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"Blood will be spilled. Kneel to my strength." When I hear this opening music I think it should be used for a MMA promotion. Speaking of MMA gimmicks, Tarek the Great makes his way to the ring right as we get started, wearing a Black Label Society leather jacket. Is that a veiled message for Wrestling Society X? It's time for our first match.
Tarek the Great v. Tack (w/ Demonica)
Demonica used to valet Tarek, but seems to be screwing with his head by coming out with Tack.He keeps looking over and staring at Tack's corner, trying to figure out what the hell's going on. Tack overpowers Tarek and delivers an elbow to the head in the corner. Tarek ducks in the opposite corner and gets a roll-up two count. Tarek with palm strikes, a whip and a clothesline. Tarek starts working stiff kicks with Tack on the ground, snap suplex, two count. Tack finally rolls outside for a breather, Tarek follows him, Tack gets back in first and takes advantage with a suplex and successive two counts. Tarek's getting a babyface pop from the crowd as Tack chokes him out with a foot, the ref warns him off, and Demonica chokes him on the bottom rope while he's busy. Tack with an exploder for two. The announcers put over that Tarek has lost his focus without Demonica, but he hits a side russian leg sweep and more kicks to the head followed by a big back bodydrop. Tarek goes top rope and hits a spin kick, but Tack kicks out at 2 and 9 tenths. Poke to the eye by Tack, Tarek floated over the ropes, he tries to come back in but Tack turns it into a pinning predicament and Demonica knocks his foot off the ropes so the ref won't break the count. WINNER: TACK. The lesson here is you never fuck pussy, pussy fucks you. For emphasis Demonica slaps Tarek in the face as we go to commercial.
We're back from commercial and Tracy Smothers is already in the ring.
Smothers/unnamed partner from West Virginia v. The Hippies
Seriously. "An unnamed partner from West Virginia." Smothers yells at the crowd as we get started and locks up to start, giving a hip toss to Jessi Hyde. Apparently Smothers wanted them to renounce their "hippiedom" and they refused. Hyde gives Smothers a hip toss of his own and celebrates like he won the Superbowl. Dude you're no Peyton Manning. Hyde pumps up the crowd, gets in another lockup, ducks under on the crisscross and hits a shoulder tackle for two. Pompano Joe gets the tag and they double team on Smothers for a two count. Mr. West Virginia as he's been dubbed interferes from the outside and gets the tag. Now "The Mountaineer" with knife edge chops. Joe overpowers him and works an arm on the ground. Smothers complains about Hyde getting in the ring, ref goes over, and Smothers gets in the ring himself to interfere. Smothers calls for a time-out~! Old school heels really are the best. The Hippies have had enough of his shenanigans and knock him outside, The Mountaineer soon follows, and then Joe planchas them both on the outside. Hyde and Smothers now appear to be the legal men in the ring. More outside interference before Hyde gets tossed to the floor and gets headbutted by the heel manager Gypsy Joe. Hyde finally gets thrown back in, Smothers drags him across the canvas by the hair, chokes him out with a boot, complains about Pompano Joe interfering and distracts the ref again. Hyde plays face-in-peril as Mountaineer comes back in and kicks his butt for a while. Hyde gets thrown into a waiting boot from Smothers, two count, Smothers tags back in. Smothers signals to Mountaineer, Mountaineer distracts the ref, and Hyde misses a pinfall opportunity as a result. Short arm clothesline leads to another two count. Smothers baits Joe in again and the heels double team Hyde. Mountaineer now the legal man again and gets a two count. Hyde blocks a suplex and reverses it, and the hot tag is a-comin'! Nope, Mountaineer cuts him off. Sunset flip by Hyde gets two. Mountaineer drags him back to the heel side. I like they're making us wait for it here. Hyde tries in vain to escape as Smothers gets in again. Pompano Joe starts a crowd chant for Jesse as Smothers has him in a chokehold. He gets the arm up before three, hits Smothers with a knee and a DDT, and crawls for the tag. HE'S GOT IT~! Joe is a house of fire BY GAWD. Knockin noggins in the middle of the ring, over the top rope leg drop, Smothers misses with a headbutt and hits his own man, Hyde gets thrown out and collides with Gypsy Joe, back in the ring the heels try to double team Joe but Hyde gets back in, drop kicks Smothers, and helps his partner make the roll-up pin by holding Mountaineer's legs. WINNERS: THE HIPPIES.
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Buffalo Bad Boy Brian Jennings {C} v. Sinn (non-title match)
The announcers put over the fact that Jennings will be defending the heavyweight belt tonight at "Cold as Ice" but little good that does since HWA shows air about three weeks to a month behind on AmericaOne. Sinn with a side headlock, Jennings escapes and nails him with a shoulder. Sinn backs off and circles, locks up again, and gets another shoulder for his trouble. Jennings snaps him over repeatedly and Sinn keeps getting right back up. Sinn and his angel wings tattoos push Jennings to the corner for some knife-edge chops. Jennings punches his way out and gets admonished by the ref for closed fists. Sinn cowers like Abyss being beaten by Jim Mitchell. In fact what Sinn clearly needs here is a dickhead manager who can cut great promos for him. Sinn goes coast to coast, avoids Jennings charging, and chokes him on the ropes for four. Scoop slam and leg drop by Sinn for a two count. Sinn goes outside the ring and works him into a tree of woe on the outside of the ropes, then gives him a chop for extra good measure. The camera focuses on an empty ring as the two brawl outside - why? They finally get back in and Buffalo picks up Sinn for a high vertical suplex, Sinn escapes and hits Jennings with a neckbreaker, gets two on the pin and is upset with the slow count. Jennings put on the top rope, headbutt to the back, he falls down into another tree of woe. Sinn tries to pull him back into the ring by the air but Jennings turns it into a modified stunner. Jennings with a lariat, a six pack slam, and a leg drop to the back of the neck getting one... two... no! Sinn gets up and gets back bodydropped, then puts him in a buffalo wing for the tapout. WINNER: BRIAN JENNINGS. I'm still perplexed as to why Moxley lost the title to Jennings on free TV last week, but so far Jennings is acquitting himself well as the champion.
After a commercial break for Monster Ballads we're back in the ring with the 5 Most Wanted and it's time for the main event!
Cody Hawk/Matt Stryker v. Kimo/Rafferty
The announcers thought Cody Hawk was coming back for one night only at their live event from "Whiskey Dicks" (you have to love bars with names like that) but Hawk seems to have returned to the roster full time. Sean casey mocks them from the outside and Kimo gets caught with a kick right as he comes in by Stryker, prompting the ref to ring the bell. Stryker overpowers him and slugs him around on the ropes, Stryker ducks a clothesline and chops at the knee. Kimo slumps in the corner and Stryker climbs the ropes for punches but gets thrown off. Stryker with clubbing blows to the back and another dropkick to the knee, and the announcer teases that Stryker might be the next HWA champion after Cold as Ice. Hawk gets a tag from Stryker and gives a one-legged dropkick to Kimo. Kimo with a headbutt and he makes the tag to Rafferty. Rafferty gets down on the mat on his knees for some collegiate wrestling, and his opposition questions why he wants another man on his back. 5 Most Wanted scream they don't play like that to laughter from the crowd. Rafferty with a series of arm drags and rolls, Hawk misses an elbow drop, and winces in pain as he stares at the unpredictable Rafferty. They circle and lock for a test of strength, Rafferty gets the better at first but Hawk reverses it so Rafferty rolls through, and Hawk tags Stryker so they can keep the advantage. Rafferty tries to come off the ropes but Stryker turns it into a snap powerslam for two. Kimo gets the tag and starts to deck Stryker with illegal blows, gets warned off, and Stryker is choked from the outside by Rafferty. Stryker slow to his feet, tries to come off the rope and chop the leg, but instead face meets knee. Kimo scoop slams him with ease. Stryker desperately needs a hot tag as Rafferty comes back in and hits knees to the midsection. The match is running long so we go to a commercial break.
We're back with Stryker in a leg scissors from Rafferty. He escapes only to be choked out through the ropes by 5MW leader Sean Casey. Rafferty hits Stryker with a clothesline, Kimo gets the tag for a double team clothesline, gets a two count. Casey complains it would have been three if the ref weren't out of position. Kimo continues to maul the Matt Stryker that doesn't suck, drags him over to the heel corner like a carcass, and Rafferty gets the tag. Stryker tries in vain to escape and Rafferty climbs up the ropes to throttle his neck. Raffery tries to charge him in the corner but Stryker gets up and turns it into an STO takedown, and finally gets the hot tag to Hawk. Hawk works over Rafferty as the video cuts in and out on the AmericaOne feed, Stryker hits a Stryker driver on Kimo, and Hawk pins Rafferty. WINNERS: HAWK/STRYKER. Cody Hawk turns on Stryker~! Hawk attacks him and leaves him laying. Sean Casey gets in the ring and announces "the unpredictable technical grand wizard Cody f'n Hawk" is the new and official fifth and final member of the Five Most Wanted. Hawk puts a chair on Stryker and Kimo splashes it. Cody stands on the chair like a surfboard and mocks Stryker as the announcers say they wish Hawk would go BACK into retirement. A video recap of the last show at Whiskey Dicks set to P. Diddy and Fuzzbubble's "All About the Benjamins" plays to close the show.See you here next week - VIVA LA EMPIRE~!
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