A
video package airs, highlighting events that took place last week, with Kerry
Cox defeating The Miracle Mike Troha, and Anthony Failla defeating Jason
Calysto, to advance to the finals of the Golden Ring tournament tonight. The
package then shows last week’s main event, where the PWA Champion Jackie
Baccaro teamed with GI Jew to take on Scythe and Greg Tantalus. Jew and Scythe
quickly hooked up and brawled their way through the crowd, leaving Baccaro
alone with Tantalus. This soon turned into a violent assault, as Mike Troha and
Michelle darted out to join Baccaro and Magnifica in an assault, only for
Hollywood Mike Griffin to make the surprising save. The uneasiness in the ring
between
The opening credits then roll as
Hosemann: We certainly do, Troy, and I am as psyched as anyone to be here
tonight! And what a gorgeous night we’ve got here in
Troy: In our main event, we will see the finals of the Golden Ring tournament
take place. We are guaranteed to leave here tonight knowing just who will be
leaving with $500,000 of Bryan Conroy’s own money. We’re going to see Kerry Cox
go head-to-head with Anthony Failla, and that should be a war.
Hosemann: It definitely should. The matchup for the finals essentially boils
down to guy Bryan Conroy doesn’t want to give any money to versus guy Conroy
wouldn’t mind giving money to, so I’d be shocked if that doesn’t play a part.
Troy: Also tonight, a six-man tag team match has been signed that is sure to
create some chaos. Jason Calysto will be teamed up with two former tag team
partners who haven’t seen eye to eye in quite some time, Greg Tantalus and
Hollywood Mike Griffin, and together, those three will meet the PWA Champion
Jackie Baccaro, our owner, Bryan Conroy, and his cousin, The Miracle Mike
Troha!
Hosemann: With all the factors at work in that one, it is sure to be
havoc-filled. That should be one hell of a match, and one that is nearly
impossible to predict.
Troy: In addition, we will see three championship matches. First, in a match
that, in early 2005, was being viewed as a women’s dream match, Keiko Ishida
will defend the Women’s Championship against three-time champion Lauren
Tantalus, in just her second match back after suffering a series of concussions
in 2004 that nearly ended her career. The amount she has left in her tank at
this point remains to be seen, but she will get her shot to become the first-ever
four-time PWA Women’s Champion right here tonight. And, also, John Wolfe and
Soaring
Hosemann: And don’t forget the Tag Team Championship,
From
there, “Sad But True” by Metallica blasts onto the speakers, and the fans begin
booing raucously as the owner Bryan Conroy smugly makes his way to the ring,
surprisingly alone. The fans shower Conroy with boos as he grabs a microphone
and steps into the
Conroy: First of all, the lack of respect
that you people show me on a weekly basis is downright appalling. You know,
getting booed in foreign countries and the like is one thing, but for you
people in
The fans
buzz, but Conroy continues speaking.
Conroy: Now of course, since I’m
responsible for the order of entry drawing at the event, you can bet that my
interests will be well positioned around those two. But, in any event, the
Symphony of Destruction match will be a very important starting point for what
is to come this summer in this company. With that said, I think now is as good
a time as any to let you all in on the negotiations that have been taking place
over the past several weeks. However, before I do, I’d like to call Kerry Cox
out here so that I can tell him to his face.
Moments later, “War Machine” by KISS explodes onto the speakers, and the
fans cheer thunderously as the Hardcore Icon Kerry Cox makes his way to the
ring! Cox tentatively gets in the ring and stands face to face with Conroy.
Cox: What is it,
Conroy: Oh that you do. And you don’t yet realize just how important that match
actually is. I’m going to let you in on something, Kerry, and in the process,
I’m going to tell it to the whole world. I am going to sell the PWA. (crowd
cheers) Oh, don’t cheer yet, it gets better. You see, I’m sick of the response
and blatant disrespect I get from the crowd, sick of the people around here who
are still loyal to you despite the fact that this is my company to begin with,
and disgusted with the face that so many people were so quick to turn on me and
jump off my bandwagon last summer when I lost control of this company to you.
So, bottom line, I don’t want to be involved in this anymore. Quite frankly, I
don’t want to be involved with professional wrestling anymore. I wanted to take
back what was rightfully mine, though, and I have done that. But now, it is
time for me to sell the company and move on. However, I haven’t quite decided
if I’m simply going to step aside, or if I’m going to be a sadistic bastard, so
Kerry, I’m leaving the decision to you.
Cox: What the hell are you talking about?
Conroy: I’m deep in negotiations with two groups seeking to purchase this
company, Kerry. The two sides are close enough in their offers that I could
accept either one and still come out of the sale in brilliant financial
position. However, there is one substantial difference between the two groups.
One group seeks to conduct the normal front office rejiggering, but essentially
keep matters within the company exactly the same. In other words, the first
bidder seeks to purchase the company, install its own front office, and
continue forward. However, the second bidder is a completely different animal.
This second bidder has one thing in mind: liquidation. That’s right. This
second bidder wants to purchase the PWA for the sole purpose of shutting it
down and liquidating it for its assets, to maximize the profit. This bidder’s
plan would be to purchase the company, and fulfill all remaining scheduled
dates, through the August 12 Everlasting Epic V pay-per-view, which will
emanate from the location of the very first EE show in 2002, Madison Square
Garden, right across town. Meaning essentially that, if I went with this
option, this company would have about 10 and a half weeks to live. And that’s
pretty exciting, isn’t it? Now, while this may be too difficult a decision for
me alone to make, Kerry, I have decided that you will make the decision for me.
And you will do that with your performance tonight. Tonight, Kerry Cox, you
will be fighting not only for pride, not only for $500,000 of my own money, but
you will be fighting Anthony Failla for the future of this company. Cox, if you
win tonight, I will sell the company to the first bidder. You will have to deal
with a new regime coming in, and adjust to all the changes necessary, but this
company would live on, one way or the other. However, Kerry, if you lose tonight,
I will sell the PWA to the second bidder, and this company will begin an
immediate countdown to its demise on August 12, at the conclusion of
Everlasting Epic V. So good luck, Kerry, and no pressure. The fate of this
company depends on you, tonight.
With that,
Conroy puts down his microphone and smiles at Cox as “Sad But True” hits the
speakers. Shock and rage fills Cox’s face in the ring, as the fans sit in
stunned silence.
Hosemann:
-- COMMERCIAL
BREAK --
Back from break, “All or Nothin” by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers hits the
speakers, and the Rockefeller Center crowd begins booing as Justin Schenck
leads his reunited Naturals team of The Alpha Greg Price and Kris Anthony to
the ring. However, as the pair enters, the focus is less on the Tag Team
Championship match about to be contested, but more upon the announcement just
made by Bryan Conroy moments ago.
Hosemann: Well
Hosemann: Bryan Conroy is a very vengeful man,
Schenck
exits the ring and the Naturals pound fists, ready for the challenge, as they
await the champions. Moments later, “Piggy Bank” by 50 Cent hits, and the fans
begin cheering loudly as Liz Rush leads the PWA Tag Team Champions Paul Dawkins
and Renegade to the ring! The champions waste no time in getting to the ring,
and Liz warns Justin about getting involved, as the bell sounds, getting this
match underway.
* PWA TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP: PAUL
DAWKINS & RENEGADE © VS. THE NATURALS *
Referee: Billy Vargas
Kris Anthony is anxious to make his official return to action, and asks
Greg Price if he can start the match, but both Price and Schenck convince
Anthony to wait it out on the apron in the early going. Price starts the match
off with Renegade, and the fans, who had some air deflated from them in the
previous segment, regain some of that enthusiasm as Price and Renegade lock up
in the center of the ring. Price gains the advantage right away, tying Renegade
in a headlock, squeezing it in tightly. However, Renegade is able to reverse
out of that, reversing it down into a drop toe hold that takes Price right
down! The fans cheer, and Renegade performs a switch, tying Price in a front
face lock. Price, however, battles back to a vertical base, and takes Renegade
down with a bridging northern lights suplex, into a pinning combination! One,
two, and Renegade is able to slide his way out. Renegade gets up and charges
right at Price, looking to quell any momentum he might be establishing, but
Price sidesteps him and holds the ropes down, sending Renegade tumbling over
the top and to the outside!
Hosemann: This is the way they’re going to have to go after the belts,
The fans
boo loudly, and Renegade, a bit frustrated, makes it back into the ring.
Renegade wants another lockup with Price, but Anthony is begging Price to tag
him in. Price, this time, obliges, and Kris Anthony hops over the top rope,
stepping into a PWA ring to compete for the first time in over a year. Renegade
looks for a lockup, but Anthony instead hits the ropes and charges at him.
Renegade ducks under Anthony’s first attempted strike, but Anthony hits the
opposite ropes and returns by taking Renegade down with a tremendous
hurricanrana! Renegade bounces up, surprised, and Anthony nails him with a
thunderous dropkick that backs him up into the corner! Renegade reaches out and
tags Dawkins into the ring, taking no chances, as Anthony remains pumped up.
Hosemann: That much is for sure,
Anthony
charges at Dawkins, and Dawkins swings a clothesline, but Anthony ducks under
it, hits the opposite ropes, and takes Dawkins down with a thunderous spinning
heel kick as he returns! Dawkins gets up, and Anthony charges at him, taking
him down with a huge tornado DDT! Anthony covers… one, two, and Dawkins just
narrowly escapes! Dawkins gets up again, and Anthony whips him against the
ropes, hitting the opposite ones himself, but when he returns, Dawkins catches
him in a hard powerslam! Dawkins looks to put it away at first opportunity, so
he signals for the
Hosemann: It is,
Realizing
this, Anthony prepares to go to the top rope to finish him off. However, when
he approaches his corner, Greg Price asks for the tag back in. Anthony shakes
him off, assuring both him and Schenck that he has this under control. Anthony
goes to the top rope, and lets loose with a huge diving legdrop, but Dawkins
rolls out of the way! Anthony staggers to his feet, but Dawkins bounces up,
gets a running start, and drives Anthony down hard with the Scud Missile! Dawkins
turns Anthony over and hooks the leg, as Price enters to try to break the
count… one, two, Renegade takes Price down, three!
Hosemann: Wow, what a sudden victory! I’ve got to admit, I’m surprised, Troy!
The
* WINNERS VIA PINFALL AND STILL TAG TEAM
CHAMPIONS: PAUL DAWKINS & RENEGADE *
-- COMMERCIAL BREAK --
Dredg’s “Ode To The Sun” hits the
speakers and we see a graphic appear on the screen that reads “PWA Symphony of
Destruction 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
Symphony of Destruction logo.
O’Brien: Hello ladies and gentlemen, my name is Ron O’Brien and this is
the Symphony of Destruction report. Folks, we’re just four days away from
what promises to be one of the biggest pay-per-view spectaculars in the history
of the PWA, Symphony of Destruction, live from Citizens Bank Park in
Also in store for this spectacular pay-per-view will be a defense of the PWA
World Heavyweight Championship by Jackie Baccaro, as he defends against
two-time former champion Hollywood Mike Griffin!
In a Symphony of Destruction Wild Card match announced earlier tonight, The
Iceman Jason Calysto collides with Greg Tantalus, in a match where the winner
enters the Symphony of Destruction match at #30, and the loser must enter at
#1!
The International Championship will be defended in triple threat action, as
Showtime Damon Savage puts the gold on the line against both James Biamonte and
Dexter P. Wellington!
In a loser-leaves-PWA hardcore match, Speed Demon will meet former Lost Souls
tag team partner and current Army of the Damned soldier Reaper!
Plus, Magnifica will challenge the winner of next week’s Women’s Championship
bout between Keiko Ishida and Lauren Tantalus for the title!
That’s all for this week, folks. For the Symphony of Destruction report,
I’m Ron O’Brien, saying see you Saturday night in
The
camera then takes to a live shot, of Bryan Conroy’s makeshift office below
ground in the Rock Center Café. Conroy is shown talking with Briggs, his
manager Walter Gindin, and Solomon. Commissioner Helen Summers is seated in the
background. Solomon appears to be having a visibly difficult time being in the
same room as Briggs and Gindin, and likewise.
Conroy: Ok gentlemen. I know you guys
can’t stand each other, and you probably hate the fact that I’ve made you stand
here in the same room at the same time, but I have something I need to tell
both of you. You have served your suspensions, and now it is time to go back to
work.
Solomon: I hate to interrupt, but I have to, Bryan. You know, I was the first
guy that you decided you needed to take it into your own hands to hold down, so
I see what’s going on here. But the ultimatum you’ve given Kerry Cox? You’re
going to destroy the PWA, end it all? How could you? How do you not expect the
entire locker room not to…
Conroy: Not to what? Not to come down and make sure Failla doesn’t win. Well,
don’t get any bright ideas. Because if you, or anyone else, for that matter,
decides to come down tonight and try to prevent Anthony Failla from beating
Kerry Cox, they will be fired, right here, live on Frequency, next week. And
that is a promise. I know what you’re thinking, too. You could just sacrifice
yourself so that the PWA could live on, right? Well, you’d have to do that with
the knowledge that you’d be banned for life from this company, a ban that could
not even be lifted by a future owner. So are you really that selfless? I think
not. Actually, Solomon, I forgot how much of a troublemaker you are. So if you,
or anyone else, decides to forfeit their own career for the PWA, I’m also going
to sue them for breach of contract and take them for everything they’ve got. So
try me. Oh, and tonight, what I called you two here for, I’m putting you guys
in a tag team match, next. But now, Solomon, since you’re such a big shot, and
since this brawl with Briggs three weeks ago was undoubtedly your fault, you
will team with Scythe, Speed Demon, and the International Champion Showtime
Damon Savage, and Briggs, you will team with GI Jew, Reaper and James Biamonte,
but I will give you an extra partner in Dexter P. Wellington. So, it will be a five-on-four
handicapped match, and it is next. That is all.
Conroy then walks off, and Briggs and Gindin cackle at an extremely pissed
off Solomon as we head to break.
-- COMMERCIAL BREAK --
Back from break, “Trust” by Sevendust is blaring over the speakers, and Walter
Gindin is leading Briggs to the ring. The camera shows the inside of the ring,
where GI Jew, James Biamonte, Dexter P. Wellington, and Army of the Damned
member Reaper are already waiting, as we get set for our five-on-four handicapped
match.
Hosemann: It should be an interesting match regardless, but I can’t see how all
these guys will be contained in one ring. This, to me, seems like chaos waiting
to happen.
Then,
“Hear Me” by Darkseed hits the speakers, and the fans begin cheering
thunderously as Solomon, Scythe, Speed Demon, and the International Champion
Showtime Damon Savage make their way to the ring, in tandem! The four waste no
time heading into the ring, immediately going at their opponents as the bell
sounds!
* SOLOMON, SCYTHE, SPEED DEMON & PWA
INTERNATIONAL CHAMPION SHOWTIME DAMON SAVAGE VS. BRIGGS, GI JEW, JAMES
BIAMONTE, DEXTER P. WELLINGTON & REAPER *
Referee: Jose Soares
No sooner does the bell sound does all hell break loose in the ring.
Solomon and Briggs, having waited three weeks to get at one another due to
their suspensions, go right at it, and immediately brawl their way right out of
the ring! Solomon and Briggs brawl furiously on the outside, refusing to heed
any of Soares’ warnings to get to a neutral corner! Meanwhile, what started out
as Biamonte and
Hosemann: I told you,
Despite
the fact that the match has been thrown out, however, the brawling continues
inside and outside the ring! Solomon and Briggs fight their way to the back,
having to be separated by numerous officials. Showtime,
* WINNERS: NO CONTEST *
-- COMMERCIAL
BREAK --
As we return from break, we are taken to the makeshift office of Bryan Conroy
and Commissioner Helen Summers, where the pair are standing with Progressive
Champion Soaring Phoenix and the man he is scheduled to defend the belt against
tonight, John Wolfe.
Conroy: Ok, I called you guys here for a
reason. As you can probably tell, there is just a TON of stuff going on here
tonight, and you guys are scheduled to battle for the Progressive Championship,
well, next. And we do have the time to throw you guys out there, don’t get me
wrong. But Helen here came up with an idea. Tell them, Helen.
Helen: I just thought to myself, wouldn’t it be so much better if this match
were taking place next week, in John Wolfe’s home country of England? That
would add a lot more intrigue to this match, rather than having it blend into
the background on a night when so much else is going on.
Wolfe: Yeah, like you guys dangling the shut down of this company and all of us
being out of jobs in front of our faces.
Helen: Right, like that. Listen, this wasn’t a question. I was telling you.
Whether you guys like it or not, we’re bumping your title match to next week in
Wolfe: Well of course I don’t bloody care. All it means now,
Conroy: Yeah, yeah, whatever. Take your griping elsewhere.
Annetta: Hope I’m not interrupting
anything.
Helen: (annoyed) Not at all. What do you want?
Conroy: And what the hell do you think you’re doing here, after what you did to
me?
Annetta: First of all,
Conroy: What about? I already gave you the last open spot. I thought that was
more than generous.
Annetta: It was, don’t get me wrong. But I was talking to Damien Fields, the
only man on the active roster that you snubbed. And I think it would be only
fair for me to put that spot on the line against him here tonight.
Conroy: So Fields actually showed up tonight? Well done. Yeah fine, I don’t
care.
Annetta: I had some interesting rules for the match I wanted to institute. I
wanted the only way to score the win is to throw your opponent over the top and
to the floor, and a bunch of different things like that. Can I go over them all
with you?
Conroy: Quite frankly, Tony, I don’t care.
Annetta: Well then can you sign one of those template blank contracts for the
match, and I’ll fill everything in myself?
Conroy: Yeah sure.
Conroy
signs the contract and hands it to Annetta.
Conroy: Just fill it out and hand it to
me on your way to the ring. I can’t anticipate this segment would even take
very long, and we just cut a match from the show, so why not? Find Fields,
wherever he is, and do it. Nothing I like better than two worthless pieces of
crap fighting for the right to see who will be the least remembered guy to
compete in the Symphony of Destruction this Saturday.
Annetta: Thanks
Annetta
then exits, contract in hand. Conroy laughs smugly.
Helen: I don’t know if that was such a
good idea, Bryan. What if he has something up his sleeve?
Conroy: Oh come on! What’s the worst that could happen?
In another section of the underground concourse, near the elevator that
leads to the above-ground entrance, Lauren Tantalus is seen getting ready for
her shot at Keiko Ishida and the Women’s Championship, which is next. However,
as she prepares to leave, she turns around to find Magnifica standing there,
smirking.
Lauren: What’s your problem?
Magnifica: Who said I have a problem? I can’t just come to wish you luck?
Lauren: Cut the shit, Magnifica. I don’t like you, you don’t like me. We both
know this. But there’s something else you should know. Tonight, I’m going to
take Keiko Ishida out and become a four-time Women’s Champion, and after I do
that, this Saturday night at Symphony of Destruction, I’m going to take your
ass out, for good.
Magnifica: (laughing) I’d love to see you try. You don’t fool me, Lauren. You
may be fooling everyone else with this act, that you can wrestle again, but I
don’t buy it. And sooner or later, I’m gonna prove it to the world. So go out
there and try not to get killed by Keiko Ishida, but either way, I’ll be there
to pick up the pieces Saturday and walk out with the championship.
Lauren: It’ll be a cold day in hell before you ever wear the PWA Women’s
Champiosnhip.
Magnifica: Oh yeah? We’ll see about that.
Magnifica snickers and walks off. Lauren heads to the elevator, but
Magnifica calls back to her.
Magnifica: (facetiously) Good luck!
Lauren glares back at her hatefully and heads to the elevator as we head to
commercial.
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