The Titans of Grand Prix (Feb 18/15)

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Atlantic Grand Prix Wrestling presents

The Titans of Grand Prix

Wednesday, February 18, 2015
From the Moncton Coliseum in Moncton, New Bruswick
Live Attendance: 7 200

Tonight’s Announced Matches

Tazaro vs. “Killer” Karl Krupp & Kurrgan

Big E. Langston vs. Dean Malenko vs. Steve Corino vs. Tully Blanchard

Gail Kim vs. Jazz


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

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The following matches were taped for Talking About the Titans, hosted by Ed Whalen, Marc Blondin and Jeremy Borash, and available exclusively on the Mash-Up Wrestling Network:

First Match: Test defeated Taka Michinoku by pinfall at 5:36 with a running big boot to the face.

Second Match: Charlotte Flair defeated Portia Perez by pinfall at 5:12 after executing Natural Selection.

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Big E Langston vs. Dean Malenko vs. Steve Corino vs. Tully Blanchard

This bout is an excellent way to get the evening started. These four men all come into this one looking for an all-important win. All of them, except for Steve Corino, are coming off of loses in their last match and looking to rebound. Corino, however, is looking to keep momentum on his side and add another win to his record. It won’t be easy with Big E. Langston, Dean Malenko and Tully Blanchard as opponents. Theirs is a quick match as there always seems to be at least one man who is fresh. Everyone gets a chance to shine. In particular, Malenko and Blanchard get the crowd on their feet with a lengthy sequence of back-and-forth suplexes and rolling suplexes of several variations. It all ends with Blanchard giving Malenko a slingshot suplex. He nearly wins the match right there, but Corino breaks it up with a kick to back of the head. After a series of right hands, Corino attempts to clothesline Blanchard to the floor, but he lands on the ring apron. Then, they battle over a suplex and Blanchard brings Corino onto the ring apron. Corino eventually takes Blanchard out of the picture with a release front suplex that drops him onto the floor. Right after that, Corino goes flying into the guardrail when Big E hits him with a spear through the ropes. Big E stays in the ring and Malenko tries to attack, but Big E stands firm, knocking his down with a body block. He runs to the ropes and gives Malenko a Big E Splash! He hooks the leg, but Blanchard manages to stop it with a double axehandle. Blanchard runs to the ropes, but gets taken down with a back body drop onto Malenko. Then, Big E picks him up and gives him the Big Ending. Big E pins Blanchard for the win. He’s cheered for that, but jeered for his post-match comments where he promises to settle a score with Leo Burke for being a two-faced liar and costing him his match at WINTER WARFARE.

Official Decision: Big E Langston wins by pinfall at 9:18

*Commercial Break 1*

The Stampeders vs. The Fabulous Rougeau Brothers

This is a rematch between two teams that just competed at WINTER WARFARE, two weeks ago. Jacques and Raymond Rougeau were victorious over Lance Storm and Tyson Kidd in that one. Here, the duo from Calgary try to even the score with a victory over the Rougeaus, who earn a harsh reaction from the partisan crowd for their pre-match pro-American propaganda. Kidd does a great job of controlling the match early on, but after taggin in Lance Storm, the Rougeaus take control when Raymond sticks his knee between the ropes, driving into Storm’s lower back and then Jacques takes him down with a beautiful dropkick. The Rougeaus work over Storm and make frequent tags, pummeling him for a couple of minutes until he is able to make the hot tag. Kidd goes on a tear, showing us that he’s able to handle both Rougeaus all on his own. However, after giving Raymond the blockbuster, Kidd gets hit from behind with a double axe handle smash. Storm enters the ring, but the referee holds him back. Kidd is now getting worked over by the illegal man. Jacques whips him and goes for a back body drop, but Kidd lands on his feet. Just then, Storm breaks free from the referee and attempts a superkick, but Jacques moves out of the way and he hits Kidd! Jacques and Raymond pick up Storm and give him a double spinebuster! Then, they finish off Kidd with La Bombe de Rougeau to get the win!

Official Decision: The Fabulous Rougeau Brothers win by pinfall at 9:41

*Commercial Break 2*

Leo Burke comes down to the ring and grabs a microphone. He’s greeted mostly to cheers by the fans, but the roar of the crowd is not quite as loud as usual. Burke acknowledges that he’s appearing in front of his hometown crowd and says that all week, since coming home, everyone in Moncton has told him how much they admire him for his long-storied career, but they all want to know why he punched out Big E. Langston? Why punch a guy who is one of the good guys, personally employed by AGPW owner Emile Duprée to act as Commissioner Billy Two Rivers’ hired muscle; employed to dole out justice and make sure that the bad guys aren’t persevering? Burke says that he is a principled man and one thing he has always believed in is that you fight your own battles. Langston, he says, got what he deserved because he was ordered by his boss to fight Burke’s own battle for him.

Then, he says he wants to take a moment to talk about Langston’s boss, saying that he is a chameleon of the first order. He says that we were all duped by Emile. He calls out the owner as a guy who sold out his principles just to stay in control of his company. He verbally abuses him for forgiving his no-good rotten son for months upon months and years upon years of despicable behaviour, providing examples to make his point. He goes further and says that he now understands that Renée became the little shit that he is because he learned it from his father, Emile, who has just always done a great job of hiding it. Burke reiterates that he is a principled man and says that he refuses to throw away his morals like the Duprées and Bret Hart, who also turned the other cheek when it meant that he could win the International Heavyweight Championship. By this point, many of Burke’s hometown fans have turned against him, especially since he now blames all of them for validating the Duprées’ decisions by cheering for them and thanking them for the questionable way by which they “saved AGPW.”

Hearing his name get dragged through Burke’s mudslinging rant, the International Heavyweight Champion comes out to defend himself against Burke’s accusations, denying that he sold out his morals just to win the title. He says that he won it fair and square. Then, Burke challenges Hart to uphold another one of principles – the one about being a fighting champion who never backs down from a challenge. He challenges the Hitman to defend the International Heavyweight Championship against him in a match, tonight. Hart glady accepts and tells Burke that he’ll dedicate his win to Emile Duprée – and he will win because he is the best there is, the best there was, and the best there ever will be!

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Bret “The Hitman” Hart defends the International Heavyweight Championship against Leo Burke in tonight’s main event! Don’t miss it!

*Commercial Break 3*

Gail Kim vs. Jazz

Jazz has been on a major role lately. She’s been unstoppable since joining AGPW. Recently, she declared her intent to go after the Women’s Championship, but that was before the title changed hands from Trish Stratus to Awesome Kong. One has to wonder whether she would be interested in going after the current, reigning Women’s Champion. However, before she can even contemplate doing that, she has to get past Gail Kim. This is her toughest challenge yet. Kim certainly isn’t taking it easy on Jazz. She runs around the ring, using tilt-a-whirl headscissors, hurricanranas and a variety of kicks to keep Jazz unbalanced. Jazz is pretty quick, herself, but she combined her quickness with power to finally halt Kim with a stiff running clothesline. Jazz is all about using her power to her advantage, while also taking the time to mouth off at the fans. Her cockiness nearly costs her the match, as Kim manages to escape a military press slam and then drop Jazz with a roundhouse kick. Kim rallies and finishes it off with a straitjacked neckbreaker slam, but Jazz still manages to kick out, much to Kim’s surprise. An attempt to go for her Eat Defeat kick is blocked and countered with a powerbomb that Jazz executes after lifting Kim right up from off of the mat! Jazz pins, but Kim still manages to kick out. Jazz whips Kim and goes for a clothesline, but she ducks it. Kim comes back off of the ropes, attempting to apply the Flying Dragon, but Jazz counters it with a tilt-a-whirl slam! Then, she picks up Kim and puts her in the Bitch Clamp! After about 10 seconds in the hold, Kim submits. Jazz continues her winning ways and stops by the commentary table to quickly tell Ed Whalen and Lord Alfred Hayes that she doesn’t care who the Women’s Champion is, she isn’t afraid of anybody and she’ll beat anyone and everyone to become the champion.

Official Decision: Jazz wins by submission at 10:07

*Commercial Break 4*

North American Tag Team Titles Match
Tazaro vs. “Killer” Karl Krupp & Kurrgan

Taz and Cesaro and coming off of a very successful night at WINTER WARFARE, where they defended and retained their North American Tag Team Titles against the Brian Busters in a Tables Match. However, there ain’t no rest for the wicked. They jump right back into the fire with another title defence, this time against the tallest and heaviest tag team in AGPW, “Killer” Karl Krupp and “The Acadian Giant” Kurrgan. In so far as challenges go, this a different kind of challenge than what the champions are used to. Krupp and Kurrgan like to just pummel and maul their opponents. They aren’t really technically sound, but they don’t have to be. They just need to outhit and outlast you. However, Taz and Cesaro are arguably two of the toughest wrestlers in AGPW, so despite giving up a considerable height and weight advantage, they give back as good as they get. After 6 minutes of intense brawling, Kurrgan goes for a chokeslam on Cesaro, but he slips free from the Acadian Giant’s grip, runs to the ropes and staggers him with a slingshot European uppercut. Taz, who made the blind tag, comes in and takes his dazed opponent down with a release German suplex. With Kurrgan, down on the mat, Taz waits for him to sit up and then looks on the Tazmission with a bodyscissors. Krupp tries to come to his aid, but Cesaro cuts him off. With no way to escape, Kurrgan is forced to tap out. The champions retain!

Official Decision: Tazaro wins by submission at 6:20

*Commercial Break 5*

Our cameras enter the locker room area where they see Lance Storm and Tyson Kidd packing up their gear. Storm looks as serious as ever. Kidd tells him to shake off what happened to them out there and says that he’s certain they’ll defeat the Rougeaus the next time they face them because they are the better team. FACT. However, Storm doesn’t think that is a fact. He wants to be serious with Kidd for a moment and tells him that they’ve been a team for a long time now but it hasn’t gotten them to where they have set out to go. They’ve never had a serious chance of winning the North American Tag Team Titles and, quite frankly, he doesn’t think this team is working for either one of them. Kidd gets defensive and tries to put a positive spin on things, but Storm refuses to listen. In the end, he says that they won’t beat the Rougeaus because there isn’t going to be a next time, because their days as a tag team are over that’s a FACT.

The legendary Ultimo Dragon debuts next week on The Titans of Grand Prix!

SoCal Val is joined by The Fabulous Rougeau Brothers, who say tell us that The Stampeders have twice had to learn the hard way what everyone else in AGPW will soon know: that American professional wrestlers can’t be beat. The Canadian ex-pats, who now claim to be from Memphis, Tennessee, tell Val that the best country in North America is the United States of America, which is why the North American Tag Team Champions should be from America. The only problem they see with the current title holders is that only one of them is from the good ol’ U-S-of-A. They say that they will soon fix that by making both champions from the USA when they themselves get the gold. It’s only a matter of time. Watch out Tazaro because the All American Boys are coming for you and the North American Tag Team Championship Titles. They leave SoCal Val with a little bit of flag waving and a classic ‘U-S-A! U-S-A!’ chant.

*Commercial Break 6*

Petey Williams vs. Elix Skipper

This is a match between two of the original members of the AGPW roster during its re-launch in May, 2013. Both men are competing for a chance to impress the fans and regain full time employment with the company. This match is a classic, fast paced non-stop battle. The two men take plenty of high risks throughout the match, much to the delight of the fans in attendance. When Skipper goes for a savate kick, Williams ducks under it, then gives Skipper a bridging German suplex. Skipper kicks out. Williams goes to the top turnbuckle and jumps off, but gets caught in mid-air with a dropkick! Skipper covers, but Williams kicks out in time. Skipper signals that he’s going to finish it. He tries to lift Williams up into position for Sudden Death, but he tilt-a-whirls his way out of it and transitions into a Russian legsweep to counter. Then, Williams signals that he’s going to end it. He picks up Skipper and executes the Canadian Destroyer! It’s all over. Williams wins the match and the fans can rest assured that the Canadian Destroyer will be sticking around.

Official Decision: Petey Williams wins by pinfall at 6:47

*Commercial Break 7*

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International Heavyweight Championship Title Match
Bret “The Hitman” Hart vs. Leo Burke

Picking up where the video left off, Burke crawls back into the ring. Hart goes to pick him up and Burke gives him a knee to the abdomine and then a gutwrench powerbomb! He covers. 1…2… kick out! Burke sets up Hart for a piledriver, but he counters it with a back body drop. Hart runs to the ropes and takes Burke down with a Hart Attack clothesline! Hart is slow to capitalize and Burke is able to get up at the same time as Hart. However, Hart takes him back down with a Russian legsweep and then he locks on the sharpshooter! Initially, Burke refuses to submit. He drags himself part of the way to the ropes, but when he reaches out to grab them, Hart drags him back towards the centre of the ring and then Burke finally taps out.

Official Decision: Bret “The Hitman” Hart wins by submission at 18:33

After the match, Hart is handed his title and has his hand raised. Meanwhile, Burke puts on his brass knuckles and waits for Hart to turn around. As soon as he does, Burke drops him with a single punch! He sits down on Hart and gives him extra punches with his brass knuckles on. He continues this sorry display of poor sportsmanship until Big E rushes out and makes the save! Big E clears the ring of Leo Burke and chases him off into the crowd. Meanwhile, from out of the crowd comes “Superstar” Billy Graham, who hops over the guardrail, enters the ring and then exits it with the International Heavyweight Championship title belt in his hands. Then, he proceeds to start smashing it on the floor and tearing it to pieces! Graham destroys the title while shouting that if he can’t have it, then neither can The Hitman!

The show closes out with Graham being met by Jeremy Borash on the Titans of Grand Prix entrance set. Borash asks Graham why he destroyed the title and he tells that if he can’t have it, then neither can the Hitman. Then, Graham says that he’s hereby exercising the rematch clause in his contract. Graham says that even without the rest of Californiacation, he’s going to finish the job he was sent here to do. He’ll once again be crowned the champion so that he can personally send AGPW straight to hell!

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