NYCW

ELKS LODGE
ELMHURST, NY
THURSDAY, JUNE 26, 2003

COMMENTATORS: JUSTIN SCHENCK & FERNANDO RAMIREZ

* MATCH 1 – GREG PRICE d. ROLAND HOLCOMB at 5:18 via submission with a Boston crab. (Referee: Ethan McKay)

* MATCH 2 – NYCW WOMEN’S CHAMPIONSHIP – LIZ RUSH © d. DANA CHAPMAN at 4:11 via pinfall with the cobra clutch bomb. (Referee: Corbin Page)

* BACKSTAGE – JOSH MCGUIRE is backstage with FRANK BRIGGS, who is one of the three men competing in the triple threat match for the NYCW Championship later tonight. BRIGGS comments about RYAN KNAKAL’s interference in his cage match with JON DULBERG last week and promises to leave here tonight the new NYCW Champion.

* MATCH 3 – JACKIE BACCARO d. ANTHONY “BK” DESIO at 6:03 via submission with a bearhug. (Referee: Chris Korbin)

* MATCH 4 – BIG VERNON and SYDESWYPE d. JON SASS and MARTIN BLACKBURN at 9:39 via pinfall. VERNON pinned BLACKBURN with a chokeslam. (Referee: Ethan McKay)

* BACKSTAGE – JOSH MCGUIRE is standing by with RYAN “THE BOSS” KNAKAL, who attempts to win the NYCW Championship later tonight in a triple threat match. KNAKAL claims that it his destiny to win the NYCW Championship and tonight, his destiny will be fulfilled.

* MATCH 5 – ANDREW LIVINGSTON d. THE TYRANT at 8:41 via pinfall with TYRANT’s own full nelson slam. (Referee: Chris Korbin)

* MATCH 6 – ROB GRAVES d. BOBBY BURRIS of the OLD SCHOOL at 7:51 with a running powerslam. (Referee: Corbin Page)

* BACKSTAGE – We are taken backstage, where JOSH MCGUIRE is standing with the NYCW Champion JON DULBERG. DULBERG proclaims that a lot of people have been talking about destiny, and talking about taking away the NYCW Championship, but talk is cheap. Tonight, he will go to the ring and do what he does best: make highlights. DULBERG says that when all is said and done, the highlight of the night will be JON DULBERG retaining the NYCW Championship.

* MATCH 7 – NYCW HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP – TRIPLE THREAT MATCH – “THE HUMAN HIGHLIGHT” JON DULBERG © VS. FRANK BRIGGS VS. RYAN “THE BOSS” KNAKAL (Referee: Jim Parris):
The three men immediately go at it in this one, with Knakal the center of the disdain of both Dulberg and Briggs. Knakal, however, fights out of a few sticky situations to take control of the match. As the match wears on, Briggs’ size becomes an issue, as at 6’6” and 300 pounds, Briggs is less suited to wrestle a 15-20 minute match. The superior conditioning of Knakal and Dulberg come to the forefront as the match hits the fifteen minute mark and Frank Briggs is left dazed on the outside of the ring following a throat-first bump onto the steel barricade. Knakal and Dulberg let loose with a brilliant exchange in the ring, with Dulberg reversing out of the Boss Bomb and hitting Knakal with the Play of the Day, at which Knakal escapes at two. Stunned, Dulberg scales the top rope and nails Knakal with Sudden Impact. Dulberg covers, but Frank Briggs rolls back into the ring and breaks it up at two. Brigs and Dulberg then battle, and Dulberg attempts a flying cross body, but Briggs catches him and gorilla press slams Dulberg out of the ring. Briggs then turns around into an implant DDT from Ryan Knakal, who covers Briggs for a three count. The fans boo raucously as “Get F*cked Up” by ICONZ hits and Ryan “The Boss” Knakal is crowned the new NYCW Champion without Jon Dulberg ever being pinned. The camera pans in on a stunned Dulberg’s face as we fade to black.
WINNER AT 21:47 AND NEW NYCW HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION: RYAN “THE BOSS” KNAKAL