GCW #1Dark match action:
Peach Dragon defeated Sissy Laroux with a springboard leg drop. The Icemen iced RJ Davis & Midas Wells Endgame Duncan Kane + Nico Buchanan defeated Robby Abner + Joshua Blevins when Buchanan pinned Blevins (The show opens with the new Director of Personnel, Sebastien Lannes in his office.) Lannes: Yeah. Yeah. I’m going to have reject your offer. Why? Because I’m the new Director of Personnel of GCW! (pause.) Yes. That GCW. (pause.) Why are you laughing? (pause.) Look, buddy, this is a big time job. It’s like going from being the 10th man for the Chicago Cubs to being the head man of the Tampa Bay Devils Rays! (pause.) You’ll regret the remark! I’m planning on making the GCW name synonymous with great leagues like STW! (pause.) Not like that! Hey, man! I have to go. See you at the top! (Lannes takes a drink of water, and look frustrated when a tall, attractive brunette walks through the door.) Lannes: Who the hell are you? Brunette: (With a slight New Orleans accent.) I’m sorry. My name is Bianca Devereux. I have been hired to be your assistant. Lannes: Oh yeah! Now, I remember! You were the dame Diamond King hired to get a tax write off because you were displaced during that Kristina thing. Bianca: (curtly.) Yes. Lannes: Look, I’m sorry. That came out all wrong. (grabs a piece of paper and starts reading off of it.) Far greater companies than GCW have done more unscrupulous things to take advantage of those who were victimized by that hurricane, so it is far be it for a small fish like GCW to take the moral high ground here. Besides, that was two or three ownership regimes ago and it shouldn’t matter anymore. All that matters is that have rose from a lowly, yet hot janitor to the position you currently hold today. I congratulate you. You have really increased your standing in the company since then, and I look forward to your insights about how to make GCW the best league possible. (puts down paper.) And that is the official company stance on the whole thing. And I would appreciate it if you never brought this up again. Thank you. Biance: But… Lannes: What? Bianca: Never mind. I am here to talk to you about GCW. I have taken a few liberties since you’ve been away. Lannes: What the heck did you do? Bianca: Nothing. I just changed a few things around. I hired some new announcers. Lannes: NEW announcers?!? What happened to the old ones? Bianca: They left for NEW. Don’t worry. I found two good ones! And I also changed the name of our show. I didn’t think Thunderball would be a good name for our flagship show. Lannes: But I liked the Tom Jones intro! Bianca: Yes, but at this point, GCW is more like a 50 watt light bulb instead of a Thunderball. I decided to call our show GCW Ecstasy! Lannes: Lovely. That just conjures up such fantastic imagery! Bianca: You don’t like it? Lannes: We’ll go with it, for now. Bianca: I have also named the first PPV of our new era, Too Hot to Handle. Along with setting up the Tournament for the GCW Title. Lannes: Didn’t Douglas Scott have that? Bianca: He left, too, along with…most of our roster. Lannes: (buries his head into his hands.) Just great! Let’s get to the first match on our show! We need to get this ball rolling! Walter Laurence: Hello and welcome to the new new NEW GCW! It’s a new era and we’ll taking things straight to the top! Right Tia? Tia Vega: Oh yeah. My Walter…what big muscles you have! Walter: Why thank you, but we’ll be getting much bigger action coming up here soon, as we have a tournament to decide who the first GCW Champion of the new era shall be! Any predictions? Tia: Well, I’m hoping for some good, exciting action. If I had to choose, I would go with the dreamy Hardcore Luchadore or perhaps the sexy John Atlas taking it home! Walter: Well, those are great predictions, Tia! Let’s get to our first match of the evening. It will be a first round match as Blue Tornado takes on superstar Shining Star! Blue Tornado vs. Shining Star This was a fun opening match that focused on the kind of exciting action that the new GCW hopes to bring! Shining Star put on his work boots for this one. He was pumped up, trying to secure a contract with GCW after being unceremoniously dumped by FFW. In the end, it proved not to be enough, however, as Tornado rose to the occasion here tonight. The young star was able to put away the tough Star at the 18 minute mark with a lethal Tornado DDT to advance to the semi finals! (Lannes is in the back, on the phone, trying to make a deal when Loki Dragon busts into the room.) Loki: Hey man! Don’t you know who I am? I’m Loki Dragon! I am not happy about not being in the World title tournament, and I demand you do something about it! Lannes: (looking decidedly nonplussed) I see. Well, I didn’t set the tournament. Look, we got one more spot in the thing. I’ll give it to you. I don’t care. Loki: Who am I facing? Lannes: (looks at the piece of notebook paper that the tournament pairings are on.) I don’t know. It just says “mystery opponent“! Loki: Well, don’t you know who it is? Lannes: Hey! I didn’t make this thing! You’ll have to talk to my assistant. (Loki storms off.) Lannes: That went well. Alyssa vs. Aisha Jordan This was a match to showcase the exciting women’s action. This was a painfully short, spotfest as Alyssa was set to take home the victory with the Suicidal Kiss when she was pushed off the top rope. She quickly got back to her feet, only for her and Aisha to be hit with a springboard drop kick by the interferer. The red-haired girl in musketeer gear then proceeded to dance in the middle of the ring, as Alyssa shook a big time fist! Alas, the girl didn’t realize that Peach Dragon was behind her. Dragon attacked, but was promptly wiped out by a super kick by Jaguara. Houdini Hardcastle vs. John Atlas This match was just a hard hitting brawl between two guys who are pretty good at that type of match. The referee had some trouble keeping track of what was going on in this one, as it spilled to the outside pretty quickly. The end came when Hardcastle swung a chair at Atlas, but accidentally hit the turnbuckle. This caused the chair to bounce back and hit him in the face. Atlas took advantage by catching him with a German suplex for the victory. Lannes: Now that’s what I’m talking about. That’s the kind of hard hitting action I am expecting in GCW! Bianca: We’ll prove them all wrong, and we’ll be going on to bigger and better things before you know it! Lannes: What do you mean? Bianca: Please! I’m a better assistant Commissioner than that one chick in FFW. I’m just getting my start here! Women: AHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!! Bianca: What was that? Lannes: I am sure we’ll be hearing about it in (looks at watch, 5.…….4.…….3.…….2.….. (Alyssa busts into the door, wearing only a towel and carrying some guy by his ear.) Alyssa: WHAT IS THIS?!? THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE! Lannes: Does nobody just say “Hi” anymore? It’s so much nicer. Bianca: So, what’s wrong here? Alyssa: This guy snuck into our shower while we were showering! Lannes: And what do you know have to say about this? Guy: I’m invisible! Lannes: (throwing up his hands.) Just great! Guy: I’m the Invisible Kid! I can’t be seen by anyone! Lannes: Anyway, what do you want me to do here, Alyssa? (Alyssa tries to open her mouth as Lannes takes out a paper.) Lannes: I must remind you neither that GCW nor the Mysterious Voice condones any of these deplorable actions. We look upon whoever committed them with contempt and shame, and we will not have anything of the sort happening in this company. Alyssa: Fire him! (Lannes looks confused.) Bianca: Um….he’s not on our roster. Lannes: Right. We can’t fire him because we’ve never hired him in the first place! So, that means you’re hired Mr. Kid and never do anything like that again now that you are a member of the GCW Roster! (Alyssa storms off in this disgust.) Lannes: (patting himself on the back.) Well, I handled that problem nicely. Bianca: (sarcastically.) Yeah. Like the wisdom of Solomon. Hardcore Luchadore vs. Todd Davidson Decent match here as Luchadore pulls out the victory with a shooting star press! Walter: So, Tia, what do you think of the tournament so far? Tia: It’s great! All the dreamy guys keep winning the matches, and my predictions have been right so far! It’s going to be Hardcore Luchadore & John Atlas in the finals! Walter: I think Blue Tornado has something to say about that. Tia: Who is the Blue Tornado anyway? He wears a mask and is afraid to show his face! I can’t pick someone like that to win! Walter: Let’s get to our next match as the Serpentors take on the Shadow Demons! The Serpentors vs. The Shadow Demons This match was a quick and brutal squash with the Serpentors taking home the victory following the Snake Bite, a backbreaker/leg drop combo.) Loki Dragon vs. ??? The crowd is on pins and needles here as they wonder who the mystery man is, and seconds later, some music blares, and Morte Di Nera comes out to the ring! The crowd goes wild, as the former CPW star and IWF World Champion, who has revived his career in Mexico as of late, comes out to the ring. Walter Laurence: Oh my! Morte Di Nera is here in GCW! This is HUGE! How did we get him from Mexico? He was competing for the MLW National title just last night, and now he’s here in GCW! Tia Vega: I was hoping for someone cuter. Walter: Well, nothing about Di Nera is pretty, but he gets the job done. Walter: Di Nera steps between the ropes, and Loki rushes him, but he just pushes Loki off! He grabs Loki up, and has him in a gorilla press position. He is just lifting him up and down, and up and DOWN! Loki just got dropped right on his back! Tia: That looked like it hurt! (Suddenly someone else comes to the broadcast booth.) Woman: Of course it did. That’s what he hired to do. Walter: Who the heck are you? Woman: Nice to meet you. You may have heard of me. My name is Chloe Madison. Walter: Chloe? Tia: Oh! Miss Madison! So nice to meet you! I’m so sorry to hear about your foray onto the tabloids recently. May I say that I like your dress? Walter: ??? Chloe: Since some people need reminding, I am the loving and favorite niece of the owner of this company! My grandfather is one of the richest men in the world, and like the beautiful victim that I am, I have been the topic of tabloid fodder! Concerned, and not wanting me to end up like other celebutantes out there, he has sent me here to GCW to do whatever I please so long as I stay out of trouble! So, I decided to use some of my grandpa’s money to get some better talent here, so meet my new bodyguard. Walter: My! Morte just keeps beating the stuffing out of Loki Dragon, punishing him with punches in the corner. Someone stop this insanity! Chloe: As you wish. (yells.) Time to finish this Nera! Walter: Nera just grabbed Loki up….PENA DI MORTE! OUCH! He covers, 1.………2.………..3. Morte’s going to semi finals. Chloe: Like I said, dominant. Now, if you’ll excuse me. I need to go talk to someone. (In the back, Lannes is up in arms.) Lannes: Who authorized this? I didn’t authorize him coming here! Bianca: Miss Madison here to see you. Lannes: Good, I want to give her a piece of mind! Chloe: A piece of your what? Go ahead, gopher, I really want to hear this. Lannes: Look! I didn’t authorize him coming here! I appreciate your help! I just don’t want a war with MLW! Chloe: Please! Let my dear uncle deal with such backlash. I don’t care about such a piddly league in Mexico. I could hire the whole league and make all of their wrestlers my hired help for all I care, so this is of no concern to me. I wanted Morte to be my bodyguard. I got him. I am sure you can deal with the problems that come from it, right sweetie? Lannes: (blushing.) Yeah. I guess you’re right. Chloe: Now then, I must be going. Morte needs my moral support. Lannes: Yeah. Sure. (Chole exits.) Bianca: That will learn her! Lannes: Shut up! I felt I was very tough and firm there! I showed her who’s boss! Bianca: (sarcastically.) Suuure you did. (rolling her eyes.) Men! Blue Tornado vs. John Atlas This was clearly the hottest match of the night thus far. Half of the crowd was behind young upstart the Blue Tornado, while the other half was behind the more technically proficient veteran, John Atlas. Atlas dominated the early portions of this match, keeping Tornado grounded while stretching Tornado’s body parts into fun, new shapes. The Tornado supporters would not cease, however, LOUDLY cheering on their hero as Tornado chants rolled throughout the arena. About the 10 minute mark, Tornado was finally ready to rally back, taking advantage of a missed splash by Atlas. Tornado took to the skies, hitting several visually beautiful moves, but could not put the tenacious veteran away. Tornado missed a cannonball leg drop, allowing Atlas the chance to once again take advantage. It was short-lived. Tornado ducked a fierce clothesline, grabbed Atlas’ arm, locked in a front headlock, walked on the ropes to build up speed, and then finished Atlas with the Tornado DDT to gain the victory and advance to the finals. Tornado was visibly exhausted after the match, but still waved to his adoring fans, afterwards. Semi-Final: Nera vs. Hardcore Luchadore This match was decidedly less impressive than the previous semi-final. Nera dominated once again. Luchadore was a gamer, and he tried his best to stop Di Nera, but, in the end, power won out, as Nera put him away with the Pena Di Morte for the victory. (In the back, GCW Reporter, the lovely, Quinn Stanley, is with Blue Tornado, who is trying to regain his strength after a physical contest with John Atlas.) Quinn: Tornado, congratulations on your victory over John Atlas. Tornado: Thank you. Quinn: Any strategy going into your next encounter with the powerful Nera? Tornado: Well, Nera is one tough customer. It’s not going to be easy. I have seen how he dominated Hardcore Luchadore & Loki Dragon, two friends of mine, in the first two rounds. Some people have told me it doesn’t look good, but I don’t care. It has been my dream to be the GCW Champion. It is something I have wanted to do since I was a rookie in this league a few years ago, and now, all that stands between me and that belt is a 350 pound monster. He may think I am a small guy, but when that title is there, on the line, I’ll turn into a monster, I’ll fight and fight and fight to become the GCW Champion! I will never give up, I will never give in, and there is nothing Nera can do to beat me! Number one contender’s battle royal! Featuring: Sandman Jason Grand, the Rooks, Mane, Pony, Abraham, Locault, Ralph Champion, Zombie King, the Flying Dragons, John Michaels, , XXX, El Hijo De Runion, Psychotooth This was a quick battle royal so that both finals participants could get some rest before their big match. The eliminations happened quickly, as Locault was tossed out on his ass by Sandman Jason Grand in the first minute. XXX was next to go, with Mane disposing of him quickly. The match went on for awhile with no real eliminations. Mane and Grand were brawling with one another, as the rest of the guys tried to eliminate each other. Finally, Pony checkmated one of the Rooks, while Abraham fooled Psychotooth into eliminating himself. Mane dumps Zombie King before going on and working on Jason Grand. El Hijo is next to go, unceremoniously dumped by Ralph Champion. After some more brawling, the Dragons toss Michaels. Like an idiot, White Dragon launches himself onto Michaels, eliminating himself. Before Red Dragon can react, he gets tossed by Ralph Champion, and that ends that. The other Rook goes out courtesy of Rainbow Pony, as I don’t think that was Emma’s chess plans. This leaves the Final 5. They go at for awhile, as Pony & Abraham gain the advantage over Mane. Pony goes for a reverse stink face in the corner, but Mane just grabs him and tosses him. Grand tosses Ralph Champion as we are down to the final three. Abraham eliminated himself as he goes to help Rainbow Pony on the outside. This leaves Mane and Sandman. They brawl around the ring a bit before Sandman gets the advantage. He charges Mane, but Mane ducks him and dumps him over the ropes. However, Grand holds onto the apron, and grabs Mane. Both men fall to the floor, and it is ruled that Mane fell after Grand, giving Grand the victory and the shot, as Mane is livid. Commercial Blue Tornado vs. Morte Di Nera. Walter Laurence: The ring announcer has made the introductions, and we’ll ready to go. Tia: I can’t believe Hardcore Luchadore and John Atlas were eliminated! Walter: Their get their chances in time, I am sure. Chloe: So, how fast will this match be? 3, 4 minutes? I have an appointment with my hairdresser! Walter: I don’t think it will be that quick. Tornado is a man of honor, who will fight to his very last breath! Chloe: Nera will make short work of him. Look at him! He’s already dominating him Walter: Nera is just punishing Tornado early on, punishing him with fists in the corner. Crowd: TORNADO! TORNADO! Chloe: Can’t they shut up? This isn’t good for my hearing! And I fear they’re scaring Fluffles! (talking to her dog.) It’s okay, baby! Mommy’s here. We’ll be away from this loud rubes soon enough. Walter: Nera whips Tornado into the corner, but Tornado jumps up on the top rope. Flying drop kick! Tia: Nera isn’t going down. Walter: Punishing clothesline to Tornado, as Tornado got back up from the flying drop kick. Chloe: Finish him! (Nera is looking unsure in the ring.) Chloe: Do it! For me! (blows him a kiss.) Walter: Nera grabs Tornado, and sets him up for the Pena Di Morte, but Tornado slips under him. Nera turns around….uppercut by Tornado. The crowd is cheering. Tia: Tornado is fiercely chopping away at Nera, but Di Nera is having none of it. Walter: You can HEAR these loud chops, but Nera isn’t feeling them at all! Chloe: That’s because he’s my indestructible machine! I only hire the best! Walter: Nera just grabbed Tornado and threw him halfway across the ring. Crowd: Booooo! Walter: Nera grabs Tornado…GORILLA PRESS! He is benching him, like he’s nothing! CRASH! Walter: OMG! HE JUST TOSSED TORNADO TO THE OUTSIDE AND INTO THE GUARD RAIL! Crowd: GCW! GCW! GCW! Walter: Nera is on the outside, as he just lays Tornado on the guard rail, and just peppers him with punches to the body. Tia: Tornado looks like he’s sucking wind on the outside of the ring. Chloe: Excuse me. Walter: Chloe is going up to Nera, and tells him to get out of the way. She whispers something to Tornado, and… SLAP! Walter: SHE JUST SLAPPED HIM!!! Tia: She picks up her dog, and comes back to the announce table. What was that all about? Chloe: He tried to hit on me! That bastard! The nerve of some people! Just because I’m way rich and way beautiful, these peons think they can hit on me! I gave him the what for! I told Nera to destroy him. Walter: Nera picks him up, and tries for a Pena Di Morte on the floor, but Tornado is fighting him off. Rana by Tornado. The crowd cheers! Walter: Tornado tries a kick, but Nera catches his foot….ENSIGUIRI KICK! Nera falls to the ground! Crowd: Tornado! Tornado! Chloe: (covering her dog’s ears.) SHUT UP! The crowd gets louder. Walter: Tornado throws him back into the ring. Tornado goes up to the turnbuckle. He leaps off….MOONSAULT BODY BLOCK! Chloe: No! No! No! Walter: The cover, 1.……………2.………….NERA JUST THREW HIM OFF! Chloe: YEAH! Walter: Tornado is pumping up the fans as they are going wild. He runs at Di Nera. SMACK! Walter: LEG LARIAT BY TORNADO! Tia: He put everything he had into that move, but Di Nera is only reeling. Walter: Tornado runs at him……TORNADO DDT! Wait no! Chloe: Ha! Beautiful! Nera is stopping his momentum! Walter: He is going for a spine buster, but Tornado puts him down the DDT! Crowd cheers! Tia: I don’t know. That looked sloppy as all hell. I don’t think it can put him away. Walter: The cover, 1.………….2.……………NERA JUST THROWS HIM OFF! Chloe: You are going to do a lot more than hit some wimpy DDT to put away my monster! Walter: Tornado is….running around the ring? Tia: This is an interesting strategy. Chloe: Look at him! Look at that coward run! Walter: Nera is trying to give chase, but he can’t catch him. Tia: He’s looking a little winded out there! Walter: Tornado scoops him up….BODY SLAM! The crowd is going wild! Nera is up to his knees. Tornado charges in…SOCCER KICK TO THE FACE! Tia: Nera is holding his nose after that one. Walter: Tornado goes to TOP ROPE…..450 SPLASH! Crowd: TORNADO! TORNADO! Walter: 1.….2.…. Chloe: GET UP! GET UP! Walter: Nera gets up a shoulder! The crowd can’t believe it! Walter: Tornado is not phased! He’s going for it! He’s going for the Tornado DDT! Chloe: Dammit, Nera! He’s going for the Tornado DDT! Walter: Nera stumbles back to his feet. Tornado charges him…Here is comes! He has him…. Chloe: HE CAUGHT HIM! Walter: Tornado is trying to pull him down, but can’t…and now a bear hug by Nera! Walter: Tornado is screaming in pain! You look quite sure of yourself, Chloe. Chloe: Of course. I know Nera too well. He was well-ahead of Tornado. CRASH! Walter: BONE CRUSHING BEAR HUG SLAM BY NERA! Tia: Tornado is screaming in pain in the middle of the ring. He may have hurt his back. Chloe: Okay. Time to go home now. I need to meet with my hairdresser. Finish him, Nera. Walter: It looks like Chloe just gave Nera the sign to end this thing. He grabs Tornado. CRASH! Walter: PENA DI MORTE! MY GOD! Tia: He covers. Chloe: It’s over. Walter: 1.……………2.……. TORNADO GETS THE SHOULDER UP! The crowd is on their feet, cheering. Chloe: WHAT?!? THIS CAN’T BE! I DEMAND ANSWERS! THE REFEREE WAS COUNTING SLOW! Walter: Nera has him up again. Oh no! Not this! Chloe: Yes! This! This! Walter: LOW BLOW BY TORNADO! Tia: That was a desperate move by a desperate man. Tornado is just laying there, on the ground, hurt. He can’t even do anything. Crowd: TORNADO! TORNADO! Walter: Tornado uses the ropes to help him up. He charges….RUNNING FACE BUSTER TO NERA! Tornado can’t do anything, though. He is just laying there on the mat. Crowd: TORNADO! TORNADO! Chloe: Oh, for all things holy, Nera, finish this affair, and win the title! Walter: You are doubting one important thing, the heart of one man, the heart of Tornado! He never gives up. He is crawling, giving everything he has to get back to his feet. He will show everyone what he’s made of! Tia: Tornado charges at Nera. CRASH! Walter: NERA JUST CHOKE SLAMMED TORNADO! The crowd is silent. Tia: He just caught him. It looked like Tornado was going to go for something, but he hurt something while he was running at Nera. Chloe: FINISH HIM! Walter: Nera has Tornado up now. CRASH! Walter: THE PENA DI MORTE!!!! Chloe: There we go, Walter. Nera took the heart of Tornado, and just crushed it into a million pieces! Walter: The cover, 1.…………….2.……………3! Crowd: BOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!! Walter: NERA IS THE NEW GCW HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION! Chloe: Like I was saying. It’s over. Now, it’s time to claim my prize. 1 night and I already have bought my own GCW Champion. How exciting. It just goes to show you how powerful money is. Chloe goes up to the ring, where the referee is raising Nera’s hand. He presents him with the title, but Nera immediately hands it to Chloe. She looks at it, and looks impressive. Walter: Who would have ever thought that the GCW Title would become Hollywood’s newest fashion accessory! This makes me sick! This title is all about hard work, trying one’s best, it’s as blue collar and All-American as apple pie! And now it’s the hands of Hollywood’s hottest rich girl! She never had to work a day for anything in her life! She walks right in and takes the GCW title, a title held by such legends as Kabuki Dragon, Douglas Scott, Steakhouse Bob, and others. Now, it’s going to be shown around at Hollywood clubs and parties! It makes me sick! Tia: She just slapped Tornado again. Walter: Now, she’s standing on top of Tornado and posing with the title as photographers take pictures. The crowd is throwing garbage into the ring. They are angry! Tia: She wants Nera to finish him off! The crowd cheers! Walter: IT’S MIKE PIZZAZZ! He’s here! Pizzazz runs out to the ring, as Nera and Chloe scatter. Pizzazz is threatening them, as they are running down the aisle. Pizzazz helps Tornado back up to his feet, and raises his hand as the crowd cheers wildly. Fans, we have to go! See you next week! |