NCW Electric- Episode #10- 5/25/17 (Taped May 19th)- Asbury Park Convention Hall- Asbury Park, NJ
The primary focus of tonight's hour of Thursday night wrestling was addressed by DXP in a opening vignette. He discussed being rather pleased by the performance of Holly, Evelyn, Velvet and Lillian in their tag team war that occurred two weeks prior in Johnstown. DXP said if it wasn't for the Miyazaki Maidens and Sweet Diva already in the tag title contest that they both would probably be included. However, Lucia Sycroin does not have a challenger yet for her Spirit Championship. Therefore, the four will compete in a mini-tournament to determine said competitor. Tonight would see the House sisters breaking apart to face either Velvet of Evelyn. The winners of the two contests will face each other head on next week in New York. Whoever comes out on top will have the 'honor'….more like dreaded honor…to face Lucia at the largest event in NCW history up to this point.
-Lillian House vs. Evelyn Cano- Semi Finals For Spirit Title #1 Contender
Lillian House has always been the forgotten House sibling in NCW. Her psychotic brother is one of the company's most famous and most important wrestlers; the other brother was the third man in the contest that awarded Drew Cage the World Heavyweight Championship in his hometown all those years ago; her sister is a former World Women's Champion and known for a historic rivalry with….a certain wrestler that will not be mentioned…But Lillian just never seemed to be able to break out. Tonight was her chance, however. Tonight she had the chance to achieve what her brother was trying to do, strike a decisive blow to the Alvarez family. Although the name wasn't attached to her, Evelyn was also out there to ensure she lived up to and maybe even surpass her cousins Jesse and Johnny.
In the early going, Evelyn was making Lillian's live rough. Evelyn had the intent to put on a lucha libre clinica. The crowd particularly popped when a dazed Lillian who was staggering on the outside was crushed like and eggshell by slingshot plancha; far more precise then most planchas in the industry. But while Evelyn was certainly learning from her hardcore mentor Holly on the ways of brawling, she still wasn't quite there yet. Lillian was able to start to turn the momentum of the match in her favor, with the match briefly flooding over the barricade and into the crowd.
Making it back into the ring before the 20 count, Lillian aimed to turn the dial back to a -10 in terms of speed. A series of rest holds soon followed, partially to ware out Evelyn and partially to tick off the diehard hardcore faithful in Asbury Park. Evelyn soon found ways to break free, 2/3 break outs ending badly for Lillian. But Lillian finally sent Evelyn to la-la-land for a short while with a vicious roundhouse kick to the kneeling Latina Diva. But kickouts soon followed that began to frustrate Lillian more and more.
The matches climax was when Evelyn turned a Killswitch off. They battled back toward the turnbuckle, both firing equally powerful punches. But Evelyn mustered the strength to overpower Lillian, and a little bit of showboating with a handstand before throwing Lillian down to the blue canvas with Viva La Diva (Turnbuckle Handstand into A Frankensteiner). After whipping her head back to shake out any cob webs in her cerebrum, Evelyn yanked the downed Lillian into the center of the ring before racing for the opposite turnbuckle. From there, it was a predictable Latina Splash that bumped Evelyn one step closer to International Insanity!
Sophisticated Beauty Promo
"You know, last year nearly 5,000 workers were killed on the job. You should consider yourself very lucky Sapphire that all you got was a slight compression fracture. To honest I don't get why everyone is so appalled at what occurred. This isn't the first time someone got hurt in a wrestling ring. If it was someone like me or Sakura or Elena got injured I would understand. People would have a valid reason to worry and break out in sweats. What would NCW do without its main event trio? Who could fill our boots? But Sapphire?...Really? We're all crying over one of many one dimensional Pokeman characters (yes, typo is intentional). I mean, how many do we got in this place? You got Ash, you got Red, you got Blue, you got Garry, you got May, you got Brock, you got Misty, you got Dawn, you got inserted blank bland character here….and Sapphire's whole thing is she lived in the wild?...Hmm….where did I here that before. Girls, why does that sound familiar?" Selena playfully enquired the pop idol's standing behind her.
"Oh I don't know…." Sakura trailed off.
"….Oh yeah. Yeah, remember Sakura. We're facing two tree huggers in Glasgow." Elena reminded her partner with a tone of sarcasm thicker than a milkshake.
"Indeed we are. Well….more like a handicap match. You got the misanthropic wolf girl who got all the skills but no brains…" Sakura began to say.
"And we got the wacko princess who loves insects who got all the brains but no skill." Elena added.
"And there never going to be a cohesive unite." Sakura declared.
"They are just another flash in the pan. I mean, there is only one women's tag team that is synonymous with NCW. Is it Seductive Dream?" Elena asked.
"No."
"Is it Frozen Rush."
"Nada."
"What about the Digital Angels?"
"Who are they again?"
"So come June 11th, there no question what the outcome will be. It won't be a classic, it will just be a clinic. We will be two time Women's Tag Team Champions and there is nothing else too it."
"That won't be all girls." Selena said. "Because I highly doubt anyone else is going to dare accept another Open Challenge from that paper champion. Tsubaki, you got nobody that will dare enter the ring with you because they know I am the only one who is capable of holding a world championship in this company. I am the only one who is the most photogenic, literary diverse, athletically gifted wrestler today. Tsubaki, put that belt on the line at International Insanity and you will become famous. For what? For marking the dawn of the era of dominance of the Auburn Beauty. It will be the Age of The Sophisticated Beauty."
Pyrrha Nikos vs. Remi Bordeaux
Pyrrha was having her patience withered thin by the Gamer Champ. From day one, Pyrrha has consistently been butting heads with Joan where she went in NCW. From Joan's Rant on Rejuvenation, to the 20 Women Royal Rumble for the World Championship, from backstage, and now having to go through both members of Joan's posse.
Pyrrha thought she might finally get Joan in the ring, but instead found her opponent to be Remi. Poor Remi, she and her sister could truly be one of the top tag teams in NCW. But instead Joan was more worried about using them to keep Pyrrha at bay. The match was similar to Maxine's from last week. Remi tried to get some offensive in the match but whatever she had was soon extinguished by the power of Pyrrha who ended the match with her signature Miló Javelin (Spear) to gain the quick victory.
But tonight's aftermath was quite different from last weeks. Instead of Joan ranting on the microphone, she and Maxine hit the ring the moment the end bell sounded. Both pounced on Pyrrha from behind, the crowd full of hate as the Invincible Girl was whipped hard turnbuckle spine first numerous times. Maxine soon broke from the attack, looking to make sure her sister was okay. But Joan could care less about her prodigies at the moment, punching and slapping at Pyrrha who soon looked to me on another planet mentally. All of the Electric officials rushed out from the locker room and quickly broke up the lopsided beatdown. Joan shouting remarks of, "NOT SO INVINICBLE ANYMORE!" and "BURIAL MACHINE!" while Pyrrha groggily tried to get back to her feet.
Tsubaki Nakatsukasa Promo
We find the World Women's Champion in a moment of contemplation. Biting her thumb while ensuring the belt remained on her shoulder with the other, contemplating on how to best respond to the atrocities of last week in Philadelphia.
"…The past few weeks have been the best few of my life. I've been having fun, enjoying the competitive contests I've tried to give crowds. But…playtime's over I suppose. I was living in a fantasy land thinking that's how things were going to work; open challenge after open challenge. Although its what I want to give to the crowd, give them back an element of surprise this has been lost to cynicism today….but all that's led to is me ignoring reality." She said, with a solemn tone. "Playtime is over…playtime is over…..Selena, playtime is over….you got my attention, and it shall be the worst thing you could have ever done. You think I'm just going to lay down and die, oh no. Don't think I can't overpower you. Don't think I can't out maneuver you. Don't think I won't hold back. I'm setting the new precedent for female champions; I will make a statement out of you. You think you're the only one worthy of holding this belt. Well, at International Insanity, I'm going to put this belt on the line. It's you vs. me. And when its all said and done, the only person worthy of holding it will be me. And indeed, everyone will be afraid from now on to accept any open challenge of mine. Why? Because I tolerated you, I played the patience game. All you had to do was walk down and accept my open challenge. But no, no, no, instead you wanted to toy with me. And when that didn't work, you went and nearly broke Sapphire's neck. Don't think I'm a push over just because I can be quiet and passive. So at International Insanity, not only will I retain this belt, if need be I will consume your soul!"
-Holly Storm vs. Velvet House- Semi Finals For Spirit Title #1 Contender
The women's main event for Asbury Park featured two that have been far from this position for quite a long time. In fact, Holly Storm had never been considered a main event wrestler, at least in terms of her NCW career. She primarily stuck to lower and midcard contests, often putting others over. For once, though, she finally had the chance to go all in. It may not be for the World Women's Championship, but the Spirit Championship was a start. But she would have to get through a former holder of both of those titles to even think about possibly challenging.
The matches first half was that of hardcore joy. Holly didn't go for many fancy moves but rather simply worried about beating the crap out of Velvet House. From irish whips into the post, ramming into the barricades, and use of the chairs in the crowd. But that's not to say Velvet didn't fire back, using the ropes on two occasions to choke out Holly for as long as Senior Official John Finnegan would allow.
Holly thought she had the match one following a Storm Driver, but Velvet was not down just yet. And thus began a comeback for Velvet to the dismay of her opponent and the Asbury Park crowd. It had been a long time since we saw the old ways of who was once seen as the head of the House family. Targeting the knee of Holly, she softened her up to ensure she would be unable to lift her to try another Storm Driver. A Beauty-T seemed the snap off the lights in Holly's head, but to the surprise of many she was able to kick out. It wasn't enough though as ultimately she was unable to execute a second Storm Driver. Velvet won the 14 minute match with a second Beauty T.
NCW Prime- Episode #49- 5/27/17 (Taped May 21st)- Asbury Park Convention Hall- Asbury Park, NJ
-Zach Cage vs. Aang vs Mako- Triple Threat For Spot In Hypersonic Title Match At International Insanity
Hernan was for sure watching closely with his Hypersonic Championship in hand somewhere backstage, as this was the second of three Triple Threats that would determine his opponents in a Ultimate X match at International Insanity. To make matters worse, all three in tonight's match were some of the company's top tiered high flyers. Although Zach Cage still is in the shadow of his brother, he has really begun to develop his own style of throwing caution to the wind. Meanwhile Aang has been a constant mainstay in the land of carnage. A former Hypersonic Champion, a former multi-time holder of the now defunct Combat Championship. All he wished to do now was to keep gaining championships. But from the same franchise came a different wrestler who had equal longevity in NCW. Mako is a former Television Champion, a former Tag champion during the early days when NCW operated under a NWA moniker. But similarly to Zach, was in the shadow of his own brother.
Zach and Aang were quick to work together at the start of the match, knowing that one of them was going to lose but they would ensure the Three Rivers Syndicate didn't a shot at the Hypersonic Championship. But after only a few minutes of double teaming on Mako, Zach was quick to turn on Aang. Zach attempted to ground Aang but his attempts at targeting the legs only worked briefly. Aang ensured Zach paid for his betrayal, and as such two duked it out back and forth.
That was until Mako laid both out via springboarding down ontop of the two, going for a cover on Aang to no avail before tying his hands with Zach with a similar result. Mako hammered away at Zach, trying to weaken him further. The match from here went on a roller coaster ride as neither of the three seemed to gain a significant leap of momentum as there was also someone extra ready to halt their chances at going to International Insanity.
Ultimately Aang fell victim to a superplex from Mako. But before Mako would have the chance to achieve victory for himself, for Streak, for Sokka, for the TRS, Zach kicked his lights out with a bicycle kick before picking up the scraps and stole the victory to the delight of the Asbury Park crowd!
Johnny Alvarez On Chris House
Viewers at home receive a promo package from Johnny Alvarez, which is unusually tight on the face and neck.
"…..Chris…what the hell are you on? No, I'm being serious because your just having Vaas and Bill ramble incoherently. 'Blood Ties Are Weakness', 'Fear Kept Chris At The Top', 'Chris Is God', Chris, what the hell are you taking to listen to this crap? Crack, Heroine? I-I just…I thought you were this almight hardcore legend who actually propelled this style of wrestling into mainstream. I thought you were the cold, calculating artist of carnage. I Thought You Were Mr. Pay-Per-View?...But, its clear that you peaked far to early in your career and are already faltering, desperate to hold on and keep you name. Your having Bill and Vaas claim people like me and my family are scum? Ha, while you've been off going insane in the membrane, I've been paving my own path purely based off of the fact I am the best and punching people's teeth down their throats. I didn't the Alvarez name to get to that point. But while we're talking, while you've been trying to act all 'edgy' and stuff by brother has been doing just fine. A former Television Champion in fact. Not because of the Alvarez name, but because he is just that damn good. And Evelyn is also beginning to path her way through NCW, her own separate but unique path by going for the Spirit Championship. She didn't need the Alvarez name. So Chris, your done. Your just done, there's nothing left in the tank for you. So sure, I'll accept your 'challenge'….I wish I got here a few years ago because then we could really have a hardcore classic…but, I suppose I'll just going to have to end it in 3 minutes flat. Oh, and in case you back out, I got a stipulation that might enhance this contest." Johnny said. The camera slowly zoomed back, revealing both his hand were covered in thick tape which glue had conform to. The glue holding hundreds of multi-colored glass shards in place. The weapons of choice for what is called a Taipei Deathmatch. "….See You In Glasgow."
-Ben Tennyson vs. Bolin
Two veterans of NCW squared off in Asbury Park. Ben Tennsyon looked to uphold the old ways of the promotion by joining the coalition known as the Three Rivers Syndicate. He was looking to re-establish himself as the powerhouse of NCW. He would have to do so however against the company's most popular athlete, the self-proclaimed "Whole Damn Deal", Bolin.
The first third of the contest was straight down the middle. Both tried jockeying for position before soon sliding to either end of the ring. Ben soon managed to bring Bolin down to the mat with a plethora of suplexes. Bolin was far from even being slightly warn down, however. Bolin began firing back, trying to replicate Ben's suplexes only to find his opportunities dashed.
The match soon spilled to the outside, as Ben whacked Bolin's head off the barricade. The brawl continued around the ring, but soon Bolin was able to gain advantage. He briefly halted any attempt by the 10th Wonder to win with a White Russian Legsweeper that crashed the back of Ben into the ring apron. Now it was all Bolin, who decided to showcase his range of moves. From Baseball Slides to suplexes that were equally vicious as Ben's, to even a springboard moonsault. But all of it was not enough to keep down the 10th Wonder.
Ben and Bolin once again were on even turf, having a slug fest that Ben managed to win. He commenced going about softening up Bolin for the Intergalactic but when he's ready to execute, Bolin finds a way out of it and levels Ben with a Pele Kick! Then follows up with Rolling Thunder for a near fall. Soon enough, Bolin also was aiming for a finisher of his own; The Five Star Frog Splash. But Ben was fortunate enough to muster up the strength to get just far enough out of range as Bolin came crashing down onto the canvas. He attempted to roll back to his feet but walked right into a BKT (Lifting Swinging Inverted DDT).
Ben had his sights for the Intergalactic once more, slamming the turnbuckle as he awaited Bolin's inevitable rise. But again Bolin managed to block the finsher and instead sent Ben flying into the ropes and on the rebound took him down with the Spinning Heel Kick. This time, he was able to execute the Five Star Frog Splash that got him the victory.
Afterwards, it was clear Bolin was far from satisfied. It wasn't the match he just had that was unfulfilling, but rather he had something on his mind he wanted to address.
"….Three Rivers Syndicate….You Are The Biggest Joke In Professional Wrestling. Why? What Takes A Plethora Of You To Achieve One, I Have Already Done. You Want To Control NCW?...I Controlled NCW As The Longest Reigning Hypersonic Champion…..And Even Though I Don't Got A Championship Right, I Do Got The Support Of The World's Best Fanbase. I Got The Best Wrestling Aresanal Of Anyone Active In The Fiction Wrestling Multiverse. I Got The Most Loving Woman On The Earth….Why? Because I Am Bolin….The Whole F****ing Deal!" Bolin declared. "And….what is your answer for the Who Damn Deal?...Renton Thurston?...Renton Thurston?...Renton Thurston has not had a singles match yet in NCW….but yet is currently the NCW Television Champion. A championship I once held when it was named the US Heavyweight Championship. Renton, all you are is the TRS's attempt to cool my jets. But you are not the Whole Damn Deal. And your title reign will never be seen as legit so as long as you run in and knock be off ladders, or hide in six man tags. So, if by some chance you manage to retain against Jesse later tonight. I want you to put that belt on the line at International Insanity and let's just see if you can even be considered a legit champion."
-Renton Thurston w/ Eureka © vs. Jesse Alvarez- NCW Television Championship
Bolin had laid out the challenge earlier in the night, but Renton was preoccupied with a title defense tonight against the Latino Kid. Jesse had never lost the Television Championship, instead he was forced to relinquish the belt like all other champions after No Way Out 2016. And although he was in the Fatal Four at Rejuvenation, he had yet to get his rightful one on one rematch.
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The Latino Kid Dropped The Heavens With A Moonsault Down On Top Of Renton, But The Momentum Didn't Stopped As Jesse Rolled Back To A Stance With The Head Hooked!
"Moonsault…Transitioned Into A SUPLEX!" Joey exclaims as that's what it appears to be…
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BUT ITS SWAPPED OUT FOR THE IMPERSONATE FINALE (Underhook Suplex Into Cutter)!
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Moments later, we find Jesse has brought Renton up to the top rope. He appears to have soften him up enough…for what may be the Alvarez Driver!
"If He Hits This, He'll Be Just The Third Person To Hold The Television Championship Twice!" Joey exclaimed. But by doing so he may have jinxed the Latino Kid, as Renton began to fire a series of elbows into the side of Jesse's cranium.
"Hold Your Horses, Joey. Renton's Getting Back In This Thing!" Critic said with much glee to the contrasting boos from the Asbury Park crowd.
Renton soon was off Jesse's shoulders, having slid back down to the ring. But found himself in a perfect position to hook Jesse…
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"…GOODBYE AND GOODNIGHT!" Critic declared as Renton rolled up Jesse…
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"Jesse Alvarez….Asbury Park….you all seemed surprised by tonight's outcome. But how could you? Do you really think a title change of this caliber was really going to occur on some random TV Taping in New Jersey of all places?" Renton asked, a small laugh ending his opening sentences. "I mean my god, look at this place. Then look at me. I may be young, I may be cocky, I may be full of s***. But if those were flaws, then how did I win this in my first NCW match?"
"I am the template for what a wrestling STAR must be. I'm young, I got skill, I got passion, I got silver, and I got the best woman by my side." Renton declared, turning to longingly look into the eyes of the turquoise haired coralien standing beside him. "I Am The New Damn Deal…..but we cannot have two of those in NCW. That Would Cause A Paradox! Now, some of you love the old ways. Hell, it's the reason this company was even created. To cater to a niche group of middle age nuts who refuse to admit 1999 has passed. Change is painful and must be done quickly. So….at International Insanity…it will be The New Damn Deal vs. The Whole Damn Deal…Bolin. You are nothing more than a bully who keeps the little man down. It is why you were removed from the division who supposedly made famous. And without that division, you got nowhere to go. So at International Insanity, I will meet you. At International Insanity, I will beat you. At International Insanity, I Will REPLACE You!"
NCW International Insanity (CARD THUS FAR)
Renton Thurston (c) w/ Eureka vs. Bolin w/ Opal- NCW Television Championship
Miyazaki Maidens vs. Sweet Diva- NCW Women's Tag Team Championship
Frozen Asylum (c) vs. Tucker Foley & Danny Phantom- NCW Men's Tag Team Championship
Tsubaki Nakatsukasa (c) vs. Selena Richardson- NCW World Women's Championship
Johnny Alvarez vs. Chris House- Taipei Deathmatch
Hernan Ortiz (c) vs. Ashitaka vs. Zach Cage vs. ?- Ultimate X- NCW Hypersonic Championship
Lucia Sycroin (c) vs (Evelyn Cano or Velvet House)- NCW Spirit Championship