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TUESDAY, APRIL 26, 2005

THE DOME

JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA

 

SEGMENT 1:  INTRODUCTION:

A video package airs, highlighting events that took place last week on Frequency, as PWA Champion Romeo and ORA Champion Anthony Failla defeated Jaguar and GI Jew in tag team action, only for Jaguar and Jew to recover and run them off after the match.  The opening credits then roll as Linkin Park's "By_Myslf" hits and we are sent inside The Dome in Johannesburg, South Africa, where an amazing fireworks display ensues and we are sent to our commentators, Victor Troy and Paul Ferrara.
 
Troy: Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to PWA Frequency! I’m Victor Troy, along here with Paul Ferrara, and we are here at The Dome in Johannesburg, South Africa tonight for what is sure to be a blockbuster broadcast!

Ferrara:  I am too, Troy!  This South African crowd is hot and ready to go, and why wouldn’t they be with the two huge main events we have tonight!

Troy:  That’s right!  In a non-title match, the PWA Champion Romeo will go one-on-one with the number one contender to the ORA Championship, GI Jew!  And then, in the second half of our main event, it will be the rekindling of an old rivalry as the top two contenders for the PWA title square off!  It’s Jaguar vs. Hollywood Mike Griffin!

Ferrara:  That’s not all we have tonight, though!  We have a mixed tag team match, news on Animosity, and much more!

Troy:  So, without any further adieu, let’s get down to ringside!
 

SEGMENT 2:  MATCH 1:  TAG TEAM CHAMPION PAUL EPTON VS. SPEED DEMON VS. JON DULBERG:
Referee:  Billy Vargas

 "Not Falling" by Mudvayne suddenly begins to play, and the crowd begins chanting obscenities towards the “Human Highlight” Jon Dulberg. He walks down to the ring, giving off the impression that he is ready to go. With a grin on his face, he steps into the ring, taunting the crowd as he waits for his opponents.

 

Ferrara: Now what do you think about this match up, Troy?

 

Troy: Let’s explain it to our viewers, first. Earlier in the week an announcement was made, placing the Tag Team Champions Paul Epton and John Wolfe in a Triple Threat Tag Team Match at Animosity against the Lost Souls and Jon Dulberg and Vladimir Vydrina. The match we have for us tonight will take one member from each respective Tag Team and put them in a Triple Threat match. To top it off, next week, the members who didn’t participate tonight will face off in a Triple Threat match of their own. By the looks of it, Dulberg will be representing his team tonight.

 

Soon enough, “A Violent Reaction” by American Head Charge hits, and Speed Demon appears from behind the curtain. The crowd floods the arena with boos as he walks down the ramp and heads into the ring. Demon and Dulberg stand toe to toe, and they begin shouting into each others face. Their conversation stops though, once "Stockholm Syndrome" by Muse blasts over the speakers and the audience fills The Dome with cheers! Paul Epton, sporting the belt over his shoulder, arrives to a fantastic ovation. They quickly turn to jeers though, when Epton slides into the ring, only to get stomped on by both Demon and Dulberg.

 

Troy: I have to say though, Epton is not in a promising situation. He’s got a belt that these two want, and that’s going to cause some problems for him.

 

Demon yanks Epton off the mat and launches him into the ropes, while Dulberg moves like clockwork and bounces off the opposite side, delivering a huge clothesline to an unsuspecting Epton. Dulberg pulls Epton back to his feet this time, but only to boot him in the midsection and drive him into the canvas with a suplex. Dulberg goes for the pin cover, but Demon breaks it up after the count of one!

 

Ferrara: Oh boy. I knew that couldn’t last.

 

Demon pulls Dulberg off Epton, but Dulberg responds with suplex to Demon! After several well placed stomps to the stomach, Dulberg goes back to work on Epton, but the Tag Team Champion is back on his feet! The two begin to brawl with each other, until Dulberg tosses Epton into a corner. Dulberg charges in, but Epton moves quickly and rams Dulberg’s head into the turnbuckle! The crowd begins to cheer!

 

Ferrara: He’s gotta be out!

 

Troy: This is Epton’s chance!

 

Dulberg stumbles back in a daze, and Epton capitalizes on it with a whip into the cables, following it up with a clothesline to send Dulberg to the outside! The crowd cheers wildly! However, Speed Demon rushes up from behind and rolls up Epton. One! Two! Demon grabs the tights! Three!

 

Troy: No, dammit! Speed Demon had a handful of tights!

 

Ferrara: And the referee never saw it, so Speed Demon takes this win for the Lost Souls!

 

“A Violent Reaction” plays once again over the speakers, and Demon quickly evacuates the ring. Sporting a toothy grin, Demon looks up at the ring, where Epton stands and argues with the referee. With the crowd booing in the background, we fade out to a commercial.

WINNER VIA PINFALL AT 7:23:  SPEED DEMON
 

-- COMMERCIAL BREAK #1 --



SEGMENT 3:  RINGSIDE:

Saliva's "Superstar II" hits the speakers, and a mixture of boos and overall confusion comes from the crowd as Superstar Scott Hosemann walks down to the ramp, alone. He climbs into the ring and quickly demands a microphone as the crowd slowly quiets.

 

Hosemann: In just a few days, I'll be meeting a man that I once considered a friend of mine, a man who I was once proud to stand by. But now, I don't even wanna look you in the face Briggs!

 

The crowd boos, but they cheer once Sevendust's "Trust" abruptly hits. Briggs soon marches through the curtain and down the ramp before climbing into the ring with another mic.

 

Briggs: Can't look me in the face huh? Well Scotty, since you want to come out here and spout your mouth off about me, I'm not giving you a choice but to say what you have to say in front of my face. So proceed...with extreme caution.

 

Hosemann: Look big man, your threats don't mean a damn thing to me. They are just about as empty as your skull. You wanna know why I'm so upset Briggs? It’s because you could have had it all man! Your job was very simple. All you had to do was follow me to the learning tree, listen to what I had to say, and in no time you could have been a dominant force around here. Justin knew what he was talking about. That's why I'm in The Legacy, I'm the veteran who is teaching these young guys how to dominate this industry. I wanted that for you Briggs. But what did you have to go and do? You had to go off and do your own thing. I've won many titles in this business, but apparently, you knew more than I did. You were able be better than I was, and what did that give the both of us? Loss after loss after loss. The Legacy is not about losing Briggs. And it’s for that reason that Justin made the decision he made about you. I tried to convince him to turn the other cheek, but I was fighting a losing battle. Do you know why that is? It’s because he was right about you. When a swimmer gets ready to race, he shaves his entire body to remove any extra drag that will slow him down and cause him to lose. So that is what happened to you. You were shaved off, so we wouldn't lose the race here. And after the disrespect you showed me, I can't say that I'm sorry about it.

 

Briggs: That's fine with me Scott. I don't want you to feel sorry for what happened to me. In fact, I'm glad it happened. Yeah, I was supposed to learn from you, one of the most talented wrestlers to ever grace a ring. But maybe I should have been listening to you about three years ago when you won matches. Ever since joining the PWA, you've gotten zilch in terms of gold, so yeah I wanted to do my own thing rather than follow down your path of mediocrity. You see Scott, I could had just left The Legacy amicably. You guys go your way, and I go mine. But what you and Justin did was make a choice. And for that choice, all of you will pay. Two already have, and at Animosity, you too shall pay the price for crossing me. You wanna talk about swimmers and shaving drag? Have one of them drag your broken and beaten ass out of the ring when I'm through with you in Indianapolis. I'll see you then, buddy.

 

"Trust" hits again and the fans cheer Briggs as he climbs out of the ring, never turning around to see Hosemann's angry face as we head to a commercial break.



-- COMMERCIAL BREAK #2 --



SEGMENT 4:  JUMBOTRON:
As we return from commercial, we are taken to a video shot outside The Dome in the daytime.  A caption on the bottom of the screen reads “Earlier Today.”  We can see fans lined up for blocks outside the ticket windows, along with lining up for autographs with PWA superstars Jaguar, Scythe, Progressive Champion Renegade, and Commissioner Kerry Cox.

Cox:  We’re here today to promote Everlasting Epic IV, which will be held on August 20th, emanating from four different countries over the course of the evening.  One of the host venues for the show is, of course, The Dome here in Johannesburg, and today, not only do we have Frequency here, but tickets went on sale for the Johannesburg portion of the event, and I can proudly announce that they have sold out in under two minutes.

Johannesburg Youth #1:  I am so stoked about Everlasting Epic coming here to Johannesburg!  This is a dream come true!

Johannesburg Youth #2:  We feel so honored and privileged to be part of this historic show, and to be chosen as one of the four cities for this is amazing!  I can’t wait for August 20th!

Scythe:  It’s a great feeling to be out here, meeting these great fans, and knowing that they are gonna be out in full force for their portion of Everlasting Epic.  I can’t wait.

 

Jaguar:  We’ve got some real passionate fans here in South Africa, and I’d be privileged to perform in front of them at Everlasting Epic.  I’m gonna give them everything I got tonight against Mike Griffin, and if I get the chance, I’ll do the same on August 20th!  Johannesburgh, you know I still got that fire!

The crowd cheers rabidly and the video shot ends, taking us back inside the building to Victor Troy and Paul Ferrara.

Troy:  That’s right folks, on August 20th, PWA’s annual pay-per-view extravaganza, Everlasting Epic, will be emanating live from four different countries!  The broadcast will start in
Moscow, Russia at Lokomotiv Stadium.  Then we’ll shift gears here to The Dome in Johannesburg, before heading to the Cologne Arena in Cologne, Germany, and concluding at the brand-new Joal Havelange Stadium in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.  The Rio portion of the show went on sale two weeks ago and sold out in less than five minutes.  Johannesburg is now sold out, and the other two venues will go on sale in the coming weeks as we prepare to tour Europe.  Tickets for Cologne will go on sale May 24th, the night we bring Frequency to the Cologne Arena, and likewise, tickets for Moscow go on sale June 7th, hours before Frequency invades Lokomotiv Stadium.  If you live near any of those locations, or if you just feel the need to be part of history, make your plans now, because tickets won’t last long!  On August 20th, it will be the biggest extravaganza of all time, Everlasting Epic IV, from four different countries!

 
SEGMENT 5:  BACKSTAGE:
The camera shifts backstage, where Solomon is conversing with his agent Walter Gindin.

Gindin:  Oh boy. 
Moscow, Johannesburg, Cologne, and Rio.  How great.  Why can’t we just be in the United States?  I don’t want to go to any of those God-forsaken places.

Solomon:  Wherever we are, it’s going to be to win the world championship, because I’m beating Calysto in the submission match next weekend at Animosity, and then winning the Symphony of Destruction in June to go on to the main event of Everlasting Epic.

Just then, Jason Calysto enters the dressing room.

Calysto:  Is that so?

Solomon:  Damn right it is.  I wouldn’t have said it if it wasn’t.

Calysto:  Well, we’ll see about that.  As a matter of fact, I have a little proposition for you.  That’s kind of why I’m here.

Solomon:  I was hoping there was a reason.  What is it?

Calysto:  Next week, I’ve challenged your buddy Infernus to a submission match as a tune-up, and I was granted it.  I’m challenging you to do the same next week.  I’m challenging you to take a submission match next week on Frequency as a tune-up, to show me and everyone else exactly what you’ve got as we head into Animosity.  Here’s the catch: the opponent has to be comparable to Infernus.  In every way.  That means, former International Champion, former Progressive Champion, former Tag Team Champion, but never held the world title.  Anyone that fits the criteria is fine by me.  Do you accept?

Solomon:  I could say no, but there’s no point.  I’d kind of relish the opportunity to frighten the bejesus out of you days before our match.  You’re on.  I’ll find someone comparable to Infernus and face him in a submission match next week.

Calysto:  I’ll be watching.

Solomon:  You’d better.  You might learn something.

Calysto:  Remember who’s in the Hall of Fame and who isn’t.

Solomon:  …Yet.  I’ve said it once, and I’ll say it again, Calysto.  Your rep doesn’t scare me.  I’ve beaten you once, and at Animosity, I’ll beat you again.

Calysto:  We’ll see about that, Solomon.

Solomon:  Yes.  We will.


 
 -- COMMERCIAL BREAK #3 --

 
 SEGMENT 6:  JUMBOTRON:
Linkin Park and Jay-Z’s “Jigga What/Faint” hits the speakers and we see a graphic appear on the screen that reads "PWA Animosity Report."  From there, the shot takes us to a backstage set and PWA reporter Ron O'Brien, who is standing in front of a backdrop featuring the Animosity logo.

O'Brien:  Hello ladies and gentlemen, my name is Ron O'Brien and this is the Animosity report.  The Progressive Wrestling Alliance will return to pay-per-view Saturday night, May 7, when we invade the Conseco Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, Indiana to bring you Animosity.  Seven matches have been announced, so let's get right to it!

In a triple threat match for the PWA World Heavyweight Championship, Romeo defends the gold against former champions Jaguar and
Hollywood Mike Griffin!

In a brawl for the ORA’s version of the World Heavyweight Championship, Anthony Failla puts the title on the line against arch-enemy GI Jew!

In a breathtaking submission match, The Iceman Jason Calysto squares off against Solomon!  Solomon has never given up and Calysto has never lost a submission match!  Something has to give!

The Tag Team Championship will be decided in triple threat fashion, as the champions Paul Epton and John Wolfe defend against former champions The Lost Souls and the team of Jon Dulberg and Vladimir Vydrina!

For the International Championship, Jackie Baccaro defends against James Biamonte!

Former tag team partners collide as Briggs meets Superstar Scott Hosemann!

And, Dexter P. Wellington’s undefeated streak is in jeopardy as he battles former world champion Modern-Day Samurai Scythe!
 
All this and more coming your way Saturday, May 7 from
Indianapolis, Indiana!  It's Animosity, exclusively on pay-per-view!  That's all for this week, folks.  For the Animosity report, I'm Ron O'Brien, saying see you next week!



-- COMMERCIAL BREAK #4 --



SEGMENT 7:  MATCH 2:  NON-TITLE MATCH:  PWA WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION ROMEO VS. GI JEW:
Referee:  Matt Hansen

"Opium of The People" by Slipknot hits the speakers, bringing the crowd's cheering to a high pitch for the arrival of GI Jew. Jew rides his custom motorcycle out to the top of the ramp before racing down to and around the ring and coming to a stop. He climbs up the steps and into the ring before posing for all four sides of the arena. GI Jew removes his leather jacket as three D-Bombs explode on the ramp. B.G.'s "I Want It" begins to play and the reaction changes completely once Da Playboi arrives.

 

Troy: Not a nice ovation for Romeo here tonight.

 

Ferrara: Those are few and far between for him, but as long as he's got the PWA Title, things are good as far as Da Playboi is concerned.

 

Romeo walks up the ring steps and glares at GI Jew before unstrapping his overcoat, unhooking the belt from around his waist and holding it high for all to see as he poses on the turnbuckles. The music slowly dies down and Romeo hands his belt to Matt Hansen.

 

Troy: The title is not on the line, but this is one of the most compelling matchups we could ever see in the PWA. These are two of the most decorated athletes on the roster.

 

Ferrara: Absolutely, they are the only men to win The Grand Slam. That means only the two of them have held the Progressive, International, Tag Team and World Heavyweight Championships in the PWA. I guess we'll find out who is really the better man right now.

 

The bell sounds and cheers rise from the crowd as the former friends lock up in the middle of the ring. Jew appears to be getting the upper hand, but Romeo quickly takes the lead with a knee to the midsection. He clubs GI Jew in the back hard, sending him down to one knee. Romeo hits the ropes to further his attack, but Jew springs up and floors him with a high-impact clothesline! He makes a cover for one...two...and Romeo kicks out.

 

Jew grabs the champion by the hair and forces him back into a corner where he slaps a hard chop against Romeo's chest before whipping him across to the other side. Romeo stumbles out of the corner and Jew lowers his head for a back body drop, but Romeo makes him do a headstand once he nails him with a big DDT!

 

Ferrara: Ouch! He's gonna feel that DDT in the morning.

 

Romeo covers for a two count, but the damage has already been done to GI Jew's neck. Romeo hunkers his weight down on the area with a front facelock that has Jew pounding the mat in a search for an escape. The crowd begins to cheer for Jew's release, but Romeo keeps his leverage advantage solid by propping himself up on his knees.

 

The space provided gives GI Jew enough room to get to his knees and then his feet. Romeo clenches tighter, but Jew runs Romeo back into a corner. Romeo keeps the hold on, but Jew rams his back into the turnbuckles over and over again. After four shoulder thrusts, Romeo releases the hold and Jew scores with a desperate clothesline that sends him flying over the top to the arena floor!

 

Jew goes to the outside and gives Romeo no time to breathe once he lifts him up and throws him back first into the steel ring steps. Jew gets him up and nails him with a big, gloved right hand before rolling Romeo back into the ring. Jew slides under the ropes and makes a cover for one...two...and Romeo gets a shoulder up.

 

Romeo staggers up to his feet and turns into Jew's grasp. He lifts him up and drops the champion neck first across the top rope. Romeo stumbles backwards from the Hot Shot and Jew drops him right on his head with a belly-to-back suplex! Jew gets to his feet, and the crowd roars as he starts to stalk Romeo from behind to deliver The Gore.

 

Ferrara: He's looking for The Gore here!

 

Troy: Wait a minute! Failla is coming down the ramp!

 

The crowd boos as Anthony Failla runs down the ramp and drops his ORA Title there before sliding into the ring. Jew sees him coming and knocks him down with a series of right hands, but he is taken down from behind by Romeo! Within no time, Failla is back up and both champions are putting the boots to the Queens native as Hansen throws the match out.

 

Troy: This match is over, but once again Anthony Failla is out solely to soften up GI Jew before Animosity!

 

Ferrara: Not a bad strategy though.

 

GI Jew is covering up, but helpless to the blows as both men stomp away on him. A huge array of cheers is heard, and both men clear the ring once Jaguar zooms down the ramp and into the ring with a chair. Romeo and Failla backpedal up the ramp, with Jaguar intensely keeping them at bay with the weapon as we go to a break.

WINNER VIA DISQUALIFICATION AT 11:17:  GI JEW


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