A
video package airs, showing the conclusion of last week’s broadcast, with
Vulture delivering a Crimson Sunset to Jaguar to help Jackie Baccaro retain the
Progressive World Championship and screw Jaguar out of the belt once again,
this time in his hometown of
Ferrara: That’s right,
Troy: In our main event, it will be an
eight-man tag team match, as PWA World Champion Greg Tantalus teams with Jason
Calysto, Scythe and Jaguar to face Progressive World Champion Jackie Baccaro,
Romeo, Hollywood Mike Griffin and Jonathan Brett!
Troy: Also tonight, folks, the
International Championship Tournament semifinals will be held, with Renegade
squaring off against Paul Dawkins, and James Biamonte up against The Miracle
Mike Troha, which will kick us off! Let’s
get down to ringside!
With that,
“Still Ballin” by 2Pac hits and the fans begin cheering loudly as James
Biamonte starts toward the ring, ready for combat. Biamonte steps inside and stretches out,
readying himself for his opposition.
Moments later, “Arcarsenal” by At The Drive-In hits and the fans cheer
loud for The Miracle Mike Troha as he makes his way out to the ring. As Troha gets settled in the ring, the bell
sounds and this match gets underway.
Troy:
Alright folks, here we go!
International Tournament action!
* PWA INTERNATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT –
SEMIFINALS: THE MIRACLE MIKE TROHA VS. JAMES BIAMONTE *
Referee: Jason Church
Troha and
Biamonte lock up in the center of the ring to start things off, with Troha
getting the advantage, shoving Biamonte down to the mat. Biamonte gets back up and tries to swing the
match in his favor, immediately blasting Troha with a right to the jaw that
stuns him. With Troha reeling back,
Biamonte grabs him and whips him into the corner, stinging him with a big back
body drop as Troha returns. Troha gets
up to his feet, but Biamonte is able to take him right back down, hitting him
with a dropkick that sends him out of the ring.
Troha gets
back into the ring and runs at Biamonte, charging with a clothesline, but
Biamonte ducks under it and sees Troha bouncing off the opposite ropes. When Troha returns, Biamonte and Troha
simultaneously launch dropkicks at each other, with neither man
connecting. Each gets back to one knee
and looks at the other cautiously before getting back up. Troha comes in close and begins chopping away
on Biamonte, but Biamonte takes it and gives it back to Troha just as
hard. Finally, Troha grabs Biamonte and
whips him into the corner. He charges at
him, but Biamonte blasts him in the jaw with a big foot as he does! Troha stumbles away, and Biamonte gets on the
middle rope, looking for a bulldog… but Troha moves out of the way and Biamonte
crashes into the official!
Biamonte
is dazed, and Troha seizes the opportunity, grabbing him nailing him with Divine
Intervention! However, as he does so,
Justin Schenck runs down to the ring, yelling at Troha! Troha goes after Schenck, but in the interim,
Alpha Omega has entered the ring! Beovich
and Price turn Troha around and nail him with a double flapjack! Beovich then gets on the top rope and
delivers Extreme Precision, which the fans boo raucously. Price pulls Biamonte onto Troha as they escape
and the referee comes to. One, two,
three.
Ferrara: They tried to do it last week,
Troy, but the Legacy got the job done tonight!
As
Biamonte shakes off the cobwebs, “Still Ballin” hits and he realizes what has
happened. Biamonte doesn’t seem happy at
what happened, but he does seem to appreciate the fact that he’ll be wrestling
for the International Championship this Saturday at Walking Wounded.
* WINNER VIA PINFALL: JAMES BIAMONTE *
-- COMMERCIAL BREAK --
Back
from commercial, we are taken backstage, where Jackie Baccaro is stretching
out, with Vulture and Morgan Day standing beside him.
Vulture:
You got this, Jackie. Eight-man
tag match tonight, it’s all yours.
You’re the Progressive World Champion, there’s no one better than you. You’ve got three great athletes in your
corner, Romeo, Mike Griffin and Jonathan Brett, and you four are going to TAKE
OUT Tantalus, Scythe, Calysto and Jaguar.
It’s all yours, Giacomo. It’s all
yours.
Morgan: Is it necessary to do that?
Vulture: What?
Morgan: Talk him up like that. Jackie, is your confidence so inadequate that
you need to have your ego stroked before matches to perform?
Baccaro: Believe me, Morgan, there’s
nothing inadequate about me. And I don’t
need anything to perform, but I have something you can stroke if you’d like.
Morgan: Oh Lord. Vulture, you never informed me that I would
have to baby-sit little boys as part of this gig. I need to take a walk.
Morgan walks toward the exit, but is stopped by Jade standing in her way.
Jade:
You’re not going anywhere.
Morgan: This day just gets better and
better.
Jade walks inside, looking around, stopping when she gets to Vulture.
Jade:
Well well, if it isn’t Vulture.
Vulture: Yeah, it’s my locker room. Doesn’t take a brain surgeon to figure out
I’d be here.
Jade: Funny. But you know what, Vulture? As hard as this may be for you to believe, I
didn’t come here for you. I stopped
caring about you a long time ago. The
reason I’m here is you, Morgan. I’m sick
of hearing about you. I’m sick of
hearing people talk about how dangerous you are, how much potential you have,
how you of all people might have a chance to take down Keiko Ishida. I don’t believe it. I think you’re nothing. Morgan, the PWA women’s division started
around my abilities and my talents. I
was the first PWA Women’s Champion, and I am one of only three women in history
to hold the title a record three times, along with a true legend who is in the
Hall of Fame, and the last bimbo to hang out with these losers. There wouldn’t even BE a Women’s Championship
around here if it weren’t for me. So, if
people are going to talk about how good you are, I’m gonna need to see for myself
before I take anyone’s word for it.
Morgan: Can you get to the point? I don’t have all bloody night.
Jade: The point is, Morgan, next Tuesday
night, Frequency,
Morgan: If a match is what you want, Jade,
a match is what you’ll get. You stand
there and talk about being the first women’s champion, and being one of the
only three-time champions; I say stop living in the past, Jade. It’s time for you to stop living off glory
you had three years ago. I’m taking you
down next Tuesday at the
Jade: We’ll see about that, Morgan. We’ll just see.
With that,
Jade backpedals out of the room, never taking her eyes off Morgan as she leaves. Once she is gone, Morgan turns back to
Vulture and Jackie.
Morgan:
What are you two imbeciles staring at?
Vulture: Nothing. Kick her ass next week for me.
Morgan: Oh I will, but it will having
nothing to do with you. You deserve for
that woman to hate you, but she’s stepped on my toes now and will pay for it
next week.
Vulture: What are you gonna do?
Morgan: I think it’s time to debut the
Daybreak.
Baccaro: The Daybreak?
Vulture: Isn’t that the new move you
were telling me about? The one you were
developing?
Morgan: That’s the one. And I think Jade is a week away from becoming
the first victim.
Morgan then exits the room and Vulture gets back to helping Baccaro prepare
for his match later tonight as we take another break.
-- COMMERCIAL
BREAK --
As
we return, a video package airs on the Jumbotron, highlighting the impressive
career of Hollywood Mike Griffin, showing clips from his greatest CAW, FSW and
PWA highlights, along with shots of him filming movies in
Schenck: He really doesn’t. I almost feel bad for him.
Schenck: Who?
Schenck: Sure sounds like it. Speaking of that though, shouldn’t you be
getting ready.
Dawkins: Hey.
Renegade: What’s up?
Dawkins: I know you know,
but I just want to make it perfectly clear right here and now. What's about to
happen out in that ring, it’s strictly business. Nothing personal man.
Renegade: Oh no Paul, I
totally agree man. Nothing personal at all. We're good friends and will be
after this match. Just make sure you're not upset when all you get from me
tonight is a big F-U.
Dawkins
shakes his head at Renegade, who calmly walks by the couple on his way to the
ring as we head to a break.
-- COMMERCIAL BREAK --
"Piggy
Bank" by 50 Cent begins, and cheers come from the crowd as Renegade walks
out onto the stage.
Renegade
climbs into the ring and poses for the crowd, which continues to cheer as
Sevendust's "Black" takes over for the arrival of Paul Dawkins.
Dawkins walks to the ring alone and also looks focused on advancing to the
finals to reclaim the title he lost one month ago.
* PWA INTERNATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT – SEMIFINALS: RENEGADE VS. PAUL
DAWKINS *
Referee: Jose Soares
Jose
Soares is the official, and both men shake hands before locking up after the bell
sounds. The bigger and stronger Dawkins clamps on a side headlock, and it takes
Renegade a bit of a while to shove him off to the ropes. Dawkins returns and
downs Renegade with a shoulder tackle before hitting the ropes again. Renegade
allows Dawkins to jump over him before popping up and then popping Dawkins with
a crescent kick to the chest!
Renegade
gets Dawkins up quickly and scoop slams him to the canvas before hitting the
ropes and scoring with a legdrop. Renegade makes a cover for a quick two count,
but stays on his opponent by backing Dawkins into a corner and connecting with
a stiff chop to the chest.
He
follows up with another before Irish whipping Dawkins out and slinging him into
the opposite corner. Dawkins stumbles out and Renegade goes in for the kill by
lifting him onto his shoulders for The FU, but Dawkins hits him in the chest to
break the hold. Renegade is doubled over and Dawkins reeacts quickly by jumping
up and flattening his nose with The Scud Missile legdrop!
Dawkins
tries to end it with a cover, but only gets a count of two. Instead of doing
more damage, Dawkins looks to put Renegade away by signaling for The M.O.A.B.
He puts Renegade's head between his legs and lifts him up over his head, but
Renegade uses his ring positioning to kick himself off the top turnbuckle and
roll out of the move to catch Dawkins in an inside cradle on the way down!
Renegade ties Dawkins' long legs together and gets a 1----2----3!
"Piggy
Bank" replays and a shocked Dawkins pounds the canvas three times in
frustration over the loss. Renegade hops up, excited about heading to the
finals, but the celebration stops once Dawkins spins him around and shoves him.
Renegade shoves back, and this brings Liz Rush running into the ring to get in
between the two. Dawkins listens to her reasoning and extends his hand for
Renegade to shake it to a loud ovation from the crowd before both men exit
together.
* WINNER VIA PINFALL: RENEGADE
*
-- COMMERCIAL
BREAK --