NYCW

HAMMERSTEIN BALLROOM
NEW YORK, NY
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 2004

COMMENTATORS: JOSH MCGUIRE & FERNANDO RAMIREZ

* The show opens with the co-commissioner of the PWA, Jerry Georgatos, coming out to a chorus of boos. Georgatos gets in the ring and reminds us all that he is the commissioner of NYCW and is here to shake things up. He announces that beginning next week, to mark the one-year anniversary of NYCW, there will be a round robin tournament beginning, done much in the same vein as an NFL season. There will be 24 participants, divided into six divisions. Sixteen weeks of matches will ensue, with twelve matches per week beginning next week, until the schedule is complete. Members of the same division will wrestle against one another twice, and the remainder of the schedule will consist of non-division matchups. The season will end on May 27, and then the six division winners plus two wild-cards will advance to a double-elimination playoff. The playoffs will carry throughout the month of June, with finals to be held June 29, at the 100^th episode of PWA Frequency, and, if necessary, July 6 at PWA Meltdown on pay-per-view. The purpose of this tournament? To award a new PWA contract. The winner of the tournament will be immediately called up to the PWA, and he has the power to do just that as co-commissioner of the PWA. He will decide the 24 participants at his discretion, but to make things interesting, he has signed five matches for tonight where the winners won’t have to worry about the tournament; they will earn the right to go on the road immediately with the PWA and leave NYCW behind. Those matches will be NYCW Champion Greg Price vs. The Tyrant, for the championship; Television Champion Kris Anthony vs. Damien Fields, for the title; Women’s Champion Camieko vs. Liz Rush vs. Erica vs. Hypnotica vs. Dana Chapman, for the title; D-Gunz vs. Renegade; and Frank Briggs vs. a mystery opponent of Georgatos’ choice. Georgatos mentions that, yes, all of those titles will be on the line, and yes, the winners of those matches will take those titles to PWA house shows for the time being; NYCW titles will no longer be defended on NYCW broadcasts until this tournament is complete. In addition, he announces that Tim Dand and Patrick Brady have returned to NYCW tonight, and Georgatos has decided to put them in a match for the Tag Team titles. BUT if Dand and Brady do not capture the titles tonight, they are fired. With that, Georgatos exits the ring and our show commences.

1. Jake Casey d. Darrin Giles at 8:03 with a gutwrench powerbomb.

2. Mista Jones d. Rob Graves with a rollup at 6:22.

3. NYCW Tag Team Champions The Old School (Bobby Burris & Alex Mason) d. Tim Dand & Patrick Brady at 8:21 after Burris nailed Dand in the jaw with the belt. Due to this, Dand and Brady are fired from NYCW.

4. NYCW Women’s Champion Camieko d. Liz Rush, Erica, Dana Chapman, and Hypnotica. Camieko pinned Hypnotica at 7:20 with the St. Kinard Splash to retain the title and earn the right to return to the PWA.

5. NYCW Television Champion Kris Anthony d. Damien Fields with the flatliner at 11:26 to retain the title and earn the title to join the PWA.

6. D-Gunz d. Renegade with a chokeslam at 8:21, despite interference from Bubbles, to earn the right to return to the PWA.

7. Frank Briggs d. Jerry Georgatos’ mystery opponent, who turned out to be Andrew Livingston. Briggs pinned Livingston with the top-rope powerbomb at 10:21 to earn the right to join the PWA.

8. NYCW Champion Greg Price d. The Tyrant with a Boston Crab at 28:13 to retain the title and earn the right to join the PWA.