RCW Livewire (June Week 3).
The show, live from Manhattan, New York, opened with Paul Heyman and his lackeys in the ring. After witnessing Goldberg & Mark Orton lose to RCW World Heavyweight champion Ryan Walters & Randy Orton inside the demonic Prison of the Afterlife, Heyman wasn't the least bit pleased. He was bandaged up and on a pair of crutches after all. The injured Heyman instructed Cyrus to get him a microphone. The pencil-necked network executive complied. The fans heckled Heyman for his misery.
'Last night... was the most embarrassing night OF MY LIFE! I demanded the simple task of getting Walters' blood on my hands and you two fucking thickshits couldn't get the job done!' Heyman yelled at Goldberg & Mark Orton. Both men required stitches and bandages after their viscous ordeal with Heyman's rivals.
'I told you that I wanted Walters as far away from the World title as possible and you failed that objective too! Well done to the goddamn Dangerous Alliance for getting the Tag Team straps back into the fold! You were attacked by Sabu, Bill and I understand that... but you can't use that to cover up your bullshit. Now the Tournament of Revolution is coming up and there is another chance to get the World title away from Walters, but I'm not going to waste that chance on either of you two failures. Now you will pay the price!' Heyman declared, dropping the microphone. A masked man ran in from the crowd and blasted Mark Orton from behind. Goldberg stood and did nothing. This masked man dropped the mask to reveal former Ring of Honor Heavyweight champion Austin Aries. Heyman directed traffic and Aries complied, slamming Orton with a viscous Sitdown Powerbomb before hitting his patented 450 Splash. Again, Goldberg did nothing. Heyman yelled at Goldberg to dump Orton outside straight through the Timekeeper's table and Goldberg reluctantly went along with his boss' orders.
'Mark Orton, it's going to be you versus Austin Aries versus Goldberg in a first round match of the Tournament of Revolution! And because of your failure last night in the UK, expect NO FRIGGIN' MERCY!' Heyman announced. Danny Jackpot came out with a microphone in hand.
'Heyman, it seems that all the charges you put against me in court are being forgotten, seeing as you did not attend the court-hearing on Friday, which is a big shame for your chances of ever running a company again. Now to the matter at hand... tonight, there is going to be a tag team match. Goldberg teams with Austin Aries to face off with Mark Trevor Orton and a partner of Mark's choice. He can pick anyone he wants, because I don't really care who kicks your asses tonight! And by the way, Heyman... tonight the Global Tag Team titles will be on the line. Get ready to start weeping as the Dangerous Alliance defend against Randy Orton & the new RCW World Heavyweight champion Ryan Walters! And that's all I've got to say about that!' Jackpot explained. Heyman and his gang were livid.
After the commercial break, Super Dragon introduces his protegé 'Pyro Dragon' Eddie Torch to the Manhattan crowd. They both got a decent pop. Following them is Edge & Christian Cage. Edge vs. Pyro Dragon is next for our opening match.
Edge w/Christian vs. 'Pyro Dragon' Eddie Torch w/Super Dragon.
Edge employed his dirty tricks early on, but the smaller Torch bounced back from every blow with punches and haymakers of his own. Edge ran up and down the ring, looking to surprise Torch with the spear, but Torch reversed it with a modified Tornado DDT. Edge was then subjected to the Surfboard, forcing Cage to get in the ring, but Super Dragon was there to meet him with a big boot and a curb stomp. Torch built off of that momentum with a curb stomp of his own to Edge. At the same time, Torch & Super Dragon crushed Edge & Christian with their Burning Hammer & Psycho Driver finishers. Eddie pinned Edge for the fall.
The winner is Eddie Torch.
Celebration was short-lived as the bemused Openweight champion Yoshihiro Magma ran in with evil intentions. Super Dragon met the sharp end of a Burning Avalanche Brainbuster before Eddie Torch was hit by the move as well. Burchill rushed out carrying a steel pipe and battered Magma. Burchill hit the exclamation point with a Cut-Throat Psycho Driver. Magma retrieved his belt and scaled back up the ramp with his Canadian brethren.
Backstage, DJ Diddy Dog & John Cena arrive at the arena, wielding crowbars. DJ burst into the locker room and attacked new UK champion Star Dog viscously, leaving him a bloody mess. Security had to restrain DJ as EMTs checked on Star Dog and his petrified girlfriend Stacy.
'That's what you get for turning on me, you piece of dogshit!' DJ spewed venomously.
Bloodhound vs. Butch Bingbong.
Hound was riding high after beating Kurt Angle at Saturday Night's Annihilation in London and oozed confidence in this match with the workhorse of the Bingbong Family faction. Hound countered Butch's Jaguar Driver on several occasions, even nailing a frontflip neckbreaker. Hound planted his boot in Butch's gut twice and hit Samoa Joe's Ole kick. With the fans behind him, Hound went for the B-Side Driver he used to beat Angle, but immediately let go when he caught glimpse of Angle on the stage. The gold medalist taunted Hound, leading to a gut-shot and Jaguar Driver from Butch for the pin.
The winner is Butch Bingbong.
After the match, Angle had some white tape in his hands and began taping up his right hand. In the ring, Kurt battered Hound with the taped fist and challenged him to a match at the Tournament of Revolution.
Backstage, Ryan Walters & Randy Orton are seen preparing for their Global Tag Team title match coming up right after the next match.
Christian Cage w/Edge vs. Paul Burchill.
Christian came to ring wearing a bandage over his head just like Edge. Great psychology by Christian Cage at the start of the match by trying to avoid to get into the ring when Burchill came in. Both eventually brawled out of the ring into the crowd. The action spilled back into the ring and Cage had the upper advantage on Burchill the whole time. Burchill was busted open at this point. Cage brought two steel chairs into the ring and looked to do another conchairto on Burchill. Burchill moved when Christian was about to do it. Burchill then hit a conchairto of his own on Christian and threw the weapon out of the ring. With the referee distracted doing this, it allowed Christian to low blow Burchill with a big kick and then hit the Unprettier on top of the second steel chair. Christian threw the chair out, covered and got the win. After the match, RCW medical staff, Super Dragon & Eddie Torch checked on Burchill.
The winner is Christian Cage.
An Ultimate X structure was set up around the ring... but why?
'Ladies & Gentlemen, on orders of General Manager Danny Jackpot, this next match is an Ultimate X match...' Jim West began.
'Wait a minute! Isn't this a bit abrupt for our new Global Tag Team champs?' Sam Shadow protested.
'Who cares? This is gonna' be great!' Chris X laughed.
'...and it is for the RCW Global Tag Team championship!' Jumpy finished.
RCW Global Tag Team title Ultimate X match: Champions Big Bubba Ray & CW Anderson w/Lou E. Dangerously vs. 'The 911' Ryan Walters & 'The Legend Killer' Randy Orton.
Lots of double teaming by Walters and Orton on Bubba Ray early on in the match. Anderson then came back, tossing Ryan over his head like he was nothing. Another spot saw Ryan get up on the X steel cables when Big Bubba Ray grabbed him by the legs, started to swing him and Ryan eventually fell off hitting the top rope face first. Anderson then grabbed Ryan, had him down in a hurricanrana position, Big Bubba Ray hit a big dropkick to the face and Anderson then lifted Ryan back up to his shoulders, threw him up in the air and Ryan came crashing down to the mat. Bubba & Anderson then brought in a ladder and positioned it under the tag team title belts. Ryan breaks that up and both Ryan/Orton double-team Anderson by crotching him over the ladder. The ladder gets removed from the ring. Another big spot saw Anderson hit Orton with a huge overhead suplex from the top rope sending Orton all the way across the ring. Anderson went up on the steel cables, but Ryan springboarded off the ropes and hit Anderson with a big spear to take him down. It what was the biggest spot off the cables during the match, both Ryan and Big Bubba Ray were locked up at the top when both came crashing down to the mat. A panicking Lou E. Dangerously sets up a table on the outside. This backfired for Bubba & Anderson as Ryan grabbed Big Bubba Ray and hit a 911 Cop Killa from the ring apron through the table. Orton then starts climbing up one of the steel poles holding up the Ultimate X. Lou E. Dangerously runs in with a singapore cane. Orton gets all the way up to the top of the steel pole, jumps and lands in the middle of the Ultimate X. Orton pulls off the tag team title belts and falls to the mat. Ryan Walters and Randy Orton are your new RCW Global Tag Team Champions. Great match. Joey Styles & Chris X gave the match a rating of "unfreakin-believable!". What an upset.
The winners and NEW RCW Global Tag Team champions, 'The 911' Ryan Walters & 'The Legend Killer' Randy Orton.
Walters was a double champion... and the already inebriated Paul Heyman was even more steamed than before. Flanked by the Bikebrakers, Austin Aries, Goldberg & 'The Wolf' Matt Michaels, Heyman directed his troops to lay into the fallen Dangerous Alliance. Lou E. did nothing to protest against his boss' decision and let the grunts beat the crap out of the former champs. Desperate to get his hands on Heyman, Walters jolted back down to the ring and chased after his hated rival through the crowd. Right behind the Bikebrakers were Red Tiger & Marc Sylvester, who destroyed Smith & Summers in another beatdown. Mark Trevor Orton appeared on the stage and introduced his partner... MECHACLAW! Mechaclaw makes his RCW return in this next match!
Austin Aries & Bill Goldberg w/Cyrus vs. Mark Trevor Orton & Mechaclaw.
Flat out, Aries could not beat Claw in a straight power-based battle. Frustrated, the former ROH World champion tagged in Goldberg and the two animalistic monsters started going stiff for 5 minutes straight. Claw went for the Bulldozer Bomb, but Goldberg rolled away behind the big man and charged into Claw with the Spear. But only one man was on the ground in pain... and it wasn't Mechaclaw. Claw then got the Bulldozer Bomb he was looking for. Aries tagged in blindly and went after Claw, but was blindsided by Mark Orton's Package Crash. Not a very good debut.
The winners are Mark Orton & Mechaclaw.
After the show ended in the arena, we are taken to the parking lot where Heyman is still running from the RCW World champion, who wasn't in sight. Naively believing he was off the hook, Heyman slowly got into his car. And he payed for his cockiness.
BOOM!
Ryan Walters' cop car came from nowhere to blow Heyman's car up with the pudgy manager inside! Walters drove away with a busted hood while the whole Heyman clique sans the Dangerous Alliance ran out to frantically check up on their boss. The announcers, although in shock, were still able to say good night to the TV audience.
Tournament of Revolution Card:
Star Dog vs. Yoshihiro Magma - UK title vs. Openweight title match.
Bloodhound vs. Kurt Angle.
Goldberg vs. Austin Aries vs. Mark Orton - Tournament of Revolution Quarter-Final match.
3 Other Tournament of Revolution Quarter-Final matches.
Tournament of Revolution Semi-Finals.
Tournament of Revolution Grand-Finals - RCW World Heavyweight championship Triple Threat match.
Champions:
RCW World Heavyweight title - 'The 911' Ryan Walters.
RCW Global Tag Team titles - 'The 911' Ryan Walters & Randy Orton.
RCW United Kingdom title - Star Dog.
RCW Junior Heavyweight title - Mutt Soldier Z.
RCW Openweight title - Yoshihiro Magma.
