the way this one went.
Ed Whalen: Yes, I certainly expect them to be out for revenge. This issue between the Jersey Shore and Team Canada is far from over.
We go to a pre-taped interview between Wailin’ Ed Whalen and René Duprée. He asks him if the reason he doesn’t want to wrestle Storm is because he believes that he’s a better wrestler than Duprée. He responds with anger. He tells Wailin’ Ed that he is way off base. Duprée says that he fears absolutely no one and he’ll prove it any time, any place and against anyone. He says that he takes issue with Storm trying to use him to weasel his way into Atlantic Grand Prix Wrestling. Duprée claims that he is going to give Storm the biggest wrestling lesson of his entire life. He dumps on Storm’s hometown of Calgary and states that the “supposed hotbed of Canadian wrestling” has never produced a quality wrestler and says that the proof is that “even that irrepressible and talentless half-wit Leo Burke went out there to Stampede and won the Stampede North American Heavyweight title 8 times!” Then he goes on to say that gambling men should put their money on him because he is “the pride of Atlantic Canada and the best wrestler in all of Canada!”
*Commercial Break 3*
Ed Whalen: Welcome back to Atlantic Grand Prix Wrestling on ASN! Fans, we’re about to see the big in-ring confrontation between Frenchy Martin’s Montréal Mafia and Junkyard Dog & Bo Dallas. This one’s been brewing for several weeks now and they’re looking to settle it in a no holds barred match!
Jeremy Borash: The fans are clamoring for the Junkyard Dog and Bo Dallas to come out of this one victorious, but the match stipulation looks like it may actually favour Dino Bravo and Mad Dog Vachon. This isn’t going to be pretty folks!
Ed Whalen: No, it won’t be. But I will tell you what it’s going to be – a real dog fight!
w/ VS.
No Holds Barred Tag Team Match
The Montréal Mafia vs. Junkyard Dog & Bo Dallas
The Montréal Mafia vs. Junkyard Dog & Bo Dallas
The Montréal Mafia come to the ring first. Frenchy Martin takes a moment to tell the Charlottetown fans that their hometown was not the birthplace of Canada and that they need to stop claiming that it is. This gets some big heel heat. He goes on to note that the only thing that came out of those meetings in Charlottetown was a decision by Prince Edward Island to drop out of discussions to form the country, which in his mind means that Charlottetown and the entire province of PEI are frauds. Then, he says that the birthplace of Canada is in fact his hometown of Québec City, which was where the British North America Act of 1867 was drafted and signed, thus creating the country of Canada. The history lesson proves to be very unpopular. Frenchy Martin starts recounting his history lesson in French, when Queen’s “Another One Bites the Dust” hits the P.A. and the team of Junkyard Dog and Bo Dallas come to the ring. JYD isn’t coming empty handed. While it may not be a hardcore match, he’s pushing a shopping cart full of various pieces of scrap and trash. Dino Bravo and Frenchy Martin are complaining about the cart full of weapons and asking that it be removed from ringside, when JYD comes into the ring and attacks Bravo from behind. He grabs Bravo and Martin and knocks their heads together, causing them both to hit the mat. JYD removes his chains, hands them to the ref, and continues to put the boots to Bravo, as Martin rolls out of the ring to freedom. While that was going on, Mad Dog Vachon attacked Bo Dallas on the outside. He’s busy throwing him around ringside. Back in the ring, JYD has Bravo in the corner. He climbs to the second rope and starts to punch, with the crowd chanting along – 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10! JYD brings Bravo out of the corner and gives him a vertical suplex and goes for the first cover of the match. He only gets a 2-count. JYD slaps on a rear chinlock for a few moments before seeing Vachon dropping ring steps into Dallas’ lower back. JYD breaks the hold and goes to the outside. He grabs Vachon from behind, turns him around and delivers a huge head butt that makes Mad Dog very dizzy. Then he gives him another and another to finally take him off his feet. JYD checks on his partner when Frenchy Martin takes his Québec flag and snaps the flagstick across JYD’s back. The referee decides to bar Martin from ringside, after seeing that move. Martin protests long enough to give Bravo the opportunity to put a few dents into a cookie sheet by hitting JYD in the head with it. He rolls JYD into the ring and kicks his ribs a few times before performing a standing elbow drop right to the heart. He covers for the pin as the referee returns his focus to the match. JYD kicks out at two. Bravo tags out to Mad Dog, who comes in and immediately goes for a chokehold. This is legal, of course, as this match is no holds barred. For the next few minutes, JYD is really getting worked over by Mad Dog and Bravo, who are showing excellent teamwork and using quick tags to stay fresh and in control. JYD stops the offensive onslaught when Mad Dog sends him into the ropes and tries for a Lou Thesz press, only to be given a spinebuster instead! Both guys are down. They get up at the same time and Mad Dog throws some punches, but JYD shakes them off and tries for one of his own. Mad Dog blocks it and tries for a wild haymaker, but JYD ducks it and takes him down with a falling belly-to-back suplex. JYD starts to crawl to his corner to make the tag. Bravo enters the ring and the referee goes to push him back to his corner and get him out. JYD makes the hot tag. Bravo exits the ring. Dallas comes in and grabs Mad Dog by the foot to drag him back away from his corner. Before he can do anything more, the referee pushes him back and orders him out of the ring for not making a tag. They have a big argument. Bravo enters the ring while Vachon is still down. He stands right behind the referee and slaps his hands loudly to indicate a tag, and then he starts putting the boots to JYD as Dallas ends up back on the ring apron. This match continues after the break.
*Commercial Break 4*
We come back from the break to find Bravo and Vachon still in control. Surprisingly, they have dominated JYD for a long time. JYD finally breaks free when Bravo sends him into the corner and charges at him. JYD gets a boot up to his face, then lunges out of the corner and takes Canada’s Strongest Man to the mat with a stiff clothesline. Still, Bravo gets to his feet first. He grabs JYD as he’s trying to get to his feet, but can’t do anything because JYD lifts him up and gives him an inverted atomic drop and then a few headbutts to knock Bravo down. JYD looks like he’s out on his feet. He shakes out the cobwebs and goes to make the tag. Vachon runs in to stop him and hits him into the back, but only moments after he’s made the tag. Dallas is the legal man and he cleans house. He hits both Bravo and Vachon with everything he’s got and eventually sends both of them out to the floor. The crowd is really heating up now. Dallas follows Bravo to the outside and whips him into some ringsteps. He runs over and drives his knee into Bravo’s face while he’s against the steps. He sees Vachon coming around the corner. Vachon charges towards him. Dallas steps forward and gives him a back body drop on the floor! Dallas grabs Bravo and rolls him back into the ring. He climbs the turnbuckle. He’s waiting for Bravo to get up, but he waits too long, as Vachon climbs the ring apron and pushes Dallas off the turnbuckle and down to the floor! Then he is knocked off the ring apron and into the guardrail by JYD, who ran over and shoved him from inside the ring. Bravo comes over and racks JYD’s eyes. He gets him trapped in the corner and starts choking him out with his foot, as he grabs the ropes for added leverage. The referee is powerless to break it up. Bravo lifts the big dog onto the top turnbuckle. He tries to climb it, but JYD fights back with his fists and then kicks Bravo down to the mat. He jumps down from the middle turnbuckle to deliver a rolling knee drop to Bravo. He pins. Vachon breaks the cover by pulling JYD out to the floor and smacking his face off the ring apron. He starts biting JYD’s forehead until Dallas hits him in the back with a chair. Then, Dallas sends him crashing head first into the side of the shopping cart. Bravo comes out to the ring apron and tries to square him up. He leaps off the apron for a double axehandle smash, but Dallas sees him, steps aside and punches him in the abdomine as he’s coming down. Dallas grabs Bravo and gives him a belly-to-belly suplex on the floor! He sees Mad Dog Vachon getting up. Dallas grabs a big steel dog chain from the shopping cart and starts whipping Vachon across the back with it! Meanwhile, JYD collects Bravo and takes him into the ring. He tries to whip Bravo, but it’s reversed. Bravo sets up for a bodydrop, but JYD counters with a knee to the face. He whips Bravo to the ropes and executes the Thump! He hooks Bravo’s leg for the 3-count and the victory!
Official Decision: Junkyard Dog & Bo Dallas win by pinfall
Ed Whalen: Fans, that was a real dog fight!
Jeremy Borash: Bo Dallas showed a lot of composure out there tonight. The rookie was probably seen as the weakest competitor in this match, but he sure didn’t act like he was.
Ed Whalen: That’s right, Jeremy. If not for him, I think the Montréal Mafia would’ve won this match.
Jeremy Borash: They certainly kept things in their favour for most of the match, but the team with more heart refused to quit and fought back to get the win.
Ed Whalen: There’s more great action coming up after our next commercial break. Two undefeated superstars are set for action. Chris Candido versus Chavo Guerrero is next!
*Commercial Break 5*
Chief Morley finds Elix Skipper in the backstage area. He lets him know that the decision has been made to hold a re-match between him and Eric Young next week. Skipper is pleased. He walks away, but then Test appears from behind Chief Morley. He turns around to see him there. Test tells him to watch his back because the next time he hits him in the head with a microphone and he leaves himself open like that, he won’t be so lucky. Morley responds that any attempt at payback will result in an indefinite suspension without pay. Test tells him that is bullshit. Morley reminds him that he doesn’t have a leg to stand on what with him no-showing all of his scheduled appearances to date. He says that there will also be no effort made to swap him to another territory. He’s caused Grand Prix some financial losses with his behaviour, so they’ll pay him back by hurting his finances. Test tells him that he’s got no right to do that. Morley says that he has the authority to do it on behalf of Emile Duprée and tells Test that if he doesn’t believe him, he just has to talk to Emile himself. Morley flips him his phone. Test is pissed. He throws the phone into a brickwall. Elix Skipper returns to ask Morley a question, but he sees Test there and promises to get even with him by defeating him in the ring. Test scoffs at him and tells him to get bent. Then, Skipper attacks. Morley calls for some security and they swarm in to break things up.
Ed Whalen: Welcome back to Atlantic Grand Prix Wrestling. We’ve already seen a lot of action tonight and there’s still much more to come. The next match of the evening pits two undefeated fan favourites against one another.
Jeremy Borash: Ed, I’m looking forward to this one. It’ll be Chris Candido squaring off with Chavo Guerrero, with the winner advancing to the quarter-final round of the International Heavyweight Championship tournament. They’ve both had some very impressive wins in the last month. It’s too hard to predict who will win.
w/ VS.
Chris Candido w/ Sunny vs. Chavo Guerrero
The match begins slowly with each man trading various holds to try to wear each other down. There is some good chain wrestling on displace from both of these excellent ring technicians. The match starts to pick up the pace when Candido escapes to the outside to break up the momentum that Chavo was beginning to build. Chavo runs to the far ropes and performs a suicide plancha. Chavo brings Candido to his feet, gives him a pair of chops and goes for a whip. Candido reverses it and Chavo hits the guardrail. Candido follows in with a clothesline that sends him over into the front row. Candido returns to the ring. Chavo makes it back just in time to avoid being counted out. When he enters the ring, Candido takes control of the match. At one point, Candido appears to be going for a crucifix powerbomb, but Chavo breaks free and takes Candido down into a backslide for a 2-count. Chavo runs to the ropes and takes Candido to the mat with some tilt-a-whirl headscissors. He grabs Candido and gives him the three amigos snap suplexes. Chavo covers, but only gets a 2-count. He decides to go to the top rope. Candido gets to his feet and is met with a missile dropkick. Chavo covers, but only gets two. He picks up Candido and gives him a brainbuster. Amazingly, Candido still manages to kick out at two! Chavo goes to the top rope and tries for a frog splash, but Candido manages to roll out of the way. When they both get up, Chavo tries to meet him with some fists, but Candido blocks them and throws a couple back. Then he starts in with the knife-edge chops. Then, Candido lifts Chavo up for a long delayed vertical suplex. He decides to go out to the top rope and delivers a New Jersey Jam. He pins, but Chavo kicks out. Candido picks up Chavo and tries to whip him into the corner, but Chavo reverses it. He goes in and gives Candido a monkey flip, but he lands on his feet! Chavo gets up and gets run over by a running clothesline. Candido picks up Chavo and sits him on the top rope. He climbs the turnbuckle and goes for a super frankensteiner, but Chavo holds onto the top rope. He climbs up and tries for another missile dropkick, but Candido avoids it. Chavo gets up and Candido gives him a falling forward suplex. He covers for two. Candido decides to climb the turnbuckle again. Chavo notices him going up top, so he rolls out of the ring. Candido sees him go out to the floor. He turns around and goes for a high risk maneuver only to come crashing down into the guardrail. Chavo brings Candido into the ring and pins him, but he kicks out. Chavo climbs the turnbuckle and makes another frog splash attempt, only to land on Candido’s knees! Candido grabs Chavo and whips him into the corner. He goes to the turnbuckle and brings him up top to execute the Blonde Bombshell! Both men are down, but Candido manages to crawl over and drape an arm over Chavo for the win!
Official Decision: Chris Candido wins by pinfall
Ed Whalen: That was a long, hard fought match by these two very talented competitors!
Jeremy Borash: They put on an outstanding display of wrestling. You could tell that they both really wanted it. However, in the end, Chris Candido was able to get that one final big impact maneuver to get the win and advance to the next round.
Ed Whalen: Chavo has nothing to be ashamed about, as he fought valiantly. Our main event is coming your way after the break. You are not going to want to miss this one. It’s Lance Storm versus René Duprée! And it’s next!
See Atlantic Grand Prix Wrestling When It Comes to Your Town!
Sunday, June 9 – Saint-Stephen, New Brunswick
Thursday, June 13 – Port Hawkesbury, Nova Scotia
Friday, June 14 – Sydney, Nova Scotia (TV tapings)
Saturday, June 15 – Glace Bay, Nova Scotia
Sunday, June 16 – New Waterford, Nova Scotia
Wednesday, June 19 – Channel-Port-Aux-Basques, Newfoundland & Labrador
Thursday, June 20 – Stephenville, Newfoundland & Labrador
Friday, June 21 – Cornerbrook, Newfoundland & Labrador
Saturday, June 22 – Deer Lake, Newfoundland & Labrador
Sunday, June 23 – Grand Falls-Windsor, Newfoundland & Labrador
Monday, June 24 – Gander, Newfoundland & Labrador
Friday, June 28 – St. John’s, Newfoundland & Labrador (TV tapings)
Saturday, June 29 – Conception Bay South, Newfoundland & Labrador
Sunday, June 30 – Mount Pearl, Newfoundland & Labrador
Sunday, June 9 – Saint-Stephen, New Brunswick
Thursday, June 13 – Port Hawkesbury, Nova Scotia
Friday, June 14 – Sydney, Nova Scotia (TV tapings)
Saturday, June 15 – Glace Bay, Nova Scotia
Sunday, June 16 – New Waterford, Nova Scotia
Wednesday, June 19 – Channel-Port-Aux-Basques, Newfoundland & Labrador
Thursday, June 20 – Stephenville, Newfoundland & Labrador
Friday, June 21 – Cornerbrook, Newfoundland & Labrador
Saturday, June 22 – Deer Lake, Newfoundland & Labrador
Sunday, June 23 – Grand Falls-Windsor, Newfoundland & Labrador
Monday, June 24 – Gander, Newfoundland & Labrador
Friday, June 28 – St. John’s, Newfoundland & Labrador (TV tapings)
Saturday, June 29 – Conception Bay South, Newfoundland & Labrador
Sunday, June 30 – Mount Pearl, Newfoundland & Labrador
*Commercial Break 6*
Ed Whalen: Welcome back, fans. We’ve had a great night of wrestling so far, but we’re not finished yet. Our main event is only moments away!
Jeremy Borash: It is going to be interesting to see who comes out on top. On the one hand, you have René Duprée, who has been very sharp in wins over Biff Wellington and Leo Burke.
Ed Whalen: Yes, although, his match with Burke wasn’t won entirely without controversy.
Jeremy Borash: Be that as it may, Ed, he’s looked good in the brief time since the return of Atlantic Grand Prix Wrestling. On the other hand, Lance Storm hasn’t wrestled in a few months and one wonders if ring rust might put him at a disadvantage.
Ed Whalen: That remains to be seen, but I certainly hope not. It would be a shame if it did, because there is a lot at stake in this match.
Jeremy Borash: This match could significantly change the landscape of Atlantic Grand Prix Wrestling for a long time to come. The winner will get a spot in the International Heavyweight Championship tournament. However, the winner will also determine whether we’ll see Lance Storm in Atlantic Grand Prix Wrestling again. This could end up being the only Grand Prix wrestling match of his entire career.
Ed Whalen: With so much on the line, this is sure to be a ring-a-ding-dong-dandy!
VS.
René Duprée vs. Lance Storm
The match begins with both men locking up and Duprée getting Storm into a headlock. After the hold is broken, we see both men trade holds for a little bit before Duprée goes back to the headlock. There is a long sequence of him holding onto that headlock and Storm trying to break it. Duprée is feeling good about the match, as he’s able to dictate the pace and slowly wear down Storm with the headlock. Twice, Storm breaks free, but then can’t get anything going, as Duprée goes back to the hold. Finally, things change when Storm manages to get to his feet, while still locked in a headlock, and back into the ropes and push Duprée off. Storm hits him with a leg lariat. They both get up and Storm executes a sitout inverted suplex slam and then goes for the first pinfall attempt of the match. Duprée is quick to kick out at one. Then Storm slaps on a headlock. We go through a few minutes of Storm locking in the hold and pouring on the pressure. Duprée breaks it a couple of times by getting to the ropes, but each time, when they would lock up, Storm would find a way to lock it back in and take him down to the mat. After a third rope break, Duprée goes to the outside to regain his composure. While circling the ring, he stalls and complains about Storm getting too close to let him back in. Storm backs off as Duprée is jawing at the front row. He turns around and gets taken out by a suicide dive. Storm recovers first and brings Duprée to his feet. He sends Duprée crashing into the ring steps. He gives him a few kicks to the chest, then gets him up and rolls him into the ring. Storm goes to the ring apron and waits for Duprée to get up before giving him a springboard clothesline. Storm runs to the ropes and takes him down again, this time with a spinning heel kick. Storm covers, but Duprée kicks out at two. Storm slaps on the side headlock. Duprée manages to get to his feet and break it with a falling side suplex. Both men are down and break the referee’s standing 10-count at the count of seven. Duprée tries to connect with a fist, but Storm blocks it and lands a few of his own. He backs Duprée into the ropes and goes for a whip, but it is reversed. Storm comes off the ropes and tries for a crossbody block, but Duprée catches him and gives him a backbreaker. Then, he grabs Storm by the feet and tries to apply the sharpshooter, but he can’t turn Storm over before he can scramble to the ropes for the break. Storm gets up and Duprée is on him with some boots to the mid-section, then he gives him a gutwrench suplex and a standing leg drop. Duprée pins, but Storm kicks out at two and Duprée goes back to the headlock while the broadcast goes to its final commercial break.
*Commercial Break 7*
We return from the break to find Duprée putting the boots to Storm in the corner. He whips Storm across the ring to the far turnbuckle and follows in with an avalanche splash and then gives Storm a fisherman’s suplex, but he kicks out at two. Duprée scoops him up and gives him a bodyslam. He decides to go to the air. He climbs the turnbuckle and goes for a frog splash, but Storm rolls out of the way. Both men get up a few seconds later and Storm takes Duprée down with a running leg lariat. Storm runs to the ropes and hits a middle-rope springboard spinning crossbody block and hooks the leg for a two count. Storm lands a few chops on Duprée as he backs him into a corner. He goes for a whip to the far corner, but Duprée reverses it and follows Storm in. Storm stops short and uses the top rope to leap over and behind Duprée, who hits the turnbuckle chest first. Then Storm takes him down with a bridging German suplex for a 2-count. Storm grabs Duprée by the legs and looks to be going for the sharpshooter, but Duprée manages to kick him in the face. Duprée gets up and sees Storm coming at him. He plants Storm hard into the mat with a spinebuster. He pins, but only gets two. Duprée takes Storm into the corner and chokes him with his foot, then breaks the hold just before being disqualified. He drives his shoulder into the abdomine of Storm a few times before lifting him up and placing him on the top turnbuckle. Duprée climbs up and looks to be going for a superplex, but Storm blocks with his hand on the top rope. He delivers a few fists to Duprée’s ribs and shoves him to the mat. Storm gets up and connects with a missile dropkick and then puts Duprée in the sharpshooter, but only for a few short seconds before Duprée gets to the ropes to break it. After Duprée gets to his feet, they trade knife-edge chops, until Storm starts to land some in there in succession. He goes for a whip. It is reversed, but Storm reverses that into a short-arm clothesline attempt that Duprée ducks and then takes Storm to the mat with a school-boy roll-up for a 2-count. Both men get up and Storm ducks a clothesline attempt from Duprée and then goes for a superkick, but Duprée ducks it and the referee gets hit. Duprée sweeps Storm’s legs and tries to give him his own sharpshooter, again, but Storm blocks and pulls him into a small package, but there is no referee and Duprée kicks out about 5 seconds later. They get up and Storm blocks a few punches, then kicks him in the abdomine and hits a rolling DDT. Storm has him down in the centre of the ring and applies the sharpshooter! But, the referee is still down. Duprée is in a lot of pain and trying to fight the hold, but he just can’t. He starts tapping out.
Sylvain Grenier comes from out of nowhere and clocks Storm in the back of the head with the ring bell to break up the sharpshooter! He picks up Storm and gives him his 3 Seconds of Fame finisher (vertical suplex dropped into an implant DDT)! Grenier starts to put the boots to him…
… when he gets attacked by Leo Burke, who is all over him. Burke takes Grenier off of his feet and throws punches at him, while they roll out to the floor. Burke sends Grenier into the guardrail, then takes him over it with a clothesline. He hops the guardrail and continues the fight into the crowd.
Meanwhile, back in the ring, Duprée has managed to wake the referee. He pins Storm, who gets his shoulder up just in the nick of time! Duprée is upset. Duprée brings Storm to his feet and he looks like he’s setting up for a Rock Bottom, but Storm breaks it up with some elbows to the back of Duprée’s head. He gets a little bit of separation from Duprée and goes for a superkick, but Duprée blocks and goes for a clothesline. Storm ducks it and finally connects with the superkick! He covers and gets the 3-count!
Ed Whalen: Lance Storm wins! Lance Storm wins!
Jeremy Borash: What an incredible effort on his part! Even when it looked like things weren’t going to go his way after the referee was knocked down and René Duprée’s old tag team partner, Sylvain Grenier, attacked him. However, he stayed alive and fought just long enough to collect the win.
Ed Whalen: And with that win, he collects an Atlantic Grand Prix Wrestling contract and the final spot in the International Heavyweight Championship title tournament.
Jeremy Borash: It was a huge win, to be sure. We’ve had a huge show, tonight, with Lance Storm’s win and the Junkyard Dog & Bo Dallas defeating their rivals, the Montréal Mafia. Also, Chris Candido, Dean Malenko and Leo Burke have advanced to the next round of the International Heavyweight Championship title tournament.
Ed Whalen: The title tournament will continue next week with five more first round matches. However, until next week, in the meantime and in between time, take care and thank you for watching Atlantic Grand Prix Wrestling on ASN.