It's a cold, rainy night here in Cardiff but that didn't dampen the spirits of SHTCW:a's faithful as they came out in surprising droves tonight for a fantastic show.
Pre-Show:
Surprise Bonus Match: Super Parrot II vs. Harvey Wolfman:
We get a surprise match to start off our pre-show, as supposedly SHTCW:a officials were impressed enough with Super Parrot II to bring him back for another match, and he faces off against Harvey Wolfman.
In the early going, it's all Wolfman, grounding the Senegal Sensation. But Parrot shows off his ability to stick and move, constantly confusing Wolfman with impressive technical moves. He goes up top for an elbow but whiffs!
He won't let that deterr him, though, hitting punches in the corner and bringing it to Wolfman.
Wolfman comes back with corner punches of his own! Seven minutes in and it's a dead-even match.
BIGGGG DEADLIFT GERMAN FROM WOLFMAN! What power! He might be the strongest lucha going.
RUNNING CLOTHESLINE! AND WOLFMAN SIGNALS ANOTHER GERMAN!
PARROT ENDURES AND HITS A STARUST PRESS!
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COMPLETE SHOT OUTTA NOWHERE FROM PARROT! NO-SOLD! JAIL HOLD FROM WOLFMAN! IT'S LOCKED IN DEEP AND PARROT HAS TO TAP!
Elimination Tag Match: Flash the Mighty/Enigmatica vs. El Swampo/El Hijo del 8-Bit:
Flash and Swampo start us off and right away Swampo goes for a spell, but misses with her swamp magic! Swampo quickly tags out and Flash fights off both 8-Bit and Swampo, impressively.
She gets the better of 8-Bit as well until she tags in Enigmatica and they hit double dropkicks. Then a follow-up cartwheel Elbow into the corner from Enigmatica! 8-Bit wants no part of this and tags Swampo back in.
ANOTHER ELBOW FROM ENIGMATICA BUT SHE WHIFFS! SWAMPO WITH THE SWAMP CLAW! Enigmatica is in a bad way and quickly tags out.
Swampo is smartly grounding both Flash and Enigmatica with takedowns, using her size advantage and just beating down the smaller opponents. SWAMP MIST MISSES AND IN COMES 8-BIT!
He is taking it to Flash, and she has had enough. Dropkick and Enziguri whiffs! Two-count from Enigmatica!
Swampo's in to try to break it up and she barely misses with the Swamp Mist! Enigmatica dumped to the outside.
FLASH ROLL-UP FROM ENIGMATICA! TWO-COUNT! Enigmatica lifts 8-Bit up but evidently hasn't seen the tag to Swampo. BIG headbutt breaks it up and Swampo takes control.
SWAMP CLAW ON ENIGMATICA'S FACE OUT OF NOWHERE! BUT SHE WON'T TAP! SWAMPO IS DUMPED TO THE OUTSIDE AND IN COMES FLASH! FRANKENSTEINER! TWO-COUNT! FACE CLAW ON FLASH BUT SHE WON'T GIVE IN! FRANKENSTEINER DUMPS SWAMPO TO THE OUTSIDE!
8-BIT TRIES TO DUMP FLASH ON THE APRON BUT SHE KNOCKS HIM DOWN! SWAMP MAGIC! SWAMP MAGIC AGAIN! ENIGMATICA IS DESPERATELY TAGGED IN! HITS A BIG TOP ROPE MOOOOVE!
ROPE BREAK!
In comes 8-Bit and he immediately eats a dropkick. Back switch exchange and he gets the better of it! Roll-up but Flash interrupts the pin! ENIGMATIC MOONSAULT ONTO 8-BIT'S BACK! Flash is back in.
HURACANRANA AND 8-BIT GETS IT! ENIGMATICA IS THE ONLY ONE LEFT! BUT EVERYONE IS FROZEN AND THERE'S THAT STRANGE TIME WARP AND INDECIPHERABLE TEXT SCROLLING ACROSS THE SCREEN. WHEN IT DISAPPEARS NO ONE IS IN THE RING. HOW PECULIAR.
"Livewire" Lauryn Lyndon vs. El Gringo Fantastico:
To start the match Lauryn goes high for a dropkick and Gringo immediately goes low with a basement dropkick, taking out her knees.
He DUMPS her to the outside with a suplex and it is ALL Gringo to start with. Rolling Camel Clutch and he wants this done early! Another low dropkick! He is taking out her base and wrestling surpririsingly smart. Side headlock and this is ALL Fantastico, utilizing his size and refusing to let Lauryn get any momentum going.
Biggg runnning Hip Attack and a kick to the junk to follow it up. Stomps in the corner from Fantastico! Seven minutes in and this is his match to lose.
Desperation elbow from the top halfway across the ring! Two-count!
Roll-up from Lyndon! Two-count again!
Another rolling Camel Clutch but Lyndon won't give in! Another running hip attack! AND ANOTHER AFTER A SEQUENCE OF LOW-BLOWS! NORTHERN LIGHTS SUPLEX FROM LYNDON! TWO-COUNT!
ELBOW DROP!
2.9! Lyndon dumped to the outside and it's bedlam on the outside! LYNDON ROLLS BACK IN RIGHT BEFORE THE 20 COUNT! SHE STEALS IT! THAT WAS FANTASTICO'S MATCH TO LOSE! HE GOT OBSESSED WITH BEATING LYNDON ON THE OUTSIDE AND SHE SNUCK BACK IN TO STEAL IT! FANTASTICO IS RIPPING APART THE RINGSIDE AREA IN FRUSTRATION!
DYNAMO Tigress vs. La Gran Piña: If Tigress Wins, She Gets a Lucha Crown Shot:
We come to the final match of the pre-show as Tigress gets a shot at the lucha crown if she can beat Piña here.
In the early-going it's all Tigress. She's using her height and leverage advantage to ground Piña and just take it to her with big strikes. The two trade big slaps and Tigress comes out the better, mounting Piña and going for more BIG palm strikes.
MANHATTAN DROP INTO A HIP ATTACK FROM TIGRESS! AND AGAIN! AND A LITTLE OLD SCHOOL TO FOLLOW IT UP! THIS IS ALL TIGRESS!
BIGGG UNDERHOOK FACEBUSTER! TWO-COUNT!
ANOTHER MANHATTAN DROP! SPINAROONIE FROM TIGRESS! Both competitors to the outside! But Tigress immediately hits a running hip attack when she's back in! RUNNING HIP DROP TO THE FACE OF THE PINEAPPLE LUCHA! 2.9!
BIG SUPLEX WITH A BRIDGE! ROPE BREAK! PINEAPPLE DUMPS TIGRESS AND NEEDS TO COLLECT HER BREATH!
And now Tigress dumps Piña! RUNNING PALM STRIKE! BIG SAMOAN DROP AND PINEAPPLE IS DUMPED TO THE OUTSIDE! MORE RUNNING HIP ATTACKS! TWO IN A ROW!
ANOTHER SPINAROONIE! TIGRESS IS ON FIRE! SHE WANTS THIS LUCHA CROWN SHOT!
AXE KICK BARELY MISSES! ANOTHER HIP ATTACK! AND A SPINAROONIE! BUT IS TIGRESS PLAYING TO THE CROWD TOO MUCH?
NO! ANOTHER OLD SCHOOL! HIP ATTACK! SITTING HIP DIVE!
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Main Card:
"Dastardly" Darrik Davies vs. Kemper Tierney:
And here we go with the main card! Darrik Davies looks to continue his surprise winning ways, but he's in tough against a former SHTCW:a World Champ, Kemper Tierney.
Kemper is out to prove something at the start of the match as she's trying to outwrestle Davies whilst Davies is content to just slap Tierney around and laugh at her.
Roll-up attempt from Davies but it's only a one-count! Five minutes in and no one really has any momentum going. Davies is starting to build it until he whiffs from the top with a knee drop!
But that is short-lived and it's all Davies again. He is just clinically trying to pick Tierney apart.
Tierney is desperately trying to take out Davies' legs with Dragon Screws. Big running bulldog and a ebow drop from the top and this may be Tierney's match now! Egoist Driver! 2.9!
BIGGG Spinning Kick in the corner! Knee drop from the top from Tierney!
AND A BRAINBUSTER! BUT DAVIES IS UP AND CALLS TIERNEY A DUMBASS! REPEATEDLY!
X-FACTOR INTO THE DASTARDLY LOCK! AND TIERNEY HAS TO SUBMIT! DAVIES HAS SUBMITTED A FORMER CHAMP AND IS ON A ROLL!
Milkshake Jones w/ Midnight Brown vs. Fergus Gray:
Fergus Gray is looking for some redemption after getting DESTROYED by Colossus Rhodes. And Milkshake is looking to get back to his winning ways after he and Midnight Brown ditched their mysterious amulet and lost the Tag Titles back to The Beat-Alls.
In the early going it's pretty even with Gray showcasing his power and Jones hitting big strikes. But three minutes in he hits a VERY EARLY Worm. Can't capitalize, though!
But it may be enough to swing momentum Milkshake's way! It's all the time-traveling cop from there.
BIGGG Alabama Slamma from Jones! Spinning Kick from Gray! Barely misses!
Biggg squashing splash from Gray! Two-count!
Ten minutes and in and we're right back to even again.
HEAD PICKUP LARIAT!
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2.9!
WORM!
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TRADING FINISHERS!
GRAY IS DUMPED TO THE OUTSIDE AND MILKSHAKE SHOWS OFF HIS MUSCLES!
ANOTHER LARIAT!
TWO-COUNT! ALABAMA SLAMMA INTO A WORM! TWO-COUNT!BIG RUNNING DIVING LARIAT! SPLASH! TWO-COUNT!
WORM! TWO-COUNT! THESE TWO ARE TRADING BOMBS!
TIME BOMB FROM FERGUS! SPLASH!
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Gray finally picks up a win and Milkshake Jones is FURIOUS! Midnight Brown's on the apron and Jones is admonishing her, but she shoots him a glare, yelling "YOU SAID YOU GOT IT! YOU SAID YOU A BIG MAN WHO CAN HANDLE HIS BUSINESS! YOU AIN'T HANDLE NOTHIN'!"
NO LIMITS TITLE #1 CONTENDER'S BARBED WIRE DEATHMATCH: Mercy Devine vs. No Name:
This is a HUGE match to determine the #1 Contender to Blood Dragon's title and No Name starts it off, obviously, wanting blood. Both competitors are trying to get this done fast as the ring is set to explode at ten minutes. Both competitors are trying to whip each other into the mat but neither can get it done.
LOW SUPERKICK FROM NO NAME! TWO-COUNT!
And Devine is busted open seven minutes into this hellacious back-and-forth match. No Name whips Mercy into the barbed wire and he is in control! No Name thrown right into the barbed wire now! Only thirty seconds until the ring explodes!
RING EXPLODES! BOTH COMPETITORS STILL UP!
BRASS KNUCKLES PUNCH FROM MERCY! KICK-OUT AT 2! NO NAME IS CHOKING MERCY OUT!
BIG BOARD SHOT FROM NO NAME! MORE! JUST BEATING HER SENSELESS WITH THAT CHUNK OF TABLE!
Plants her with a DDT! Mercy comes back with a barbed wire bat! MANDIBLE CLAW ON MERCY AND SHE'S OUT! NO NAME IS GONNA FACE BLOOD DRAGON!
No-DQ Grudge Match: Fyfe Donnelly vs. Saoirse DonnellyThe Donnelly siblings face off in this No-DQ match after Fyfe dragged his sister out from backstage in front of their father on episode two and turned on her.
In the early going it's all Fyfe as he grounds his little sister and manipulates her limbs with the moves his father taught him. Run-Up Moonsault gets an early one-count.
Big headbutss from Saoirse get her back in the match, though!
Fyfe's got a chair after he's dumped to the outside but Saoirse uses it, dumping Fyfe onto it with a DDT!
FYFE OFFERS A HANDSHAKE TO HIS SISTER, AS IF TO APOLOGIZE!
AND ARMBARS HER!
DDT ONTO THE CHAIR! DONNELLY DEATHGRIP BUT FYFE WON'T TAP!
DOUBLE-ARM DDT ONTO THE CHAIR! 2.9!
FFF ONTO THE CHAIR! DONNELLY DEATHGRIP BUT SAOIRSE WON'T TAP EITHER!
Elbow drop whiffs! SAOIRSE WRESTLES THE CHAIR FROM FYFE! ANOTHER DONNELLY DEATHGRIP BUT HE STILL WON'T TAP!
LARIAT ONTO THE CHAIR! ELBOW DROP! TWO-COUNT! ELBOW DROP FROM FYFE!
Fyfe is stuffed by a dropkick! BELLY-TO-BELLY ONTO THE CHAIR! DIVING HEADBUTT FROM SAOIRSE MISSES! FYFE CLOBBERS HER WITH THE CHAIR! BUT SHE HITS A DOUBLE-ARM DDT AGAIN! COVER!
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SAOIRSE GETS THE DESPERATION WIN AND CLAIMS VICTORY OVER HER BROTHER! BUT AFTER THE MATCH HE BEATS HER DOWN! DDT FROM THE TOP ONTO THE CHAIR AND SAOIRSE IS OUT COLD!
Elimination Tag Match The Bulk Bros vs. The Beat-Alls:
We start off with Beef McHugeBulk and George Eggman in this non-title match and you've gotta think if The Bulk Bros can get a win here that puts them in line for a title shot.
Bigggg double-team powerbomb to start off the match and in comes John Pepper.
Beef wants no part of him and in comes Wolfgang Amadeus BROzart. He eats ANOTHER double team move and a grounded dragon screw to boot.
Biggg corner spear into the turnbuckle from Eggman but he can only get a one-count. Biggg facebuster from Broham before he tags Beef in! And Eggman gets the tag on Pepper and Beef eats another double-team move!
He's showing off his catch-as-catch-can prowess until Beef shoulder tackles him and Pepper wants nothing to do with it. In comes Eggman and just for good measure Pepper locks in an armbar on Beef.
BEEF EATS A REVOLUTION NO. 9 POWERBOMB!
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SPEAR ON BROHAM AS HE'S TAGGED IN!
SPEAR AGAIN! 2.9!
Broham goes for the Facebuster but it's countered! Spear!
DISCUS PUNCH FROM BROHAM! VERTICAL SUPLEX FROM EGGMAN AND BROHAM IS DUMPED TO THE OUTSIDE!
EGGMAN TAKES OUT BOTH BEEF AND BROHAM! RELEASE GERMAN FROM BROHAM! EGGMAN DESPERATELY TAGS OUT! DOUBLE TEAM FROM THE BEAT-ALLS! HANDSHAKE FROM PEPPER! NO IT'S AN ARMBAR!
REVOLUTION NO. 9 ON BEEF!
FACEBUSTER ON PEPPER! RELEASE GERMAN ON PEPPER NOW! CRAVATE ON BROHAM AND HE TAPS! IT'S DOWN TO BEEF NOW!
GO FLASHER IS NO-SOLD BY EGGMAN! HE DUMPS BEEF TO THE OUTSIDE AND PEPPER ATTACKS!
BEEF GOES UP TOP BUT HE'S KNOCKED BACK DOWN! TORTURERACK BUT BEEF BARELY GETS AN ARM OUT TO THE ROPE! SPEAR! BEEF NO-SELLS IT! ANOTHER TORTURERACK AND BEEF CAN'T ESCAPE THIS TIME!
Bobby Donnelly vs. Marcel Müller:
Bobby Donnelly looks to continue his winning ways after his surprise comeback from last show against a former champ, the Stuttgart Submission Machine!
And it starts off with Bobby trying to tie Marcel up into a pretzel but Marcel doing well to counter. And they both quickly transition into trading HUGE bombs barely three minutes into the match. Marcel is going a million miles a minute trying to use his youth to his advantage and just be quicker than Donnelly.
And any time Donnelly does have an advantage Marcel is putting on a countering clinic here in the early going.
Early DAS BOOT! But he can't capitalize.
Beautiful back switch into a German but it's only a two-count! And another two-count off a big kick. Armbar but Donnelly gets his feet to the rope!
Snap Suplex into another two-count! Another armbar and another rope break!
URAKEN MISSES WILDLY BUT MARCEL EXPERTLY DUCKS AND HITS A RELEASE GERMAN! DONNELLY IS DUMPED TO THE OUTSIDE! HE ROLLS BACK IN AND EATS ANOTHER RELEASE GERMAN TO THE OUTSIDE!
Cravate from Donnelly! He's mounted but locks in an armbar! DAS BOOT FROM MARCEL! HE WHIFFS! ANOTHER TRAP ARMBAR FROM DONNELLY!
MINORU SPECIAL II! BEAUTIFULLY EXECUTED BUT DONNELLY WON'T TAP!
DAS BOOT! ELBOW DROP FROM THE TOP ROPE!
DAS BOOT IN THE CORNER BUT DONNELLY LOCKS IN THE LATCH LOCK! MARCEL WON'T TAP!
SUZUKI-STYLE PULLING PILEDRIVER FROM DONNELLY!
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DAS BOOT WHIFF! KNEEBAR ON MARCEL AT THE 20 MINUTE MARK BUT HE WON'T TAP!
HIGH FLY FLOW! ROPE BREAK!
VERTICAL SUPLEX REVERSAL FROM DONNELLY! MARCEL IS DUMPED! OCTOPUS HOLD BUT MARCEL WON'T TAP AGAIN!
OKITE YABURRRIIIII! HE STEALS THE FFF! ARMBAR BUT DONNELLY WON'T TAP! TORBELLINO! ARMBAR! STILL NO TAP!
KNEEBAR AGAIN BUT MARCEL WON'T TAP STILL!
FFF! GOING FOR THE DONNELLY DEATHGRIP BUT MARCEL BLOCKS! ARMBAR AND FINALLY DONNELLY HAS TO TAP! Over 25 minutes! What a match! Both men shake hands, even with Donnelly's arm hanging limp at his side, and they get a standing ovation from the crowd.
AND OUT OF NOWHERE IT'S FYFE DONNELLY. HE BLINDSIDES HIS FATHER BEFORE HE'S CHASED OFF BY MARCEL!
MAIN EVENT: Colossus Rhodes/Minerva vs. Crusher Stevens/Mayday Malone:
We've got a bigggg main event as the unlikely team of Crusher Stevens and Mayday Malone faceo off against the new #1 Contender to Malone's title, Colossus Rhodes, and Minerva, a woman who has a non-title victory over Malone.
Minerva and Malone start us off and immediately Minerva looks to impose her size by taking down Malone but Malone does well to stuff the attempt. It's only a matter of moments until she's taken down, though.
Bigggg Flapjack and Malone quickly tags out, being taken to school by Minerva.
MINERVA SHOWS AMAZING STRENGTH! She deadlift Gutwrenches Crusher Stevens before tagging in Colossus Rhodes.
She eats a biggg choke and Spinebuster to start off the exchange. She refuses to back down, though, hitting elbow strikes against the big man! But she's stuffed repeatedly on her attempts from Irish Whips! GANSO BOMBBB! CRUSHER SAVES IT!
Mayday desperately needs out having barely survived that exchange. Running splash into the corner! 2.9 and Crusher barely kicks out!
Mount and knees from Crusher!
BIG POWERBOMB? NO, BLOCKED BY CRUSHER! MORE MOUNTED KNEES! COLOSSUS TAGS IN MINERVA!
DOUBLE-TEAM POWERBOMB INTO A NECKBREAKER!
BIGGGG repeated chops from Minerva! And a Diving Headbutt! She's dumped to the outside and this is chaos now!
Crusher has a table chunk and in comes Malone! Minerva tags in Rhodes! Diving headbutt from Minerva!
WHOA! MAYDAY LIFTS RHODES INTO AN AIRPLANE SPIN!
PITCHING CHOPS!
SWING FOR THE FENCES ELBOW BUT SHE DIDN'T GET ALL OF IT! ROPE BREAK!
RHODES HAS THE TABLE PIECE! HITS MALONE!
DROP TOE HOLD ONTO THE TABLE PIECE! MALONE CALLS FOR THE ROUND THE BASES SUBMISSION! BROKEN UP!
GRENADE ON MINERVA FROM CRUSHER!
ROLLING LARIAT ATTEMPT! FOREARMS FROM RHODES!
HURACANRANA FROM THE TOP! LEG DROP FROM THE TOP! BIG STRIKE EXCHANGE! RHODES IS GASSES! COULD THIS BE MAYDAY'S CHANCE? Running Bulldog from Malone!
Forearms from Rhodes! SLINGBLADE MISSES!
SLINGBLADE NO-SOLD! ANOTHER ONE!
CHOKESLAM OUT OF NOWHERE FROM RHODES IN HIS CORNER!
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