IRVING
PLAZA
NEW YORK, NY
THURSDAY, AUGUST 19, 2004
COMMENTATORS: JOSH MCGUIRE & FERNANDO RAMIREZ
Bishop Cross vs Josh Calderon.
The Match:
Big piledriver on Calderon. Tiger suplex on Calderon.
No Misawa references from me, I swear. Oh, dammit. Bishop Cross plants Calderon
with an EXPLODAH~! suplex. Pin, but Calderon is out just
before the three count. Implant DDT by Bishop Cross! I
will always and forever mark out for that move. Hooks the leg
for a two count. Josh Calderon avoids a Bishop Cross avalanche by
getting out of the damn way! Flying elbow from Josh Calderon connects. Calderon
crushes Cross with a running senton. Cross blocks a punch. Flying cross body
off the top rope! Bishop Cross has Josh Calderon down on the canvas. Here it
comes...The Grand Finale! Josh Calderon taps!
Winner: Bishop Cross
Rating: *¼
Matt Quinn &
Jake Casey vs Martin Blackburn & Roland Holcomb.
The Match: Blackburn drives a
HARD forearm into the chest of Casey. Blackburn hits a
dropkick on Jake Casey and gets right back up. Covers for a
quick two count. Tag to Roland Holcomb. Martin Blackburn & Roland
hook up Casey, then hit a double suplex. There's a two count on the pin. Casey
takes a flying neckbreaker from Roland Holcomb. Casey counters a backdrop
attempt with a kick to the face and hit a clothesline! Casey hits a piledriver
on Roland Holcomb. That used to end matches, you know. Hooks
the leg for a two count. Tag between Jake Casey and Matt Quinn. Tiger
bomb by Matt Quinn, which is nowhere near as cool as a botched Pedigree but
gets the job done. Hooks the leg! ONE...TWO...NO! Spin kick by Matt Quinn to
the face sends the opponent FLYING across the ring. Holcomb reverses a
waistlock. Matt Quinn charges into the corner, but EATS BOOT and staggers
backward. Holcomb tags out to Martin Blackburn. Blackburn hits a
HARD spinning kick to the jaw. Tag to Jake Casey. Blackburn uses a
basement dropkick to the knee and it looks like it might be TIME TO GO TO
SCHOOL! Jake Casey slugs Martin Blackburn, sending him down into the corner.
While Casey fires up the crowd, Blackburn is
removing the turnbuckle pad! Jake Casey comes over...but Blackburn grabs him
by the tights and uses the leverage to slingshot Jake Casey face first into the
exposed steel turnbuckle! Martin Blackburn rolls up the stunned Jake Casey, and
even puts his feet on the second rope to add insult to injury! 1....2...3! What
a display of cheating from Martin Blackburn. Matt Quinn & Jake Casey don't
look like they're finished by any means...and they rush forward to attack
Martin Blackburn & Roland, and send them to the outside. Threats are
exchanged as the chaos ends.
Winners: Martin Blackburn
& Roland Holcomb
Rating: ***
Hypnotica vs
Erica.
The Match:
Hypnotica kicks the leg, knocks Erica down, and goes to work on it. Erica walks
into a high dropkick from Hypnotica, almost losing several teeth in the
process. STIFF high kick on Erica by Hypnotica. Covers for a quick two count. Hypnotica uses a basement
dropkick to the knee and it looks like it might be TIME TO GO TO SCHOOL~! Covers for a quick two count. Erica powers out of a
headlock. Erica kicks the leg, knocks Hypnotica down, and goes to work on it. Covers for a quick two count. Spinning bulldog in the corner
and Hypnotica is down! Hypnotica reverses a Erica
hammerlock. Tor-NADO DDT from Hypnotica, Erica got planted! Hypnotica ducks a Erica clothesline and does a quick roll up. Hypnotica has
a handful of tights! The referee hasn't seen it: 1....2....3!! Dana Chapman
comes running down the aisle, and gets into the ring! Dana Chapman spins
Hypnotica around. Dana Chapman hits the Tornado DDT! Hypnotica has been left
down on the canvas.
Winner: Hypnotica
Rating: **
The champ Renegade
is backstage. He wants to rip into D-Gunz. Not literally, of course. That would
just be nasty. Instead, this was a good way to build up to an eventual match.
D-Gunz vs Rob
Graves.
The Match:
D-Gunz scoops and slams Rob Graves. What's the difference between a scoop slam
and a body slam anyway? Graves ducks a
wild right hand. STIFF~! chop lights up D-Gunz who
covers up to try and stop the agonizing PAIN! Rob Graves misses a
clothesline...and takes out the referee accidentally! Graves pulls a
jumping piledriver out of nowhere!! Cover, but there's no one to count for Rob
Graves! D-Gunz counters a backdrop attempt with a kick to the face and hit a
clothesline! Rob Graves charges into the corner, but EATS BOOT and staggers
backward. Massive backbreaker on Graves . Covers for a quick two count. Massive
lariat by D-Gunz with some POWER behind it. Cover, ONE...TWO...NO! I
honestly thought that match was going to end right then and there. Graves backdrops
D-Gunz out of a piledriver attempt. That took a lot out of Rob Graves. D-Gunz
walks into a side slam. Pinfall attempt: ONE...TWO...NO! I would have bought
that as the finish! D-Gunz flips out of a Rob Graves bodyslam attempt. Rob
Graves is in trouble. Powerbomb! 1....2....3. Renegade comes running down the
aisle, and gets into the ring! Renegade spins D-Gunz around. Renegade hits the
Kick of Death! D-Gunz has been left down on the canvas.
Winner: D-Gunz
Rating: ***¾
Mista Jones vs
Darrin Giles.
Match Background: This match is for the NYCW Television title.
The Match:
Big forearm by Mista Jones makes me want to go to the mirror and check MY
teeth. Jones just WAFFLES Giles with a STIFF chop that hurt ME to watch! Jones
uses a basement dropkick to the knee and it looks like it might be TIME TO GO
TO SCHOOL~! Mista Jones snap suplexes Giles HARD to
the canvas! And again! A pair of clotheslines follow
and...yep, Jones is a HOUSE...EN...FUEGO~! Darrin Giles elbows Mista
Jones in the face to break a hammerlock. Second rope flying axe handle, Jones
goes down. One day, Giles might even consider coming off the top with that. You
know...for more impact and stuff. Giles crushes Jones with a running senton. Hooks the leg for a two count. Darrin Giles misses a big
legdrop after stalling too long. Vicious snap suplex! Darrin Giles got whipped
over hard. Hooks the leg for a two count. Blind lariat
by Jones was downright NASTY! Giles never...saw...it coming! Cover,
ONE...TWO...NO! I honestly thought that match was going to end right then and
there. Darrin Giles is able to duck a clothesline attempt and connect with a
counter clothesline. Spinning back kick from Darrin Giles. Jones reverses a
Darrin Giles hammerlock. Second rope flying axe handle, Giles goes down. One
day, Jones might even consider coming off the top with that. You know...for more
impact and stuff. Mista Jones has Darrin Giles down on the canvas and is
ascending the corner. Flying Elbow Smash!!! 1....2....3!! It's all over. Mista
Jones offers a handshake to Giles...and he accepts it! No! Darrin Giles levels
Jones with a cheap shot right hand! Darrin Giles slams Jones down. Darrin Giles
climbs to the top rope and hits the Big Splash! Mista Jones has been floored
after the match.
Winner: Mista Jones, Still Champion.
Rating: ****¼
Shaun Aguilar vs
Victor Simon vs Chris Nicholson vs Deon Monroe.
Match Background: This will be an elimination bout.
The Match:
Aguilar drives a thrust kick into the chest of Nicholson. Chris Nicholson just
WALKS into a stiff lariat clothesline from Aguilar. There's a two count on the
pin. Tag to Deon Monroe. Nicholson takes a second rope chop from Monroe Monroe Monroe Monroe Monroe
Winner: Chris Nicholson
Rating: ¼*
D-Gunz is
backstage. He is laying a verbal Smackdown on Renegade.
Da Banditz are backstage. They were out there to hype a match against
Old School. Sounds like fun.
Old School are backstage. They were out there to hype a match against
Da Banditz. Sounds like fun.
Old School vs Da
Banditz.
Match Background: This will be a ladder bout. Old School are one of the most experienced teams in the promotion. Da
Banditz are one of the most experienced teams in the
promotion. This match is for the NYCW Tag Team titles.
The Match:
Big dropkick by Rebel, who got a ton of air on the move. Massive lariat! Stan
Hansen would approve. Da Banditz hook up Burris, then hit a double suplex.
Belly to belly into a ladder standing in the corner and Mason is out! Bobby
Burris fights out of a grapple. THERE IT IS! A legdrop to the BACK OF THE HEAD!
I swear, that makes any match just a little bit
better. I don't mind telling you that every time I see it, that's for sure.
Ladder assisted standing moonsault, Rebel gets CRUSHED! Gunna walks into a face
crusher variation. Has anyone's face ever really been crushed by one though?
Martin Blackburn & Roland come running down the aisle and into the ring!
Rebel turns...and is dropped with a double DDT! Rebel in big trouble. Alex Mason has Rebel down on the
canvas. Here it comes...Half Boston Crab! Rebel is almost unconscious with
pain! Alex Mason and Bobby Burris climb the ladder and grab the prize
for the win. Martin Blackburn & Roland don't look like they've finished!
They continue to beat down on Da Banditz until a host of referees and officials
run out to pull them off!
Winners: Old School, Still Champions
Rating: ***¼