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COD 2012
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There were a lot of chants for former CZW stars before the show, including Wifebeater, Zandig and Nick Gage. There was then a sizeable "Free Nick Gage" chant.
Ring announcer Larry Legend was introduced and came out to the the theme to the Price is Right, since he won big on the game show. He got a massive "Larry" chant and a standing ovation.
Ultraviolent Aerial Assault: 4-Loco vs. the Nation of Intoxication
The only way to win is to get the CZW Tag Team belts hanging above the ring. Everyone just brawled out of the locker room and its immediate total chaos. Azrieal hit a big tope con hilo to the floor. Crissy Rivera swung off the top rope using a rope like Tarzan into a rana.
Alex Colon drilled Danny Havoc with a ladder and attempted to whip him into it. Havoc nailed him and used it like an airplane spin weapon but was lowblowed by Rivera. Colon used a back suplex while the ladder was around his neck. Holy hell, that was nuts.
Alex Colon and Bandido worked over Devon Moore, beating him with a ladder. They brought a table into the ring. Bandido sent Moore into a ladder in the corner with a suplex. Nuts. The table was placed in a corner. As all this madness was going on, everyone else was brawling outside the ring.
4 Loco worked over Moore, who held onto the ropes when they whipped him across the ring. He backdropped Colon and Bandido to the floor. Everyone battled to the floor as Havoc stood atop the box the belts were in and hit a moonsault to the floor on everyone.
The crowd began applauding in unison.
Thurnteen and Colon battled back and forth in the ring. Thurnteen used the rope hanging from the ceiling to pull himself to the top and came off with a big swinging DDT. He then went to the top of a scaffold and was going to leap off, but Colon charged up a table that was leaning against the ropes. Colon was kicked off and bumped into the ring. Thurnteen then hit an insane 450 splash off the top of the scaffold to a table Bandido was on below. The place went nuts.
Devon Moore went to the top of the scaffold. Rivera followed him and nailed him with a low blow but he no sold it and pulled out a protective cup. He grabbed her and nailed a Michinoku Driver off the top of the scaffold through a table. Holy hell, that was insane. The place erupted.
Someone nailed a cutter off the apron through another table but I missed who. Azrieal came off the top of the box with a senton. Havoc was bleeding from the back of the head at this point. The finish was Havoc pulling someone from the top of a huge ladder and nailing a DVDR through a table that was leaning against the ropes.
Lucky Thurnteen then pulled the belts down.
The winners and new CZW Tag Team champions, The Nation of Intoxication.
Absolutely one of the most insane matches I've seen this year with a dozen insane bumps that would make the highlight reel. Great, chaotic brawl that the crowd loved. And that was JUST the opener!
As they cleaned the ring, Pepper Parks and Cherry Bomb walked around ringside cutting a promo. He put her over as his new fiancé and the fans called her a "crack whore." Bomb said that they feel they may have gotten off on the wrong foot with the fans because they understand how confused the fans are. They said they are here because they care about them. They began pointing out fans and telling them how they could better themselves. It was great. One woman actually threw something at Cherry. They found a planted heavyset fan that they had take off his shirt so they could "see how they can best help him." Parks then told the fans to take his advice, which is that the body is a temple and if you work hard to get a body like his, one day you can treat someone else's like a playground. It was a hell of a promo.
Shane Strickland vs. Rich Swann
They began brawling back and forth on the floor immediately. They fought into the ring, where they went back and forth with some crazy reversals. Swann was cut off with a big clothesline. Strickland leapfrogged him and avoided a tackle but was caught with a big dropkick. Strickland came back with a dropsault, sending Swann into the corner.
Strickland and Swann battled back and forth until Swann dropkicked him out of the ring. Swann hit a running flip dive to the floor. Strickland tried to nail a sliding kick through the ropes but was pulled through and brought down hard on the floor.
Swann chopped him hard on the floor. They fought back into the ring where Swann charged Strickland but was kicked down for a two count. Strickland began nailing a series of kicks to Swann. He went for a tombstone piledriver and they went over and over with reversals until Swann dropped him down on the back of his head in a nasty looking attempt.
Swann chopped Strickland back down as he recovered and locked in a rear chinlock, but not before spitting down at him. Strickland fought to his feet but was dropped back down with a back suplex for a two count. Swann argued over the count.
Swann came off the top with a big measured elbow for a two count. Swann chopped him in the corner and monkey flipped him out of it onto a chair in the middle of the ring. That garnered Swann another two count. Swann beared down on Strickland with an armbar.
They battled back and forth until Strickland elevated Swann into the air and brought him down on his knees. He charged Swann but was backdropped to the floor. Swann went for a sliding kick but it was avoided. Strickland nailed him with a DDT on the floor, with Swann's body making a sickening thud.
Strickland nailed a springboard moonsault to the floor on Swann. They fought back and forth with Swann being hit with an Electric Chair into a bridge for a pin. Strickland was hit with a Van Daminator and then a reverse rana for a two count. Strickland missed a rana off the top and was hit with a double stomp from the top by Swann, then a standing 450 splash for another two count.
The fans began dueling chants. Strickland sets up a chair and tries for a powerbomb but it was blocked. Strickland nails him hard in the face and goes for another. Swann slipped out and nailed a sitdown bomb, dropping Strickland across the edge of the chair. He then hit a standing 450 splash and scored the pin.
Your winner, Rich Swann!
Someone is going to watch this and say they did way too much and the psychology didn't make sense, but for this audience, it was exactly what they wanted to see - two guy beating themselves and the other guy half to death with insane moves and hard hitting shots in order to win. My hat is off to them for an insanely great effort. Swann blows me away every time.
Greg Excellent & Mother Excellent vs. Drew Gulak & Kimber Lee
Gulak is the top heel personality here, doing an anti-everything deal leading a movement for a better CZW. He's a hell of a heel and shows a ton of poise and charisma in the role. Excellent is sort of the macot and comedy guy around here and is loved for it. He's had a long going off and on storyline with his legitimate mother who shows up from time to time and this time, she's here to team with him against Gulak and Lee.
Lee and Mom started out. There was a huge "Let's go Mom" chant. Lee began browbeating her and insulting her in the ring, then offered her hand in apology. Mom took it and slapped her. Gulak tagged in, so Excellent wanted in but his mom told him no. She ducked several shots and grabbed a side headlock, bringing Gulak over to her corner.
Excellent tagged in and worked over Gulak in the corner. Lee tried to interfere so Mom grabbed her and began chopping her in the corner. They had them in opposite corners. They then stuck their hands down their pants, then wiped their hands across their opponents faces. They then licked each other's hands. The crowd chanted "You sick f***s." Mental note: don't ever visit the Excellents on holidays.
Mama teased a dive but stopped. Excellent then hit a tope, taking out several of Gulak's henchmen. Gulak attacked Mom and put her in a Dragon Sleeper. Excellent saved her but not before she was choked out. Excellent checked on his mom but was jumped by Gulak. They exchanged punches and Gulak got the better of it.
Lee tagged in and began working over Excellent. Mama recovered on the outside and returned to her corner. Lee dropped an elbow on Excellent. Gulak came off with a big double axehandle off the top. He drilled Excellent into the mat and began smothering him with his boot in the corner.
Kimber Lee tagged back in and locked in a cross armbreaker. Excellent make a comeback and put Lee on the top for a move. Gulak tried to interfere and was grabbed by the nuts. Lee jumped off the top but was grabbed in the nether-regions as well. Gulak was beaten off and Lee was powerbombed in the corner.
Excellent went to hit a cannonball in the corner but his Mother wanted to do it instead. It didn't look good and she may have hurt her neck. Gulak worked over Excellent and went to send him into a crutch being wielded by one of his lackeys but the whip was reversed and Gulak was hit. Lee was locked in a Dragon sleeper as mom worked over the hurt Gulak. Lee finally tapped.
Your winners, The Excellents!
This was total sideshow comedy mixed with some brawling. For what it needed to be, it was perfect. You have to give it to Mother Excellent for doing as much as she did.
As the Excellents celebrated, Colt Caban came out to his music. He said, "We got a real comedian here, don't we?" He asked if they thought they were funny people and the funniest one in the building. They thought they could get a few laughs and steal the show. He said he would get in the ring and fight him but he had a finger-blasting accident. He began challenging Excellent to Wrestlecon, but then turned and showed everyone he was challenging Mom. He told her she had too choices, "fight of f*** and either way, you are going to be bleeding."
Greg Excellent then stepped in and said if they could substitute one set of boobs for another, he would be happy to bring his double Es to Secaucus and they set up a match for CZW that weekend. Colt then tried to pick up Mom and Excellent said, "You are not going to f*** my mom!" Mom, however, appeared to suddenly have Hanukah plans.
Nice angle to set up what's going to be a big weekend.
No Holds Barred, Falls Count Anywhere: Sami Callihan vs. Adam Cole
They brawled out of the back and around ringside and immediately began tossing weapons into the ring. They battled all over the ringside area. Cole began choking out Sami on the floor.
Sami made a comeback and went for a running boot on the floor but ate a superkick. Callihan avoided a charge in the corner and Cole ate the buckles. Callihan nailed a facewash in the corner, then another. He grabbed a trash can and placed it on Cole's face. He rebounded off the ropes but was nailed with the trash can.
Cole picked up Callihan and brought him down over his knee. He teased doing a big move, then sat in a chair while applying a chinlock. That was funny. Callihan broke it with a sitdown jawbreaker and Cole took a backwards tumble with the chair,
Callihan set up a chair in the corner but Cole sent him into it. Cole put a trash can in the middle of the ring and they battled over it until Callihan hit a huge back suplex onto it. Callihan began beating Cole over the head with hard shots from the can. Cole responded by spitting in his face. Callihan grabbed Cole and hit a running powerbomb on a ladder that was leaning in the corner. This is awesome.
Callihan placed Cole's leg in a chair and began beating it with another. He then sey up a number of chairs to face each other in another part of the ring. Callihan went under the ring and tossed a ton more chairs inside as Cole tried to recover.
He set up this insane assembly of chairs, which partially fell apart before they could really be used. Cole nailed him and suplexed him into another ladder, then properly set up a pyramid of chairs. Cole tried to pull him up for a move but Callihan nailed him, then hit a superplex off the top through the construction. Callihan covered Cole, who kicked up, barely, at the last second.
Callihan went to the outside and retrieved a bag...of well, sh**. He tried to powerbomb Cole into it but Cole fought off. Callihan began nailing a series of kicks and Cole fell dangerously close to nailing it. Callihan then powerbombed him into the poo.
Cole was shocked. Callihgan grabbed him but Cole used a small package and scored the pin.
Your winner, Adam Cole!
Absolutely sick, disgusting and brutal. Nuts in so many ways. This is a hell of a great show.
As they started to clean the garbage out of the ring, out came New Jack came out, flanked by Thomas Rodman of BWO fame. Jack cut a promo and said that he's watching the new generation and he appreciates it. He said that people tell him ECW died a few years ago and it did, but it was reincarnated as CZW. He said that he never thought in his life and actually sit at a show and leave him, of all people, sitting there in awe. He said he has leapt from the highest of the high, but what he saw tonight was a bunch of motherf***ers who don't hold back sh** and everyone showed their a**es.
He said that he has a little problem and he's putting it on record. CZW is the hardest working locker room that he has seen since ECW died years ago. He said that this can't be duplicated. He said he has a problem - Jeez and Ruckus, who are pimples on his ass. He said he keeps scratching but it won't go away. He said in a few weeks, they have to come to face him (at Extreme Rising). He said that they are in an elite group and have surpassed the average indies. He said they are running with the Pitbulls, The Eliminators, the Public Enemy and the Dudleys, but most of them are dead and they need to prepare for the worst.
Jack said he's at the point in life where he doesn't care if people live or die. He said they will be there for one reason, to kill them. He said that they can bring CZW to Philly on 12/29 and they will die...so "Merry f***ing Christmas." As you can imagine, I cleaned up the language, but the promo was awesome.
BLK OUT - Jeez and Ruckus vs. Dave and Jake Crist
They all nearly got into it with some fans at ringside. They battled with a series of nice dives early, followed by a brawl in the aisle It turned into a deal where Jeez and one of the Crists were really going at it and everyone else started holding them back. This led to a chaotic, long played out scene before everyone was forced to go to the back. There were some fans throwing things and there was a near-riot feel to the whole thing.
CZW promoter Maven Bentley came out and apologized and said any fans who were involved could meet him at the ticket booth and the company would make it up to them.
CZW Wired TV champion AR Fox vs. mystery opponent
Fox had issued an open challenge to anyone to come and face him. Out came Robert Anthony, who's been here before and is the current Resistance Pro champion.
Anthony took the mic and said several months ago, DJ Hyde called him to come here and he told Hyde to suck his d***. He said he didn't want to come back in front of all these loser fans, but then he saw footage of Fox and realized, he's the man in CZW now. So, he wanted to come back to expose him as the one dimensional spot monkey that he is. Anthony promised to take the belt and never come back, then warned Fox to prepare to be embarrassed. It was a good promo.
So, the story is Anthony believes he is the superior wrestler and wants to outclass Fox.
They locked up and Anthony grabbed an armbar and said,"This is wrestling, baby." Fox reversed but Anthony was easily able to escape and preened to the crowd and stalled.
Anthony grabbed a side headlock and controlled Fox on the mat. Fox reversed it but Anthony slipped out and grabbed another side headlock. Fox broke free and went for a move but it was reversed into a rollup. They went into a series of reversals on the mat and near falls. Anthony bridged out of one into a backslide for a two count and they faced off.
Anthony measured and drilled Fox into the corner, then whipped him across the ring hard. He charged but Fox kicked him off. Fox leapt off the top and used his speed to evade Anthony, then nailed a big missile dropkick. That sent Anthony to the floor, where Fox hit an insane leaping dive over the top to the floor.
As they returned to the ring, Anthony cut him off with some forearms. They battled to the floor again, where Fox nailed a leaping kick off the apron. Fox set up Anthony on the apron and came off the top with leaping guillotine legdrop. That move is going to kill someone, likely Fox, one day.
Fox then returned to the ring and hit a running dive across the ring, over the ring post and wiped out Anthony on the floor. That was one of the most impressive things I've ever seen in my entire life.
Fox brought Anthony into the ring and nailed a slingshot elbow in for a two count. Fox nailed a series of palm strikes and went for a multijump springboard move but Anthony caught him and hit a wheelbarrow suplex into the buckles. He nailed a suplex in the middle for another two count on Fox.
Anthony backdropped Fox over the top to the apron. Fox rebounded with a back elbow but was caught with a back-cracker in mid-air for a two count. Anthony began focusing his attack on Fox's back, working him over. He picked up Fox and slammed him, then cinched in a surfboard maneuver.
They continued battling back and forth until Fox swept Anthony's legs on the apron and sent him to the floor. Fox then hit a springboard inverted dive to the floor. They battled on the floor until Anthony drilled him with a big boot.
Anthony grabbed Fox and hit a running powerbomb on the floor, sending him into a group of :fans" standing in a corner in the crowd. Good spot. Fox made a comeback, wiping out Anthony on the floor with a cannonball into the corner and then a big swanton into the ring for a two count.
Fox was sent into the corner but kicked off Anthony and nailed a Sliced Bread #2. He nailed a big bombs away diving knee off the top for another two count. They battled back and forth. Anthony wiped Fox out and hit a springboard, twisting moonsault for a two count.
Anthony locked Fox in a bow and arrow, rolling around the ring and then lifting him up again. Fox escaped and nailed some explosive kicks and a flying swanton off the top for another two count. The crowd chanted, "This is awesome."
Anthony caught Fox with a powerbomb for a two count, then turned him over into a Boston Crab. Fox fought his way to the ropes. Anthony began jawjacking with the fans. Fox nailed a big cannonball in the corner, wiping him out. Anthony nailed a backhanded punch but Fox fought back. He absorbed a forearm shot and nailed a springboard Spanish Fly for the win.
Your winner and still CZW Wired TV champion, AR Fox!
Another really great match. Anthony is the real deal and I can see why so many people have praised his work to me in the last few months based on his RP work in Chicago. This was a really important match for Fox in my opinion as he was forced to really work and not just do awesome athletic stuff. You can see him growing as a worker and that's a great thing.
This is really a thumbs up show live.
Anthony received a standing ovation and a "Please come back" chant. He seemed really touched and saluted the audience.
CZW champion Masada vs. Drake Younger
They are billing this one as the winner being the greatest CZW champion of all time. I can see really old school CZW fans taking issue with that one.
They went back and forth with power spots early, using shoulderblocks to test each other. They traded some wrestling early, going back and forth feeling each other out, as opposed to going right for the blood and guts.
Masada grabbed a side headlock but was rolled into a pinfall combination for a two count. Younger tried to leapfrog Masada but didn't get all the way over. Masada wiped him out with a clothesline. Younger nailed him to the floor and dove off the top onto the champion.
Younger tossed several chairs into the ring while Masada was down on the floor recovering. Younger hit a flying bodypress for a two count. Younger slammed Masada with a chair then drove another one down atop of it. He worked over Masada in the corner and charged but had a chair kicked into his face.
Masada used a broken piece of chair to rip at Younger's head, drawing blood. He tried to suplex Younger onto a chair but Younger slipped out of the way and used a drop toehold onto the chair. Younger was then hiptossed on the chair.
Masada fought back drilled him with a chair to the head and powerbombed him against the steel connecting the buckles to the ringpost on the outside of the ring. He brought Younger back into the ring and set up a chair. He then placed Younger on the top for a superplex through said chair.
They battled back and forth and finally Masada hit a rana off the top, sending Younger through the chair. Drake was trapped in a STF but fought for the ropes and finally made it.
Masada beat him with a chair and wedged the chair in the corner. Younger was whipped hard into the chair for a two count. Masada charged Younger again but was caught with an overhead throw into the corner and the chair.
Younger grabbed another chair and went to powerbomb Masada onto it but was fought off. They battled to the top and Young used a sunset flip powerbomb into the ring on the chair. He began burying Masada under chairs and went to the top again, nailing a double stomp for a two count.
They went back and forth until Younger nailed a full nelson back suplex for another two count. Masada nailed a frightening looking powerbomb on the remnants of a chair. He then hit a crazy back suplex and another standard suplex on a chair for another two count.
Masada killed him with a chairshot to the head, then small packed him, chair around the head and all, for the pin.
Your winner, Masada!
A brutal match.
Joe Gacey came out with Christina Von Eerie cutting a promo mad that he had to sit in the back watching this instead of Masada giving him the rematch he deserved. They began brawling and VE grabbed Masada's leg, allowing Gacey to wipe him out. He locked a submission hold on the champ, allowing VE to stab Masada with acupuncture needles. He then laid out Masada again.
Cage of Death: Matt Tremont vs. DJ Hyde.
CZW outdid themselves this year. They had a cage that features several panes of glass on one side, two panes of plexiglass wrapped in barbed wire on another, different fencing pieces, more panes of glass inside the ring, several steel chairs wrapped in barbed wire, and outside, a contraption that features three different panes of glass that someone who is tossed off of the cage will fall through. Outside the ring is a contraption of several chairs with a barbed wire board across them. It takes a lot for me to drop my mouth in awe but this might just be it.
Larry Legend announced before the main event he would no longer be the permanent ring announcer for CZW. It was way too late and took way too long to be doing this as a long drawn out deal.
DJ Hyde came out and said he was making it simple, Legend was fired and to get the hell out. Fans were throwing toilet paper over the cage at Hyde. He said Tremont was going to die tonight.
They faced off, circling each other. The crowd chanted "douchebag" at Hyde. They went nose to nose. Hyde shoved and spit in Tremont's face. He said he was the greatest wrestler in the world, so Tremont slapped him.
They fought and made their way towards barbed wire cage, trying to shove each other into it. Tremont whipped Hyde into the barbed wire plexiglass cage and it exploded, raining down on the fans. Tremont grabbed Hyde and dug a piece of metal into his head, before driving it down again and again.
Tremont nailed Hyde with several right hands and ran his head into the barbed wire cage. He brought a chair down hard over Hyde's back and then over his head.
Tremont pointed at another pane of glass and whipped Hyde at it. Hyde reversed the whip but Tremont saved himself....only to be speared through the glass onto a piece of railing that was bridged between the ring and the guard rail. Hyde covered Tremont for a two count on the table.
On the outside and the table, Hyde ripped at Tremont's face and slammed him on the railing. Hyde nailed a series of headbutts but Tremont fought back. He picked up Hyde and rammed him through another pane of glass, bringing them back into the ring. The pane didn't shatter. Tremont used something and ripped at Hyde's forehead.
Tremont beat Hyde with a chair across the back. He whipped Hyde into the barbed wire cage and then dropkicked him into it. He charged Hyde, who backdropped him into a pane of glass set in the corner, shattering it.
Hyde grabbed a bat embedded with tacks and began beating Tremont with it. He grabbed a cookie sheet that someone had taped a picture of his face on and slammed it down. He picked up a chair wrapped in barbed wire and nailed Tremont over the head. A fan threw a roll of toilet paper in the ring and nailed Hyde.
Tremont nailed a belly to belly suplex through two chairs for a two count. The crowd chanted for Tremont. He slammed the barbed wire chair down HARD across Hyde's back. The crowd chanted, "This is awesome." Tremont nailed Hyde across the face with another thumbtack bat.
Tremont then hit Hyde with a shovel embedded with tacks and grabbed another pane of glass. He placed it atop several chairs and began choking the hell out of Hyde. He put Hyde under the glass and climbed to the top of the cage. He hit a frog splash off the top of the cage through the glass onto Hyde. That was certifiably insane...and it was only good for a two count.
Tremont continued working over Hyde. He grabbed wire cutters and cut through pieces of the barbed wire fence as a way to send Hyde through it. He tried to powerbomb Hyde out through a pane of glass that was being bridged by four chairs, but Hyde fought back and nailed him with a chokeslam through the glass to the floor below. Beyond brutal.
Tremont was down and didn't get back up so everyone came running. Hyde went to the floor and threw him back in the cage, Tremont was bleeding from all over his back. Hyde covered him for a two count. Hyde nailed a side slam for another near fall.
Hyde picked up Tremont and gave him a running powerslam into a pane of glass wrapped in barbed wire. The crowd chanted for Tremont. Hyde picked him up and slammed him down hard. The crowd was all over Hyde.
Hyde began climbing to the top of the cage, over the structure that had three panes of glass stacked up. Tremont followed. They battled at the top of the cage and Hyde went for a chokeslam off of it but Tremont grabbed him for a Death Valley Driver and off they went through all three panes, shattering them in all directions.
The crowd went nuts, chanting "CZW" loudly and then "This is awesome." Tremont was the first to rise and rolled Hyde in. He covered Hyde for the pin.
Your winner, Matt Tremont!
Absolutely sick, awesome and insane stunt show for a main event. I can't help but shake my head at the sheer lunacy I just witnessed.
That's all from CZW tonight. Thank you again for logging in to PWInsider.com.
COD 2012
COD 2012
Welcome to PWInsider.com's live, ongoing coverage of CZW Cage of Death 14 from the Flyers Skate Zone in Voorhees, NJ! The Cage of Death iPPV can be ordered by clicking the graphic below:
There were a lot of chants for former CZW stars before the show, including Wifebeater, Zandig and Nick Gage. There was then a sizeable "Free Nick Gage" chant.
Ring announcer Larry Legend was introduced and came out to the the theme to the Price is Right, since he won big on the game show. He got a massive "Larry" chant and a standing ovation.
Ultraviolent Aerial Assault: 4-Loco vs. the Nation of Intoxication
The only way to win is to get the CZW Tag Team belts hanging above the ring. Everyone just brawled out of the locker room and its immediate total chaos. Azrieal hit a big tope con hilo to the floor. Crissy Rivera swung off the top rope using a rope like Tarzan into a rana.
Alex Colon drilled Danny Havoc with a ladder and attempted to whip him into it. Havoc nailed him and used it like an airplane spin weapon but was lowblowed by Rivera. Colon used a back suplex while the ladder was around his neck. Holy hell, that was nuts.
Alex Colon and Bandido worked over Devon Moore, beating him with a ladder. They brought a table into the ring. Bandido sent Moore into a ladder in the corner with a suplex. Nuts. The table was placed in a corner. As all this madness was going on, everyone else was brawling outside the ring.
4 Loco worked over Moore, who held onto the ropes when they whipped him across the ring. He backdropped Colon and Bandido to the floor. Everyone battled to the floor as Havoc stood atop the box the belts were in and hit a moonsault to the floor on everyone.
The crowd began applauding in unison.
Thurnteen and Colon battled back and forth in the ring. Thurnteen used the rope hanging from the ceiling to pull himself to the top and came off with a big swinging DDT. He then went to the top of a scaffold and was going to leap off, but Colon charged up a table that was leaning against the ropes. Colon was kicked off and bumped into the ring. Thurnteen then hit an insane 450 splash off the top of the scaffold to a table Bandido was on below. The place went nuts.
Devon Moore went to the top of the scaffold. Rivera followed him and nailed him with a low blow but he no sold it and pulled out a protective cup. He grabbed her and nailed a Michinoku Driver off the top of the scaffold through a table. Holy hell, that was insane. The place erupted.
Someone nailed a cutter off the apron through another table but I missed who. Azrieal came off the top of the box with a senton. Havoc was bleeding from the back of the head at this point. The finish was Havoc pulling someone from the top of a huge ladder and nailing a DVDR through a table that was leaning against the ropes.
Lucky Thurnteen then pulled the belts down.
The winners and new CZW Tag Team champions, The Nation of Intoxication.
Absolutely one of the most insane matches I've seen this year with a dozen insane bumps that would make the highlight reel. Great, chaotic brawl that the crowd loved. And that was JUST the opener!
As they cleaned the ring, Pepper Parks and Cherry Bomb walked around ringside cutting a promo. He put her over as his new fiancé and the fans called her a "crack whore." Bomb said that they feel they may have gotten off on the wrong foot with the fans because they understand how confused the fans are. They said they are here because they care about them. They began pointing out fans and telling them how they could better themselves. It was great. One woman actually threw something at Cherry. They found a planted heavyset fan that they had take off his shirt so they could "see how they can best help him." Parks then told the fans to take his advice, which is that the body is a temple and if you work hard to get a body like his, one day you can treat someone else's like a playground. It was a hell of a promo.
Shane Strickland vs. Rich Swann
They began brawling back and forth on the floor immediately. They fought into the ring, where they went back and forth with some crazy reversals. Swann was cut off with a big clothesline. Strickland leapfrogged him and avoided a tackle but was caught with a big dropkick. Strickland came back with a dropsault, sending Swann into the corner.
Strickland and Swann battled back and forth until Swann dropkicked him out of the ring. Swann hit a running flip dive to the floor. Strickland tried to nail a sliding kick through the ropes but was pulled through and brought down hard on the floor.
Swann chopped him hard on the floor. They fought back into the ring where Swann charged Strickland but was kicked down for a two count. Strickland began nailing a series of kicks to Swann. He went for a tombstone piledriver and they went over and over with reversals until Swann dropped him down on the back of his head in a nasty looking attempt.
Swann chopped Strickland back down as he recovered and locked in a rear chinlock, but not before spitting down at him. Strickland fought to his feet but was dropped back down with a back suplex for a two count. Swann argued over the count.
Swann came off the top with a big measured elbow for a two count. Swann chopped him in the corner and monkey flipped him out of it onto a chair in the middle of the ring. That garnered Swann another two count. Swann beared down on Strickland with an armbar.
They battled back and forth until Strickland elevated Swann into the air and brought him down on his knees. He charged Swann but was backdropped to the floor. Swann went for a sliding kick but it was avoided. Strickland nailed him with a DDT on the floor, with Swann's body making a sickening thud.
Strickland nailed a springboard moonsault to the floor on Swann. They fought back and forth with Swann being hit with an Electric Chair into a bridge for a pin. Strickland was hit with a Van Daminator and then a reverse rana for a two count. Strickland missed a rana off the top and was hit with a double stomp from the top by Swann, then a standing 450 splash for another two count.
The fans began dueling chants. Strickland sets up a chair and tries for a powerbomb but it was blocked. Strickland nails him hard in the face and goes for another. Swann slipped out and nailed a sitdown bomb, dropping Strickland across the edge of the chair. He then hit a standing 450 splash and scored the pin.
Your winner, Rich Swann!
Someone is going to watch this and say they did way too much and the psychology didn't make sense, but for this audience, it was exactly what they wanted to see - two guy beating themselves and the other guy half to death with insane moves and hard hitting shots in order to win. My hat is off to them for an insanely great effort. Swann blows me away every time.
Greg Excellent & Mother Excellent vs. Drew Gulak & Kimber Lee
Gulak is the top heel personality here, doing an anti-everything deal leading a movement for a better CZW. He's a hell of a heel and shows a ton of poise and charisma in the role. Excellent is sort of the macot and comedy guy around here and is loved for it. He's had a long going off and on storyline with his legitimate mother who shows up from time to time and this time, she's here to team with him against Gulak and Lee.
Lee and Mom started out. There was a huge "Let's go Mom" chant. Lee began browbeating her and insulting her in the ring, then offered her hand in apology. Mom took it and slapped her. Gulak tagged in, so Excellent wanted in but his mom told him no. She ducked several shots and grabbed a side headlock, bringing Gulak over to her corner.
Excellent tagged in and worked over Gulak in the corner. Lee tried to interfere so Mom grabbed her and began chopping her in the corner. They had them in opposite corners. They then stuck their hands down their pants, then wiped their hands across their opponents faces. They then licked each other's hands. The crowd chanted "You sick f***s." Mental note: don't ever visit the Excellents on holidays.
Mama teased a dive but stopped. Excellent then hit a tope, taking out several of Gulak's henchmen. Gulak attacked Mom and put her in a Dragon Sleeper. Excellent saved her but not before she was choked out. Excellent checked on his mom but was jumped by Gulak. They exchanged punches and Gulak got the better of it.
Lee tagged in and began working over Excellent. Mama recovered on the outside and returned to her corner. Lee dropped an elbow on Excellent. Gulak came off with a big double axehandle off the top. He drilled Excellent into the mat and began smothering him with his boot in the corner.
Kimber Lee tagged back in and locked in a cross armbreaker. Excellent make a comeback and put Lee on the top for a move. Gulak tried to interfere and was grabbed by the nuts. Lee jumped off the top but was grabbed in the nether-regions as well. Gulak was beaten off and Lee was powerbombed in the corner.
Excellent went to hit a cannonball in the corner but his Mother wanted to do it instead. It didn't look good and she may have hurt her neck. Gulak worked over Excellent and went to send him into a crutch being wielded by one of his lackeys but the whip was reversed and Gulak was hit. Lee was locked in a Dragon sleeper as mom worked over the hurt Gulak. Lee finally tapped.
Your winners, The Excellents!
This was total sideshow comedy mixed with some brawling. For what it needed to be, it was perfect. You have to give it to Mother Excellent for doing as much as she did.
As the Excellents celebrated, Colt Caban came out to his music. He said, "We got a real comedian here, don't we?" He asked if they thought they were funny people and the funniest one in the building. They thought they could get a few laughs and steal the show. He said he would get in the ring and fight him but he had a finger-blasting accident. He began challenging Excellent to Wrestlecon, but then turned and showed everyone he was challenging Mom. He told her she had too choices, "fight of f*** and either way, you are going to be bleeding."
Greg Excellent then stepped in and said if they could substitute one set of boobs for another, he would be happy to bring his double Es to Secaucus and they set up a match for CZW that weekend. Colt then tried to pick up Mom and Excellent said, "You are not going to f*** my mom!" Mom, however, appeared to suddenly have Hanukah plans.
Nice angle to set up what's going to be a big weekend.
No Holds Barred, Falls Count Anywhere: Sami Callihan vs. Adam Cole
They brawled out of the back and around ringside and immediately began tossing weapons into the ring. They battled all over the ringside area. Cole began choking out Sami on the floor.
Sami made a comeback and went for a running boot on the floor but ate a superkick. Callihan avoided a charge in the corner and Cole ate the buckles. Callihan nailed a facewash in the corner, then another. He grabbed a trash can and placed it on Cole's face. He rebounded off the ropes but was nailed with the trash can.
Cole picked up Callihan and brought him down over his knee. He teased doing a big move, then sat in a chair while applying a chinlock. That was funny. Callihan broke it with a sitdown jawbreaker and Cole took a backwards tumble with the chair,
Callihan set up a chair in the corner but Cole sent him into it. Cole put a trash can in the middle of the ring and they battled over it until Callihan hit a huge back suplex onto it. Callihan began beating Cole over the head with hard shots from the can. Cole responded by spitting in his face. Callihan grabbed Cole and hit a running powerbomb on a ladder that was leaning in the corner. This is awesome.
Callihan placed Cole's leg in a chair and began beating it with another. He then sey up a number of chairs to face each other in another part of the ring. Callihan went under the ring and tossed a ton more chairs inside as Cole tried to recover.
He set up this insane assembly of chairs, which partially fell apart before they could really be used. Cole nailed him and suplexed him into another ladder, then properly set up a pyramid of chairs. Cole tried to pull him up for a move but Callihan nailed him, then hit a superplex off the top through the construction. Callihan covered Cole, who kicked up, barely, at the last second.
Callihan went to the outside and retrieved a bag...of well, sh**. He tried to powerbomb Cole into it but Cole fought off. Callihan began nailing a series of kicks and Cole fell dangerously close to nailing it. Callihan then powerbombed him into the poo.
Cole was shocked. Callihgan grabbed him but Cole used a small package and scored the pin.
Your winner, Adam Cole!
Absolutely sick, disgusting and brutal. Nuts in so many ways. This is a hell of a great show.
As they started to clean the garbage out of the ring, out came New Jack came out, flanked by Thomas Rodman of BWO fame. Jack cut a promo and said that he's watching the new generation and he appreciates it. He said that people tell him ECW died a few years ago and it did, but it was reincarnated as CZW. He said that he never thought in his life and actually sit at a show and leave him, of all people, sitting there in awe. He said he has leapt from the highest of the high, but what he saw tonight was a bunch of motherf***ers who don't hold back sh** and everyone showed their a**es.
He said that he has a little problem and he's putting it on record. CZW is the hardest working locker room that he has seen since ECW died years ago. He said that this can't be duplicated. He said he has a problem - Jeez and Ruckus, who are pimples on his ass. He said he keeps scratching but it won't go away. He said in a few weeks, they have to come to face him (at Extreme Rising). He said that they are in an elite group and have surpassed the average indies. He said they are running with the Pitbulls, The Eliminators, the Public Enemy and the Dudleys, but most of them are dead and they need to prepare for the worst.
Jack said he's at the point in life where he doesn't care if people live or die. He said they will be there for one reason, to kill them. He said that they can bring CZW to Philly on 12/29 and they will die...so "Merry f***ing Christmas." As you can imagine, I cleaned up the language, but the promo was awesome.
BLK OUT - Jeez and Ruckus vs. Dave and Jake Crist
They all nearly got into it with some fans at ringside. They battled with a series of nice dives early, followed by a brawl in the aisle It turned into a deal where Jeez and one of the Crists were really going at it and everyone else started holding them back. This led to a chaotic, long played out scene before everyone was forced to go to the back. There were some fans throwing things and there was a near-riot feel to the whole thing.
CZW promoter Maven Bentley came out and apologized and said any fans who were involved could meet him at the ticket booth and the company would make it up to them.
CZW Wired TV champion AR Fox vs. mystery opponent
Fox had issued an open challenge to anyone to come and face him. Out came Robert Anthony, who's been here before and is the current Resistance Pro champion.
Anthony took the mic and said several months ago, DJ Hyde called him to come here and he told Hyde to suck his d***. He said he didn't want to come back in front of all these loser fans, but then he saw footage of Fox and realized, he's the man in CZW now. So, he wanted to come back to expose him as the one dimensional spot monkey that he is. Anthony promised to take the belt and never come back, then warned Fox to prepare to be embarrassed. It was a good promo.
So, the story is Anthony believes he is the superior wrestler and wants to outclass Fox.
They locked up and Anthony grabbed an armbar and said,"This is wrestling, baby." Fox reversed but Anthony was easily able to escape and preened to the crowd and stalled.
Anthony grabbed a side headlock and controlled Fox on the mat. Fox reversed it but Anthony slipped out and grabbed another side headlock. Fox broke free and went for a move but it was reversed into a rollup. They went into a series of reversals on the mat and near falls. Anthony bridged out of one into a backslide for a two count and they faced off.
Anthony measured and drilled Fox into the corner, then whipped him across the ring hard. He charged but Fox kicked him off. Fox leapt off the top and used his speed to evade Anthony, then nailed a big missile dropkick. That sent Anthony to the floor, where Fox hit an insane leaping dive over the top to the floor.
As they returned to the ring, Anthony cut him off with some forearms. They battled to the floor again, where Fox nailed a leaping kick off the apron. Fox set up Anthony on the apron and came off the top with leaping guillotine legdrop. That move is going to kill someone, likely Fox, one day.
Fox then returned to the ring and hit a running dive across the ring, over the ring post and wiped out Anthony on the floor. That was one of the most impressive things I've ever seen in my entire life.
Fox brought Anthony into the ring and nailed a slingshot elbow in for a two count. Fox nailed a series of palm strikes and went for a multijump springboard move but Anthony caught him and hit a wheelbarrow suplex into the buckles. He nailed a suplex in the middle for another two count on Fox.
Anthony backdropped Fox over the top to the apron. Fox rebounded with a back elbow but was caught with a back-cracker in mid-air for a two count. Anthony began focusing his attack on Fox's back, working him over. He picked up Fox and slammed him, then cinched in a surfboard maneuver.
They continued battling back and forth until Fox swept Anthony's legs on the apron and sent him to the floor. Fox then hit a springboard inverted dive to the floor. They battled on the floor until Anthony drilled him with a big boot.
Anthony grabbed Fox and hit a running powerbomb on the floor, sending him into a group of :fans" standing in a corner in the crowd. Good spot. Fox made a comeback, wiping out Anthony on the floor with a cannonball into the corner and then a big swanton into the ring for a two count.
Fox was sent into the corner but kicked off Anthony and nailed a Sliced Bread #2. He nailed a big bombs away diving knee off the top for another two count. They battled back and forth. Anthony wiped Fox out and hit a springboard, twisting moonsault for a two count.
Anthony locked Fox in a bow and arrow, rolling around the ring and then lifting him up again. Fox escaped and nailed some explosive kicks and a flying swanton off the top for another two count. The crowd chanted, "This is awesome."
Anthony caught Fox with a powerbomb for a two count, then turned him over into a Boston Crab. Fox fought his way to the ropes. Anthony began jawjacking with the fans. Fox nailed a big cannonball in the corner, wiping him out. Anthony nailed a backhanded punch but Fox fought back. He absorbed a forearm shot and nailed a springboard Spanish Fly for the win.
Your winner and still CZW Wired TV champion, AR Fox!
Another really great match. Anthony is the real deal and I can see why so many people have praised his work to me in the last few months based on his RP work in Chicago. This was a really important match for Fox in my opinion as he was forced to really work and not just do awesome athletic stuff. You can see him growing as a worker and that's a great thing.
This is really a thumbs up show live.
Anthony received a standing ovation and a "Please come back" chant. He seemed really touched and saluted the audience.
CZW champion Masada vs. Drake Younger
They are billing this one as the winner being the greatest CZW champion of all time. I can see really old school CZW fans taking issue with that one.
They went back and forth with power spots early, using shoulderblocks to test each other. They traded some wrestling early, going back and forth feeling each other out, as opposed to going right for the blood and guts.
Masada grabbed a side headlock but was rolled into a pinfall combination for a two count. Younger tried to leapfrog Masada but didn't get all the way over. Masada wiped him out with a clothesline. Younger nailed him to the floor and dove off the top onto the champion.
Younger tossed several chairs into the ring while Masada was down on the floor recovering. Younger hit a flying bodypress for a two count. Younger slammed Masada with a chair then drove another one down atop of it. He worked over Masada in the corner and charged but had a chair kicked into his face.
Masada used a broken piece of chair to rip at Younger's head, drawing blood. He tried to suplex Younger onto a chair but Younger slipped out of the way and used a drop toehold onto the chair. Younger was then hiptossed on the chair.
Masada fought back drilled him with a chair to the head and powerbombed him against the steel connecting the buckles to the ringpost on the outside of the ring. He brought Younger back into the ring and set up a chair. He then placed Younger on the top for a superplex through said chair.
They battled back and forth and finally Masada hit a rana off the top, sending Younger through the chair. Drake was trapped in a STF but fought for the ropes and finally made it.
Masada beat him with a chair and wedged the chair in the corner. Younger was whipped hard into the chair for a two count. Masada charged Younger again but was caught with an overhead throw into the corner and the chair.
Younger grabbed another chair and went to powerbomb Masada onto it but was fought off. They battled to the top and Young used a sunset flip powerbomb into the ring on the chair. He began burying Masada under chairs and went to the top again, nailing a double stomp for a two count.
They went back and forth until Younger nailed a full nelson back suplex for another two count. Masada nailed a frightening looking powerbomb on the remnants of a chair. He then hit a crazy back suplex and another standard suplex on a chair for another two count.
Masada killed him with a chairshot to the head, then small packed him, chair around the head and all, for the pin.
Your winner, Masada!
A brutal match.
Joe Gacey came out with Christina Von Eerie cutting a promo mad that he had to sit in the back watching this instead of Masada giving him the rematch he deserved. They began brawling and VE grabbed Masada's leg, allowing Gacey to wipe him out. He locked a submission hold on the champ, allowing VE to stab Masada with acupuncture needles. He then laid out Masada again.
Cage of Death: Matt Tremont vs. DJ Hyde.
CZW outdid themselves this year. They had a cage that features several panes of glass on one side, two panes of plexiglass wrapped in barbed wire on another, different fencing pieces, more panes of glass inside the ring, several steel chairs wrapped in barbed wire, and outside, a contraption that features three different panes of glass that someone who is tossed off of the cage will fall through. Outside the ring is a contraption of several chairs with a barbed wire board across them. It takes a lot for me to drop my mouth in awe but this might just be it.
Larry Legend announced before the main event he would no longer be the permanent ring announcer for CZW. It was way too late and took way too long to be doing this as a long drawn out deal.
DJ Hyde came out and said he was making it simple, Legend was fired and to get the hell out. Fans were throwing toilet paper over the cage at Hyde. He said Tremont was going to die tonight.
They faced off, circling each other. The crowd chanted "douchebag" at Hyde. They went nose to nose. Hyde shoved and spit in Tremont's face. He said he was the greatest wrestler in the world, so Tremont slapped him.
They fought and made their way towards barbed wire cage, trying to shove each other into it. Tremont whipped Hyde into the barbed wire plexiglass cage and it exploded, raining down on the fans. Tremont grabbed Hyde and dug a piece of metal into his head, before driving it down again and again.
Tremont nailed Hyde with several right hands and ran his head into the barbed wire cage. He brought a chair down hard over Hyde's back and then over his head.
Tremont pointed at another pane of glass and whipped Hyde at it. Hyde reversed the whip but Tremont saved himself....only to be speared through the glass onto a piece of railing that was bridged between the ring and the guard rail. Hyde covered Tremont for a two count on the table.
On the outside and the table, Hyde ripped at Tremont's face and slammed him on the railing. Hyde nailed a series of headbutts but Tremont fought back. He picked up Hyde and rammed him through another pane of glass, bringing them back into the ring. The pane didn't shatter. Tremont used something and ripped at Hyde's forehead.
Tremont beat Hyde with a chair across the back. He whipped Hyde into the barbed wire cage and then dropkicked him into it. He charged Hyde, who backdropped him into a pane of glass set in the corner, shattering it.
Hyde grabbed a bat embedded with tacks and began beating Tremont with it. He grabbed a cookie sheet that someone had taped a picture of his face on and slammed it down. He picked up a chair wrapped in barbed wire and nailed Tremont over the head. A fan threw a roll of toilet paper in the ring and nailed Hyde.
Tremont nailed a belly to belly suplex through two chairs for a two count. The crowd chanted for Tremont. He slammed the barbed wire chair down HARD across Hyde's back. The crowd chanted, "This is awesome." Tremont nailed Hyde across the face with another thumbtack bat.
Tremont then hit Hyde with a shovel embedded with tacks and grabbed another pane of glass. He placed it atop several chairs and began choking the hell out of Hyde. He put Hyde under the glass and climbed to the top of the cage. He hit a frog splash off the top of the cage through the glass onto Hyde. That was certifiably insane...and it was only good for a two count.
Tremont continued working over Hyde. He grabbed wire cutters and cut through pieces of the barbed wire fence as a way to send Hyde through it. He tried to powerbomb Hyde out through a pane of glass that was being bridged by four chairs, but Hyde fought back and nailed him with a chokeslam through the glass to the floor below. Beyond brutal.
Tremont was down and didn't get back up so everyone came running. Hyde went to the floor and threw him back in the cage, Tremont was bleeding from all over his back. Hyde covered him for a two count. Hyde nailed a side slam for another near fall.
Hyde picked up Tremont and gave him a running powerslam into a pane of glass wrapped in barbed wire. The crowd chanted for Tremont. Hyde picked him up and slammed him down hard. The crowd was all over Hyde.
Hyde began climbing to the top of the cage, over the structure that had three panes of glass stacked up. Tremont followed. They battled at the top of the cage and Hyde went for a chokeslam off of it but Tremont grabbed him for a Death Valley Driver and off they went through all three panes, shattering them in all directions.
The crowd went nuts, chanting "CZW" loudly and then "This is awesome." Tremont was the first to rise and rolled Hyde in. He covered Hyde for the pin.
Your winner, Matt Tremont!
Absolutely sick, awesome and insane stunt show for a main event. I can't help but shake my head at the sheer lunacy I just witnessed.
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There were a lot of chants for former CZW stars before the show, including Wifebeater, Zandig and Nick Gage. There was then a sizeable "Free Nick Gage" chant.
Ring announcer Larry Legend was introduced and came out to the the theme to the Price is Right, since he won big on the game show. He got a massive "Larry" chant and a standing ovation.
Ultraviolent Aerial Assault: 4-Loco vs. the Nation of Intoxication
The only way to win is to get the CZW Tag Team belts hanging above the ring. Everyone just brawled out of the locker room and its immediate total chaos. Azrieal hit a big tope con hilo to the floor. Crissy Rivera swung off the top rope using a rope like Tarzan into a rana.
Alex Colon drilled Danny Havoc with a ladder and attempted to whip him into it. Havoc nailed him and used it like an airplane spin weapon but was lowblowed by Rivera. Colon used a back suplex while the ladder was around his neck. Holy hell, that was nuts.
Alex Colon and Bandido worked over Devon Moore, beating him with a ladder. They brought a table into the ring. Bandido sent Moore into a ladder in the corner with a suplex. Nuts. The table was placed in a corner. As all this madness was going on, everyone else was brawling outside the ring.
4 Loco worked over Moore, who held onto the ropes when they whipped him across the ring. He backdropped Colon and Bandido to the floor. Everyone battled to the floor as Havoc stood atop the box the belts were in and hit a moonsault to the floor on everyone.
The crowd began applauding in unison.
Thurnteen and Colon battled back and forth in the ring. Thurnteen used the rope hanging from the ceiling to pull himself to the top and came off with a big swinging DDT. He then went to the top of a scaffold and was going to leap off, but Colon charged up a table that was leaning against the ropes. Colon was kicked off and bumped into the ring. Thurnteen then hit an insane 450 splash off the top of the scaffold to a table Bandido was on below. The place went nuts.
Devon Moore went to the top of the scaffold. Rivera followed him and nailed him with a low blow but he no sold it and pulled out a protective cup. He grabbed her and nailed a Michinoku Driver off the top of the scaffold through a table. Holy hell, that was insane. The place erupted.
Someone nailed a cutter off the apron through another table but I missed who. Azrieal came off the top of the box with a senton. Havoc was bleeding from the back of the head at this point. The finish was Havoc pulling someone from the top of a huge ladder and nailing a DVDR through a table that was leaning against the ropes.
Lucky Thurnteen then pulled the belts down.
The winners and new CZW Tag Team champions, The Nation of Intoxication.
Absolutely one of the most insane matches I've seen this year with a dozen insane bumps that would make the highlight reel. Great, chaotic brawl that the crowd loved. And that was JUST the opener!
As they cleaned the ring, Pepper Parks and Cherry Bomb walked around ringside cutting a promo. He put her over as his new fiancé and the fans called her a "crack whore." Bomb said that they feel they may have gotten off on the wrong foot with the fans because they understand how confused the fans are. They said they are here because they care about them. They began pointing out fans and telling them how they could better themselves. It was great. One woman actually threw something at Cherry. They found a planted heavyset fan that they had take off his shirt so they could "see how they can best help him." Parks then told the fans to take his advice, which is that the body is a temple and if you work hard to get a body like his, one day you can treat someone else's like a playground. It was a hell of a promo.
Shane Strickland vs. Rich Swann
They began brawling back and forth on the floor immediately. They fought into the ring, where they went back and forth with some crazy reversals. Swann was cut off with a big clothesline. Strickland leapfrogged him and avoided a tackle but was caught with a big dropkick. Strickland came back with a dropsault, sending Swann into the corner.
Strickland and Swann battled back and forth until Swann dropkicked him out of the ring. Swann hit a running flip dive to the floor. Strickland tried to nail a sliding kick through the ropes but was pulled through and brought down hard on the floor.
Swann chopped him hard on the floor. They fought back into the ring where Swann charged Strickland but was kicked down for a two count. Strickland began nailing a series of kicks to Swann. He went for a tombstone piledriver and they went over and over with reversals until Swann dropped him down on the back of his head in a nasty looking attempt.
Swann chopped Strickland back down as he recovered and locked in a rear chinlock, but not before spitting down at him. Strickland fought to his feet but was dropped back down with a back suplex for a two count. Swann argued over the count.
Swann came off the top with a big measured elbow for a two count. Swann chopped him in the corner and monkey flipped him out of it onto a chair in the middle of the ring. That garnered Swann another two count. Swann beared down on Strickland with an armbar.
They battled back and forth until Strickland elevated Swann into the air and brought him down on his knees. He charged Swann but was backdropped to the floor. Swann went for a sliding kick but it was avoided. Strickland nailed him with a DDT on the floor, with Swann's body making a sickening thud.
Strickland nailed a springboard moonsault to the floor on Swann. They fought back and forth with Swann being hit with an Electric Chair into a bridge for a pin. Strickland was hit with a Van Daminator and then a reverse rana for a two count. Strickland missed a rana off the top and was hit with a double stomp from the top by Swann, then a standing 450 splash for another two count.
The fans began dueling chants. Strickland sets up a chair and tries for a powerbomb but it was blocked. Strickland nails him hard in the face and goes for another. Swann slipped out and nailed a sitdown bomb, dropping Strickland across the edge of the chair. He then hit a standing 450 splash and scored the pin.
Your winner, Rich Swann!
Someone is going to watch this and say they did way too much and the psychology didn't make sense, but for this audience, it was exactly what they wanted to see - two guy beating themselves and the other guy half to death with insane moves and hard hitting shots in order to win. My hat is off to them for an insanely great effort. Swann blows me away every time.
Greg Excellent & Mother Excellent vs. Drew Gulak & Kimber Lee
Gulak is the top heel personality here, doing an anti-everything deal leading a movement for a better CZW. He's a hell of a heel and shows a ton of poise and charisma in the role. Excellent is sort of the macot and comedy guy around here and is loved for it. He's had a long going off and on storyline with his legitimate mother who shows up from time to time and this time, she's here to team with him against Gulak and Lee.
Lee and Mom started out. There was a huge "Let's go Mom" chant. Lee began browbeating her and insulting her in the ring, then offered her hand in apology. Mom took it and slapped her. Gulak tagged in, so Excellent wanted in but his mom told him no. She ducked several shots and grabbed a side headlock, bringing Gulak over to her corner.
Excellent tagged in and worked over Gulak in the corner. Lee tried to interfere so Mom grabbed her and began chopping her in the corner. They had them in opposite corners. They then stuck their hands down their pants, then wiped their hands across their opponents faces. They then licked each other's hands. The crowd chanted "You sick f***s." Mental note: don't ever visit the Excellents on holidays.
Mama teased a dive but stopped. Excellent then hit a tope, taking out several of Gulak's henchmen. Gulak attacked Mom and put her in a Dragon Sleeper. Excellent saved her but not before she was choked out. Excellent checked on his mom but was jumped by Gulak. They exchanged punches and Gulak got the better of it.
Lee tagged in and began working over Excellent. Mama recovered on the outside and returned to her corner. Lee dropped an elbow on Excellent. Gulak came off with a big double axehandle off the top. He drilled Excellent into the mat and began smothering him with his boot in the corner.
Kimber Lee tagged back in and locked in a cross armbreaker. Excellent make a comeback and put Lee on the top for a move. Gulak tried to interfere and was grabbed by the nuts. Lee jumped off the top but was grabbed in the nether-regions as well. Gulak was beaten off and Lee was powerbombed in the corner.
Excellent went to hit a cannonball in the corner but his Mother wanted to do it instead. It didn't look good and she may have hurt her neck. Gulak worked over Excellent and went to send him into a crutch being wielded by one of his lackeys but the whip was reversed and Gulak was hit. Lee was locked in a Dragon sleeper as mom worked over the hurt Gulak. Lee finally tapped.
Your winners, The Excellents!
This was total sideshow comedy mixed with some brawling. For what it needed to be, it was perfect. You have to give it to Mother Excellent for doing as much as she did.
As the Excellents celebrated, Colt Caban came out to his music. He said, "We got a real comedian here, don't we?" He asked if they thought they were funny people and the funniest one in the building. They thought they could get a few laughs and steal the show. He said he would get in the ring and fight him but he had a finger-blasting accident. He began challenging Excellent to Wrestlecon, but then turned and showed everyone he was challenging Mom. He told her she had too choices, "fight of f*** and either way, you are going to be bleeding."
Greg Excellent then stepped in and said if they could substitute one set of boobs for another, he would be happy to bring his double Es to Secaucus and they set up a match for CZW that weekend. Colt then tried to pick up Mom and Excellent said, "You are not going to f*** my mom!" Mom, however, appeared to suddenly have Hanukah plans.
Nice angle to set up what's going to be a big weekend.
No Holds Barred, Falls Count Anywhere: Sami Callihan vs. Adam Cole
They brawled out of the back and around ringside and immediately began tossing weapons into the ring. They battled all over the ringside area. Cole began choking out Sami on the floor.
Sami made a comeback and went for a running boot on the floor but ate a superkick. Callihan avoided a charge in the corner and Cole ate the buckles. Callihan nailed a facewash in the corner, then another. He grabbed a trash can and placed it on Cole's face. He rebounded off the ropes but was nailed with the trash can.
Cole picked up Callihan and brought him down over his knee. He teased doing a big move, then sat in a chair while applying a chinlock. That was funny. Callihan broke it with a sitdown jawbreaker and Cole took a backwards tumble with the chair,
Callihan set up a chair in the corner but Cole sent him into it. Cole put a trash can in the middle of the ring and they battled over it until Callihan hit a huge back suplex onto it. Callihan began beating Cole over the head with hard shots from the can. Cole responded by spitting in his face. Callihan grabbed Cole and hit a running powerbomb on a ladder that was leaning in the corner. This is awesome.
Callihan placed Cole's leg in a chair and began beating it with another. He then sey up a number of chairs to face each other in another part of the ring. Callihan went under the ring and tossed a ton more chairs inside as Cole tried to recover.
He set up this insane assembly of chairs, which partially fell apart before they could really be used. Cole nailed him and suplexed him into another ladder, then properly set up a pyramid of chairs. Cole tried to pull him up for a move but Callihan nailed him, then hit a superplex off the top through the construction. Callihan covered Cole, who kicked up, barely, at the last second.
Callihan went to the outside and retrieved a bag...of well, sh**. He tried to powerbomb Cole into it but Cole fought off. Callihan began nailing a series of kicks and Cole fell dangerously close to nailing it. Callihan then powerbombed him into the poo.
Cole was shocked. Callihgan grabbed him but Cole used a small package and scored the pin.
Your winner, Adam Cole!
Absolutely sick, disgusting and brutal. Nuts in so many ways. This is a hell of a great show.
As they started to clean the garbage out of the ring, out came New Jack came out, flanked by Thomas Rodman of BWO fame. Jack cut a promo and said that he's watching the new generation and he appreciates it. He said that people tell him ECW died a few years ago and it did, but it was reincarnated as CZW. He said that he never thought in his life and actually sit at a show and leave him, of all people, sitting there in awe. He said he has leapt from the highest of the high, but what he saw tonight was a bunch of motherf***ers who don't hold back sh** and everyone showed their a**es.
He said that he has a little problem and he's putting it on record. CZW is the hardest working locker room that he has seen since ECW died years ago. He said that this can't be duplicated. He said he has a problem - Jeez and Ruckus, who are pimples on his ass. He said he keeps scratching but it won't go away. He said in a few weeks, they have to come to face him (at Extreme Rising). He said that they are in an elite group and have surpassed the average indies. He said they are running with the Pitbulls, The Eliminators, the Public Enemy and the Dudleys, but most of them are dead and they need to prepare for the worst.
Jack said he's at the point in life where he doesn't care if people live or die. He said they will be there for one reason, to kill them. He said that they can bring CZW to Philly on 12/29 and they will die...so "Merry f***ing Christmas." As you can imagine, I cleaned up the language, but the promo was awesome.
BLK OUT - Jeez and Ruckus vs. Dave and Jake Crist
They all nearly got into it with some fans at ringside. They battled with a series of nice dives early, followed by a brawl in the aisle It turned into a deal where Jeez and one of the Crists were really going at it and everyone else started holding them back. This led to a chaotic, long played out scene before everyone was forced to go to the back. There were some fans throwing things and there was a near-riot feel to the whole thing.
CZW promoter Maven Bentley came out and apologized and said any fans who were involved could meet him at the ticket booth and the company would make it up to them.
CZW Wired TV champion AR Fox vs. mystery opponent
Fox had issued an open challenge to anyone to come and face him. Out came Robert Anthony, who's been here before and is the current Resistance Pro champion.
Anthony took the mic and said several months ago, DJ Hyde called him to come here and he told Hyde to suck his d***. He said he didn't want to come back in front of all these loser fans, but then he saw footage of Fox and realized, he's the man in CZW now. So, he wanted to come back to expose him as the one dimensional spot monkey that he is. Anthony promised to take the belt and never come back, then warned Fox to prepare to be embarrassed. It was a good promo.
So, the story is Anthony believes he is the superior wrestler and wants to outclass Fox.
They locked up and Anthony grabbed an armbar and said,"This is wrestling, baby." Fox reversed but Anthony was easily able to escape and preened to the crowd and stalled.
Anthony grabbed a side headlock and controlled Fox on the mat. Fox reversed it but Anthony slipped out and grabbed another side headlock. Fox broke free and went for a move but it was reversed into a rollup. They went into a series of reversals on the mat and near falls. Anthony bridged out of one into a backslide for a two count and they faced off.
Anthony measured and drilled Fox into the corner, then whipped him across the ring hard. He charged but Fox kicked him off. Fox leapt off the top and used his speed to evade Anthony, then nailed a big missile dropkick. That sent Anthony to the floor, where Fox hit an insane leaping dive over the top to the floor.
As they returned to the ring, Anthony cut him off with some forearms. They battled to the floor again, where Fox nailed a leaping kick off the apron. Fox set up Anthony on the apron and came off the top with leaping guillotine legdrop. That move is going to kill someone, likely Fox, one day.
Fox then returned to the ring and hit a running dive across the ring, over the ring post and wiped out Anthony on the floor. That was one of the most impressive things I've ever seen in my entire life.
Fox brought Anthony into the ring and nailed a slingshot elbow in for a two count. Fox nailed a series of palm strikes and went for a multijump springboard move but Anthony caught him and hit a wheelbarrow suplex into the buckles. He nailed a suplex in the middle for another two count on Fox.
Anthony backdropped Fox over the top to the apron. Fox rebounded with a back elbow but was caught with a back-cracker in mid-air for a two count. Anthony began focusing his attack on Fox's back, working him over. He picked up Fox and slammed him, then cinched in a surfboard maneuver.
They continued battling back and forth until Fox swept Anthony's legs on the apron and sent him to the floor. Fox then hit a springboard inverted dive to the floor. They battled on the floor until Anthony drilled him with a big boot.
Anthony grabbed Fox and hit a running powerbomb on the floor, sending him into a group of :fans" standing in a corner in the crowd. Good spot. Fox made a comeback, wiping out Anthony on the floor with a cannonball into the corner and then a big swanton into the ring for a two count.
Fox was sent into the corner but kicked off Anthony and nailed a Sliced Bread #2. He nailed a big bombs away diving knee off the top for another two count. They battled back and forth. Anthony wiped Fox out and hit a springboard, twisting moonsault for a two count.
Anthony locked Fox in a bow and arrow, rolling around the ring and then lifting him up again. Fox escaped and nailed some explosive kicks and a flying swanton off the top for another two count. The crowd chanted, "This is awesome."
Anthony caught Fox with a powerbomb for a two count, then turned him over into a Boston Crab. Fox fought his way to the ropes. Anthony began jawjacking with the fans. Fox nailed a big cannonball in the corner, wiping him out. Anthony nailed a backhanded punch but Fox fought back. He absorbed a forearm shot and nailed a springboard Spanish Fly for the win.
Your winner and still CZW Wired TV champion, AR Fox!
Another really great match. Anthony is the real deal and I can see why so many people have praised his work to me in the last few months based on his RP work in Chicago. This was a really important match for Fox in my opinion as he was forced to really work and not just do awesome athletic stuff. You can see him growing as a worker and that's a great thing.
This is really a thumbs up show live.
Anthony received a standing ovation and a "Please come back" chant. He seemed really touched and saluted the audience.
CZW champion Masada vs. Drake Younger
They are billing this one as the winner being the greatest CZW champion of all time. I can see really old school CZW fans taking issue with that one.
They went back and forth with power spots early, using shoulderblocks to test each other. They traded some wrestling early, going back and forth feeling each other out, as opposed to going right for the blood and guts.
Masada grabbed a side headlock but was rolled into a pinfall combination for a two count. Younger tried to leapfrog Masada but didn't get all the way over. Masada wiped him out with a clothesline. Younger nailed him to the floor and dove off the top onto the champion.
Younger tossed several chairs into the ring while Masada was down on the floor recovering. Younger hit a flying bodypress for a two count. Younger slammed Masada with a chair then drove another one down atop of it. He worked over Masada in the corner and charged but had a chair kicked into his face.
Masada used a broken piece of chair to rip at Younger's head, drawing blood. He tried to suplex Younger onto a chair but Younger slipped out of the way and used a drop toehold onto the chair. Younger was then hiptossed on the chair.
Masada fought back drilled him with a chair to the head and powerbombed him against the steel connecting the buckles to the ringpost on the outside of the ring. He brought Younger back into the ring and set up a chair. He then placed Younger on the top for a superplex through said chair.
They battled back and forth and finally Masada hit a rana off the top, sending Younger through the chair. Drake was trapped in a STF but fought for the ropes and finally made it.
Masada beat him with a chair and wedged the chair in the corner. Younger was whipped hard into the chair for a two count. Masada charged Younger again but was caught with an overhead throw into the corner and the chair.
Younger grabbed another chair and went to powerbomb Masada onto it but was fought off. They battled to the top and Young used a sunset flip powerbomb into the ring on the chair. He began burying Masada under chairs and went to the top again, nailing a double stomp for a two count.
They went back and forth until Younger nailed a full nelson back suplex for another two count. Masada nailed a frightening looking powerbomb on the remnants of a chair. He then hit a crazy back suplex and another standard suplex on a chair for another two count.
Masada killed him with a chairshot to the head, then small packed him, chair around the head and all, for the pin.
Your winner, Masada!
A brutal match.
Joe Gacey came out with Christina Von Eerie cutting a promo mad that he had to sit in the back watching this instead of Masada giving him the rematch he deserved. They began brawling and VE grabbed Masada's leg, allowing Gacey to wipe him out. He locked a submission hold on the champ, allowing VE to stab Masada with acupuncture needles. He then laid out Masada again.
Cage of Death: Matt Tremont vs. DJ Hyde.
CZW outdid themselves this year. They had a cage that features several panes of glass on one side, two panes of plexiglass wrapped in barbed wire on another, different fencing pieces, more panes of glass inside the ring, several steel chairs wrapped in barbed wire, and outside, a contraption that features three different panes of glass that someone who is tossed off of the cage will fall through. Outside the ring is a contraption of several chairs with a barbed wire board across them. It takes a lot for me to drop my mouth in awe but this might just be it.
Larry Legend announced before the main event he would no longer be the permanent ring announcer for CZW. It was way too late and took way too long to be doing this as a long drawn out deal.
DJ Hyde came out and said he was making it simple, Legend was fired and to get the hell out. Fans were throwing toilet paper over the cage at Hyde. He said Tremont was going to die tonight.
They faced off, circling each other. The crowd chanted "douchebag" at Hyde. They went nose to nose. Hyde shoved and spit in Tremont's face. He said he was the greatest wrestler in the world, so Tremont slapped him.
They fought and made their way towards barbed wire cage, trying to shove each other into it. Tremont whipped Hyde into the barbed wire plexiglass cage and it exploded, raining down on the fans. Tremont grabbed Hyde and dug a piece of metal into his head, before driving it down again and again.
Tremont nailed Hyde with several right hands and ran his head into the barbed wire cage. He brought a chair down hard over Hyde's back and then over his head.
Tremont pointed at another pane of glass and whipped Hyde at it. Hyde reversed the whip but Tremont saved himself....only to be speared through the glass onto a piece of railing that was bridged between the ring and the guard rail. Hyde covered Tremont for a two count on the table.
On the outside and the table, Hyde ripped at Tremont's face and slammed him on the railing. Hyde nailed a series of headbutts but Tremont fought back. He picked up Hyde and rammed him through another pane of glass, bringing them back into the ring. The pane didn't shatter. Tremont used something and ripped at Hyde's forehead.
Tremont beat Hyde with a chair across the back. He whipped Hyde into the barbed wire cage and then dropkicked him into it. He charged Hyde, who backdropped him into a pane of glass set in the corner, shattering it.
Hyde grabbed a bat embedded with tacks and began beating Tremont with it. He grabbed a cookie sheet that someone had taped a picture of his face on and slammed it down. He picked up a chair wrapped in barbed wire and nailed Tremont over the head. A fan threw a roll of toilet paper in the ring and nailed Hyde.
Tremont nailed a belly to belly suplex through two chairs for a two count. The crowd chanted for Tremont. He slammed the barbed wire chair down HARD across Hyde's back. The crowd chanted, "This is awesome." Tremont nailed Hyde across the face with another thumbtack bat.
Tremont then hit Hyde with a shovel embedded with tacks and grabbed another pane of glass. He placed it atop several chairs and began choking the hell out of Hyde. He put Hyde under the glass and climbed to the top of the cage. He hit a frog splash off the top of the cage through the glass onto Hyde. That was certifiably insane...and it was only good for a two count.
Tremont continued working over Hyde. He grabbed wire cutters and cut through pieces of the barbed wire fence as a way to send Hyde through it. He tried to powerbomb Hyde out through a pane of glass that was being bridged by four chairs, but Hyde fought back and nailed him with a chokeslam through the glass to the floor below. Beyond brutal.
Tremont was down and didn't get back up so everyone came running. Hyde went to the floor and threw him back in the cage, Tremont was bleeding from all over his back. Hyde covered him for a two count. Hyde nailed a side slam for another near fall.
Hyde picked up Tremont and gave him a running powerslam into a pane of glass wrapped in barbed wire. The crowd chanted for Tremont. Hyde picked him up and slammed him down hard. The crowd was all over Hyde.
Hyde began climbing to the top of the cage, over the structure that had three panes of glass stacked up. Tremont followed. They battled at the top of the cage and Hyde went for a chokeslam off of it but Tremont grabbed him for a Death Valley Driver and off they went through all three panes, shattering them in all directions.
The crowd went nuts, chanting "CZW" loudly and then "This is awesome." Tremont was the first to rise and rolled Hyde in. He covered Hyde for the pin.
Your winner, Matt Tremont!
Absolutely sick, awesome and insane stunt show for a main event. I can't help but shake my head at the sheer lunacy I just witnessed.
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There were a lot of chants for former CZW stars before the show, including Wifebeater, Zandig and Nick Gage. There was then a sizeable "Free Nick Gage" chant.
Ring announcer Larry Legend was introduced and came out to the the theme to the Price is Right, since he won big on the game show. He got a massive "Larry" chant and a standing ovation.
Ultraviolent Aerial Assault: 4-Loco vs. the Nation of Intoxication
The only way to win is to get the CZW Tag Team belts hanging above the ring. Everyone just brawled out of the locker room and its immediate total chaos. Azrieal hit a big tope con hilo to the floor. Crissy Rivera swung off the top rope using a rope like Tarzan into a rana.
Alex Colon drilled Danny Havoc with a ladder and attempted to whip him into it. Havoc nailed him and used it like an airplane spin weapon but was lowblowed by Rivera. Colon used a back suplex while the ladder was around his neck. Holy hell, that was nuts.
Alex Colon and Bandido worked over Devon Moore, beating him with a ladder. They brought a table into the ring. Bandido sent Moore into a ladder in the corner with a suplex. Nuts. The table was placed in a corner. As all this madness was going on, everyone else was brawling outside the ring.
4 Loco worked over Moore, who held onto the ropes when they whipped him across the ring. He backdropped Colon and Bandido to the floor. Everyone battled to the floor as Havoc stood atop the box the belts were in and hit a moonsault to the floor on everyone.
The crowd began applauding in unison.
Thurnteen and Colon battled back and forth in the ring. Thurnteen used the rope hanging from the ceiling to pull himself to the top and came off with a big swinging DDT. He then went to the top of a scaffold and was going to leap off, but Colon charged up a table that was leaning against the ropes. Colon was kicked off and bumped into the ring. Thurnteen then hit an insane 450 splash off the top of the scaffold to a table Bandido was on below. The place went nuts.
Devon Moore went to the top of the scaffold. Rivera followed him and nailed him with a low blow but he no sold it and pulled out a protective cup. He grabbed her and nailed a Michinoku Driver off the top of the scaffold through a table. Holy hell, that was insane. The place erupted.
Someone nailed a cutter off the apron through another table but I missed who. Azrieal came off the top of the box with a senton. Havoc was bleeding from the back of the head at this point. The finish was Havoc pulling someone from the top of a huge ladder and nailing a DVDR through a table that was leaning against the ropes.
Lucky Thurnteen then pulled the belts down.
The winners and new CZW Tag Team champions, The Nation of Intoxication.
Absolutely one of the most insane matches I've seen this year with a dozen insane bumps that would make the highlight reel. Great, chaotic brawl that the crowd loved. And that was JUST the opener!
As they cleaned the ring, Pepper Parks and Cherry Bomb walked around ringside cutting a promo. He put her over as his new fiancé and the fans called her a "crack whore." Bomb said that they feel they may have gotten off on the wrong foot with the fans because they understand how confused the fans are. They said they are here because they care about them. They began pointing out fans and telling them how they could better themselves. It was great. One woman actually threw something at Cherry. They found a planted heavyset fan that they had take off his shirt so they could "see how they can best help him." Parks then told the fans to take his advice, which is that the body is a temple and if you work hard to get a body like his, one day you can treat someone else's like a playground. It was a hell of a promo.
Shane Strickland vs. Rich Swann
They began brawling back and forth on the floor immediately. They fought into the ring, where they went back and forth with some crazy reversals. Swann was cut off with a big clothesline. Strickland leapfrogged him and avoided a tackle but was caught with a big dropkick. Strickland came back with a dropsault, sending Swann into the corner.
Strickland and Swann battled back and forth until Swann dropkicked him out of the ring. Swann hit a running flip dive to the floor. Strickland tried to nail a sliding kick through the ropes but was pulled through and brought down hard on the floor.
Swann chopped him hard on the floor. They fought back into the ring where Swann charged Strickland but was kicked down for a two count. Strickland began nailing a series of kicks to Swann. He went for a tombstone piledriver and they went over and over with reversals until Swann dropped him down on the back of his head in a nasty looking attempt.
Swann chopped Strickland back down as he recovered and locked in a rear chinlock, but not before spitting down at him. Strickland fought to his feet but was dropped back down with a back suplex for a two count. Swann argued over the count.
Swann came off the top with a big measured elbow for a two count. Swann chopped him in the corner and monkey flipped him out of it onto a chair in the middle of the ring. That garnered Swann another two count. Swann beared down on Strickland with an armbar.
They battled back and forth until Strickland elevated Swann into the air and brought him down on his knees. He charged Swann but was backdropped to the floor. Swann went for a sliding kick but it was avoided. Strickland nailed him with a DDT on the floor, with Swann's body making a sickening thud.
Strickland nailed a springboard moonsault to the floor on Swann. They fought back and forth with Swann being hit with an Electric Chair into a bridge for a pin. Strickland was hit with a Van Daminator and then a reverse rana for a two count. Strickland missed a rana off the top and was hit with a double stomp from the top by Swann, then a standing 450 splash for another two count.
The fans began dueling chants. Strickland sets up a chair and tries for a powerbomb but it was blocked. Strickland nails him hard in the face and goes for another. Swann slipped out and nailed a sitdown bomb, dropping Strickland across the edge of the chair. He then hit a standing 450 splash and scored the pin.
Your winner, Rich Swann!
Someone is going to watch this and say they did way too much and the psychology didn't make sense, but for this audience, it was exactly what they wanted to see - two guy beating themselves and the other guy half to death with insane moves and hard hitting shots in order to win. My hat is off to them for an insanely great effort. Swann blows me away every time.
Greg Excellent & Mother Excellent vs. Drew Gulak & Kimber Lee
Gulak is the top heel personality here, doing an anti-everything deal leading a movement for a better CZW. He's a hell of a heel and shows a ton of poise and charisma in the role. Excellent is sort of the macot and comedy guy around here and is loved for it. He's had a long going off and on storyline with his legitimate mother who shows up from time to time and this time, she's here to team with him against Gulak and Lee.
Lee and Mom started out. There was a huge "Let's go Mom" chant. Lee began browbeating her and insulting her in the ring, then offered her hand in apology. Mom took it and slapped her. Gulak tagged in, so Excellent wanted in but his mom told him no. She ducked several shots and grabbed a side headlock, bringing Gulak over to her corner.
Excellent tagged in and worked over Gulak in the corner. Lee tried to interfere so Mom grabbed her and began chopping her in the corner. They had them in opposite corners. They then stuck their hands down their pants, then wiped their hands across their opponents faces. They then licked each other's hands. The crowd chanted "You sick f***s." Mental note: don't ever visit the Excellents on holidays.
Mama teased a dive but stopped. Excellent then hit a tope, taking out several of Gulak's henchmen. Gulak attacked Mom and put her in a Dragon Sleeper. Excellent saved her but not before she was choked out. Excellent checked on his mom but was jumped by Gulak. They exchanged punches and Gulak got the better of it.
Lee tagged in and began working over Excellent. Mama recovered on the outside and returned to her corner. Lee dropped an elbow on Excellent. Gulak came off with a big double axehandle off the top. He drilled Excellent into the mat and began smothering him with his boot in the corner.
Kimber Lee tagged back in and locked in a cross armbreaker. Excellent make a comeback and put Lee on the top for a move. Gulak tried to interfere and was grabbed by the nuts. Lee jumped off the top but was grabbed in the nether-regions as well. Gulak was beaten off and Lee was powerbombed in the corner.
Excellent went to hit a cannonball in the corner but his Mother wanted to do it instead. It didn't look good and she may have hurt her neck. Gulak worked over Excellent and went to send him into a crutch being wielded by one of his lackeys but the whip was reversed and Gulak was hit. Lee was locked in a Dragon sleeper as mom worked over the hurt Gulak. Lee finally tapped.
Your winners, The Excellents!
This was total sideshow comedy mixed with some brawling. For what it needed to be, it was perfect. You have to give it to Mother Excellent for doing as much as she did.
As the Excellents celebrated, Colt Caban came out to his music. He said, "We got a real comedian here, don't we?" He asked if they thought they were funny people and the funniest one in the building. They thought they could get a few laughs and steal the show. He said he would get in the ring and fight him but he had a finger-blasting accident. He began challenging Excellent to Wrestlecon, but then turned and showed everyone he was challenging Mom. He told her she had too choices, "fight of f*** and either way, you are going to be bleeding."
Greg Excellent then stepped in and said if they could substitute one set of boobs for another, he would be happy to bring his double Es to Secaucus and they set up a match for CZW that weekend. Colt then tried to pick up Mom and Excellent said, "You are not going to f*** my mom!" Mom, however, appeared to suddenly have Hanukah plans.
Nice angle to set up what's going to be a big weekend.
No Holds Barred, Falls Count Anywhere: Sami Callihan vs. Adam Cole
They brawled out of the back and around ringside and immediately began tossing weapons into the ring. They battled all over the ringside area. Cole began choking out Sami on the floor.
Sami made a comeback and went for a running boot on the floor but ate a superkick. Callihan avoided a charge in the corner and Cole ate the buckles. Callihan nailed a facewash in the corner, then another. He grabbed a trash can and placed it on Cole's face. He rebounded off the ropes but was nailed with the trash can.
Cole picked up Callihan and brought him down over his knee. He teased doing a big move, then sat in a chair while applying a chinlock. That was funny. Callihan broke it with a sitdown jawbreaker and Cole took a backwards tumble with the chair,
Callihan set up a chair in the corner but Cole sent him into it. Cole put a trash can in the middle of the ring and they battled over it until Callihan hit a huge back suplex onto it. Callihan began beating Cole over the head with hard shots from the can. Cole responded by spitting in his face. Callihan grabbed Cole and hit a running powerbomb on a ladder that was leaning in the corner. This is awesome.
Callihan placed Cole's leg in a chair and began beating it with another. He then sey up a number of chairs to face each other in another part of the ring. Callihan went under the ring and tossed a ton more chairs inside as Cole tried to recover.
He set up this insane assembly of chairs, which partially fell apart before they could really be used. Cole nailed him and suplexed him into another ladder, then properly set up a pyramid of chairs. Cole tried to pull him up for a move but Callihan nailed him, then hit a superplex off the top through the construction. Callihan covered Cole, who kicked up, barely, at the last second.
Callihan went to the outside and retrieved a bag...of well, sh**. He tried to powerbomb Cole into it but Cole fought off. Callihan began nailing a series of kicks and Cole fell dangerously close to nailing it. Callihan then powerbombed him into the poo.
Cole was shocked. Callihgan grabbed him but Cole used a small package and scored the pin.
Your winner, Adam Cole!
Absolutely sick, disgusting and brutal. Nuts in so many ways. This is a hell of a great show.
As they started to clean the garbage out of the ring, out came New Jack came out, flanked by Thomas Rodman of BWO fame. Jack cut a promo and said that he's watching the new generation and he appreciates it. He said that people tell him ECW died a few years ago and it did, but it was reincarnated as CZW. He said that he never thought in his life and actually sit at a show and leave him, of all people, sitting there in awe. He said he has leapt from the highest of the high, but what he saw tonight was a bunch of motherf***ers who don't hold back sh** and everyone showed their a**es.
He said that he has a little problem and he's putting it on record. CZW is the hardest working locker room that he has seen since ECW died years ago. He said that this can't be duplicated. He said he has a problem - Jeez and Ruckus, who are pimples on his ass. He said he keeps scratching but it won't go away. He said in a few weeks, they have to come to face him (at Extreme Rising). He said that they are in an elite group and have surpassed the average indies. He said they are running with the Pitbulls, The Eliminators, the Public Enemy and the Dudleys, but most of them are dead and they need to prepare for the worst.
Jack said he's at the point in life where he doesn't care if people live or die. He said they will be there for one reason, to kill them. He said that they can bring CZW to Philly on 12/29 and they will die...so "Merry f***ing Christmas." As you can imagine, I cleaned up the language, but the promo was awesome.
BLK OUT - Jeez and Ruckus vs. Dave and Jake Crist
They all nearly got into it with some fans at ringside. They battled with a series of nice dives early, followed by a brawl in the aisle It turned into a deal where Jeez and one of the Crists were really going at it and everyone else started holding them back. This led to a chaotic, long played out scene before everyone was forced to go to the back. There were some fans throwing things and there was a near-riot feel to the whole thing.
CZW promoter Maven Bentley came out and apologized and said any fans who were involved could meet him at the ticket booth and the company would make it up to them.
CZW Wired TV champion AR Fox vs. mystery opponent
Fox had issued an open challenge to anyone to come and face him. Out came Robert Anthony, who's been here before and is the current Resistance Pro champion.
Anthony took the mic and said several months ago, DJ Hyde called him to come here and he told Hyde to suck his d***. He said he didn't want to come back in front of all these loser fans, but then he saw footage of Fox and realized, he's the man in CZW now. So, he wanted to come back to expose him as the one dimensional spot monkey that he is. Anthony promised to take the belt and never come back, then warned Fox to prepare to be embarrassed. It was a good promo.
So, the story is Anthony believes he is the superior wrestler and wants to outclass Fox.
They locked up and Anthony grabbed an armbar and said,"This is wrestling, baby." Fox reversed but Anthony was easily able to escape and preened to the crowd and stalled.
Anthony grabbed a side headlock and controlled Fox on the mat. Fox reversed it but Anthony slipped out and grabbed another side headlock. Fox broke free and went for a move but it was reversed into a rollup. They went into a series of reversals on the mat and near falls. Anthony bridged out of one into a backslide for a two count and they faced off.
Anthony measured and drilled Fox into the corner, then whipped him across the ring hard. He charged but Fox kicked him off. Fox leapt off the top and used his speed to evade Anthony, then nailed a big missile dropkick. That sent Anthony to the floor, where Fox hit an insane leaping dive over the top to the floor.
As they returned to the ring, Anthony cut him off with some forearms. They battled to the floor again, where Fox nailed a leaping kick off the apron. Fox set up Anthony on the apron and came off the top with leaping guillotine legdrop. That move is going to kill someone, likely Fox, one day.
Fox then returned to the ring and hit a running dive across the ring, over the ring post and wiped out Anthony on the floor. That was one of the most impressive things I've ever seen in my entire life.
Fox brought Anthony into the ring and nailed a slingshot elbow in for a two count. Fox nailed a series of palm strikes and went for a multijump springboard move but Anthony caught him and hit a wheelbarrow suplex into the buckles. He nailed a suplex in the middle for another two count on Fox.
Anthony backdropped Fox over the top to the apron. Fox rebounded with a back elbow but was caught with a back-cracker in mid-air for a two count. Anthony began focusing his attack on Fox's back, working him over. He picked up Fox and slammed him, then cinched in a surfboard maneuver.
They continued battling back and forth until Fox swept Anthony's legs on the apron and sent him to the floor. Fox then hit a springboard inverted dive to the floor. They battled on the floor until Anthony drilled him with a big boot.
Anthony grabbed Fox and hit a running powerbomb on the floor, sending him into a group of :fans" standing in a corner in the crowd. Good spot. Fox made a comeback, wiping out Anthony on the floor with a cannonball into the corner and then a big swanton into the ring for a two count.
Fox was sent into the corner but kicked off Anthony and nailed a Sliced Bread #2. He nailed a big bombs away diving knee off the top for another two count. They battled back and forth. Anthony wiped Fox out and hit a springboard, twisting moonsault for a two count.
Anthony locked Fox in a bow and arrow, rolling around the ring and then lifting him up again. Fox escaped and nailed some explosive kicks and a flying swanton off the top for another two count. The crowd chanted, "This is awesome."
Anthony caught Fox with a powerbomb for a two count, then turned him over into a Boston Crab. Fox fought his way to the ropes. Anthony began jawjacking with the fans. Fox nailed a big cannonball in the corner, wiping him out. Anthony nailed a backhanded punch but Fox fought back. He absorbed a forearm shot and nailed a springboard Spanish Fly for the win.
Your winner and still CZW Wired TV champion, AR Fox!
Another really great match. Anthony is the real deal and I can see why so many people have praised his work to me in the last few months based on his RP work in Chicago. This was a really important match for Fox in my opinion as he was forced to really work and not just do awesome athletic stuff. You can see him growing as a worker and that's a great thing.
This is really a thumbs up show live.
Anthony received a standing ovation and a "Please come back" chant. He seemed really touched and saluted the audience.
CZW champion Masada vs. Drake Younger
They are billing this one as the winner being the greatest CZW champion of all time. I can see really old school CZW fans taking issue with that one.
They went back and forth with power spots early, using shoulderblocks to test each other. They traded some wrestling early, going back and forth feeling each other out, as opposed to going right for the blood and guts.
Masada grabbed a side headlock but was rolled into a pinfall combination for a two count. Younger tried to leapfrog Masada but didn't get all the way over. Masada wiped him out with a clothesline. Younger nailed him to the floor and dove off the top onto the champion.
Younger tossed several chairs into the ring while Masada was down on the floor recovering. Younger hit a flying bodypress for a two count. Younger slammed Masada with a chair then drove another one down atop of it. He worked over Masada in the corner and charged but had a chair kicked into his face.
Masada used a broken piece of chair to rip at Younger's head, drawing blood. He tried to suplex Younger onto a chair but Younger slipped out of the way and used a drop toehold onto the chair. Younger was then hiptossed on the chair.
Masada fought back drilled him with a chair to the head and powerbombed him against the steel connecting the buckles to the ringpost on the outside of the ring. He brought Younger back into the ring and set up a chair. He then placed Younger on the top for a superplex through said chair.
They battled back and forth and finally Masada hit a rana off the top, sending Younger through the chair. Drake was trapped in a STF but fought for the ropes and finally made it.
Masada beat him with a chair and wedged the chair in the corner. Younger was whipped hard into the chair for a two count. Masada charged Younger again but was caught with an overhead throw into the corner and the chair.
Younger grabbed another chair and went to powerbomb Masada onto it but was fought off. They battled to the top and Young used a sunset flip powerbomb into the ring on the chair. He began burying Masada under chairs and went to the top again, nailing a double stomp for a two count.
They went back and forth until Younger nailed a full nelson back suplex for another two count. Masada nailed a frightening looking powerbomb on the remnants of a chair. He then hit a crazy back suplex and another standard suplex on a chair for another two count.
Masada killed him with a chairshot to the head, then small packed him, chair around the head and all, for the pin.
Your winner, Masada!
A brutal match.
Joe Gacey came out with Christina Von Eerie cutting a promo mad that he had to sit in the back watching this instead of Masada giving him the rematch he deserved. They began brawling and VE grabbed Masada's leg, allowing Gacey to wipe him out. He locked a submission hold on the champ, allowing VE to stab Masada with acupuncture needles. He then laid out Masada again.
Cage of Death: Matt Tremont vs. DJ Hyde.
CZW outdid themselves this year. They had a cage that features several panes of glass on one side, two panes of plexiglass wrapped in barbed wire on another, different fencing pieces, more panes of glass inside the ring, several steel chairs wrapped in barbed wire, and outside, a contraption that features three different panes of glass that someone who is tossed off of the cage will fall through. Outside the ring is a contraption of several chairs with a barbed wire board across them. It takes a lot for me to drop my mouth in awe but this might just be it.
Larry Legend announced before the main event he would no longer be the permanent ring announcer for CZW. It was way too late and took way too long to be doing this as a long drawn out deal.
DJ Hyde came out and said he was making it simple, Legend was fired and to get the hell out. Fans were throwing toilet paper over the cage at Hyde. He said Tremont was going to die tonight.
They faced off, circling each other. The crowd chanted "douchebag" at Hyde. They went nose to nose. Hyde shoved and spit in Tremont's face. He said he was the greatest wrestler in the world, so Tremont slapped him.
They fought and made their way towards barbed wire cage, trying to shove each other into it. Tremont whipped Hyde into the barbed wire plexiglass cage and it exploded, raining down on the fans. Tremont grabbed Hyde and dug a piece of metal into his head, before driving it down again and again.
Tremont nailed Hyde with several right hands and ran his head into the barbed wire cage. He brought a chair down hard over Hyde's back and then over his head.
Tremont pointed at another pane of glass and whipped Hyde at it. Hyde reversed the whip but Tremont saved himself....only to be speared through the glass onto a piece of railing that was bridged between the ring and the guard rail. Hyde covered Tremont for a two count on the table.
On the outside and the table, Hyde ripped at Tremont's face and slammed him on the railing. Hyde nailed a series of headbutts but Tremont fought back. He picked up Hyde and rammed him through another pane of glass, bringing them back into the ring. The pane didn't shatter. Tremont used something and ripped at Hyde's forehead.
Tremont beat Hyde with a chair across the back. He whipped Hyde into the barbed wire cage and then dropkicked him into it. He charged Hyde, who backdropped him into a pane of glass set in the corner, shattering it.
Hyde grabbed a bat embedded with tacks and began beating Tremont with it. He grabbed a cookie sheet that someone had taped a picture of his face on and slammed it down. He picked up a chair wrapped in barbed wire and nailed Tremont over the head. A fan threw a roll of toilet paper in the ring and nailed Hyde.
Tremont nailed a belly to belly suplex through two chairs for a two count. The crowd chanted for Tremont. He slammed the barbed wire chair down HARD across Hyde's back. The crowd chanted, "This is awesome." Tremont nailed Hyde across the face with another thumbtack bat.
Tremont then hit Hyde with a shovel embedded with tacks and grabbed another pane of glass. He placed it atop several chairs and began choking the hell out of Hyde. He put Hyde under the glass and climbed to the top of the cage. He hit a frog splash off the top of the cage through the glass onto Hyde. That was certifiably insane...and it was only good for a two count.
Tremont continued working over Hyde. He grabbed wire cutters and cut through pieces of the barbed wire fence as a way to send Hyde through it. He tried to powerbomb Hyde out through a pane of glass that was being bridged by four chairs, but Hyde fought back and nailed him with a chokeslam through the glass to the floor below. Beyond brutal.
Tremont was down and didn't get back up so everyone came running. Hyde went to the floor and threw him back in the cage, Tremont was bleeding from all over his back. Hyde covered him for a two count. Hyde nailed a side slam for another near fall.
Hyde picked up Tremont and gave him a running powerslam into a pane of glass wrapped in barbed wire. The crowd chanted for Tremont. Hyde picked him up and slammed him down hard. The crowd was all over Hyde.
Hyde began climbing to the top of the cage, over the structure that had three panes of glass stacked up. Tremont followed. They battled at the top of the cage and Hyde went for a chokeslam off of it but Tremont grabbed him for a Death Valley Driver and off they went through all three panes, shattering them in all directions.
The crowd went nuts, chanting "CZW" loudly and then "This is awesome." Tremont was the first to rise and rolled Hyde in. He covered Hyde for the pin.
Your winner, Matt Tremont!
Absolutely sick, awesome and insane stunt show for a main event. I can't help but shake my head at the sheer lunacy I just witnessed.
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