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Re: EWE (Extreme Wrestling Entertainment) by LegendofBaseball
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Re: EWE (Extreme Wrestling Entertainment) by LegendofBaseball
Still welcoming with open arms reviews for my last show, should have "Saturday Night Wrestling" posted by the end of the weekend, but, that can/could change. Good looking out!
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EWE_Pro_Wrestling.Com (02/13/08)
"News on Super Brawl, B-Boy, Saturday Night Wrestling & Raven's Health Condition"
Hi again folks, this is James Salazar, glad y'all could get on your computer and read this blog on the 13th day of February.
Let's start off by talking about one of our own, from the California area, B-Boy. B-Boy has been travelling up and down the roads in pro wrestling, making his name in the UPW promotion and has appeared since then in, most notably, Ring of Honor & Combat Zone Wrestling (CZW) On the Super Brawl I Weekend, B-Boy bids his farewell to Professional Wrestling after almost 10 years in the business. On the Friday Night show, B-Boy will take on fellow APW'er Super Dragon & then, on the PPV, B-Boy will take on CZW nemesis Sonjay Dutt in what will be B-Boy farewell matchup in Wrestling. Everyone here at the EWE are and were glad to have been around this very well rounded and down to earth friend of ours as we give him this last and final stage to shine on before he bids his farewell to all of us and fans alike.
Speaking of the Super Brawl I Weekend, more and more matches are being signed as we speak. On Friday Night, after what happened last night on Tuesday Night Showdown, Sara Del Rey will be putting her SHIMMER Championship on the line against Cheerleader Melissa. Melissa & Del Rey have been going up and down the country battling it out. Will this be Melissa's crowning achievement against Del Rey or will Del Rey erase that very elusive defeat in her win-loss column by taking care of Cheerleader Melissa? All these questions will be answered on Friday Night, February 22nd at the 1st Mariner Arena in Baltimore, Maryland!
Soon, right here on EWE_Pro_Wrestling.Com, we will be posting both cards for the Super Brawl I Weekend and wait 'till you see which two matchups headline these two historical nights in EWE's short lived history!
Now, before we get to Super Brawl in less than 2 weeks, we head to this Saturday's "SNW" Broadcast. Straight out of the EWE Offices, the EWE Board of Commissioners in collaboration with the EWE Matchmakers have booked a gigantic Main Event for next week's Tuesday Night Showdown, all the details will be revealed on "SNW" so don't miss it! On YES at 7 pm Eastern time this Saturday with your hosts, Chris Lovey & Steve Corino!
Fans, before I leave you, I want to pass on to you the latest on Raven's heatlh, just a mere 12 hours after Raven was mercilessly attacked by Vampiro. We now that, thankfully, Raven's eyesight was not affected and that he has not been put in any danger of losing his eye or his eyesight for that matter. But, the burns did scar Raven very close to his eye and therefore, Raven will need reconstructive surgery to repair the damaged skin and therefore, it is said Raven will have to keep himself far away from the EWE rings for what is only now known as an undertermined period of time. Information on his hopeful return will be provided to you once details of the surgery have become available for us to pass on to you, but for now, we can only but hope and prey that Raven is not scared for life after this heinous attack.
Don't forget to log in tomorrow for the weekly blog entry of our good friend Tully Blanchard, as he surely will have a lot to say about the upcoming Super Brawl I Weekend and the happenings in the EWE of the last week. So long!
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Re: EWE (Extreme Wrestling Entertainment) by LegendofBaseball
EWE_Pro_Wrestling.Com (02/14/08)
"News, Notes & Whatever's Left" by Tully Blanchard
Hello fans, as I'm sitting in my study down here in San Antonio, as always, I can't help but feel quite excited about the week that just passed us and the week that is upon us... not to mention the arrival shortly of the EWE's second ever Pay-Per-View, "Super Brawl".
This week, I want to talk about the tremendous job that the EWE Matchmakers and the EWE Board of Commissioners have done over the past couple of weeks. We're just about getting ready to close in on our 3rd week of tv shows and, looking over at the great matchups we've been seeing is really something else.
We've seen some great female wrestling action, something that had never been presented on such a huge stage. We've seen the future of tomorrow with the Ring of Honor crop of young, talented and passionate wrestlers emerge on the EWE scene and really put all the effort in the world in making their presences felt throughout the locker room. We've seen dream matches amongst dream matches and many more still to come. And not to mention the crowning of the very first EWE Television Champion in Christopher Daniels.
I think that, even though the great legends working backstage at each and every event have tend to be on the side of the "good guys" as of late with some decisions that have been taken, I think that what it all boils down to is the fact that these men have been on both sides of the playground in their day, and, can easily analyze each and every situation and thus far have come up with fair decisions that make simple sense.
What these men bring to the table is unlike anything that's ever been brought before. Not only do they bring tremendous knowledge of the sport, but they also bring knowledge from being on the outside looking in, from, well, the fan's perspective. The whole concept of the Super Brawl Pay-Per-View is to ensure the crowning of deserving Champions.
So, to Ric, Arn, Bret, Dusty, Rick, Dusty, Ricky & Larry, I lift my hat up to you all, and keep on doing what you do so well, because you bring back the word "sport" in professional wrestling. Something that I thought was long lost on a national and international stage for ever. Kudos to you my ring brothers.
Until next time, God Bless.
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Re: EWE (Extreme Wrestling Entertainment) by LegendofBaseball
Tuesday Night Showdown
2-12-08
Review
I know it seems like a hassle but I really recommend that you proofread your shows before posting them. I’ve let it fly by before but it’s starting to get annoying having to reread the parts where the errors show up in order to understand what is being said. In essence, it’s degrading the overall effectiveness of the promos.
Hassan’s promo was a great heat generator. However, I knew the match wouldn’t go down as planned.
Melissa’s victory over Del Ray was well-deserved.
I can’t help but remember Vito’s dress gimmick while thinking of him & his ‘cousin’ Sal.
You set up the Baldies promo with the description of the setting marvelously but I felt the dialogue fell short. I know you got their characters down for the most part but what they had to say bored me.
I loved the spot where Tajiri spit the green mist at Danger while he had the tarantula locked in on Daniels.
I wonder what direction you’ll be heading with Daniels. Is he going to continue his string of matches with Tajiri? He’ll probably keep the TV title for a couple of weeks but will probably be burnt out from defending it every single time he’s on TV.
The Briscoe match probably would’ve been great but it didn’t translate well to the summarized recap style. Although I did enjoy the finish, especially if it was a smooth transition like how Jacob’s countered the Doomsday Device at Supercard of Honor III. I wonder which Briscoe will face Keenan and who will face Matthews in the singles matches.
The NRC and SCS is a fresh matchup but it seemed as if they had wrestled before based on the fluidity of your writing. I know your intentions were based on storyline purposes but the interference felt like overkill. I guess it got the job done in creating heat for the heels.
I’m looking forward to the Styles/Kash matchup. They have heaps of chemistry and history in the ring and would be able to pull off a thriller. Sonjay Dutt being in the segment reminded me of David Young. He hasn’t been used again after he won his last match with Sonjay.
The Vampiro/Raven promo was enjoyable and pretty creative. The only thing that wasn’t really unique was the fireball which has been used on several occasions before. I was looking forward to Vampiro committing an act of violence at the parent’s house. The reasoning behind Vampiro burning the check that Raven’s parents wrote was a little unclear. Maybe it was just to show how he ‘s still a friend of the family. If not, hopefully it’ll be explained later on.
I was happy to see Daivari get some offense on Sting but I wasn’t too thrilled with the finish. I know you meant to put Sting over but I didn’t like how he got up from numerous chair shots from Hassan to knock Daivari out with the Scorpion Deathdrop.
Having the wrestlers competing in the tournament get involved at the end was typical but I liked Kennedy’s entrance into the mix and RVD getting pushed off the top rope into the barricade.
It was an ok show, but not up to par with your previous shows to be honest. It wasn’t really the actual writing, but the angles and promos weren’t as interesting as the ones found on previous shows. I guess it’s because there was no big swerve like how Rain turned against the Briscoes. Of course I don’t expect a swerve every show but I didn’t find this show as great as the other ones for some reason. Nevertheless, you can still count on me reading because I’m sure you have great things planned.
The Styles/Kash confrontation, Vampiro/Raven segment, and Daniel .vs. Tajiri were my favorite segments of the night.
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Re: EWE (Extreme Wrestling Entertainment) by LegendofBaseball
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Tuesday Night Showdown
2-12-08
Review
I know it seems like a hassle but I really recommend that you proofread your shows before posting them. I’ve let it fly by before but it’s starting to get annoying having to reread the parts where the errors show up in order to understand what is being said. In essence, it’s degrading the overall effectiveness of the promos.
Hassan’s promo was a great heat generator. However, I knew the match wouldn’t go down as planned.
Melissa’s victory over Del Ray was well-deserved.
I can’t help but remember Vito’s dress gimmick while thinking of him & his ‘cousin’ Sal.
You set up the Baldies promo with the description of the setting marvelously but I felt the dialogue fell short. I know you got their characters down for the most part but what they had to say bored me.
I loved the spot where Tajiri spit the green mist at Danger while he had the tarantula locked in on Daniels.
I wonder what direction you’ll be heading with Daniels. Is he going to continue his string of matches with Tajiri? He’ll probably keep the TV title for a couple of weeks but will probably be burnt out from defending it every single time he’s on TV.
The Briscoe match probably would’ve been great but it didn’t translate well to the summarized recap style. Although I did enjoy the finish, especially if it was a smooth transition like how Jacob’s countered the Doomsday Device at Supercard of Honor III. I wonder which Briscoe will face Keenan and who will face Matthews in the singles matches.
The NRC and SCS is a fresh matchup but it seemed as if they had wrestled before based on the fluidity of your writing. I know your intentions were based on storyline purposes but the interference felt like overkill. I guess it got the job done in creating heat for the heels.
I’m looking forward to the Styles/Kash matchup. They have heaps of chemistry and history in the ring and would be able to pull off a thriller. Sonjay Dutt being in the segment reminded me of David Young. He hasn’t been used again after he won his last match with Sonjay.
The Vampiro/Raven promo was enjoyable and pretty creative. The only thing that wasn’t really unique was the fireball which has been used on several occasions before. I was looking forward to Vampiro committing an act of violence at the parent’s house. The reasoning behind Vampiro burning the check that Raven’s parents wrote was a little unclear. Maybe it was just to show how he ‘s still a friend of the family. If not, hopefully it’ll be explained later on.
I was happy to see Daivari get some offense on Sting but I wasn’t too thrilled with the finish. I know you meant to put Sting over but I didn’t like how he got up from numerous chair shots from Hassan to knock Daivari out with the Scorpion Deathdrop.
Having the wrestlers competing in the tournament get involved at the end was typical but I liked Kennedy’s entrance into the mix and RVD getting pushed off the top rope into the barricade.
It was an ok show, but not up to par with your previous shows to be honest. It wasn’t really the actual writing, but the angles and promos weren’t as interesting as the ones found on previous shows. I guess it’s because there was no big swerve like how Rain turned against the Briscoes. Of course I don’t expect a swerve every show but I didn’t find this show as great as the other ones for some reason. Nevertheless, you can still count on me reading because I’m sure you have great things planned.
The Styles/Kash confrontation, Vampiro/Raven segment, and Daniel .vs. Tajiri were my favorite segments of the night.
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You're absolutely right, I tend to get too hasty sometimes when I right and I don't like to reread my shows, but, I guess for the promo's sake I'll go ahead and do that on the next and upcoming show.
Yeah, after re-reading it I'm kind of pissed at myself because it doesn't really make any sense in fluidity, should have added a little bit more to that ending because I left a little bit too much to one's imagination. Concerning the Keenan/Matthews & Briscoes weekend of matches, I'll have the Super Brawl Cards posted once the next show is up.
I know for the most part Strong was familiar with all three SCS from their earlier days in ROH and know that Strong has become much more better than he was, I felt like this matchup couldn't have any flaws, at least not in a summazired recap of it. As for using an interference, yes, it was indeed my purpose to generate some heat for the Old School Heroes but, really, when I was first writting it up, I thaught to myself... mmh, I want the NRC to make an impact, still, since they're new to the EWE and to some of the "new" viewers of that promotion who might not have heard of ROH, I need to put the SCS on the same level as them but use the interference to keep the "it-could-have-gone-either" mentality.
I'm still not sure what I have in store for David Young... I have two possible stories I could use him in but... everything's still in deliberation... ideas would be welcomed as well. (To be perfectly honest, I was thinking of giving David Young the Sweet & Sour treatment...)
The fireball was mainly used because I didn't want to blow the lid out of the boiling pot just yet with a big OMFG moment... I'm really working hard to make this feud very much unique and different from anything else that's going around in the EWE and yes, soon enough, there will be more details on the very unclear check burning, glad you caught it as being unclear because it was meant that way.
I was waiting for that pending "not-as-good-as-show"! YAY! It's finally here! lol. Seriously, I guess that I walked into this show just waiting for next week's pair of shows, as they'll set up the SB weekend and didn't spend as much time on this one as others so, is that the explication I'd used to rate this show as being less than good... probably, but, there was a lot of experimentation too so, I'm glad it wasn't all bad.
Thanks mate, I really do enjoy your reviews because they're honest, eye opening and straight up. Speaking of SOH III.... boy, that Doomsday Device counter was amazing!
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Re: EWE (Extreme Wrestling Entertainment) by LegendofBaseball
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I know for the most part Strong was familiar with all three SCS from their earlier days in ROH and know that Strong has become much more better than he was, I felt like this matchup couldn't have any flaws, at least not in a summazired recap of it.
I'm still not sure what I have in store for David Young... I have two possible stories I could use him in but... everything's still in deliberation... ideas would be welcomed as well. (To be perfectly honest, I was thinking of giving David Young the Sweet & Sour treatment...)
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I kind of worded the sentence about the SCS/NRC match weirdly. I was actually commenting on how I liked the way you laid out the match because you created a great sense of in-ring chemistry. I actually prefer seeing fresh matchups that you wouldn't normally see occur in real life.
As for David Young, I'm not sure. Maybe have him try to get a spot on the Elite a bunch of times but have him fail every single time. I personally would rather see some one else get the Sweet & Sour Treatment. If you can't think of anything for Young now, I wouldn't mind if you decided to concentrate on someone else instead. I was just mentioning Young now because you hadn't used him since he beat Sonjay a couple shows back.
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EWE_Pro_Wrestling.Com (02/15/08)
"Saturday Night Wrestling Preview" by Paul Lewis
This week's edition of Saturday Night Wrestling is sure to be packed with a bit of everything. We've got some tag team action, a title defense and women's Triple Threat affair and the huge anticipated Main Event that was signed just some mere 24 hours after this week's edition of Tuesday Night Showdown.
In the SHIMMER Showcase portion of the show, three women will battle it out. Representing the Age of the Fall, Lacey has sure been embroiled in all sorts of controversy as the AOTF continues its heated rivalry with the Briscoes and the rest of the world. She'll be put up against one of SHIMMER's youngest rising stars in Shantelle Taylor and, from the Hart Family Dungeon, the daughter of the Anvil, Nattie Neidhart. All three women have what it takes to walk away with a victory and, once Cheerleader Melissa and Sara Del Rey do battle at Super Brawl on Friday the 22nd, there is no doubt that the outcome of this here match on "SNW" will be of huge importance in determing the next challenger for either Melissa or Del Rey, whomever the Champion may be.
"TNS" saw the crowning of the EWE's very first Champion in Christopher Daniels as he bested Yoshihiro Tajiri this past Tuesday to claim the EWE Television Championship Belt. His first title defense will be against a tried, tested and well traveled veteran of the wrestling ring in Nova. Daniels has proclaimed that he wants to show each and every member of the EWE locker room that once the EWE Belt is around its waist, there is no taking it away from him. Nova's unorthodox style could prove fatal for Daniels, but what's really playing to Nova's advantage is the short rest period for Daniels in between defenses. Having wrestled Tajiri just 5 nights ago or so is hard on one's body. Will Nova shock the world by quickly dethroning Christopher Daniels, or will Nova's Kryptonite Krunch prove not fatal enough to dampen Daniels' "superman like" armor as he embarks on a long title reign?!
Speaking of reigns, Sweet & Sour Inc. have promised a new chapter was set to begin this coming Saturday Night, when, they unveil their newest member. That newest acquisition will be put right in the line of fire as he teams with Sweet & Sour's "MVP", "Pro Wrestling's Only Hero", Chris Hero, as they take on Claudio Castagnoli and a partner he has yet to divulge. There's no telling just who the two "mystery" men will end up being, one thing is for sure, in this ROH Showcase matchup, two of the most promising wrestlers of our generation will do battle no matter who's standing besides them, and this battle tomorrow night might be just the beginning of a long series of other battles between former Tag Team Champions. The question that really needs to be asked here is... will Claudio find someone that will be there for the long run in Claudio's fight against Sweet & Sour Inc. or someone that will just stand by his side for one night only?!
And lastly, the Main Event, Kid Kash Vs. AJ Styles. Two heated rivals both in and outside of the ring. Their wars in TNA and all over the indepedent circuit was hot a few years ago, but their careers have been drifting apart in the last couple of years and now, finally, here in the EWE, Kash & Styles get to lock horns once more, but this time, it's not just personal, it's about AJ Styles finding himself, as he struggles to deal with his loss a couple of weeks back against first, Mr. Kennedy, and then Muhammad Hassan & Elijah Burke, as these losses took him out permanently of the 8 Men League Challenge, ensuring him that he would be nowhere near the World Title picture here in the EWE for quite some time. This is almost do or die for AJ as he tries to overcome this huge fall by trying to put Kid Kash down in the name of their never ending feud, but also, for the sake of his career. But could Kid Kash come out of Saturday Night Wrestling a star to be reckoned with once more here in the EWE by toppling AJ?!
Not to mention some very important messages from ROH World Champion Nigel McGuinness & "the Innovator of Violence" Tommy Dreamer, all this and much more on tomorrow's edition of Saturday Night Wrestling on YES @ 7 pm Eastern Time!
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Re: EWE (Extreme Wrestling Entertainment) by LegendofBaseball
EWE SATURDAY NIGHT WRESTLING
On YES
Saturday, February 16th, 2008
New York City, NY (Hammerstein Ballroom)
// Taped on 02/12/08 //
// EWE_Pro_Wrestling.Com Feed without Commercials //
***OPEN FEED***
The show opens up with the usual highlight video set to Linkin Park's "Faint". The video is full of energy and ends with the EWE & "Saturday Night Wrestling" logos appearing on the screen, in front of a blurred out vision of the Hammerstein Ballroom crowd at the very first EWE event, the "Retaliation" PPV. After these 30-35 seconds, the cameras take us inside of the Hammerstein Ballroom, spanning over the crowd while the SNW theme song is still playing in the background. This image changes and the music slowly dies down as were taken inside of the EWE Broadcast Studios somewhere inside of the Hammerstein Ballroom, on one side of the announce desk, Chris Lovey, and, on the other, the leader of the Old School Heroes, Steve Corino.
Chris Lovey - "Fans, we're glad you could tune in this week to Saturday Night Wrestling, right here on YES and Steve, I know you want to gloat about Christopher Daniels' win over Tajiri as he captured the EWE Television Championship on Tuesday Night Showdown..."
Steve Corino - "Ohhh yes I do!"
Chris Lovey - "...but just before we got on the air, we've received huge information coming from the EWE Offices and from the EWE Board of Commissioners. This coming Tuesday, as we emanate live from Upper Marlboro in Maryland at the Show Place Arena, a huge 8-Men Tag Team Main Event Match has been signed..."
Steve Corino - "I don't know how the egos of Ric Flair, Ricky Steamboat & Bret Hart agreed to such a big time matchup, but they sure did sign the biggest Tuesday Night Showdown Main Event to date!"
Chris Lovey - "Ricky Steamboat doesn't have an ego?! Anyhow, the matchup will pit 8 of the best wrestlers going around today. On one side of the ring, Lance Storm, Muhammad Hassan, Mr. Kennedy & Sid Vicious, on the other side of that imposing foursome, you have Chris Jericho, Sting, Rob Van Dam & Samoa Joe!!"
Steve Corino - "The fans in Maryland will get their free Preview of Super Brawl with this matchup and really, when you think about it, keeping myself and CM Snot-Nosed-Punk away from each other until Super Brawl is just telling me that the man at the very top, the Donald, is letting Steve Corino, the Independent God of Professional Wrestling, headline the Pay-Per-View, and not a simple TV Show!"
Chris Lovey - "Well the Board of Commissioners have not yet decided on just who will headline the Super Brawl Pay-Per-View yet, but, one thing is for sure, whichever match does indeed headline the second night of action on Pay-Per-View will give the fans' their money's worth because after looking at the brackets and the possible 7th Round Matchups some wrestlers will be participating in, any of these matches could easily headline a whole series of Pay-Per-Views not only in the United States or in Canada, but around the world!"
The image then cuts quickly to ringside, Lovey & Corino changing subjects and talking about the upcoming match, this week's Ring of Honor Showcase Match!
***STANDING ON THE TOP***
Walking out with a dapper outfit, "Sweet & Sour" Larry Sweeney makes his way out to the ring, closely followed by Professional Wrestling's Hero, Chris Hero. The crowd start chanting Sweeney's name and quickly, Larry grabs a hold of a microphone and stops their plea of gratitude by insulting them. His music dies down and Sweeney adresses the crowd once more.
Larry Sweeney - "Now Claudio! Last week we told 'ya that we had a little challenge set up for you here tonight. Now, I paid the big bucks to get this air time and get my man, Chris Hero, on Saturday Night Wrestling here tonight. But I paid even bigger money to get someone from the EWE to jump over into Sweet & Sour Inc.'s pocket book. Ohhh yes, ha ha! So, without any further ado, being led to the ring by his main squeeze, ha ha! He's actually a former member and proud one at that of the greatest wrestling clan ever assembled in the history of pro wrestling, I give you, Lizzy Valentine & MATT SYYDALLL!!! Ha ha ha, come on out big shot!!!"
***COLD HARD BITCH***
The fans don't know what to make of this, but, they surely like seeing Lizzy Valentine accompany Matt Sydal to the ring. Sydal looks joyful as always, happy that he will be paid twice as much as he signed for with EWE Management at first, or so we think. Sydal helps Lizzy up the apron while Larry Sweeney lifts up the ropes to faciliate Lizzy's entrance into the ring. Sydal enters the ring and has a very joyful embrace with Larry Sweeney and then a good handshake with Chris Hero. Sydal's music dies down letting way for Sweeney to blabber some more.
Larry Sweeney - "Alright now Claudio!!!! Come on out here so we can teach you a thing or two about tag team wrestling, the Sweet & Sour way baby!!! Ha ha ha!!!"
***I'VE GOT TO HAVE IT (INSTRUMENTAL)***
*HEY!!!!!*
Claudio steps out onto the stage, looking dapper as always, a huge grin on his face, trying real hard not to let his emotions get the better of him and just play with the crowd at the "Hey!" game all night long! Claudio makes his way all up to the ring and jumps on the apron, asking for another microphone as his music dies down. But Larry Sweeney is the first one to speak.
Larry Sweeney - "*Bursting out in laughter* What? Claudio, Claudio, don't tell me you think you can take both Matt Sydal & Chris Hero on by yourself!!! Ha ha ha ha!!! Guys, guys, alright, just, don't go too hard on him alright?!"
Claudio Castagnoli - "No, Larry, I have find someone to be my partner tonight. Hit is music!"
***PERSONAL JESUS***
*CHEERS*
The lights in the arena dim down and the crowd goes nuts for the Wrestling Machine and former ROH World Champion Austin Aries! The sparkling blue and white lights burst out onto the stage as Aries' shadows makes its way into view. Aries then quickly steps out from the back and jumps down the steps, joining his partner for the night, Claudio Castagnoli on the apron to the crowd's utter delight, Hero, Sydal, Valentine & Sweeney a bit shocked at Aries' alliance with Castagnoli.
ROH Showcase Match
Tag Team Challenge Match
Chris Hero & Matt Sydal w/ Larry Sweeney & Lizzy Valentine Vs. Claudio Castagnoli & Austin Aries
This matchup was everything you could expect from four of the best wrestlers in this world. Aries was double-teamed for a very large portion of this matchup and rarely did we see Claudio in the ring. Except for the opening minutes and the closing moments of this matchup. Hero & Sydal tried everything they could to not see Claudio get tagged in but Aries remained strong and never backed down from Hero's hard hitting wrestling based offense and Sydal's high-flying daredevilish antics. Added to that the constant nagging from Lizzy & Larry Sweeney on the outside! In the end, Aries was finally able to tag Claudio in. Hero & Sydal had Irish Whipped Aries in the ropes and tried knocking him down with a Double Clothesline. Aries ducked under, springboarded off the 2nd rope and caught both Hero & Sydal with a beautiful Springboard Moonsault Press. Aries was quick to get back on his feet, turn around and tag Claudio in. Claudio cleaned up house with European Uppercuts galore! Claudio looked for the win when he grabbed Sydal from a downed position and delivered the Alevin's Lift on Matt Sydal. Hero was quick to break up that pin. This dragged Aries back in now, all four men were in the ring for the first time since the official introductions at the beginning of the match. Hero now, going for a Lariat on Aries. Aries ducks under and Claudio comes up from behind to Clothesline Hero over the top rope. Hero falls right next to Sweeney & Valentine and is immediately attended to by the duo. Sydal tries to get one up on Claudio by hitting him with an Enziguri but Claudio ducks under the attempted kick. Sydal falls flat on his stomach while Claudio prepares to lock the Rito Romero Special (aka Mexican Surfboard Stretch). Castagnoli applies it and, out of nowhere comes Aries with another Sprinboard Moonsault. Connecting with Sydal!!! Sydal was high up in the air and when Aries connected, it was mainly with his knees right to Sydal's stomach and Aries could have easily broken something once he hit Sydal and fell awkwardly face first on the mat. Nonetheless, Aries was back up on his feet like a house of fire and ran the ropes. Bottom Rope Suicide Dive on Hero & Sweeney on the outside!!!! Meanwhile, Castagnoli hooks in the very dazed and hurt Sydal, RICOLA BOMB!!! Referee makes the cover and Castagnoli & Aries pick up the win via pinfall @ (12:04)
After the bout, both Aries & Castagnoli receive a great ovation while Sweeney regroups his troups up the entrance way, poiting Castagnoli by the index of his and directing towards him words of hate.
Chris Lovey - "Sweet & Sour Inc. had no idea who Claudio Castagnoli had chosen to be his partner, and out from the back came Austin Aries, former ROH World Champion, and it proved to be the winning formula for Castagnoli here tonight against Hero & Sydal."
Steve Corino - "By the looks of things, I can bet you a large sum of money, if I was a gambling man, that Larry Sweeney has not had enough of Claudio and same can be said for Hero who looks as furious as Sweeney and the rest of them."
Chris Lovey - "This was supposed to be Sweet & Sour Inc.'s big night as they unveiled their newest member into their fold, but in the end, it all backfired and it's time to go back to the drawing board for Sweeney and his clan."
Steve Corino - "There's no doubt in my mind that if Claudio had picked someone with less stamina than Austin Aries, and, with less experience, the outcome of this match could have been totally different."
Chris Lovey - "Steve, our cameras caught up with Tommy Dreamer & Beulah McGillicutty earlier today. The Innovator of Violence has a message for the EWE and one individual in particular!"
Steve Corino - "Ohhh Beulah, c'mon roll that tape, roll it!"
Cameras switch from the ringside area to some pre-recorded footage, somewhere in the back hallways of the Hammerstein Ballroom. Dreamer & Beulah standing in front of the camera, both looking very serious as usual.
Tommy Dreamer - "You know, I've been in this business more than I think this body could ever handle. But still, when I stood in that ring, next to the future of this business, CM Punk, someone who's got that passion for pro wrestling burning through his veins just like I had when I first wrestled in front of the South Philly crowds, I grabbed a little bit of that burning passion with me. I've missed my chance at glory at Retaliation. But that doesn't mean I intend on just standing back, waiting for my next shot to be presented to me. The Tommy Dreamer of old was happy just being around and taking care of business when needed to. If people wanted to prove themselves in trying to take me out, I proved them wrong. In my match last week, there was someone out there who's tried to take me out many times. He did pin me quite a few times in the middle of that ring, but I did too. We've been going back and forth for some 10 years now. Justin Credible. Remember back when our names headlined ECW cards?! Remember our most memorable matches?!"
The camera moves a bit away from Dreamer & Beulah to reveal that Dreamer is holding in his hands a roll of Barbed Wire.
Tommy Dreamer - "Remember the Barbed Wire?! Still to this day, I can remember how excruciating it is to get my head driven on the mat, connecting with barbed wire, as it scrapes my flesh and makes me bleed. Justin, I am laying down a challenge to you. Super Brawl. We bring back a match you've had a ton of sucess in against me.... Stairway... to HELL! We hang this Barbed Wire high up in the rafters... and the first man to grab it gets to use it as much as he likes... Maybe that burning passion has unleashed some memories of times past... but know I now that before I am done soaking blood and busting ribs... I want that elusive victory against you Justin. People can remember me for whatever they want. My win against Raven at Wrestlepalooza.... Winning the ECW Belt... I don't care... what I want you to remember me as | |