RCW Livewire (June Week 4).
Ryan Walters' music hit and he came down to the ring with his RCW World Heavyweight Championship in tow. Ryan Walters welcomed us all to Livewire in Plymouth, Michigan. He grabbed a microphone.
'Alright! Now, we are onto stage 2 of my Operation Revenge, here in Plymouth! Tonight, I'm going to throw down in a match I'm not sure I'm gonna' win: a submission-only match with "Mr. MMA" himself, Brock Lesnar... since he's apparently shown up for work tonight at long last. And after tonight, I'm going to continue the operation until I get to the coup de gras, Paul Heyman! I know you're watching, you slimeball, so watch out for me when I come after you!' Walters declared. Lesnar ran out and fought with the champion in an unhinged fight until referees and agents rushed down to break it up. We go to a commercial break.
Kurtis Raynes w/Kevin Thorn vs. Butch Bingbong.
The two started off exchanging blows in the middle of the ring. Butch Bingbong got the upper hand and worked Kurtis Raynes into the corner and planted him with a follow up clothesline. Kurtis Raynes retaliated relatively quickly, laying Butch Bingbong out with a lariat of his own. Kurtis Raynes stomped and booted away at Butch Bingbong on the mat before chasing Butch Bingbong to the corner and landing a hard chop. Butch Bingbong responded with some blows of his own before Kurtis Raynes regained the advantage with a big Irish whip. Butch Bingbong sent Kurtis Raynes's head into the ring post sending the big man reeling. Butch Bingbong mounted the ropes but Kurtis Raynes came to just in time to toss Butch Bingbong off to the outside. Butch Bingbong caught Kurtis Raynes in a Jaguar Driver attempt but got a Suplex reversal for his efforts. Butch Bingbong got up and fought back with hard punches but got planted with an STO. After dropping a leg, Kurtis Raynes went to the top rope and hit a huge big splash before signaling for the Raynefall. Butch Bingbong slipped out of the Raynefall and went for the Jaguar Driver. Kurtis Raynes fought out of it only to get caught in a sidewalk slam. Butch Bingbong mounted the top rope and hit a flying back elbow before turning his attention to Kevin Thorn on the outside. Kurtis Raynes recovered relatively quickly and flattened Butch Bingbong with the Raynefall, getting the cover for the win.
The winner is Kurtis Raynes.
Raynes and Thorn have sent a message to Chris Daniels, Max Jacobs & Sabu that they aren't to be messed with.
We see highlights of Edge & Christian Cage turning on Openweight champion Yoshihiro Magma while siding with United Kingdom champion Star Dog, a few weeks before the champions face each other in a winner-takes-all-stipulated match.
Handicap match: Yoshihiro Magma vs. Edge & Christian Cage.
RCW United Kingdom Champion Star Dog came down to scout Magma for their title vs. title bout at the Tournament of Revolution. Edge and Christian jumped Magma and went to work on him in the corner. Magma ducked under a clothesline and went for his Supernova Yakuza Kick but the two caught him and dumped him to the outside. Christian turned around and talked strategy with Edge. Edge attacked Magma at ringside with a nice side Russian legsweep. Magma jumped up, forced Edge into the ring and dumped Cage to the mat with a Splash Mountain Bomb before laying out Edge with a clothesline. Magma flipped away from an oncoming Edge in the corner but Christian hit a springboard bulldog to put him out of commission. Magma got picked up and flapjacked by the incoming Christian who quickly ran to the top rope. Magma revived and held him up on the top turnbuckle but Christian fought him off. He came off with a lariat, but Magma recovered and nailed him with a dropkick in response. Magma rolled Edge out of the ring quickly and connected with the Burning Avalanche Brainbuster on Cage to score the pinfall.
The winner is RCW Openweight champion Yoshihiro Magma.
After the match, Star Dog ran in and beat on his rival with a steel chair before hitting the Sevenstar on the chair. Dog helped Edge & Christian to their feet and taunted Magma. This earned them a visit from Super Dragon, Eddie Torch & Paul Burchill. But the heels were ready this time, as Edge planted Torch with the Edgecutioner, Christian laid out Burchill with the Unprettier and Star Dog crushed Super Dragon with the Sevenstar. A mistake had been made somewhere, because Yoshihiro Magma was on his feet... and was severely pissed off. Magma booted Edge & Christian away with a pair of Supernova Yakuza Kicks before diverting his attention to Star Dog. In response to the chair attack earlier, Magma hit a Supernova Yakuza Kick that stunned Dog and set him up for a devastating Brainbuster. The Openweight champion had won the battle on this occasion.
Firefly, Batista & Balls Mahoney vs. 'The Wolf' Matt Michaels, Jake Taproot & Chris Sabin.
Sabin and Firefly started things off. The two exchanged strikes before Firefly came off the ropes and used a headscissors to take Sabin over the top rope. He hit a double headscissors on Taproot and Michaels and almost hit a Double Gyro Kick until Chris Sabin pulled down the top rope and sent him to the outside where the heels pounded away on him. We came back to a hot crowd and Taproot bearing down with a rear chin lock on Firefly Firefly. Firefly ended up fighting out of the hold but couldn't quite make it to the corner. Taproot picked him up and hit a mean looking shoulder breaker on Firefly before tagging in Chris Sabin. Sabin came in and whaled away on Firefly before Firefly fought back with an Irish whip. Sabin tried to roll him up but Firefly planted him with a kick to the face. Michaels came running in to cut off the crawl but it didn't work and Batista got the hot tag, but the official didn't see it take place. Taproot took Firefly to the outside and tossed him like a baby into the guardrail. Sabin stomped away on Firefly on the canvas before Firefly countered a suplex attempt into a bulldog. Batista got the hot tag and cleaned house. Batista stacked Michaels and Taproot in the corner before planting them with a Batista Buster combo. He nailed Sabin with a jackhammer but Taproot and Michaels broke it up. Balls Mahoney came in and double-clotheslined Michaels and Taproot out of the ring. Firefly hit a Dragonrana on Sabin and then hit the Fire Thunder Driver. Sabin staggered back into Batista who hit a Batista Buster and allowed Firefly to hit a Dragonfly Drop follow-up for the win.
The winners are RCW Junior Heavyweight champion Firefly, Batista & Balls Mahoney.
Meanwhile, in the GM's office, Danny Jackpot was shown to be enjoying the show. He says we'll have qualifying matches on Repentance this week to determine other entrants into the Tournament of Revolution. And another thing, to let Lou E. Dangerously get revenge on Randy Orton for that RKO attack last week, Jackpot has booked them both against each other tonight. The fans began laughing and jeering at Dangerously for his misfortunes.
Randy Orton vs. Lou E. Dangerously.
Lou E. went to run away but Randy Orton caught him and brought him back to the ring. However, out of the middle of nowhere, Goldberg speared the heck out of Randy Orton while Austin Aries leant a hand. They whipped him to the steps before working him over some more. The bell finally rang and Lou E. went for a quick cover but Randy Orton kicked out. Lou E. stalked the champion, hitting some clubbing blows to his back. Aries has joined us on commentary. He said Dangerously was on a tear. Goldberg and Aries bantered back and forth. Randy Orton finally regained his bearings and the momentum. Randy Orton rushed Lou E. to the corner and Randy Orton hit him with a running elbow. He mounted him and delivered ten punches before dropping him with a U-Turn Bomb. He hit the elevated neckbreaker and connected with the RKO. He climbed the ropes and connected with the Rotating Killer Overkill, forcing Lou E. to concede defeat.
The winner is Randy Orton.
Randy grabs the microphone and says that 'The 911' Ryan Walters had given Orton complete rein over the RCW Global Tag Team titles, as Walters had too much to worry about at the Tournament of Revolution with his World title. He then proceeds to vacate the Global Tag Team titles and promises to present them to the winning team of a Fatal 4-Way Tag Team Elimination match at Tournament of Revolution.
Fatal 4-Way match: 'Apokalypse' Max Jacobs vs. Bloodhound vs. Sabu vs. Abyss w/James Mitchell.
Bloodhound wore a bloody muzzle to the ring. All three men went after Max Jacobs when the bell was rung. Sabu was tossed over the top rope into the crowd by Abyss during the match. The fans threw Sabu right back over towards the ring. Jacobs also hit a huge splash on Abyss, Bloodhound and Sabu at ringside and even landed on his feet during the spot. The crowd erupted in Plymouth when this took place. Great moment. Another spot saw Bloodhound and Jacobs brawl up the ramp and Bloodhound hit Jacobs with an object, allowing Jacobs to fall off the ramp and crash through a table. Abyss and Sabu started climbing up part of the RCW Livewire entrance area. Abyss hit Sabu with a chokeslam and Sabu landed through a table set up by James Mitchell. Abyss then followed that up with a huge splash. The crowd chanted "THIS IS AWESOME" loudly. Bloodhound also took out Jacobs again, throwing him off the ramp and into another table. Jacobs eventually came back in the ring and hit a huge powerslam on Abyss on a steel chair. Abyss spread some thumbtacks over the ring with help from James Mitchell. In a huge spot, Jacobs pulled the ropes down allowing Bloodhound to crash on the outside. Jacobs then took out Abyss and hit a body senton over his body, sending Abyss face first into the thumbtacks! Bloodhound tried to use a steel chair once more on Jacobs, but Kurt Angle interfered and blasted Hound with the Angle Slam. Jacobs, after sending Angle packing, then grabbed Bloodhound and hit the Fatality Tombstone Piledriver to get the pinfall.
The winner is Max Jacobs.
After the match, Kevin Thorn led Kurtis Raynes to the ring to try and take out Jacobs, but the nephew of Kane was not going down without a fight. Raynes fell victim to a chokeslam, as did Thorn. Abyss tried his luck, but was chokeslammed as well. Jacobs threw up his arms and then thrust them down to ignite all six corners of the ring with pyro.
Austin Aries w/Cyrus vs. Rob Van Dam w/Bill Alfonso.
The bell rang and the two locked up. Aries rushed RVD to the corner and stomped away at his head. Aries missed with a back kick and RVD came back with some punches. RVD ducked under Aries' kicks and rolled him up via the legs for a two count. RVD pressed the advantage with some shoulder thrusts in the corner followed by his monkey flip out of the corner. Aries eventually caught a kick to the gut and tossed RVD shoulder first into the ring post. Aries hit another boot to the face before getting a two count on the cover. Aries kept up the heat, hitting a back kick right to RVD's mug. He slapped on a rear chin lock hoping to wear RVD down. Van Dam fought out of the hold though and almost scored the pin with a roll up. The two exchanged blows a bit before RVD cold-cocked Aries with a kick to the face. He hit a series of clotheslines before going to the top rope, but Cyrus tripped him up. Aries capitalized on the situation and hit his Sitdown Powerbomb-450 Splash combo for the victory.
The winner is Austin Aries.
In the back, Mark Orton watched on the monitor. He had a heavy task ahead of him at the Tournament of Revolution, where he would face Aries and Bill Goldberg in a Triple Threat Quarter-Final on Paul Heyman's orders.
The Bikebrakers vs. Carlito & CM Punk.
Kevin Smith and Carlito started us off. Kevin Smith booted away at Carlito before getting his worked countered in the corner. Carlito whipped Kevin Smith to the buckles but Kevin Smith countered with a boot. Kevin Smith put the boots to Carlito before hitting a running elbow in the corner. Kevin Smith hit a nice double arm suplex before tagging in the big man. Kevin Smith hit a drop toe hold enabling his partner to drop the big leg. Punk broke up the cover attempt. Ralph Summers bodyslammed Carlito to the mat before landing some big chops in the corner. Ralph Summers hit the first big splash in the corner but Carlito was able to avoid the second one. Kevin Smith tagged in and Punk did so as well. Punk planted some punches to the face followed by a nice Motherpunker DDT. Punk chopped Ralph Summers down and with the help of Carlito, took him down for good with some forearms to the face. Kevin Smith connected with a boot to the gut but with the official distracted by the interfering Crazy Cats and an inebriated Ralph Summers cursing at them, Carlito snuck in the ring and they hit a double-team finisher known as the Hawaiian Ice for the win.
The winners are CM Punk & Carlito.
Smith, upset at the loss, went after the laughing Crazy Cats. Red Tiger met him at the top of the ramp with a sudden Code Red Cutter through a stageside table. Marc Sylvester dug into his tights and pulled out brass knuckles with which he used to knock out Ralph Summers. The cameras then cut to the final commercial break.
RCW World Heavyweight championship Submissions-Only match: Champion Ryan Walters vs. Brock Lesnar w/Cyrus.
After being cautious in the beginning, Lesnar came running down to the ring. Walters caught him with a barrage of right hands and went for a 911 Cop Killa, but Lesnar slid out and to the floor where he threw a temper tantrum. He came back into the ring and again, 'the 911' knocked him around before sending him to the outside. Lesnar was beyond frustrated at this point. He went to get back into the ring and this time, he clipped Walters's legs and brought him to the outside. Lesnar landed some punches before smashing Walters' head off the ring steps. Walters fought back and tossed Lesnar onto the announce table before tossing him back into the ring. Lesnar caught Walters on his way back into the ring and began hammering away at his back. Lesnar connected with some European uppercuts in the corner before laying him out with some right hands. Walters came roaring back though and knocked Lesnar on his back, pulling him to the ring post and smashing his leg into the ring post. Back in the ring Walters hit a chop block, leaving Lesnar on the mat clutching his leg. He grabbed the knee and smashed it into the mat much to the crowd's delight. Walters wasted little time in dropping a knee across Lesnar's leg before setting it up on the bottom rope and dropping down on it. 'The 911' told us all to get ready for the end before going back to the leg of Lesnar. Walters went for a figure four, but Lesnar kicked him to the buckles. He caught Walters and connected with an impressive Belly To Belly Suplex. Lesnar connected with a DDT and went for a cover but 'the 911' kicked out. Lesnar pounded away at Walters' head before posing for the crowd himself. Lesnar dropped a leg across Walters's body and began stomping all over Walters' body. He hit another leg drop and again, went for the cover only for Walters to kick out. Lesnar clamped on the stretch muffler on Walters, attempting to wear down the 2-time RCW World champ. Walters rose to his feet only to get yanked down by his blonde hair by Lesnar. Walters caught Lesnar with a kick to the gut, mounting a little comeback. The two exchanged blows in the middle of the ring before Walters caught him with the face buster. Walters decked Lesnar with a right before Matt Michaels came out of nowhere, tackling Walters and going to town on Walters' head. Lesnar went for the F-5, but Walters foot swung around and smashed Michaels in the head, breaking down the momentum. The World champion regained his bearings and nearly took Lesnar's head off with a lariat. Cyrus was pulled from the apron by Mark Trevor Orton while Walters completed another successful defence of his World championship belt with the 911 Katihajime Sleeper.
The winner and STILL World Heavyweight champion, 'The 911' Ryan Walters.
After that intense battle with the 'Next Big Thing', Walters was jumped from behind by the rest of Paul Heyman's buddies. Their attack was met head on by the rest of the non-Heyman RCW superstars. Everyone brawled... until a pissed-off Max Jacobs walked down to the ring and served up a bunch of chokeslams to everyone willing to take him on. In the end, Jacobs hit the Tombstone on Walters, setting off some pyro and ending the broadcast.
Tournament of Revolution Card:
Star Dog vs. Yoshihiro Magma - UK title vs. Openweight title match.
Bloodhound vs. Kurt Angle.
Fatal 4-Way Tag Team elimination match - RCW Global Tag Team championship match.
Tournament matches:
Goldberg vs. Austin Aries vs. Mark Orton - Tournament of Revolution Quarter-Final match.
Max Jacobs vs. Sabu vs. Christopher Daniels vs. Kurtis Raynes - Tournament of Revolution Quarter-Final match.
2 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 - VACANT.
RCW United Kingdom title - Star Dog.
RCW Junior Heavyweight title - Firefly.
RCW Openweight title - Yoshihiro Magma.