RCW Thursday Night Repentance (July, Week 3).
The show started out with a bang as the video package of Randy Orton winning the Revolution Rumble on Livewire with a little help from his brother Mark and on the mike afterwards, proclaiming 'the most dominant faction that ever graced the wrestling business would rise again', played. Then the opening played followed by an encounter between Ralph Summers & 'The Irish Curse' Sheamus O'Shaunessy.
Bikebraker Ralph Summers w/Kevin Smith vs. 'The Irish Curse' Sheamus O'Shaunessy.
SOS made his way down the ramp, he entered the ring and began to stare directly at Kevin Smith. Smith tried to jump on the apron but SOS threatened him. The action gets underway, Summers tried to assault SOS early on but SOS outwitted him. He took Summers down with a pair of diving lariats followed by a big knee drop. As the match continued Summers fought back hitting SOS with a sit-down power bomb. Summers hooked O'Shaunessy's leg but he kicks out at two. Kevin Smith made several attempts to interfere in the contest but each time he was thwarted by a very alert SOS. Summers sprints at SOS but SOS caught him with a tiltawhirl backbreaker. Later, Summers tried to steal the victory with the Summers Projekt but SOS had other ideas and SOS pushed Summers into the ropes. As Summers spun around SOS kicked him in the gut and hit the Celtic Curse. Kevin Smith tried to interfere with the pin, but was taken out by Marc Sylvester's Dragon Suplex out of nowhere. SOS hooked the leg and got the 1-2-3.
The winner is 'The Irish Curse' Sheamus O'Shaunessy.
Summers, realising what had just happened, the Bikebraker began brawling with Marc Sylvester and got a Dragon Suplex. Kevin Smith attacked Sylvester from behind and planted him with the Kevolution. All hell broke loose as Red Tiger joined the fray. Security wasn't enough to contain the two teams as they brawled into the parking lot. Smith made the quick save for his team by breaking a piece of lumber over Red Tiger's head and piledriving Marc Sylvester on a car's hood.
Jake Taproot vs. Jack Evans.
Jack Evans, whose only RCW match to date was his involvement in the FSW Light Division vs. RCW Junior Heavyweight Division match, was slapped straight across the face by Jake Taproot who then went to work with several forearm shots. With Evans trapped in the corner, Taproot whipped Evans into the opposite corner with such velocity that Evans shot out and landed face first on the canvas. As Taproot went to pick Evans up, he was quickly thrown through the ropes. Evans then knocked Taproot down with a baseball slide. Jack pulled himself back up to his feet and instantly ran the ropes and went into a cartwheel corkscrew plancha, landing on Taproot and knocking him to the ground. Back in the ring, Jack backed Taproot into the corner and connected with a Spinning Heel Kick, sending himself over the top rope and onto the apron. With a last gasp move, Taproot ran from the corner and clotheslined Evans from the apron, sending him head over heels face first onto the mats outside. Taproot rolled Jack back into the ring for a two count. As Taproot grabbed Evans to pull him back to his feet, Evans tripped Taproot's legs and took him down. Evans then rolled through with a bridge for a cover, but only got a two-count. Taproot ducked through a Roundhouse Kick and connected with an X-Factor, but only got another close two. Taproot took Jack to the top rope, but Jack countered with a strong right hand and landed the patented 630 Splash. But before he could pin the no.1 contender for the Junior Heavyweight title, Taproot's allies Chris Sabin & 'Acid' Matt Hyson ran in to beat the hell out of 'The Prince of Parkland'. Sabin hit a Cradle Shock which left Evans wide open for an Acid Raid Driver from Hyson. Sabin helped Taproot regain his bearings. Then Taproot nailed a picture-perfect Rootcore Suplex for the win.
The winner is Jake Taproot.
The terrible trio began to stomp Jack Evans into the ground until Mutt Soldier Z & Dan Wilson ran in. Mutt ran Hyson out of town while Chris Sabin felt the wrath of the Shuffle's Wildcard. Taproot then dumped Wilson on his head in a piledriver.
Danny Jackpot announced that a trump card match would take place later in the night for both the Openweight & UK championships, which may tear at the very fabric of The Ends Justify The Means. Yoshihiro Magma would be defending his titles against someone who has been away from RCW for too long, AJ Styles... and it would happen tonight.
Non-title match: CM Punk & Carlito vs. Nate & Grizzly w/Kiba.
CM Punk stepped out from the back and the RCW Global Tag Team champions ran down to the ring and slid through the legs of their opponents. As XLX turned around, they were met with forearm shots across the face. Grizzly caught Carlito with a knee in the mid-section and then helped his partner by catching Punk with a clothesline. As the teams took to their respective corners, Grizzly sat Carlito on the top rope and slapped him across the face, knocking him out of the ring. Back in the ring and Nate got involved, isolating Carlito in enemy territory with hard elbows across the face and an uppercut to the chin. Nate pulled Carlito from the corner by his leg but got an Enziguri to the face, knocking him down. Carlito crawled to Punk for the hot tag. Punk cleared house with clotheslines and dropkicks, but Kiba tripped his foot as he ran the ropes. XLX took advantage and hit a Snapshot-type move. Carlito was in quickly to stop the pinfall and hit the Backcracker on Grizzly, but immediately got hit by the Wild Dynamite straight afterwards. CM Punk was coiled. As soon as Nate turned around, he was subjected to Welcome To Chicago, Motherfucker. Punk went straight into the Anaconda Vice for a turbo-quick submission victory.
The winners are CM Punk & Carlito.
XLX & the champions began to have an argument in the middle of the ring until Danny Jackpot came out.
'It seems that within the parameters of a regular match, both you teams can't be contained. So, I'll go you one better. At The Ends Justify The Means, it will be Nate & Grizzly teaming up for XLX, taking on CM Punk & Carlito for the Global Tag Team championship... in a ladder match!' Jackpot announced. Neither team seemed happy with the decision.
Austin Aries vs. Firefly.
Aries viciously went to work on Firefly, totally disregarding the referee as he tangled Firefly in the ring ropes and drove his knee into his lower back. Aries released Firefly from the ropes and whipped him across the ring and took him down with a driving knee to the ribs, sending him over his knee and down onto the canvas. Firefly rolled around the ring holding his ribs as Aries ran the ropes and dropped a double-knee drop into the side of Firefly and covered for a two. As Firefly attempted a comeback, Aries quickly cut him off and lifted him onto his shoulders where he threw him into the air and dropped to his back, thrusting his knees into the ribs of the falling Firefly. Aries lifted Firefly up for the Aries Bomb, but Firefly came back with rights into Aries's face, knocking him onto his back. Firefly quickly ran up the ropes and with Aries in position, Firefly hit the Blitzkrieg Bop, smashing Aries into the canvas. Firefly then covered for a 2-count. Aries reversed an attempt at the Fire Thunder Driver by Firefly, into an inverted piledriver. Firefly was out cold. Aries climbed the turnbuckles and scored the 450 Splash for the 1-2-3.
The winner is Austin Aries.
Then it is revealed on the big screen that Aries would tangle with Goldberg at The Ends Justify The Means.
Redbark, Bloodhound & Joey Boozehound came to the ring. Redbark got on the mike and challenged Kurt Angle to take revenge against them right there, right then. Joey then egged on the crowd with his drunken antics while Bloodhound sat by and watched the whole thing unfold. Suddenly, Redbark's taunts were cut off by familiar music from the legendary Motorhead. Out came Randy Orton, closely followed by Mark Orton. Then out came Batista. To complete the foursome, out came the man the Dog House challenged: Kurt Angle. They sprinted to the ring and got caught up in a massive brawl with the Dog House. Randy Orton nailed Redbark with the RKO, Batista dropped a Bombshell on Joey followed by the Package Crash from Mark Orton and Kurt Angle planted Bloodhound with an Angle Slam. The Dogs bailed. Randy recovered the fallen mike.
'You guys pissed off the wrong Olympian! I am a man of my word and I've just proven it to you. Ladies & Gentlemen, welcome to the next generation... welcome to EVOLUTION!' Orton said. The Evolution theme played in the background as the new stable posed on four of the six corners of the ring.
Non-title match: 'The 911' Ryan Walters vs. Sign Dude Bingbong.
Ryan Walters went to tie-up, but Sign Dude blasted him with a stiff kick to the ribs, followed by a second kick, this time to the back of the knees. Sign Dude ran the ropes and attempted a Shining Wizard, but 'The 911' ducked down under the flying knee, and then dropped him with an Inverted DDT. 'The 911' then pulled Sign Dude up from the canvas and signalled for his signiture move, the 911 Cop Killa to get the win.
The winner is Ryan Walters.
There would be hell to pay for Paul Heyman inside a steel cage. Speak of the devil, Heyman appeared on the big screen and promised he would make an appearance on Livewire next week. Ryan looked very happy with that decision.
RCW Openweight/UK championship match: Champion Yoshihiro Magma vs. AJ Styles.
AJ Styles didn't seem to be in a hurry to get into the ring with Magma, but Magma wanted to get his hands on the Phenomenal One and chased Styles around the ring. As the two rolled back into the ring, Styles dropped an elbow across Magma's back. Styles then whipped Magma across the ring, but Magma came flying back with a clothesline. Magma looked for the Burning Avalanche Brainbuster, but Styles rolled out of the ring like he'd had enough. The crowd booed his decision, but he didn't really seem to care what they thought. But one man who did, Max Jacobs sprinted out from the back and threw Styles back into the ring. Styles argued with Jacobs a little bit, but turned around into the Burning Avalanche Brainbuster from Magma, slamming him down on his head into the centre of the ring. Magma then covered the Phenomenal One as the crowd happily counted along to the three count.
The winner and STILL RCW Openweight/United Kingdom Champion, Yoshihiro Magma.
Magma raised his belts in the air as the show closed.
RCW The Ends Justify The Means Card:
'The 911' Ryan Walters vs. Paul Heyman - RCW World title Feud-Ending Steel Cage match.
'The Shuffle' Dan Wilson vs. Jake Taproot - RCW Junior Heavyweight title match.
CM Punk & Carlito vs. XLX - RCW Global Tag Team title Ladder match.
Yoshihiro Magma vs. Max Jacobs vs. Star Dog - RCW Openweight title/UK title Two Falls Triple Threat match.
Austin Aries vs. Bill Goldberg.
Evolution vs. The Dog House.
Champions:
RCW World Heavyweight title - 'The 911' Ryan Walters.
RCW Global Tag Team titles - CM Punk & Carlito.
RCW United Kingdom title - Yoshihiro Magma.
RCW Junior Heavyweight title - Dan Wilson.
RCW Openweight title - Yoshihiro Magma.