AGPW Dynamite Saturday Night (June 14/14)

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Dynamite Saturday Night
Saturday, June 14, 2014
From Mile One Centre in St. John’s, Newfoundland & Labrador

Tonight’s Announced Matches

Lance Cade & Trevor Murdoch vs. “Killer” Karl Krupp & Kurrgan

The Stampeders vs. Cuban Assassins

Natalya Neidhart vs. Sarita



“While We Were Dreaming” by Pink Mountaintops (of Vancouver, British Columbia), from the album Outside Love (2009)

Tonight’s Broadcast Features the Ringside Commentary Teams of
Ed Whalen and Lord Alfred Hayes (English)
Marc Blondin and Jacques Rougeau (Français)

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Our show begins with Californiacation taking over the ring. The entire group is here: the brains behind the operation, manager “Classy” Freddie Blassie; the last man standing, the Tower of Power, “Superstar” Billy Graham; AGPW Women’s Champion Trish Stratus; the biggest and scariest woman in professional wrestling, Awesome Kong; the Bad Influence of AGPW, Christopher Daniels and Kazarian; and the bizarre one, Goldust. They’re riding a high from JOURNEY TO GREATNESS. Although Awesome Kong lost her match, Hollywood A-Lister, Trish Stratus retained her AGPW Women’s Championship without help from anyone (which is somewhat shocking), and the rest of the crew dispatched of AGPW stalwarts, the Montréal Mafia, banishing then from the territory in an epic Losers Leave Town 8-Man Elimination Tag Team Match. However, for all of the celebrating and success that Californiacation is currently experiencing, not all is right in the realm of the Illuminati. It is supposed to be the most diabolical, powerful and feared force in the entire Mash-Up Universe. However, it has now been burned to the ground and Californiacation is all that is left standing.

Californiacation begins their love-in by celebrating the departure of Montréal Mafia. Goldust uses movie dialogue quotes to illustrate why the world is much better without the Mafia around. Bad Influence uses cheap heat and humour to knock their old foes down and put themselves over and “Superstar” Billy Graham gives his ego a massive stroke by playing up the fact that he was the only tree that couldn’t be chopped down; the only mountain that couldn’t be climbed; the only ocean that couldn’t be crossed; the only man that could not be beat! Then, “Classy” Freddie Blassie takes the mic to note that their goal was achieved, paving the way for them to completely take over AGPW in their effort to build a Mash-Up Wrestling monopoly for Vincent Kennedy McMahon. However, while they are have done their job to this point, the others have failed. All of the big guns – Triple H, Hollywood Hulk Hogan and Ric Flair – fired nothing but blanks in their attempt at total conquest over BCCW. The Illuminati has been wiped out and, Blassie reveals, his close personal friend Vince McMahon has been so disheartened that he’s decided to scrap this project and looks to take the bodybuilding and American football worlds by storm.

So where does that leave Californiacation? With the rest of the Illuminati dead and buried, it would stand to reason that Blassie and his crew have no further reason to continue to wreak havoc on AGPW. If you believe that, then you are wrong, so says Blassie. After the meltdown of the Illuminati, Blassie was contacted by someone else with a vested interest in seeing the life squeezed out of AGPW and he has hired them to continue along that path and achieve that goal. However, he won’t reveal who it is.

And so the campaign to take over AGPW rages on. And the next step in its plan to turn this territory upside down is to gain possession of all of its championship title belts. Graham and Goldust will both the International Heavyweight Championship. Bad Influence wants its rematch against the North American Tag Team Champions. Trish Stratus already has the Women’s Championship and she guarantees that it will never escape from her hands. She’s already beaten everyone there is to beat. There are no more challengers for her.

Except for maybe the Ninth Wonder of the World, Chyna, who comes out mention that like Graham was the last man standing in his match, she was the last woman standing in her match against Awesome Kong. She has defeated one of their women, now she has her sights set on the other one – the one with the gold around her waist. Chyna challenges Stratus to a match for her title, but Stratus turns her down. This brings out Commissioner Billy Two Rivers, who has an interesting idea. Since Bad Influence wants another crack at the North American Tag Team Titles and Chyna wants a shot at the Women’s Championship, he decides that tonight’s main event will be a 6-person mixed tag team match pitting Trish Stratus & Bad Influence against Chyna, Leo Burke & Rowdy Roddy Piper. If the Californiacation side wins, Bad Influence gets a tag team title shot next week. However, if the other side wins, Chyna gets a women’s title shot next week!

*Commercial Break 1*

Before the next match begins, Bo Dallas gets some promo time in the centre of the ring. He takes a moment to inform us all that the reason they haven’t seen much of him in the last two months is because he was sent on a humanitarian mission as professional wrestling’s first United Nations global ambassador. AGPW graciously allowed him to join this humanitarian mission to visit developing regions of the world – places such as CamBOdia, BOlivia and BOtswana – to help spread a positive message to encourage people to follow their dreams and make them come true. He was so inspired by this trip and seeing the positive human spirit of so many people around the world, as they listened and responded positively to his message that he wants to continue to spread that message to the rest of the world, including to the other wrestlers and the fans of AGPW. No matter what your background, where you are from, or how much money you have, you can do anything, just as long as you BOLIEVE!

VS.

Eric Young vs. Bo Dallas

This one is a brief 5-minute contest that sees Bo Dallas come out strong. Eric Young gets a move or two in edgewise, but it is predominantly the most inspirational man in professional wrestling who controls the match. Although not a large man as far as wrestling is concerned, Dallas serves up a number of punishing clotheslines and lariats throughout the contest, which helps me maintain control. Young is tenacious in that he never seems to give up, even kicking out of a pinfall attempt after receiving a Bo-Dog springboard bulldog. However, some thirty seconds later, Dallas executes a double-underhook DDT that puts Young away for good. After the match has ended, Dallas commends Young for kicking out of a number of pinfall attempts, even though the end result was not really in doubt, because he never gave up and he BOLIEVED in himself that he could win. Dallas tells a less than impressed Young that he will definitely do better in his next match as long as he continues to BOLIEVE!

Official Decision: Bo Dallas wins by pinfall

*Commercial Break 2*

VS.

Cuban Assassins vs. The Stampeders

The Stampeders (Lance Storm and Tyson Kidd’s new tag team name) are coming off of a successful grudge match victory over The Blue Blazer – who turned out to be their double-crossing friend, Owen Hart – and The Mountie at JOURNEY TO GREATNESS. After a streak of bad luck, a lot of which was caused by Owen Hart, The Stampeders have seen their luck turn around in recent weeks. Here, they battle the father and son team of the Cuban Assassins, a pair of rough and tough brawlers who don’t care all that much about following the rules. They just like to fight. As a result, after the opening minutes of the contest work in the favour of Storm and Kidd, with their technically precise mat-based attack, the Cuban Assassins look to get back into the contest by bending the rules just enough to give them the opportunity to turn the match into a ringside brawl. CA Sr. who enters the ring to double-team Kidd, without being tagged in. Then, CA Jr. gauges his eyes and tosses him to the floor. CA Sr. attacks him as CA Jr. knocks Storm off of the ring apron. This game plan turns the match in their favour. When they bring the match back into the ring, the advantage eventually flips back in favour of the Stampeders, but not after making a face-in-peril out of Kidd for a few minutes. The Assassins’ advantage is lost when Kidd lands on his feet after a CA Sr. back body drop attempt and delivers a flurry of kicks to the shins and thighs before knocking the big brawler down with a jumping back kick. Kidd tags out and Storm comes in to complete a hot rally that builds towards a finish with Storm giving CA Jr. a superkick and tagging Kidd, who climbs the turnbuckle and executes the Blockbuster on CA Sr before pinning him for the win. The Stampeders get a much needed victory to build moment as they prepare to head into AWA territory to compete in the inaugural AWA Crockett Cup next weekend.

Official Decision: The Stampeders win by pinfall

*Commercial Break 3*

We come back from commercial break to find SoCal Val standing by with the International Heavyweight Champion Christian Cage. She congratulates him on retaining his title at JOURNEY TO GREATNESS and asks him where does Captain Charisma go from here? Cage says that the only place he can go to from here is his next title defence. He doesn’t care who his challenger. Whoever steps up to the plate to challenge him will get to learn firsthand what guys like Yvon “Le Lion” Robert and the “Million Dollar Man” Ted DiBiase already have: that this International Heavyweight Champion is the real deal – an “Instant Classic” that cannot be taken lightly. Right now, this title belt resting on his shoulder says that he’s the best wrestler in this territory and he plans on proving it week in and week out because that’s how he rolls!

We switch scenes from the backstage interview set to inside of the ring, where we find Maryse Ouellet and her client, the international superstar, Magnus are standing by. Maryse and Magnus take turns sharing the microphone Maryse lets Magnus talk first. He takes a few moments to talk about how he proved to the world that the so called “Swiss Superman” Cesaro is anything but super. He showed up his former tag team partner with a decisive victory over him at JOURNEY TO GREATNESS. And now that he’s proven to the entire world who the strongest link in that tag team was, he has his sights set on moving forward and rising to the top of AGPW, while at the same time Cesaro will move backward and plummet to the bottom rungs of AGPW.

Maryse continues that the results of the match should put to rest any doubts there may have been in her managerial skills. She chose to stick by the man with the most talent, and with her managerial services at his disposal, there is no telling what heights Magnus will reach. Meanwhile, Cesaro will quite predictably plummet to the bottom rungs of the AGPW ranks not only because he is an inferior talent but because he has lost the best thing he going for him – her as a manager. Then, she continues by stating that for every waste of a talent that must be tossed aside like yesterday’s garbage, a new talent must rise up to take his place. That new talent must possess the skills and the determination to be the very best in the world because Maryse doesn’t settle for second best. And, behold, she has found that new talent. He is the super athlete, the “Bulgarian Brute”, Rusev!

Rusev comes to the ring and keeps it short and sweet. He speaks in his native tongue, Bulgarian, and says something along the lines of how he is a super athlete and he will crush every wrestler put in front of him. Maryse finishes off the segment by stating that nothing can stand in the way of Magnus and Rusev’s rise to the top. They will get there by maximum brute force!

*Commercial Break 4*

VS.

Natalya Neidhart vs. Sarita

This contest features two women from the Canadian prairies. One is a member of the legendary Hart Family from the western end of the prairies – Calgary, Alberta. The other is of Latin American heritage and hails from the eastern end of the prairies – Winnipeg, Manitoba. Neidhart, trained in the infamous Hart Family Dungeon, and Sarita, who has considerable lucha libre training and experience, have very different ring styles. That being said, the style clash makes for an interesting dynamic and an entertaining match. Although Neidhart doesn’t have the luchador capabilities, she does a good job and hanging with Sarita in the opening minutes, as she tries to establish a quick pace to the match from the early going. Sarita runs all over the place, using the ropes liberally, whether it be to bounce, springboard or slingshot off of them. Arm drags, kicks and headscissor takedowns abound. Neidhart also runs the ropes to pull off a running clothesline and sunset flip pin attempt. Otherwise, she tries to remain in the centre of the ring, where she also succeeds to execute some arm drags, a dropkick and a tilt-a-whirl backbreaker. When Neidhart can’t win with the pin following that backbreaker, she decides to slow the pace and employ the ground game, which works to her advantage. Chinlocks, headlocks, a bow and arrow submission hold and Mexican surfboard are some of the holds that Sarita must endure while she’s on the mat. Still, she won’t submit. When Neidhart decides to go to the middle turnbuckle to attempt an elbow drop (shades of her uncle Bret), Sarita moves out of the way and begins to fight back with forearm shots and chops. After executing a belly-to-belly suplex, she goes to the top rope and executes a missile dropkick. She pins for a 2-count. She goes back to the top rope and goes for a diving hurricanrana, but Neidhart counters it with an implant powerbomb, which she immediately transitions into the sharpshooter. Sarita tries to drag herself over to the ropes, but just as she gets near them, Neidhart pulls back into the middle of the ring, where she then taps out.

Official Decision: Natalya Neidhart wins by submission

*Commercial Break 5*

“Marvelous” Marc Mero comes out to the ring to address a situation that’s been bothering him for a long time. He’s come to address the elephant in the arena – his long losing streak in marquee matchups. He’s done a lot of soul searching since his latest loss at JOURNEY TO GREATNESS and has come to the conclusion that the only reason that a wrestler as marvelous as he could go on such a long losing streak was the result of poor personal training. Therefore, he’s fired his long time personal trainer, Candice Michelle, and has decided to design his own marvelous workout routine, which he is certain will take him back to the top of AGPW. Now that he’s used his new fitness routine for the past two weeks he says he is better prepared to defeat all of the other big name talent out there. And to prove just how different the results will be, he challenges Chris Jericho to a rematch right now!

VS.

Chris Jericho vs. “Marvelous” Marc Mero

Chris Jericho accepts the challenge and the match is on. “Marvelous” Marc Mero is hot out of the gate, with a series of left and right hooks and jabs. He’s chosen to fall back on his amateur boxing background to anchor his offense and dictate the pace of the match. Jericho fights back into the match with a few kicks and knife-edge chops, but cannot overtake Mero, he gets back in the driver’s seat with his boxing moves. Mero doesn’t even attempt a traditional professional wrestling maneuver until he goes for an Irish whip and a dropkick. His dropkick misses, as Jericho clings to the ropes. When Mero gets up, Jericho executes the Code Breaker and pins him for the 3-count. Jericho wins the match quicker than he did in his debut and without having even broken a sweat!

Official Decision: Chris Jericho wins by pinfall

Jeremy Borash is standing by with the “Million Dollar Man” Ted DiBiase and his personal assistant Virgil to get his comments about his failed attempt to win the International Heavyweight Championship at JOURNEY TO GREATNESS and to ask him what he plans on doing next. One would expect the Million Dollar Man to be displeased at the very mention of his loss to Christian Cage just two weeks ago, but DiBiase is rather calm. He has a few choice words for Cage and claims that the champion could never beat him in a fair draw, noting that DiBiase was only pinned for the 3-count after suffering an Unprettier onto the championship title belt. Branding Cage a rule breaker, menace of the highest order and a man unfit to hold the title, DiBiase says that his resolve to take the International Heavyweight Championship away from the disgraceful champion that is Christian Cage has never been higher. He has a new plan to get the belt and he promises that his plan will work because he has the means to make it happen. He vows to invest whatever he needs to make it work. Everything and everyone has a price for the Million Dollar Man and, at least in the case of Christian Cage, that price is the International Heavyweight Championship.

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*Commercial Break 6*

VS.

Lance Cade & Trevor Murdoch vs. “Killer” Karl Krupp & Kurrgan

“Killer” Karl Krupp and “The Acadian Giant” Kurrgan are coming off of an unsuccessful attempt at winning the North American Tag Team Titles at JOURNEY TO GREATNESS. Other than this one loss, they’ve been racking up the wins in recent months. They are two powerful giants that can punish the best of teams and they are masters of the dreaded claw submission hold. Meanwhile, Lance Cade and Trevor Murdoch have hit a bit of a rough patch with a few losses lately. Despite their recent losses, they remain a top tag team in the AGPW that can easily go on a tear at any time. If you are a fan of big men brawling, then this contest is just what the doctor ordered. It’s a slugfest. There is nothing fancy about it. It features a lot of punching and clotheslines, with some occasional kicks and power moves, and the odd vertical suplex thrown into the mix. Of course, the ring is not big enough to contain this fight. Guardrails, ring aprons, posts and steps see plenty of action out on the floor. Back inside of the ring, the dying moments of the match are frantic and quick. Cade superkicks Krupp, but not before Kurrgan makes the blind tag. Cade didn’t see it and goes for the cover, but Kurrgan stomps on his back to break it up. Murdoch tries to attack, but Kurrgan puts his big boot in the air to drop him into the mat. Then, Kurrgan slaps his hand around Cade’s throat and executes a chokeslam! As he bends down to cover him, Murdoch tackes Kurrgan and they end up out on the floor. Murdoch tries to whip him, but Kurrgan counters it and sends him crashing into the guardrail. Then, he picks up the steps and runs right into Murdoch with them, sandwiching him between the steps and the guardrail! Back in the ring, Krupp avoids a clothesline and executes a full-nelson slam on Cade and then applies the Iron Claw. Cade taps, but he isn’t the legal man and the referee isn’t paying attention anyhow as he’s busy calling for the bell after counting out Kurrgan. Cade and Murdoch are declared the winners by countout. However, they hardly look like winners given the shape that Krupp and Kurrgan have left them in. They may have taken the loss, but Krupp and Kurrgan look dangerous as they prepare to compete in the AWA Crockett Cup next weekend.

Official Decision: Lance Cade & Trevor Murdoch win by countout

*Commercial Break 7*

VS. w/

Mixed 6-Person Tag Team Match
Leo Burke, Rowdy Roddy Piper & Chyna vs. Trish Stratus & Bad Influence w/ “Classy” Freddie Blassie

This match marks a new first in AGPW history – it is the first time a mixed tag team match has served as the main event of an AGPW show. It’s just another way that AGPW continues to push its own boundaries and bring new great moments to life in the Mash-Up Wrestling Universe. As heard during the show opening segment, the stipulations for this match are rather important to each side. If Burke, Piper and Chyna win the match, Chyna will receive a title match at the next episode of Dynamite Saturday Night, next week. However, if Stratus, Daniels & Kazarian win the match, then Burke and Piper will have to defend their tag team titles against Bad Influence next week.

Much of the match is fought between the two tag teams. For every time that Chyna gets tagged into the match, Stratus enters the ring, looks mean, talks some trash and instead of going to lock up, backs into her corner and tags out. This happens some four or five times during the course of the match. Meanwhile, the advantage is exchanged many times between the men. Burke and Piper always lose their advantage and have to start over with the fresher member of Bad Influence as a result of tagging in Chyna, only tohave Stratus immediately tag out without doing anything. The crowd finally erupts into cheers when Chyna gets her hands on Stratus. Burke tags in Chyna after throwing Daniels out of the ring. Stratus comes in and we get more of the same old, same old. However, when she turns back to her corner to tag Kazarian, she can’t because Piper ran around the ring and pulled him down from the ring apron. Chyna smashes Stratus’ face into the turnbuckle to the audience’s count of ten and then whips her across the ring. She runs in and executes a hand spring back elbow, then executes a vertical suplex and goes for the cover. Stratus kicks out. Chyna picks her up and lifts her high into the air for gorilla press slam, but gets chop blocked by Daniels. Stratus lands on top of Chyna and hooks her weak leg, but she still powers out of the pin attempt. The referee becomes busy trying to get the brawling pair of Daniels and Burke out of the ring. With the distraction set, Blassie hands Stratus his cane and she takes a swing at Chyna’s head, knocking her out cold. To add insult to injury, she chokes Chyna out with the cane while she’s laid out on the mat, all the while looking over her shoulder. When the referee starts to turn around, she tosses the cane away and makes the pin. 1…2…3! Trish Stratus, with an assist from “Classy” Freddie Blassie, has earned her partners a chance to win the North American Tag Team Titles next week.

Official Decision: Trish Stratus & Bad Influence win by pinfall

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Join us next week for another edition of
Dynamite Saturday Night
featuring

North American Tag Team Title Match
Leo Burke & Rowdy Roddy Piper vs. Bad Influence

The Mountie vs. Owen Hart

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The opening segment alone was must see material, as Californication summarized two federations worth of storylines in one fell swoop. The Illuminati may have been knocked into disarray in Boston, but grows only stronger in Canada. Now there is a mysterious investor bankrolling Californications takeover of AGPW. Before that can be revealed however, Chyna appears to remind us of her own victory at “Journey to Greatness” and demands a title shot against Trish Stratus! That leads to Commissioner Two Rivers making a very intriguing 6-person tag team main event with #1 contender ramifications for tonight. I love what you continue to do with Bo Dallas, as his over the top cheesiness is on full display here. “CamBOdia, BOlivia and BOtswana” is comic gold! His quick win over Eric Young leads me to believe it’s not the same EY who just reigned as TNA champion. The Stampeders are right at home here in AGPW, as is Maryse who has a new hunk of clay to work with in the Bulgarian Brute Rusev. Another intriguing combination there. We also get some great stick work from Christian and Dibiase to further the developments of their “Journey to Greatness” title match. I like the cross promotion on display in the Kurrgan & Karl Krupp match, with a little plug for the upcoming AWA Crocket Cup. Mero continues to be an entertaining wind bag. In the main event, Californication continues to hold all the cards with their victory. Not only does Trish turn back the challenge of Chyna before it even becomes a title contest, she helps earn her boys Bad Influence a future tag team title shot. Will the first phase of Californications world domination plan come to fruition? We’ll find out next week when Burke & Piper defend against Bad Influence! Over all this was another huge step in the right direction, with all the fall out from Journey to Greatness leading to new and exciting angles. Who is the new backer for Californication? Many questions still to be answered. I for one look forward to the reveal. Lead on, my friend.