NYCW

HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY
HEMPSTEAD, NY
THURSDAY, MAY 22, 2003

* RINGSIDE – The show opens with NYCW Commissioner JERRY GEORGATOS hitting the ring and gloating about firing SOLOMON from NYCW last week. He then announces that during the match with SOLOMON last week, NYCW Champion JON DULBERG was injured, and will be out of action for about two weeks. However, that won’t stop GEORGATOS from crowning a new number one contender to the title in the champion’s absence. DULBERG will next defend the championship on Thursday, June 19, when NYCW returns to the Hammerstein Ballroom, the very venue in which DULBERG won his championship, and he will defend it inside a steel cage. Who will be his opponent? That will be decided over the next four shows, beginning with a company-wide battle royal right here tonight. 25 NYCW superstars will step into the ring tonight, with the last eight men qualifying for a single-elimination tournament beginning next week. The seeding will be determined by the order of elimination of the final eight, with the winner of the battle royal being the first seed. As the fans buzz over this announcement, GEORGATOS drops the microphone and heads to the back.

* MATCH 1 – THE OLD SCHOOL and JON SASS d. DA BANDITZ and DYNAMITE DEAN NASH in 8:16 when SASS pinned NASH with the End of the Line.

* MATCH 2 – HYPNOTICA d. JESSICA TILLMAN in 1:48 with a diving cross body. This marked the debut for HYPNOTICA, the seductive female with jet-black, red-streaked hair, and multiple tattoos. The fans most certainly took notice of the Santee, California native.

* BACKSTAGE – JOSH MCGUIRE is standing by backstage with NYCW newcomer GREG PRICE. PRICE, a highly touted addition the NYCW roster, is no rookie, but a five-year veteran. The South Orange, New Jersey native has spent years fine-tuning his style in northeast independent promotions and has brought his game to NYCW. PRICE promises to make an impact tonight in the NYCW battle royal, and promises to get himself into the elite eight and qualify for the tournament. However, his interview is cut short by Indiana native KRIS ANTHONY, another rookie debuting in tonight’s battle royal. As PRICE and ANTHONY argue, JOSH MCGUIRE comments that tensions are at a high between the two NYCW newcomers and the shot fades.

* MATCH 3 – MIDDKNIGHT d. RYAN VALENTINE in 4:18 after a reverse Death Valley Driver. This match marked the NYCW debut for Hamilton, Ontario’s MIDDKNIGHT, who emerged victorious impressively. He will compete later tonight in the battle royal.

* MATCH 4 – BIG VERNON GOODWIN and SYDESWYPE d. THE TYRANT and THE IRISH ASSASSIN JOE MALONE in 4:18 after SYDESWYPE rolled up MALONE. GOODWIN was scheduled to have a mystery partner tonight, and announced SYDESWYPE, the Baxter Springs, Kansas native, as his partner. BIG VERNON and his equally big partner (6’4” 317) emerged victorious, completing a successful NYCW debut for SYDESWYPE, a 29-year-old eight-year veteran.

* MATCH 5 – ERICA d. LI MEI and DANA CHAPMAN in a triple threat match. ERICA pinned LI MEI with a blue thunder pinning combination at 2:16 for the win. NYCW Women’s Champion LIZ RUSH joined JUSTIN SCHENCK and FERNANDO RAMIREZ for commentary in this one and noted the dominance displayed by ERICA, yet another impressive NYCW superstar debuting tonight.

* BACKSTAGE – Moments before the big battle royal, JOSH MCGUIRE gets thoughts from one of the favorites, RYAN “THE BOSS” KNAKAL. KNAKAL claims that it is his destiny to defeat his cousin JON DULBERG for the NYCW Championship, and will go through this entire tournament to do exactly that. The date June 19 will now be circled on his calendar, for after getting through this tournament, it will be the day his destiny finally comes to fruition.

* MATCH 6 – NYCW BATTLE ROYAL – Featuring ALEX MASON, ANDREW LIVINGSTON, ANTHONY DESIO, BIG VERNON GOODWIN, BOBBY BURRIS, CHARLES WALKER, DAMIEN FIELDS, DEION YOUNG, DYNAMITE DEAN NASH, FRANK BRIGGS, JACKIE BACCARO, JERMAINE HARRIS, THE IRISH ASSASSIN JOE MALONE, JON SASS, KILAUEA, MARTIN BLACKBURN, ROB GRAVES, ROLAND HOLCOMB, RYAN “THE BOSS” KNAKAL, RYAN VALENTINE, THE TYRANT, and newcomers KRIS ANTHONY, MIDDKNIGHT, SYDESWYPE, and GREG PRICE.

ORDER OF ELIMINATION:
1. KILAUEA by TYRANT

2. RYAN VALENTINE by KNAKAL

3. VERNON GOODWIN by BRIGGS

4. CHARLES WALKER by BURRIS

5. BOBBY BURRIS by HARRIS

6. ROLAND HOLCOMB by SASS

7. SYDESWYPE by TYRANT

8. JERMAINE HARRIS by MASON

9. DEION YOUNG by BRIGGS
10. DAMIEN FIELDS by BACCARO
11. ALEX MASON by BACCARO
12. KRIS ANTHONY by PRICE
13. MIDDKNIGHT by KNAKAL
14. MARTIN BLACKBURN by BACCARO
15. ANTHONY DESIO by NASH
16. ROB GRAVES by LIVINGSTON
17. JOE MALONE by PRICE

18. THE TYRANT by NASH
19. DYNAMITE DEAN NASH by SASS
20. ANDREW LIVINGSTON by BRIGGS
21. GREG PRICE by KNAKAL
22. FRANK BRIGGS by BACCARO
23. RYAN KNAKAL by BACCARO
24. JON SASS by BACCARO

WINNER OF THE BATTLE ROYAL AT 17:16: JACKIE BACCARO