RCW Thursday Night Repentance (May Week 3).
The music of the Emblem's Eric Azzurith played in the arena as he made his way to the ring for the opening contest 'The Human Suplex Machine' Taz.
Eric Azzurith vs. Taz.
The two locked up and Taz backed Azzurith into the corner, giving a clean break. They locked up again, with Taz backing Azzurith into the corner again before dragging him into the middle and into the opposite corner. Realising their opponent wasn't giving an inch, they broke the tie-up and got back into a match-ready position. Azzurith suddenly hit a double-leg takedown and went for a leg lock but Taz countered into a leg lock of his own. Azzurith came back with a side headlock into a rear chinlock and then scored with a side headlock takedown. Taz rolled Azzurith over for a one-count but Azzurith kept hold of the side headlock. Taz rolled over again for a 2-count before Azzurith let go of the hold. Taz then complained he had something in his eye. The referee went over to check him, but Taz rushed over to blindside Azzurith with a clothesline. Taz hit some uppercuts and then Azzurith answered with chops but Taz hit a drop toehold into a rear chinlock putting all his weight on the neck of Azzurith. Taz maintained control with some quick covers and then slapped Azzurith; a slap which Azzurith would return, knocking Taz down. Azzurith hit some knees in the corner and then some chops. Azzurith scored with a backbreaker for a 2-count and then went back to working Taz over on the mat. Azzurith rolled Taz up for 2 and then worked Taz over in the corner with more chops. Taz took back the advantage with an eye rake and the Angry Man's Clothesline. Taz pulled Azzurith's arms backward on the mat and had his own foot on top of Azzurith's head and pulled backwards. The fans got behind Azzurith and he used that support to break free. Taz wasn't willing to let go as he pulled Azzurith back to him by the tights and hit a German Tazplex. That was the beginning of the end for Azzurith as Taz picked him up and executed a couple more Release Tazplexes before making him tap out to the Tazmission.
The winner is Taz.
We are taken backstage to Paul Heyman's office where Goldberg was standing guard. The cameras got on the RCW owner, who had an announcement to make.
'I am your RCW Executive Producer & booker Paul Heyman and nobody knows like I do how it feels like to get screwed over. I have ordered this TV time to announce my company's official release from our current affiliates, the Xtreme Wrestling Alliance, which hosts over 25 member promotions. Well, the number is now 24, because XWA President David Caraluse has denied RCW loanage of the current XWA World Heavyweight champion Mike Awesome for a scheduled XWA World title dream match against Sabu at our ECW Arena house show. Why? Well, it's because those cash-strapped morons at Frontier Championship Wrestling whined and complained to Caraluse that they deserved the title match instead. As of new today, I have broke away from our affiliates, but I'll continue to bring you great fans even greater TV because you are the sole reason we are in business. Thank you for your time. I hope I didn't waste too much because we only have half of what we usually have on XNN due to the premier of Rocking Bowl. Idiots!' Heyman announced.
The cameras shoot the parking lot, and Star Dog has arrived with Starlette Stacy in their prized car. Out of nowhere, Paul Burchill started smashing the car's windows with a crowbar before dragging Star Dog out of the car to beat him up some more. Burchill sent Dog sailing through a window of somebody else's car and then turned his attention to Stacy. Mortified, Stacy tried to run, but Burchill forced himself on Stacy and kissed her against her will. He pushed her to the ground with an evil grin on his face.
Rhino vs. Yoshihiro Magma.
This was a very short match as Magma put away his second champion in a month of Non-Title wins with a dodge counter to the Gore and hit the Burning Avalanche for the win.
The winner is Yoshihiro Magma.
Taz' music hit, but he didn't come out. Smiling, Magma grabbed Taz' discarded towel from ringside and draped it over his own head, mocking Taz' crossed-arms pose. Soon, he was Tazplexed for his jokes by the real Taz. Taz went for the Tazmission, but Magma countered and locked in one of his own. He choked Taz out, gaining retribution for Taz' choke-out from within the previous week.
Lumberjack match: Grizzly vs. Batista.
With their opponents for the PPV brawling on the outside, Grizzly of XLX and former World champion Batista made the most of the time given to them. Grizzly used his strength to counter the Batista Buster and hit his Swinging Bearhug Slam before executing his Lion's Fang finisher. John Cena got up on the apron, but was knocked back into DJ Diddy Dog's arms by Grizzly. Batista fought off Mechaclaw, aided by a chair attack from Balls Mahoney. But once the 'Animal' turned around, he was planted by another Swinging Bearhug Slam followed by the Jungle Driver, giving Grizzly the win.
The winner is Grizzly.
After knocking down DJ, Cena got into the ring and laid out his other challengers with the UK title belt. The fans booed in the desired way Cena wanted them to. He flipped the crowd off before leaving.
After this, it was shown in the parking lot that the Orton brothers were fighting again. Randy Orton looked to gain the upper hand when he was suddenly attacked by the rest of the Network, minus the injured Bikebrakers. Rhino and Jerry Lynn laid out Orton with a Spike Piledriver on top of a car. The Network bailed when DJ Diddy Dog, Marc Sylvester, Yoshihiro Magma and Red Tiger ran after them. Like Livewire, the fans were left stunned at the end of the show.
As Good As It Gets Card:
Eric Azzurith vs. Taz - RCW Openweight title FTW Rules match.
The Crazy Cats vs. Jerry Lynn & Rhino - RCW Global Tag Team title match.
John Cena vs. DJ Diddy Dog vs. Grizzly vs. Balls Mahoney vs. Batista vs. Mechaclaw - UK title King of the Mountain Ultimate X match.
Star Dog vs. Paul Burchill - Taipei Fists of Death Cage match.
'Acid' Matt Hyson, Chris Sabin & Jake Taproot vs. Rob Van Dam, Sabu & Mutt Soldier Z.
Goldberg vs. 'The 911' Ryan Walters - Ultimate X Ladder match for Walters' employment status.
Randy Orton vs. Mark Trevor Orton - RCW World title match.
British Breakout Card:
UK Heavyweight Champion vs. Winner of Taipei Fists of Death Cage match - UK title match.
Champions:
Randy Orton - World Heavyweight champion.
Jerry Lynn & Rhino - Global Tag Team champions.
John Cena - UK champion.
Mark Trevor Orton - Junior Heavyweight champion.
