Post by Leo on Jan 23, 2022 16:42:36 GMT -5
CCW Winter Wonderland
Live from the Salt Palace in Salt Lake City, UtahCommentators: Bob Caudle and Dutch Mantel
Ring Announcer: Mike McGuirk
Interviews: SoCal Val
Referees: Tommy Young, Joey Marella, Aubrey Edwards
The camera comes up on Col. Robert Fuller, Vice President of Operations, talking to several men in security shirts. He wants all the entrances guarded. No unauthorized personnel coming in. He doesn’t know who the “Phil Was Xtreme” people are, but he doesn’t want them breaking in. But if they are seen and have the Gulf Coast Title belt with them, get it back at all costs.
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Gulf Coast Title Tournament Semi-Final
“Marvelous” Marc Mero vs. Chris Candido with Sunny
Referee: Aubrey Edwards
Lockup into a crisscross sequence to start. Double flying crossbody puts both men down. Candido up first and nails a kick to the gut to setup a double underhook face breaker. He tosses Mero toward the ropes and then gets in Edwards’ face. This allows Sunny to choke Mero on the bottom rope. Candido with a Bossman straddle. He kicks Marc on the ropes. Edwards gets him off and they argue, allowing Sunny to choke Mero more. Candido whips Mero into the ropes and gets a tilt-a-whirl backbreaker. He grinds Mero’s lower back across his knee. He shoves him off and goes to the second turnbuckle. He comes off with a double axe handle, but Mero punches him in the gut and flips Candido over.
Mero with the boxing punches and the Kiss that Don’t Miss. He whips Candidio into the corner and gets a jumping splash. Hip toss out. He comes off the second turnbuckle with a rolling neck snap. Fireman’s carry gutbuster. Gutwrench suplex. Mero goes to the top rope. Sunny gets on the apron. The distraction allows Candido to shake the ropes and Mero crotches himself. Candido with a superplex into a floatover for one…two…thre…shoulder up. Candido can’t believe it, yells at Edwards and then goes up top for the Suicide Blonde diving headbutt. Mero flies up for a popup superplex. Body slam for placement and he points to the top turnbuckle. Sunny gets on the apron again, but Mero kisses her and pushes her to the floor. Candido tries to attack from behind, but gets a spinning Kiss That Don’t Miss and then Mero finishes with the Wild Thing shooting star press.
Winner: Marc Mero by pinfall at 15:04
“Wildfire” Tommy Rich is in the back with SoCal Val. He wants to first thank ETW management for allowing him to be here today to serve as a tag team partner for Chris Jericho and Tom Magee against the dreaded York Foundation. Rich is disappointed that their leader, UWA Universal Men’s Champion Nicholas Aldis, wasn’t there. He knows he’s flying all over the world defending that title belt, doing promotions, doing photoshoots; Rich knows all that because he’s been there. He was the NWA World’s Heavyweight Champion, that’s something he and Aldis have in common. But being the UWA Champion is a lot bigger and a lot more stressful. Rich is ready for it. He knows Chris Jericho has a title shot coming up at KaufMania, but he hopes he gets a chance at Aldis first. Tommy Rich vs. Chris Jericho in the main event of KaufMania for the Universal Title. He likes the sound of that.
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“The Man with the Hands of Stone” Ronnie Garvin vs. “Superstar” Billy Graham
Referee: Joey Marella
Graham offers a handshake to start. He takes it and they try to crush the other’s hand until Graham pulls him into a short arm clothesline. Billy stands over Ronnie and beats on his chest. He then grinds a shoulder hold. Garvin powers up and turns into Graham. He fires off a few elbow shots. He whips Graham into the ropes, but he reverses. Billy goes for a backdrop, but Garvin goes for a sunset flip, Graham blocks and drops a fist, but Garvin slides out and Graham punches the mat. Garvin tries a full nelson, but Graham breaks that pretty quickly. He spins around with a Polish Hammer. Garvin goes down and Graham grabs the top rope for leverage while he grinds his boot into Ronnie’s throat. Marella does a five count and forces him to break. He does, then goes back to it and takes another five count. Graham picks Garvin up into a bearhug and works that. Garvin breaks with a bell ringer. He goes into the ropes and nails a Superman Punch. He does the Garvin Stomp. Ronnie goes up top for a diving headbutt, but Graham rolls out of the way. Both men come up with rising uppercuts, nail each other at the same time and go down. Marella counts both men out.
Winner: Draw due to a double knockout at 7:49
About half the women in the upcoming Terrific Tussle do quick 30-second promos to put themselves over for it.
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Gulf Coast Title Tournament Semi-Final
Bob Backlund vs. Ron “The Truth” Killings
Referee: Tommy Young
He tries to throw Killings into the ring steps, but he reverses him. Back in the ring, Truth or Consequences gets two. Hang Time eats knees. Backlund with a T-Bone suplex. Bridging German suplex for two. They fight over a backslide. Truth twists out of it into a rising knee lift facebreaker. Snap DDT. Backlund drops out of the What’s Up Drop into the crossface chicken wing. Killings makes the ropes quickly. They go into the ropes and Backund gets a sunset flip for two. Killings comes up into a series of arm drags. He goes to the floor. Bob just stays in the ring and it dawns on Truth he can lose by count out. He makes the apron and Backlund goes to meet him, but Killings slingshots over him, rolls across the ring, pops up into the opposite set of ropes and comes off with a flying back elbow. Front power slam and Killings goes up for the Hang Time again. Backlund gets his knees up again, but Killings spins past Bob to land on his feet, points to his head again and then gets a standing moonsault for two. What’s Up Drop closes it out.
Winner: Ron Killings by pinfall at 13:55
We get a recap of Strowman and Langston eliminating each other at the Terrific Tussle and then the confrontation they had on television leading to the next match.
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Braun Strowman vs. Big E Langston
Referee: Joey Marella
Winner: Double count out at 11:37.
The other half of the women get 30 second promos to put themselves over for the Terrific Tussle upcoming.
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The York Foundation (Marcus Alexander Bagwell, Martin Jannetty and NIcholas Nemeth) with Kamille York vs. “Mega Man” Tom Magee, “Lionheart” Chris Jericho and “Wildfire” Tommy Rich
Referee: Aubrey Edwards
Bagwell wants Rich to start. They lockup, Rich gets a wristlock and Bagwell immediately tags out to Nemeth. Rich and Nemeth trade off on some grapples. Into the ropes, Nicholas gets a heel trip into a front chancery. Rich gets up and powers Nemeth into his corner to tag Magee. He throws Nemeth around the ring a bit until he tags Jannetty. Marty runs circles around Magee and gets some quick strikes, but he messes up by going for a crossbody and is caught for a fallaway slam. Tag to Jericho, who comes in for a spring board back elbow as Jannetty stands. Jericho with a straight jacket neckbreaker and he goes to a chinlock with a knee in the back. Jannetty gets up and shoots Jericho off. They do a crisscross with Jericho scoring a big backdrop. Jannetty comes up into his own corner and tags Nemeth again. They lock up, but Nemeth gets a cheap shot and hits a facebreaker to the knee. Straightjacket suplex with a bridge for two. Nemeth whips Jericho to the corner and gets a Stinger Splash. Tag to Bagwell. He drops a series of elbows on Jericho and goes to a chinlock. Jericho powers out and throws Buff to the ropes. He ducks a clothesline and Jericho eats a Thesz Press with punches. Swinging neckbreaker, he flexes and covers for two.
Tag back to Jannetty. Bagwell hits a tilt-a-whirl backbreaker and holds Jericho across his knee for Jannetty to get a top rope leg drop. Rich runs in to break up the pin. Edwards backs him off and this allows Nemeth to run in for a double gut buster. They yell at Edwards to run over for a count and it gets two. Jericho flips out of the Rocker Dropper. He gets a discus clothesline as Jannetty spins back around. Tags all around. Rich is a house of fire on Bagwell. He knocks Jannetty and Nemeth out of the corner. Flying forearm. He goes for a piledriver, but Bagwell backdrops out. Falling back elbow. Double underhook DDT. Bagwell goes up for the Blockbuster, but Rich moves and Bagwell wipes out. Tag to Magee. Magee with a scoop slam off the ropes. Standing moonsault for a cover that gets broken up by Nemeth. York pulls Magee to the floor and slams him back first into the ring wall. She turns into Jericho coming off the apron onto her with a Thesz Press. Bagwell comes over, Rich gets involved. Nemeth and Jannetty with a double slingshot splash onto everybody. Magee and Nemeth, the legal men, make it back into the ring. Nemeth tries a surprise Zig Zag, but Magee blocks and turns it into a uranage. He lines up the Mega Driver, but Jannetty runs in for a superkick. Edwards moves him out, which allows Bagwell to go for the Blockbuster, but Jericho shoves him off the top. Magee catches him and delivers a belly to belly suplex. Tag back to Jericho. He comes off the top with a double knee drop to Marty. Lionsault.
Winner: Jericho, Magee and Rich by pinfall at 15:39 via pinfall of Jericho on Jannetty
The faces chase the heels off and the three men raise their hands in victory.
Killings and Mero are in the back giving Rob Fuller hell about the Gulf Coast Title still being missing. Why are they having a tournament for a belt that’s not even there? Fuller says he’s working on it. Killings says he’s surprised he hasn’t been accused of stealing it. Mero says maybe he did. They go nose to nose and Fuller tells them to back down. He doesn’t want any altercation between the two until KaufMania. In fact, they might even have to team up to make sure the Gulf Coast Title is returned and available for their match. Killings says let’s hope it doesn’t come to that and he walks off.
UWA Women’s Champion Sasha Banks gets her full entrance to ringside. She carries the UWA Women’s Title. The Boss is in CCW for the first time ever. Caudle asks who she thinks will win the Terrific Tussle and face her at KaufMania. She likes Tessa Blanchard and Britt Baker the best. She doesn’t think Mickie James can hold it together. Molly Holly and Taya Valkyrie could be dark horses. But no matter who wins, the result will be the same. She walks out of KaufMania still UWA Women’s Champion.
15-Woman Terrific Tussle for a shot at the UWA Universal Women’s Title at KaufMania
One is eliminated when they go over the top rope and both feet touch the floor. A woman enters every 90 seconds.
UWA Women’s Champion Sasha Banks on commentary
Ringside officials: Tommy Young, Joey Marella, Aubrey Edwards, Col. Robert Fuller and Ivory
1. Cherry Bomb
2. Nikki Cross
Banks says this should be a quick elimination. Bomb is all smiles and extends her hand to Cross at the bell. Cross fakes a smile, takes the handshake and pulls Bomb into a short-arm clothesline. She stomps and beats on Bomb. Cross pulls her up and whips her into the ropes while following. Bomb trips over her own feet, falls into the ropes and pulls the top rope down as she falls. Cross can’t stop and tumbles outside to the floor. NIKKI CROSS ELIMINATED. Cross is livid on the floor. She grabs a chair and goes back inside, just wailing on Bomb. The officials eventually get her to stop and leave the ring as the next lady comes out.
3. Carmella
Cross says ‘you’re welcome’ to Carmella as they pass in the aisle. Banks said Carmella is lucky the Boss isn’t in CCW, because she’s got the best butt, the best chest and all the rest. Carmella pitches Cherry immediately. CHERRY BOMB ELIMINATED. Carmella then pulls out her phone and starts live streaming while touting all of her social media accounts.
4. Taya Valkyrie
Carmella stops talking with an ‘oh shit’ expression on her face. Taya slides into the ring and Carmella bails under the bottom rope and runs. Valkyrie follows. Carmella goes into the crowd. Valkyrie chases. She eventually catches Carmella from behind by her hair and she splats on her back on the concrete. German suplex on the concrete with a thud.
5. Leva Bates
Bates is in the ring alone while Carmella and Valkyrie are still fighting in the crowd. The officials start to move them toward the ring. Not knowing what else to do, Bates starts dancing the Charleston. Banks calls it amateur hour. Taya throws Carmella into the ring and follows. Leva dances over and starts Charleston kicking her. Taya with a choke lift, but Carmella clips the knee. Roaring 20’s Elbow. Carmella and Bates hook Taya up for a double team suplex, but she reverses and suplexes both women. Everyone down.
6. “Voodoo Queen” Roxxi Leveaux
Bates is up first and Roxxi sprays her with the purple voodoo mist. Jumping neckbreaker leads to the Voodoo Drop and she’s gone. LEVA BATES ELIMINATED. Leveaux tries to mist Carmella, but she uses her phone to partially block. Carmella discovers the mist ruined her phone and she goes ballistic. Carmella is a woman possessed. Standing Thesz Press and a series of lefts and rights on the canvas. She pulls Roxxi up by the hair and does a hair pulling swing into a facebuster. Princess Kick. She’s pitched. ROXXI LEVEAUX ELIMINATED.
7. Serena Funk
Carmella is on her knees crying in the ring over her busted phone. Banks belittles Carmella for the reaction. Carmella says life isn’t worth living and spreads her arms out wide. Funk shrugs, gives her a big boot, then a deadlift from the mat into a gutwrench suplex. She does the gutwrench again and just flips Carmells out of the ring. CARMELLA ELIMINATED. Valkyrie and Funk brawl. Whip into the ropes and Funk gets flipped over with a knee lift. She moves on the elbow drop. Whip to the corner, but Taya reverses and then follows for a monkey flip out. Funk gets up and stumbles into the near corner to take a hip attack. Bulldog out of the corner. Banks says this is what the Tussle has been needing.
8. Victoria Vachon
Valkyrie goes to meet Victoria and takes a Buckshot Lariat as she enters. Standing moonsault to Taya. Standing moonsault to Funk that eats knees. Valkyrie with the choke lift on Victoria into a sitout powerbomb. Funk with a rolling neck snap to the seated Valkyrie. Serena grabs Vachon and throws her out, but she lands on the apron. Funk charges at her, but Victoria kicks her in the head. Slingshot bulldog back in the ring. Taya with a running knee to the face of Vachon.
9. “Sensational” Sherri Martel
Sherri tries to take over and tells Valkyrie what to do. She stares at Sherri and then bitch slaps her. Martel sells it with a full spin into a Flair Flop. This allows Serena to grab Valkyrie from behind for an atomic drop and she bounces into a dropkick by Victoria. Vachon and Funk get Taya up and try to force her out. Martel swoops in and tries to dump both as they work on Valkyrie. Vachon hits the floor, but Serena lands on the apron. VICTORIA VACHON ELIMINATED. Sherri gloats like she already won. Valkyrie gets back in the ring and stands behind Sherri. She slowly gets the sense someone is behind and turns around to see Taya. Sherri drops and rolls to the floor. Taya turns around into a spear from Serena Funk.
10. Dr. Britt Baker, DMD
Baker runs out, grabs Sherri and rolls her back into the ring. Sherri scurries away and this allows Funk to grab Baker. They lockup and go into the ropes, Serena misses a clothesline and Baker gets a crossbody. Martel kicks Baker on the mat, but Taya catches her from behind by the hair and turns it into the Road to Valhalla. Baker slides in and puts Sherri in the Lockjaw. Funk tries the spear on Valkyrie again, but she sidesteps it and Serena flies through the middle rope to the floor. Taya does a baseball slide into Funk and then they fight on the floor. Sherri is tapping out like crazy in the ring, but that doesn’t help her any.
11. “Beautiful Nightmare” Katarina Winter
Winter sees Martel still getting worked over in the ring by Baker, so she joins the brawl on the floor with Valkyrie and Funk. Baker feels Martel has finally had enough and throws her out of the ring to the floor. The three women out there catch Sherri, so she’s not eliminated yet. But then they all just drop her and head back to the ring. SHERRI MARTEL ELIMINATED. Banks said Sherri deserved better than that…wait, no she didn’t. Baker pairs off with Funk and Winter with Valkyrie.
12. Layla El
Layla flies in with a springboard crossbody and wipes out all four women. She pulls Winter out of the pile, whips her to the ropes and gets a running Layout. Serena comes up and takes a tilt-a-whirl head scissors. She whips Baker into the corner and gives her a butt bump. Valkyrie then does an avalanche onto both. Winter catches Taya from behind with a backstabber. Layla El with the Facelift on Serena. Everyone brawls.
13. Tessa Blanchard
Blanchard comes out and walks around the ring so she can mean mug Banks at the commentary position. Blanchard enters the ring, grabs Winter by the hair and pulls her by it down into a backbreaker. She keeps hold of the hair, spins her around into a DDT position. She tosses her. KATARINA WINTER ELIMINATED. Layla El charges Blanchard, but she drucks and flips her over the top rope. She lands on the apron. Blanchard comes around with a Roaring Elbow and that knocks her off. LAYLA EL ELIMINATED. Valkyrie and Blanchard staredown. Tessa shoves Taya in the chest. Taya shoves her back and they brawl while Baker and Funk take a breather.
14. Molly Holly
Holly goes after her old foe Serena Funk. Molly with a sitout facebuster. Snap suplex. She flips Funk out, but she lands on the apron. She tries to pull Holly out, but she shakes loose and Blanchard collides into her off of a whip from Taya. SERENA FUNK ELIMINATED. Blanchard stumbles into a kick to the gut by Baker to double her over and she gets a double underhook swinging DDT. Taya with a running knee to Baker on the mat. She turns around into the Molly Go Round, but blocks it. She goes to drop Holly over the top rope, but Molly hangs on and struggles. Both go over the top rope and land on the apron. Baker and Blanchard brawl.
15. Mickie James-Aldis
Mickie James runs in screaming like a banshee. She slides into the ring, straight up to her feet and into a baseball slide that knocks Taya and Molly off the apron. TAYA VALKYRIE ELIMINATED. MOLLY HOLLY ELIMINATED. Mick Kick to Blanchard. Mick Kick to Baker. Arm trap neckbreaker to Baker. Implant DDT. She pitches her. BRITT BAKER ELIMINATED.
James tries another Mick Kick on Blanchard, but she grabs the leg and turns it into a whip into the corner. Blanchard with a running forearm. She does the 10-count punch, but only gets to five as James brings her out into an inverted atomic drop. Short arm clothesline. Whip to the rope for a Thesz Press with punches on the mat. She pulls Tessa up for the Mickie-DT, but she blocks it and runs James into the corner. Whip to the other corner and Blanchard charges, but eats boot. James goes up top and comes off with a flying head scissors, but Blanchard blocks and turns it into a giant swing. Jumping cutter. Blanchard gorilla presses James to show her strength. She stares right at Banks as she tosses Mickie out. MICKIE JAMES ELIMINATED.
WINNER: "The Lone Horsewoman" Tessa Blanchard
Banks says she’s ready for the Lone Horsewoman. She stands and holds up her belt. Blanchard gets the CCW Women’s Title from ringside and holds it up. They stare down. The referees try to corral Mickie James-Aldis while she yells about how she’s not eliminated, do you know who her husband is?
We cut to a package showing the long feud between Andy Kaufman and Hulk Hogan. This includes Kaufman manipulating Hogan while he had amnesia and thought he was Thunderlips. Hogan comes to his senses at Hollywood Homecoming in a cage match with Mr. T and Sylvester Stallone and attacks Kaufman. Andy then threw several guys at Hogan including the Underfaker in a casket match, Big Bossman in a nightstick on a pole match and now Yokozuna in an inferno match.
We then go to Andy Kaufman live via Zoom. He has popcorn and a soda like he’s at the movies. He can’t wait to see Hogan be lit on fire tonight. He only wishes he was there so he could roast marshmallows over Hulk’s smoldering flesh.
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Inferno Match
“The Immortal” Hulk Hogan vs. Yokozuna with Andy Kaufman via Zoom
Referee Tommy Young outside the ring to declare who catches on fire only
Both men enter the ring and the flames around the ring get turned out. The flames spike up whenever a guy goes into the ropes. Kaufman can be seen on the Kaufman-Tron the whole time. He can be heard commenting from time to time, jeering Hogan or cheering Yoko.
They lockup and Hogan gets a headlock. Yoko shoots Hogan into the ropes and he comes off with an Axe Bomber. Yoko staggers, but doesn’t go down. Hogan hits another and Yoko staggers some more. Hogan tries another, but Yoko gets a thrust kick to the gut. He clubs Hogan in the back while he’s bent over with axe handles. Yoko tries to throw Hogan out of the ring, toward the fire, but he manages to grab the middle rope and stops himself. Yoko comes over and Hogan nails three elbows into the gut. Hogan tries a belly to belly suplex to get Yoko over the ropes, but he blocks and gets one going the other way. He works the shoulder clawhold on the mat. Hogan powers up, but turns into a double thrust throat chop. He hits two more and drives Hogan into the corner. He whips Hogan into the opposite corner and gets a running hip attack. Yoko with a stunner.
He throws Hogan over the ropes, but he lands on the apron. Yoko charges, but eats a back elbow. Hogan enters the ring and tries to toss Yoko, but he sandbags. Yoko with several punches to the gut. Whip to the near corner. Avalanche. Whip to the far corner and another avalanche. Belly to belly suplex out of the corner. He grabs Hogan by the back of the head and goes to throw Hogan out, but he puts his foot on the middle rope to block it. He hulks up. Axe Bomber staggers Yoko. A second staggers him more. A third puts him down. Hogan with a body slam. Hulk with a running big boot, but Yoko catches his foot as he stands. Hogan with a MF-ing enzuigiri. The crowd chants holy shit. Hogan whips Yoko into the ropes and follows with a running clothesline that sends Yoko over the ropes and skidding through the flames. His rear end lights and is immediately put out by ringside personnel.
WINNER: Hulk Hogan by Yokozuna lighting on fire at 10:11
Kaufman throws his popcorn at the screen and starts screaming to Hogan about how this isn’t over, but then his Zoom feed cuts. Hogan does the posing and plays to the crowd.
Terry Funk is in the back with SoCal Val. He’s holding his branding iron. This branding iron is almost closer to him than his own brother. He sleeps with it, he eats with it and if he makes love to a woman…well, you probably don’t want to know how it’s involved there. Eddie Kingston has fallen into the perfect trap. He grew up with his branding iron in one hand and a bull rope in the other. Kingston’s bravado will finally be his downfall tonight and Terry Funk will be the new CCW World Heavyweight Champion.
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CCW World Tag Team Titles
Owen Hart and Davey Boy Smith © vs. Power Station (Will Hobbs and Odyssey Jones) with Dr. of Style, Slick
Referee: Joey Marella
Jones is ragdolling Hart with a full nelson. Owen eventually walks the near corner and flips over for the break. He pushes Jones into the ropes for an O’Connor Roll, but he blocks. Hart falls back, rolls to his feet and dropkicks Odyssey as he turns around. He falls over the ropes to the floor. Hobbs and Slick come over to check on him. Hart with a sucide dive onto all three. Hart returns to the ring and tags Smith who is back in position. Smith catches Jones as he comes in with a rising knee lift. Smith impresses with a body slam and goes up for a diving headbutt from the second turnbuckle. Jones rolls out of the way and tags Hobbs. Will whips Smith into the ropes and gets a Polish Hammer. Jumping knee strike gets a two count. Town Bidness leads to a cover, but Hart breaks it up. Marella backs him off and that allows Jones to run in for a spike spinebuster. Jones covers and Marella slides into place to count. One…two…thr…he waves it off as he notices it’s Odyssey Jones covering, who isn’t the legal man. Jones and Hobbs get in Marella’s face. This allows Hart to run in and pull Smith near their corner. However, Slick pulls Hart off the apron. Owen gives chase and runs into a clothesline from Jones. Hobbs with a Snake Eyes. Tag to Jones and they hit the Power Outage (Hobbs spinebuster followed by a Jones splash). Hart breaks with a an elbow drop from on high. Marella tries to get him out of the ring, but that allows Hobbs to grab him for a gorilla press slam. Marella gets Jones’ face about it. This allows Hobbs to break Slick’s cane over Smith’s head. Tag to Hobbs and they finish with the new Blackout (neckbreaker power bomb).
WINNER: Power Station by pinfall of Hobbs on Smith at 18:32
Robert Fuller is going ballistic as he finds two security guards down by a rear entrance. He yells for everybody to rally and scour the building.
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Branding Iron Bull Rope Match for the CCW World Heavyweight Title
Eddie Kingston © vs. Terry Funk
Referee: Tommy Young
Feeling out to start as both men stand apart at the end of the bullrope. Funk charges and slashes the branding iron in the air. Kingston dodges it. They standoff again. Kingston charges and slashes with the branding iron and Funk moves out of the way. They standoff again. Eddie takes a calculated risk by dropping his branding iron so he can grab the rope by both hands and pull Funk into him for a knee lift. Double ax handle to the back. Funk drops the branding iron. Kingston with a DDT onto it. He picks up his branding iron and drives it into Terry’s back as he yells and crawls across the mat. Eddie jumps onto Funk’s back and uses the branding iron to bar his face during a camel clutch. Eddie pulls Terry up and swings him by the rope into him with a twist to get a sleeper hold with the rope around Funk’s neck. Funk breaks with a jawbreaker. He grabs his branding iron and jabs Kingston in the kidneys with it a few times. He pulls Kingston up and whips him into the corner and charges with the branding iron pointing out. Kingston dodges and nails Funk with a back elbow as he comes in. He wraps the rope around Funk’s neck and delivers a backbreaker to the knee. He wraps the rope around the leg and gets a running leg trap shoulder breaker for a two count.
Eddie goes to pick up his branding iron. The rope is between his legs and Funk jerks it to crotch Kingston and up end him. He lands face first onto the branding iron. Terry gets his and looks like he’s going to bust open Eddie’s noggin, but Kingston comes up to his knees with a testicular claw. Kingston’s face is bleeding. Eddie stands, picks Funk up with his other hand while still holding the claw and drops him crotch first on the top rope. Kingston with a running clothesline and because of the attached rope, both tumble to the floor. Both men up and Funk twists all the way around on a wild swing. Kingston hits an atomic drop and clotheslines Funk in the back. Funk reverses a whip and Kingston goes shoulder first into the ring post. Funk with a jumping knee to the back for a second shot into the ringpost. He wraps the rope around Kingston’s throat and climbs to the apron, then into the ring to hang Eddie over the ropes. Terry goes to get his branding iron and pulling the rope tighter allows Kingston to get his feet on the apron. Kingston goes for a slingshot dive back into the ring, but Funk comes around and Kingston is struck in the forehead with it. Funk covers for two. Eddie is bleeding more.
Funk with a brainbuster to the branding iron. He covers, but Eddie barely gets the shoulder up. Funk pulls Kingston to the near corner and goes up for the Funkersult, but he has trouble with the rope. This allows Kingston to meet Funk up top and deliver a super side Russian leg sweep. Both men down. Kingston gets his branding iron and nails Funk in the face with it a few times. Funk goes back to the camel clutch with the branding iron barring the face. Funk is bleeding now. Terry won’t submit, so Kingston lets go and gives him a few back shots with the branding iron. He does a capture suplex onto the branding iron for a two count. German suplex onto the branding iron for a two count. Whip to the corner with a blind charge that Funk dodges. Terry grabs the branding iron and bars Eddie’s throat with it while bringing him out of the corner on his back for a hangman’s spot. He eventually turns it into a neckbreaker. Funk falls back for a lazy cover and a two count. Snap DDT for a two count. He goes for a piledriver on the branding iron, but Eddie backdrops out and Funk lands on the branding iron. Eddie beats on Funk with his branding iron while Funk lies on his. Kingston pulls up Funk into a uranage, but he elbows out. Funk with a discuss lariat as Eddie comes around with a modified Backfist to the Future as he’s holding the branding iron. Funk goes down like a sack of rock and lands on his branding iron. He waits for a bloody Terry to stagger up to get the American D with the iron and covers for the win.
Winner: Eddie Kingston by pinfall at 23:40
A bloody Kingston sits on the mat holding his title belt. Funk rolls out of the ring and splats to the floor. Four men in hoodies sprint out of the crowd and into the ring. They start beating the crap out of the already spent Kingston. One man is holding the Gulf Coast Title. Two of the men pick Kingston up and the other nails Eddie with the title belt. Santana and Ortiz rush to the ring. The numbers game get to them and they’re beaten down. Fuller runs out with security in tow. One of the men puts out his hand as if to say stop and they do. He then lifts back his hood to reveal…
CM PUNK
He takes the microphone from SoCal Val.
“I never thought I’d be back in this hell hole again. I manipulated all you idiots so I could get a Mash-up Wrestling Men’s Title shot about this time last year and then I was gone. I went to AEW and they folded. I went to PWX and they folded just as I claimed their X Division Title. I wasn’t happy and several others weren’t happy either, like the PWX tag team champions…”
He motions to two men who remove their hoodies to reveal…
THE UNDISPUTED ERA of BOBBY FISH and KYLE O’REILLY
“Let’s make one thing perfectly clear. We didn’t leave PWX, PWX left us. Phil Was Xtreme and I still am.”
Punk smiles and then he gestures toward the fourth man in the ring holding the Gulf Coast Title belt.
“Now, our fourth member. Believe it or not, he actually wanted to come back here. He never wanted to leave in the first place. He was forced out by budget cuts, but he’s back now on his own dime…
KURT ANGLE
Angle takes the microphone and stares at Fuller on the floor.
“I was the last ever Gulf Coast Champion. I never lost this belt. Nobody could take it from me, except for your lawyers telling me to hand it over or else when I was cut from Continental along with every other wrestler around here that was worth a damn. If Marc Mero or Ron Killings wants this belt, they can pry it from my cold dead hands.”
This draws Mero and Killings out along with others from the locker room and it’s a standoff as we fade to black.
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