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Post by Red Dragon on Nov 14, 2015 9:46:59 GMT -5
 Alt:Pro 1 2017 – Live and UncutAlt:Pro have only announced four shows for 2017 but their last show of the year has been announced as their first ever iPPV. It’s a risk by owner Zachary Miller, it will be interesting to see if it pays off. The show opened with a energetic and entertaining four way between Jake Swindell, the tag team partners Tobias Black and Nate Ryan and a debut in the form of young Kyo Ichiban. Kyo is an American born 19 year old with Japanese descent and he plays off the Japanese style in his offence. The team from Detroit did some nice team moves but Swindell got the win with a Tiger Driver on Ryan. The ever exciting Dane Warron was in action and the fans loved him. He was up against Rory Wiseman who had tag partner Arthur Williams in his corner. Warron is a real talent, the 19 year old hit some really innovative moves. It looked like the numbers game would lead to another loss but he hit a sucide dive out of nowhere to take out Williams then went back in the ring to reverse a Suplex into a Deathstrike. Huge ovation post match. The Blaze Brothers bounced back from losing the tag titles as they made quick work of jobber team DJ Hughes and Tom Felix. The T Bone/SSP Leg Drop gave the former tag champs the win. In another debut Winston Knight went up against ‘Gentleman’ Arthur Williams. Wiseman was in Williams’ corner to return the favour from earlier. Knight got beat down but when he fought back he had some great offence. He’s an out-and-out highflyer like Rich Swann or Mark Andrews. He did great but a distraction from Wiseman led to the Excalibur. Afterwards, Wiseman and Williams beat up Knight until Warron made the save. Fans popped hard, the crowd are finally being given what they want! Technical master Ron Crockett put away Vincent Valintino in a decent contest which told a good story. Valintino wanted to quicken the pace but Crockett slowed the match as much as he could. It worked for Crockett, who’s leg work got him the win with one legged Boston Crab. Alt:Pro Owner Zachary Miller came out the ring to boo’s. He said he wants to give the fans what they want, this got a “F*** you Miller” chant. He then announced that a new title was coming to Alt:Pro and would be crowned on the next show. The title will be a Junior Title. It’ll be a good move from a wrestling stand point but do they really need another title so soon? The focus was back on the World title as a four way No 1 Contendership match was held. Matt managed to defeat Johnny Arsenic, Phenom and Falcon to become the next in line for a title shot. Falcon’s inclusion is baffling and fans boo’ed whenever he was in the ring. There was some good action but nothing noteworthy. In an Anything Goes match, Christopher Kennedy Jones finally got the better of Kris Havok. This was better than their previous match but that was only because they used lots of weapons. It still wasn’t anything special but it kept the fans entertained. The two sent each other through a table and CKJ got his arm over Havok to win. Twisted Assassin came out for his usual squash match when Alexander Kuleshov came out. Fans popped for the potential monster clash. But the usually calm Assassin broke character and met the big Russian on the entrance. The two then brawled all around before fighting out of sight. The fans enjoyed it but it was a bit cliché. The newly crowned tag champions Jugg and Beast made their first defence of the titles by defeating Antonio Benitez and Pablo 'Speedy' Gonzalez. It was a true strength/speed bout. The Mexicans didn’t have much offence as the champs looked dominant. The Utter Destruction gave the champs the win. In the main event, the two best Alt:Pro has to offer faced off with the World title on the line, in what was easily the best match ever Alt:Pro match (although that’s not as impressive as it sounds). Vincent Fury challenged for A.J Matthews title. At first Fury was being outmatched by power but Fury used his wits (and some dubious tactics) to take control. Fury worked over the leg for the second quarter of the match before AJ made his comeback. His leg was hurting but AJ powered back even hitting a powerbomb while standing on the apron and then an Alabama Slammer on the apron. Back in the ring AJ went for the Eastern Execution but the leg hurt too much, Fury took back control but when the challenger went for the Fury Strike AJ reversed it and hit the Eastern Execution. AJ slowly made the cover but Johnny Arsenic ran down and pulled the referee from the ring! Fury then hit a low blow and a Fury Strike. Arsenic put the referee back in the ring but AJ kicked out. Fury went for another Fury Strike but got caught in the Fujiwara Armbar. Arsenic jumped on the apron but Matt ran down and battled with Arsenic to the back. After what seemed like minutes in the hold, Fury got to the ropes. They traded some shots before AJ hoisted him for a back drop, Fury slid out back and kicked the bad leg of the champion. He hit the Fury Strike one last time and got the pin. New Champion!
Quick Results:
1) Jake Swindell def. Tobias Black, Nate Ryan and Kyo Ichiban
2) Dane Warron def. Rory Wiseman
3) Blaze Brothers def. DJ Hughes and Tom Felix
4) Arthur Williams def. Winston Knight
5) Ron Crockett def. Vincent Valintino
6) No.1 Contender: Matt def. Johnny Arsenic, Phenom and Falcon
7) Anything Goes: Christopher Kennedy Jones def. Kris Havok
8) TAG: Jugg and Beast def. Antonio Benitez and Pablo 'Speedy' Gonzalez (Defence 1)
9) WORLD: Vincent Fury def. A.J Matthews(New Champion) |
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Post by Red Dragon on Nov 21, 2015 6:56:47 GMT -5
All Stars
A Tombola was in the ring, James Simmons came out for the Be the Best 2017 draw. He announced the four competitors who made their way out. Riley got the loudest reaction, followed by Jaguar. Bock got loud boo's and Hogan got mainly boo's with a few cheers. The matches are as follows announce main event
BLOCK A Winner: Mike Hogan vs. BLOCK C Winner: Jet Jaguar
BLOCK B Winner: Riley Shamrock vs. BLOCK D Winner: Mike Bockwinkel
Hogan snatched the mic from Simmons and told Jaguar that he didn't belong here, he said the rest of them were former World Champions and Jag was just a kid. Jag squared upto Hogan and Riley came between them he said off mic "what's wrong with you?" to Hogan before taking the mic. He said he's had his differences with Jag but he belongs here as much as anybody and has proven that time and time again. Bock then found his own mic and agreed with Hogan calling Jag a cheap Japanese rip off. He proposed a tag match later, Hogan and Bock versus Riley and Jag. All accepted.
1) Elliot Reid vs. Tom Gerard: In the first of two AirDevils versus Mockingbird singles matches, ahead of the Duos title bout at Be the Best, we had a quick and lively affair. Reid won after a diving Double Foot Stomp after distraction from Caufield.
2) Parkland Bros and Cody Rejero vs. Jacob Ryler, El Hijo de Angel Custodio and Noah Lee: Fun six-man action and a little bit of comedy thrown in too. Parklands picked up the win with the Southern Styling on El Hijo. Lee walked out on his tag partners, showing a more heel side as he has done since returning from Japan with Mike Hogan.
3) WOM: Keeley Matthews [TCW] vs. Taliah Winters: This was a really good women's bout, which shows if SNW gives the women time, they can perform equally as well as the men. Winters is a real talent but it seems SNW aren't rushing her to the top which is a smart move. She took a beating here and despite being heel, gained fans by coming back for more punishment. She had a few near falls too but after a few knees, the champ representing TCW locked in the Key Lock, Winters was already KO'ed and the referee called for the bell.
4) Dean Caufield vs. Travis Cantrell: This was the second AirDevil versus Mockingbird singles bout. It was better than the first. Caufield tried to ground Cantrell which was good to see since he's usually a highflyer too and he would have been outperformed in the air by Cantrell. Reid tried to cause a distraction but Gerard stopped it and allowed Cantrell still won with a SSP.
Caufield attacked post match, leading to all four men fighting it out. Cantrell hit a SSP from the top onto all on the floor, Mockingbird then made their exit as the AirDevils motioned for the titles.
5) Carson Clark vs. Daniel Sinn: This was an excellent bout, these two have had some classic midcard matches in the past and so have excellent chemistry. Like previously said, when these two go at it they resemble Rey Mysterio and Dean Malenko from WCW. Clark won after slipping out of the Original Sinn and hitting the Swan Dive DDT for the win. Best match on the card.
6) Jason Williams vs. Ken Slayer: These two didn't have long but told a good story. Slayer is still young and paying his dues and Jason needed a singles win to still keep himself relevant. Jason won with the Pyscho Driver.
7) Nick Jacobs vs. Steven Kagemann: This was an absolute brawl, these two have been feuding all through the Be the Best tournument. They both got counted out by fighting on the outside.
Kagemann grabbed a chair but Jacobs sent it back to Kagemann's face with a dropkick. Jack Powers, who has been included in this feud ran out and the former United Front teammates beat down Jacobs. Another ex member of the UF ran out, Evan Pagano but he fought off his old stablemates and sent them packing. Pagano and Jacobs stood tall.
Intermission. Carson Clark was out at the break signing and taking photos. A hooded fan punched Clark and jumped the guardrail. It was Daniel Sinn. He dragged Clark into the ring and ripped his t-shirt off and hit him with the Original Sinn as payback from earlier. Clark's AirDevil teammates ran out to save him from a further beating.
8) Ace Bennett, Kevin Hart, Matt Spade and Matt Joseph vs. Dave Demento, Jack Joseph, Safu and LyNN: Manic eight-man tag with some strange pairings. The two feuds in this bout were the Joseph brothers on other sides of the ring and Hart and Demento are feuding over the FUSE title. All eight men got given their time to shine in this one. While Jack stayed away from his brother, Demento was happy to fight Hart. The SNW Champ proved the difference in this one as he made LyNN tap to the Syracuse Lock.
There was a pause before the next segment. Then "Children of the Revolution" hit and Chris Hammers came out with his Revolution X teammates, Safu and LyNN but not Devine who has been having trouble with recently. Hammers called out Devine who showed up with Amy Lee. Hammers and Devine traded words both saying that they should be the leader of RevX and the other should leave. Hammers said he created RevX and he created Jord while Devine said that Hammers reign as leader has come to an end and in his title reign last year he showed he no longer cared to be leader, only focusing on himself. The two looked like they could come to blows before Hammers backed off. He then motioned for Safu and LyNN to attach Devine! They hesitated but then Safu began walking towards Devine, LyNN stopped him and shouted at him. The two teams squared up with Hammers and Safu on one side and Devine and LyNN on the other. Hammers backed down saying "this is not worth it, not now, not here". He and Safu left leaving Devine, LyNN and Amy in the ring. Is this the end of Revolution X or is it just a civil war?
9) Riley Shamrock and Jet Jaguar vs. Mike Bockwinkel and Mike Hogan: Excellent main event, not quite as good as Sinn/Clark earlier but the fans were most into this match then anything else on the card. The history behind Riley and Jag is that they were the stars of the Third Class constantly competing against each other to be best in class. Since graduating, Riley has gone onto become World Champion while Jag has struggled only in the last year living up to his potential. Hogan and Bock also have brief history, Bock recruited Hogan breifly to be part of his Gentlemen's Club stable. Hogan's new cocky persona blended well with Bock and the two got major heat for working over Jag. However, the two third classers roared back with some great offence and even some team work. Riley got tagged in for an unbelievable hot tag but in the closing stages Jag was tagged back in. Bock went for the Bockwinkel Special on the masked man but Jag rolled him up in a small package counter for the huge pin! |
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Post by Mike Bockwinkel on Nov 21, 2015 9:59:58 GMT -5
Hogan and Bockwinkel, huh?
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Post by Red Dragon on Nov 28, 2015 10:03:13 GMT -5
Be the Best 2017
Live from Cobo Arena, Detroit, Michigan only on SNW Player
 
 
Be the Best Semi-Finals
Mike Hogan vs. Jet Jaguar
Riley Shamrock vs. Mike Bockwinkel
All four men have started their 2017 brightly but only two will advance to the finals where the winner will headline the biggest show in SNW history, Riot Act X.
SNW World Championship
Ace Bennett vs. Justin Tyger [TCW]
With all eyes on the Be the Best tournament it would be easy to overlook the World Championship, not in this case, as Justin Tyger returns to SNW and looks to take the biggest prize in SNW.
Revolution X Civil War
Chris Hammers and Safu vs. Jordan Devine and LyNN
The longest and most successful stable in SNW history is in some trouble. Cracks are becoming holes as the Civil War teams line-up. Is this the end of RevX or just the beginning?
SNW FUSE Championship
Kevin Hart vs. Dave Demento
The cocky youngster Demento has had the number on the champion for the last few occasions. But this is what matters most, when the title is on the line. Can Demento topple the second ever Triple Crown Champ?
SNW Duos Championships
Mockingbird (Elliot Reid and Dean Caufield) vs. AirDevils (Tom Gerard and Travis Cantrell)
Two of the quickest teams in all of pro-wrestling face off with the Duos titles on the line. The MBirds have been impressive in their reign thus far but can they defeat the original highflying tag team.
SNW Women’s Championship
Keeley Matthews [TCW] vs. Wasp
In a repeat of their hard-hitting encounter from the Showdown, Wasp gets another shot at the title. She knows how physical Keeley is. Can she bring the title back home to SNW?
Rivals Tag-Bout
Jack Powers and Steven Kagemann vs. Evan Pagano and Nick Jacobs
This feud has been building for weeks with fights breaking out all over the place. Can former United Front teammates Powers and Kagemann work as a unit or will Pagano and Jacobs prevail?
Panic in Detroit
Be the Best Pre-show
Daniel Sinn vs. Carson Clark
Parkland Bros vs. Cody Rejero and Matt Spade
Jack Joseph vs. Matt Joseph
Ken Slayer and Noah Lee vs. Jacob Ryler and El Hijo de Angel Custodio vs. Zakk Static and Jason Williams
Kourtney Love vs. Taliah Winters vs. Red Fire |
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Post by The Kevstaaa on Nov 28, 2015 10:37:57 GMT -5
I don't reply much but I still check this out and it's still going strong. Looking forward to Be the Best.
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Post by Red Dragon on Dec 5, 2015 13:31:01 GMT -5
Panic in DetroitBe the Best Pre-showKatie Foster opened the pre-show. On her panel were Drew Parkland, the injured Cain Jackal and Petey the Pirate. They said they had a loaded pre-show which is why SNW put this on as a matinee show, she hyped up the brother versus brother bout on today’s pre-show which had a short video package. Note, current trainee Paul Morgan was on commentary duties with James Simmons for the pre-show, Parkland would take over for the main show. 1) Ken Slayer and Noah Lee vs. Jacob Ryler and El Hijo de Angel Custodio vs. Zakk Static and Jason Williams: Into the action for a three corner tag match made up of two random teams and the jobber team of Ryler and El Hijo. Slayer keeps looking better with every appearance, looking particularly impressive against Ryler. Jason and El Hijo hit come cool lucha spots. After a dive spot, Jason got the win with the Pyscho Driver on Slayer. Back on the panel, Katie then talked to Jackal about how he feels seeing his tag partner out there. Jackal said that he’s happy for Zakk but it rehabbing his shoulder and hopes to be back sooner later this year. 2) Kourtney Love vs. Taliah Winters vs. Red Fire: Very fun three way match from the women of SNW. All three look like future champions, although Love and Winters are still early twenties, Fire is late twenties. Fire won with the moonsault. The women of SNW’s stock continues to rise. On the panel, there were predictions for the three of the title matches. Drew said Keeley dominated Wasp at Showdown and will do the same again tonight. Jackal said his money is on Mockingbird to retain the tag belts as they have been impressive so far. Petey said Demento is going to win the FUSE title tonight as he shown he can back up his mouth in the ring. 3) Parkland Bros vs. Cody Rejero and Matt Spade: The quite random pairing of Rejero and Spade made for an interesting conversation. A good comedy paring and the two even started a dance off to begin the bout. In the actual match, the Parklands are too good to be on the pre-show, they are a top top team. They got the win with the Pin Pointer. On the panel, Drew said he was proud of his sons winning with his old tag move. The predictions were then made for the title bout. All three panellists said Ace would retain. Jackal said that Ace has a point to prove after winning the title in controversial circumstances. Drew said that Ace is the best in the World and although Tyger will take him to the limit, Ace will still come out on top. 4) Jack Joseph vs. Matt Joseph: Jack attacked his brother during the entrance. He threw him around before dumping him into the crowd with a powerbomb on a chair. He then hit him with a chair a few times before referee’s pulled him away. The match never started. Parkland said that Jack’s attitude towards his brother is sickening. Petey likened it to Parkand’s old tag partner Daniel Sinn who was like a brother to Parkland. Final predictions were for the Be the Best. Jackal went with Hogan saying his time in Japan has only made him better. Drew sided with Riley saying the “Gun Slinger” still thinks the World title is his after losing the title a year ago. Petey went with Bockwinkel stating that experience will prevail. 5) Daniel Sinn vs. Carson Clark: Excellent bout to finish the pre-show. These two had a series of matches a few years ago when they were fighting over the FUSE title. It was likened to WCW’s Malenko/Mysterio bouts back then. Sinn got the win with the Original Sinn. Be the Best 2017Live from Cobo Arena, Detroit, Michigan only on SNW Player1) BtB: Mike Hogan vs. Jet Jaguar: Great start to the show, these two went out and started with such a quick pace and didn’t let up the entire time. Some great spots in this one included Jag hitting a pele counter to Hogan’s attempted springboard, then followed it up with a dive to the floor. Hogan later caught JJ from a springboard and hit the Futurism but JJ kicked out! JJ channelled some fighting spirit and after some kicks hit the TTM for a close count. Despite putting up such a great fight, Hogan put down JJ with the Back to the Future. We saw Ace Bennett arrive in the arena in a Rolls Royce. A limo then pulled up and a hooded man emerged, expected to be Justin Tyger. He went straight inside before the camera could catch up with him. 2) BtB: Riley Shamrock vs. Mike Bockwinkel: These two have faced off a good amount of times now so the fans weren’t highly interested in this one but they still put on a good match. For the first time Riley got a bit of heat. Which is alike to when Henry Edwards got heat before leaving for WWE because he was always getting booked strongly. After come great technical wrestling. Riley made Bock submit with the Ode to Shamrock. 3) Jack Powers and Steven Kagemann vs. Evan Pagano and Nick Jacobs: Great tag match between these rivals who have been at each other’s throats for months. The former United Front duo played great heels and isolated Jacobs from making the tag out. A diving Footstomp earned a close call and a half-and-half suplex on the outside nearly earned a countout win. However, Jacobs made the hot tag and the fans exploded as Pagano came in. Evan hit all his moves eventually hitting the SicKick/Calling combo on Kagemann only for Powers to break it up. Powers and Pagano were the two left standing and they went toe-to-toe. Pagano looked like he was in control until distraction from Kagemann allowed Powers to hit a low blow and hit the Power Suplex for the win. Chris Hammers and Safu were backstage being interviewed by Katie Foster. Hammers said Devine is a fake and has no right to the Revolution X name. He said there is only one true RevX, the original which he and Safu set up nine years ago. 4) WOM: Keeley Matthews [TCW] vs. Wasp: This was a rematch from the Showdown where in a very MMA inspired bout Keeley dominated Wasp. Although she got more offence in, the same happened here. Wasp hit rock Keeley with some shots near the end even hitting an insane flying armbar. Keeley powered out of it with a powerbomb counter then got the mount and just punched away at Wasp, the referee called for the bell. Drew Parkland on commentary put over how physical the women’s matches are and questioned who would defeat Keeley. Keeley went to leave when Wasp called her back in and wanted to fight. It looked like TCW’s top woman would but she just shook her hand and went. Katie Foster was with the challenger for the FUSE Championship Dave Demento. Katie asked DD if he was nervous as it is the biggest match in his young career. DD called Katie a puerile imp. He said he’s beaten Hart before and will do it again tonight. He said tonight would just be an easy day for the “Social Misfit”. 5) DUOS: Mockingbird vs. AirDevils: Excellent tag title match, as you would expect highflying from the bell. The MBirds tried to isolate their opponents but the AirDevils wasn’t having any of it. The team have great chemistry because they work so similar. Both teams pulled out their finishers, the Bombs Away and the Sky High from the Devils and the Sunset Flip/springboard dropkick and 450 Splash/eat defeat combo from the MBirds. There was a ref bump which led to the MBirds using the titles as weapons. They hit the Death from Above and the referee awoke to see champs get the pin. Katie Foster was backstage talking to Jordan Devine, LyNN and Amy Lee. Devine said Hammers’ tyrannical reign as RevX leader needs to be stopped. He said they will end it tonight. As they walked off, Evan Pagano walked in. He said he has been trying to find a camera so he can send a message to Jack Powers. He challenged him to a match at Riot Act X. 6) FUSE: Kevin Hart vs. Dave Demento: To continue the theme, another excellent bout. Demento beat Hart in BtB qualifying by outsmarting him. He slowed the match down then near the time limit stole the win. He did the same again here and really played up to the crowd, half of whom chanted for him and the other half boo’ed him. When the match was underway, they had some great action and counters. Hart is such a good wrestler and has the skills to challenge Ace for his best wrestler in the World mantle. Demento got too cocky and went to win with a roll-up like last time these two met. Hart rolled though lifted DD in the Maple Leaf Revenge and dropped him on his head. Just to be sure and to add to the punishment, Hart hit the 450 Splash to retain. Trainee Paul Morgan who did commentary on the pre-show was backstage with the AirDevils: Clark, Gerard and Cantrell. Gerard said that Mockingbird knew that they couldn’t beat him and Cantrell and had to cheat to win. He said he’s just got out of a meeting with Red Dragon who said they deserve a rematch. Cantrell said that there’s one way to make sure they don’t cheat and that is to eliminate the rules. Gerard added that instead of pinning your opponent, to win they will have to climb a ladder. The AirDevils will challenge Mockingbird for the SNW Duos titles in a ladder match at Riot Act X. 7) Chris Hammers and Safu vs. Jordan Devine and LyNN: This civil war of Revolution X started with the two sides squaring off. Former Duos champions, LyNN and Safu were hesitant at battling each other. Then Hammers pushed Safu into LyNN and LyNN responded with a slap to the face. From there the two teams just brawled everywhere, the referee was very lenient allowing the two teams to brawl into the crowd. Back in the ring the teams squared off with stiff strikes. Safu and Hammers showed their teaming experience, hitting an Aeroplane spin / lariat combo for the close call. In the end Safu hit the Samoan Drop on LyNN but Jord broke it up and hit the Devinity on his former Duos championship winning partner. Hammers then came in and missed the Lariat, he went for the Last Minute Orders but it was reversed into a Devinity. LyNN kept Safu down on the outside giving Devine and LyNN the win! Hammers and Safu weren’t happy post-match and tried to get the fight re-started. Referee’s ran out and Hammers and Safu backed down and headed up the ramp. Devine took the mic and called himself, LyNN and Amy Lee as the “one and true Revolution X”. Hammers took great offence to this and said that Devine has no right to the RevX name. Hammers said that this win was a fluke and said why don’t they put the RevX name on the line at Riot Act X. Devine accepted saying he’ll beat them anytime, anyplace, anywhere. Hammers joked “I’m glad you said that Jord” and suggested they fight it out in a Warfare match (a match RevX made famous). Jord then said that Hammers’ team is a little light as Jord’s team has Amy on their side. Hammers said “Once again I’m glad you said that Jord. Because like all good leaders, I have a card up my sleeve”. Hammers and Safu were then joined by Taliah Winters on stage and the three marched back down the ring. The two teams raged another war with Devine’s team getting the slight edge. Jack Joseph then ran down hitting a springboard double dropkick on Amy and LyNN then ducked a clothesline from Devine and hit a Pele kick to send Devine to the outside. Devine, LyNN and Amy then left outnumbered as Hammers motioned to them that their numbers have grown tonight from just two to four. The civil war continues. Intermission. Fans enjoyed that last segment, some were unsure about Joseph joining Hammers’ team. A video played hyping up the next iPPV, Riot Act X. And the matches already announced were hyped up. Most interesting, the Warfare match was confirmed. The commentators called Hammers’ team Revolution Red (Safu, Jack Joseph and Taliah Winters) and Devine’s team Revolution Blue (LyNN, Amy Lee and ?) 8) SNW: Ace Bennett vs. Justin Tyger [TCW]: This was the battle of the best in SNW against who many would argue was the best in the now defunct TCW. Excellent match but what else would you expect. Before the match both men got thunderous ovations and a “Best in the World” chant directed at both of them. Tyger got full streamer treatment and a “Welcome Back” chant added for good measure. Handshake prior to the match and that good sportsmanship continued throughout. Lots of technical holds to begin with which shows Ace can adapt to any style. The pace only really quickened in the last 5-10 minuites after Ace hit a suicide dive to the outside. Tyger fought back and hit a backdrop on the apron and a flying uppercut back in the ring for a close count. Ace then managed to avoid the former TCW Triple Crown Champion’s Western Lariat and hit the Busaiku Knee for a close count. Ace then set up for the Syracuse Drop but ‘Soulfire’ slipped out and hit the Northern Lights Bomb but Ace kicked out. Tyger then motioned for the end a top rope Northern Lights Bomb. Tyger placed the first ever SNW Triple Crown Champ on the top but the SNW champ fought out and hit the Syracuse Drop, he then locked in the Syracuse Lock to create the fearsome combo he calls Syracuse Bound. Tyger tried to fight but in the end submitted. Ace helped Tyger to his feet post match and they shook hands and raised arms. Ace then left allowing Tyger to get the applause of the SNW fans. That’s just a taster of what to expect of Tyger as he spends 2017 in SNW. Another Riot Act X promo played, going through the already announced matches. 9) BtB: Mike Hogan vs. Riley Shamrock: Now it’s time to see who will face Ace Bennett for the title at Riot Act X. After seeing the sportsmanship displayed in the last match, Riley offered the hand but Hogan slapped him shouting “you’re going to have to earn my respect, you whiney little b…” he was cut off my Riley hitting the Mui Tai knees and an early Irish Welcoming II for a close count. Shamrock stayed in control until Hogan hit a drop toe hold into the corner, then followed it up with a running boot which sent him the outside. Hogan then brought himself back in with a Springboard Elbow. However, Riley had this well scouted and locked in an armbar, Hogan got to the ropes. Riley brought out the strikes, knowing he could beat Hogan in this area. He hit the Famine Driver for a near fall. He went for a running strike in the corner but Hogan lifted him to the apron, hit a jumping enziguri then followed this up with a brainbuster on the apron. He then hit the soccer kick on the apron and then a running dive. Back in the ring, Hogan hit the Futurism but Riley got the arm up. “The Joker in the Pack” called for the end and went for the Time Warp but Riley slipped out back, got a roll up and transitioned into a multitude of armbars before locking in the Ode to Shamrock. Hogan managed to get to the ropes but the damage was done, Hogan’s arm was shot and he couldn’t get the lift he wanted for the Back to the Future, this allowed Riley to hit the Irish Welcoming for the three count. Riley Shamrock has won the Be the Best 2017 and as a result will challenge for the championship at Riot Act X. The SNW World Champion, Ace Bennett then appeared on the stage and lifted his belt. At Riot Act X, two of the best SNW has ever produced face off in a historic match, Ace Bennett versus Riley Shamrock.
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Post by Mike Bockwinkel on Dec 6, 2015 10:33:17 GMT -5
I have to say, I don't like you having a preshow panel. Too WWE
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Post by Red Dragon on Dec 12, 2015 13:25:00 GMT -5
Riot Act X
Contract Signing
James Simmons is a press conference room, there’s a good amount of press and the rest has just been filled by students and staff to make the room look full. He welcomes the fans to a special YouTube video which is for the contact signings of not just the SNW World title but also the Duos Championship and the Revolution X Civil Warfare match. He introduces the Duos Champions to start, Elliot Reid and Dean Caufield of Mockingbird. Then welcomes the challengers of Tom Gerard and Travis Cantrell of the AirDevils. He asks if the champions want to speak first.
Reid talks about the SNW tag division, from the early domination of the Lady Killers to the most recent dominating reign of Fatality Squad. He said the team that inspired him and Caufield were the AirDevils. From their humble beginnings as American Airforce to their shock Clash of the Duos win, he said they were inspirations. Caufield then turned the conversation, saying that this was all in the past. He said the Devils were past it. He added that suggesting a ladder match only makes it worse for the Devils and offered them to back out before they make it official.
The Devils then spoke, first Cantrell. He laughed off the MBirds attempts to make them seem old saying they can do things in the ring that the MBirds can only dream of. Gerard said it’s great to see how his little team with Ace Bennett has inspired not only his tag partner Cantrell into wrestling but also Reid and Caufield. However, he said the MBirds were just a cheap version of the AirDevils. He said they suggested the ladder match because they knew they would prove to be the better team. They signed the contracts and passed it over to their opponents who did the same.
James Simmons then introduced a video that was posted on YouTube last week. It was Dave Demento calling out FUSE Champion Kevin Hart to this press conference. Simmons then welcomes Demento onto the stage and then announces that the FUSE Champ is here and Kevin Hart joins then.
Demento takes the mic and says he is grateful Hart has shown up because he has something to tell him. Demento claims to be better than Hart. He said he has already beaten him once at Be the Best qualifying and the match at the iPPV was a fluke. He said he wasn’t prepared. The “Social Misfit” said that if Hart was a good man he would know deep down that Demento is better and grant him a rematch. Demento finished saying that there’s only one way for Hart to prove him wrong and that is to face him at Riot Act X.
Hart then takes the mic and puts over Demento as a great young talent. He also talks about his mic work which he calls “second to none”. But Hart said he’s the FUSE Champion for a reason, he added that he’s proven that he’s the best for the better part of the year. He claims that his loss to Demento was a fluke and his win at the Be the Best iPPV was fair. He said he is a fighting champion and will prove Demento wrong. He accepted the challenge. Hart offered the hardshake, Demento accepted then pushed Hart in the face. Staff had to hold Hart back as Demento left laughing with the title shot he wanted.
Simmons then welcomes Revolution Red of Chris Hammers, Safu and the recently joined Jack Joseph and Taliah Winters. Hammers takes the mic and says they are stronger than ever before. Taliah says she has been given a great opportunity and will repay the faith Hammers has shown in her. Jack adds that he’s had his up’s and down’s in SNW but now with RevX, the only way is up. Hammers ends by saying it doesn’t matter who Devine brings with him to Riot Act X. His team is just a line of imposters and backstabbers. They sign the contacts.
Revolution Red leave and Simmons welcomes Revolution Blue of Jordan Devine, LyNN and Amy Lee. Devine talks about Hammers’ ego and said it’s been the problem of RevX for years. He said he did more in his short time in leader than Hammers ever has and when RevBlue win at Riot Act he will take over as leader and lead RevX into a new millennium. Amy takes shot at Taliah comparing her to the cheap knock-off Barbie dolls you can get for a few dollars. Devine then welcomed their final member of Revolution Blue, Matt Joseph. He shook hands with everyone and said he there will be nowhere to hide for his brother. They signed the contracts and left.
Simmons then put over some of the other announced matches such as rivals Evan Pagano and Jack Powers squaring off and the SNW Women’s title rematch between TCW’s Keeley Matthews and Wasp. Also TCW’s Justin ‘Soulfire’ Tyger will be in action.
Onto the final signing, Simmons welcomed both champion and challenger onto the stage for the World title signing. Riley spoke first, he said he knows Ace is “the Best in the World”. He performs night-in-night-out. He said he was only a kid when Ace rose up the ranks in SNW. But the challenger said he is more than just the “Young Gun” now. He’s been on top of the mountain as World Champion and now he wants that title again. He said it will be an honour to headline SNW’s biggest ever show. But while in the past he would let the occasion get the best of him, Riley said now he is the “Gunslinger” and will stop at nothing to become the new SNW World Champion.
Ace Bennett then took the mic. And said ever since he won the title back in December people have doubted him. They doubted whether he should be champion, doubted whether he could beat Tyger. He says about what people are saying about this title match. He people have said it’s a battle of the generations, Ace of the old and Riley of the new. Ace said that it’s rubbish because Riley is only a year younger than him, it’s just that Ace started wrestling at a younger age. He said that some people have labelled him the underdog in this match. He responded to them saying if they’ve seen any of his matches over the years, they know he will never be the underdog. Ace says he respects Riley but both will be fighting not just for the title but also for their pride. They both have something to prove. Both signed the contract and shook hands to end the show.
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Post by Red Dragon on Dec 20, 2015 9:57:01 GMT -5
Riot Act X
Live from the FUSE Arena only on the SNW Player
From the first show in 2009, Riot Act has always been SNW’s biggest show of the year. It has contained final battles between blood rivals, hellacious stipulations and memorable title matches. Now we reach a historic landmark, Riot Act X. The tenth in the series and SNW promises that this will be its biggest yet. With such a stacked card, many are predicting this to be SNW’s best ever show.
 
SNW World Championship
“The Best in the World” Ace Bennett vs. “Gunslinger” Riley Shamrock
At the top of the card, headlining the show will be the battle between two of the best SNW has ever seen. Ace epitomises SNW: starting out in a lowly tag team and rising through the ranks to become World Champion. Meanwhile, young prodigy Riley Shamrock broke onto the scene while Ace was in his first reign as World Champion. He quickly ascended through the ranks and captured the title two years ago. Who will come out on top in this battle between the best?
   
   
Revolution X Civil Warfare 9
Revolution Red (Chris Hammers, Safu, Jack Joseph and Taliah Winters)
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Revolution Blue (Jordan Devine, LyNN, Matt Joseph and Amy Lee)
From the very first show Revolution X has dominated SNW. But after their most successful year in 2016 things began to fall apart. Leader Chris Hammers came to blows with his second-in-command Jordan Devine as a result a Civil War has broken out. Revolution X was split into two with Hammers controlling Revolution Red and Devine taking charge of Revolution Blue. They added to their ranks with Amy Lee’s young rival Taliah joining Red and former tag team partners and brothers the Joseph’s taking different sides. There can only be one Revolution X. Which side will it be?
   
SNW Duos Championships
Ladder Match
Mockingbird (Elliot Reid and Dean Caufield) vs. AirDevils (Tom Gerard and Travis Cantrell)
If Riot Act X wasn’t stacked enough. The two best highflying teams in wrestling face off in a ladder match. After coming close to winning the Clash of the Duos in 2016, Mockingbird managed to end the year as champions. Now they face the team they were based on. Who will come out on top in this sky battle spectacular?
 
SNW FUSE Championship
“Calgary’s Own” Kevin Hart vs. “Social Misfit” Dave Demento
These two Canadians have been at each other’s throats all year. Hart has had a fantastic reign as FUSE Champion, raising its prestige up to the heights of the World Championship. However, he was outsmarted and beaten by Dave Demento in Be the Best Qualifying. This earnt the “Social Misfit” a title shot but the champion retained at BtB iPPV outsmarting the youngster. Who will come out on top in this third clash?
SNW Women’s Championship
Keeley Matthews [TCW] vs. Wasp
Like the previous bout, this is a third match in a trilogy. But both times the woman from TCW has beaten Wasp of SNW. Keeley has been dominant ever since winning the title back at EIGHT. Her hard hitting MMA style rocked Wasp in their first match, Wasp fought back a little more in the second but Wasp knows what she has to do to win the belt back for SNW. But can she do it?
Old Feuds Die Hard
Mike Bockwinkel vs. Justin ‘Soulfire’ Tyger [TCW]
After Justin Tyger’s first 2017 SNW appearance where he challenged for the World title, Mike Bockwinkel had a few words for the man they call ‘Soulfire’. He questioned why an outsider like Tyger was given an instant title match while he has to fight for it. Tyger responded talking about his success all over the World including TCW adding that Bock should know about that. Tyger said if he has to show to Bock why he was deserving of a title shot, he will beat him once again. This time in an SNW ring.
The Death of the United Front
Evan Pagano vs. Jack Powers
In 2012 a group of wrestlers shocked SNW. The United Front ran roughshod through SNW. This team was led by Jack Powers and Evan Pagano was a part of it. The team then split after it was revealed Powers tricked Pagano into joining the team. After spending time away from SNW, Pagano has returned but finds an old rival in his way. They have been battling all year, now they face-off one-on-one.
Interpromotional Tag Match
Parkland Bros (Duke and Axel Parkland) vs. Coast to Coast (Donnie East and Chris West) [TCW] vs. Ash and Mac Cox [NGW]
After the success of last year’s Interpromotional Three Way Tag match, SNW has brought it back. Mockingbird of SNW won last year and now are Duos Champions. Can this year’s winner follow the same route?
Mike Hogan vs. Jet Jaguar
With such a stacked card, many of SNW’s top athletes find themselves on the pre-show. However, two performers have performed so well in 2017 that they had to be given a spot on the card. “The Joker in the Pack” Mike Hogan and Jet Jaguar will fight in a rematch of their modern classic Be the Best Semi-Final bout. Hogan came out on top on that occasion, will the Brit do it again to put himself in World title contention or will the masked warrior score the upset?
Countdown to the Riot
As previously mentioned, with such a loaded card on the main show of Riot Act X it’s understandable that many of SNW’s top talents will perform on the pre-show instead of the main show. This special matinee show will contain six former FUSE Champions, five former Duos Champions and a special appearance from returning team from TCW.
Nick Jacobs vs. Daniel Sinn
El Hijo de Angel Custodio and Jacob Ryler vs. Elite Racing Team (Chase Bryant and ‘Big Rig’ Kevin Craig) [TCW]
Cody Rejero vs. Steven Kagemann
Carson Clark vs. Jason Williams
Matt Spade vs. Ken Slayer vs. Zakk Static vs. Noah Lee
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Post by Mike Bockwinkel on Dec 20, 2015 15:41:48 GMT -5
Demento is Canadian?
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Post by Red Dragon on Dec 27, 2015 6:20:52 GMT -5
Pretty Vicious to Perform
SNW has also announced that Welsh rock band Pretty Vicious will be performing live at Riot Act X. The young band from Merthyr Tydfil, South Wales shot to fame with their smash hit “Cave Song” which led them to signing a music contract with Virgin. SNW part owner Red Dragon contacted the band asking about the possibility of performing at SNW's biggest show of the year when he learnt that the band were on tour in America. As well as performing their smash hit, the band will be playing other songs throughout the night. |
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Post by Red Dragon on Dec 27, 2015 6:21:09 GMT -5
2017 Awards CeremonyThis year, the awards ceremony this year is being held in a small bar down the road from the FUSE Arena. It’s only a small place but only the wrestlers and staff are invited. It’s being filmed later release on the Riot Act IX DVD. It is being hosted as usual by commentator James Simmons. The ceremony starts with our host walking out onto the stage. He thanks everyone for turning up and talk about how tonight we give thanks to the wrestlers of SNW and also the staff. We start off with some quick awards which will be announced in the form of videos. Each winner comes up onto the stage to accept the award and give a short speech.
Key
Award Title
1. Winner, first placed
2. Runner Up, second place
3. third place
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Previous year's winners
Best Highflyer
1. Jet Jaguar
2. Jason Williams
3. Mockingbird
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2009: Jason Williams, 2010: Ace Bennett, 2011: Jason Williams (2), 2012: Carson Clark
2013: Jason Williams (3), 2014: Carson Clark (2), 2015: Jet Jaguar, 2016: Jason Williams (4)
Most Improved
1. Jet Jaguar
2. Joseph Stone and Baby J Jamerson
3. Ken Slayer
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2009: Evan Pagano, 2010: Kevin Hart, 2011: Mike Hogan, 2012: Riley Shamrock
2013: Carson Clark, 2014: Knife Fight, 2015: Dave Demento, 2016: Parkland Bros
Best on Mic
1. Chris Hammers
2. Mike Bockwinkel
3. Dave Demento
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2009: Mike Bockwinkel, 2010: Mike Bockwinkel (2), 2011: Mike Bockwinkel (3). 2012: Mike Bockwinkel (4)
2013: Mike Bockwinkel (5), 2014: Ace Bennett, 2015: Mike Bockwinkel (6), 2016: Dave Demento
One to Watch
1. Joseph Stone and Baby J Jamerson
2. Ken Slayer
3. Noah Lee
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2010: Mike Hogan, 2011: Jack Joseph, 2012: Riley Shamrock, 2013: Riley Shamrock (2)
2014: Carson Clark, 2015: Dave Demento, 2016: Jet Jaguar
Best Woman
1. Keeley Matthews [TCW]
2. Taliah Winters
3. Wasp
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2015: Wasp, 2016: Beast Kong
Best Finisher
1. Death From Above (Mockingbird)
2. Syracuse Bound (Ace Bennett)
3. Calgary Special (Kevin Hart)
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2009: Fire Tornado (Steven Kagemann), 2010: Syracuse Dropped (Ace Bennett), 2011: The Fall/Double Stomp Combo (Fatality Squad), 2012: The Hammers Finisher Combo (Chris Hammers/ Jordan Devine)
2013: Maple Leaf Revenge (Kevin Hart), 2014: Back to the Future (Mike Hogan), 2015: Ball and Chain (Fatality Squad), 2016: Irish Welcoming (Riley Shamrock)
Most Memorable Moment
1. Klauteren ending (Showdown IV)
2. Pagano returns (EIGHT)
3. Hart wins the FUSE title in Canada (Riot Act IX)
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2009: Mike Bockwinkel turning on Chris Hammers, 2010: Henry Edwards 10 month reign ending via injury, 2011: Ace Bennett wins the SNW World Championship (Brain Grenade), 2012: Masked Attackers / United Front (The Rapture)
2013: Edwards leaves SNW (The Rapture 2012), 2014: Hogan’s entrance in London (One Night in London), 2015: Dave Demento F***tard (Glasgow, Scotland), 2016: Hammers wins World title (Be the Best 2016)
Best Feud
1. Revolution Red vs. Revolution Blue
2. Parkland Bros vs. Mockingbird
3. Fatality Squad vs. Parkland Bros
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2009: Chris Hammers vs. Henry Edwards, 2010: New Age Lady Killers vs. Youth Culture, 2011: Mike Bockwinkel vs. Red Dragon, 2012: United Front vs. rest of SNW
2013: Edwards vs. ‘the doubters’, 2014: Daniel Sinn vs. Drew Parkland, 2015: Riley Shamrock vs. Revolution X, 2016: Riley Shamrock vs. Chris Hammers
Best Show
1. Riot Act IX
2. Be the Best 2017
3. EIGHT
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2009: Riot Act, 2010: Riot Act 2, 2011: Riot Act 3, 2012: Riot Act IV
2013: The Rapture 2012, 2014: FIVE, 2015: Riot Act VII, 2016: Riot Act 8
After a break, Simmons introduces former three time Duos Champion Drew Parkland. He gets up on stage. He talks for a little bit about tag wrestling before reading out the nominees and winner.
Best Tag Team
1. Mockingbird- Elliot Reid and Dean Caufield
2. Parkland Bros- Duke and Axel Parkand
3. AirDevils- Carson Clark, Tom Gerard and Travis Cantrell
4. Joseph Stone and Baby J Jamerson
5. Revolution X (Original)
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2009: New Age Lady Killers- Daniel Sinn and Drew Parkland, 2010: New Age Lady Killers (2), 2011: New Age Lady Killers (3), 2012: Ace Bennett and Kevin Hart
2013: Fire and the Fury- Johnny Arsenic and Vincent Fury, 2014: AirDevils- Carson Clark, Tom Gerard and Travis Cantrell, 2015: Team Bennett- Ace Bennett (2) and Matt Spade, 2016: The Fatality Squad- Bret Thomas and Steven Kagemann
Elliot Reid and Dean Caufield step on stage. They thank everyone for their help and making them both better wrestlers. They put over past teams like New Age Lady Killers, Youth Culture and the Fatality Squad who set the standard for tag teams in SNW. They said they are just trying to live up to the high standard.
Jack Powers got up on stage to announce the best wrestler.
Best Wrestler
1. Kevin Hart
2. Ace Bennett
3. Chris Hammers
4. Riley Shamrock
5. Jet Jaguar
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2009: Jack Powers, 2010: Ace Bennett, 2011: Kevin Hart, 2012: Henry Edwards
2013: Kevin Hart (2), 2014: Ace Bennett (2), 2015: Riley Shamrock, 2016: Riley Shamrock (2)
Kevin Hart got up on stage to accept his record third Best Wrestler award. He thanked Red Dragon for giving him the FUSE title. He said this is the award he is most proud of as he has raised the FUSE title up to the standard of the World title, even challenging for the World title on numerous occasions.
Mike Bockwinkel was the final person to hand out an award. He complained for a bit about giving out and award when he should be the one collecting them all, even Best Woman. He said that’s what happens when Red Dragon is left in charge of booking. Dragon shouted “Get on with it Kayne!”. Bock reminded everyone of the difference between the ‘Best Wrestler’ and ‘MVP’ award. Dragon explained that the ‘Best Wrestler’ award is for the wrestler who puts on the best matches, while the ‘MVP’ is for the wrestler who the company couldn’t have done without in the last year.
Bock broke down the nominations: Devine has been challenging for the title and in a big feud with Hammers all year. Although the first half of the year was nothing stand out (aside from his constant good matches) Bennett won the World title in a shock win and has been the focus of the shows since. FUSE Champ Kevin Hart has constantly defended his title and also challenged for the World title on a few occasions. Mockingbird have main evented many shows this year bringing the Duos titles prestige. However, Chris Hammers takes the 2017 MVP crown, he was champ up until Dec 2016 and his feud with Devine has kept his high profile.
MVP
1. Chris Hammers
2. Mockingbird
3. Kevin Hart
4. Ace Bennett
5. Jordan Devine
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2009: Chris Hammers, 2010: Henry Edwards, 2011: Ace Bennett, 2012: Henry Edwards (2)
2013: Kevin Hart, 2014: Mike Hogan, 2015: Mike Bockwinkel, 2016: Riley Shamrock
Chris Hammers got up and talked about how much SNW has changed since Austin Aries opened up a training camp with just 16 trainees. He talked about the first ever Riot Act and led onto talk about the growth of SNW. He put over the newer members of the roster putting over Riley Shamrock and Jet Jaguar in particular. He said the youngsters push the “oldies” to get the best out of them. He says this is what SNW is all about and put over Duke Parkland and Ken Slayer. |
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Post by Red Dragon on Dec 31, 2015 6:21:37 GMT -5
Riot Act Update - Two videos posted and top 25 matches up
Ahead of SNW's biggest show of the year, Riot Act, SNW has posted two new videos. Video one features the SNW World Champion Ace Bennett talking about his main event title bout with Riley Shamrock. The second video shows former two time SNW World Champion Mike Bockwinkel speaking about his Riot Act opponent Justin 'Soulfire' Tyger.
Ace Bennett is standing by in a blank room. The SNW World Championship is in front of him on a small table.
I said at the beginning of the year when I had just won the belt, not to discount me. "Think of me as a fluke at your on peril" I said. But did you listen? It had been going well, I have been seeing the light at the end of the tunnel. I am the "Best in the World" for a reason. You believed in me, you bought into me. You knew when I walked out, the other guy in the ring was going to end up on his back looking up a the lights.
Then Riley came in. You see there's something about Riley. Something which the fans, the critics, the booker all saw in "SNW's golden boy" Henry Edwards. And I got a problem with that. I worked my a** off to get here and gain the respect I deserve. While guys like Riley, guys like Edwards, get chance after chance thrust upon them just because they look and act like a respectable champion.
Well screw them. I deserve this, I deserve this more than anybody. I worked my way up from a jobber tag team to the very top and back again. I've been in technical masterpieces, knock-down-drag-out fights and wars that have changed me. I am the World Champion, not Riley.
At Riot Act IV, Edwards just waltzed in and took my title. Everyone says it was the best match ever in SNW. But for me it was my worst. I live with the burden of being the loser in the best match in SNW history. Now Edwards has gone, Riley seeks to do the same. I'd be damned if I let him walk all over me. This is not Riley's time, oh no. This is mine, my chance to show everyone, to prove to everyone that I am, what I have always said I am, the BEST in the World.
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Mike Bockwinkel is parked up on the side of the road. He has a cowboy hat covering his blonde locks tilted down hiding his face. He flicks the hat up and shows off his trademark sunglasses.
Justin Tyger! "Soulfire"! It's becoming more and more obvious that I'll never get rid of you. I put our differences aside a while back to team up with you and others to get Ricky Slayer out of my TCW. You showed so much pride in the company, but you failed us. You failed me, and now there is no more true TCW, all because of you. I thought that was it. I thought I could take the loss as a learning experience and move on to bigger and better things here in SNW. But no. Because you see something happened. Something happened that not many people know about. My old friend, Red Dragon got the book here, and ever since then he's been trying to get rid of me by bringing in people from my past! People who I defeated and vanquished a long long time ago! Jacobs, Slayer, and now Justin Tyger.
Bock takes off his glasses and looks directly into the camera lens as if he's searching for Tyger.
Now, since you've worked Japan and you like to shoot, cowboy, this my friend is a shoot! Tyger, you owe me everything. Your career was going nowhere until my father called you. All because you mentioned him as one of your inspirations in your autobiography. So he brought you in, saved you from working gyms in Japan in front of 20 people a night. I saved your company and helped your friends keep their jobs. Then you got big here in the States because of our battles. Because of me! Now you come to SNW to do the same thing you did before, except this time, I will not let it happen! At Riot Act, I will "Extinguish the Flame". Once and for all.
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SNW has also posted the top 25 matches in the history of SNW which they usually show at the end of the awards ceremony. It is noted that there isn't many new entrants to the list, however, SNW officials are not worried as the company is now in it's 9th year and with every passing year it will be harder to get matches to break the top 25. Some significant matches also dropped off the list such as the main event of the first ever Showdown and Ace Bennett capturing the gold.
TOP 25 MATCHES IN SNW HISTORY
1. Ace Bennett vs. Henry Edwards ‘Riot Act IV’
2. Kevin Hart vs. Ace Bennett vs. Mike Hogan ‘Riot Act VI’
3. Riley Shamrock vs. Chris Hammers ‘Be the Best 2016’
4. Steel Cage: New Age Lady Killers vs. Youth Culture ‘Return of the Steel Cage’
5. Kevin Hart vs. Henry Edwards ‘The Rapture 2012’
6. Chris Hammers vs. Jordan Devine vs. Riley Shamrock 'Riot Act IX'
7. Fatality Squad vs. Parkland Bros ‘Clash of the Duos 2016 Night 3’
8. Dog-collar: Daniel Sinn vs. Drew Parkland: ‘Five’
9. Mike Hogan vs. Ace Bennett ‘One Night in London’ 2’
10. Ace Bennett vs. Evan Pagano ‘The Showdown III’
11. Mike Bockwinkel vs. Chris Hammers vs. Henry Edwards ‘Riot Act’
12. Ladder: Kevin Hart vs. Ace Bennett vs. Mike Hogan ‘Five’
13. Mike Bockwinkel vs. Riley Shamrock ‘Riot Act 8’
14. Chris Hammers vs. Jordan Devine ‘EIGHT’
15. Jack Powers vs. Kevin Hart ‘Four’
16. Team Bennett vs. Mockingbird ‘One Night in India’
17. Henry Edwards vs. Jack Powers ‘London, England’
18. Mike Bockwinkel vs. Red Dragon ‘Riot Act IV’
19. Henry Edwards vs. Riley Shamrock ‘Global Mourning’
20. AirDevils vs. Ace Bennett and Matt Spade ‘Be the Best 2014’
21. Mike Hogan vs. Mike Bockwinkel ‘Riot Act VII’
22. Fatality Squad vs. AirDevils ‘One Night in Holland’
23. Riley Shamrock vs. Jack Powers ‘SEVEN’
24. Ace Bennett vs. Henry Edwards ‘The Showdown II’
25. Ace Bennett vs. Kevin Hart ‘One Night in Brazil' |
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Post by Red Dragon on Jan 16, 2016 14:44:50 GMT -5
Countdown to the Riot
Katie Foster welcomed fans to the pre-show, held as a matinee show to Riot Act X. She introduces her panel: former Duos Champion and current colour commentator Drew Parkland, injured wrestler Cain Jackal and one half of the first ever Duos Champions Super Extreme.
1) Red Fire vs. Kourtney Love: Great opener, nice fast pace from the women of SNW. These two have good chemistry. Love stopped the Moonsault and went for the top rope backdrop but an elbow sent Love to the floor and Fire followed it up with a moonsault.
The panel hyped up some of the undercard for tonight’s iPPV. Parkland spoke about the three-way interpromotional tag match and spoke how proud he is to see his sons representing SNW. Jackal said about Evan Pagano’s recent return and his heated feud with Powers. Extreme replied saying that another heated feud comes to a head tonight as long-time rivals Mike Bockwinkel and Justin Tyger meet one-on-one in SNW.
2) Matt Spade vs. Ken Slayer vs. Zakk Static vs. Noah Lee: Another good match, a fun four-way. Spade was the most loved of the four but Slayer was the youngster who earnt the applause. Lee impressed having spent all of 2016 in NJPW. Slayer did a dive onto Lee which allowed Spade to win following the Ace of Spades.
The panel then hyped up the FUSE title match on the main card. Jackal backed Demento, saying he is focused and knows this win on SNW’s biggest show will be his catapult to the top. Parkland agreed, saying he‘s seen him in training. Extreme supported Hart calling him one of the best wrestlers in the world today.
3) Carson Clark vs. Jason Williams: Excellent match, it’s crazy how matches like this are on the pre-show but that just goes to show you how loaded the main card is. These two are two of the best highflyers in the world today and have the experience to carve out a great match. After an insane amount of spots, Clark won with the Swan Dive DDT.
Back with the panel, the three were talking about the Duos title match. Parkland spoke about the many Duos title matches he’s been in but said this may be not just the best Duos title match yet but also the toughest. He said not only is it two fantastic teams facing odd but it is also a ladder match. He put over youngsters Mockingbird saying they both have a bright future. Jackal said he’s fought the AirDevils many times before and said they will be the ones to take the belts. The first ever Duos Champion responded saying it doesn’t matter who wins tonight, he’s proud to see how far the tag division has grown.
4) Cody Rejero vs. Steven Kagemann: Good match, nothing too special, both men just went through the motions. Still a good match to watch. Kagemann hit an insane double stomp to the hunched back of Rejero on the apron. “SNW’s Resident Madman” got the win, hitting the DeathDrive.
The panel were now talking about the Revolution X Civil Warfare match between Revolution Red and Revolution Blue. Super Extreme talks about the early days of RevX and how all they ever wanted was dominance, they got that last year but after the rise came the fall. He said Devine wants this more than anything and it’s his time to lead RevX in a new direction. Jackal advised that it was RevRed that would win because Hammers and Safu created RevX, they were Rev X. Parkland said not to overlook the Joseph brothers being on opposite sides of the ring and Amy Lee facing off with Taliah Winters.
5) El Hijo de Angel Custodio and Jacob Ryler vs. Elite Racing Team [TCW]: Excellent tag match. Fans were all over the team from TCW. Since TCW closed Chase Bryant and ‘Big Rig’ Kevin Craig have changed their name, graduating to become the “Elite Racing Team”. It’s easy to see why, they are so slick as a team and worked excellently. El Hijo played the babyface in peril before a Cyclorama on Bryant led to the hot tag. This wasn’t enough as the ERC won with the German Suplex/Big Boot combo.
In the final panel segment of the pre-show, the trio discussed the main event of the main show, the World title bout. Jackal said Ace’s reign has been all about proving himself, he said he knows what he has to do, this win will prove himself as the very best and he expects him to get the win tonight. Extreme backed Shamrock, saying he’s never seen someone so hungry to win. Parkland said he’s expecting an absolute classic. He called Ace and Riley two of the best in the World and said they’d both give their lives rather than lose. He said it will be very close but went with Riley saying he’s had some disappointments but is on the bounce back.
6) Nick Jacobs vs. Daniel Sinn: The main event of the pre-show was a good technical match between two of SNW’s most experienced. Again, these two are too good to be on the pre-show but put together a good match for the fans. They started off slow and built up to a good finish. Sinn had targeting the arm all match and that came into play in the finish as he slipped out the Jacobs Drop and applied a simple armbar for the finish.
Riot Act X
Live from the FUSE Arena only on the SNW Player
We cannot be sure of having something to live for unless we are willing to die for it
- Che Guevara
Welsh band Pretty Vicious opened the show performing on a structure just to the side of the stage. They performed their hit song “National Plastics”. All the lights in the arena were off and there were plenty of flashing lights adding to the performance.
James Simmons and Drew Parkland welcomed us to a sold out FUSE Arena for SNW’s biggest ever show, Riot Act X. They ran down the card and showed both World Champion and the challenger entering the arena. They were cut off by “Wild Side” by Motley Crew as Evan Pagano came out. Parkland mentioned that he spoke to Pagano before the show and Pagano has asked for his match to go on first, that’s how bad he wants Jack Powers.
1) Evan Pagano vs. Jack Powers: What a way to start the show. These two rivals just went at it from the bell. Straight from the start they just blasted each other with everything they had. After a chock blow, Powers did some excellent work on the left leg of Pagano, impressively he even done Kurt Angle’s old run to the top rope and German Suplex, he followed it up with a leg lock but Pagano got the ropes. Later Pagano went for the SicKick but Powers caught him and locked in a Heel Hook. Pagano rolled out after a few minutes and evaded another leg submission hitting the Calling to get the win.
Commentators put over how much that win would mean to Pagano, as it’s his first singles win since returning to SNW.
Interviewer Katie Turner was backstage with Mike Bockwinkel. Bock run though some of his feuds against the likes of Red Dragon and Nick Jacobs. He said he’s had many enemies and beaten them all inside a SNW ring. Now he looks to do the same to Justin Tyger. A man who has used the popularity he received in Bock’s own promotion TCW to angle himself a title match. Bock said he’d end Tyger and send him packing to Japan.
2) Parkland Bros (Duke and Axel Parkland) vs. Coast to Coast (Donnie East and Chris West) [TCW] vs. Ash and Mac Cox [NGW]: Excellent fast paced three way action. All three teams got good reactions but the team from NGW really won over the crowd. East and West were their usual selves, they are one of the best tag teams in the world and have been for quite a few years. The Parklands are not there yet but can always pull out a good performance. It came down to SNW and TCW and it was C2C who got the win with the Red Eye Flight.
Jet Jaguar was shown talking to El Hijo, Ken Slayer and the Parkland Bros. They were joking around when Mike Hogan and Noah Lee showed up. Hogan said that Jaguar better be focused because he wants him to bring his A-game tonight. Hogan said there’s only one joker in SNW and that’s the “Joker in the Pack” Mike Hogan.
A short clip was shown of Women’s Champion Keeley Matthews warming up backstage with a team, hitting strike pads and the like. Wasp was then shown with a towel over her head, she then stood up and put her gloves on leaving the locker room.
3) WOM: Keeley Matthews [TCW] vs. Wasp: Keeley made her entrance with an entourage of TCW women flanking her, adding to the MMA feel of the bout. The commentators did a good job of telling the story of the previous two matches between these two where Keeley went full MMA and rocked Wasp, then in the second match Wasp got in some offence but still fell to Keeley’s MMA offence. However, in this third match Wasp showed that she has learnt from her previous losses and from the bell came out swinging. Keeley was taken back at first, literally, she was dumped on her back as Wasp had the mount. The two reset and threw a few hands with Keeley connecting with a big right, Keeley went for a submission but Wasp managed to get to the ropes. Back to their feet it was Wasp’s turn after ducking a right and connecting with her own, she then threw the champ to the ground in a modified spinebuster and locked in an armbar. The ropes caused the break and the match continued. Keeley kept trying for the Key Lock but Wasp had is scouted. The challenger even managed to hit the Buckle Bomb powering out on an armbar, she took a second to reset herself then hit the Deadly Sting to win the belt back for SNW!
A video package played hyping up Justin ‘Soulfire’ Tyger it was intercut with comments from him saying how much he wants to compete in SNW against the best wrestlers in the world. He mentioned Bock saying how an ‘ugly head from my past’ has come back and he intends to put this to bed tonight.
4) Mike Bockwinkel vs. Justin Tyger [TCW]: A complete change of pace. These two slowed the pace and exchanged holds and locks, until Bock slapped Tyger. ‘Soulfire’ got his revenge, tying the former SNW World Champion in knots eventually locking in a Mexican Surfboard. Bock managed to get the floor and recuperate. Back in the ring, Bock took control with some good armwork but a short arm lariat from Tyger turned the tides. However, it was clear the smart submission work by Bock was effective. Bock used an arm wringer and followed that up with a body slam with the arm pinned behind the back to take control. Bockwinkel was in full control as he worked over the arm. Bock saw the match was his for the taking and went for the Bockwinkel Special but Tyger reversed it into a Northern Lights Bomb for a close count. Tyger roared back into life with his usual offence until Bock ducked a first Lariat and countered the second with a lungblower to the arm. Tyger kicked out and Bock immediately locked in an armbar. With the crowd behind him, Tyger got to his feet and went for another Northern Lights Bomb. Bock got the knee the midsection and went for the Bockwinkel Special: Championship Special but Tyger slipped over the top, hit the ropes and hit a boneshattering Lariat for the win.
Katie Foster was standing backstage with the “Joker in the Pack” Mike Hogan and Noah Lee. Hogan cut a great promo speaking about his experiences in Japan and his subsequent return to SNW. He says he got close to winning Be the Best this year and headlining tonight’s show but lost in the finals. He said that wasn’t his fault but was the fault of his opponent tonight, Jet Jaguar. Hogan faced Jag in the semi-finals earlier on the same night and Hogan said Jag’s desire not to stay down for the three count cost him the win later on in the night. Hogan said he will make the masked warrior pay and continue his quest to become SNW World Champion once again.
5) Mike Hogan vs. Jet Jaguar: This was a rematch of their Be the Best Semi Final bout where Hogan came out on top. That match opened the show and had a fast pace, this followed the same formula with great spots including Jag hitting a pele counter to Hogan’s attempted springboard, then followed it up with a dive to the floor. Hogan got back into the bout hitting his signature springboard elbow for a near fall. He also went to finish the match with the Futurism only for JJ to counter with a reverse rana. Hogan, the former SNW World Champion, used his experience to get back into the match but the young lion JJ showed plenty of fighting spirit to get near falls even hitting the TTM for a very close count. “The Joker in the Pack” Hogan had to pull out the Time Warp to seal the match but JJ once again won a lot of fans with his performance.
Intermission. A video package of Riley Shamrock played highlighting his time in SNW, the video had comments from Riley, his family and his colleagues including Drew Parkland and Red Dragon. Back in the arena Pretty Vicious performed their hit “It’s Always There”
6) FUSE: Kevin Hart vs. Dave Demento: This was the third match these two have had this year but this was much better than the previous two. It played off the last two meeting between the Canadians: in the first match Demento outsmarted Hart, while in the second Demento got cocky and Hart took advantage. This time out Hart was wary of Demento outsmarting him while Demento stayed focused. They did some chain wrestling to start before Demento blasted Hart with an elbow to take control and slow the pace. Hart worked back into it, hitting a Superkick to send Demento to the outside and followed it up with a Frosbee Flop to the floor. Demento took back control sending Hart back first into the ring post. Hart held the back of his head and like a shark smelling blood, Demento attacked. He kicked Hart’s head against the barricade then rolled him back inside for a close count. Demento then lined up for the F***tard. He missed and ate a Superkick. Hart went to the top and hit the 450 but the “Social Misfit” kicked out. That was the move that did it last time. “Calgary’s Own” lifted Demento and went for the Maple Leaf Special but got caught in a Half Nelson Backbreaker that Demento calls Breaking Bad. Demento went for another F***tard but Hart caught the running punt and locked in the Sharpshooter. Demento crawled to the ropes then Hart pulled him back in the middle. Everyone thought it was it until Demento rolled it into a pinfall. Hart kicked out and lifted Demento in the Small Package Driver for the Maple Leaf Revenge but Demento kicked out! Hart couldn’t believe it and neither could the fans. Hart called for the end lifting Demento for the Calgary Special but Demento powered Hart to his shoulders for a GTS but spinned him on impact so that he kicked the back of Hart’s head. Demento backed into the corner and then charged at the kneeing Hart, hitting the F***tard and getting the three count!
Dave Demento becomes the 17th SNW FUSE Champion and he has done it by beating one of the SNW’s bests in an instant classic. Fans were on their feet applauding the efforts of both men. After a brief celebration, fatigue set in and Demento fell to his knees. At 24, Demento has a bright future ahead of him in SNW and a win over Hart on the biggest ever SNW event shows that the management has faith in him. Referee’s and staff were concerned with Hart post-match but it’s likely nothing serious just him selling the kick to the head.
A video package played showing the making on the AirDevils from the very beginning as the American Airforce into todays trio. It then cut to the very cocky team of Mockingbird and showed their dominant six month reign, it ended with the scene from Be the Best when the two teams faced off but MBirds cheated to win.
7) DUOS: Ladder match: Mockingbird vs. AirDevils: These two highflyers had a tough act to follow, but when Elliot Reid and Dean Caufield squared up to Tom Gerard and Travis Cantrell, all was temporarily forgotten. These four put on an absolute show. It will undoubtedly be likened to the original TLC match as these guys shortened their careers with in this epic bout. There was some absolute insane spots including a SSP from Cantrell off the ladder on onto all below on the floor, the Sky High with a Ladder assist and the Death from Above from a ladder onto another ladder. There was a spot from Reid which is bound to appear on every SNW highlight package, he was kicked off the ladder, landed onto the top rope and hit a springboard 450 to the floor, insane. Gerard also hit a Death Valley Driver from the apron onto a ladder draped across the corner. The match was just spot after spot. After such an excellent technical match this was a perfect contrast. Cantrell did the spot where he held onto the title cable and the ladder was removed beneath him. Reid then springboarded in with a dropkick, flipping Cantell and landing hard on his neck. A ladder structure was built in the ring for the finish. All four men battled up top. Reid was knocked off again, landed on the ropes, then jumped back on the structure. Cantrell and Caufield took each other out, Cantrell jumping at Caufield in a crossbody over the top of the ladder. That left Gerard and Reid to battle it out. They duked it out on top of the structure before both men got hands on the belt. They came lose and both men landed punches that sent both men onto the ladder structure then bouncing onto the floor. One member of each team has a belt, so which teams has won?
The ring looked like a warfield. All four men stayed down, medics and staff came out to attend to the four while Referee Enzo Stile ran backstage. He then came back after running to the senior referee Nicky Hendandez who then consulted with the ring announcer. The announcement was made, winner and new SNW Duos Champions, Tom Gerard and… Elliot Reid? That’s one member of each team! The wrestlers began to sit up and the belts were handed to Gerard and Reid. Both teams complained but they couldn’t complain and fight as both teams were dead on their feet.
Intermission. A video package then played highlighting Revolution X, from its inception on the very first show, through its many different forms. Meanwhile, those in attendance was treated to the final live performance from Pretty Vicious. The Welsh band played their biggest hit the “Cave Song”.
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RULES OF WARFARE
A cage surrounds the ring
Two men start the match in the ring
Every 3 minutes a new member enters the cage
Anyone can be eliminated at any time via pinfall or submission
The match will continue until all of one team has been eliminated
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8) Warfare: Revolution Red (Chris Hammers, Safu, Jack Joseph and Taliah Winters) vs. Revolution Blue (Jordan Devine, LyNN, Matt Joseph and Amy Lee): Surprisingly Captains Hammers and Devine started off and just unloaded on each other with stiff strikes. Safu was next out for RevRed. He alongside Hammers beat down Devine busting him open. RevBlue then sent out LyNN. He started off well but with Devine already beaten, the numbers soon got the better of him. Taliah Winters was next out, she didn’t need to do much just direct Safu and Hammers to continue to beat down the Devine and LyNN who was also bloodied. RevBlue then sent out Matt Joseph. He brought his quick pace to the bout, hitting springboards and a cage assisted moonsault. However, the last RevRed member, his brother then entered. The brothers then beat the hell out of one another, it was very even and included Jack wall running up the cage, he was in control until Safu attacked Matt from behind, leading to a Samoan Drop Pele which caused the first elimination. MATT JOSEPH ELIMINATED. Hammers then wanted rid of LyNN so he instructed Safu to hold him and Jack to splash on him from the top rope. Only when Jack got the top rope, he decided to go higher to the top of the cage. The last person made their way out RevBlue’s Amy Lee. Then in a shock move, she started climbing the cage. She met Jack at the top and slapped him! She tried again but Jack caught the hand and placed her on his shoulders, he was going to throw her off! But Amy raked the eyes and sent Jack flying off the cage onto Safu and Hammers below! Then Amy stood up top, she waited for Safu, Hammers and Jack to stumble to their feet then she hit a huge crossbody from the top! The two women then went at it. Amy hit a cage assisted Downward Spiral. TALIAH WINTERS ELIMINATED. Safu didn’t have any trouble attacking his former stablemate. Grabbing Amy by the hair and hitting a Samoan Drop. AMY LEE ELIMINATED. LyNN then came out fighting despite his crimson mask. He took Safu down then hit a Chaos Theory on Jack. JACK JOSEPH ELIMINATED (2-2). However, the pattern continued as the eliminator was then eliminated, Hammers caught LyNN with a Lariat. LYNN ELIMINATED (2-1)…
Devine now had a tough task, he had virtually been out of the match since the second man entered for RevRed. Now covered in his own blood he had to fight off both Hammers and Safu. He pulled himself up in the corner as Safu and Hammers laughed. But Jord found the fighting spirit from somewhere. He struck at both Hammers and Safu, even avoiding a Lariat sending Hammers into Safu. He then worked over Hammers busting him open in the process. The remaining member of RevBlue then set Hammers up top for a superplex but Safu interjected and caused a tower of doom from the top! Devine then got close call hitting the Devinity on Safu but Hammers broke it up. Devine then hit the Last Minute Orders (Hammers’ own move) on Hammers but Safu broke it up. Devine got off the shoulders of a Samoan Drop attempt to hit a short arm lariat, Devinity and LMO. SAFU ELIMINATED (1-1). Even though these were the first two men in the ring, everyone knew it would come down to this. For the right to be called Revolution X it was Hammers versus Devine. Both men were covered in their own blood and both were tired from the match. They couldn’t even get to their feet so they traded shots on their knees. Once on their feet Hammers hit a lariat but Devine shook it off and hit his own, Hammers did the same then ducked the next looking for the LMO. Devine elbowed out of it but Hammers pulled him back in for the LMO. Hammers didn’t go for the pin, instead climbed up top looking for the diving senton he only brings out on rare occasions. But Devine was back up to his feet and battled Hammers on the top rope. They teased a LMO off the top and a Devinity. Hammers ducked a Lariat and caught Devine in the LMO ready to thrown him off the top rope. However, Devine held on the cage. Still locked ready for the LMO Hammers sent Devine’s face into the cage numerous times, Devine’s grip of the cage failed and Hammers drove off the top with the LMO. Both men lay bloodied and exhausted. But Hammers crawled over Devine to get the win. REVOLUTION RED WINS (1-0)
Intermission. The final intermission then took place. For the fans watching on iPPV, they were treated to a video package of SNW World Champion Ace Bennett. The package had clips from the likes of Matt Spade, Austin Aries and older clips from a sit down interview with former SNW competitor Henry Edwards.
A video package then played highlighting the careers of Ace Bennett and Riley Shamrock to the song “Bloodstream” by Ed Sheeran. Then we cut back to the arena where there was black out. The stage then lit up gold. There was a large pyramid to the right of the entrance and a sphinx on the left. Men dressed as Egyptian Gods then came out. Then men dressed as slaves carried a Sarcophagus. They placed it upright and exited. Then a small group of women dressed in traditional Egyptian clothes surrounded it and moved the front of the casket to reveal Ace Bennett dressed as a Pharaoh. “Ace of Spades” then began to play as Ace walked to the ring with the women accompanying him. He posed in the ring and as the music stopped the fans were already chanting “This is Awesome”. There was a slight pause then as the crew cleared the stage for the next entrance. The arena went black again, all that was heard was an Country accent, like a wise old cowboy who told a story called the “Prophecy of the Gunslinger”. The lights then came back on with “Knights of Cydonia” playing, Riley came out on the stage riding on a horse. He left the horse at the entrance and came down to the ring. The ring announcer did the full championship introductions and the crowd were red hot, they knew they were in for something special. They were still chanting “This is Awesome” and the match had not even begun.
9) SNW: Ace Bennett vs. Riley Shamrock: Both men took a few minutes to let the atmosphere sink in. Ace then motioned for Riley to focus on him not the crowd. Then the two locked up, they traded some holds with Ace controlling early on. Ace just kept finding counters to Riley’s holds. Shamrock is no slouch when it comes to technical wrestling but Ace looked like he had everything scouted and was truly living up to his “Best in the Word” mantle. The “Gunslinger” knew he had to change the tides and did by stopping trying to reverse a hold and instead just strike Ace. Ace released and there was an interesting exchange where Ace kept wanting to lock up and go technical but Riley would just blast him with strikes. They paused for a moment after a particularly stiff kick to the chest sent Ace to the ground and looked around as the crowd had duelling chants “Let’s go Bennett”, “Let’s go Riley”. Ace found a submission after Riley went for the Mui Tai knees and Ace pulled the legs from underneath him and locked in the Sharpshooter, a nod possibly to his old rival Kevin Hart who lost the FUSE title earlier tonight. Riley got the ropes but Ace remained in control, keeping his focus on the left leg of Riley, even going to the outside wrapping Riley’s legs around the ringpost and locking in a Figure Four. He came back in over the top only to stomp on Riley’s legs. The commentators said this shows how much the title and the occasion means to Ace, he’s showing no remorse. Riley tried to battle back with a kick but the damage already done to the legs was already showing. The Champion caught one of these kicks and hit a dragon screw into a Funk spinning toe-hold. Riley got the ropes but Ace called for the end, he retreated to the corner and lined up for the Busaiku Knee but Riley turned it into the Irish Welcoming II (Blue Thunder Bomb). Ace kicked out and rolled to the apron holding his neck, the champion followed but was met by a jumping enziguri. Ace went for a springboard but another jumping enziguri this time from Shamrock sent Ace crashing back onto the apron. Riley followed and they teased an apron spot before Ace hit a brainbuster on the apron. He rolled back inside and hit a Suicide Dive. He went to send the former RevX member into the barricade but Riley reversed it, then hit a rolling senton off the apron. Back in the ring he hit the Irish Welcoming but Ace powered out at 2. Riley couldn’t believe it, he tried again only for Ace to hit a reverse rana and follow it up with a Busaiku Knee for his own near fall. Ace then went back to the leg with a one leg Boston crab but Riley used his good leg to boot Ace in the face to get out of it.
The two got to their feet and in the spot which has become commonplace in every big SNW match, they traded shots. Both men’s strikes were cheered and although both men were clearly exhausted, every shot was still brutal. Riley fought the fighting spirit, even with a bad leg, his series of strikes sent Ace into the ropes then he sent him into the ropes and rebounded with a Famine Driver. Ace kicked out but Riley quickly locked in the Ode to Shamrock. Riley even locked in the legs. Ace tried every way out, reversing into a pin and getting to the ropes only for Riley to keep the hold on. Ace slowly found his way to his feet, with Riley on his back he threw himself back first into the turnbuckle but Riley was still holding on. The champ then ran at the opposing turnbuckle, jumped to the middle ropes and fell backwards onto Riley. “The Gunslinger” released the hold. The two men got to their feet but Ace played on his leg work earlier with a chock block to the leg. Ace rolled to the apron and managed to hit a sick springboard 450 reminiscent of AJ Styles winning the TNA title. But Riley kicked out to keep his hopes alive of winning the title. Riley fought back with a series of strikes but the challenger ducked a KO kick and hit the HE Driver, another nod to a rival, Henry Edwards. However, Riley powered the arm up to keep himself in the match. Sensing the end, Ace put Riley up top and hit the Syracuse Drop! But the challenger kicked out. Ace went for the Syracuse Lock but Riley clung onto the ropes. Ace stomped away and lifted Riley. He sent him into the ropes but Riley rebounded with a Chris Hammers style Lariat and followed that up with Jordan Devine’s Devinity, an obvious nod to his past in RevX. Ace kicked out and Riley hit the Irish Welcoming. Another kickout! Riley couldn’t believe it. He placed Ace up top but the first ever Triple Crown champion battled back and went for another Syracuse Drop in the same way as he had won many matches. Riley held on as Ace threw himself back. He pulled Ace back to his shoulders, threw a few punches then tentatively stood on the middle rope, his leg gave way but he tried again and then stood on the top rope with Ace on his shoulders. He then threw himself and Ace backwards converting the move in mid-air into a falling cutter hitting an Irish Welcoming from the top rope. Riley crawled over, making the pin and getting the historic win.
Standing ovation post-match as both men lay out exhausted. Riley was first up although he kept falling due to his bad leg. He was handed the SNW World Championship and fell to his knees in celebration. He had his hand raised as Ace sat up in the corner. Riley limped over and offered to help him up. Ace accepted and Riley raised his hand and asked the crowd to give him their applause. Ace then told Riley that it was his time and he deserves it. He placed the title around Riley’s waist. Ace then left to allow Riley to have his time. Ace was met at the top of the ramp by his sister Alicia and Matt Spade. He hugged them, looked back at the new champ and went backstage. Meanwhile, Riley rolled to the outside and celebrated with his family in the front row including his father and grandfather. He circled the ring and jumped into the crowd to celebrate with the fans while the iPPV feed showed some of the many highlights of the night. When the iPPV feed came back, Riley was back in the ring and the SNW roster and staff gathered on the entrance. Riley went up to join then. All the staff and wrestlers including Red Dragon clapped thanking the audience as the iPPV feed went off. |
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Post by Mike Bockwinkel on Jan 18, 2016 9:25:47 GMT -5
Shouldn't there be an X in the Riot Act logo?
Nice win in the three team match.
That entrance for Keeley sounded neat.
The header for the Bock/Tyger match isn't bolded.
Nearly passed it up.
Demento with the big win, Big things for him to come.
That finish of the ladder match is something I had thought of before, interesting to see how this plays out.
The header for Warfare isn't bolded either. You lnow, I kind of wish Lynn and Safu were bigger stars in this. Future world champions, IMO.
That Ace/Riley match is going to be in the Top 25 soon. Cool mutual respect ending.
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Post by Red Dragon on Jan 23, 2016 6:44:17 GMT -5
SNW News - July 2017
Riot Act X was as expected, the biggest show in SNW history. Many are calling it the best SNW show in their nine year history. Many of the matches will no doubt enter into the top 25 matches list and for the first time ever all four titles changed hands. Following the event, quite a list of workers have left the company some temporarily, some permanently:
Jordan Devine and Amy Lee – After losing the right to be called Revolution X. Devine and Lee will take some well-deserved time away from SNW. The main reason for their absence is they plan to get married later this year. Jord has also been booked for a future NOAH tour and some dates in the UK. They are expected to return in early next year.
Matt Joseph - The brother of Jack Joseph has left SNW for a second time, this time possibly for good. He left SNW a few years ago before returning to team with his brother. It seems like he has no desire to wrestle unless it is alongside his brother. With Jack now a member of Revolution X, SNW has no plans for Matt. Jack and Matt run a local promotion in California and Matt will continue to do so.
El Hijo de Angel Custodio - SNW’s lucha libre representative will return to his home on loan and battle in CMLL. SNW are hoping this short loan will kick start the masked man’s career. At 25 years old, El Hijo will be wanting for something to happen soon. He will return to SNW later this year.
Jack Powers – The New York Native has been working with a small injury all year and will take some time off to recover and get back to 100%. He is expected to be back before the end of the year.
In other injury news, Cain Jackal remains on the shelf. He was close to returning to in ring action and had been training to make his in ring return at the SNW academy. However, after a training session Jackal re-injured himself and will have to take the rest of the year off to recover, rehab and get back in shape for the new year. Everyone here wishes Jackal a quick and safe recovery.
Baby J Jamerson and Joseph Stone are getting rave reviews in NJPW in their foreign exclusion. Joseph's father Cameron Stone set up the exclusion and spent the first few months with his son and Baby J acting as a manager. The two have challenged unsuccessfully for the IWGP Jr heavyweight championships on a few occasions. The two also competed as singles competitors in the Best of Super Juniors with Baby J in particular impressing. The two will look to continue to make an impact and will set their sights on the Super Juniors Tag Tournament later this year. They will return to SNW in 2018.
In other news (or should we say rumours) former three-time SNW World Champion Henry Edwards contact with the WWE is coming up for renewal in less than six months. Edwards has enjoyed success in WWE, firstly in NXT teaming alongside Neville and then on the main roster where he captured his first singles gold, the US title last year. He hasn’t had much success this year, mainly competing on Main Event ad Superstars. It is expected that Edwards will re-sign but we will keep an eye on the situation. |
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Post by Cameron Stone on Jan 24, 2016 2:31:06 GMT -5
Riot Act was great. Always nice to see such a big main event and someone new look like a star.
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Post by Red Dragon on Jan 31, 2016 7:36:56 GMT -5
Synergy Issue 20
4th Anniversary Special
Synergy Champion, Jet Jagur opened the show. He spoke out his title match with Duke Parkland later tonight and called him out so he could shake his hand. Instead, Dave Demento showed up. He said he should be challenging for the title tonight and if Jag was a real man not just “a man who always thinks it’s always Halloween” then he’d face him not Duke. Duke then made his entrance. He said he’s always up for a fight, so if Jag wants to then “why not make this ‘ere Main Event a three way?” Jag agreed. Demento left, happy at getting his title shot. Jag and Duke shook hands.
1) Cody Rejero and Baz Hepburn vs. Liam Hendrick and Simon Glockerburg: Fans loved Cody and Baz, the team known in SNW as “Your Mom” are so fun to watch. They put on a good comedy bout with the young students. Hendrick and Glock are improving, they work a decent heel team. But the youngsters still fell to a Bazuka and a Pepsi Driver.
Baz and Cody then danced and invited some younger members of the crowd into the ring. In an impromptu tag match Baz got pinned by a five year old. Cody wasn’t happy that they lost to a five year old.
2) Gertrude Von Grimm vs. Mary Mayfield: These were two new girls who have just come from the Academy. Grimm is from Germany with quite a physical style. Mayfield is just a happy-go-lucky girl and took most of the offence. However, Mayfield got some offence in and nearly won with a roll-up. However, a Death Valley Driver gave Grimm the win.
3) Jacob Ryler and Tatu vs. Zakk Static and Justin Allusion: Ryler got on the mic before the match to announce his partner, it was Johnny Faosiliva renamed Tatu. This match was kept short. Ryler and Zakk started. Zakk then used the eyerake to gain control. Zakk and Allusion worked over Ryler before Ryler made the hot tag to Tatu. Tatu came in, hit a few lariats, a spinebuster, then another lariat to Zakk over the top rope. Allusion tried a crossbody, Tatu caught him and hit him with a Powerbomb. He then sent Allusion into the ropes for a Pop-up Samoan Drop.
Drew Parkland made his way out and thanked the crowd for coming out. He spoke of how proud he is of the promotion before being cut off by Elliot Reid and Dean Caufield of Mockingbird. They mocked Drew before he called them “yellow-belly-chicken-skinned-losers”. Mockingbird took offence to this and beat down Drew. His old partner Daniel Sinn made the save chasing them away. Drew then challenged them to a tag match tonight, re-uniting the New Age Lady Killers.
4) Nick Jacobs vs. Ken Slayer: It was great to see Nick work a Synergy show. He has lots of experience and can teach some of the younger guys plenty. He had a good technical bout with Slayer, who is getting great experience working in Synergy. Slayer nearly got the win on a few occasions but fell to the Jacobs Drop. Handshake post-match and Jacobs raised Slayer's arm.
5) Mike Hogan and Noah Lee vs. Parkland Bros: Another experienced talent showed up on Synergy to help train the youngsters. Former SNW World Champion, Mike Hogan teamed with the young man he has taken under his wing in the past year. They make a good team and were a tough challenge for Axel and Rex. Rex is still green but played the underdog well. Despite a comeback, Hogan and Noah won when Lee hit a Spinebuster.
Intermission. The Parkland’s stayed out at the break, they are always extremely popular in their home promotion.
6) New Age Lady Killers vs. Mockingbird: It was great to see the greatest tag team in SNW re-unite, it’s always the highlight of any Synergy show they team on. These teams have met before on Synergy but Mockingbird have grown so much since then. Drew and Sinn took control early on, even battling Reid into the crowd. But some underhand tactics gave Reid and Caufield control. The hot tag was made to Drew who came in well even hitting the KFC on Caufield. This was broken up and the MBird went for the Death from Above. Sinn stopped this and crotched Reid. He hit him with a Superplex then the NALK hit the Pin Pointer for the win.
7) SYN: Jet Jaguar vs. Dave Demento vs. Duke Parkland: Fans were split between Jag and Duke and they hated Demento. At 23, 24 and 22 respectively, all three of these men have a bright future ahead of them. They did some innovative moves to start including all three men before DD exited and allowed JJ and Duke to go at it. They did some good exchanges before Demento ran in and tried to score with a roll-up. Jag and Duke then teamed up on Demento and took him out with some double team offence. Duke and the champ went back at it with Duke reversing the TTM into a KFC. The fans were on their feet to crown one of their own the new champion but Demento broke it up. Demento then beat down Jaguar scoring a near fall with the Breaking Bad. Demento missing the running punt kick and Jag hit a jumping knee strike. He went up top but Demento got the knees up to a frog slash and then he hit the Punt kick. However Duke broke it up. Duke then placed Jag up top and Demento then joined in. Demento fell, then Jag kicked Duke down. JJ then hit the frog splash onto both men. Duke rolled to the outside which allowed Jag space to hit the TTM on Demento to retain. |
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Post by Red Dragon on Jan 31, 2016 7:58:37 GMT -5
Alt:Pro Junior Championship Tournament Bracket AnnouncedAt the last show, Alt:Pro announced that they would be adding a Junior championship to their promotion. The challengers have now been announced which will take place at their next show. There will be three triple threat matches with the winner advancing to the final. Here are the matches: Vincent Valintino vs. Pablo 'Speedy' Gonzalez vs. Kyo Ichiban
Arthur Williams vs. DJ Hughes vs. Winston Knight
Dane Warron vs. Max Blaze vs. Antonio BenitezEach three way has a favourite, Valentino, Williams and Warron are all favourites to advance and Alt:Pro would be stupid not to capitalise on the crowd support and talent of Warron by giving him the title. Although, their booking of him has been questionable so far. Kyo Ichiban and Winston Knight only debuted on the last show so they could cause an upset with a win. Aside from DJ Hughes the remaining men are all tag competitors. While Benitez and Blaze bring experience, young Pablo could cause an upset. |
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Post by Mike Bockwinkel on Feb 1, 2016 23:38:01 GMT -5
GERTRUDE!
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