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Dynamite Saturday Night
Saturday, November 9, 2013
From the Charlottetown Civic Centre in Charlottetown, P.E.I.
Saturday, November 9, 2013
From the Charlottetown Civic Centre in Charlottetown, P.E.I.
Welcome to the first episode of Atlantic Grand Prix Wrestling’s newly launched weekly wrestling programme – Dynamite Saturday Night! Tonight is a special 3-hour premiere and it’s broadcasting live on CITYtv and ASN.
“Afterlife” by Arcade Fire (of Montréal, Québec), from the album Reflektor (2013)
Normally, we’re welcomed to the broadcast by our commentary team of Ed Whalen and Jeremy Broash. However, this week, we’re welcomed to tonight’s broadcast by Cyrus, from The Network. He welcomes all of Canada to tonight’s debut episode of Dynamite Saturday Night (but following the welcoming, he makes a point of calling all of Canada the large region from Québec to British Columbia, thus infuriating the locals in the Charlottetown Civic Centre for excluding Atlantic Canada – the home region of Atlantic Grand Prix Wrestling). Cyrus says that The Network is extremely happy to be partnering with Canada’s premiere wrestling brand to bring the most exciting sports entertainment offering in the world to the entire country on a weekly basis. And because The Network wants this show to succeed by raking in the ratings and advertising revenue, The Network is prepared to pull out all of the stops to make Dynamite Saturday Night the biggest hit wrestling programme in the entire Mash-Up Wrestling Universe. It is with that in mind that The Network wishes to start off its partnership with an explosive debut. Cyrus states that The Network and AGPW has an incredible surprise in store for us, tonight.
But, first, The Network needs to get down to some important business before it can proceed with the rest of the show. Cyrus calls on Chief Morley to come to the ring.
Chief Morley comes to the ring and Cyrus starts off by complimenting him on doing an adequate job as Emile Duprée’s Chief of Staff since the inception of AGPW, earlier this year. He says that it isn’t easy to steer a ship with as many diverse personalities as AGPW. Case in point, Morley had a lot of trouble fostering a good working relationship with Test. Their relationship was so sour that it led to the threat of a lawsuit, which put AGPW’s budding relationship with The Network in jeopardy of having never come to fruition. Moreover, it led to Chief Morley having a wrestling match with Test – a match, which he points out, Morley lost, resulting in the loss of the future face of the company. Morley speaks up and says that he did everything possible to win that match and that there was no way that he could have predicted that one of the Insiders would infiltrate AGPW and help Test. Cyrus says that while it may not have been foreseen, Morley’s job as the Chief of Staff is to manage the entire AGPW staff – from the officiating crew, to the wrestlers, to the security personnel. Ultimately, the responsibility for ensuring that unwelcomed elements don’t enter the arena falls on him. Therefore, given this massive security breach and the loss of a much valued member of the talent roster, Cyrus tells Chief Morley that he’s fired. Members of the AGPW security detail enter the ring and escort Morley away from the ring as Cyrus berates him for doing a crappy job of running the ship and finishes off his tirade by thanking the fans for coming out and imploring them to, “sit back, relax, and enjoy the show!”
*Commercial Break 1*
VS. w/
Johnny Devine vs. The Hurricane w/ Mighty Molly
Here’s a good pair to kick start tonight’s in ring action. Both men competed at PRIMETIME LIVE, but neither man came out of that event with a win. Devine is looking to rebound from a terrible loss to his former Team Canada partner, Petey Williams, while The Hurricane is in a rare singles match after competing in a match to earn a shot at the tag team titles. The action is very quick as both men possess a lot of speed. Devine focuses his offense mostly on the head and neck of our caped crusader, who is more interested in doing damage to Devine’s torso. There are a few high spots in this match. The Hurricane after the opening minutes in which the advantage swaps quickly and frequently, The Hurricane gets an extended run in the driver’s seat, but loses the advantage to Devine after trying for a flying move from the turnbuckle and getting dropkicked in mid-air. Devine mounts a comeback and sets up for the Devine Intervention, but The Hurricane counters it into a back body drop, which Devine counters into a sunset flip, which The Hurricane rolls through into a roll-up pin for a 2-count. The Hurricane ducks a spin kick and takes Devine down with a falling double-knee backbreaker. As he is getting up, Devine ends up on the receving end of a shining wizard kick! The Hurricane covers and collects the win in our opening match.
Official Decision: The Hurricane wins by pinfall
*Commercial Break 2*
SoCal Val is seen backstage with Sensational Sherri Martel and the Canadian Ninjas, Portia Perez and Nicole Matthews. Val asks Sherri for her comments about her victory over Taylor Wilde at PRIMETIME LIVE. Sherri tells her that it was an easy match and that she didn’t even for a second feel like Wilde had a chance to win the match. Val asks her about the outside intereference of the Canadian Ninjas. Perez steps up and says that there was no interference and that she and Matthews simply came to the ring to show their support to their friend, Sensational Sherri.
Taylor Wilde happens upon the scene to confront Sherri and the Ninjas. She says that they stole that match and she promises them that she’s going to get her revenge. Sherri, Perez and Matthews all taunt Wilde, who then simply throws out a challenge to any one of them to a match tonight. Matthews steps up and says that she’ll gladly hand Wilde another loss. Later tonight, Taylor Wilde will take on Nicole Matthews!
Marc Blondin is backstage with the trio of Lance Storm, Rowdy Roddy Piper and Tyson Kidd. Blondin asks them about the set of ‘charges’ that have been leveled against each of them by the Blue Blazer. Piper notes, the Blue Blazer appears to be a bit of a lunatic, so we should not to take anything he says at face value. Storm says that what the Blue Blazer is doing is waging a campaign of defamation of character by making groundless accusations towards each of them, without producing and evidence to back his claims. Kidd agrees and says that no evidence has been produced because none exists. Then, they tell Blondin that they have all agreed to work together to find the Blue Blazer and his new henchmen, Suicide & Manik, and make them pay for what they did to them at PRIMETIME LIVE, two weeks ago.
*Commercial Break 3*
VS.
Ezekiel Jackson vs. Cuban Assassin Jr.
Ezekiel Jackson has been slowly collecting wins at the bottom of the card since his debut in August. He’s still trying to find a place for himself in AGPW. He is physically impressive and intimidating. However, there is much speculation about whether he can propel himself to the top of the card on these things alone. Still undefeated in AGPW, Jackson steps into the ring against the younger half of the Cuban Assassins, whom are known to be a tough fight. This match is no exception to the rule, as Cuban Assassin Jr. doesn’t back down or fear the man whose only goal to achieve domination inside of the ring. CAJr leads an offensive charge that forces Jackson to the outside of the ring, where the Assassins are at their best. Jackson takes a beating, but can’t be kept down. Upon returning to the ring, he mounts an impressive comeback punctuate primarily of high-impact power moves, cultimating in the execution of the Book of Ezekiel and a victory by pinfall.
Official Decision: Ezekiel Jackson wins by pinfall
SoCal Val is backstage with Lance Cade and Trevor Murdoch. She asks them about how they came to become the #1 contenders to the North American Tag Team Titles despite being at odds with one another for the past several weeks. Cade and Murdoch state that they’ve always been on the same page. They have their minor issues like all teams do, so they don’t understand why the entire Mash-Up Universe thinks that their partnership was on the brink of collapse. Furthermore, they say that they got the job done against three other teams at PRIMETIME LIVE and they are ready to win the North American Tag Team Titles later tonight.
*Commercial Break 4*
Cyrus comes out onto the entrance set with a microphone in hand. He says that at the beginning of the show, he promised us a major surprise for tonight’s show. Now, he’s here to deliver on that promise. Then, he walks backstage. Ed Whalen and Jeremy speculate as to what might be about to happen. The fans start to feel restless as nothing appears to be happening. And, then, suddenly…
… it’s the Mash-Up Wrestling World Heavyweight Champion! It’s Hollywood Hulk Hogan! And the Canadian fans are blowing the roof off of the Charlottetown Civic Centre. While he may be the leader of the Illuminati and much hated south of the 49th parallel, Hogan is much loved north of the border, regardless of his business partnerships and associations. Consequently, the fans are giving him one hell of a warm reception. However, as soon as Hogan starts talking, the fans begin to turn on him. Hogan doesn’t play to their warm response rather he incites hatred in the fans by stating that he never once imagined that he would ever return to a putrid little rat hole of a town like Charlottetown. He hasn’t been here in decades and hasn’t missed the town. The only thing that brought him north of the border was the promise of a big pay day. He was given an offer that he simply could not refuse, which is why Hollywood has come to Charlottetown. He goes on to state that he knows that the fans aren’t interested in seeing him defend his title and says that tonight’s venue is too small to give away a big money bout like the defense of his World Heavyweight Championship. However, Hogan says that he’s got his finger on the pulse of the wrestling populace. He knows what they want to see and because he’s getting paid the big bucks to give them what they want, he’s going to give it to them. Hogan takes his belt off and starts going into his classic post-match pose down routine, when all of a sudden…
It’s the “Macho Man” Randy Savage! He has come to the ring and just starts ripping into Hogan for his treatment of the fans, without whom he’d have never become the major name that he is. He says that Hogan’s presence here is a useless waste of time unless he erases the yellow streak from off of his spine and puts his title on the line. Hogan takes offense and responds that his presence on this show is far from useless. He was brought in to pop the ratings and promises that AGPW will see a massive boost when the numbers come in, all thanks to him. Savage responds by challenging him to pop the number right through the stratosphere by putting his title on the line, tonight, against the “Macho Man!” Hogan looks out to the crowd, which is going crazy. Then, he shakes his head in confirmation and tells Savage that he’s shocked that after all these years he still hasn’t learned that he cannot beat Hollywood Hulk Hogan, but if he wants to show the world that he’ll always be the second best thing in professional wrestling, then he’s on! Tonight, the Mega Powers will explode on Dynamite Saturday Night!
*Commercial Break 5*
VS.
Kaientai vs. Suicide & Manik
This match is a great cruiserweight tag team match featuring a lot of high flying action. Kaientai are the clear fan favourites who must face the newest masked men on the Atlantic Grand Prix Wrestling scene. Suicide & Manik first appeared two weeks ago as a pair of the Blue Blazer’s disciples, sharing his warped penchant for vigilantism. Here, they have the perfect team to face to show off their impressive move sets. While little is known about the masked duo apart from their affiliation with the Blue Blazer, they certain show us that they are an exciting pair to watch in a wrestling ring. Taka Michinoku and Sho Funaki put up an impressive showing against the masked vigilantes, including an extended sequence of quick tags while isolating Manik and getting multiple near falls. Unfortunately, near falls are all they would get on this evening, as the Blue Bazer’s compatriots collect the victory after an exciting exchange of high flying moves culminates in Suicide executing the Suicide Solution on Funaki and pinning him for the win.
Official Decision: Suicide & Manik win by pinfall
Following the match, the Blue Blazer appears. He takes a microphone to respond to the group of criminals hailing from the western prairies, which he claims are Lance Storm, Tyson Kidd AND Rowdy Roddy Piper. He promises them that they will get their day in court and, on that day, they will be prosecuted for their crimes to the fullest extent of the law.
It looks like the Blue Blazer has more to say, but he drops the microphone as the trio of alleged criminals storm the ring. However, nothing comes of it as The Blue Blazer, Suicide and Manik flee from the ring and exit through the crowd, in different directions.
*Commercial Break 6*
VS.
Taylor Wilde vs. Nicole Matthews
This match begins with Taylor Wilde putting a full on display of her quickness and athleticism. She is particularly skilled at working in the lucha style and her moveset borrows heavily from the traditions of lucha libre. Nicole Matthews is also quick, but far more punishing. She packs a bigger punch than most people think. This match really sees both women go back and forth for a few minutes before Portia Perez and Sensational Sherri arrive at ringside to try to disrupt Wilde’s focus on the match and it works. Wilde, who had gained the advantage, is now caught in the position of having to divide her attention, which allows Matthews to fight her way back into the match and take control. As she hits a series of power moves, it is starting to look like it will soon be lights out for Taylor Wilde. Matthews sets up for the Vancouver Maneuver, but Wilde spins out of it, pushes Matthews into the ropes and takes Matthews down with a school boy roll-up for the win.
Immediately following the victory, Matthews gets up and levels Wilde with a stiff lariat. Portia Perez and Sensational Sherri enter the ring and take turns attacking Wilde. Perez hits her with a hard superkick and Sherri climbs to the top rope and lands a splash on her.
Official Decision: Taylor Wilde wins by pinfall
Cyrus is at a backstage catering table, grabbing a snack, when Dean Malenko comes up to him and asks him about his crooked decision to allow Yvon “Le Lion” Robert to take the place of Dino Bravo and Mad Dog Vachon when the International Heavyweight Championship was restarted at the last PRIMETIME LIVE. Cyrus tells him that it was nothing personal. It was only business. Malenko says that any business decision that forces him to defend his title to a fresh man immediately after he’d wrestled an intense 30-minute bout has to be personal. Cyrus tells him that it was done purely for the betterment of the business. He says that The Network – and AGPW – doesn’t believe that Malenko was good for the box office and believes that having a French Canadian grappler holding the company’s top prize will do wonders for helping the business crack wide open the Québecois market, so that is why he decided to give Québec’s biggest star an opportunity to win the title. Malenko concludes that what Cyrus is telling him is that the fix was in and he was the victim of a screwjob. Cyrus tells him that he wasn’t screwed because it was a fair contest and Malenko just wasn’t a good enough champion to retain his title in a clean contest. Then, Cyrus walks away and Malenko is left there fuming over what he’s just heard.
*Commercial Break 7*
w/ VS.
North American Tag Team Title Match
Montréal Mafia {C} w/ Frenchy Martin vs. Lance Cade & Trevor Murdoch
Montréal Mafia {C} w/ Frenchy Martin vs. Lance Cade & Trevor Murdoch
The Montréal Mafia come into this one riding a high from PRIMETIME LIVE. They both took “The Iceman” Dean Malenko and Leo Burke to the limit in an International Heavyweight Championship match and then bowed out of the match to allow Yvon “Le Lion” Robert to pick at the scraps and win the title, then reveal his affiliation to the Montréal Mafia. Now, all of the gold in AGPW belongs to the Mafia, just as Frenchy Martin envisioned. Now, the Mafia have to defend their titles against the unpredictable redneck wrecking crew of Lance Cade and Trevor Murdoch. The fans are firmly behind the challengers, who cemented a face turn at PRIMETIME LIVE by teasing a duel with steel chairs and then turning their aim onto an unsuspecting Magnus and Antonio Cesaro to capture the title shot. Here, the challengers prove to be a formidable challenge to the champions. The action is fast and rough. The match contains its fair share of brawlers and they oblige with some trists around ringside. Mad Dog Vachon and Murdoch really get into it, out on the floor. Bravo and Cade do a bit of brawling on the outside, but take it back into the ring. As the challengers appear to be gaining momentum at breakneck speed, the Mafia bring out their insurance policy to try to hold onto the gold. Tajiri storms to the ring. With Frenchy Martin running a distraction, as he tends to do, Tajiri sizes up Cade for a Japanese buzzsaw kick and knocks his head out of the park. However, a pinfall attempt by Bravo only gets a long 2-count! An attempt to lift Cade into the airplace spin fails and Cade connects with a superkick. He crawls over and akes the pin, but Magnus and Antonio Cesaro enter the ring and attack Cade to break up the pinfall. The referee ends the match and awards it to Cade & Murdoch, but the gold stays in the family.
Official Decision: Lance Cade & Trevor Murdoch win by disqualification
After the match has ended, Martin and his crew collect the titles and leave while Magnus and Cesaro hang around to pick apart Cade. Their beat down culminates in Magnus giving him the Tormentum. Murdoch enters the ring and attacks both men. He takes the fight to the both of them, but the odds aren’t in his favour and so Magnus and Cesaro overcome the onslaught and tear him apart, cultimating in Murdoch receiving the Neutralizer. After both rednecks have been laid to waste, Maryse Ouellet enters the ring with a microphone in hand and announces that anyone who crosses Magnus and Cesaro can expect to be paid back in tenfold. She goes on to say that this was but a warning to the idiot rednecks and tells them that any attempt at retaliation will not be taken lightly.
*Commercial Break 8*
VS.
Chavo Guerrero vs. Chris Hero
Chris Hero and Chavo Guerrero turn in a decent match on tonight’s card. Hero is a specialist at striking and he works Guerrero with stiff kicks and elbow shots sprinkled throughout the match. Guerrero does what he does best, which is perform a few classic lucha moves with precision. Hero dumps Guerrero to the outside and tries to take the fight to the outside with an over the top rope plancha, but Guerrero moves and Hero hits the floor. Guerrero drops Hero across the guardrail and slams his face off of the ring apron before returning the match to the inside. He executes a missile dropkick for a 2-count. Guerrero goes for a whip, but it is reversed. Guerrero ducks a spinning elbow strike and comes off of the opposite ropes to take Hero down with tilt-a-whirl headscissors. He sizes up Hero and drops him with a pair of running clotheslines. He gets another near fall, after which he executes the three amigos rolling snap suplexes. Guerrero signals that it is time to end the match. He goes to the top turnbuckle and tries for a frog splash, but Hero rolls out of the way. After they get up, Hero executes a cravatebreaker, followed by a springboard moonsault double foot stomp and a running senton bomb. He pins, but Guerrero just gets a shoulder up. Hero sends Guerrero into the corner. He charges in and gets a boot to the face. Guerrero goes for a running bulldog, but Hero ducks and Guerrero misses the move. He gets up and Hero delivers the Hangman’s Elbow. He pins for the 3-count and the win.
After the match, Hero grabs a microphone and says that defeating Chris Candido, last week, hasn’t brought him the fame and fortune he was expecting. In fact, he notes that it has garnered him no attention at all, which goes to show us all that Chris Candido is a worthless nobody and that the only reason his name is ever mentioned in wrestling conversations is because of the piece of eye candy that leads him out to the ring. What this all means is that, according to him, he is now going to have to find a new way to get noticed because defeating guys like Chavo Guerrero and Chris Candido isn’t going to make him a star.
Official Decision: Chris Hero wins by pinfall
*Commercial Break 9*
The new International Heavyweight Champion, Yvon “Le Lion” Robert comes to the ring, accompanied by the entire Montréal Mafia – Frenchy Martin, Dino Bravo, Mad Dog Vachon and Yoshihiro Tajiri. The godfather of professional wrestling has arrived to give us his championship inauguration speech, so to speak. The crowd finds the entire ordeal to be quite frustrating as Robert cuts a promo exclusively in French, and Frenchy Martin re-iterates almost verbatim everything he says in English, for the benefit of the unwashed and uncultured anglo masses.
They explain how Robert has always been the leader of the Montréal Mafia, for he is the godfather of professional wrestling in Montréal and through the entire province of Québec. He says that he singlehandedly built up the sport in Québec and that everyone who has ever come from there owes everything they have to him. However, he claims to be a benevolent patriarch to of the Québecois wrestling family. He acts as a father who gave his children everything and asks for nothing in return but their undying loyalty and respect. He goes on to say that the entire business inside of La Belle Province goes through him and only him. So when AGPW and The Network made it public that they wanted to expand the AGPW territory through all of Canada, they knew that the only way to do that – to get to Ontario and the Western markets – was to go through Québec. In other words, they had to go through him. So when they came to him to ask him for his help in building the AGPW brand in Québec, Le Lion agreed to do it in exchange for a roster spot and a guaranteed shot at the International Heavyweight Champion. He says that The Network, knowing that having a ferocious lion as its main attraction would be better for business than having a man made of ice, agreed to his terms and allowed him to cash in his title shot just in time to make big money at the box office by having a Québecois hold the company’s major title right before its first major tour of Québec. Being the shrewd business man he is, he exploited the situation and cashed in when the time was right. And now, Le Lion sits atop of his throne, the king of this animal kingdom.
“The Iceman” Dean Malenko interrupts the festivities before they can go any further. He comes out and says that he’s heard the claims from both Robert and The Network that he is bad for business, but he calls that baloney. While he was the International Heavyweight Champion, the company did well enough at the box office and in ratings to garner the attention of a major, national television station. How can that be bad for business? Instead, what Malenko believes to be bad for business is going to great lengths to screw with the true International Heavyweight Champion – the man who reigned as champion as AGPW first and only real International Heavyweight Champion – “The Iceman” Dean Malenko.
Yvon “Le Lion” Robert replies by comparing Dean Malenko to Danny O’Mahony, an Irish grappler who Robert was tasked with humiliating and ending his title reign in Boston because he too was a dud at the box office. Robert tells Malenko that he is the man that promoters call on to fix their box office woes because he’s a guy that everyone will pay to see and he can be trusted to wrestle the gold away from even the toughest of men. Malenko, clearly not appreciating those comments, challenges Robert to prove that he can wrestle and keep the gold away from the toughest man in AGPW, namely, himself. Malenko says he wants his rematch and he wants it now. Robert and Martin scoff at the idea, saying that box office bombs down deserve second chances. Malenko promises them that he’ll get his rematch and that when he does, he’ll take back the title that rightfully belongs to him.
*Commercial Break 10*
See Atlantic Grand Prix Wrestling When It Comes to Your Town!
Sunday, November 10 – Montague, Prince Edward Island
Wednesday, November 13 – Waterville, Maine, USA
Thursday, November 14 – Augusta, Maine, USA
Friday, November 15 – Portland, Maine, USA (DSN TV taping)
Saturday, November 16 – Lewiston, Maine, USA
Sunday, November 17 – Bangor, Maine, USA
Thursday, November 21 – Saint Stephen, New Brunswick
Friday, November 22 – Saint John, New Brunswick (DSN TV taping)
Saturday, November 23 – Fredericton, New Brunswick
Sunday, November 24 – Sussex, New Brunswick
Thursday, November 28 – Rimouski, Québec
Friday, November 29 – Québec City, Québec (DSN TV taping)
Saturday, November 30 – Rivière-du-Loup, Québec
Sunday, December 1 – Edmundston, New Brunswick
Sunday, November 10 – Montague, Prince Edward Island
Wednesday, November 13 – Waterville, Maine, USA
Thursday, November 14 – Augusta, Maine, USA
Friday, November 15 – Portland, Maine, USA (DSN TV taping)
Saturday, November 16 – Lewiston, Maine, USA
Sunday, November 17 – Bangor, Maine, USA
Thursday, November 21 – Saint Stephen, New Brunswick
Friday, November 22 – Saint John, New Brunswick (DSN TV taping)
Saturday, November 23 – Fredericton, New Brunswick
Sunday, November 24 – Sussex, New Brunswick
Thursday, November 28 – Rimouski, Québec
Friday, November 29 – Québec City, Québec (DSN TV taping)
Saturday, November 30 – Rivière-du-Loup, Québec
Sunday, December 1 – Edmundston, New Brunswick
*Commercial Break 11*
The Mega Powers Explode!
VS. w/
Mash-Up World Heavyweight Championship Match
Hollywood Hulk Hogan {C} vs. “Macho Man” Randy Savage w/ Miss Elizabeth
Hollywood Hulk Hogan {C} vs. “Macho Man” Randy Savage w/ Miss Elizabeth
There is a lot of electricity in the air for this match up. This is the kind of match that should be on pay-per-view. This is the kind of match that should headline your biggest show of the year (see Wrestlemania V). These are the Mega Powers of professional wrestling and they are about to explode on one another again – this time inside of an AGPW wrestling ring, for free, on Dynamite Saturday Night. The Network is making an obvious play for TV ratings by allowing this match to happen, tonight. No, the same kind of tension from the fallout of the era of the Mega Powers; when Hogan turned his back on WCW to join the nWo; or the internal power struggles to command the nWo are not present in this match. This is more of a matter of two long-time rivals entering the ring to go one more round. All the same, the battle lines have been drawn. Hollywood Hulk Hogan represents the evil illuminati of the mash-up wrestling universe and the “Macho Man” Randy Savage is the madman who has the full backing of the fans.
When the bell rings to start this one, we get a tense stare off between these two professional wrestling immortals. They trade barbs inside of the ring, but without being able to read lips, we have no idea what is being said between the two. Hogan holds his title up and points at it and then makes the throat slitting hand gesture. He hands the title off to the referee and then rips his shirt off and hulks up. The Macho Man finds this attempt to get inside of his head irritating more than anything else and catches the champion off guard with a hard right hand, which pops the crowd. It’s on and the bell sounds with Savage large and in charge, directing the offense with his fists and backing the champion into the corner. A cross-corner whip attempt is reversed. Hogan charges in, but eats leather and then gets knocked off of his feet with a running double axehandle smash to the forehead. He waits for Hogan to get to his feet and gives him another one. The atmosphere inside of the Charlottetown Civic Centre is off the hook. Hogan gets up and Savage goes to scoop him up, but Hogan blocks and counters with an eye rake. Hogan lands some right hands and a few chops and then goes into classic Hogan heel tactic mode with a few back rakes. He gets Savage into the corner, mounts the turnbuckle and pummels away at him to the count of nine before chewing out a piece of the Macho Man’s forehead! Hogan brings Savage into the ropes and whips him. Hogan bounces off of the ropes and goes for the running clothesline, but Savage ducks it. They both bounce off of the opposite ring ropes and take either other out with clotheslines. Both men get up at the same time and trade blows – a combination of fists and chops. Hogan starts to lose the exchange, but gauges Savage’s eyes to back him off. Then, he picks up Savage and gives to a side belly-to-back suplex. Hogan goes for the first pinfall of the match. Savage kicks out at two.
Hogan goes to a rear chinlock to slow things down. The “Let’s go Macho Man!” chants pick up in full force. Hogan responds with a butt bump to Savage’s lower back to prevent him from getting up and locking in the hold again and shouting that he’s the real “Macho Man” of professional wrestling. Savage starts to rally, feeding off the energy of the fans, but Hogan stops the momentum again. Finally, on Savage’s third attempt to get up, he gets to his feet and breaks the hold with some elbows to the abdomen. Savage turns to run to the ropes, but a hair pull from Hogan drops him to the mat. Hogan goes for an elbow drop, but Savage moves. They get up and Hogan throws a right hand at Savage. He throws another and another, but Savage seems to be unaffected by them. He simply pushes Hogan away. Savage is feeling the Macho Madness now!
Macho Man goes a roll. He takes full charge of the match. Hogan is in a bad way and begging off Savage, but the Macho Man is unrelenting. He stays right on him and puts Hogan down after several of his signature moves, including axehandle smashes, an atomic drop and a vertical suplex. Savage decides to go to the air to end it. Ed Whalen and Jeremy Borash wonder if Savage is heading to the top turnbuckle too early, but the Macho Man goes airborne.
And he lands the flying elbow drop! Macho Man hooks the leg. 1…2… shoulder up! The Macho Man can’t believe it. He questions the referee and then starts stomping away at Hogan, but he slowly starts to get up. He makes it to one knee and the Macho Man wails away at him, but Hogan eventually blocks Savage's offense and pushes him away. Hogan is hulking up!
Hogan looks like a man possessed. He cannot be denied. He goes on a roll. Savage attempts to break up the momentum, but has no luck. Hogan whips Savage to the ropes and takes him down with a big boot. He runs to the ropes and lands the leg drop. He pins. 1…2… kick out! Hogan can’t believe it. He pins again, and the Macho Man still kicks out. Hogan questions the referee’s count. This gives Savage the chance to regain some strength. The Macho Man gets to his feet and hits Hogan with a double axehandle smash to the back of the head. He turns him around and gives him some jabs and an uppercut. Savage attempts a whip, but Hogan reverses it. Savage comes off of the ropes and tries for a cross body block, but Hogan gets out of the way, and Savage hits the referee. Hogan looks to take advantage of the situation by forcing the Macho Man into the corner and choking him out with the short tag team string. Then, Hogan kicks Savage down to the mat. Hogan leaves the ring and grabs a steel chair. He comes back in and waits for Macho Man to get to his feet.
Miss Elizabeth climbs onto the ring apron and pleads with Hogan not to use the chair. Hogan dismisses her pleas for leniency. Savage gets up. Hogan tries to swing the chair. Savage blocks with his hands, kicks Hogan, grabs the chair and cracks him in the back with it, not once, but twice! Savage, then grabs Hogan and gives him the hairpull hangman. Savage climbs the turnbuckle and points to the sky. He nails another flying elbow drop. He pins. However, the referee is still unconscious. Savage goes over to try to revive him. As he’s doing that, the crowd erupts at the sight of another man entering the ring. He picks up the steel chair and gives the Macho Man a hard shot to the back!
It’s the man of the hour, the tower of power, too sweet to be sour! It’s “Superstar” Billy Graham! After giving Savage a stiff chair shot, he pulls him in for an excrutiating bearhug. Hogan gets up and tells him that the referee is moving, so Graham drops Savage. Hogan kicks the chair away. He bodyslams Savage, then performs the leg drop! 1…2…3! It’s all over! Hollywood Hulk Hogan wins the match. “Superstar” Billy Graham joins him in the ring to raise the champion’s hand and stand over the Macho Man’s fallen body.
Official Decision: Hollywood Hulk Hogan wins by pinfall
What is “Superstar” Billy Graham doing here? Has the illuminati followed Hollywood Hulk Hogan into Atlantic Grand Prix Wrestling? And is Graham the newest member of the illuminati?
Plus! Will “The Iceman” Dean Malenko get his rematch against Yvon “Le Lion” Robert? And what role will Leo Burke play in all of this? Why wasn’t he on this week’s broadcast? Will we see him next week?
Also! Will the The Network – and AGPW – name a new Chief of Staff or will The Network consolidate its power over the business and creative operations of AGPW, despite its minority stake in the company, by having Cyrus micromanage all of AGPW’s affairs?
Tune into AGPW’s Dynamite Saturday Night next week to find out!
Plus! Will “The Iceman” Dean Malenko get his rematch against Yvon “Le Lion” Robert? And what role will Leo Burke play in all of this? Why wasn’t he on this week’s broadcast? Will we see him next week?
Also! Will the The Network – and AGPW – name a new Chief of Staff or will The Network consolidate its power over the business and creative operations of AGPW, despite its minority stake in the company, by having Cyrus micromanage all of AGPW’s affairs?
Tune into AGPW’s Dynamite Saturday Night next week to find out!