HAMMERSTEIN
BALLROOM
THURSDAY,
COMMENTATORS: JOSH MCGUIRE & FERNANDO RAMIREZ
Bishop Cross vs Mista Jones (For The NYCW
Television Title) :
Driven DDT by Mista Jones. The ring shook violently,
instantly making it better at selling than some of the current roster.
Lightning kick by Jones on Cross. Hooks the leg for a two
count. Mista Jones misses a clothesline. Cross
hits a right hand. Gut buster, Jones hits hard. Hooks the leg
for a two count. Cross hits a great swinging
DDT on Mista Jones. Cover, but there's a last second
kick-out. Second rope flying axe handle, Jones goes down. Jones blocks a punch.
Spinning bulldog in the corner, Cross is down. Cover for a two count. Cross
walks into a face crusher variation. Pin, but Cross is out just before the
three count. Cross tastes a high angle back suplex. It
probably tasted like chicken. Mista Jones strikes
Cross. Cross blocks the suplex attempt. Spin kick by Bishop Cross to the face. Tiger suplex on Jones, right from out of the Misawa playbook.
The two competitors end up fighting to the outside of the ring. The referee
tells them to bring it back in, but neither of them are
listening. The ref tries again, and again they keep brawling. The referee
completes a ten count, ending the match in a double count out! The fight has
started up again! Bishop Cross attacks Jones, and they brawl all around
ringside, then into the crowd! They eventually disappear backstage, still
fighting.
Winner: Double Count Out, Jones Still Champ
A ****1\2 rating for a great match.
Da Banditz
are backstage. They want to rip into Martin Blackburn
& Roland Holcomb, and will get a chance tonight in the fatal fourway match for the Tag Team titles that will also
feature Old School and Matt Quinn and Jake Casey.
Darrin
Giles is standing in the set for his personal interview segment. He announces
that tonight's guest is D-Gunz, who comes out from
the back. They do a straight interview, but it is ended abruptly when Renegade
comes out of nowhere and attacks D-Gunz. The brawl is
swift and violent, and ends with D-Gunz down and out
on the floor of the set. Renegade walks off, having made his point.
Dana Chapman vs Erica :
Dana hits a wicked chop that echoes through the building. Standing
leg lariat by Dana Chapman on Erica. Dana Chapman strikes Erica. Cover
for a two count. Hard back suplex on Erica. Anyone
remember when that was Shawn Michaels's finisher? Cover for a two count. Erica
kicks Dana Chapman in the gut to reverse the momentum. Erica strikes Dana. Hooks the leg for a two count. Super frankensteiner on Dana, who hit hard. Dana Chapman
reverses a hip toss. Erica walks into a face crusher variation. Erica is in
trouble. Here it comes - Tornado DDT. 1....2...3, it's finished.
Winner: Dana Chapman
Good **** rating.
Dana
Chapman is backstage, when Chris Nicholson comes over. He asks her out on a
date, but she politely tells him that he's very sweet but she's not interested
and walks off. Nicholson is speechless.
Jermaine Christian vs Rob Graves :
Graves slams Jermaine
Christian. Graves slams Jermaine Christian. Big backdrop on Christian, executed
well. Bodyslam by Graves . Christian ducks a wild right hand. Graves takes a flying
neckbreaker from Jermaine
Christian. Christian crushes Graves with a big
legdrop. There's a two count on the pin. Graves reverses a
waistlock. Ring-shaking slam on
Christian. There's a two count on the pin. Double Arm DDT by Graves , Christian
got destroyed. Pin, but Christian is out just before the three count. Graves drops an
elbow...but misses. Fate can be so cruel. Jermaine
Christian scores with a back heel kick on Graves . Rob
Graves fights out of a grapple. Big backdrop on Christian, executed well. Rob
Graves moves in for the kill. Here it comes - Dominator. 1....2...3, it's
finished. Jermaine Christian goes nuts, screaming and
yelling at everyone within earshot.
Winner: Rob Graves
*** rating for a good bout.
Darrin Giles and Renegade vs D-Gunz and Victor Simon :
Dropkick connects, D-Gunz goes down. Legsweep out of Nowhere. Where is Nowhere, and why do moves keep coming out of there? Does it
have a factory? Cover for a two count. Tag between Renegade and Darrin Giles.
Renegade \ Giles whip D-Gunz into the ropes and hit a
double clothesline. Cover for a two count. D-Gunz
takes a flying neckbreaker from Darrin Giles. D-Gunz counters an arm wringer with an elbow to the side of
the head. Spinebuster by D-Gunz, executed with Arn-esque perfection. Cover for a two count. Tag between D-Gunz and Victor Simon. Super kick by
Victor Simon. Pin, but Giles is out just before the three count. Driven DDT by Victor Simon.
The ring shook violently, instantly making it better at selling than some of
the current roster. Giles backdrops Victor Simon out of a piledriver attempt. Big dropkick by Darrin Giles, who got good elevation. Giles
tags out to Renegade. Simon walks into a high dropkick from Renegade. Simon
tags out to D-Gunz. Big clothesline
on D-Gunz. D-Gunz
grabs Renegade from behind and shoves him into the ropes, then scores with a
roll-up...but Renegade rolls through with the move! He used a pull of the
tights to get D-Gunz over! 1....2...3! The referee
was out of position and didn't see it! Renegade \ Giles signal to each other...and
they attack D-Gunz \ Simon! After an
swift brawl, D-Gunz and Simon are left down in the
ring.
Winners: Renegade and Darrin Giles
Almost a ***** match...but it was missing something, so it only gets a ****1\2.
Old School are backstage. They were on hype duty tonight, this time for
the fatal fourway tag title match, which is next.
Old School vs Da Banditz
vs Matt Quinn & Jake Casey vs
Martin Blackburn & Roland Holcomb (For The NYCW Tag Team Titles) :
Spinning back kick from Alex Mason. Spin kick by Alex Mason to the face. Tag to
Bobby Burris. Stiff high kick on Casey by Bobby Burris who
has evidently been watching some old AJPW tapes recently. There's a two
count on the pin. Bobby Burris gets taken down out of nowhere. Tag between Jake
Casey and Martin Blackburn. Driven DDT by Martin Blackburn.
The ring shook violently, instantly making it better at selling than some of
the current roster. Lightning kick by Blackburn on Burris. Tag between Martin Blackburn and Roland Holcomb.
Martin Blackburn scoops up Burris. Holcomb bounces off the ropes and hits a
flying Hart Attack clothesline. There's a two count on the pin. Roland Holcomb
misses a big legdrop after stalling too long. Bobby
Burris scores with a back heel kick on Holcomb. Tag between Bobby Burris and
Rebel. Rebel drives a thrust kick into the chest of Holcomb. Cover for a two
count. Tag to Bobby Burris. Burris hits a massive spinning kick to the jaw.
Rebel backdrops Bobby Burris out of a piledriver attempt. Spear by Rebel. Pin,
three count, it's over. Rebel pins Burris. Dropkick connects, Rebel goes down. DDT from the top rope by Matt Quinn. That looked brutal.
Pin, but Rebel is out just before the three count. Tag
to Martin Blackburn. Rebel tastes a high angle back suplex. It probably tasted
like chicken. Blackburn tags out
to Jake Casey. Spear by Jake Casey. Spear! Rebel is down and hurt. Pin, three
count, it's over. Jake Casey pins Rebel. Back heel kick off the second rope,
Casey goes down. Pinfall attempt gets a 2.9999. Gut
buster, Casey hits hard. Jake Casey takes the advantage after a i-block-your-punch-you-don't-block-mine
routine. Fallaway slam by Jake Casey. Hooks the leg for a two count. Tag between Jake Casey and
Matt Quinn. Matt Quinn & Jake Casey hook up Holcomb, then hit a double
suplex. Hooks the leg for a close fall. Legsweep out of Nowhere. Where is Nowhere, and why do moves keep coming out of there? Does it
have a factory? Roland Holcomb fights out of a grapple. Tag between Roland
Holcomb and Martin Blackburn. Blackburn crushes
Quinn with a running senton. Quinn walks into a face crusher
variation. Jake Casey can barely stand. European Uppercut! 1....2....3. New Tag
Team Champions! The new champs celebrate and Quinn looks on at Casey
disapprovingly.
Winners: Martin Blackburn & Roland Holcomb, New
Champions
That was good. **** rating.