Dark Matches: Little Man defeated Foster McDonald, Witchmere and Bethany Watts defeated Molly McDonald and Alicia McCarthy
The HAW Intro kicked the show off.
Edward Findleton: Welcome to Raleigh, North Carolina for another episode of HAW! We have some big matches tonight, including Harvey Allison vs Kyle Higgins, Phoenix vs The United States, and our main event, Frederic St. Pierre against….The Venator!
Mitchell Row’s music played, and he came out to the ring looking upset, accompanied by Kitty Kayleen, Scarred Badger, and Georgios Stanellis.
THE Casey Gains: Before all of that, we’ve got some serious business to take care of. Row lost a number one contender’s match to Peter “Carnage” Horn last week, and he hasn’t been happy since.
Mitchell Row: Last week, I had the opportunity to once again start my path to becoming HAW World Champion. And I was screwed out of that opportunity. Of course, Karneus and Horn decided to cheat, that was expected…
Edward Findleton: Not true, actually.
THE Casey Gains: Shut up Edward, Mitchell is talking!
Mitchell Row: What wasn’t expected….was getting bashed in the head by my ally, my companion…my butler! Scarred Badger!
At that point, Row turned to Badger and glared, and got in his face.
Mitchell Row: Or maybe…I should have expected that. Because two weeks ago at One Way Trip…you hit Georgios too! I’m sensing a pattern here.
Scarred Badger: What? What’s the pattern? That you and Georgios suck so much, you keep needing me to bail you out?!
Mitchell Row: Don’t you ever say that about Georgios again! One more word out of your mouth…
Kitty Kayleen: Let’s all calm down! We don’t want to say anything we’ll regret?
Mitchell nodded, composing himself and taking a deep breath.
Mitchell Row: You have one chance. I arranged a tag match for you and Georgios, right now. Badger, you better hope you win.
At that point, Local Legend Danny Miller and Jack Trailor came down to the ring, ready for a tag match.
Edward Findleton: A great welcome for Raleigh’s own, as the former tag champs can not be overlooked by Stanellis and Badger!
As the match started, Scarred Badger and Georgios Stanellis seemed to be on the offensive, and Badger looked to have the match won with a Big Boot to Miller. Badger started to make his way over to the fallen Miller, when Stanellis tagged himself in. Stanellis went for the cover, but an irritated Badger pushed Stanellis off. Georgios and Badger both got nose to nose, arguing with each other, when a groggy Miller grabbed Georgios into a roll up pin. Badger made no effort to break up the pin attempt, and watched as Danny Miller picked up the three count in 4:50.
A furious Mitchell Row immediately jumped into the ring, and could be heard screaming at Scarred Badger.
Mitchell Row: What was that?! You stood there!
Scarred Badger: Who can’t kick out of roll up?! This guy is a joke!
Row had heard enough and immediately grabbed Scarred Badger, and hit him with a Fireman’s Carry Slam in the middle of the ring. Row proceeded to repeatedly stomp Badger, until Kitty and Georgios himself managed to pull Row away. Fuming, Row left the ring, as Georgios and Kitty followed.
THE Casey Gains: ….Well…I guess Row might need a butler after that…
Edward Findleton: I’m not disagreeing there. While Miller and Trailor celebrate, and we get some help for Badger, let’s go backstage to…The MuscleGang!
In the locker room, Douglas Brunswick was sitting in a chair blindfolded, as Crash, Frederic, and Liam stood next to him. The room was adorned with balloons and streamers, and a carefully wrapped present.
Douglas Brunswick: Listen guys, I appreciate the help last week, but if Crash wants to get revenge and beat me up, just do it already.
Crash MuscleGate: I don’t need revenge, I’ve never lost to you. You always lose to me.
Brunswick quickly took his blindfold off in anger, then looked around the room in shock.
Lovable Liam: Wait! We didn’t have the cake delivered yet!
Douglas Brunswick: …What is this?
Lovable Liam: Inspired by the classic battles of the MuscleGang and the Brunswick Bros…we are creating…the MuscleGang Bros.
Douglas Brunswick: …I hated the Brunswick Bros name.
Crash and Liam exchanged nervous glances, until St. Pierre spoke up.
Frederic St. Pierre: But he did not say he hated this name.
Lovable Liam: Good point! Here, open the present!
Douglas took the present and unwrapped it, to reveal a Brunswick Bro’s T-Shirt, which had a picture of the four MuscleGang members posing, but Brunswick’s head photoshopped over Oden Schreiner’s head.
Douglas Brunswick: You’re kidding me…
Crash MuscleGate: That was our second choice. For some reason when we tried to have an AI generated image of “Crash MuscelGate, Lovable Liam, Frederic St. Pierre, and Douglas Brunswick posing really cool like a band” it kept only showing us three and not you.
Lovable Liam: But it put Frederic in an amazing red french general’s outfit!
Douglas Brunswick: Guys, why are you doing this? Look, I appreciate the help, I know we’ve had issues in the past, but I don’t get it.
Crash MuscleGate: We don’t like the Visitors. Glenny took my title…which you helped him with technically. But he also made me eat burgers, which you didn’t help with. And he abducts people. And wants to destroy the world. He’s just bad. Who wouldn’t want to help you beat the Visitors?
Frederic St. Pierre: We want to align with you, as tonight, I face The Venator. We want it fair.
Douglas Brunswick: …….Fine. Fine. Let’s do this. I’ll be part of…the MuscleGang Bros…
Crash and Liam high fived, as Brunswick reluctantly put the shirt on.
Edward Findleton: Well it looks like there’s some reinforcements in our main event! But we’ve got some action to get to first!
Harvey Allison came out first, and was followed by his opponent Kyle Higgins. Allison made quick work of Higgins, defeating him in 3:54 with a Sitout Jawbreaker. As Harvey celebrated, Cole Arcane walked out to the top of the ramp, and stared at Allison. Harvey finally noticed Arcane, and motioned for Arcane to come to the ring. Allison looked ready to fight, while Arcane raised an eyebrow in confusion. Cole Arcane shrugged, and simply walked to the back. Allison laughed and held his arms up, as if he had scared Arcane off and was a victor.
Edward Findleton: Well Harvey Allison defeats…The Rookie? The Daddy? The Junior? Kyle Higgins! But I’m not sure what’s going on with Cole Arcane.
THE Casey Gains: No one is. The guy doesn’t talk to anyone backstage, he’s rarely at the arena…right now, Cole Arcane is an enigma.
The camera cut to backstage, where Cole Arcane walked past multiple people before getting into a car and exiting the arena. As the camera turned, The Exotic Delights, Lela LaCruse and Phueng Ahunai were standing outside a rest room. A few seconds later, Zoey Chambers exited, and was surprised to see the two women there.
Zoey Chambers: Oh! You two startled me. You know, multiple people can go in there!
Lela LaCruse: We’re so sorry. Didn’t mean to scare you. We just wanted to talk to you. We had some concerns.
Zoey Chambers: Oh! Maybe I can alleviate those?
Phueng Ahunai: We think you can. See, our concern is the number disadvantage we have in our title match. There’s three members of the Stable. Just two of us.
Zoey Chambers: I get your point, don’t want any cheating. Trust me. I remember getting swept off my feet at One Way Trip 2023, haha!
Lela LaCruse: Great! We’re glad you’re so accommodating!
At that point, Phueng and Lela jumped Zoey. The two beat her down, and throwing her into the bathroom. Lela slammed Zoey to the ground, then grabbed her head and put it between the bathroom stall and the door. Phueng grabbed the door and slammed it shut on Zoey’s head, knocking her out. Phueng and Lela nodded to each other and exited the bathroom.
Edward Findleton: I really hope someone checks on her soon.
THE Casey Gains: Our medical team is really earning their pay tonight.
Franco Mancini’s music started up, and he walked down to the ring.
Franco Mancini: You know, I’ll give it to this kid, Peter. He had a good match last week. Let’s hear it for Peter “Carnage” Horn! Give it up! The Book of Carnage! Yeah!
Franco mocked clapped, before turning a bit more serious.
Franco Mancini: Yeah, he’s good. I’m getting a bit annoyed though. People are saying he’s better than me. He ain’t. I’ll prove it at Downtown Disaster. But you know, I’m not known for my patience. I want to shut the critics up this week. I’m going to challenge someone from his little notebook. Jonah Webb, you lost to Horn last year in 3 minutes, 11 seconds. I’m going to beat you faster than that, so get out here.
Jonah Webb’s music hit, and he made his way down, serious and ready for the match. A clock appeared on the Jumbotron reading 3:11 and when the match started, began to count down. Franco looked like a true champion, and managed to quickly hit the Pickpocket on Webb. Franco pinned Jonah Webb in 2:37. Franco looked at the clock on the jumbotron, which still had 34 seconds left, and smiled. Franco held his title up, until Peter “Carnage” Horn appeared on the ramp with Alfred Karneus.
Franco pointed to Horn, and then at the clock, and could be seen mouthing he was better than Horn. Horn started to make his way down, but Karneus held him back, and Horn reluctantly stopped, as Mancini laughed
Edward Findleton: Franco appears to have believed he made his point tonight, but it’s all going to come down to the title match at Downtown Disaster, that’s when we’ll find out who the best wrestler is!
Backstage, Bu and Green were seen approaching the Samurais of Power.
RJ Bu: Samurai Bros! What is UP?!
Sensei Onaga: Good evening.
Niko Green: Hey, last week, thanks for helping us. We appreciate it. And we want to return the favor. How about it’s Bu and Green versus the Samurais of Power for the Tag Titles at Downtown Disaster?
Trickshot: Wow! That sounds great to me!
Sensei Onaga: Trickshot, Ozzie, are you ready for that task?
Ozzie Reagan: You know I’m ready, Sensei! Count us in.
Sensei Onaga: Then we’ll agree. We look forward to an honorable match. The Samurais of Power and Bu and Green all shook hands, and the Samurais departed, excited for their opportunity. At that point, Pastor James, Dixie Boyle, and Ivy Clarke approached Bu and Green.
Pastor James: Mr. Bu, Mr. Green, last week, I heard you were looking for challengers. Perhaps…you’d be interested in a minute of my time?
RJ Bu: Bro, we just made it official with the Samurais of Power. Sorry!
Bu and Green walked away, leaving Pastor James looking angry. Approaching from behind was Mimic, dressed with the left half of his body having Niko Green’s clothes and the right half having RJ Bu’s.
Mimic: Hey, am I CJ Who or Chico Mean? I forget. Wait, do you need me still?
Pastor James: Just go!
James pushed Mimic away, frustrated.
Back in the ring, Phoenix’s music started up, and he came down accompanied by Fun Fight Machine for his match. The United States followed, who had Mayor Briggs and Bigg Pimpin’ Alex with him.
Edward Findleton: Last week Fun Fight Machine took it upon himself to offer Phoenix up as the challenger. We haven’t heard word yet on it being an official match, but Phoenix can make a big statement tonight defeating Mayor Briggs’ Chief Clerk!
Phoenix and The United States squared up, and had some back and forth action. The United States started to look like he was in control, when Fun Fight Machine jumped up onto the apron, and started running around the perimeter of the ring. This distracted not only Tom Hunter, but The United States, who began to chase him. This gave Phoenix enough time to recover, hit a solid clothesline on the United States, and climb to the top rope where he hit the Phoenix Splash. Fun jumped down from the apron, and Hunter counted to three for a Phoenix victory in 5:22.
Phoenix and Fun Fight Machine laughed and high fived, while Mayor Briggs seemed to just stare at the pair with an inquisitive look, and a knowing nod.
THE Casey Gains: Phoenix picks up an interesting win, but like you said, that’s a statement victory. Briggs looks like he’s considering all options!
Edward Findleton: Hopefully we find something out next week! In the mean time, let’s go backstage to Gregory Greystone!
Backstage, Gregory stood next to Kherti Bhakta.
Gregory Greystone: Hello Ladies and Gentlemen! I’m here with Kherti Bhakta! Two weeks ago, you fought Penny “The Hammer” Downs to a draw. Last week, she begged to be in a number one contenders match, and won. What do you have to say for the rematch?
Kherti Bhakta: I’m excited for it, honestly. Penny Downs brought me to the brink last time. I know she’s going to do the same again. This girl, she’s a great up and coming star. She’s tons of potential, and one of my favorites to watch in the ring. Nothing but respect for her….but! She has to get over the final hill. She has to prove she can defeat me, and become a champion. I’m not letting that happen. Penny, I wish you luck, because the White Tiger will be out.
Gregory Greystone: Thank you Kherti! Edward, Csaey, back to you for the main event!
Back at ringside, Frederic St. Pierre’s music hit, and he came out accompanied by Crash, Liam, and Douglas. Next, the music of the Visitors played, as The Venator walked out with Glenny Pax, Cyberhemoth, and Kenneth Cobb.
The match was a heavily technical match, as the master class technical wrestler St. Pierre was evenly matched with The Venator. The Frenchmen seemed to have the match won when he hit the Butterfly DDT, but as he went to pin The Venator, the lights went out, and the spotlight shown in the ring, freezing referee Dennis Thompson mid count, and the MuscleGang Bros outside the ring. Pax, The Cyberhemoth, and Cobb all rushed the ring and beatdown St. Pierre. A heavily hurt St. Pierre tried to fight back, only to have Glenny Pax hit a Standing Tornado DDT. The Visitors left the ring, and The Venator quickly locked in a Cattle Mutilation on St. Pierre. The arena lights came back on, and Dennis Thompson saw St. Pierre start tapping out, and awarded The Venator the victory in 9:02.
Edward Findleton: The Venator wins his debut match, but…once again some strange space technology was at play here!
THE Casey Gains: St. Pierre had his back up allies…but the back up fails, when the back up isn’t part of this space-time continuum.
Edward Findleton: We’ll have to see how this shapes up next week. We’ll see you again, good night!
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