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Joe Gacy vs. Alex Reynolds
Reynolds was surrounded by his faceless minions as he came to the ring. Gacy was brought out on a cart, under a sheet, with those who brought him out laying flowers down upon him as if he was in a grave. Then he rose up and came to life. It was different. Gacy had his facepainted white with red.
Reynolds jumped him before the bell. Reynolds went for a dive, but his foot was caught on the rope. Gacy caught him and nailed an overhead Suplex into the aisle. Reynolds whipped him into the apron and worked him over with right hands as Reynolds tried to escape. Gacy and Reynolds battled back and forth on the floor. Gacy gained control and nailed a big Suplex for a two count.
Reynolds regained control and sent Gacy into the corner, then nailed a knee to the head for a two count. Reynolds brought him to the floor and tried to drive Gacy’s temple into the corner of the ring steps. Reynolds set him up and charged for a knee strike but Gacy moved out of the way. Reynolds was tossed into the ring but was able to grab Gacy as he followed and stunned him with a DDT for a two count.
Renyolds cinched in a cravate, trying to wear him down. Gacy fought his way out but was elbowed in the face. Reynolds drilled his face to the mat and stomped him across the back of the neck. Reynolds kicked him in the face, but Gacy fired up with a flurry of punches in the corner. Gacy nailed a nice series of elbows with Reynolds bumping for them. Gacy caught Reynolds with a lariat that turned him inside out and nailed a Michinoku Driver for a two count. Reynolds fought back and went for a Crossface but Gacy reversed and Reynolds ended up trapped in one. Reynolds placed his feet on the ropes to force the break.
Gacy stomped Reynolds over and over against the ropes. Reynolds nailed a forearm but Gacy fired back. Reynolds dropped him rough with a suplex but Gacy kicked out at the last second. Reynolds went back to the Crossface submission but was rolled over on his back for a two count. Gacy was sent into the ropes and went for a handspring move but Reynolds knew what was coming and snatched him down for another submission attempt.
Reynolds went for a move but was caught and slammed, then hit with a knee strike to the jaw. Reynold was backdropped but held on and came down for a pinfall submission. Gacy kicked up and nailed an Ace Crusher for a two count. Reynolds went for a lariat but Gacy ducked and the referee ate it. Gacy nailed a sit-down powerbomb but obviously, no referee to make the count. Reynolds' faceless minions hit ringside and tried to attack Gacy but were fought off. Gacy hit a flip dive onto the pile of them.
Reynolds caught him with a low blow as Gacy returned to the ring and covered him but Gacy got his shoulder up at the last second. Reynolds attacked the referee and stomped him. This brought up an "a**hole" chant. Reynolds grabbed a chair from someone at ringside, but now Gacy's masked people hit the ring and Reynolds began backing away. Eddie Blackwater hit the ring and began beating Gacy's people with a cane. He set up Gacy for Reynolds to powerbomb but then caned Reynolds across the back. OK then!
Gacy nailed a sit-down powerbomb and scored the pin.
Your winner Joe Gacy!
Decent match. The referee bump, all the run-ins and the turns seemed to take things down a notch for me, but this was supposed to be the end of the storyline between the two. Reynolds is a diamond in the rough who is an underrated heel.
They aired a Rich Swann promo on the video screen. He said he didn't have to censor himself, so he dropped the F bomb. He said that there has been blood, sweat and tears dropped all over this f***ing building. He said he's going to face John Silver and Shane Strickland. He told them to be ready, but he didn't think they could handle this.
John Silver vs. Shane Strickland vs. Rich Swann.
The Arena was super into Swann coming out to "All Night Long."
All action right from the start. Swann took out Silver but was nailed with a Swann missile dropkick. Silver nailed a series of Beel tosses across the ring on each of his opponents. Silver was caught by them. They went for a double Suplex, but Silver reversed and suplexed them both over. Strickland tried to go for a move but ate a kick as he climbed the ropes. Silver nailed a Sliced Bread #2 on Swann and hit a big splash off the top for a two count.
Swann caught Silver with a leaping kick to the face as he was on top. Swann hit a twisting splash off the ropes, then a moonsault for a two count. That was great. Swann went to grab Strickland but was sent to the apron outside and kicked in the face. Strickland went for a powerbomb on Silver, but he escaped, only to eat a double stomp to the back of the head.
Strickland nailed a stomp on Swann, then came off the ropes with a double stomp on Silver, who was caught in the ropes. Strickland scored a two count. All three men battled with a nice succession of moves before they all went down. The crowd chanted “CZW.”
Silver hit a superkick on Swann but was caught with a snap German Suplex by Strickland for a two count. Strickland came off the ropes with a stunner on Swann, but Rich blocked and nailed several punches. He planted him with a big Suplex. Strickland was sent into the corner, but Silver sent him backwards, where Swann nailed him with a reverse rana. As Swann got up, Silver nailed a knee strike and scored the pin.
Your winner, John Silver!
A good match with a lot of physical action that was all over the place. This was a nice victory for Silver, who’s consistent with good performances everywhere he works. Strickland and Swann were great here.
All three showed respect to each other after the match, which the Philly crowd liked.
We are now at intermission. Back soon with more coverage!!
They are setting up weapons, so the hardcore match will be first up on the second half. There’s a crutch, a street sign, chairs, a sex toy and more in the ring.
Hardcore Match: The Office (Mister Claxton & Brandon Kirk & Kasey Catal & Kit Osbourne) vs. Jimmy Lloyd & Mitch Vallen & Dan O'Hare & Maria Manic.
Kit Osbourne came out with a blow-up doll meant to be Maria Manic.
Dan O’Hare did a big entrance where he came out dressed as a cop chasing a drag queen who was dressed as a convict. Ah, wrestling! I appreciate that they are trying to do big entrances to make the show seem as special as possible. Manic got a nice chant when she came out.
Big brawl with everyone fighting. Manic went right after Catal and worked over her in the corner. Manic did all sorts of spots where she was beating up the men and overpowering them. Manic used a staple gun on Kirk, stapling dollar bills to his forehead. Catal tried to low blow her, but it didn't work, because well, you know. Manic hit a double chokeslam on Kirk and Catal. All sorts of brawling around ringside.
Lloyd grabbed a baseball back that had thumb tacks on it and Osbourne with it, then nailed a piledriver. Claxton attacked Lloyd with a crutch, beating him over the back. The fans chanted, "F*** you Conor." They set up an assemblance of chairs in front of a corner and placed an HD TV on them. Llyod was placed on the top rope. Claxton nailed a piledriver off the ropes through the TV set. Yeah, that was insanely nutty. I am guessing they won't be able to get a refund on that unit.
O'Hare began blasting Claxton with a chaor. Osborne attacked him from behind with the chair. Vallen was taking chairshots to the head and no selling them until he was kicked in the groin by Osborne. Can we retire that spot please? A barbed wire board and Christmas ornaments were placed in the ring. Lloyd went for a powerbomb but Osborne turned it into a rana mid-execution onto the ornaments for a two count. THAT got a two count? Just a two count?
Maria Manic, bleeding by now, got a big pop grabbing the blow up doll and acting like she was performing oral sex on it. Ah, wrestling. Lloyd poured a ton - and I mean a TON - of thumbtacks in the ring. Lloyd was going to hit Claxton witha DVDR lonto them but Catal lowblowed hjim Mitch Vallen grabbed her and hit a World's Strongest Slam on her onto the tacks. As if that wasn't enough, he grabbed her and hit an Oklahoma Slam through Brandon Kirk, sending them both through a door in the corner. That got a big CZW chant.
Uh, I can't believe I am writing this but Kirk was handcuffed to the ropes, at which point he was assaulted with a sex toy that was attached to a power drill. He had it forced in his mouth several times. Yeah, it's a living. They then placed another so it was sticking up on a chair, then gave someone an inverted atomic drop onto it. They called Larry Legend into the ring and he WANTED this to happen to him but he was kicked off Vallen was then knocked into it face-first.
Manic began cleaning house for her team, kicking the heck out of Kit Osbourne in the corner. A door was placed on the cart that brought O'Hare into the ring and he planned to put Osbourne through it but Catal began beating him in the head with the chair. Philly booed the shots. Catal hit a rana off the ropes onto the cart, which MOVED, and they crashed down hard on the concrete floor. That was nuts.
Vallen and Osbourne battled to the ropes. Vallen was shoved off the ropes and crashed hard through a chair. Osbourne nailed a double stomp that didn't look great. The crowd booed that. LLoyd nailed a discus clothesline and set up several chairs, then placed a door wrapped in barbed wire atop of them. Claxton tried to intercede but was drilled over the head with a chair. Lloyd then placed a second row of chairs atop of the door. They then placed a SECOND door wrapped in barbed wire atop of this.
Kirk and Lloyd battled over this on the top ropes. Lloyd nailed a Death Valley Driver off the top through the two doors, barbed wire ans chairs. Manic grabbed Kit Osbourne up but Claxton told her to fight someone her own size. She faced off with him but he threw thumbtacks in her face. Osbourne rolled her up and scored the pin.
Your winners, The Office!
This was either insanely entertaining or a complete bloody mess depending on what you like about pro wrestling. They are all way tougher than I'd ever be in taking some of those weapons shots and bumps. I can appreciate the lunacy of everyone involved.
The entire thing got Manic over in a big way as the place was chanting her name after.
They are cleaning the ring. Everyone is chanting at the ring crew and giving them grief. Some things never ever change in this building.
They aired a Matt Tremont promo on the screen, putting over the Onita match.
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