RCW Livewire (July Week 2).
'Tonight, we're going to kick things off the right way. I am ordering a revolution in Junior Heavyweight wrestling because since Paul Heyman brought in the cast-offs he stooged off of WWE, the Junior Heavyweights have been getting obliterated. On that note, Firefly will defend the Junior Heavyweight championship belt against Mutt Soldier Z, Jake Taproot & Dan Wilson in a 4-way Bodyguard match, so as to keep Umaga and the Boogeyman out with Mechaclaw at the entrance ramp. As for the Great Khali, tonight he's up with Abyss against Max Jacobs in a handicap battle of the titans. With one spot remaining in the 4-way for the Tag Team titles, DJ Diddy Dog & John Cena face Mapleleaf Phantom & Wildstaff Nightmare and Carlito & CM Punk to decide who fills it! And the main event will see Ryan Walters team with Yoshihiro Magma to take on Edge & Christian Cage in preparation for the Tournament live this Sunday! But first... let's go to the 6-Sided Ring for the beginning of the show!' Danny Jackpot announced.
'Oh my god!' Came Joey Styles' trademark cry.
Triple Jeopardy match - Winner gets final spot in Tag title 4-way: DJ Diddy Dog & John Cena vs. CM Punk & Carlito vs. Mapleleaf Phantom & Wildstaff Nightmare.
Each man shook hands to begin the first fall, showing respect between teams, but being the sneaky devil that he was, Carlito clotheslined Cena from behind. Carlito whipped Cena into his corner and then choked him with the tag rope, but stopped before the referee reached the end of his five-count. Carlito tagged in Punk who put the knees to Cena's rib cage. Cena began to fight back with forearm shots to Punk and a back elbow to Carlito. He attempted to make the tag to DJ Diddy Dog but Punk just about managed to reach his foot and pull him away in time. Punk pulled Cena in by his ankle and clotheslined him down. Punk attempted the Shining Wizard but Cena ducked and tagged in DJ Diddy Dog who came in on fire. DJ Diddy Dog dropkicked Carlito from the apron and hit a Shooting Star Press to get another two count as Punk kicked out. Carlito chased Cena from the ring before they brawled in the crowd. DJ Diddy Dog clotheslined Punk from behind and then retrieved a pair of Cena's brass knuckles. As Punk pulled himself back to his feet, DJ Diddy Dog caught him between the eyes with the brass knuckles causing him to severely bleed. DJ Diddy Dog removed the weapon but continued to focus on the cut with a closed fist. The referee checked on Punk, but he begged the referee to keep the match on, which he did. DJ Diddy Dog ran at Punk and took him back down to the canvas with a inverted bulldog across the throat but the referee pulled him away. With blood covering his face, Punk pulled himself back up by using the ropes and ran at DJ Diddy Dog, taking him down with a running Uranage Slam. On the canvas, Punk wrapped around with a weak Anaconda Vice as his blood dripped onto DJ Diddy Dog's face. DJ Diddy Dog shoved Punk away and kicked him in the face. DJ Diddy Dog covered Punk who somehow his got a shoulder up at just before the three. DJ Diddy Dog stalked Punk around the ring and waited for him to get back to his feet. When Punk was back up, DJ Diddy Dog ran at him for a shoulderblock but Punk countered with another Uranage slam into the Anaconda Vice! DJ Diddy Dog screamed in pain and desperately tried to reach the ropes, but Punk pulled him back into the centre of the ring and then pushed on the pressure. With a pool of blood surrounding Punk's head, he still held onto the head and arms until DJ Diddy Dog had no choice but to submit and tap out.
DJ Diddy Dog & John Cena are eliminated.
Phantom & Nightmare were quick to attack Punk and take the advantage. Phantom nailed his Canadian Bomb Scare and Nightmare scored with the Dreamcatcher. It looked as if Phantom & Nightmare had bagged themselves the spot at TOR, but Carlito made it back and backcracked the hell out of both of them. The referee ordered Nightmare & Carlito to their corners. Carlito tried to get the crowd behind Punk and reached out for the hot tag but Nightmare ran into the ring and pulled Punk back so that no tag could be made. Nightmare reached over the ropes and tagged himself in and forced Punk into the corner where he stomped down on his chest until the referee had to pull him away. As the referee pulled Nightmare away, Nightmare ran over to Carlito and knocked him off of the apron. Nightmare turned back to Punk and put him in the sitting position in the middle of the ring and hit him with a stiff kick to the spine. Nightmare attempted it again but Punk ducked the kick and stood up with Nightmare on his shoulders. Punk then dropped Nightmare with the Electric Chair drop and again we were left with two men desperate for a tag. Both men dragged themselves to their corners and made the hot tags. Carlito stormed into the ring and knocked Phantom down with a clothesline, then another, and then a standing dropkick to Nightmare sending him falling through the ropes. Carlito went back to Phantom and hit a few forearm shots before attempting an irish-whip but Phantom countered it and sent Carlito into the ropes. Carlito came flying back and knocked Phantom down with a flying spinning heel kick. Nightmare rolled back into the ring. Carlito grabbed Nightmare and hit him with a vertical suplex but as he hit the canvas, Phantom came flying from the top rope and hit the Northern Splash onto Carlito. Phantom made the cover for the 1.. 2.. Punk breaks it up and then, with whatever strength he had left, took out Nightmare with a Pepsi Plunge from the ring apron through the timekeeper's table. Phantom was distracted long enough for Carlito to plant him with the Backcracker and take the win, just like what happened when Carlito made his debut against Phantom at Cyber Sunday.
The winners and NEW No.1 Contenders, Carlito & CM Punk.
Unfortunately, the winners wouldn't be able to celebrate, as Fade & Mane of XLX, Butch & Rat of the Bingbongs and Azzurith & Ozkan of the Emblem came down to cause a ruckus with everybody brawling.
OZW World Heavyweight championship match: Champion Kurt Angle vs. Bloodhound.
As a sneak preview of their TOR match, Angle put his O-Zone Wrestling World title on the line against OZW's number one contender, coincidentally. Angle won the title a month before RCW started as he defeated Randy Orton in his hometown of Pittsburgh with the Ankle Lock. The two men locked up in the centre of the ring as Kurt Angle put his OZW World Heavyweight Championship on the line for the very first time in an RCW ring. Kurt went behind Bloodhound and swept his legs away and took him down to the mat. Angle rode Bloodhound for a bit and then slapped him across the head and then dismounted. Bloodhound gave Angle a deathly stare but Angle just shrugged it off with a cocky smirk. Back to their feet and the two locked up once more. Bloodhound this time went behind Angle but Angle quickly countered with a firemans carry and a rear chin lock. Angle asked the referee if Bloodhound was submitting but Bloodhound wouldn't give up. Angle picked Bloodhound up from the mat with a side headlock applied but quickly took Bloodhound back down with a hip toss. Bloodhound somehow managed to turn Angle over for a pinfall attempt but Angle rolled out. Angle jumped to his feet but so did Bloodhound and Bloodhound managed to hit Angle with a clothesline, knocking him off his feet. When Angle got back up, Bloodhound whipped him into the corner and then followed up with another clothesline that almost took Angle over the ropes. Angle staggered out of the corner, Bloodhound jumped up to the second rope and came flying off and caught Angle with a snap neckbreaker for a two count. Bloodhound attempted an irish-whip but Angle countered it and tried one of his own but this time Bloodhound countered the move and pulled Angle in and up into the B-Side Driver position. As Bloodhound went for the move, Angle slid back and gripped his arms around Bloodhound and launched him backwards with a German suplex. Angle then tried to lock on the Ankle lock but Bloodhound crawled to the ropes to break the hold. Kurt pulled Bloodhound up to his feet by his tights and tried for another German suplex but Bloodhound did a 360 and landed on his feet. Angle turned around to get a kick in the mid-section and a hard DDT but somehow Kurt again kicked out after two. Bloodhound picked Angle up and went for an irish-whip but Kurt countered, kicked Bloodhound in the mid-section and hit a snap vertical suplex and a float-over for a two count. Kurt tried for another pinfall but again the referee counted to two. Angle then walked over to a turnbuckle and began to remove it's cover even though the referee tried to get him to leave it on. Kurt then picked Bloodhound up and looked to whip him into the exposed turnbuckle but Bloodhound countered and threw Angle into it instead. Angle screamed in pain until Bloodhound scooped him up and hit his B-Side Driver! Bloodhound made the cover and the crowd counted along 1.. 2.. NO! Somehow Kurt kicked out! Bloodhound motioned towards his dog collar and asked the crowd whether he should pick it up and the fans went crazy. Bloodhound bent over but Angle quickly rolled him up for a two count, both men up and Angle ducked a clothesline attempt and attempted an Olympic German Suplex but Bloodhound rolled through and hit Angle with a side russian leg sweep. John picked Angle up and set him up for a powerbomb onto the exposed turnbuckle. Bloodhound lifted Angle up but Angle rolled through into a pinning situation but Angle didn't go for the pin as he grabbed Bloodhound's ankle and locked on the Ankle lock! Bloodhound tried to grab the ropes but Angle pulled him back to the centre of the ring and twisted Bloodhound's ankle so much that Bloodhound had no choice but to tap! Angle retains!
The winner and STILL OZW World champion, Kurt Angle.
The bell continued to ring several times afterwards as Kurt refused to relinquish the Ankle Lock. Referees began to swarm the ring in an attempt to subdue Angle, but in doing so, got seperate Angle Slams executed on them for their efforts. Angle then held up his belt, letting Hound know he wasn't yet done before leaving. After his rival had left the ring, Bloodhound began to regain verticality and the fans sent him their stamp of approval in response. Then, out of nowhere, Angle returned and planted Bloodhound with the Angle Slam. The crowd booed ferociously.
RCW Junior Heavyweight championship Bodyguard match: Champion Firefly vs. 'The Shuffle' Dan Wilson vs. Mutt Soldier Z vs. Jake Taproot.
Mutt Soldier Z paired himself off with Wilson. Taproot looked to catch Firefly off-guard but got a flying boot in his face for his troubles. Firefly whipped Taproot across the ring and sent him flying with a back body drop followed by a springboard kick from the second rope. Mutt sent Wilson across the ring into the turnbuckles and followed with a powerful running clothesline. Firefly ran the ropes and landed the Blitzkrieg Bop on Taproot, but then took a superkick when he had looked to pin Taproot. Mutt covered Firefly, but Wilson pulled him off by his leg and dropped and elbow across his knee. Taproot and Wilson then teamed up to send Mutt across the ring, but both fell victim to a double flying clothesline. Mutt kipped back up to his feet but Firefly found revenge with a Roundhouse Kick, sending Mutt down. Firefly climbed to the top for the Dragonfly Drop, but Taproot knocked the ropes which sent Firefly flying out of the ring. Taproot then jumped the ropes and hit a triple-springboard moonsault on Mutt and made the cover for a two count, when Wilson broke the count. Wilson then jumped atop the ropes and hit the Wildcard on Taproot. Mutt slowly got back to his feet, but walked straight into Wilson who dropped him with a reverse cobra clutch neckbreaker and made him submit with the Grand Gamble submission finisher.
The winner and NEW RCW Junior Heavyweight champion, 'The Shuffle' Dan Wilson.
At the entranceway, Mechaclaw was being blinded by red smoke. It is revealed that the Boogeyman had the putrid smokestick right in the giant's face. Then Umaga came out of nowhere with the Samoan Spike. Unhappy with another unwanted intrusion, the Junior Heavyweights grabbed steel chairs and made a break for the entrance ramp. The cameras cut off to a promo.
The Irish Curse...
Northern Ireland's best-kept secret...
...Is coming to RCW to face Batista & Balls Mahoney in a Triple Threat quarter-final match in the Tournament of Death!
'I've always been and always will be, I am Sheamus O'Shaunessy, COME WITH ME!'
The fans clapped and cheered at the promo they just saw. The announcers were astounded.
'SOS? The former Irish Whip Wrestling International Heavyweight champion from the UK is coming to RCW! If any of you are import fans at home, I suggest going out and spending a good dollar on DVDs and Blu-Ray of his matches, because they are as savage as you are going to get in the wrestling business!' Joey Styles said, offering brief info on the new arrival.
'I tell you what: I've been to the IWW events when I was living in Ireland and seen SOS up close. He doesn't have a pretty face, but he has the ability to put Finlay's reputation to shame!' Chris X proclaimed.
'And you don't need a leprechaun to prove that an Irish wrestler is tough! It should be some debut for SOS at the Tournament of Revolution against the Animal and the Hardcore Chair-Swinging Freak!' Sam Shadow concluded.
Chris Sabin vs. Rob Van Dam w/Bill Alfonso.
The crowd was going insane for one of the most popular superstars ever to grace a RCW ring, Rob Van Dam. He almost seemed surprised by the crowd, and climbed to the top rope to acknowledge them, which they appreciated. Sabin ran up behind Van Dam and clubbed him in his lower back, and pulled him back down to the canvas with a handful of his singlet. Sabin pulled Rob back up to his feet and threw him into the corner where he kicked and stomped down on Rob's chest, forcing him down into the sitting position. Sabin walked out of the corner proud of what he had done, but when he turned back to Rob, he found a boot in his mouth. Sabin was knocked back, giving Van Dam time to jump to the second rope and springboard out to a calf kick. With Sabin on his back, Rob ran the ropes and pulled off the Rolling Thunder. Rob then hooked Sabin's leg for a two count. Sabin threw a couple of punches, but RVD put his knee into Sabin's ribs and powerbombed him right in front of the corner. The crowd knew what was coming next, as did Bill Alfonso on the outside and cheered as Rob jumped up onto the top rope and came off with the Five Star Frog Splash into the pin for the win.
The winner is Rob Van Dam.
Backstage, we see Paul Heyman leading the Great Khali to the stage with the Alliance at his back.
Abyss & The Great Khali w/Paul Heyman & James Mitchell vs. Max Jacobs w/'The 911' Ryan Walters.
Heyman was exceedingly irate at the fact that the RCW World Heavyweight champion was in Jacobs' corner to offer his support. Jacobs stood in the centre of the ring, looking from side-to-side as Abyss and Khali circled the ring. Both then slid into the ring and Jacobs was able to fight then off for a little while, but soon the numbers took over and the giants had Jacobs on the canvas. Bobby whipped Jacobs into the corner and tried a running clothesline, but Jacobs leapfrogged over him and booted Khali out of the ring. As Jacobs got back up, Abyss took his head off with a running boot. Abyss then held Jacobs up, and Heyman got into the ring to take a shot at Jacobs, but was cut off by the 911, who had been chomping at the bit to get ahold of Heyman. Abyss dropped Williams to go help Heyman, but as he reached the mad scientist, Walters let go. Suddenly Jacobs ran up behind Abyss and rolled him up, and with a little help from a handful of tights, Jacobs managed to get the three.
The winner is Max Jacobs.
Heyman began throwing chairs around in anger at Walters' interference, but suddenly stopped and grabbed a microphone calmly.
'Okay, champ, if that's the way you want to play it... you got it. I have a challenge for you: if you can win the 6-man tag this Sunday and you are the one to pin the Great Khali, then I shall wrestle you at RCW's next PPV inside a padlocked steel cage for your championship. Or, if you lose, which is the most likely scenario, you shall defend your title against the Great Khali at the next PPV and get the hell out of my life. Either way, the feud is going to end!' Heyman offered. The fans cheered at the idea and Walters agreed on a seperate microphone afterwards. He then returned to the ring for the main event.
RCW World champion Ryan Walters & RCW Openweight champion Yoshihiro Magma vs. Edge & Christian Cage w/Star Dog & Cyrus.
It looked like Edge was going to start with Ryan Walters, but he turned back to his corner and slapped Christian on the shoulder, making an official tag. Christian and Edge gave one another a confused stare as they passed between the ropes. Ryan then ran over to the corner and drove his knee into the ribs of Christian and dragged him into the ring to make a quick pin attempt, but Christian got his shoulders up at one. Ryan connected with a couple of forearm shots to Christian's head before tagging in the World Champion who got a shot into the ribs. Magma held Christian in a hammerlock and then dropped him down to the cavas with a leg sweep, followed by an elbow drop. Ryan and Magma continued to make quick tags, keeping Christian locked in their corner. Christian then countered an irish-whip, with a short-arm clothesline to Walters. Walters quickly got back up to his feet, but was thrown straight back down onto the mat by a release German Suplex. Magma ran in to make the save by he fell victim to a suplex of his own. As Walters began to get back to his feet, Christian ran the ropes but was tripped by Edge who had left his place on the apron. Christian tripped towards Walters who quickly hit the 911 Cop Killer while Magma took care of Edge with the Burning Avalanche Brainbuster which allowed him to pick up the win.
The winners are Ryan Walters & Yoshihiro Magma.
To end the show, the WWE trio assaulted Walters with steel chairs and brutal strength while Star Dog jumped Magma with the UK title belt. Fortunately for Walters, Mechaclaw was mad from earlier, as he demonstrated by planting Boogeyman and Umaga with a pair of Bulldozer Bombs. Randy Orton rushed down and laid out an interfering Rhino with the RKO.
Tournament of Revolution Card:
Star Dog vs. Yoshihiro Magma - UK title vs. Openweight title match.
Bloodhound vs. Kurt Angle.
Fade & Mane vs. Eric Azzurith & Seth Ozkan vs. Butch Bingbong & Rat Bingbong vs. CM Punk & Carlito - RCW Global Tag Team championship Fatal 4-Way Tag Team elimination match.
Ryan Walters & ?? & ?? vs. The Great Khali, the Boogeyman & Umaga - 6-man Tag Team Elimination 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.
Batista vs. Balls Mahoney vs. 'SOS' Sheamus O'Shaunessy - Tournament of Revolution Quarter-Final match.
1 Other Tournament of Revolution Quarter-Final match.
Tournament of Revolution Semi-Finals.
Tournament of Revolution Grand-Finals.
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 - Dan Wilson.
RCW Openweight title - Yoshihiro Magma.