BREAKDOWN
January 19th, 2001
From the Gund Arena in Cleveland, Ohio
That's right folks, the GWA returns for another exciting edition of Breakdown! Tonight we've got an update on the status of the next GWA Pay-Per-View, A Night To Remember, on Febuary 17th! Plus a whole lot more! But first, a quick result update from the Gund Arena....
[Dark Match]
Stephen Ryder made Orion submit to the Hard Ryde in 0:04:49
Rating: * 3/4
"The Low Ryder" Stephen Ryder picks himself up a win before the start of the televised portion of Breakdown.
Tonight's main event will be a GWA Television Title Match between Lord Horatio Nelson and his fellow Englishman, "Greyfox" Alan Stone!
A number one contenders match for the GWA Tag Team Titles will go down between Twisted Youth and Midnight Express 2000!
Plus a Young Guns Six-Shooter Match featuring Billy Ferdinand, Kid Dynamite, "Cutting Edge" Cameron Cannon, Black Wolf, "Golden Boy" Donnie Rhodes, and Kage! The winner of the match will receive a Junior-Heavyweight Title shot at A Night To Remember!
And lots of singles action.... "Magnificent" Mike Smith will go at it with The Unreal Body!
Duncan "The Scotsman" McKracken will go one-on-one with The Memphis Mangler!
And fueled by the incidents on Saturday Slam, "The Fury" Robin Banks has challenged Killer Bear to a singles match for attacking his friend, "Aerodynamic" Eric Copeland at the request of "The Nicest Man In Professional Wrestling" Jarvis Rochester!
But right now, let's get to the opening match of the evening!
Last week, with the help of The Great Hido, Super Augilla defeated Magnum Dragon in a one-on-one match. Afterwards, Hido and Augilla kept on attacking Magnum until El Caballero made the save. Tonight, Japan and Mexico collide once again, but this time with different competitors.
The crazed Great Hido didn't waste any time getting this contest started. He jumped El Caballero just before the bell rang to get himself the early advantage. Hido was all over the luchadore, punching, kicking, and finally biting him! Hido tossed Caballero over the top rope, but Caballero landed on the apron, shot a fist into the midsection of The Great Hido, and slingshot himself back into the ring with a sunset flip!
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Hido fought back with some wild haymakers, but Caballero ducked and viciously chopped away at the chest of his Japanese opponent. Caballero whipped Hido into the ropes and took him down with a backdrop, followed up by a corkscrew legdrop across the throat! Caballero made another cover!
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Caballero went upstairs and attempted a moonsault, but Hido managed to catch Caballero and dropped him unmercilessly on his head with a Tombstone piledriver!!!
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Hido looked venomously at referee Robert Taylor, who backed away from the near psychotic Japanese wrestler. Hido picked Caballero up and started nailing him with a series of martial arts kicks. Caballero managed to catch one of Hido's kicks though, but Hido was ready and smashed the back of Caballero's head with an enziguri!
Caballero fell to the mat like a sack of potatoes, as Hido laughed at his fallen victim. Hido hooked Caballero's legs up for an Indian Death lock submission, but Caballero suddenly took Hido down with a small package!
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Hido quickly got back up and stomped the crap out of El Caballero for fighting back. Hido picked Caballero up and floored him with a snap suplex to the canvas, followed by a springboard splash!
Hido went upstairs and waited for a dizzied El Caballero to rise. As Caballero got up, Hido flew off the turnbuckles, apparently attempting a flying double axehandle, but Caballero caught Hido with an inverted atomic drop, and then a lightning fast legsweep, followed by a roll through pin!
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The Cleveland crowd gasps a big sigh as another close fall eludes us fans of a victor to the match. Both men take their time getting back up, as Robert Taylor begins his mandatory 10-count. It is around 7 before either man rouses, and 9 when they both finally get back to their feet.
Hido throws a thrust kick into the midsection of El Caballero and whips him into the ropes. The Great Hido attempts a tilt-a-whirl slam, but Caballero counters with a spinning headscissors to the canvas! The Great Hido quickly gets back up, but is very disoriented.
Caballero drops him with a jumping DDT and then runs into the ropes, landing with his finisher, the Springboard Twisting Senton!!! All that was left was for Robert Taylor to count.
El Caballero pinned The Great Hido with the Springboard Twisting Senton in 0:12:19
What a way to start off Breakdown!!!
But things would not stay this joyful... Super Augilla was on his way to the ring, and El Caballero did not see him. Augilla nailed his Mexican counterpart with a spinning leg lariat that kept Caballero down. Augilla and Hido started stomping away at Caballero, when Magnum Dragon made his appearance much to the crowd's pleasure!
Dragon hit some hellish clotheslines on both The Great Hido and Super Augilla before they both powdered out of the ring, yelling insults in Japanese and Spanish at Magnum Dragon.
Dragon helped El Caballero up to his feet, and the two men shook hands with each other as a show of respect. We won't be seeing the last of this fued, that's for sure.
***Commercial Break***
As we came back from break, we went to a shot outside the Gund Arena, where a car blaring with rap music pulled up, and Death Row and some of his 'homies' stepped out and started walking towards the wrestlers' entrance. However, a few security guards stepped in and told the entire group that they weren't allowed access into the arena without a ticket. Death Row told the security guards that he was a 'muthaf***ing wrestler', and then he and his gang swarmed upon the security guards, a huge street brawl errupting!!! Oh my God! This was lunacy!!!
Back inside, we had another match to get to.
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Kickout by Hido!
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Another kickout!
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3.... NO!!! Somehow, El Caballero managed to kick out!
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3.... NO! Hido escapes!
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The Great Hido grabs the bottom rope with his right hand!
Rating: ****
The match started out with a test of strength, McKracken perhaps coming out on top of that exchange. Mangler hit a few knees to the midsection of McKracken to break out and hit a shoulderblock on his opponent. McKracken came back with a shoulderblock of his own, as the two competitors continued to feel each other out.
Mangler threw a kick at McKracken and took him down with a bodyslam, followed up with a few elbowdrops. Mangler went to pick McKracken up, but "The Scotsman" came up with a headbutt to Mangler's face, followed up by a gutbuster! McKracken grabbed The Memphis Mangler's legs and slingshot him face-first into the turnbuckles! Mangler came pinwheeling back as McKracken rolled him in an outside cradle!
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Kickout!
McKracken popped Mangler in the head with a couple of quick jabs, but The Memphis Mangler bought himself some time with a facerake to "The Scotsman". Mangler kicked McKracken in the midsection and dumped him on his head with a piledriver! A cover by Mangler!
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Kickout!
The Memphis Mangler ran off into the ropes and came back with a high cross body onto Duncan McKracken! Another two count for the veteran from Tennessee! Mangler looked frustrated at the referee as he went back to the drawing board. Mangler sitched McKracken up for a vertical suplex, but McKracken slid down The Memphis Mangler's back, booted him in the gut, and slammed him down with a Death Valley Driver!!!
McKracken palmed Mangler by his mask, tossed him over his shoulder, and drove him down into the mat with the Highland Press!!!! This match was over already!!!
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3!!! McKracken wins!
Duncan McKracken defeated The Memphis Mangler with the Highland Press in 0:05:50
Rating: **
A good victory for "The Scotsman", who looked pretty dominating in that match! Lord Horatio Nelson should beware...
However, the real drama was happening outside as a riot squad arrived to quell the troubles outside the Gund Arena! Death Row and his boys were cuffed and carted off quickly, as an ambulance arrived for the wounded security guards. Those boys certainly took one hell of a beating. It seems as if Death Row will not play a big factor any longer... at least for tonight anyway...
***Commercial Break***
As we came back, our commentators Michael Greenwood and Sam Reed told us that GWA Executive Producer, Greg Pierce, had lost the coin toss, and was already in his car and headed for the county jail to make bail on Death Row.
We had more action to get to...
Afterwards, Jarvis Rochester and Killer Bear attacked Eric Copeland, until Copeland's long-time buddy from the indy wrestling scene, "The Fury" Robin Banks arrived on the scene. Tonight, Banks looks for a little revenge.
Banks immediately locked up with Killer Bear, who shoved him down to the ground almost instantly. Banks got back up and locked up with Bear again, who once again shoved him to the ground. Banks got up to his feet a third time, but this time, as he was about to lock-up with Killer Bear again, he surprised the big man with a hiptoss to the canvas!
Killer Bear got back up, pretty enraged, and charged at "The Fury". Banks side stepped and caught the big guy with a drop toe hold, followed up by a legdrop to the back of the head! Banks pulled Bear up to his feet and attempted a slam of some sort, but Bear weighed too much and clobbered Banks in the back with a big double axehandle to the back. The feeling of being punched by Killer Bear can only be described as being hit with a side of beef...
Bear whipped Banks into the ropes and caught him with a backdrop, followed up by a sitdown splash onto the chest of "The Fury"! Bear kept his rear posterior on Banks for a cover!
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No! Somehow Banks forced Killer Bear's large rear end off of him!
The big guy picked Banks back up and went for a power bomb... but Banks countered with a hurricanrana! Killer Bear was shellshocked! Bear got up again, but Banks caught him with a back heel kick to the jaw, which sent the big man stumbling into the corner. Banks sprung up to the top rope and nailed Killer Bear with a flying bulldog! Cover!
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3.....No! Killer Bear kicks away!
Banks went to work on Killer Bear, with a series of kicks to the midsection, followed up by an Irish whip into the ropes. Banks made the mistake of going for a backdrop, and Killer Bear managed to stop and catch "The Fury" with a gutwrench suplex! Bear ran into the ropes and landed on top of Banks with a club-like elbowdrop across the chest! Bear made another cover....
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Banks gets a shoulder up!
Killer Bear picked Banks back up and placed him in the corner, tearing into him with a few lefts and rights. Bear attempted to whip Banks across the ring and into the opposite corner, but Banks reversed on Killer Bear! Banks quickly followed up with a handspring cartwheel splash into the corner!
But senior official Mel Harris had accidentally gotten in the way, and was crushed in between Banks' splash and Killer Bear's girth! Harris fell down as Banks covered Bear, but no count was administered.
Soon, the crowd's confusion turned to a wave of boos as the sissy man himself, Jarvis Rochester emerged from the back with a steel chair in his hands! Rochester slid into the ring and delivered a chair shot onto the back of Robin Banks, and then rolled Killer Bear on top of him!
However, that wave of boos turned into a wave of cheers as "Aerodynamic" Eric Copeland emerged from the back! Copeland slid into the ring kicked Rochester in the gut, wrestling the chair away from him! He crunched Rochester in the head with the chair, as "The Nicest Man In Professional Wrestling" fell and dropped out of the ring, out cold.
Banks came around, quickly absorbing the situation. Copeland encouraged him to go to the top turnbuckle, and he did. Copeland held up the chair for Robin Banks over Killer Bear's face, and "The Fury" came off the top with the Flash Kick - top rope spin kick - finisher! Bear was out of it! Copeland helped revive Mel Harris and the count was administered!
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3!!! Who said the faces had to play fair?!!!
Robin Banks defeated Killer Bear with the Flash Kick in 0:10:23
Rating: ** 3/4
We went backstage after the match, where we saw "The Striker" Lance Thompson walking through the locker room area, with his gym bags. Thompson, as per usual, had a mean look upon his face as he walked toward the parking lot. Suddenly, a door to the left of Thompson opened up, and The Unreal Body flew out of the door, a 'lady of the night' in his arms. The woman thrust The Unreal Body back toward the wall, as if she was going to give him a.... ya know... However, as The Unreal Body was shoved back, he bumped into Lance Thompson, who dropped his bags on the floor.
Thompson: Hey! Watch where the hell you're going!
Unreal: What? Hey, you watch your mouth around me punk... or else....
The Unreal Body pointed to the open door, where his large Italian bodyguard, Dario, was standing, leaning against the doorframe.
Thompson: Or else what? Your big, ugly, goat-raping knucklehead is gonna try and kiss me?
Dario: Um....... Huh?
Unreal: Shutup Dario. No, I don't think you'd be let off that easy Thompson. I think I just might have him stomp your ass into the ground!
"The Striker" had his fist balled, ready to nail The Unreal Body, when Thompson's manager, Mario Zandani caught up with him.
Zandani: Lance! Lance! Come on son, let's go home. We can leave this fight for another day....
Zandani led his student away from the scene, as The Unreal Body gloated over a phantom victory from the encounter. Dario stood in the doorway looking as dumb as ever.
***Commercial Break***
The next match was certainly going to be interesting.
It seemed as if Cannon, Rhodes, and Ferdinand were on the same page, and discussed which of them would start the match. Kid Dynamite immediately powdered to one corner of the ring, so that left Kage and Black Wolf to their own form of diplomacy. Neither said a word to one another, but eventually Kage left the ring for Black Wolf to start things off.
So it was Black Wolf against Billy Ferdinand first. The other four men were on the four corners of the ring, and any could be tagged in at any time.
Ferdinand was instantly all over Black Wolf, rocking him with lefts and rights, before taking him down with a springboard dropkick! Ferdinand covered for a quick one count on Black Wolf. Ferdinand picked Wolf back up in a headlock position, but Black Wolf used his strength to pull Ferdinand back into a belly-to-back suplex!
Black Wolf stomped upon the back of Billy Ferdinand. He flipped Ferdinand over and was looking for a figure-four leglock, a submission victory early in the match! Ferdinand managed to kick Black Wolf off though, and then took him down and out of the ring with a lariat!
Black Wolf was stunned momentarily, as Billy Ferdinand clobbered him in the face with a baseball slide! Black Wolf stumbled down and into the guardrail! Ferdinand threw Wolf back into the ring, but Black Wolf quickly managed to tag out to Kage before Ferdinand could even reenter the ring!
Kage attacked Ferdinand with a flying forearm shot to the nose, followed up by some kicks to the midsection. Kage dropped Ferdinand with a vertical suplex, and then mounted on Ferdinand's shoulders and just starting pounding into him with some lefts and rights to the face!
Peter Larson eventually dragged Kage off of Ferdinand, but the damage had been done. Ferdinand looked like he was out cold, as Kage climbed to the top rope, looking for a moonsault... but Kage was unmercifully shoved off of the turnbuckle by Kid Dynamite! Guess that shows you shouldn't trust anybody in a match like this!
Kage and Ferdinand were both out of it, but Ferdinand came around first. He shook his head groggily, and quickly rolled into the corner to tag in "Cutting Edge" Cameron Cannon! Cannon came in a "house a-fire", winding up and taking Kage down with several roundhouse rights. Cannon hopped onto the apron and drove a slingshot elbow into Kage's throat before covering him!
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Kickout by Kage!
Cannon stood up and executed a standing moonsault on Kage! He went for another cover!
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Foot on the ropes!
Cannon picked Kage up once more, and looked like he was going for a DDT, but Kage countered with a Northern Lights suplex!!!
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Kickout by Cannon!
Kage was dizzy and decided he had better tag out before he got himself into more trouble. He tagged out to "Golden Boy" Donnie Rhodes.
Rhodes came in full of energy. He wound up Cannon's arm in an armwringer, and tossed him to the ground with a judo throw. Rhodes quickly went upstairs and landed a flying fistdrop, ala Jerry Lawler, onto Cannon's facial features. Rhodes lifted Cannon up and placed him on the turnbuckles, it looked as if he wanted to end this thing right now!
But Cannon fought back with some right hands, and soon had the advantage back in his favor! He dragged Rhodes up to the top turnbuckle with him, threw a knee into his midsection, and then flew from the top rope with him! MOONLIGHT BOMB!!!!
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That's when all hell broke loose. Billy Ferdinand ran into the ring and tackled Black Wolf down, and the two men tumbled out of the ring, brawling with each other. Kage entered the ring with a flying clothesline on Cameron Cannon! And Kid Dynamite just stood there in his corner, obnoxiously yawning and pretending this was boring him.
Kage got up and slammed Donnie Rhodes into the corner with a big shoulderblock, but was quickly spun around by Cameron Cannon, who nailed Kage with the Dragon Driver 2000!!!
Rhodes was slumped over in the corner, unaware as to what was happening, when Kid Dynamite finally decided he would get involved in the match. He slapped Rhodes on the chest for the tag and hopped into the ring. Cameron Cannon had gone upstairs and nailed Kage with the frog legdrop, and was now standing over him, doing one of his goofy dances! Cannon did not realized Kage was not the legal man!
Dynamite crept up behind Cannon and nailed him with a low blow! What a cheat! He dragged Cannon up to the top turnbuckle and hit him with the Inverted Superplex!!! Oh no! This Dynamite Kid wannabe is going to win!
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[Young Guns Six-Shooter Match:]
Kid Dynamite won when he pinned Cameron Cannon in 0:13:19
Rating: ***
Kid Dynamite raised his hands in victory as if he had just fought a grueling one hour wrestling match with Cameron Cannon. The other four men heard the bell ring, took a moment to realize what had happened, and then made a mad bolt for Kid Dynamite's head! Dynamite slid out of the ring and hopped the guardrail, exiting through the crowd.
***Commercial Break***
We came back from a commercial, and were greeted with Ken Sinclair, standing by with GWA Chairman and Owner, Matt Walker. Standing next to Walker was an eager looking, "Young Pistol" Travis Logan.
Sinclair: Welcome back fans. I'm here with GWA Owner, Matt Walker, and standing next to him is "The Young Pistol" Travis Logan. What's up guys?
Walker: [About to say something.] ....
Logan: [Interrupting.] Mr. Walker has something to say, ain't that right Walker?
Walker: [Looking agitated.] Yes, that's right, I do have something to say Travis. I am proud to announce the first match for the GWA's next pay-per-view event, A Night To Remember! The main event will be a World Heavyweight Title match, pitting the current champion....
Logan: Me....
Walker: -Ahem- .... Blackjack Harley ... against "The Young Pistol" Travis Logan. IF he can win a qualifying match on Saturday Slam!
Sinclair: Is that why you've invaded this interview Mr. Logan?
Logan: Invaded? Boy, you'd better watch your mouth, or you'll walk outta here with a fat lip. I decided to -share- this interview, so I could tell the world that Blackjack Harley has only less than a month now before that precious World Heavyweight Title leaves his filty mits and goes back around MY waist... where it belongs. Ha ha ha!
Walker: You never had the belt around your waist Logan.... and you didn't let me finish.
Logan: Oh, go on with your petty stipulations then. Who do I have to qualify against? The Arachnid?
Walker: No... you have to qualify against Death Row.
Logan: [A fearful look on his face.] WHAT?!!!
The crowd is cheering heavily as they watch this on the big screen.
Walker: Hey, you should have let me finish... you wouldn't be so surprised right now. If Death Row wins, he will face Harley at A Night To Remember. That's all for now fans.
With that said, Matt Walker stepped off of the interview set.
Logan: [Pointing a finger at Ken Sinclair's face.] What are you smirkin at boy?
The Unreal Body took a moment to swivel his hips for all the ladies in the crowd, and was greeted with a big uppercut from Smith when he turned back around! Smith whipped The Unreal Body into the ropes and took him out with a big powerslam. The "Magnificent" one made the cover.
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Kickout!
Mike Smith kept on The Unreal Body, with a belly-to-belly suplex, followed up by a legdrop. Smith picked The Unreal Body up by a handful of hair and chucked him outside the ring. Smith quickly followed.
Smith chucked The Unreal Body into the steel guardrail, and started hammering on him with blow after blow. However, Mike Smith was distracted by the presence of Dario, who was approaching Smith. Smith turned to face Dario, and was suddenly cracked in the head with a steel chair from The Unreal Body!
Unreal tossed his opponent back into the ring and clubbered him with a series of stomps. The Unreal Body picked Mike Smith back up and leveled him with a nicely placed swinging neckbreaker. The Unreal Body made the cover and hooked the leg.
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The Unreal Body hit Smith with a standard bodyslam, and then went up to the top turnbuckle... he was signalling for the end! Unreal was going for the Golden Shower, but Mike Smith made it back up to his feet and shook the ropes with all the force he could muster, and The Unreal Body fell clumsily back down to Earth!
Smith picked The Unreal Body back up and immediately dropped him with a Doctor Bomb! It looked like the end was here!
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DARIO PULLS THE REF OUT OF THE RING!
Smith got back up, looking enraged, but he was suddenly -cocked- with a low blow from The Unreal Body! Smith hunched over in pain as The Unreal Body rolled him up in a small package!
Referee Robert Taylor shrugged off Dario, who was playing stupid as to why he pulled the ref out of the ring, and slid back into the ring. He saw the small package and counted!
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The Unreal Body pinned Mike Smith with a small package in 0:09:27
Rating: ***
The crowd was booing heavily at The Unreal Body, but not so much when "The Striker" Lance Thompson returned, running from the back with a vengeful look upon his face! Everyone figured he had left the building, including The Unreal Body! Thompson tackled Dario down and started pounding on the big Italian with lefts and rights. Just as he was about to turn his attention to The Unreal Body, he was gone, slinking down the aisle and out of sight. Thompson quickly chased after him.
***Commercial Break***
When we came back, we were heading to the ring for the only tag team match of the evening. Just one more match after this, and still no signs of World Champion Blackjack Harley as we were promised.
However, as technically sound as these teams are, the match started out with a brawl. "Turbo" Todd Casey from Twisted Youth and "Stunning" Scott Somers from MXY2K spilled to the outside and started trading blows. Somers flung Casey into the ring steps, and rammed his head into the broadcast table. Somers picked up a -television monitor- and attempted to crush Casey with it, but Casey managed to side step and throw a boot into the midsection of Somers, followed up by a Russian legsweep into the guardrail!!!
Inside the ring, "Dynamite" Devon Danzig and "Beautiful" Bobby Williams were starting the -wrestling- match off. Danzig missed a clothesline and was nailed with a belly-to-back suplex to the canvas. Williams went upstairs and attempted a flying axehandle, but Danzig caught him with a fist to the midsection, followed up by a double underhook suplex! Danzig ran into the ropes and hit a springboard legdrop! He made the cover!
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Kickout!
Danzig got up and tagged in Todd Casey, who was back on the apron. Twisted Youth together hit a double DDT onto Bobby Williams before Danzig left the ring. Casey whipped Williams into the ropes... but Williams reversed the Irish whip! Casey flew back at Williams with a high cross body, but Williams caught him and dropped him with a quick backbreaker! Williams tagged out to Scott Somers.
Somers entered the ring and dropped a couple of quick elbows onto Casey, before lifting him up and chucking him in the corner. Somers lit Casey up with some stinging chops before an Irish whip sent the "Turbo" one into the opposite corner. Somers charged in with a running shoulderblock, but Casey quickly flung himself up to a seated position on the top turnbuckle and nailed Somers with a Tornado DDT!!!
Casey was about to cover Somers, when Bobby Williams entered the ring and hit Casey with a clothesline to the back of the head! Devon Danzig came into the ring with a springboard dropkick into the face of Bobby Williams, who went sprawling to the outside! Danzig quickly followed Williams outside with a tope!
Scott Somers had gotten back up and seen his partner in trouble on the outside. He ran off the ropes and nailed Danzig with a baseball slide! Somers started throwing the punches at Danzig!
Finally, Todd Casey got up and saw the mess on the outside, and with wreckless abandon, landed on all three men with a plancha!!! We had a train wreck on the outside of the ring!
The brawl kept on going.... 6.... 7.... Williams hit Casey with a clothesline that sent him over the guardrail and into the front row! 8.... 9.... Danzig clobbered Somers with a superkick!
10!!!! Ding! Ding! Ding!
[No. 1 Contenders Match:]
Twisted Youth and Midnight Express 2000 battled to a double countout in 0:07:13
Rating: ** 1/4
Well crap, that didn't slove anything!
The two teams brawled to the back, as Midnight Express 2000's manager, Darian Doring entered the ring with a despairing look upon his face. He started babbling incoherently.
Doring: Guys! Guys! Come on back fellas! We still haven't destroyed this stupid promotion yet! We've got more work to do! .... Damn, as per usual I have to do ALL the work.... the MANAGER always does all the work! You can't get anything done in this stupid promotion....
Suddenly, "Grind" by Alice In Chains started blaring, and the crowd roared in approval, as GWA World Heavyweight Champion, Blackjack Harley emerged from the back! He had been laying low all evening, and was now showing up... but for what reason?
Harley: Hey Doring.... guess what? I AM this "stupid promotion"!!!
With that said, Blackjack Harley booted Doring in the gut and eradicated him with a Blackjack Bomb!!! The crowd popped loudly for Harley as he spat on the twitching carcass of Darian Doring.
Harley: This one goes out to Travis Logan and Death Row...
And he chucked the microphone down and left the ring! We had to go to a commercial....
***Commercial Break***
Time for the main event!
The two men started the match with a lock-up, exchanging scientific holds back and forth without too much affect. Nelson locked Stone up in an armbar, but Stone slipped out and placed Nelson in an armwringer of his own devising. The Lord came back with his own hammerlock, and then whipped Alan Stone into the ropes.
"Greyfox" came back with a leapfrog over Nelson, and then both men took off for the far ropes. However, Stone managed to come out with a big dropkick to the mush of Lord Horatio Nelson!
Nelson quickly got back up and charged at Stone, who threw him across the ring with an armdrag takedown. Nelson got up again and charged in at Stone, this time connecting with a running knee lift. Nelson picked "Greyfox" back up and placed him in the corner, connecting with a series of chops to the chest.
Lord Horatio Nelson threw in a couple of punches to the midsection, and then took Stone out of the corner with a bulldog! We had the first cover of the match!
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Kickout by Stone!
Nelson picked Stone back up and went for the vertical suplex, but Stone blocked the move and hit Nelson with a snap suplex! Stone took a moment to catch his breath before starting his own streak of offense.
Stone whipped Nelson into the ropes and connected with a tilt-a-whirl backbreaker, crunching Nelson's back across his knee. Stone went up to the second turnbuckle and landed a diving headbutt on the current Television Champion. Nelson was pulled up to his feet and clobbered with a clothesline from Stone! The challenger went for the cover!
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Shoulder up!
Alan Stone decided to go upstairs again, this time going all the way up to the top, looking for the flying kneedrop, but Lord Horatio Nelson rolled away! Stone was left on the canvas clutching at his knee! Nelson quickly took advantage by locking on a kneelock submission on "Greyfox". Mel Harris was in there asking if Stone wanted to quit, but he simply refused to give it up. Stone found a burst of energy within him and managed to reach out and grab the bottom rope, forcing the break of the hold.
Up on his feet again, Nelson hit Stone with a hamstring pull, and dropped a couple of elbows into the knee of "Greyfox". Nelson stood up and bowed for the audience, who booed him away. The only person clapping was his servant, Angus, who had a big turban-styled bandage around his head after last week's chairshot from Duncan McKracken.
Stone wearily crawled to his feet, still soring over his knee, when he looked up to see Lord Horatio Nelson flying at him with a flying clothesline! Nelson made the cover!
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3... No! A Kickout by Alan Stone!
Nelson got up and looked menacingly at Mel Harris. Harris held a two in the face of Nelson, until the Television Champion shoved Harris' hand away in frustration. Nelson picked Stone back up off the canvas, and threw a kick into the challenger's midsection. He hoisted Stone up for a power bomb, but Stone slipped out and slid down Nelson's back, rolling him over in a sunset flip!
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Kickout!
This time, both challenger and champion got up at the same time, both charging at one another. Nelson's arms were flapping, attempting a clothesline on Stone, but Stone ducked and hooked Nelson into an atomic drop! Stone followed up with a reverse neckbreaker! Nelson could be out of it!
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NO! The champ escapes!
Stone threw a couple of stiff European uppercuts into the face of Lord Horatio Nelson, before whipping him into the ropes and taking him down with a backdrop. Stone went to the top once again, showing great agility for a man past 40, and waited for Nelson to get to his feet.
As Nelson got up, Stone jumped from upstairs with a flying cross body press... but Nelson caught Stone with a powerslam! Amazing! Nelson hooked Alan Stone's leg for the cover!
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Kickout!
This was turning into a -real- match here!
Nelson picked up Alan Stone and threw a series of kicks into his midsection, before downing him with a bodyslam. Nelson got a bounce off the ropes and hit an elbowdrop across Alan Stone's chest. Nelson got up and went for the same move again, but this time "Greyfox" rolled away!
Both men got up, but Stone was first to react! He hit Nelson with a quick kick and then floored him with a double underhook DDT! We could have a new champ right here!!!
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Stone went back on the attack, thrusting Nelson into the corner and laying into him with more European uppercuts. Stone whipped Nelson into the opposite corner and ran into him with a charging clothesline! Stone mounted Nelson and started punching away!
1...2...3...4...5...6...7...8...9... LOW BLOW!
Stone fell back down off of Lord Horatio Nelson, as the Lord took Stone down to the canvas with a snap mare, followed by a rolling neck snap! Nelson quickly hooked the leg, looking for any way to put Alan Stone away!
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2...
No! It just wasn't happening!
Nelson picked Stone up in a waistlock position, looking for a German suplex, but just as Stone's feet left the ground, he managed to spin around the back of Lord Horatio Nelson, and quickly nail him with a pumphandle slam! Stone made the cover!
1...
2...
Kickout again!
Both men lie on the canvas exhausted as the crowd cheered very loudly for such a great match they were viewing. Mel Harris starts his counting out of both men, as Alan Stone slowly starts coming around, shaking the cobwebs off. Meanwhile, Lord Horatio Nelson rolls over to the ropes and starts clutching at them to help himself stand. These two men were putting up one hell of a fight!
The two wrestlers tie-up again, with Nelson tossing Stone into the ropes. Stone ducked a clothesline attempt from Lord Horatio Nelson, and then came off the other side of the ring, attempting a Thesz press on Lord Horatio Nelson, but Nelson managed to catch Stone and drove him down with a spinebuster! Cover!
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2...
3... NO!
Nelson was simply amazed that Stone kicked out of that move. He had thrown nearly everything at the challenger tonight, and still couldn't put him away!
Lord Horatio Nelson went upstairs, looking for another high-risk move, but Alan Stone hastily made his way to his feet, and clocked Nelson in the gut with a pair of right hands. Stone climbed up to the top turnbuckle with Nelson and leveled him with a beautiful superplex!!!
That was it! Stone ran his thumb across his throat to signal for the end of the match! He waited for Nelson to slowly get to his feet, and then locked him up in his finisher, the Cobra Clutch! Stone is considered to have the most deadly and refined Cobra Clutch in the game, and it was now locked on the Television Champion!!!
Nelson thrashed around the ring at a vertical base, attempting to reach the ropes and break free. Stone would not budge though. Going for broke, Nelson had one last ditch effort to escape, he ran towards the turnbuckles and attempted to spring himself back and over Alan Stone, thus releasing the hold....
But Nelson didn't get a good enough jump! Stone held on, and now Lord Horatio Nelson was on the canvas, in the clutches of a painful Cobra Clutch submission hold!!! Nelson was saying something.... was he giving up? Was he telling Mel Harris that he quit?!
The bell rung!!!
The fans jumped to their feet and roared with approval! We had a new Television Champion!
Jonathan Pickett took to the microphone....
Pickett: Ladies and gentlemen, the official result of the match is... a 20 minute time-limit DRAW!!!!
What?!!! No way!
Mel Harris discussed it for a moment with the timekeeper. Apparently, Lord Horatio Nelson did not give up! Alan Stone looked completely and totally disappointed in the result, but he had to accept it.
Lord Horatio Nelson and Alan Stone battled to a time limit draw in 0:20:00
Rating: *****
[Lord Horatio Nelson retained the GWA Television Title.]
Wow! What a match that was though! Manservant Angus grabbed the Television Title and dragged Lord Horatio Nelson out of the ring. He handed Nelson the title belt and helped him walk to the back.
"Greyfox" Alan Stone looked disheartened by the match, but he was consoled by the fans, who gave him a standing ovation for his efforts. Stone applauded the fans back, and the result was a thunderous reception for him at the Gund Arena.
We were out of time for this week's edition of Breakdown. You can be sure that we haven't heard the last of this though. Next week's Breakdown will eminate from Rupp Arena in Lexington, Kentucky. Until then...
The last shot we see is "Greyfox" Alan Stone leaving the ring, looking victorious despite not taking home the Television Title.
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