Post by Slade on Jul 22, 2015 6:18:20 GMT -5
Atlantic Grand Prix Wrestling presents
The Titans of Grand Prix
Wednesday, July 22, 2015
From the General Motors Centre in Oshawa, Ontario
Live Attendance: 5 725
Tonight’s Broadcast Features the Ringside Commentary Teams of
Ed Whalen and Vampiro (English)
Marc Blondin and René Goulet (Français)
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Davey Boy Smith vs. Rusev
This is our show opening match, featuring one half of the British Bulldogs, Davey Boy Smith, versus the 2015 Canada Cup Champion, Rusev. Smith puts up a good fight, showcasing an excellent combination of speed and strength. He very impressively lifts the 138 kilogram Bulgarian Brute into a 10-second delayed vertical suplex. Unfortunately for Smith, Rusev’s power is even greater and after he avoids a missile dropkick and then drops Smith with a spinning heel kick, Rusev takes firm control of the match and never looks back. He makes Smith tap out to the Accolade for the win. Following the match, Prince Nana and Rusev take a microphone and cut a short promo to gloat about how Rusev supposedly forced Bret “The Hitman” Hart to tap out last week. They claim that Canada’s favourite wrestler is the weakest champion there is, the weakest champion there was and the weakest champion there ever will be.
Official Decision: Rusev wins by submission at 7:12
*Commercial Break 1*
Courtney Rush vs. Trish Stratus
Trish Stratus is supposed to be the hell in this match, and she acts like it. However, she gets treated like she is a face. Her pop is loud and the crowd chants “Let’s go, Trish!” a few times during the match. Stratus wins the match handily, going through most of her signature spots and weathering a short comeback to finish off Rush with a Chick Kick to get the win.
Official Decision: Trish Stratus wins by pinfall at 4:49
*Commercial Break 2*
Jeremy Borash is standing by with International Heavyweight Champion Bret “The Hitman” Hart to ask him why he thinks Edge attacked him and cost him and his team to lose to the IMF in 6-man tag team competition last week. Hart says that he can only speculate as to the specific reasoning behind his cowardly, callous attack. He says that it is probably because he has what everyone else in the sport wants and that is the International Heavyweight Championship. However, he continues by saying that the attack just goes to show you that wrestlers from Toronto, these days, have very little integrity and respect for the business. They have this attitude that everything revolves around them and an expectation that they deserve everything. He already successfully turned aside one half-baked challenger from the Centre of the Universe and he’ll do it again if he has to.
SoCal Val is standing by with Edge and asks him why he speared Bret Hart, costing him and his team to lose to IMF. Edge says that his reason for attack Hart was quite simple: he has what he wants and that is the International Heavyweight Championship, which he claims belongs in the Centre of the Universe not in a rodeo clown town like Calgary. We all saw what the Rated R Superstar did to the so-called Best in the World – he destroyed Chris Jericho so bad that he may never wrestle again. Now, it is time for him to destroyed the self-proclaimed best there is, best there was and best there ever will be and prove to everyone in the rest of Canada and around the world why the mecca of professional wrestling is the Centre of the Universe.
*Commercial Break 3*
“Macho Man” Randy Savage vs. Test
In his first match since suffering another heartbreaking loss in another match in which he tried to win the Mash-Up World Heavyweight Championship, “Macho Man” Randy Savage makes quick work of Test, the hired goon from the Centre of the Universe. Savage gets back in the win column by planting a diving elbow drop deep into Test’s heart, giving him the easy 1, 2, 3 pinfall victory.
Official Decision: “Macho Man” Randy Savage wins by pinfall at 5:13
*Commercial Break 4*
Ultimo Dragon vs. “Million Dollar Man” Ted DiBiase
“Million Dollar Man” Ted DiBiase is one half of the North American Tag Team Champions. However, here, he competes in singles competition against Ultimo Dragon, who is up and coming in AGPW. The Japanese luchador hailing from Mexico City has been tough to beat since coming to AGPW. In typical Million Dollar Man fashion, the smug multimillionaire underestimates the prowess of the Ultimo Dragon at the beginning of the contest. Then, he does everything in his power to find a way to escape from the ring and stall the contest, another classic Million Dollar Man game plan. However, he doesn’t really work, as Ultimo Dragon takes DiBiase and Virgil down with a plancha and then again with an Asai moonsault. After he grabs DiBiase and rolls him into the ring, Virgil prevents him from getting back in the ring with a sucker punch and a lariat. DiBiase takes over on offense for quite a while, but Ultimo Dragon eventually mounts a comeback which he starts by landing on his feet off of a back body drop and then giving DiBiase his Dragon Combo of kicks, followed by a hurricanrana. As Ultimo Dragon builds momentum, he goes for a running handspring back elbow, but DiBiase blocks and immediately counters the attempt into the Million Dollar Dream. However, Ultimo Dragon acts quickly to counter that into an Asai DDT! 1…2…3! Ultimo Dragon pulls off the win! However, after the match, he is attacked by Virgil and Alberto El Patron. Ultimo Dragon isn’t alone for long as Rey Mysterio Jr. rushes to the ring to make the save.
Official Decision: Ultimo Dragon wins by pinfall at 13:15
*Commercial Break 5*
Vampiro is sitting in the ring for a special sit down interview with Canadian wrestling legend “Whipper” Billy Watson, who is a former NWA World Champion and more than 30 titles during his career (most of them earned in Maple Leaf Wrestling). “Whipper” Billy Watson’s first foray into AGPW was as the special guest referee for the North American Tag Team Championship fatal fourway elimination match at Journey to Greatness 2015, which was held in his hometown of Toronto, Ontario. Vampiro asks him about that experience, about his relationship with owner Emile Duprée and about whether we can expect to see more of him in AGPW.
Before he can answer the question about whether we can expect to see more of him, Christian Cage comes to the ring. Surprisingly, he comes to the ring by himself. He gives Watson advice as one Torontonian to another. Whereas once upon a time the fans may have loved and adored him, the times have changed and they don’t love him anymore. He might have got a decent reaction here in Oshawa, but they will boo him out of every building outside of a 200 km radius of Toronto. Why? Because in today’s Canada, it’s popular to hate their hometown in the rest of Canada. All of those small town beaver trappers who live outside of the Centre of the Universe are jealous of the Peeps in Toronto and they hate everything that the Centre of the Universe and its people stand for. That’s why they are so hostile towards them everywhere they go. Nice guys like Watson can’t make it in the business today. Make no mistake about it, if Watson decides to compete in AGPW, he will be told how much he is hated everywhere he goes.
Watson says he is not concerned about being the most popular guy in the building and says that if they hate him, then they have the right to say so. However, he says that Canadians have the same values no matter where they come from. They all appreciate hard work, grit and the effort to do your very best. Cage tells him to “Wake up, grandpa!” because no one cares about those things anymore. This is a new generation that hates those things. They hate those things, they hate him, and then he says, “and I hate you!” With that, Cage pushes Watson, causing him and his chair to tip over. Watson picks himself up, but doesn’t do anything to him. Cage just laughs and says that it was just as he thought – Watson was a common loser who won’t stand up for himself. He calls him pathetic, just like everyone who comes from outside of Toronto and says that it makes him sick just to know that they both call the best city in the world their hometown. Watson says that striking him back for shoving him over and calling him a loser would be childish and he would rather show the world just exactly which one of them is the real loser in a math at AGPW’s Summer Showdown, coming in August. Cage accepts the challenge, fakes an exit from the ring and then attacks Watson when his back is turned. With Vampiro looking on, Cage gives Watson the Unprettier before leaving the ring.
*Commercial Break 6*
Tajiri vs. Tyler Breeze
This match is coming a few weeks after Tajiri spit green mist into the face of Tyler Breeze during the Canada Cup tournament. Prince Pretty has been upset that his face, which is the “Definition of Delish,” was nearly ruined by his dastardly act. He tried to get his revenge on Tajiri last week, but failed and inadvertently struck Dean Malenko in the head with his selfie-stick! Tajiri frustrates the King of Cuteville at nearly every turn, until finally he goes for a Buzzsaw kick, but Breeze rolls out of the way and then lifts Tajiri into the air and drops his throat across the top rope with a stun gun. He goes to the top rope and executes a diving elbow drop that only gets a 2-count. When Breeze sets up for the Beauty Shot, he gets tripped up by Dean Malenko, who pulls him to the outside and throws him into the ring steps. Malenko continues his ice cold attack as Tajiri gets up and comes out of the ring. He comes over, puts a hand on Malenko’s arm as he is stomping on Breeze and gets blindly shoved into the ring apron. Trying to send Breeze a message, Malenko puts him in a Texas cloverleaf. However, when Tajiri recovers from having his back rammed into the side of the ring apron, he spits green mist in Malenko’s face and then gives the blinded Man of 1000 Holds a Buzzsaw kick before leaving.
Official Decision: Tyler Breeze wins by disqualification at 6:27
*Commercial Break 7*
Women’s Championship Title Match
Charlotte Flair vs. Jazz
Charlotte Flair vs. Jazz
At Hellfire in Halifax 2015, Jazz defeated Charlotte Flair in a match that catapulted her to the top of the women’s division rankings. A month later, she would get her first title shot, but was defeated by Awesome Kong. Now, she’s out to prove that she can beat Charlotte a second time. If she does, this time she won’t earn a title shot; she’ll win the title! They start out with some chain wrestling, which doesn’t bode well for Jazz because Charlotte finishes off the opening sequence of hold exchanged by locking her in a figure four headscissors, which she keeps held in place, while occasionally turning it over and driving Jazz’s head into the mat. This gives her the early advantage and she goes to work on Jazz’s knees and lower back, using a variety of kneebreakers, some backbreakers and a bow and arrow submission. Jazz gets back into the match by rolling out of the way of a moonsault attempt and then countering a whip and executing a powerslam. At this point, she’s able to bring her power into play. Although she really brings the fight to Charlotte, she is never able to put her away and the Women’s Champion proves that she has grown and improved as a competitor by earning a submission victory by way of her figure eight leglock.
Official Decision: Charlotte Flair wins by submission at 12:35
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