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OVERDRIVE
Saturday,
December 28, 2002
Madison Square
Garden
New York, NY
The PWA logo
flashes onto the screen, fading into an array of action-packed PWA images. We
are taken live into the World’s Most Famous Arena, Madison Square Garden, as “All
My Life” by Foo Fighters sounds for the premiere edition of PWA Overdrive!
After an incredible display of pyrotechnics, the camera focuses in on the
announcers for the evening, Nick Cade and Anthony DeBonis.
Cade: Hello
ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to the premiere of PWA Overdrive! I’m Nick
Cade along here with my broadcast partner, Anthony DeBonis, and it feels great
to be back in the home of the PWA, Madison Square Garden!
DeBonis: You’re
right about that Nick, it feels great to be back here in the Garden. It will
definitely be a historic night to say the least. I just couldn’t pass up the
opportunity to be here tonight.
Cade: We are
just one hour away from the start of PWA Revival live on pay-per-view following
Overdrive. With that said, I would like to send us over to our broadcast
colleague, Victor Troy in Los Angeles.
DeBonis: Victor
Troy?!?! Hey, wait a minute!
Troy: Hey guys.
Let me just say the atmosphere is absolutely electric here in the City of
Angels tonight. This is truly the biggest night in the history of the
Progressive Wrestling Alliance.
Cade: Hey Vic,
where is your partner in the booth for the night?
Troy: Well Nick,
I was just about to address that. DeBonis, you never had any opportunity to be
in New York, you were sent there. The truth is, I do have a partner for the
night, but I do not know who he or she will be. I guess we will find out later
on in the evening.
Cade: I guess we
will. We’ll talk to you later on tonight Vic. Now its time to head to the ring
for the first match in PWA Overdrive history!
DeBonis: Damn
Troy.
The unfamiliar
opening sounds of “Freak Da Hoes” by Young Turk and Manny Fresh make the crowd
murmur with anticipation before 3 D-Bombs plunge from the roof to the Overdrive
entryway, and Romeo enters to a deafening New York City sized pop from the
crowd! The multi-time tag team champion steps through the ropes as his new
theme song quickly grabs the favor of his fans.
Cade: You know
Romeo has held 7 tag team championships in his career, but only one singles title
in the CAW Hardcore Championship. Do you think he can get his second here
tonight?
DeBonis: I
definitely do Nick. He’s usually winning titles with Jaguar, but this guy has
all the physical tools necessary to be a singles star. He’s one of the strongest
guys I have ever seen.
Cade: So will he
win the title tonight?
DeBonis: Oh,
hell no. Nobody is beating Bodycount in this one.
The Clipse’
“Grindin” brings out an amped-up DJ Infernus, who gets a great reaction from
the younger members of the crowd. Next up is the Blizzard, who few people
barely even notice as he enters to “Cowboys From Hell”. Kiss’ “War Machine”
plays next, and the crowd gives it up for the “Hardcore Icon” Kerry Cox as he
steps into the ring. The fans pop once more when they hear Nas’ “Made You
Look”, but these quickly turn to jeers as the massive Bodycount enters to his
new theme.
DeBonis: Here’s
the winner right here.
Cade: Hard to
argue there.
Dream Theater’s
“The Mirror” plays next, and the Progressive Champion, Anthony Annetta emerges
to a substantial reaction. The clock is set to 15 minutes on the Gardenvision
screen and Annetta tosses his belt to the timekeeper before darting into the
ring to start the match.
All six men
begin the match with fisticuffs, as Cox pummels Infernus, Romeo takes it to
Annetta and Bodycount mauls The Blizzard in a corner. Infernus falls to the mat
and Annetta does the same after a Romeo clothesline. Romeo attempts a quick
cover, but it is broken up by Cox.
Romeo and Cox begin to trade fists until Romeo is hit square in the back
by a chair from Bodycount! Annetta clubs Bodycount from behind, but Bodycount
absolutely takes over on the champion by planting a huge boot in his face! Cox
tosses Romeo over the top rope and onto the arena floor as Infernus does the
same to Blizzard on the far end. Bodycount grabs Annetta in a fireman’s carry,
and swings him around before planting him face-first with an F-5! Bodycount
covers, 1----2---3!
Annetta rolls to
the outside in a great deal of pain as Cox jumps Bodycount from behind. The new
champion shows his dominance by lifting Cox into the air and tossing him down
with a press slam. Infernus darts in and nearly gets beheaded by a Bodycount
clothesline before Blizzard gets plastered with a running DDT. Romeo climbs on
the ring apron, but the champion knocks him back down to the floor before
following him outside. Bodycount slams Romeo shoulder-first into the ring post,
but turns around to find a rejuvenated Annetta blast him in the face with a
sledgehammer! Bodycount turns away in pain, miraculously not falling---but only
before Annetta plants him with a spinebuster! Annetta covers hooking the
tights, 1---2---3!
Cade: Wow!
Annetta has regained the title with a little help from a sledgehammer!
DeBonis:
Definitely a miracle. There’s still 7 minutes to go here!
Annetta rolls
back into the ring, but the Blizzard immediately nails him with the Blizzard Kick!
The Blizzard bends for a cover, but this allows Cox to dump him over the top
rope! Cox covers, 1---2---3! Cox wins the title with 6 minutes to go, but Romeo
doesn’t let the new champion breathe as he delivers a sidewalk slam. Romeo
covers, 1---2---The Blizzard yanks him out of the ring! DJ Infernus quickly
takes the advantage by turning Cox over in a Liontamer! Cox tries to hold on,
but Infernus plants a knee in the back of the champion and Cox taps out!
Cade: Whoa!
Infernus now has the belt!
DeBonis: But can
he hang onto it with 5 minutes left?
Cox clutches his
back as Infernus jumps around in the ring. If DJ needed a reminder that the
match is not yet over, he gets one as Romeo kicks him in the gut, adjusts his
trademark black bandana, and plants him with Dre Day! Annetta climbs up on the
apron, but is knocked back down before Romeo makes a lazy, yet academic cover
for one…two….three!
Romeo looks at
the clock, which reads 4 and a half minutes remaining. Romeo then turns his
attention to his opponents, but its too late as Annetta hits another
spinebuster! Annetta covers, 1----2---and Romeo kicks out! Annetta looks on in
disbelief before Cox creeps up from behind and connects with the Coxsucker DDT!
Cox turns to Romeo, but he is pulled from the ring by an angry, bleeding
Bodycount! Bodycount obliterates Cox on the outside with the Monster Chokeslam
as The Blizzard hits a Blizzard Kick on a woozy Romeo! Blizzard covers,
1----2---Romeo kicks out again, with 1 minute remaining!
The crowd begins
to completely back Romeo as the clock dwindles down. Kerry Cox and Anthony
Annetta have been taken out of the action as Blizzard and Infernus begin to
brawl in, and then out of the ring. A sickening smile comes over the red face
of Bodycount as he stalks the champion. Bodycount raises his arm into the air
for the Monster Chokeslam with 30 seconds left! Romeo staggers up, and
Bodycount hits the move with tremendous impact! Bodycount looks at the clock
reading 10 seconds left, but before he can pin Romeo, he’s attacked from behind
by Infernus. Infernus gets a Monster Chokeslam for his troubles as the fans
count along with the clock, 5-4-3-2-1!
Cade: That’s it!
Romeo has done it!
DeBonis: We have
a new Progressive Champion, but Bodycount had the match well in hand.
A battered, and
now bloody Romeo holds his belt high in the air, with the assistance of the
recently emerged Camieko, as the fans shout their approval over the blaring of “Freak Da Hoes”.
Cade: Either
way, you have to hand it to all six men. But what an effort by our new
Progressive Champion, Romeo!
DeBonis: He
definitely proved some critics wrong tonight. Romeo has won the first match in
Overdrive history!
Cade: An
impressive victory indeed. Now, lets go back over to Los Angeles as we have
Scott Cornelius standing with Jaguar.
Cornelius:
Thanks guys. Jaguar, you just saw your partner
Romeo become the new Progressive Champion moments ago in New York. With your
showdown with Trinity looming, what are your thoughts going into tonight’s
match?
Jaguar: Well
Corny, long time no see, eh junior? First of all, I wanna congratulate my main
man Romeo for becoming the new Progressive Champion. But my primary focus for
the night is to deal with Trinity. This guy is big and bad, but I proved last
month that he can be beat. Last we saw him, he was lying face-first on a hotel
room floor. I hope he’s used to that position. But did you see what happened in
the main event on Tuesday Corny?
Cornelius: Yes I
did. You were pinned when Vulture held onto your tights.
Jaguar: Right.
Now I’m not surprised at what he did. He’s that kind of guy. But maybe he will
see what kind of guy I am later on. That is, after the Machine decimates his
punk ass. But anyway Corny, I have a man’s ass to whip. Maybe, just maybe we’ll
even see a Carrjacking or two tonight.
Cornelius:
Alright thank you Jag. Nick, Anthony, back to you in the Garden.
DeBonis: You
hear Jaguar talking like he has a chance tonight?
Nick: I don’t
know Anthony, I think he can pull off a win tonight. Why not? He can get the
job done as a singles wrestler, he’s been a world champion twice earlier this
year.
DeBonis: (yawns)
What have you done for me lately?
P.O.D.’s “Alive”
begins, signaling a nice wave of boos for the arrival of Steve Beovich. The
“Flying Terrier” simply shrugs off the jeers and climbs into the ring, as
“Alive” gives way to “Sandstorm” by Darude. Anthony “BK” Desio walks down the
ramp and into the ring with his reaction equaling that of Beovich’s.
Cade: Desio and
Beovich are a pretty new tag team here in the PWA, seemingly joined by their
hatred of Jon Dulberg. Tonight, they get their chance at Dulberg and his
cousin, Ryan Knakal. Do you think Desio and Beovich can beat them?
DeBonis: Huh?
Did you say something there Nick?
Cade: (sigh)
Never mind.
“Get F*cked Up”
by Iconz draws a good reaction from the New Yorkers as Ryan Knakal waits atop
the entrance ramp. Jon Dulberg arrives next to Pantera’s “Walk” with a very
positive response as well. The bell sounds, signaling that this tag match is
underway.
Knakal begins
things off by locking up with Beovich. Beovich gets the upper hand with a side
headlock. Knakal tries to push him off, but Beovich wrenches down on the move,
causing Knakal to slap his back in pain. Knakal backs towards the ropes and uses
his sheer strength to back suplex Beovich up and over the top rope backwards!
Beovich luckily lands on his feet, but his momentum sends him reeling into the
barricade! The experienced tag team wrestler Knakal makes the referee draw his
attention to Desio, giving an over-anxious Dulberg enough time to climb to the
top rope and clobber Beovich with a double axe handle!
Cade: Dulberg
and Knakal are just taking the hurt to their opponents right now. Desio and
Beovich need to forge quite the comeback in this one.
DeBonis: I agree
Nick. Seeing as they are getting romped right now.
Dulberg rolls
Beovich back into the ring, where Knakal attempts a cover. One…two…Beovich
kicks out. Knakal whips Beovich to the ropes, with a blind tag by Desio.
Beovich ducks under a clothesline and Desio nails Knakal with a flying forearm
as he enters! Desio and Beovich give Knakal a double suplex just before the
referee’s count reaches five and Desio now attempts a pin, but only gets a two
count. Desio tries to keep the big man down with a sleeperhold, but Knakal
reverses into a suplex and tags in Dulberg!
Cade: Dulberg is
fresh, the tide will likely change right now!
Dulberg downs
Desio and then Beovich with consecutive clotheslines before Desio evens things
up with a chopblock. Desio tags out to Beovich, who scales the top rope. Desio
delivers a scoop slam to Dulberg, complimented by Beovich nailing the NC Double
Crush! Beovich hooks the leg, 1----2---Knakal stomps Beovich to break the pin!
Knakal and Beovich then trade punches with Knakal easily dominating. Knakal
floors Beovich with a right hand and Dulberg capitalizes quickly with the 7th
inning Stretch!
DeBonis: Hold on
Steve! Hold on!
Cade: Look at
the torque applied by Dulberg!
Dulberg wrenches
back, perhaps too far as Beovich reaches the bottom rope! Beovich uses the
ropes to pull himself up as Desio charges into the ring. Desio nears Dulberg,
who shows tremendous ring presence by sending “BK” over the top rope with a
back body drop! Knakal hits the ring floor to keep Desio at bay while Beovich
swings a desperation right hand at Dulberg. Dulberg ducks it and hits a huge
release German suplex! Dulberg makes a cover and hooks the far leg,
1----2----3!
Cade: What a big
win for Dulberg and Knakal!
DeBonis: I think
that this team will definitely be watching that tag team title match tonight at
Revival. Speaking of Revival, we now have Scott Cornelius with the challenger
in tonight’s heavyweight championship match, The Machine.
WINNERS VIA
PINFALL: JON DULBERG AND RYAN KNAKAL
Cornelius:
Thanks guys. I’m now here with the number one contender for the PWA World
Championship, The Machine. Machine, tonight is the night. Tonight is your chance
to take the PWA title from a man you feel is unworthy of it, Vulture.
Machine: You’re
right about that Scott. Tonight is The Machine’s night. I have waited for my
opportunity, and it is now here. The Machine has dealt with crap from Vulture,
and even worse crap from Bryan Conroy. But they will both realize that nothing
will stop The Machine from fulfilling his destiny here tonight. This is not
Vulture’s night, it damn sure isn’t Bryan Conroy’s night, this is MY NIGHT! And
NO ONE, NO ONE is going to take my night away from The Machine!
Segment
6: Backstage:
The camera cuts
backstage to the lobby of the Staples Center. Amidst the thousands of fans
filing in, a small space has been taped off near the three NBA championship trophies
possessed by the defending champion Los Angeles Lakers. Near the glass encasing
the gold trophies stands the duo of Walter Gindin and Jerry Georgatos,
respectively the agent and manager of GI Jew.
Georgatos: Oh,
hello folks. I’m pretty sure you saw what our client, GI Jew did to Norm the
Pizzaman this past Tuesday in Las Vegas. While it was brutal, it was only
target practice for GI Jew. He was only preparing for what he will do to Scythe
under those same circumstances here tonight.
Gindin: Oh, Jerry
I think we forgot to tell them. Many people were wondering just where we were
this past Tuesday night. We were actually here in the City of Angels finalizing
our clients’ contract for his match tonight. You see, tonight’s championship
contest is now a no disqualification match! Scythe could have prevented this,
but he was too busy eating rice and California rolls and all that stuff.
Georgatos: We
are here at the trophy case merely to check out what gold looks like again. We
know Scott Hosemann never showed us any. But tonight, GI Jew will. He’s already
killed one Asian “superstar” this week, and with no disqualifications under the
PWA banner, he just might add another to that list.
Gindin: And
Scythe, those lawyers are located on Ventura Blvd., just in case you wanted to
draw up a quick will.
Cade: GI Jew
versus Scythe with no DQs?!?! After what GI Jew did last Tuesday, that could be
career altering for Scythe! And what strong words from The Machine, that will
be a barnburner tonight. Well in any event, its now time for our second
championship match of the night.
DeBonis: Yep,
for the Women’s Championship. Gee, I wonder what’s going to happen in this one.
Cade: We’ll see,
lets head to the ring.
Trina’s “B R
Right” creates a party-like atmosphere for the entrance of challenger Dee
Licious as she bounces down the aisle.
Dee begins to smooth-talk the referee as Kidneythieves’ “Pleasant” takes
over and Jade arrives to a brand-new theme with her belt securely strapped
around her waist.
DeBonis: Rumor
has it that Jade is looking to make short work of Dee here so she can get over
to LaGuardia and fly to L.A. for Vulture’s match.
Cade: Los
Angeles is a three-hour flight.
DeBonis:
Exactly, watch her work.
The bell sounds
and Jade quickly goes on the offense by spearing Dee to the ground and
delivering several hard blows to the face. Dee kicks her way free and sidesteps
a Jade clothesline before flooring the champion with one of her own. Jade gets
up and walks into another clothesline, sparking more momentum for Dee. Dee
whips Jade to the ropes and outstretches her arm for a clothesline, but the
champion floats over and plants Dee with an incredible DDT! Jade covers,
1----2---Dee kicks out!
Cade: Wow, what
a fight from Dee! So much for short work.
DeBonis: I think
that’s only going to piss Jade off now.
Jade signals to the crowd, hollering that the end is near for the challenger. Jade grabs Dee by the leg and applies her finisher, Jaded! Dee inches towards the ropes, and grabs the bottom cable! Jade breaks the hold at the referee’s count of four as Dee pulls herself up. The challenger makes it back to her feet, but Jade springs right on her and blasts her with the Side Effect! Jade hooks the far leg tightly as the referee slaps the mat three times! Jade retains her title, and grabs her belt quickly before darting back through the curtain!
DeBonis: There
you have it, short work. I guess the rumors are true, because she’s running
like she has a plane to catch or something.
Cade: I guess
so. What an effort from Dee Licious, but she falls short once again. Will
anyone be able to even contain Jade?
DeBonis: I
highly doubt it Nick.
WINNER AND STILL PWA WOMEN’S CHAMPION: JADE
A graphic
reading “earlier today” is shown at the bottom of the screen as we see a sunny
image from outside the Staples Center. We are taken inside, where the ring is
already set up and a man peers upward at the 20-foot high steel cell. The man
brings his head down to show that he is “The Impulse” Mike Griffin. Griffin
looks into the camera and begins to speak.
Griffin: There
it is. In just a few short hours, I will step back into this ring and inside
that cell with a man that was a brother to me. Its you, Greg Tantalus. In the
past few months, I have witnessed Greg become the sorriest excuse for a man
that I have ever witnessed. You weren’t good enough to beat The Machine for
number one contendership, so you beat up your girlfriend instead. You must be a
real tough guy Greg. To beat on a woman that has been like a sister to me and
so good to you. Well tonight Greg, you can try to beat on me. Michelle is at
home in Franklin Square Greg, I personally saw to it that she was. But I am
here in Los Angeles, the first guy in the building, waiting, just patiently
waiting to give you what you have coming. We have wrestled before Greg, but
this will be no wrestling match tonight. This will be a fight! When that cell
door slams shut and locks, I will proceed to take you apart in whatever way I
see fit tonight. A lot of people would probably say “Jeez, why are you so calm
Mike?” I’m calm now because I don’t have to worry about protecting Michelle
from the sorry piece of sh*t that you are, all I need to worry about is ending
your career. So consider this the calm before the storm Greg, because in a few
hours, this storm will be out to take your life.
Segment
9: Ringside:
Cade: What ominous
words from “The Impulse”. I think Greg Tantalus could be in for a very long
night tonight. Alright ladies and gentlemen, we are now just moments away from
heading live to Los Angeles for PWA Revival. Here is the final rundown for
tonight’s card: Orgy’s “Revival” begins to play as the superstar images appear
on the screen.
PWA World
Heavyweight Championship: Vulture © vs. The Machine
PWA
International Championship (No Disqualifications): Scythe © vs. GI Jew
PWA Tag Team
Championship: Double Ds © vs. The Archangels
Grudge Match
(Hell In A Cell): Greg Tantalus vs. Mike Griffin
Trinity vs.
Jaguar
Chocolate Wonder
and Renegade vs. Don Cerrone and Chad Hasty
Lost Souls vs. 7
Any-Power vs. Mystery Partner
New York City
Street Fight: “The Miracle” Mike Troha returns vs. “The Iceman” Jason Calysto
James Biamonte
vs. Scott Hosemann
What an
impressive card that is. We will see you back here in MSG for the huge New York
City Street Fight, but now we head to the Staples Center for Revival. For Anthony
DeBonis, I’m Nick Cade saying enjoy the show!