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Post by MadStepDad on Mar 15, 2012 20:06:38 GMT -5
XPW Remixed presents... FALLOUT FESTIVAL (Night Two)** Cut to ringside announce team **Gordon Solie & Matt Striker The freaks come out at NIGHT in XPW Remixed… Crowds of people lined up inside and out... for just one reason - TO ROCK THE HOUSE!!!! Welcome to NIGHT TWO of our epic-level Fallout Festival… tonight, the 21+ only crowd is welcome to perhaps the most Xtreme night in fantasy wrestling, XPW Remixed and Territory Wars history… tonight, with the smell of weed smoke and bonfires in the air, the sound of revving motorcycles and speakers vibrating loudly with basslines and bikini-clad women mingling on the fairway with the rest of the freaks, pimps and drug dealers… this is pro wrestling nirvana… part rock concert/ part sports spectacle / part X-Games adrenaline / all entertainment… lose your mind. Behold, be forewarned & BRACE YOURSELF! This is Fallout Festival Night Two!!!
Tonight, “Street Dog” Jon Moxley answers The Grand Wizard’s deadly open challenge… who will TGW bring to battle??? Rumors say he’s a bitter ex-con! Plus, Mildred Burke meets Chyna in a steel cage, a “No Rules, No Regrets” match between 4 of the most Xtreme athletes in fantasy wrestling, and a HUGE 20-man Battle Royal! Plus Nick Gage and “Real Deal” Damien Steele fight to the death in a KotDM/Loser Leaves XPW match! Best friends Sheamus vs Bam Bam Bigelow and XPW Remixed champion Lou Thesz FINALLY SETTLES THE SCORE with Bruno Sammartino in an IRON MAN MATCH! Oh my, let’s get right to the action!!!** CUT TO VIDEO PACKAGE ** ______________________________________________________________________"SICK" NICK MONDO & THE MESSIAH versus SAMI CALLIHAN & THUMBTACK JACK ("No Rules, No Mercy" Match) versus Fun Fact: On XPW Online #12, Thumbtack Jack officially turned heel, smacking ”Sick” Nick Mondo with a light tube and aligning with Sami Callihan as his new business manager. Scott: This crowd, which has been energetic all night, really gets excited watching these two teams pummel each other all over the arena and find inventive ways to brutalize each other. Mondo hits a Hurricanrana off the stage set. Sami Callihan holds Messiah up and slams him into the hockey boards. Thumbtack Jack also hits off a railing onto Mondo, and then finishes the deal with a Cross Body off of a stairwell to finish the job. Sami Callihan is one of XPW Remixed’s most annoying, yet highly entertaining characters. As much as the storyline is incredible and these guys beaten to death, this was a fun crazy match with a lot of stiff strikes and inventive moves with the scenery, particularly by ”Sick” Nick Mondo. We weren’t sure if the storyline was going to continue or not but the match was maybe the best of the night. Grade: 3.5Justin: The heated war rages on another month. Here, ”Sick” Nick Mondo was a man possessed looking for revenge on the two backstabbers. Messiah was still looking jacked up here, stunningly big really. The pace was fast as expected and they wasted no time in brawling up to the staging area. The basic brawl was mixed with each man mixing in big blows and battling back and forth, including Callihan hitting a cool Gory Bomb, sending Mondo crashing into the safety barricade. The crowd was pretty hot here, mainly because the two were brawling right by them the whole time. In another innovative spot, Messiah grabbed Thumbtack Jack by his legs and alternated swinging him into the barricade and some chairs. As I mentioned, the majority of this match would take place in the crowd and that added to the heated feel of it. Solie and Striker spent a lot of match arguing over ”Sick” Nick Mondo’s motives throughout this whole ordeal, which also added to realistic feel. Finally, Mondo was able to knock Thumbtack Jack down, ascend a stairwell and hit a Assault Driver on Jack through a stack of tables to win the match. This was a good, stiff brawl but you could tell they weren’t quite done with this feud just yet. Regardless Mondo & Messiah win the battle and we will see how the war between two different eras of CWZ continues to rage on. Grade: 3Winners: "SICK" NICK MONDO & MESSIAH (2002)Mondo & Messiah win the match, but their wildly diverging paths have begun to cause friction...** CUT ** _______________________________________________________________** BACKSTAGE PROMO **Lizzy Borden & Chyna in the locker room... dark, creepy and perverted promo from Lizzy on her new managerial position, Chyna and their intention to desecrate woman's wrestling for good... LIZZY BORDEN: Society -- Republicans and society, and the Democrats -- don't like this type of thing. They like everybody to be nice and lovey and dovey and flower-power. And that's not the real world. This is real (gestures to the rippling, half-naked physique of Chyna). What about you're about to see is a girl being kidnapped, being forced to have sex against her will, being degraded. Being called "a cunt, a whore, a slut, a piece of shit." Then being butchered at the end, and spit on. She's being degraded. And whose idea is this? Mine.... ** CUT TO RING ** MILDRED BURKE versus CHYNA (w/ Lizzy Borden)(Steel Cage Match) versus w/ Mildred Burke and Chyna have the slow walk together, meeting in the center of the ring for the staredown… standing across from Chyna you realize how truly small Burke is in comparison… Chyna is smirking, Mildred’s face remains stoic the entire time… they start talking trash and Chyna wants to open up with a test of strength… Mildred Burke plays to the crowd, Lizzy Borden agitates on the outside of the cage, and finally Burke commits – but it’s just a heelish set-up to start the match and Chyna goes to town with steel cage violence. She hurls the smaller Burke about, reminiscent of Mildred’s brutal steel cage match against Hardbody Harrison (as the commentators remind you, see XPW TV Episode #35)… pull-up piledriver attempt from Chyna, but Burke reverse with a double-leg takedown and now she’s grounding-and-pounding Chyna! The crowd goes crazy! But Chyna quickly powers out to land in top position, but as she winds up for a big haymaker… Burke maneuvers her into a tight triangle attempt! How many matches has Mildred Burke ended in XPW Remixed with this move!?!? But it’ still early in the fight and Chyna powers out… now Lizzy Borden has scaled the outside cage walls, and caught Burke by her hair – pinning her against the cage and choking her through the steel bars… Burke fights back and tries to climb out, but Chyna is there to stop her by bouncing her face off the steel wall… With Burke hung up on top, Chyna brings her down with a HUGE super-plex! Crowd rose to their feet on that one, and a few scattered “XPW! XPW!” chants can be heard. But Chyna DENIES herself the victory to inflict more punishment upon Burke (as encouraged by her manager Lizzy Borden).
Chyna goes to hurl Burke into the cage like a javelin, but Burke reverses out and instead sends Chyna face/chest first into the cage. With both woman struggling to their feet, Burke goes to town with a frenzied series of hurling dropkicks that keep Chyna off her feet – the last one propelling the porn diva head-first into the steel cage. She’s out on the mat, and a weary Mildred Burke begins to regroup! Lizzy Borden is going bananas outside as the crowd reaches a crescendo! Burke throws Chyna into the cage multiple times – payback for the earlier assault… Mildred Burke starts to climb out, but once again Lizzy Borden is up the cage wall to stop her climb… Mildred Burke and Lizzy Borden are tussling and tangling on the steel cage wall, high above the mat and ground! Burke wins that exchange and has Lizzy almost dangling from her blond hair… but Chyna finally cuts in for the save. Hard right hand from Chyna, and she proceeds to drag Burke back into the ring by her hair... powerbomb from Chyna! running elbow drop... More cage violence from Chyna, and Lizzy Borden jumps for joy outside the ring. Chyna rubs Burke’s face into the bars, allowing Borden to safely taunt her and disrespect Burke further. Lizzy Borden encourages Chyna to brutalize Burke more. MORE! But, Mildred Burke actually backdrops Chyna into the cage – knocking Borden right off the wall! She crashes to the arena floor, as Chyna favors her back inside the ring! Mildred Burke refuses to surrender! But both woman are running on fumes here. Chyna goes for the cage door but it’s LOCKED and BOLTED shut! Lizzy Borden still down on the outside. So Chyna and Mildred Burke just start climbing the cage.
They meet at the very top of the cage and being exchanging blows… a stiff European uppercut from Burke leaves Chyna crotched and hung up in the ropes! Big pop for that! Now the referees have managed to unbolt the cage door, and Burke motions for it. But before she can exit, Lizzy Borden slams the door on her head! Burke crashes back into the ring, unconscious! Chyna goes for the door… but Lizzy cuts her off! She directs Chyna BACK INTO the cage to torture Burke further… Chyna relents and begins to choke Burke viciously… but survival instinct kicks in and Mildred Burke catches another triangle! This one is air-tight, and Chyna is trapped – struggling for air! Lizzy Borden tosses a chair in the ring over to Chyna… but Mildred Burke breaks the hold, grabs the chair, and SLAMS Chyna in the back as she was rising to her feet! Double-arm DDT from Burke to Chyna on the steel chair! Mildred Burke begins the climb to the top of the cage, with the crowd cheering every step… but at the top of the cage, she hesitates… the crowd seems to pick up on her body language and start chanting “XPW! XPW!” Sure enough, Burke just can’t resist. She delivers a MACHO MAN FLYING ELBOW DROP FROM THE TOP OF THE CAGE to Chyna!!! "XPW! XPW!" Mildred Burke regroups and with much fanfare makes the climatic climb to exit the cage - this time for real. Her feet touch the ground and the crowd goes ballistic! Winner: MILDRED BURKE** CUT ** ___________________________________________________________"THE GRAND WIZARD CHALLENGE"JON MOXLEY versus MYSTERY OPPONENT (w/ The Grand Wizard) versus w/ “Street Dog” Jon Moxley enters first to a remarkable pop, and struts and swaggers to the ring… with a mic, he addresses the fans and calls out The Grand Wizard… when he finally appears on the entrance ramp, the entire crowd has grown hostile… TGW can barely talk, he’s drowned out by so many foul and vulgar chants… he cuts down Moxley on the mic – relates him to the rest of the peons in the crowd, therefore ripping the audience as well – and reiterates his “TGW Challenge”… mystery opponent tonight, and when he wins – Moxley will bow down and KISS TGW’S AZZ!!! Ladies and gentleman, introducing to XPW Remixed…KEN PATERA (1977)!!!
Crowd boos, trash rains down on Patera and TGW as they march towards the ring, and chants of “JAILBIRD! JAILBIRD!” can be heard… lengthy stall and pause routine from TGW and Patera, doing everything in their power to infuriate and tease the crowd (and an anxious Jon Moxley)… flexing, oiling up, stretching, the whole routine… finally Moxley tries to angrily confront TGW and winds up getting rushed from the rear by Ken Patera, wielding a trash can lid… bell rings and we’re off with a heel beat down… Moxley reversed into a shoulder tackle, but TGW caught him awkwardly on a rope run and Moxley came crashing down – clutching his ham string. He took a big back body drop over the top rope moments later, and landed on the floor still clutching his hamstring. Patera and TGW soak up the crowd bile and continue the beatdown. Patera missed a corner charge outside, running his own head into the ring post. Back in the ring Moxley takes control, but is once again sidetracked by TGW at ringside. Crowd absolutely HATES this guy…
Patera is up from behind Moxley with a high-angle slam for a near fall. He follows up with a leglock, trying to aggravate Moxley’s hamstring, before segueing into a body-vice and bearhug… wear down ensues, with TGW engaging the ringside fans during the lull. “MOXLEY!” chants… Jon eventually reaches the ropes to break the hold… after a series of counters and reversals, Ken Patera finally catches Moxley in his dreaded SWINGING FULL NELSON!!! He locks Moxley up and swings him wildly in a circle, his legs flying out from beneath him… Patera keeps the full nelson and swings Moxley around and around… Finally, Moxley kicks off the ropes and sneaks in a low-blow/spike DDT on Patera to buy some precious recuperation time.
Later, Patera hits a series of innovative suplexes, but Moxley blocks a final German suplex attempt… Moxley flips over Patera for a very convincing near fall… Moxley is fighting on all heart here… the ex-Olympic strongman Ken Patera plays to the crowd in cocky heel fashion… but Moxley surprises him with his “Hook & Ladder” signature (a move very similar to Awesome Kong’s “Implant Buster”)… TGW hops up on the apron to protest… but Patera muscles out of Moxley’s finisher and ONCE AGAIN goes for the Swinging Full Nelson lock! But this time Moxley spins out in anticipation - and Patera goes hurling right into The Grand Wizard! The turban-wearing manager is accidentally knocked off the ring apron by Patera! He realizes his mistake but it’s too late! A discombobulated Ken Patera stumbles right into a high Implant DDT from Moxley for the climatic pinfall! Winner: JON MOXLEYPost match Moxley get a few moments on the mic to blast The Grand Wizard and demand his 5 minutes with the evil manager… but of course TGW reneges at the last minute and the cantankerous Olympic strongman Ken Patera hustles him away from ringside - muscling and tossing aside any security that dare interfere… but as they’re reaching the entrance ramp, and the crowd is booing and chanting “BULLS***!”, suddenly - “Natural Born Killaz” by Ice Cube & Dr Dre starts blasting through the Festival sound system - stopping the bad guys cold in their tracks! Oh my, that’s a 1964 Chevrolet Lowrider pulling on the stage, blocking the bad guys retreat! Oh is that..?? Yes, it is! New Jack! With a trash barrel full of weapons, the OG of Xtreme runs through Ken Patera in quick order - leaving The Grand Wizard stranded… trapped between a rock (New Jack with weapons on the entrance stage)… and a hard place (Moxley waiting in the ring)… Jon Moxley makes his way to the aisle and finally he’s got his hands on The Grand Wizard! He tries begging off but to no avail! Moxley shakes him violently like one might an infant, and knocks the sunglasses off TGW’s face! Crowd cheers as Moxley clotheslines, belly-to-belly suplexes, and finally “Hook & Ladders” (Implant Buster) The Grand Wizard in the center of the ring… all the while, we’ve got our next surprise musical guests making their way out onto the stage! Oh my the party continues at the Fallout Festival!!! ** CUT TO STAGE ** _________________________________________________** BACKSTAGE PROMOS **"Real Deal" Damien Steele - cocky as ever in his Commissioners office - is with Jasmin St Claire... he colorfully recounts the history (and hatred) he and Gage share in XPW Remixed, and promises tonight's the night the outlaw gets the can... Meanwhile, Nick Gage is waxing philosophical in some dark corner of the building, holding his King of the Death Match championship... Since Day #1 in XPW Remixed they were destined for a clash... ever since Damien Steele was a Day #1 XPW Original... and Nick Gage was a Day #1 CZW Original... two separate coasts, two separate mentalities... two dogs caught in the same fight... and tonight, this pitbull puts the "Commissioner" to sleep... FOR GOOD! ** King of the Death Match championship **NICK GAGE © versus "REAL DEAL" DAMIEN STEELE (w/ Jasmin St Claire)("Loser Leaves XPW Remixed" Match) versus w/ “Real Deal” Damien Steele enters first (looking noticeably concerned, fearful even) as the scantily-clad Jasmin St Claire struts her stuff beside him… Steele has a mic and the assurance of XPW Remixed brass that IF BLKOUT INTERFERES IN THIS MATCH IN ANYWAY THEY WILL BE BANNED FROM XPW REMIXED… even better, it automatically voids the “Loser Leaves XPW” stipulation of this match – saving Steele’s career and Commissioners job… so of course he goes out of his way to completely trash BLKOut on the mic, calling them all kinds of inflammatory names – hoping they’d interfere… he goes on until FINALLY “For Whom the Bell Tolls” by Metallica kicks in and the festival pop is tremendous… enter NICK FN GAGE!!!Gage attacks Steele at ringside, and immediately tosses him over the barricade into the first row of fans! It’s standing room only, and already the plastic folding chairs are being scattered in the wild fracas. Gage levels Steele – clears a lane – and takes off with a somersault dive from the top rope over the barricade onto Steele and fans! “XPW! XPW!” Gage is absolutely relentless against Steele, whipping him within an inch of his life. He hurls the XPW Commissioner into the bleachers and suplexes him onto the concrete floor. Nick Gage then uses a nearby broom handle – and Russian leg sweeps the back of Steele’s skull into the bleachers! Steele is bleeding and Gage just chucks him recklessly into a row of chairs… Damien Steele winds up getting BODY-SURFED by the fans back over the barricade! Dangerous! Gage meets him on the ringside floor and suplexes him onto two chairs. Nick Gage takes time to play to the fans, and taunt the catty, bitchy Jasmin St Claire (as chants of “SLUT! SLUT!” and “U SWALLOW! U SWALLOW!” ring out… But the distraction is enough for Steele to mount a comeback, by back dropping Gage onto a guardrail. With each successful offensive maneuver, Steele’s cocky ego balloons even further. Hip tosses, big boots and a powerslam… in ring, Damien Steele looks just like a young, long-haired Test (minus about a foot of height)… Hip toss over the top rope through a barbed wire board with thumbtacks, and Nick Gage is bleeding profusely too… Steele taunts the crowd and grabs a weapon from Jasmin St Claire at ringside… But Gage comes back with stiff strikes and adds a DVD onto glass shards for a near fall… Damien Steele basically quits at this point, and just tries to survive… he HATES the weaponry and begs off as the beating grow more Xtreme… Gage sets up a table and Steele almost steals a victory with a roll-up. Gage hits a brainbuster and follows with a backbreaker. Gage kicks a chair into Steele's face for a two count. Gage attempts a piledriver, but St Claire runs in for the low-blow on Gage – and Steele back body-drops Gage over the top rope onto a pile of chairs in a sick bump… now Jasmin is helping revive Damien Steele as the crowd chants against them… more underhand conspiring between the two cohorts when the BLKOut gang watching backstage says enough is enough... bucking Steele's earlier decree, Ruckus, Sabian & Michael Tarver make a spectacle of barrelling from the locker room to get their hands on Steele & St Claire! Big crowd pop! But Steele is on that quickly, and has his wave of XPW security and off-duty riot cops cut BLKOut off on the entrance ramp... huge disturbance, with more near-riot potential... meanwhile in the ring, Steele & Gage steal the scene with a quick exchange that ends with Gage finally executing a huge sitout double-fisted chokeslam onto a pile of light tubes and thumbtacks for the pin! 1! 2! 3! the crowd counts! But no ref! He's tied up with the BLKOut brawl on the floor! Now in full control, Nick Gage obliges the bloodthirsty crowds wishes by setting up a pane of glass (resting upon two sets of ringsteps) that he promptly SETS ABLAZE! In response, Jasmin St Claire sneaks into the ring again with a high-heel shoe she plans on using as a weapon - but Gage cuts her off! He drops Steele's lifelessly body in a heap, and stalks St Claire. He's cornering her in the turnbuckles! Crowd POPS HUGE at the sight of Gage looming over a cowering St Claire menacingly... or are they??? Instead, a massive stone-wall of a figure has risen up behind Nick Gage unbeknownst to him!!! The leather-and-spike clad freak is built like a human wall… a real life monster straight out of the Nicholas Cage horror movie “8MM”… Jasmin St Claire continues to cower and beg off in the corner, until Nick Gage senses something amiss and whirls around - but it’s too late… the hockey mask-wearing mystery man snaps his hands around Gage’s throat in a double chokehold! With one mighty lift, the monster literally choke slams Nick Gage THROUGH the burning pane of glass! But there was too much lighter fluid, and Nick Gage’s entire T-shirt actually CATCHES FIRE! In a scary moment, Gage scrambles and the flames quickly engulf his body! He flops onto the mat as XPW security hop onto the apron with fire extinguishers! Nick Gage has peeled off his burning T-shirt, so the masked monster improvises… kick to the Gage’s gut followed by the BIGGEST POWERBOMB you’ve ever seen! With BLKOut separated from the ring by their brawl, the mystery man drags a near-dead Damien Steele over to Gage’s corpse for the pinfall… NOW the referee (wearing work goggles and heavy gloves like most Death Match referees) is in position to make the count. 1!.. 2!.. 3!! OMG Damien Steele has done it! He’s the new KotDM! And Nick Gage is BANNED from XPW Remixed! Winner: “REAL DEAL” DAMIEN STEELEPost match, the reality of the situation is slowly sinking in - as Jasmin St Claire and this huge mystery man gather Damien Steele up like a rag doll, and prop him up in victory… slowly he comes to, and begins to taunt and celebrate on his own… Jasmin presents him with the KotDM belt!… crowd is booing and chanting “B******T” and “NICK FN GAGE”! Slowly, Nick Gage comes to himself… and just like his 1st and 2nd degree burns, he is justifiably heated… he’s about to start rebelling, by tossing and destroying equipment… causing a ruckus… Steele on the mic to honor the stipulation, and sure enough the cops are on their way to ringside! Nick Gage - the man who literally ESCAPED from jail to compete in XPW Remixed - quickly turns and flees into the anonymity of the crowd… uniformed police officers swarm the vicinity (as Steele and cohorts crow over their victory)… but the escaped convict-on-the-run Nick Gage has once again vanished into the fantasy wrestling winds… but one thing is certain - his outlaw run through XPW Remixed has come to an end… long live the new King of the Death Match champion…** FADE ** ** BLU-RAY/DVD EXTRA **Cameras catch a hoodied-up, bandanna-wearing Nick Gage fleeing from the cops and have just enough time to catch a few words from the ex-KotDM fugitive-on-the-run...NICK GAGE: I'm tough, that's just the way it is. I was built that way. I'll be back. The king of ultraviolent wrestling will be back! I'm basically a good guy. I'm actually pretty cool and mellow. I've just had some tough times in my life. I take a lot of pride in being the toughest dude in the company...** CUT ** _______________________________________________________________SANDMAN versus POGO the CLOWN versus Winner: POGO the CLOWN____________________________________________________________________SHEAMUS (2012) versus BAM BAM BIGELOW (1998) w/ Wild Red Berry(Falls Count Anywhere) versus w/ Sheamus charges down the aisle way for his entrance, and attacks Bam Bam right away. Both of them exchange fisticuffs, brawling wildly about ringside... until the “Beast from the East” Bam Bam Bigelow hulks up and hurls Sheamus into the guardrail… immediately a huge red welt swells up on Sheamus’ back. Bam Bam is flexing and pounding his chest like a madman, no doubt coked out of his mind. “Wild” Red Berry moves about ringside like a combination of Coach Jon Tolos and an American Sir William Dundee – infuriating the crowd and talking down to them with his big words. Sheamus eventually gets back to his feet and the fight finally makes it to the ring. Stiff, shit-kicking slugfest from two of the burliest brawlers in pro wrestling history. With Sheamus regaining the upper hand, Bam Bam Bigelow winds up with some white powder in his hand – courtesy of his manger Wild Red Berry (CLASSIC heel shenanigans)… Bigelow goes to throw the powder at Sheamus, but the Celtic Warrior KICKS the powder back in Bam Bam’s face and levels him with a body slam. He ties Bigelow in the ropes and unleashes his thunderous series of forearms to Bigelow’s exposed chest, pulverizing a blinded Bam Bam further. Emerald Fusion from Sheamus, just like Finlay used to do! But on a steel chair! Impressive because of the sheer GIRTH of Bigelow! Now, with Bam Bam down… Sheamus smirks… looks up… glances at Wild Red Berry at ringside… and makes his move towards him!
Fans go crazy at the notion, and Wild Red Berry is fearfully retreating… this allows for him to call in back up – in the form of NEW XPW Remixed Tag Team champions the FABULOUS KANGAROOS… they gather behind Berry on the entrance ramp, giving Sheamus pause… but only for a few moments – as suddenly the Havana Pitbulls streak down the entrance ramp like missiles and take it right to the FabKangs! A wild brawl breaks out, exciting the fans and carrying both teams backstage… Berry is trying to wake Bam Bam up with a bottle of water. Sheamus is smirking shamelessly as he finally corners and corrals the annoying manager Wild Red Berry! But finally Bam Bam is back on his feet, and the brawl resumes… Bigelow backdrops Sheamus over the top rope and Wild Red Berry breaks his CANE over Sheamus’ back outside… Bigelow takes a few moments to regroup, and goes for the finish… he executes a “World’s Strongest Slam” front slam to Sheamus – on the metal ring steps set up in the center of the ring! He goes for the diving headbutt, with the fans energy building with each step toward the top rope… Bam Bam sails from the top and MISSES, smashing his own tattooed cranium into the ring steps! Wild Red Berry is on the apron! BROGUE KICK from Sheamus nearly takes his head off! The derby hat he wore sails into the crowd, and Red Berry pitches to the floor hard. To make sure Berry doesn’t get back to the ring, Sheamus ties the manager up with what looks like camera cable, and hogties him to a utility pole! He strings the wordsmith up by his feet, leaving him dangling upside down and cursing to the high heavens! Back in the ring, Sheamus sets it up… waits for Bigelow to stumble to his feet… crowd surging… BROGUE KICK to Bigelow! 1!... 2!... 3!!! Crowd pops and Sheamus pounds his chest triumphantly!!!! “FELLLLAAAAAAA!”Winner: SHEAMUS ** CUT ** ______________________________________________________________** 20-man Battle Royal **Awesome, Vaudeville/ Dark Carnival / Theatrical introduction on the Fallout Festival stage to start this segment… in addition to freaks like the “Ape Boy” and “Many Faces”, we get “French Angel”, “Great Khali” and the return of the muthaphuckkin JUGGALO NINJAS (Necro Butcher & Madman Pondo)… half concert / half mosh-pit / all Battle Royal!!!** ORDER OF ELIMINATION ** 1) JTG (w/ PG-13) - The obnoxious white boys are the first to go after trying to jumpstart their rap ode to JTG… the rest of the ring quickly gangs up on them and toss them in quick succession, to huge cheers.2) Drake Younger - Jinder Mahal back body drop.3) Rocky Romero (½ Havana Pitbulls) - Officer Cabana/Shane Douglas/Adam Pearce triple team. 4) Shad Gaspard - A brewing catfight between Sunny & Lizzy Borden finally erupts at ringside - Shad is distracted and Shane Douglas dumps him from behind.5) MadMan Pondo - Alex Riley… with a Missy Hyatt-assist from ringside after she hooked the top rope.6) Ricky Reyes (½ Havana Pitbulls)- French Angel.7) Weedman- Jinder Mahal & Shane Douglas.8) Sabian - Human Tornado reverses into a hurricanrana that propels Sabian over the top rope.9) Adam Pearce - Kicked out by ex-training partner B-Boy.10) B-Boy - The rest of his former training partners (Uso bros & “Shooter” Tony Jones) run in and pull B-Boy out… but THIS time, a group of Mexican gangbangers join B-Boy’s side and fight off Ad Santel’s Cali Cripplers! B-Boy brought back-up!!!11) Michael Tarver - Officer Cabana.12) Necro Butcher - French Angel.13) Ruckus - Mahal orchestrates a double-team elimination with the aid of Great Khali.14) Jinder Mahal - Miscommunication within the Evil Empire, and Great Khali accidentally CHOPS his leader over the top rope!15) Great Khali - Khali is apologizing to his master, when the rest of the ring sneak up on him and force him over the top rope.16) Officer Cabana - French Angel, after Shane Douglas deserts Officer Cabana.** FINAL 4 **17) Human Tornado - Shane Douglas. 18) Alex Riley - French Angel. 19) Shane Douglas - After an exciting exchange and showdown, another catfight breaks out center ring - this time between Lizzy Borden & Sammi Lane - and French Angel reverses a belly-to-belly suplex attempt, hurling “The Franchise” over the top rope! ** WINNER **
French Angel (1942) w/ Sammi Lane ** CUT ** ___________________________________________________________________** BACKSTAGE PROMO **The challenger Bruno Sammartino speaks on his decades-long resentment of Lou Thesz... BRUNO SAMMARTINO: Before the book came out ["Hooker" by Lou Thesz], I never had any bad feelings or bad experiences with Lou Thesz. I respected him for what he was to the business. Like anybody else, there were people through the years both pros and cons. There were people who spoke very highly of him and some not so. But that goes for anybody. What bothered me about him and the book, not so much with me because I'm here and I can defend myself, but he spoke of Rocca and Carnera and the Englishman, Bert Assarati, in a very, very negative fashion. I resented it. I lost a lot of respect for the man. I knew Rocca personally. We were tag-team partners in New York and we wrestled each other in New York... He speaks of people who are dead, who cannot defend themselves in any way, shape or form. That's what I resent.** CUT TO RING ** ** MAIN EVENT **
** XPW Remixed Championship **LOU THESZ versus BRUNO SAMMARTINO(Iron Man Match) versus This is an iron man match with a sixty minute time limit. There's a 15 second rest period after each fall. Extended lock-up to start, with Sammartino displaying the obvious strength advantage. They fight over a lock-up, before transitioning to headlocks and arm wringers. Thesz outmaneuvers Bruno, but Sammartino comes back with a series of body-rocking clotheslines. Thesz gets a shot to the knee and Bruno rolls outside to rest. He stays out there until about 8, and the commentators credit him for playing wise with the clock. Back in the ring, Thesz strikes with a set of armdrags before trying to ground Bruno and work on his knee… but Sammartino just kicks him off, and now Thesz rolls outside the ring to regroup… dueling crowd chants erupt for each man again… Bruno breaks the referee's count again and again. Thesz is getting upset, which might be Sammartino 's plan. 5 minutes in and we’re still in the feel-out process. Thesz goes for the knee and Sammartino hits the floor AGAIN. Thesz charges at him and Sammartino catches him on the floor to finally take over. Back in the ring, Thesz snaps off a suplex and clotheslines Bruno to the floor where he holds the knee again. Sammartino is down and holding the knee but this time Thesz goes after him. He rams Bruno into the steps head first and they slug it out. Sammartino gets the better of that and rams Thesz into the post back first. After a series of exciting counters and reversals, Bruno Sammartino snags Thesz in his over-the-shoulder backbreaker… and Thesz quickly submits! Commentators speculate Thesz is saving himself from further damage.Sammartino: 1 / Thesz: 0Bruno grabs some water at ringside. Thesz is barely able to stand so Sammartino goes for a double-leg takedown… but Thesz was playing possum and lulled Sammartino into a STF! He’s trapped! Bruno struggles to reach the ropes as Thesz is screaming at him to tap! He finally does, just inches away from the ropes. Now Thesz is in control with 47:28 left. Sammartino: 1 / Thesz: 1Sammartino counters with a bodyslam for two. Bruno charges but his shoulder goes into the post. Thesz gets a forearm smash and tries grapevine’ing Bruno’s knee again. Thesz comes at Sammartino but gets sent back outside. Bruno whips him into the railing HARD and a HUGE overhead belly to belly suplex on the floor! “THIS IS AWESOME!” chant from the crowd. Thesz is counted out at 20 minutes in.Sammartino: 2 / Thesz: 1After the quick 15 second round break, Thesz is back in control and hits a series of suplexes. Sammartino knocks Thesz to the floor with an elbow and takes over soon thereafter. We're at 35 minutes left now as Bruno gets two off an elbow drop. Thesz reverses an Irish whip into a Dragon Suplex for the pin! We’re tied with 30 minutes to go, and the commentators inform us a sudden death overtime will be required in the event of a tie. Sammartino: 2 / Thesz: 2Thesz pounds away but the STF attempt is countered into another over-the-shoulder backbreaker from Bruno, but Thesz quickly counters into a knee bar! Crowd pops for the exchange. Sammartino rolls through and Thesz manages to avoid the referee (getting too close to the action). But Bruno accidentally decapitates the referee with a clothesline, and suddenly we’ve got no authority. Sure enough, none other than SAMOA JOE nearly starts a riot by trying to charge the ring area through the crowd… fortunately, XPW security has been heightened and he’s thwarted before he can reach the ring… but he still causes a ruckus, and he’s kicking and spitting at security and fans... until finally breaking free and BASHING Thesz & Bruno with steel chair shots!! Joe leaves both men laying, and leaves the building… content in the destruction he's wrought... Sammartino & Thesz recuperated in the ring, and are back at it. Sammartino catches a running powerslam off the Samoa Joe distraction and goes up by one decision with 20 minutes to go.Sammartino: 3 / Thesz: 2Bruno waits out the 15 second break, and comes back at Thesz on the floor Thesz pulls him out and they’re brawling on the floor. More dueling crowd chants for each man, and “THIS IS AWESOME” chants. Thesz sends Sammartino into the steps. With Bruno on the outside, Thesz goes back in and up top to hit a double axe to Bruno's back. That only gets two back inside though. Thesz hits a series of hurling dropkicks for another close two. Double clothesline spot and both guys are down. Thesz grabs a rollup for two so Sammartino takes his head off with a clothesline. Bruno hulks up and executes an AWESOME overhead suplex throw without even leaving his feet. But it only gets two Thesz reverses another belly to belly into an ankle lock, but Sammartino rolls through… but Thesz seizes the momentum and hooks a NASTY kimura armlock! Shades of his Shooters Club brethren Masahiko Kimura! It’s gruesome, and even though Bruno tries to resist he has no choice but to tap out! Sammartino: 3 / Thesz: 320 minutes left with with the score tied... commentators remind you about the "Sudden Death" rule if a tie. Sammartino tries rolling to the outside of the ring to regroup, but Thesz baseball slides him in the face to break that up. Back in the ring, Thesz hits a suplex fo ra near fall. We have 14 minuets to go and it's still tied. Sammartino takes him outside and tries to launch Thesz into the post - but Thesz reverses the momentum and Bruno goes face-first into the ringpost. Torrent of bloodflow from da Brune. Back inside and Thesz throws on a half crab which is very smart. Sammartino makes the ropes so Thesz throws on the ankle lock. Sammartino STILL doesn't tap so Thesz twists away at the leg/ankle. Thesz charges in at Bruno suddenly Sammartino springs to life and catches Lou with a spinebuster! But it only gets two for da Brune. Sammartino scales the turnbuckles to execute his flying stomp, but Thesz springs to his feet with the quickness of a panther to LAUNCH Bruno from the top turnbuckle halfway across the ring with an overhead belly-to-belly suplex! HOLY S***! Thesz gets the cover and pin! It's Thesz' match to lose with 9:50 to go!Sammartino: 3 / Thesz: 4Thesz wins the slugfest and pounds Bruno down in the corner. He tries to cinch in another STF, but Sammartino grabs a DDT for two. Thesz misses a right hand and Sammartino clasps his hands around Lou's waist desperately. He hits a MASSIVE German Suplex on Thesz, nearly compressing his spine into his neck... Sammartino doesn't release his grip though, and goes on to hit TWO MORE German suplexes! It's crushing Thesz, but also taking the wind out of Bruno's sails with each exertion. He tries a fourth (with heavy rest between each suplex, making the entire sequence last almost 90 seconds) but Thesz counters into a side russian legsweep. Thesz rolls through into an STF attempt but Sammartino finds the rope and refuses to tap. 4:11 to go.Four minutes left and both guys are down. Thesz still leads 4-3. They grapple for leverage again, with Thesz losing his grip and Sammartino muscling him to the mat with another takedown. They're both down and Thesz pulls tight guard, holding Bruno close to his body and eating up the clock. Bow and arrow hold, which is like a side version of the STF, goes on to eat up some time. Finally the two men break and scramble to their feet. Crowd roars anticipating a final minute flurry. Instead, Thesz wisely heads to the floor with two minutes left.Smart strategy there as Thesz only has to play defense and run the clock out now to finish. Sammartino and Thesz grapple on the outside, and Bruno EXPLODES with another overhead suplex on the floor. Thesz begins to retreat so Sammartino rams him into the steps. Bruno hurls him back into the ring for the finish. Sammartino goes for the over-the-shoulder back breaker and GETS IT! Thesz is in dangerous position now! With about 30 seconds left, Thesz actually slips from Sammartino's grip and scores a surprise takedown... he maneuvers in STF position and locks it in TIGHT!!!! Bruno doesn't tap! 15 seconds left but Thesz hangs on to win the decision!!! WHAT A MATCH!!!Winner (and STILL XPW Champion): LOU THESZ** FADE OUT ** ** DVD/BLU-RAY EXTRA **(The Champ discusses why a title match with Sammartino never happened before)Ironically, the one match I remember best from that three-year reign is one that never took place: a 1965 title-versus-title match between me and Bruno Sammartino. It would have united two of the three existing titles and made an awful lot of money for everyone involved if it had occurred, and I'm sorry it didn't. The only satisfaction I derive from thinking about it is that I once again — and for the final time, as it turned out — repaid Toots Mondt for the way he had treated me and all the boys almost 30 years earlier in southern California.
It was the New York swifties who suggested the match. They called Sam Muchnick and said they wanted a meeting to discuss some mutual business, so Sam and I flew to Chicago to meet them — Toots, Vince McMahon Sr., and my old friend Frank Tunney, the promoter in Toronto, who was loosely affiliated with the New York office by then. There, in a suite at the Morrison Hotel, they made their pitch: a title-versus-title match between Sammartino and me at Madison Square Garden, with closed-circuit TV into another New York arena and as many other cities throughout North America that they could line up. Closed-circuit TV was still a fairly new thing in those days, used almost exclusively to televise big heavyweight boxing cards, but the New York people had researched it enough to believe we could make a million dollars from that alone. The live gate at the Garden, with jacked-up ticket prices, was probably good for another $200,000, they said.
As for the match itself, they wanted me to lose. In return, they said, Sam and I would get $25,000 in cash, in advance, as a sign of their personal guaranty that Sammartino would meet me in a rematch within a year and drop the NWA title back to me. That was supposed to be our entire fee. Sam was enthusiastic from the start, and he started to lobby me almost immediately in favor of making the match. I listened to all of this attentively, saying very little while I ran the numbers through my head. Finally, after a couple of hours, I agreed to do it — but only if they would meet my price. First of all, I said I wanted $100,000 for myself, in advance — in other words, my usual 10-percent fee, from the supposedly "guaranteed" million-dollar gate from closed-circuit TV. I also wanted 10 percent of the Madison Square Garden gate, whatever it turned out to be, and I wanted it in cash the night of the match before I stepped into the ring. And finally, I said, I wanted three percent for Ed Lewis because he had done a fabulous job for the NWA and for wrestling in general over a long period of time, and he deserved to have a piece of a record-breaking gate like the one we had been discussing. Well, Toots and McMahon looked at each other in shock. They had figured the $25,000 cash guarantee for the rematch would be enough to satisfy us, but I saw it as an insult, and I said so. I could earn that much with the NWA title in two weeks, so it was worth a lot more than what they were willing to put up. That was the centerpiece of my calculations. The NWA belt was so valuable I figured Toots and McMahon had no intention of giving us the rematch. They'd probably just forfeit the money and keep the belt. McMahon finally spoke up. "We shouldn't be required to put up that kind of money in advance," he said. "We ought to enter into this pact with mutual trust." That was almost enough to make me laugh. Trust them? I knew enough about both of those people that I would have been a fool to not insist on my money up front. "Those are my conditions," I said, "and I won't budge." Toots stood up and said in a warm, sincere tone of voice, "Lou, I'd like to talk to you alone." The old fox could see that he had Sam convinced and that I was the only remaining hurdle.
We went into the bathroom, closed the door, and Toots started talking. "Look, Lou, we've had our differences over the years, and I know from my good friend Ed Lewis that you're not easily swayed once you make up your mind, but we're both reasonable adults. So, strictly between us, here's what I'll do if you go along with us: Immediately after the match, I'll personally give you a $25,000 bonus, out of my own pocket. And you can sleep on that."
I looked at him while he was talking, remembering those days in Los Angeles when he was paying us $10 a show and putting at least $5,000 in his pocket every week. I was remembering, too, all the stories about his petty thefts, cons, and hustles. I couldn't stand being in the same room with the man. "Toots," I said, when he finally stopped talking, "you don't have enough money in your pocket to pay for the coffee you've been drinking this morning. You want to know what you can do with your $25,000 bonus? You can write it on a stiff check, and then I'll tell you where you can stick it. This is a business deal, and if you and that other thief can come up with $125,000 in advance, then we'll do it. If you can't, then we won't. Meanwhile, keep your charming bullshit to yourself."
I turned around and walked out of the bathroom, leaving him standing there. Well, Sam could see immediately that I was hot, so he asked the group to excuse us for a moment. I knew he was angry with me, too, and I couldn't really blame him because he stood to make some real money from the deal.** FADE OUT ** ________________________________________________________________________CREDITS:SCOTT & JUSTIN: No Mercy 2006 review LOU THESZ: "Hooker" Autobiography (Chapter 15) LIZZY BORDEN: PBS Frontline (2002) www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/porn/interviews/borden.htmlNICK GAGE: Philadelphia Daily News (1/8/11) BRUNO SAMMARTINO: Wrestling Perspective #71
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