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Post by Red Dragon on Jun 3, 2014 12:26:51 GMT -5
Glasgow, Scotland Live from O2 ABC Glasgow, Scotland only on SNW Player Be the Best Night 2 Qualifying
1) BLOCK A: Drew Parkland vs. Jack Powers: Both men were looking for their first win here after Drew lost and Jack drew in the first night. It was a short match with some good chain wrestling. Powers’ Russian Armbar had Drew tapping.
Drew got on well with the Scottish crowd, he drunk some beer before handing out free merchandise. Meanwhile the iPPV feed was taken backstage to special guest Grado, who introduced himself as ‘a chubby wee chancer, about as fit as my gran’. He’s a great character and the Scottish fans will explode when they see one of their own.
2) BLOCK B: Carson Clark vs. Matt Spade: Both men lost in the first night so where hoping to bounce back here. Spade is a wonderful opponent for Clark because he let him get in all his offence while still looking good in the process. Clark got his first win since his return with the Swan Dive DDT.
3) Dave Demento vs. Joseph Stone: This was a non-tournament action but still provided the talking point of the night. There was a very vocal fan in the second row who was inebriated and decided that he would bereate Demento from the moment he entered the arena. But Demento was the last person he should have picked on. The vocal fan was annoying all around him and even got a ‘Shut the F*** Up’ chant directed towards him. But the fan wouldn’t let up, he continued to shout abuse aimed towards Demento. So before the match Demento took a mic from ringside and verbally destroyed the fan. Telling him that he paid to be here and to sit back down. It was a great promo which was made even better knowing that Demento didn’t plan it. After delivering his put-down Demento wrestled the match. The match itself was nothing special but it did showcase the reckless highflying of young Stone. Demento was pretty stiff on the youngster and controlled the majority of the bout. Demento set up his finisher, a shoot kick. He lined it up then looked towards the now silent fan, Demento pointed and shouted ‘This one’s for you F***tard!’ Then booted Stone so hard in the head it was probably heard in Stromness.
Post match the fans went wild for Demento. They even began a ‘F***tard’ chant going. Demento didn’t pose or celebrate and he just stood there, nodding his head as if to say ‘Yeah, I am this damn good’. Before leaving Demento couldn’t help but stand in front of the fan again. Demento didn’t say a word, he didn’t need too.
4) BLOCK C: Ace Bennett vs. Daniel Sinn: Like the last match, both men were looking for their first win, although Ace lost because of interference from Chris Hammers. It was a heel vs. heel encounter but again, the fans took to Ace. It could have been better considering these two but it was limited in time. Ace locked in the Syracuse Lock for the win.
5) BLOCK D: Kevin Hart vs. Jet Jaguar: The losers of night one continued here as both men were looking for their first win. This was the first of the top quality matches. Fans loved as these two flew about the ring putting on a great short bout. Hart won via the 450 Splash.
Afterwards, Hart shook hands with Jaguar then raised his hand to the Scottish audience.
Cameron Stone made his way out with a can of Iron Bru. He said it was a metaphor of Scotland: horrible, disgusting and ‘it makes you puke just thinking about it’. Stone then said he wasn’t out here just to mock Scotland. Instead, he said, he was here to fight Mike Hogan and stop him in his quest for the title.
6) Mike Hogan vs. Cameron Stone: In a rather odd move the fans boo’ed Hogan. Of course the English and Scottish have a rivalry but you think they would have put it aside so they could tackle the Canadians. But anyway this was a good match. Like their title match when Hogan was champ, it focused on the size and strength of Stone. Hogan roared back and hit a stunning Time Warp to earn a shot at Mike Bockwinkel. Hogan got cheered in the end, he had won over the crowd, even if some of them still chanted at him, calling him an 'English B******'
7) BLOCK A: Jordan Devine vs. Cody Rejero: A fun match to bring us back from the seriousness. Cody played the jester who fooled Devine. Until the RevX member snapped. They then had a decent enough match with Cody even using Pepsi like Popeye uses spinach but it didn’t get the job done. Devine won via a Devinity.
Scottish independent wrestler Noam Dar made his way out. He complained about the ‘Americans’ invading his home turf. The fans disliked Dar and cruelly mocked him. Dar said that they’ve even brought ‘Canadians, Samoans and worst of all Englishmen.’ Then out came SNW’s own Scotsman, Jacob Ryler. Ryler challenged him to a match there and then.
8) Jacob Ryler vs. Noam Dar: Fun match again, this time with no points on the line. Ryler and Dar clashed well and although the match was fairly short, they managed to cram a lot into it. Ryler was the most over guy on the card to this point and it looked like it wouldn’t be topped. Ryler won with the Higher We Go, Dar sold the loss well, like it was the end of the world.
9) BLOCK B: Nick Jacobs vs. Safu: Both men won last time so they were both hoping to follow it up with another win to keep their Block win on track. Safu was the aggressor but Jacobs managed to outwit the big Samoan several times. Jacobs was busted open from an open slap and bled well from his eye. Safu dropped the bloodied Jacobs with the Samoan Drop to continue his good run.
Intermission. The Parkland’s were out in the break and they brought free booze. The Scots loved them, although that is mainly because of the booze. Drew asked some fans to sing some good old fashion Scottish songs and the audience responded by signing the national anthem and other tunes. Then Cody came out wearing a kilt and carrying a bag pipe. Cody then sang a traditional Scottish song alongside Drew, ‘A Thousand Miles’ by the Proclaimers. Fans were still talking about the Demento incident. The fan had since left but it wasn’t planned, it was all real. Fans started up a ‘F***tard’ chant again as the intermission grew to a close.
10) BLOCK C: FUSE: Riley Shamrock vs. LyNN: Top match to welcome the fans back from the break, like night one Riley put on the highlight of the show. Riley got a lukewarm reaction first off but by the end of the match they were chanting his name louder than they did to their own Jacob Ryler. Before the match LyNN motioned towards Riley for the title. Riley held up the title and pointed as if to ask if LyNN wanted a title match. LyNN agreed and so this bout was made a title bout. LyNN is the technical machine, so it’s no surprise what he did in this match. But Riley countered it by being, well... just himself. Riley hit hard strikes, hit a dive over the top rope and even hit a tiger driver on a chair in the audience. The fans loved him and cheered loudly after the Irish Welcoming which sealed the win.
A video package played for the iPPV audience advertising the next iPPV: Be the Best 2015 live in London.
11) BLOCK D: Chris Hammers vs. Jason Williams: Another top match, although less so than the last match. Although both heel, the fans took to Hammers, they even sung mildly racist songs about the Irish. Hell, a ‘top of the morning’ chant broke out and Hammers couldn’t stop but smile. Hammers was the aggressor but Jason was the resilient highflyer who would not stay down. Jason hit some mega spots including a springboard corkscrew in the ring. Jason has looked much better since coming back from Japan, he seems to be less of a one dimensional highflyer. Hammers was building up for a finish when Alicia Bennett walked out. She distracted the referee by flirting with him. Meanwhile Matt Spade ran in and attacked Hammers but he was caught by a Lariat. However, Hammers turned around and was met by a steel chair from Ace Bennett. Ace was getting payback for his interference last night. Jason then climbed the ropes and hit an imploding 450 for the win.
After the match, Jason left quickly after gaining such a big scalp. Ace, Spade and Alicia entered the ring and Ace grabbed a mic. ‘You didn’t think you could mess with me like that and get away with it could ya?’, Ace added that the tide is changing and RevX are no longer the top group in SNW anymore. Before they could do any more damage RevX of Devine, Safu, LyNN and Amy Lee run him off.
12) SNW: Mike Bockwinkel vs. Grado: This is the match that the Scots were waiting for, their own Grado facing the SNW World Champion, Mike Bockwinkel. They couldn’t be much different. Grado came out dancing to Madonna. Bockwinkel came out with Stone and Jamerson. Bock took the mic pre-match to complain about being paired with a ‘Scottish monkey’. He said that wasn’t even an insult, that was a compliment and that it only insulted monkeys. The match was very over the top and entetainery but it was a fun match to watch. They started out with Grado taking advantage frustrating Bock. But Jamerson and Stone got involved. Soon they were sent to the back and we had a decent match. Grado had the crowd in the palm of his hands and was the most over guy on the night (with Riley and Ryler close behind). In the end Bock used an exposed turnbuckle to set up the Bockwinkel Special.
After the match Bock stood over Grado shouting ‘I’m just better than you, all of you, better than you!’ over and over. The Scottish fans got riotous (not for the first time in SNW). Litter began to empty into the ring and Bock was quick to escape under a hord of staff. Grado then took the mic and ended the show putting over SNW and telling the fans to continue supporting Scottish wrestling and SNW.
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Post by Red Dragon on Jun 3, 2014 12:27:09 GMT -5
Be the Best Update
Two out of three weeks of Be the Best Qualifying is up. With only one night remaining we have a look at the Blocks, who are the favourites and underdogs.
News
Fans and critics have panned SNW’s most recent iPPV in Scotland, with many calling it a let-down. This is to be expected, as it was just a qualifying show. SNW usually only put their biggest and best shows on iPPV. So many saw it was a disappointment. The fans in attendance enjoyed, especially seeing Grado attempt to win the title. This could be said as a tester for SNW, as they may try in the future to put all their shows online and do away with the iPPV concept.
One major talking point from the iPPV is from a match that was expected to get the least amount of press. The match was supposed to be a simple match between Dave Demento and Joseph Stone. It was meant to be a soft introduction for Cameron Stone’s son but instead everyone is talking about Demento. Fans in Scotland are known for being rowdy, but one in particular was very vocal towards Demento. So before the match Demento confronted the drunken fan. A transcript of his promo is below:
“Sit down. Sit the f*** down kid. Listen up. I’m the man on the mic, so shut the f*** up and listen up. These people come here to see wrestling, they come here to see me, they come here to listen to me. For what I speak is the truth. Stay down kid, otherwise I will put you down. Stay seated ‘cos the next thing you’ll see will be my fist in your face. Look, no-one comes here to listen to what you have to say kid. I don’t care if you’re the next President of the United States, when your here in my arena, you sit the f*** down the listen. So the next time you think you need to pipe up just stay on your a** otherwise I’ll be right on you and I will punt you in the face you little F***tard.”
Demento then wrestled and won his match, ending with a punt to the head but before he did he shouted “This one’s for you F***tard”. In the arena, this got the fans chanting F***tard and during the event the phrase #F***tard was trending, a rare feat for SNW. SNW has since uploaded the promo to their website where it got record views. SNW even got celebrity endorsement, WWE Hall Of Famer, Stone Cold Steve Austin tweeted, ‘Wow, what a promo. @ddemento take a bow son’. Austin saw the video after someone sent it to him, comparing the promo to Austin’s 3:16 promo. The promo has also been compared to the likes of CM Punk’s Pipebomb and also his man without the mike promo from the indies. SNW has been high on Demento for some time but have been waiting for the right time to push him, this may be his big break.
As part of a talent swap with Grado coming to SNW: the AirDevils, the Fatality Squad, Cody Rejero and Mike Bockwinkel all performed for Insane Championship Wrestling. Both the Squad and Mike Bockwinkel defended against the AirDevils and ICW star Red Lightning respectively.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 3, 2014 14:54:38 GMT -5
And the world goes wild for Demento! Great show, loved it.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 4, 2014 15:31:41 GMT -5
"Then Cody came out wearing a kilt and carrying a bag pipe. Cody then sang a traditional Scottish song alongside Drew, ‘A Thousand Miles’ by the Proclaimers" This is easily the greatest moment in my wrestling career.
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Post by Red Dragon on Jun 9, 2014 4:42:15 GMT -5
Synergy Issue #9 St Patrick’s Day Special in Newcastle, England
Drew Parkland made his way out to the ring with a brand new championship belt. It had the company’s logo as the base of the belt, the two fist smashing together in the middle. Parkland said over this show and the next show we will decide the three men who will compete for the title at the 2nd Anniversary show. He announced that tonight Dave Demento will face Jet Jaguar (F***tard chants started up, so much for it being family friendly), while Daniel Sinn will face Jacob Ryler next time. A battle royal will be held on the next show for the final spot. 1) Parkland Bros vs. Noah Lee and Joseph Stone: Decent tag match to open, the Parkland’s were loved and Lee got some chants since he’s from England. It was a little bit sloppy in parts but the fans didn’t mind, all are young and improving. Duke hit the KFC for the win.
Baby J Jamerson came out and took the mic, he did a basic promo about the British (ie bad teeth etc) but was boo’ed so loud you couldn’t hear him. Jacob Ryler made the save.
2) Jacob Ryler vs. Baby J Jamerson: Ryler is usually heel in Synergy but since this is the first Synergy in the UK (Ryler is Scottish) he played face. Ryler got lots of funny chants to do with Scotland and their attempted independence. Ryler carried Baby J well and the youngster might have a bright future but he still fell to the Higher We Go.
3) Drew and Rose Parkland vs. Zakk Static and Red Fire: This was the first time the wrestlers noticed the fans, they weren’t the family friendly as they are in the states, their a drunken bunch of wrestling fans. Drew acknowledged this, drinking beer and getting them all cheering. Zakk played a great heel, he’s got great charisma and got them hating them. Fire stole the win with a moonsault for the win.
4) “El Hijo Nature Boy” Pedro Flair vs. Masked Marvel: The whole arena was whooooing throughout this entire match, they even started singing Ric Flair’s music, which is funny since it has no words. A great atmosphere for a funny match. Marvel got some stick too, he got a ‘Your not Matt Classic chant’. Flair locked in the Figure Four to get the win, cue the whooing.
5) Cody Rejero and Baz Hepburn vs. Mockingbird: Usually in Synergy the wrestlers tone down their style for the family friendly audience but with a rowdy wrestling crowd in these four just decided to go for it. Cody and Baz got the crowd on their side well, they are always well loved, they got a ‘Your Mom’ chant on their into and decided to do their Degeneration X/Your Mom intro. Mockingbird played cocky heels which was fun to see since their usually faces. Lots of good action in this one, Mockingbird looking especially like heel Young Bucks. However, Baz hit the Bazuka and Cody hit the Pepsi Driver for stereo pin falls.
Intermission. All three male Parkland’s were out at the break to take and take photos with fans and more importantly, drink.
6) Daniel Sinn vs. Cain Jackal: A good match to welcome the fans back from the break. The fans were a little rowdy to begin with but these two worked a good match to calm them down. Cain played a great heel, a bit of a monster but not in size just strength, think Michael Elgin. He also has great speed for a bigger guy and could do something in the future. The crowd turned on Sinn, and started cheering Jackal. The match went back and forth until Cain missed the Spear and Sinn hit the Original Sinn for the 3 count. He was boo’ed.
What’s the best way of getting nuclear heat in Newcastle? Wear a Sunderland soccer shirt. That’s exactly what Demento did. It’s a cheap way to get heat but it worked perfectly. He tried getting on the mic but no-one could hear him. Demento even had stuff thrown at him, so he climbed the ropes and continued on the mic, ‘you might not want to hear this, but this is the truth’. Luckily before a full scale riot ensured, Jet Jaguar ran out.
7) SYN: Dave Demento vs. Jet Jaguar: Despite now establishing himself as a mega heel, Demento still got some chants and cheers, most notably the ‘F***tard’ chant that went on throughout the match. Jag was still face and cheered. The match itself was a fun back and forth contest. They must have been told before the match to go for a proper match because they did. Demento brought his stiffness and Jag replied with his own kicks that lit up Dave’s tatoo’ed body. This may possibly top the best matches in Synergy, as these two know each other well. Demento got his leg on the rope from the TTM and after a little bit of cheating he hit the punt kick for the win.
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Post by snickelodeon on Jun 9, 2014 11:28:05 GMT -5
Sorry for missing the last show, but like you said it was just a continuation of the tournament with the big talking point being Demento's promo.
Demento along with Riley and Jaguar are stars on the rise. Next wave of headliners.
Thought the synergy title was going to be for guys at the bottom of the card and was kind of hoping for a Baby J reign glad to be wrong though and think now you should put the title on Demento continue his momentum.
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Post by Red Dragon on Jun 13, 2014 13:26:09 GMT -5
Manchester, England Be the Best Night 3 Qualifying
1) BLOCK A: Jordan Devine vs. Drew Parkland: This was a fun opener, fans loved Daddy Drew and hated Devine. Typical opener which ended with the Devinity on Drew. Putting the pressure on Powers for later. 2) BLOCK B: Carson Clark vs. Nick Jacobs: Another good match, fans liked both men but Clark’s highflying won them over. Clark looked good but still isn’t back to what he was before injury, he fell to the Jacobs Drop.
3) Knife Fight vs. Joseph Brothers: These two teams have faced off twice before with each team getting one win each, so this was the rubber match. It also had the added bonus of being a no.1 contenders match. Lots of good action in this one, fans loved both sides despite Jackal and Static playing heel. Knife Fight narrowly lost out after a Death Valley Driver/Pele on Zakk.
4) BLOCK C: LyNN vs. Daniel Sinn: This was a heel vs. heel match so the fans weren’t totally into it. Sinn got the win over the ‘technical machine’ with the Original Sinn.
5) BLOCK D: Jet Jaguar vs. Jason Williams: This was a fun and fast highflying bout with the fans loving Jaguar. But Jason has improved so much since being in Japan and got the win with the Psycho Driver.
“Ready to Fall” by Rise Against hit and Dave Demento made his way out, wearing a black t-shirt with the word ‘F***tard written on it. The fans started chanting the phrase and Demento entered the ring, grabbing a mic. He then ripped his T-Shirt and stood on it. He then started speaking:
“What? Do you really think I give a f*** what you guys think. Yeah, do ahead Tweet it, take a picture and Instragram it. I don’t care what you do. But all this new found glory, all this media attention, has it changed me? Has it F***? I’m the same guy, what has changed is you f***s. See, you all saw me rant on some paraplegic in Scotland and jumped on the Demento bandwagon. Well f*** you, f*** the lot of you. Where were you all when I was busting my a** on the undercard heh? No-where. Suddenly Demento gets some media attention and you all want to be my best friend. You know what, f*** the lot of you. You bunch of f***ing f***tards!
6) Dave Demento vs. Tom Gerard: This was a fun match, Gerard got a little bit of stick from the Manc’s because he’s from Liverpool but was mainly cheered. He put up a good fight against Dave but in the end fell to the punt kick to cheers of ‘F***tard’.
7) BLOCK A: Jack Powers vs. Cody Rejero: Great match to lead into the break. Powers threw everything at the ‘Pepsi King’ to be able to tie the block up but Cody would not die easily. Just before the time limit Cody got locked in the Choke Out and passed out.
Intermission. The AirDevils were out at the break to entertain the fans.
8) BLOCK B: Safu vs. Matt Spade: Utter squash, Safu destroyed Spade in under a minute. As a result Safu tops his block.
Ace Bennett came out and talked about Chris Hammers but then he said he’d deal with him another time and called out Riley Shamrock. Riley said he’s got beef with Hammers too but he’s focusing on one thing at a time starting with Ace. Ace said ‘you putting the title on the line too, I wouldn’t mind another’.
9) BLOCK C: FUSE: Riley Shamrock vs. Ace Bennett: These two have faced off before but it never seems quite right. Mainly because they are holding something back, possibly for a future bout. They did the same here. They stalled about before LyNN ran in causing distraction, this allowed Hammers to hit a Lariat on Ace. The referee didn't see it, neither did Riley, so Riley got the win with an Irish Welcoming II.
10) DUOS: Fatality Squad vs. Mockingbird: The young highflyers were challenging for the titles here and had a very tough task. Kagemann and Thomas dominated, as you would expect. There was a brief Mockingbird comeback but the Squad retained after hitting the Ball and Chain (Pop-up Doomsday)
11) BLOCK D: Chris Hammers vs. Kevin Hart: This was a good main event, as you would predict from these former SNW World Champions. Fans were fully behind Hart hoping for him to pick up the two points to tie the block up with Jason Williams. However, as the match got towards the time limit Ace Bennett ran out when the referee was down. Ace blasted Hammers with a knee and left. This allowed Hart to get the win after hitting a 450 Splash and locking in a Sharpshooter.
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Post by Red Dragon on Jun 13, 2014 13:26:37 GMT -5
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Post by snickelodeon on Jun 14, 2014 9:47:49 GMT -5
Group stage coming to a close. Like how your setting up Ace and Hammers that's going well. Riley has been built up really well not just throughout the tournament but also before expect Riley to be their at the end. Demento is someone else your getting behind and your idea is sound just not sure it's working to well on paper. tard does notreally work and just because he swears a lot doesn't necessarily mean he will get over to much it's a different time. Layout wise think you could be a little clearer with the winners at time and also mentioned the points possibly, small issues though. Overall another good show which is building well to the biggest show of the year. TNA 02-03 is up check it out
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Post by Red Dragon on Jun 24, 2014 10:54:37 GMT -5
Alt:Pro Presents: The Follow Up
Vincent Fury opened the show, walking out to the ring and taking the microphone. He told the crowd (which was slightly larger than the last show) that Alt:Pro is his and his tag partners promotion. He continued to put himself over until one of the young trainees showed up, Dane Warron. Fury laughed then said if Dane really wanted to fight then he got one.
1) Vincent Fury vs. Dane Warron: What an opener, this is how you put over your young talent. Fury is probably the biggest name in this promotion and tonight he made 17 year old Warron look like a star. The match was reminisant of Daniel Bryan’s first match on NXT versus Chris Jericho. Warron would not stay down, the youngster even hit an Asai Moonsault to the floor. The fans were all over Warron and it took interference from Fury’s tag partner to steal the match. Arsenic jumped on the apron, Dane missed a punch and turned into a Fury Strike.
Mega boos post match, fans really wanted Warron to win. Fury and Arsenic went to leave but then went back to ‘teach him a lesson’. They began beating the trainee down before Matt ran down for the save. Tonight’s main event is Matt versus Arsenic.
2) Antonio Benitez vs. DJ Hughes: These two met in a three way at the last show but neither man got the win. The match was a let-down from such a hot opener and never really went anywhere. Benitez hit some basic lucha spots to get the crowd going and hit the Supercanrana (top rope rana) to take the win.
3) Arthur Williams and Rory Wiseman vs. Nate Ryan and Tobias Black: Another two trainees were in action as the best friends from Detroit took on the team that lost to the Blaze brothers on the last event. Williams and Wiseman were in control for much of the match but the highlight was the youngsters fighting back. The comeback wasn’t long but the fans took to them quickly, so when Tobias hit a flip piledriver the crowd exploded. Despite this, the Englishman and the Scotsman won when Arthur hit Excalibur.
4) Twisted Assassin vs. Pablo ‘Speedy’ Gonzalez: Much like Assassin’s first match last time, this was just an utter squash. Again, Assassin looked fantastic and the fans have really taken to him. The young trainee Pablo didn’t stand a chance. He got one bit of offence in, a few strikes (which Assassin no sold), then he went to the top and hit a SSP but Assassin just punched him in mid air. Assassin’s moveset is what gets him over: stiff strikes, Undertaker’s Old School and a sick Yakuza Kick. He finished off Pablo with the Assassin’s Fury which is a torture rack into a piledriver.
Christopher Kennedy Jones came out to the ring and cut a basic ‘I’m better than you because I got more money' promo. He was interrupted by Kris Havok whose promo was a little too theatrical. Havok then struck Jones and the two brawled about the arena. Havok took control with the Reapers Touch which is an Enziguri. With CKJ stunned. Havok powerbombed him through the merch table. Despite the slow start, the fans enjoyed this segment.
5) Patrick R. Everson vs. Jake Swindell: Again, this was another match that shows that Alt:Pro know what they are doing with their trainees. Everson picked up the win last time in what many called the best match on the card against Ron Crockett. This time the ‘Ultimate Jock’ was up against 19 year-old Swindell. Fans were supporting Everson early on but as the match wore on, the fans started to chant for Swindell. There’s something about the young trainee that makes him likeable. Highlight was Swindell trying a dive to the floor, Everson catching him and launching him into the crowd. That spelt the end for the youngster as he soon fell to the Havard Hangover.
Post match, Everson raised Swindell’s arm in a good show of sportsmanship. Much like the opener and the tag match, the loss has only made Swindell stronger.
Intermission. Everson stayed out at the break but then was attacked by Ron Crockett (these two met on the first show with Everson winning). Crockett dragged Everson into the ring and then put on a ‘performance’ of different submission holds. Everson was later helped to the back.
6) Vincent Valintino vs. Phenom: Both these men won on the last show and were hoping to continue that momentum into tonight. Valintino is a highflyer while Phenom works more like former TNA/ROH wrestler Homicide. It was a decent enough match but nothing special. Fans couldn’t get behind Valintino but Phenom got a good reaction for the UFO (Top rope Pedigree).
After the match Alexander Kuleshov showed up again and hit Phenom with a bicacle kick. He then put Valintino in the corner and pounded him with strikes before hitting a pumphandle slam into the middle of the ring. Phenom tried to brawl with Kuleshov but was shoved away then lariated. Kuleshov then locked in the Triangle Hold to put Phenom out cold.
7) Lloyd Blaze and Max Blaze vs. Tom Felix and D.J Falcon: Odd placement on this tag match and an odd teaming of Felix and DJ. The two didn’t work together well, so it was up to the Blaze brothers to carry the match. The brothers did so to a respectable standard. They finished off the match with the T-Bone Suplex (Lloyd) and the Corkscrew Moonsault Leg-drop (Max).
8) Johnny Arsenic vs. Matt: The main event, like last times, was a little bit of a letdown. The fans were spoiled with the opener and the match before intermission, so they felt this was a bit lackluster. However, this wasn’t the fault of Matt, who is really showing his main event qualities. Unlike previous matches, the face (Matt) was thoroughly in control and his dominant and powerful moveset earned him the fans approval. The heel, Arsenic struggled to deal with big bad Matt and had to resort to cheating to stay in the match. Arsenic’s tag partner, Fury was at ringside and fans even (albeit briefly) started chanting for trainee Dane Warron, who got beat by Fury earlier. Matt managed to hook Arsenic for the Double Underhook Powerbomb then attacked Fury on the apron, then dumped Arsenic for the win.
Matt celebrated but was cut down by Fury. The two-on-one attack continued and the fans chanted a little for Warron again. Then ‘F***ing Hostile’ played and SNW athlete, AJ Matthews ran out. He fought off both members of the Fire and the Fury and sent them running. AJ then took off his hoodie to reveal a Alt:Pro T-shirt. He’s the newest roster member, he celebrated with Matt to close out the show. Fans enjoyed the shock.
FINAL THOUGHTS: This show gives us a clearer indication of the direction the company wants to go in. The main eventers are really starting to take shape and the addition of AJ Matthews may give the company a big boost. However, the most notable news out of this show is the trainees. It’s clear that Alt:Pro have big plans for their six inital trainees and if they continue to treat them the way they have on this first show, they’ll be stars in no time.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 24, 2014 16:01:07 GMT -5
I can't pretend that I understand everything that's going on, but I have to say I've always enjoyed reading your writing. It's always had a real colloquial narrative to it that makes it easy to follow even if you don't know the characters, and I have to say you are one of the two people who I'm trying to channel a bit in the way I'm writing! Glad to see this is still going, proper cornerstone of the board mate.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 24, 2014 19:21:20 GMT -5
You could add Demento to ALT: Pro if you wanted.
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Post by Red Dragon on Jun 28, 2014 15:12:52 GMT -5
Cardiff, Wales Be the Best Tiebreaker
1) Joseph Brothers vs. Knife Fight vs. AirDevils vs. Parkland Bros: The show opened in the best possible way, four way tag action. The action was thick and fast and the fans loved it. The match ended after stereo dives from the Devils took both Knife Fight and themselves out of the match. Which allowed the Joseph’s to hit the DVD/Pele kick for the win.
Big surprise for the crowd as hometown hero and SNW part-owner Red Dragon made his way out. There was already a tombola in the ring. He pulled out the draw for the 2015 Be the Best Semi-Final:
BLOCK C WINNER: Riley Shamrock vs. BLOCK A WINNER: Jordan Devine / Jack Powers
BLOCK B WINNER: Safu vs. BLOCK D WINNER: Kevin Hart / Jason Williams
Dragon said that the night has more surprises, but as for the Be the Best, we will decide one of the two tiebreakers right now.
2) BLOCK D: Kevin Hart vs. Jason Williams: Great match between these two Canadians. Jason has improved so much since going to Japan and it showed here against the second Triple Crown Champion. There was lots of good action and Jason’s spots really had the crowd continually standing. His 630 almost got the win but Hart somehow managed to kick out and later make the former FUSE Champ tap out with the Sharpshooter.
Kevin Hart offered to held Jason up post match but Jason refused and limped to the back.
3) Mockingbird vs. Cameron Stone and Baby J Jamerson: This was an odd match but told a good story, the young highflyers controlled against Jamerson but couldn’t get a move in against Stone. Despite the ‘Canadian Gangstas’ dominance, Mockingbird hit the Sunset Flip/Dropkick combo for the win.
4) Cody Rejero vs. Daniel Sinn: This was a good singles match to break up all the multi-man matches. Cody was well loved and Sinn plays a great heel. He built the crowd up well until eventually Cody got all the control and hit a Pepsi Driver for the win.
The Duos Champions, the Fatality Squad of Bret Thomas and Steven Kagemann came to the ring and bragged about their dominance in the tag division. Then Red Dragon’s brothers and former SNW roster members, the Kineval Brothers made their entrance. At the entrance Sam Kineval berated Thomas and Kagemann, challenging them to a title match.
5) DUOS: Fatality Squad vs. Kineval Brothers: Despite the home support of the Kineval brothers (for once playing faces) the challengers struggled to deal with the champions, as have all who have gone up against them. The Welsh brothers did get some offence in but they fell, like all others, to the Ball and Chain (Pop-up Doomsday).
6) Carson Clark vs. Jet Jaguar vs. El Hijo de Angel Custodio vs. Noah Lee: Some four-way action to continue the show in Cardiff. The action was fast and was a lot like the opener. Clark and Jag were the highlight. So it was no surprise to see Jag take the win with the TTM on El Hijo.
7) Wasp and Rose Parkland vs. Beast Kong and Alicia Bennett: It was announced on the website before tonight that Kong would finally be getting her title shot in London, so this served as build for that. Kong and Wasp were kept apart until the end where Kong floored the champ. Kong then hit the Sitdown Powerbomb on Rose for the win.
8) Dave Demento vs. Nick Jacobs: Demento didn’t get on the mic, which the fans were disappointed about. It didn’t stop them from chanting ‘F***tard’ thoughout the match. Jacobs was a step up in terms of Demento’s opponents and his first big chance to show off in SNW. He did well and Jacobs looked good too. Nick looked like his experience would earn him the win but then Daniel Sinn interfered. This allowed Dave to hit the shoot punt kick which he has taken to calling the F***tard.
Demento then exited, happy at gaining quite a big scalp. Sinn re-entered to grab a mic and cut a promo on Nick. Sinn said they first met in Ohio where Sinn won thanks to some ‘questionable tactics’, then they met again in Holland where Jacobs used Sinn’s cheating tricks against him. Sinn proposed a final rubber match between the two, where ‘cheating is not only allowed, it is encrouraged’.
Intermission. Jet Jaguar and Noah Lee was out at the break to meet and greet the fans. Jag was telling fans that he won’t be appearing in London as he is flying out to Japan after the show tonight.
9) Team Bennett vs. Revolution X: Ace Bennett and Chris Hammers have been feuding lately and it all started in Holland, since then they have cost each other wins in Be the Best and now find themselves on opposite sides of the ring, accompanied by Matt Spade and LyNN respectively. They held a lot back here, since they’ll have bigger matches on bigger shows. RevX are usually known for their interference wins but it was used against them here, as Alicia caused the distraction allowing Team Bennett to take control and the team to hit the Bearhug/Busaki Knee for the win.
10) BLOCK A: Jordan Devine vs. Jack Powers: This was the final Block decider for Be the Best 2015, the winner of which will go to London to face FUSE Champion Riley Shamrock. The match itself was a great one, and reminisant of when Devine challenged Powers to a title match at ‘Devine Challenge’. It was a technical encounter where Powers could really show off his masterfully submissions and counters. Meanwhile, Devine played the heel and although he could lock up well with Powers, it didn’t stop him from using some cheating to stay in control. Powers focused in on the arm at the mid-point and the tactic worked, he hit a suplex then in mid-air transitioned into a Russian Armbar for the submission win.
11) Riley Shamrock and Mike Hogan vs. Mike Bockwinkel and Safu: This match pitted the World Champion and his challenger on opposite sides of the ring, they were alongside the two men who had already qualified for the Be the Best Semi-Finals and possible final opponents. However, the match didn’t last too long about 5 minutes in Safu walked out on Bock.
Riley and Hogan were a wondering what to do but they quickly made their mind up as Cameron Stone and Baby J Jamerson ran out to protect the champion. This led to a brawl where the faces managed to chuck the heel group from the ring. They circled and went to enter until ‘Scream Aim Fire’ hit and Red Dragon showed up on the entrance way in ring gear. He said Riley and Hogan needed a partner and he was happy to oblige.
11b) Red Dragon, Riley Shamrock and Mike Hogan vs. Mike Bockwinkel, Cameron Stone and Baby J Jamerson: Dragon was basically added to this because it’s in his hometown, so the pop he received was huge. He was kept apart from Bock because that feud has been done to death but he fought well with Stone. Baby J was a bit of a weak link, however the heels did work over Riley before he fought back against Jamerson. Hogan and Dragon then came in and cleared up. Riley then came back in for the finish which was dives from Drag and Riley and Hogan hitting the Futurism on Stone.
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Post by Red Dragon on Jun 28, 2014 15:13:16 GMT -5
BE THE BEST 2015 Live from Alexandra Palace in London, England only on SNW Player NEXT SHOW
Be the Best Semi-Finals
BLOCK C WINNER: Riley Shamrock vs. BLOCK A WINNER: Jack Powers
BLOCK B WINNER: Safu vs. BLOCK D WINNER: Kevin Hart It started with 16 competitors, now we’re down to 4. Who will leave the winner of the 2015 edition of Be the Best and challenge for the SNW World Championship at Riot Act 8? These four men will face-off in two semi-finals before the winners meet in the main event.
SNW World Championship Mike Bockwinkel vs. Mike Hogan ‘The Joker in the Pack’ returns home. Last year, he returned to London with the SNW World title but this year he returns to challenge for the title. Can the Englishman regain his gold?
Battle of the Stables Revolution X (Chris Hammers and Jordan Devine) vs. Team Bennett (Ace Bennett and Matt Spade) Revolution X have always been the biggest and baddest stables in SNW. They’ve fought off threats from the likes of the Gentlemen’s Club and the United Front. Are Team Bennett just another name on the list or can they beat the longest running stable?
Duos Championships Fatality Squad (Bret Thomas and Steven Kagemann) vs. Joseph Brothers (Jack Joseph and Matt Joseph) The Squad ran through everyone at Clash of the Duos last year and have continued their dominance into 2015. Can the re-united Joseph brothers stop them?
No Rules Grudge Match Daniel Sinn vs. Nick Jacobs These two old vets first met in Ohio where Sinn cheated to win. When they met again in Holland, Jacobs cheated to win. Now they meet for the third time and cheating is ‘not only allowed, it’s encouraged’.
SNW Women’s Championship Wasp vs. Beast Kong Kong first laid down the title challenge at Clash of the Duos last year, when she attacked the champion. She has had to wait a while but now she has her shot. Can she become the 3rd ever SNW Women’s Champ?
Six-Man Action AirDevils vs. Knife Fight and Jason Williams In Wales (the place where seven years ago the AirDevils were founded) the AirDevils stopped themselves and Knife Fight from challenging for the Duos titles. Now they meet in six-man action with highflyers Carson Clark and Jason Williams added to the mix.
Pepsi King vs. Viral Sensation Cody Rejero vs. Dave Demento Demento became an internet sensation in his rant in Scotland. Now the self proclaimed ‘Man of a Thousand Words’ will challenge the fans’ favourite. Who will come out on top?
Countdown to London Be the Best Pre-show
Mockingbird vs. Parkland Bros
LyNN vs. Drew Parkland
Amy Lee vs. Kourtney Love
Cameron Stone and Baby J Jamerson vs. Jacob Ryler and Noah Lee
El Hijo de Angel Custodio vs. Joseph Stone
Videos
SNW has posted four videos on their website of the Be the Best Semi-Finalists.
Jack Powers is backstage in front of a white background.
Powers: It’s been a bit of a journey recently. I messed up with the United Front but luckily the great fans have taken me back. Now I’m finding my way back to the top. I want to win that title as a thank you to the fans, for supporting me, for showing your faith in me. But in order to get that shot I’ve have to go through two men. One of which, is a man who I’ve grown close to in the past year, Riley Shamrock. Riley is a fantastic competitor and there’s no other guy I’d want fighting by my side. But Riley, it won’t stop me from making you tap in London. Be the Best 2015 is mine.
Kevin Hart is wearing a SNW tracksuit in gym.
Hart: ‘Anarchy in the UK’ that’s exactly what it’s going to be when SNW comes to London. We’ve had a fantastic tour so far and we’ve put on some great matches and London won’t be any different. See, Be the Best is different to everything else, it really does decide who the best is. It also gives the winner a guaranteed title shot. So it doesn’t matter whether Bockwinkel or Hogan walk out with the belt, I will be challenging for the title. I got unfinished business with both of you.
Chris Hammers is sat on a bench in a locker-room.
Hammers: Let me tell you about Safu. The man is a Samoan savage, he’s been a part of Revolution X since the very beginning and is a three time Duos Champion, with three different partners. But you already know that. What you don’t really know is that Safu is a great singles competitor. He hasn’t really had the chance to show that in SNW but you’ve had a taste, just a taste, of what he can do in the qualifying for Be the Best. Now he’s in the final four and he’s going to go all the way. I know he can do it, and more importantly, he knows he can do it.
Riley Shamrock is standing in front of the London Eye.
Riley: What does it take to be a champion? Let me count the ways: courage, heart, determination, fight, resolve, intelligence, resilience. What does it take to win at Be the Best? That’s a simple one. You just gotta be better than everyone else. I will prove that in London. I will win Be the Best and go onto Riot Act to become the first man to hold both the FUSE title and the SNW World title. So, what does it take to Be the Best? Well, you’ll find out in London.
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Post by snickelodeon on Jul 6, 2014 7:48:10 GMT -5
Riley/Powers is a semi final between two guys who could lead the company. Expect Riley to edge out Powers and then face and beat in the final to go on and face Bockwinkel at Riot Act.
Overall the show was top class. 4 way would have been a hot start to show. Tiebreakers came over well. Demento & Jag are 2 on this rise.
Then the Main Event would have had the hometown crowd going mental. Good show looking forward to the end of the tournament.
Check out TNA02-03 when you get chance.
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Post by Red Dragon on Jul 8, 2014 12:20:26 GMT -5
Countdown to LondonBe the Best Pre-show1) El Hijo de Angel Custodio vs. Joseph Stone: Good fast paced opener to kick off the show. The match wasn’t long but that’s a good thing considering how green Joseph is. He seems like he’s trying too hard to impress at times. El Hijo hit a springboard rana pin to win. 2) Amy Lee vs. Kourtney Love: These two just clicked from the get go. At first the fans were wolf whistling and such but soon, when the match began they shut up and just watched. Given time, these two could have a top 25 match which is high praise. Lee won after Love missed the Lovesault and the RevX member hit the Downward Spiral. 3) Cameron Stone and Baby J Jamerson vs. Jacob Ryler and Noah Lee: The British team got a great reaction while the heels were hated. Putting Baby J with Cam is a great move since Cam is teaching him so much. They wore down the Londoner Lee until he made the hot tag out. Ryler then came in and cleared up but was taken out by Stone. Lee then squared up to Stone which had the fans chanting for the youngster but he fell to the Cam Slam. 4) LyNN vs. Drew Parkland: In this match LyNN was surprisingly dominant, which doesn’t mean a push for LyNN but rather Drew taking it easy, he’s one of the oldest guys in SNW and may be wanting to wind down a bit. Parkland made a good comeback and hit the KFC for the victory. 5) Mockingbird vs. Parkland Bros: These two face teams had a big opportunity to show what they could do as they were put on the main event slot. Both teams looked real good which bodes well for the future of SNW’s tag division. Mockingbird are now looking less like an AirDevils rip-off and more of their own team. Meanwhile, the Parkland’s are very young but looked pretty impressive here, similar to that of a young Briscoe Brothers. The Birds got the win with the Sunset Flip/Springboard Dropkick combo. Be the Best 2015Live from Alexandra Palace in London, England only on SNW PlayerThe show opened with a video package of the Be the Best 2015 qualifying ending with clips of previous winners. The arena was then shown, it was the same as last year with large Union Jacks hanging either side of the entrance. 1) BtB: Kevin Hart vs. Safu: A big battle to kick off, the second ever triple crown champ took on the three-time Duos Champion. Despite having less success in singles action, Safu went into this as the favourite. ‘The Samoan Monster’ won all his qualifying matches while Hart stuttered and had to fight for a tiebreaker. Safu dominated the early goings in the match before ‘Calgary’s Own’ Hart fought back into it hitting a suicide dive. Safu hit a torture rack bomb on the apron to fight back. But soon Hart was back in the match with a springboard dropkick. Safu wouldn’t go down but eventually did after Hart rolled a La Magistal Cradle then broke the pin to lock in the Sharpshooter, which gave him the submission win. We saw clips of SNW World Champion Mike Bockwinkel and challenger Mike Hogan arriving in the arena from earlier today. Bock arrived in a limo with Cameron Stone and Baby J Jamerson. While Hogan arrived in a beat up old car. 2) BtB: FUSE: Jack Powers vs. Riley Shamrock: The Be the Best action continued as two good friends faced off. Powers came to Riley’s aid when he was kicked out of RevX and have been a part-time team ever since. But only one of them could meet Kevin Hart in the final. As you’d expect, this was a technical masterpiece, it was helped greatly by them being good friends. There was lots of mat work early on before Riley reasiled he was coming up second best and turned to strikes. Riley’s kicks lit up Powers and the former SNW World Champion responded with their own strikes. They fought onto the apron where Riley hit a Tiger Driver. He then followed it up with a dive over the top. Powers turned the tides with a drop-toe-hold. Then went to springboard back inside. However he was caught by two knees from Riley. Riley then hit a running kick to further stun his opponent then hit the Irish Welcoming for the win. The fans only found out after the match that the FUSE title was on the line, when the ring announcer said ‘and still your FUSE Champion’. Afterwards, Riley offered the handshake. Powers shook his head and exited up the ramp to boos, while Riley got ‘Next World Champ’ chants. We cut to backstage where Knife Fight of Zakk Static and Cain Jackal burst into Jason Williams locker room and ask him if he’s ready. In response, Jason asked if Knife Fight were ready. Zakk told Jason not to get too cocky. But Jason said ‘at least I got something to be cocky about’. Zakk squared up to Jason but Cain came between them and told everyone to chill. 3) AirDevils vs. Knife Fight and Jason Williams: After two main event quality matches it was always going to be a hard task to follow, but SNW did it by kicking up the pace in a fantastic multi-man. Fans always love these kinds of matches especially when the Devils are involved as they are super over. Clark teaming with the rest of his group also adds an new dimension to the team and may be what he needs to get back into the swing of things after being out injured. Meanwhile Jason continues to impress as he looks better every time he performs. The same can be said for Knife Fight. Despite this the Devils picked up the win after Jason and Zakk argued, the Devils got the win with the three man Bombs Away. Dave Demento made his way out to the ring. He took a mic and began speaking. He mocked the English crowd, then went more broadly insulting all fans around the world. The mic was cut off and Demento continued regardless. Then Cody Rejero ran out to shut him up. 4) Cody Rejero vs. Dave Demento: Great match, helped greatly by two wrestlers who can work the crowd fantastically. The match was 50/50 and fans were split like that too. Because despite being heel Demento is getting cheers. He continues to talk during his match which is fun to see because he’s so charismatic. Cody put over the cocky youngster well without doing any damage to himself. Demento went for the F***tard which is a punt kick but Cody moved and rolled him up for the win. The Fatality Squad of Bret Thomas and Steven Kagemann were backstage, they cut a promo putting over their dominance and their history together. 5) WOM: Wasp vs. Beast Kong: This was a hard hitting affair, they’ve faced off before when challenging over the no.1 contenders spot when Amy was champion. Now they were fighting over the champion. The champ held her own over the bigger challenger but the match ended prematurely when Wasp hit a big superplex into the ring and both women stayed down for the count. A short video package played advertising SNW’s DVD’s which are available via the website. Also advertised was the SNW Player. 6) DUOS: Fatality Squad vs. Joseph Brothers: The Joseph brothers, Jack and Matt flew into this match, literally. They springboard dropkicked into take the Squad to the floor then followed it up with stereo dives. They went to wrap up the win back in the win before Kagemann hit a diving double stomp when Matt was making the pin. The match then calmed and the Squad took control. Thomas’ size and strength along with Kagemann’s explosive offence earned them control. That is, until Jack hit a series of kicks including a Pele on the on-rushing Thomas to make the hot tag. The Joseph’s highflying got the crowd on their feet and they looked like they might win the titles but then Thomas plucked Matt from mid-air and into a powerbomb. It wasn’t long until they hit the Double Stomp/Fall. But this was broken up. However, the Squad were undeterred and soon hit the Ball and Chain (Pop-Up Doomsday). 7) No Rules: Daniel Sinn vs. Nick Jacobs: This match was dubbed as a no rules match which basically meant the competitors could do what they liked. The match started, as the other two matches did, with some good matt wrestling. Frustrated by being on the losing end of each technical dual, Sinn went to the outside and brought in a chair. But Jacobs hit a baseball slide into the chair. Jacobs then went to follow up with a dive over the top but Sinn caught him with the chair shot. Sinn placed the chair into the corner and hit a running kick. Back in the ring Sinn used the chair to deal more damage, finishing by dropping Jacobs onto the chair busting it in half. Jacobs came back into it, fighting off a superlex attempt hitting a superplexbomb from the top for a close count. Jacobs then listened to the crowd bringing in a table. The two fought for a bit before they fought again to the top rope where Sin hit a Original Sinn through the table to seal the win. Intermission. The AirDevils were out at the break to talk and take pictures with the fans. Meanwhile, the iPPV feed was taken to an advertisement for the next iPPV which is Riot Act 8 from the Cobo Arena in Detroit. 8) Revolution X vs. Team Bennett: This was a great way to welcome the fans back from the break (when is it isn’t with SNW?) as Chris Hammers and Jordan Devine too on Ace Bennett and Matt Spade. The match worked less like a standard tag match and more like two singles matches going on but with opponents constantly switching over. Some might have predicted Spade to be nothing more than the fall man in this one but he really stepped up his game and squared up to Hammers and Jord well. His teaming with Ace has launched him back into relevance, back to the heights of his time of teaming with Sam Kineval as Youth Culture. Amy and Alicia were out at ringside and late on they got fighting. This brought out LyNN who tried to separate them and Clive the Janitor tried to break it up too, Hammers and Jord joined in as did Spade, then Ace hit a Frosbee Flop onto all of them. Back in the ring we saw a series of finishers including a Last Minute Orders, Devinty and the Busaki Knee/Bearhug combo from Team Bennett. None of this finished off the match. But the match did end when the four were in a tower of doom. Spade and Devine took falls to the floor then Ace hit the Syracuse Drop for the win. A video package played of Mike Bockwinkel’s reign so far. Then it contrasted that with some clips of Mike Hogan including him beating both Baby J Jamerson and Cameron Stone. 9) SNW: Mike Bockwinkel vs. Mike Hogan: Hogan had the big entrance he had in London last year, Bock’s limo drove into the arena too, giving this a big match feel. This was the third time these two have faced off since Bock won the belt. Bock won the belt off Hogan, then Hogan lost the rematch. Previously the matches have started with mind games and Bock was in control mentally. He got inside Hogan’s mind and as a result Hogan was flattering. But Hogan found that one way to get out of the mind games is just to kick your way out, that’s exactly what Hogan did to take control. Bock had to have a rest on the outside, before he re-entered to mat wrestle with Hogan. They later fought on the apron where Hogan hit a piledriver on the apron. Then, Baby J Jamerson and Cameron Stone walked out. Hogan warned them then went back in the ring but it was clear they were out to effect the match: jumping up on the apron and grabbing at Hogan’s legs. Of course, Bock and his men got mega heat for trying to screw the Englishman out of a title win. Hogan fought back hitting a suicide dive outta nowhere on Baby J and Cam Stone, then back in with a Springboard Elbow for a close count. The referee then sent Cam and Baby J to the back. Hogan hit a Futurism but Bock kicked out. Hogan went for a Time Warp but when he launched him onto his shoulders, Bock’s legs collided with the referee. Hogan went for the pin but the referee was down on the outside. A referee then sprinted out and made the count but stopped after the count of two. The referee then stood up and started laughing. Hogan got up and turned around but was hit in the head by the referee. Then the ref hit a Bless the Fall. The referee stood back up, laughing and removed his referee shirt to reveal a black shirt with the ISW logo. Then the camera could focus on his face, it was the ISW World Heavyweight Champion and leader of the Agents of the Apocalypse, Hunter Kellen. Kellen then walked to the ramp laughing. Allowing Bock to crawl over Hogan and the original referee climbed back in the ring to make the count to retain.
Kellen circled the ring which allowed Bockwinkel to grab his belt and exit. Kellen the entered and stood over Hogan. The man from ISW has really made his mark on SNW. 10) BtB: FUSE: Riley Shamrock vs. Kevin Hart: What a great way to finish an excellent evening of wrestling. After seeing their own Mike Hogan lose, the London crowd jumped on the Shamrock bandwagon, chanting ‘Next World Champ’ at him during his entrance and throughout the match. But of course, he had the second ever Triple Crown Champion standing in his way. Despite all his success in SNW, Hart has never won Be the Best, so he was hoping to edge closer to becoming a Grand Slam Champ tonight. Riley, is still the FUSE champion and although there was no announcement about the title being on the line, it was. The opening of the match had lots of mat wrestling, both men can do that with the best of them. There was some excellent exchanges, with both men countering submissions including Hart hitting his La Magistal Cradle into the Sharpshooter which earnt him the win earlier. However, Riley got to the ropes. The two then kicked up the pace with Hart taking the advantage so Riley went to his strike game and took over. Riley set Hart up on the apron for a Tiger Driver but Hart spun out of it and hit his own Brainbuster on the apron! Hart then went to follow it up with a suicide dive but Riley caught him with a kick. Riley then hit the Tiger Driver on the apron and hit a dive over the top. But on his landing, Riley caught his leg on the barricade, he seemed hurt at first but then he shook it off. Despite this Riley hit a springboard dropkick into the ring for a close count. Hart and Riley then threw everything at each other and with Riley noticeably limping Hart focused in on the injured leg. Riley battled though and the pair went all out to finish the match, Riley hit the Irish Welcoming I and II and Hart hit the Maple Leaf Revenge and the 450. On one occasion, Hart had Riley locked in the Sharpshooter. The fans were chanting ‘please don’t tap’ and Riley managed to reverse it into the Ode to Shamrock. Hart tried to escape but couldn’t, leaving him no choice but to tap out.
Riley celebrated winning the 2015 Be the Best. The ring announcer called ‘and still FUSE Champion’ meaning the match was for the FUSE title too, which was a surprise to the fans. Riley was handed the trophy and held it in one hand and the title in the other, ‘Next World Champ’ chants started back up. His celebrations were cut by ‘Sharply Dressed Man’, and the SNW World Champion, Mike Bockwinkel stood at the entrance.
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Post by Red Dragon on Jul 8, 2014 12:20:37 GMT -5
Press ConferenceBefore SNW left the UK they held a press conference, headed by part-owner Red Dragon. There was some pretty bold announcements: SNW in India: To kick off 2016, in January as part of the ‘One Night in_’ series, the SNW crew will be spending ‘One Night in India’. SNW usually goes to unexpected places for these shows but even India is quite a surprise. However, India has promoted large wrestling shows before, most recently TNA helped putting on Ring Ka King. London to host Anniversary Show: The Announcement the UK crowd were waiting for, SNW will be returning to the UK in 2016 to present EIGHT (Anniversary Show), which will be the first time the show has been held outside of the US. Dragon said they are hoping to make it a weekend of events including meet and greets and a Synergy show but more will be announced in the future. Champions Carnival 2016: As Dragon explained, ‘SNW doesn’t really have a singles tournament to decide who really is the best in SNW. Yes, we have Be the Best but that usually excludes the champion and the challenger. This will be a tournament to decide who the best really is, a single elimination tournament, winner leaves with the World title.’ Dragon rejected that this would become annual and apart of the Grand Slam Tournaments. But said he is ‘working on something different’. Kevin Hart: Calgary’s Saviour (3-Disc Ultimate Edition)Early Days – From Student to Main ShowKev Dogs (Kevin Hart) vs. Jason Williams ‘Riot Act’ (Debut) Mike Hogan & Kevin Hart vs. Carson Clark & Maxx Blaze ‘Twisted Nightmare’ (Student Debut) Highlights of 15 Man Battle Royal for the Students Cup ‘Students Show 1’ (Trophy Win) Highlights from Students Cup Defences including: vs. Carson Clark, vs. Mike Hogan ‘The Showdown’ and vs. Drake Fortune ‘Magnificent 10’ (Gavin Hart debut) El Tiger vs. Kevin Hart ‘Shockwave’ (Main Show Debut) AirDevils vs. The Real Hart Foundation ‘Riot Act 2’ The Real Hart Foundation vs. The Young Bucks ‘One’ Highlights from: vs. Super Smash Bros ‘Best of Duos’ vs. Motor City Machine Guns ‘Best of Duos and vs. New Age Lady Killers ‘Return of Black’ Going Single – The Lone HartAce Bennett vs. Kevin Hart ‘The Restart.3’ Ace Bennett vs. Kevin Hart vs. Mike Hogan ‘A New Coronation Night 1’ Submission: Sam Kineval vs. Kevin Hart ‘Purple Haze’ (Title Win) Kevin Hart vs. TJP ‘Viva La Lucha’ Ace Bennett vs. Kevin Hart ‘Strawberry Fields Forever’ Highlights from Warfare IV: Revolution X vs. Kevin Hart, Mike Hogan and Evan Pagano ‘Riot Act IV’ Highlights from Hart 2011-12 including Kevin Hart vs. Katsuhiko Nakajima ‘Three’ Duos Champions – Teaming with the EnemyHighlights of Bennett and Hart teaming including backstage segments Revolution X vs. Ace Bennett and Kevin Hart ‘The Rapture 2012’ (Title Win) Ace Bennett and Kevin Hart vs. Revolution X vs. Adrenaline ‘One Night in Germany’ Ace Bennett and Kevin Hart vs. New Age Lady Killers vs. Fire and the Fury ‘Be the Best 2012’ Ace Bennett and Kevin Hart vs. AirDevils ‘Riot Act V’ Triple Crown Champ – Winning the Big OneHart’s promo and highlights of Jack Powers and Jason Williams vs. Kevin Hart and Cody Rejero ‘Time and Time Again’ Jack Powers vs. Kevin Hart ‘Four’ (Title Win) Highlights from: Kevin Hart vs. Safu ‘Magnificent 10: 2012’ Kevin Hart vs. Henry Edwards ‘The Rapture 2012’ Highlights from: Kevin Hart vs. Jack Powers ‘Vancouver, British Columbia’ and Kevin Hart vs. Petey Williams ‘Toronto, Ontario Kevin Hart vs. Ace Bennett ‘One Night Down Under’ Kevin Hart vs. Chris Hammers ‘Be the Best 2013’ Kevin Hart vs. Steven Kagemann ‘Clash of the Duos Night 3’ Hart on Debut: What happened is I signed up to SNW late, I was meant to be part of the First Class of students (the group after the Original 16). I’d been in talks with Marc Ryland for a while about joining, so they invited me down for a meeting. I got to meet Aries (the owner at the time) and I began training right away. The next week he told me he was going to book me in my first match. We planned it all out and Jason was in the same postion as me. It went well, then at the end of the night Aries said he was leaving SNW. So SNW shut down and I went back home. A month later I got a call saying SNW was coming back and they wanted me to be in the Student Division. I jumped at the chance. I knew SNW was the future. Hart on Student Living: When we came in there was a lot of pressure on us. The Original 16 were the big names, they were such a success. Guys like Edwards, Hammers and Pagano were tearing up the main events. The First Class followed and succeeded with stars like Bockwinkel, Bennett and Devine. But we had live up to high expectations. The trainers saw Carson Clark, Mike Hogan and myself as the top guys to follow. Hart on working with Gavin: Gavin is my actual brother, so having him fighting alongside me was a treat for the both of us and our family. Sadly wrestling wasn’t for him. He is a huge fan and always watches all of my matches, giving me tips and critiques. What does he know eh? (laughs). No, he’s great. And I’m sure I’ll be able to tempt him into SNW in the future. Hart on The Hart name: The name came about because we grew up watching the Hart’s. Being Canadian, the Hart’s were like royalty. So we didn’t want to rip them off by stealing their name but we think of it as an honour to wrestle under the Hart name. Hart on not being Duos Champs: It’s a bit disappointing I never won the Duos titles with Gav. We nearly got there a few times but SNW was too busy with the Lady Killers. Talking to Ace, he felt the same with the American Airforce. There was plenty of good teams around, they just wasn’t given the chance. Hart on going single: SNW shut down and none of us knew of our future. That’s when Gavin decided to pack up his wrestling boots. He does still wrestle every now and then but he had a young family he had to provide for. I always wanted to wrestle, Gav knew that and he told me to stick with it. So when I was contacted about returning for SNW, I was so relived. It was different being singles but I had done so in the students division, so it wasn’t completely out of my element. Hart on success: It kind of came out of nowhere. I know there was rumblings about splitting me and Gav up before SNW shut down. But as soon as I was on my own, I was suddenly winning. It was great and I was having such fun wrestling top guys like Ace. Winning the FUSE Championship was huge for me, it was my first real singles title. That’s when I knew I’d made it. Wrestling was where I belonged. Hart on Hogan: I know a lot has been written about us, so I just want to get it out there. Yeah, we did have a ‘disagreement’ in the past. But that’s behind us. We’re co-workers now. There can’t be any animosity between us, backstage the SNW guys are so close, we’re like a family. I’ve spoken to Hogan about it and we’ve put it behind us. He thought I was taking his title shots and opportunities. I couldn’t help it if I was being booked well. He should have taken it up with the management, not me. But yeah, that’s behind us now. Hart on Bennett: Ace is a huge inspiration for me. He was breaking though when I was coming into SNW. My career has followed his and that’s been great for me because of all the success he has had. I thought if I had even a glimmer of the success he’s had I’d be happy. He’s an awesome competitor, always pushing the envelope, a true inspiration. Our success in the ring is due to us being good friends outside the ring. We get on well and that allows us to have good matches together. So teaming with him was a real treat. Hart on being champion: Once again it kinda came out of nowhere. I’d heard rumours but I thought my title reign was years off. I’d just come out of teaming with Ace. But I think that’s what SNW wanted, a surprise. Well it was defiantly a surprise to me. It was hard at first, knowing that I was going to main eventing the shows, having my face on the posters. It was a lot of pressure. Luckily there’s a lot of good guys in the back. Jacob Ryler especially sat me down and told me to chill. My opponents helped as well, they helped take the pressure off me. And soon I was loving life as champion. Hart on the future: Although I have achieved so much, there’s so much I want to do. I’m a Triple Crown Champ but that doesn’t mean I don’t want the World or Duos titles again. Hell, I even want the FUSE title. Plus, there’s the Grand Slams to take. And some unfinished business with the likes of Ace and Hogan. My future belongs in SNW. SNW has got such a bright future, we’re really going places. I wouldn’t want to be anywhere else.
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Post by Red Dragon on Jul 22, 2014 4:42:00 GMT -5
Synergy Issue #10 Drew Parkland came out to the ring with the Synergy title, he said at Issue #9 in Newcastle we decided the first competitor in the first ever Synergy Championship match at the 2nd Anniversary show, as Dave Demento qualified by beating Jet Jaguar. He said tonight, the final two places will be decided. Daniel Sinn will take on Jacob Ryler, then the main event will be a battle royal, with everyone who has competed earlier in the night, to decide the final place. He was interrupted by Dave Demento, who said that Parkland was handing the next shot to his friend Daniel Sinn. Drew rejected that claim saying that Sinn has to fight for his shot like Demento did. Drew then booked a match for Demento right now. 1) Dave Demento vs. “El Hijo Nature Boy” Pedro Flair: The story of this match was Demento was dominant but Flair broke in when Dave got too cocky to hit his Lucha-Flair moveset. Dave put Flair down for good with the punt kick. 2) Mockingbird vs. Noah Lee and Joseph Stone: A good little tag match. Lee and Stone teamed up on the last show, it’s not expected to be a regular team but since they’re at the same level in terms of ability, it seems right to team them up. Mockingbird played heels again as they have done on some Synergy shows, it suits them, maybe they are trying it out for SNW. Despite a spirited fight, the rookie team fell to a Frogsplash from Caufield. Baby J Jamerson came out to the ring and mocked the crowd. It’s clear that spending time with Mike Bockwinkel have influenced him, as his promo was very Bockwinkel-esq. He was cut off by Kourtey Love. Baby J said he wouldn’t fight a ‘girl’ but then Love slapped him and we had a match. 3) Baby J Jamerson vs. Kourtney Love: The first singles inter-gender match in Synergy went pretty well. Love is a good athlete, probably better than Baby J so she was able to keep the crowd alive. Baby J played a good heel but is still a little green. Love hit the Lovesault to seal the win! 4) Duke, Axel and Rose Parkland vs. Knife Fight and Red Fire: More inter-gender action but this time the genders were kept apart from one another. Both male teams look better and better every time we see them. Duke and Axel have natural chemistry that you just can’t teach. Meanwhile, Cain and Zakk have been around much longer but only in the last year or so, the two have become title contenders. They also weirdly are getting cheered. Fire hit a dive to the outside, allowing Knife Fight to hit the Brainbuster/Spear combo on Axel. 5) SYN: Daniel Sinn vs. Jacob Ryler: As usual these kinds of matches in Synergy these two worked a different match than they would have worked in SNW. It was more like something you’d see in the WWE. Ryler went back to playing the cocky heel and did well to draw heat, allowing Sinn to take the credit as the hero. Some good back and forth action, with Ryler using some cheating to take advantage. But in the end, Sinn hit the Original Sinn for the win. Intermission. Drew Parkland was out at the break, he confirmed that the Duos Champions, the Fatality Squad were in the building and also that he would not be entering the battle royal. Interestingly, he joked that he was ‘too old’. Although, it’s clear he’s not retiring yet, it’s clear his age his on his mind. 6) DUOS: Fatality Squad vs. Cody Rejero and Baz Hepburn: In SNW the Squad have been dominant, it continued here in Synergy. They took instant control over the team known as ‘Your Mom’ in SNW. But Cody built up the hot tag brilliantly and when the tag was made the roof blew off. Cody hit the Pepsi Driver and the Pepsi Cutter but both was broken up. Stereo dives were also hit and even the Bazuka but again it was broken up. The champions then showed their true class to fight back to retain following a watered down Ball and Chain (Doomsday Device). 7) SYN: Battle Royal: Cody Rejero defeats Duke Parkland, Axel Parkland, Cain Jackal, Zakk Static, Elliot Reid, Dean Caufield, Noah Lee, Joseph Stone, Baby J Jamerson, Kourtney Love, Baz Hepburn, Jacob Ryler, Justin Allusion, Beast, Jugg, Masked Marvel and “El Hijo Nature Boy” Pedro Flair: A great way to end the evening, the match played out like a battle royal but with entrants not really sticking to any time limit. The fans loved it, especially the younger fans. Notable moments including Baby J getting payback by eliminating Koutney Love but then was dumped out by Duke; Reid and Caufield eliminating each other; Pedro Flair landing on the barricade then Kofi Kingston-esq springboaring back in, only to be elimanated by Cain Jackal. The final four were Cody, Duke, Cain and Ryler. Duke took out Cain, then Ryler sneaked in to take out Duke. Fans were disappointed, they wanted their favourites Cody and Duke as the final two. Cody and Ryler then teased several eliminations before Cody ended up on the apron, Ryler charged at him but was met by a shoulder barge. Cody then launched Ryler up and over to eliminate him and win the match. Synergy Issue #11 2nd Anniversary Show Synergy Championship Daniel Sinn vs. Cody Rejero vs. Dave Demento Rivals Clash Parkland Bros vs. Knife Fight The Rematch Baby J Jamerson vs. Kourtney Love (Show will take place following Riot Act 8)
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Post by Red Dragon on Jul 25, 2014 13:45:23 GMT -5
Calgary Alberta
SNW hasn’t been to Canada since 2013, this show was seemingly put together by Cameron Stone. Two big Canadian flags hang either side of a simple entrance way. It’s sell-out crowd too but SNW has sold out bigger places. Maybe they didn’t expect such a large crowd.
1) Joseph Brothers vs. Parkland Bros: Great way to open the show, good tag action, a fast pace and some high spots. The two sets of brothers showed good chemistry with one another. But only one set of brothers could win, the Joseph’s rebounded from their loss in London with a win after Jack hit a Pele from the top rope on Duke.
FUSE Champion Riley Shamrock makes his way out to the ring with a mic. He goes to speak but is interrupted by ‘Sharply Dressed Man’. Mike Bockwinkel, Cameron Stone and Baby J Jamerson made their way out. “I haven’t even said anything yet.” Riley joked. Bock said it didn’t matter what Riley said, because at Riot Act 8 he will just become another defence in Bockwinkel’s reign. Cam piped in pointing to Riley Shamrock’s title, saying that he was only good enough to hold that title, then changed his mind and said he wasn’t even good enough to be holding that. Cam added that Riley is such a fighting champion, he wouldn’t have a problem putting the title on the line tonight against him. Riley accepted, on one condition. Bock has to defend as well. Cam and Bock thought about it then Bock accepted, saying that it doesn’t matter who it is, he’ll defeat him then defeat Riley and go onto become the greatest SNW World Champion ever. Bock then asked who his opponent would be. Riley said he met someone backstage, who the Canadian crowd know very well. Riley said Bock would meet him later on.
2) Beast Kong vs. Red Fire: Utter squash. Fire is from Canada, so was treated as a face. She got some offence but fell when attempting to dive off the top and got caught in a Sitdown Powerbomb. Kong motioned for the title post match.
3) Jack Powers and Joseph Stone vs. Daniel Sinn and Baby J Jamerson: This match paired two members of the Original 16 with newer roster members, so it was a little odd but still a good match. Both youngsters have a bright future but need time to develop, Stone especially since he seems a little too reliant on the high spots at the moment, but he got a good reaction being back in his hometown. Powers earned the win with the Power Suplex and Choke Out on Baby J, J fell unconscious.
4) Chris Hammers vs. Noah Lee: A quick squash match, Hammers rolled over Londoner Lee with ease. Noah sold well and fell to the Last Minute Orders.
5) Carson Clark vs. Dave Demento: This was a much more even contest. Demento got great heel heat as he always does, alongside his ‘F***tard’ chant and a small amount of cheers since he is from Canada. Clark is starting to get back to his best after recovering from injury. He’s not quite the ‘fastest wrestler alive’ as he used to be but is slowly getting back. Demento capitalised on this, making this his time, hitting the Punt kick he calls the ‘F***tard’ to win.
6) DUOS: Fatality Squad vs. Jacob Ryler and El Hijo de Angel Custodio: Another squash match, not as short as the previous squashes but still pretty short. Ryler and El Hijo have been a semi-regular team usually coming together for Clash of the Duos. They had some fight in them but fell to the Ball and Chain to retain (Pop-Up Doomsday).
7) Jason Williams vs. Nick Jacobs: This was a good match that followed in the same suit as Clark/Demento but while Clark has returned and struggled to perform, Jason was cheered since he is Canadian. Jason has stepped up getting to the tiebreaker in Be the Best and put in a good performance against fellow former FUSE Champion, Nick Jacobs. The match went back and forth until Jason hit the Physco Driver for the win.
8) AirDevils vs. Team Bennett: This was a rematch from their classic from Be the Best 2014, clashed Tom Gerard and Travis Cantrell against Ace Bennett and Matt Spade. The Calgary fans ate up the tag team action with both teams putting on an absolute clinic. Lots of great action in this one including a Bombs Away from the Devils, the Busaki Knee/Bearhug combo and the Sky High. Ace was setting up for the Syracuse Drop when Chris Hammers, Jordan Devine, Safu and LyNN ran out and beat down Bennett and Spade. They then also beat down Gerard and Cantrell.
Intermission. Some fans weren’t clued up on the tension between Revolution X and Team Bennett but were told about it by other crowd members. Jack Powers was out at the break to sign and take photos.
9) FUSE: Riley Shamrock vs. Cameron Stone: This was a great way to welcome the fans back from the break, Riley has been constantly putting on the match of the night all year, so it’s no surprise to see him do it again here. Stone showed off all his talents, he was bigger in size and used that to his advantage. And being in his hometown, he got cheered. But the will of the champion shone through and he fought back with strikes, busting Stone open with the Mui Tai Knees. Riley also got a dive to the floor but was distracted on the outside by Baby J, allowing Stone to hit a lariat. Cam then punished Riley on the outside, hitting a suplexbomb on the floor and dumping him into the crowd. It took the full 20 count for Riley to get back in the ring. This spelt the end for Cam, Riley focused on Cam then hit a suicide dive to the outside to take out Baby J, and after a shoulder barge, he hit a springboard dropkick back into Cam. Riley then hit the Irish Welcoming to retain.
Team Bennett of Ace Bennett, Matt Spade, Alicia Bennett and Clive the Janitor made their way out. Ace said he was sick of Revolution X sticking their nose where it doesn’t belong. Ace said he wanted to knock RevX off their perch. He challenged Revolution X to a Warfare match at Riot Act 8. RevX of Hammers, Devine, Safu, LyNN and Amy Lee walked to the ring. Hammers mocked Team Bennett, saying that Team Bennett don’t have enough members. ‘Even if you could Alicia you don’t have enough, I mean really, is Clive gonna wrestle?’ to which Clive, on the outside, replied ‘Clive doesn’t wrestle’ and went back to sleep. RevX then squared up to Team Bennett then began a beatdown. However, the AirDevils of Tom Gerard and Travis Cantrell ran out, probably pissed from earlier. They sprinted down and fought off RevX. It looks like Ace has a team.
10) Knife Fight vs. Mockingbird vs. Revolution X vs. Kevin Hart and Cody Rejero: After a segment with plenty men in the ring, came another. This was your typical four corner tag match, which involved only two or three men in the ring at the same time while everyone else was on the floor on the outside. It was heavily suggested that this was a no.1 contenders bout for the Fatality Squad’s Duos titles. Lots of good action in this one as you’d expect. Hart and Cody got massive reactions, considering he is from Calgary. Any team could have won at any time. There was the compulsory dive spot which was dive after dive after dive. The match ended soon after, as Cody hit the Pepsi Driver on Static then a 450 Splash from Hart.
11) SNW: Mike Bockwinkel vs. Teddy Hart: Fans were pretty mild when Teddy made his entrance. But what made this match was the hatred Bock had for Hart, which in turn, made Teddy stiff Bock in return. Hart did his usual stick but he also had to deal with Cameron Stone and Baby J Jamerson on the outside. Every time he built up some momentum, he was cut off by some type of cheating. Bock constantly locked Hart up in holds then shouted about how this is ‘real wrestling’. Hart fought back and dove over the top but Bock moved Baby J in the way. Then while Bock distracted the referee Cam powerbombed Hart on the apron! This brought out Riley who ran off Cam and Baby J. This gave Hart the opportunity to take advantage. Hart hit the Open Heart Bypass for a close count then tried to follow it up with the Hart Destroyer. Bock reversed it and hit a very stiff lariat. Bock then lifted Hart to the top rope and the two battled up on top. Hart headbutted Bock off the top but Bock shot back up hitting a quick superplex. The SNW World Champ then bounced back to his feet and hit the Bockwinkel Special for the win.
Bockwinkel celebrated post match as Hart rolled to the outside. Bock lifted the SNW World Championship up in the air but then was interrupted by Riley Shamrock who stood at the entrance, getting payback for Be the Best. These two will meet for the title at Riot Act 8.
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Post by Red Dragon on Jul 25, 2014 13:45:50 GMT -5
Videos
SNW has released a few videos over the last few weeks that have hinted or announced matches for their next event, Riot Act 8.
Kevin Hart and Cody Rejero are backstage.
Cody: THE CALGARY SONS! WHOOT WHOOT! Kev: Let’s calm it down Cody. I mean we haven’t won the title yet. Cody: But it’s only a matter of time Kev. Kev: Hey, let’s not underestimate the champs Cody: What those two? Kageyboy and big bad Thomas? Kev: Seriously Cody, their tough guys. Nothing but our best will beat them. Cody: But we got something they haven’t got? Kev: What's that? Previous experience holding singles gold? Cody: Nope. Kev: Me, the second ever Triple Crown Champion? Cody: Nope. And that’s pretty big headed Kev. Kev: Well, what the hell is it then Cody? Cody: PEPSI!
A gang of dancers then come in and hand cans of Pepsi over to Cody and Kev. Cody starts dancing, Kev just stands there sipping Pepsi.
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Team Bennett of Ace Bennett, Matt Spade, Alicia Bennett and Clive the Janitor are in a room. Ace is pacing back and forth, Spade and Alicia are sat on a table and Clive sleeping on a chair in the corner. There is a knock on the door and the AirDevils of Tom Gerard and Travis Cantrell walk in.
Spade: Your late. Travis: Sorry to have keep you waiting. Spade: Well if you’re going to be as untrustworthy as this maybe we don’t want you in our team
Spade and Travis square up to each other.
Alicia: Calm down boys. We’re fighting together, not each other. Tom: Look, we all know why we’re here. So let’s get it done.
Team Bennett move around one side of the table, on it is a contract, the Devils are on the other side.
Alicia: It’s all in here. You sign it your part of our Warfare team. No going back. Tom: Wait, wait. What’s this here? Spade: That’s the competitors list. Tom: Yeah. So it’s Ace, Spade, me, Travis... and Alicia. Travis: There’s no way I’m competing with that. Alicia: Hey, what you say?
Alicia then squares up to Travis.
Ace: Look, I don’t want my sister in there either. It’s too dangerous but we haven’t got a choice. RevX entered Amy Lee in the match, we needed a female competitor too. Travis: Can’t we get someone else? I’ve got Kourtney Love on speed dial Spade: Hey, let me have a look. Ace: We’re not replacing her, we’re putting a lot of faith in you guys already, we’re not adding in more factors. Clive: Hey, I’ve got Beast Kong’s number if that helps.
There is an awkward pause.
Ace: How the hell... anyway no, we’re sticking to the plan. And if you’re not down with that... Spade: Then we’ve got two word for ya. Alicia: Shut up Matt. Clive: Yeah, shut up Matt. Ace: Yes. shut up Matt. So you signing?
Tom and Travis sign the agreement.
Tom: We’ll see you in Detroit. Ace: Wouldn’t want anyone else fighting by my side.
The AirDevils then leave.
Spade: What was that all about? Ace: What you mean? Spade: All that, ‘I wouldn’t want anyone else by my side’. Ace: Look, it’s nothing. Spade: It better be. Bloody American Airforce. He’s not even American. Clive: At least he’s won something. Spade: I’m a former Duos Champion too you know. Ace: Let’s show everyone that Team Bennett is the greatest stable in SNW. Spade: I still think we should have been called the Ace of Spades.
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Hunter Kellen is backstage at an ISW show.
Kellen: One year ago, teams from all around the US came to compete in the Super Sims Cup II. I was there and so was Mike Hogan. We were drawn against one another. I never want to lose but on that day, I had bigger fish to catch. I never want to lose and so that loss to Hogan ate away at me. I always knew I’d get my revenge, my payback. But I needed him to hate me, in the same way I hate him. Only then would I get the best out of him. So I hit him where it hurts, in his hometown, in jolly old London town. I showed up, cost him the belt, job done. Now he hates me as much as I hate him. So one year on, we meet again. It’s ISW versus SNW all over again but this year it’s about something more than promotion pride, it’s personal. I’m not going to lose. I could bring in my friends from ISW but I know I can do this all alone. Hogan is mine. In Detroit everyone will see that I am better than him.
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Riley Shamrock is standing in a street in Detroit.
Riley: These streets, these paving stones. They tell a story. Everyday man walks upon them. Step after step. If they could talk, they would tell us a story. The men and women who have walked along the streets. Everyday, day after day for years upon years. And on July 25th I will walk these streets to begin my new story. All this time in SNW, I have had my own stories. First I was the kid in the academy, head down, working hard. Then I was Revolution X’s apprentice. Then Revolution X’s enemy. But his past year, it’s been a new journey. Just like when I first came to SNW, I’m keeping my head down and working hard. Now I’m reaping the awards. First the FUSE title, then Be the Best. Now it’s time to finish this story and start a new one. I’m going to become SNW World Champion. Bock can put as many hurdles as he wants in my way. Baby J, Cameron Stone, I will knock you all down because nothing will stop me from becoming the SNW World Champion.
The camera then pans round to show the Cobo Arena in the background.
Riley: So when I walk down these streets, July 25th I will end one story and begin another. I will walk out the new SNW World Champion.
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