PWA
OVERDRIVE
Barton
Coliseum
Little Rock,
AR
January 11,
2003
The PWA logo flashes onto the screen and
then fades into the now-familiar opening of Overdrive. “All My Life” by the Foo
Fighters carries us directly into the amazing pyrotechnic display and the
commentators for the evening, Nick Cade and Anthony Debonis.
Cade: Hello everyone, I am Nick Cade alongside Anthony
Debonis and welcome to PWA Overdrive!
Debonis: We have a super charged show for you tonight!
Cade: That’s right Anthony. Last week on Overdrive, we saw
Steve Beovich use the help of Anthony Desio to earn a Progressive Championship
match tonight with the champion, Romeo.
Debonis: But just this morning, PWA owner Bryan Conroy
requested that this match be contested as a lumberjack match! Each wrestler was
randomly assigned 5 different lumberjacks and we will reveal the results of
that drawing later on in the show. But for now, lets head to the ring for our
first match!
The wrestling action of the night is set off with the
sparking of “Cowboys From Hell” by Pantera. The Blizzard strolls quickly down
the ramp, seemingly focused on the tall order he has ahead of him. The Blizzard
begins to warm up as “'Forsure by Lost Prophets
takes over, allowing a big pop to meet “Brokensoul” Jon Brett as he walks to
the ring. Brett climbs in and the bell sounds.
Cade: Jon Brett has a big size advantage against The
Blizzard here. He’ll need to use it to win this match.
Debonis: I don’t know Nick. I think a name like
“Brokensoul” can negate any possible advantage he might have….against anyone.
Cade: I’ll tell him you said that.
Debonis: Said what? I don’t know what you’re talking about
Nick.
Brett lunges in for a lockup, but Blizzard quickly executes
a go-behind. Blizzard cannot hit the german suplex that he is looking form and
gets a hard back elbow for his troubles. Brett nails two consecutive right
hands that send Blizzard reeling into the ropes, and he follows up by
clotheslining him over the top and onto the floor.
Brett keeps on the attack by whipping Blizzard into the
ring steps and rolling him into the ring. Brett takes too much time stepping
in, and Blizzard kicks the middle rope, which has a huge impact on the groin of
“Brokensoul”. Brett falls to the mat and Blizzard immediately goes for a cover,
one…two…Brett powers out using literally just his arms!
Cade: Tremendous power from Brett right there.
Blizzard gets back to his feet
thinking of a new strategy, but he takes too ling as Brett crushes him with a
boot to the face. Brett whips Blizzard to the corner and charges, but Blizzard
plants two boots in his face before climbing to the top. Blizzard flies
off—right into a vice grip in the form of Brett’s hand around his throat! Brett
screams out “ouch, my soul!” loud enough for the cameras to catch it, and he
lifts Blizzard by his throat and rolls him into a fireman’s carry postion
before driving him head first into the mat! Brett covers, one…two…three!
Cade: Brett calls that move the “Ouch My Soul Special”.
Looked very special in this win tonight.
Debonis: Hey wait a minute, that’s Reaper!
The camera stays on the shot of the ring, where Lost Souls
member Reaper jumps Brett from behind! Reaper pounds Brett into the ground
before all eyes turn to the ramp and The 7-Any Power clears the ring of Reaper,
who darts through the curtain.
The camera closes in tight on commentators Cade and Debonis
as they sit behind their table.
Cade: Alright, as promised, we have the results of the
drawing that took place earlier today regarding the lumberjacks in tonights
title match. For the challenger Steve Beovich, Spanish Fly, The Lost Souls,
Kerry Cox and Anthony “BK” Desio will be in his corner. Romeo will have The
7-Any Power, Renegade, Anthony Annetta, The Chocolate Wonder and “Brokensoul”
Jon Brett as his lumberjacks.
Debonis: The news was not received all too
well by Cox and Annetta, both perennial names in the Progressive Championship
mix. Look for yourself.
We are taken into the locker room of Anthony Annetta and
Kerry Cox, who just like last week, seem agitated about something.
Annetta: I cannot believe this.
Cox: Its bad enough that neither of us are fighting for the
title tonight, but they have us as lumberjacks?!
Annetta: And not even in the same corner!
Cox: Well seeing that I don’t care which
guy walks out with the belt tonight, who says we have to do our jobs out there?
Annetta: You know what Cox? You make a pretty good point.
Cox and Annetta then leave the room as we head into a
commercial break.
Kool And The Gang’s “Jungle Boogie” begins to blast over
the speakers and the fans almost instinctively begin to cheer wildly for
Spanish Fly once he steps through the curtain, but those quickly turn to boos
once the vicious attack on Ryan Knakal by The Fly from last week is shown on
the Jumbotron. Fly does not dance his way to the ring this time and just
lethargically leans against the ropes as Queen’s “Another One Bites the Dust”
begins. “Courageous” Chad Hasty steps out to a wave a boos at first, but once
the crowd notices that he is conspicuously without Dee Licious and “The
Standard Sleaze” Don Cerrone.
Cade: Where are Dee and Cerrone at?
Debonis: (snickering) Gee, Nick. I don’t know.
Hasty steps in and the bell rings as Fly goes right to work
on his opponent, pounding him down to the mat with stinging blows to the back.
Fly does not let up for one second and then proceeds to stomp away at Hasty,
who tries to pull himself into a corner. Hasty is about all stomped out once
the referee finally gets in between the two for a break.
Debonis: Man, is Fly aggressive or what?
Cade: Maybe that’s a part of this new attitude he’s
sporting now.
Debonis: Well I like it.
Fly keeps on the attack by avalanching his now-bulkier
frame onto Hasty twice before propping him up and punishing him with a hard
superplex! Fly covers, one…two…Hasty gets a shoulder up! Fly covers again,
one..two…Hasty kicks out this time! Spanish Fly grabs Chad Hasty by the hair,
but Hasty breaks free and nails a quick clothesline for his first offense of
the match!
Cade: Hasty needs to gain some momentum right here.
Hasty seems to follow Cade’s advice without hearing it as
he scores with another clothesline and a picture-perfect dropkick to the jaw!
Hasty then whips Fly to the ropes, leapfrogs Fly on his return and catches him
with a jarring back elbow the second time! Hasty thinks about a cover, but
decides against it and scoop slams Fly down to the canvas before climbing to
the top rope!
Cade: This is very uncharacteristic for Hasty.
Debonis: This is what he does with no Don
Cerrone to guide him.
Hasty flies off for an elbow drop, but Spanish Fly rolls
out of the way! Hasty bounces back off the mat into a standing position and
holding his arm in pain at the same time. Spanish Fly keeps the pressure on
Hasty by applying an armbar and kicking him in the stomach before nailing his X-Factor
type facebuster! Spanish Fly rolls Hasty onto his back before scaling the
turnbuckles and crashing into his chest with The Juice! Fly hooks a leg,
1---2---3!
Cade: And Spanish Fly wins it!
Debonis: This new attitude is paying off ten-fold! What an
impressive showing tonight! Last week he injured big Ryan Knakal, this week he
beat Chad Hasty! Dare I say I’m starting to like this guy!
Cade: Oh jeez. Lets go backstage to Scott
Cornelius, who is standing by with Romeo.
Cornelius: Alright thanks Nick. I am here with the PWA
Progressive Champion, and Romeo, how are you feeling going into tonights title
match under lumberjack rules?
Romeo: Well to be honest Scott, it don’t matter to me.
Lumberjack rules or not, Steve Beovich will not take this title from me
tonight. As for my lumberjacks, all I ask is that they have my back and look
out for the other five guys.
Cornelius: There are some intriguing
matchups concerning the lumberjacks also Romeo. On your side are “Brokensoul”
Jon Brett and 7-Any Power, and Beovich’s side has Speed Demon and Reaper, The
Lost Souls. Your side has Anthnoy Annetta, while Beovich has the equally
unhappy Kerry Cox. Beovich also has his running buddy, Anthony “BK” Desio.
Romeo: Damn Scotty, are you done? I don’t care what those
guys do, just as long as they don’t get in my way. Hell, if Camieko wasn’t
doing a personal appearance with Jag in Chicago, I would get her to be a
lumberjill and she could take care of Desio! Bottom line Scott, it don’t matter
what happens, just bet that “Da Playboy” ain’t leaving without the gold. I’ll
holla.
Cornelius: Okay thanks champ.
Cade: That was a good point mentioned by Romeo earlier. His
tag team partner, Jaguar is not in the building tonight.
Debonis: That’s right. He and Camieko are in Chicago doing
an autograph session because tickets for PWA Forsaken went on sale today, and
sold out in just 3 hours! Do you think that will have any bearing on tonights
title match? Romeo doesn’t have either of his running buddies with him.
Cade: Well what about DJ Infernus?
Debonis: (sigh) You must be the only guy that didn’t forget
about that loser. I would come up with an answer for that, but I would have to
care to do so.
Cade: Some help you are Debonis. We’ll be right back!
We are taken inside the locker room of “The Flying Terrier”
Steve Beovich, where four of his lumberjacks can be seen conversing as Kerry
Cox stands in a far corner. The challenger for the Progressive title climbs
atop a chair and begins to boom his
voice throughout the room.
Beovich: Hey guys, listen up! (Now in a normal voice)
Tonight, I am depending on you guys to help me become the Progressive Champion.
Its not just my opportunity. Its all of YOUR opportunity too. After I win the
title, I will give each and every one of you title shots, of course Desio is
first, but you will all get your shot. Jaguar isn’t here to help his boy, but
you guys are hear to help me. Are you with me?
Desio: YEAH Steve!!! (Looking around as no
one else reacts) Oh come on guys.
Beovich and Desio then look at one another nervously as
they realize snagging the gold tonight will be a little harder than they
thought.
We are brought back to the ring, where Darude’s “Sandstorm”
hits over the PA system. After a few brief moments, Anthony “BK” Desio emerges
from behind the curtain with The Lost Souls and Spanish Fly in tow, Boos are
flooding the arena by the time the four reach the bottom of the ramp, but they
turn to an array of cheers as Kerry Cox makes his way to the ring without any
sense of team unity whatsoever. As Cox takes his place near the apron,
Ludacris, I-20 and Mystikal dominate the arena’s sound system as “Move Bitch”
begins to play. The cheers continue to pour in at the sight of The Chocolate
Wonder, Renagade, 7-Any Power, “Brokensoul” Jon Brett, and Anthony Annetta as
they take their places opposite their counterparts.
With the fans ready for the big match to finally go down,
P.O.D.’s “Alive” begins and “The Flying Terrier” Steve Beovich enters to a loud
set of boos. Beovich smirks as he enters the ring, seemingly like he knows
something the rest of us don’t. Beovich cockily bounces off the ropes as he
prepares for the biggest opportunity of his young career. Once the song dies
down, Young Turk and Manny Fresh’s “Freak Da Hoes” takes over and the three
D-Bombs explode on the ramp as the biggest positive reaction of the evening
meets Romeo! The Progressive Champion carries his belt over his shoulder until
he hands it to senior referee Tom Stevens, who calls for the bell.
Debonis: As much as I like Beovich, Romeo has really
stepped up and made a name for himself in recent weeks. He’ll be tough to knock
off tonight.
Cade: I agree Anthony. There’s the bell and here we go!
Beovich and Romeo begin things off with a collar-and-elbow
tie up in the center of the ring, which only sees Beovich get tossed to the
canvas as a result of Romeo’s overwhelming power. Beovich quickly realizes that
he cannot match power with Romeo and takes the champion down with a double leg.
Beovich floats over into a front facelock, which causes Romeo to pound the mat
in frustration. Still relying on his strength, Romeo gets to his feet while still
in the hold, lifts Beovich up into the air and over the top rope-right into his
lumberjacks!
Cade: Things are about to get interesting
now.
Romeo’s lumberjacks, who seemingly hate Beovich just as
much as everyone else pounce on the challenger with stomps on the outside.
Beovich’s lumberjacks quickly run to the opposite side to help their charge,
all except Anthony Annetta and Kerry Cox, who simply don’t care what happens
and exit up the ramp!
Cade: Where are Cox and Annetta going?
Debonis: Nobody seems to care, they did nothing anyway.
While the lumberjacks brawl around the ring, Beovich rolls
himself back in. Romeo looks to pick him up from the mat, but Beovich evens the
score with a low blow. Beovich follows up with a stinging DDT and a pin attempt
that only reaches a two count. Beovich then looks to drain some energy from
Romeo by gripping him in a rear chinlock. Romeo is looking tired in the hold,
but hears the fans’ undying support of him and powers out after three elbows to
the ribs. Romeo bounces off the ropes looking for a shoulder tackle, but
Beovich hits a quick drop toe hold before Romeo can leave the ground. Beovich
floats over once more into the front facelock, just as 7-Any Power clotheslines
Speed Demon over the barricade and into the crowd!
Cade: These lumberjacks are taking this match into their
own hands now!
Debonis: Reaper and Jon Brett have just followed them into
the crowd!
The Lost Souls and Jon Brett and 7-Any Power brawl
throughout the crowd and out of sight as Romeo lifts Beovich up again and
charges him into a corner. Romeo follows up with two shoulder thrusts before
hitting a gutwrench suplex. Romeo makes the cover, one…two…and Beovich kicks
out! Just when things seem to die down on the outside of the ring, Spanish Fly
grabs a chair from ringside and bashes Romeo in the back as he hits the ropes!
Renegade and Chocolate Wonder react quickly by converging on Fly, leaving him
no other choice but to escape through the crowd with the bizarre duo in hot
pursuit. Romeo stumbles from the ropes and into a small package!
One…two…thr—Romeo barely powers out! With no disqualifications, or lumberjacks
for that matter, left for Romeo, Beovich calls Desio into the ring, with the
chair in tow. Beovich holds Romeo up, looking for a Desio chair shot, but Romeo
ducks it and Desio connects with Beovich!
Debonis: Oh no! Desio hit him with the chair!
Romeo reacts almost on instinct and tackles Desio to the
ground, also hitting the referee in the process! Romeo doesn’t see this and
covers Beovich, but there is no official to count! With Desio and Beovich both
down, Romeo looks out to the crowd before leaving the ring and coming up with a
table! Romeo sets the table up on the outside of the ring before rolling back
in. Romeo whips Desio to the ropes and obliterates him with a back body drop
that sends him out and through the table! Amidst the chants of “holy shit! Holy
shit!” Romeo turns around to find a bleeding Beovich smash him in the face with
the chair!
Debonis: Desio is done!
Cade: Look, Beovich just connected with that chair shot!
Debonis: Romeo looks like he’s out cold!
The referee is still face-down on the canvas, and Beovich
goes over to revive him. Just as the challenger shakes the official, DJ
Infernus races through the crowd and to the ring! Infernus climbs up to the top
rope, and when Beovich turns around, nails him with a flying DDT!
Debonis: That’s not fair! What the hell is he doing
here!?!?
Cade: Hey, remember last Tuesday on
Frequency? DJ Infernus promised to do Romeo a favor, maybe delivering that Ho
Down was it!
Infernus escapes through the crowd just as the referee
begins to stir. A dazed Romeo crawls his way over the fallen challenger and
drapes his arm across his chest. The crowd counts along with Stevens as he
counts one……two……thre-Beovich gets a shoulder up!
Cade: Oh my God! Oh my God! Beovich kicked out!
Debonis: This truly is his night! C’mon Steve!
Romeo is in sheer disbelief, but springs to his feet and
adjusts his trademark black bandana, sending the crowd into a frenzy!
Cade: Romeo just fixed the bandana! You know what that
means!
Debonis: Get up Beovich. Get up!!
Romeo lifts Beovich off the mat and plants
a boot in his gut before sending “The
Flying Terrier” into the air and back down with the Dre Day Powerbomb! Romeo
collapses atop Beovich and the crowd counts along once again,
1--------2-------3!
Cade: What a match! What a win for Romeo!
Debonis: Simply unbelievable from both men, but this was
just Romeo’s night.
Cade: For Anthony Debonis, I’m Nick Cade saying we’ll see
you next week folks!
“Freak Da Hoes”blasts once again over the PA system and the
picture fades to black as Romeo poses with his belt.