NWA-UK
Hammerlock BACK 2 SCHOOL
Hallam FM Arena, Sheffield
Your commentary team is Chris Freeman and Adam Wheeler
(NWA-UK Hammerlock Back 2 School began with an awesome video package featuring
build-up to tonight's top matches. The scene then opened inside the jam-packed
Hallam FM Arena, where the official Back 2 School theme song, "I Predict A Riot"
by the Kaiser Chiefs, was pumping over the P.A. system. Chris Freeman and Adam
Wheeler were ready and waiting at the commentary booth.)
Chris Freeman: Welcome everyone to the Hallam FM Arena in Sheffield! This is
NWA-UK Hammerlock, the hottest promotion in the United Kingdom today and
tonight, we are going BACK...TO...SCHOOL!!!
(The camera pans around the screaming fans.)
CF: I'm Chris Freeman, joined tonight as ever by Adam Wheeler and in our main
event this evening we will witness the third and final chapter in the saga
between Jason Prentice and The Punisher as they clash for the NWA-UK Hammerlock
Heavyweight Title in a match that will have no time limit!!
Adam Wheeler: It may well be the third time these two men have met, but the
outcome will once again will be the same - The Punisher is going home
empty-handed!
CF: Also this evening the bitter war between Byson and "Shotgun" Steve Bailey
will finally come to an end as they do battle in a I Quit Match where the loser
must leave Hammerlock forever!
AW: The stakes are high in that one, there's no doubt about that! One of those
men won't just be quitting Hammerlock when they utter those words, they'll be
quitting the company as well!
CF: You will also see Bryan Campbell defend the TV Title against Devon Ferrari,
the Tag Team Titles are up for grabs in a ladder match...
AW: And I have a huge surprise for everybody here tonight!!
CF: Really? What is it?!
AW: It wouldn't be a surprise if I told you, now would it Freeman?
("Smack My Bitch Up" by Prodigy hit and out came Hiro Kakuhari to a chorus of
boos.)
CF: Well, let's get straight to the action and here comes the dangerous
Japanese superstar Hiro Kakuhari, ready for the opening contest of Back 2 School
which is a Four Corners Elimination Match. The other competitors are Ian Powers,
Jawaid Kaleeq and Muerte de Antedicho, so Adam you have to think this bout will
have a huge bearing on the TV Title rankings system.
AW: Absolutely, Freeman. As it stands right now, Jawaid Kaleeq is the number one
contender and Kakuhari and Antedicho occupy the three and four positions in the
rankings respectively. Ian Powers is looking to earn another title shot as well,
so a victory would be priceless to any one of these four men.
CF: Kaleeq has been on quite an impressive run of form lately, so I would think
that would make him the favourite.
AW: Freeman, I doubt that you can have a favourite because this is such a
dangerous type of match in that you have to watch your back at all times, so the
formbook goes out the window.
CF: This one could potentially steal the show. Let's go to the ring.
Match highlights:
Jawaid Kaleeq opened up on Ian Powers with a spinning back suplex, a
tilt-a-whirl backbreaker and a flying elbowsmash. Powers hit Muerte de Antedicho
with a lariat for two. Antedicho tied Powers up in a bow-and-arrow dragon
sleeper, but Powers came back with an exploder suplex. Kaleeq blasted Hiro
Kakuhari with a tiger driver on the floor. Powers amazingly kicked out of
Kakuhari's Thunder Wave. Kaleeq pasted Antedicho with forearms and connected
with a German suplex. Kaleeq wouldn't lay down for Antedicho's Asai moonsault
and top-rope Frankensteiner. Kaleeq went for an elbow suicida on the Spaniard
but he missed and hit the guardrail with a sickening thud. Jawaid Kaleeq
appeared to be out cold. Antedicho rolled him back into the ring and while
Kaleeq attempted to work out where he was, Antedicho drilled him with a flying
spinning leg lariat to eliminate him.
Paramedics helped the groggy Kaleeq to the back while the bout continued. Muerte
de Antedicho missed a springboard dropkick on Hiro Kakuhari and the Japanese
superstar made the cover for two. Ian Powers nailed the Spaniard with a flying
elbowdrop for a near fall. Kakuhari earned a couple of two counts on Powers with
a spinning leg lariat and a Northern lights suplex. Powers returned fire with a
choke slam. Kakuhari planted Powers with a swinging DDT and then Powers used a
fallaway slam. Antedicho got a two count with a moonsault from the middle
turnbuckle on Powers. Powers Tombstoned Antedicho. Antedicho went for some sort
of wheelbarrow manoeuvre, but Powers countered with a Victory roll for two.
Powers tried to hit a flapjack but Antedicho used a sunset flip for a near fall.
Powers powerslammed Antedicho and hooked the tights, but only got a two count.
Antedicho backdropped Powers out of the ring and then blasted him with an
amazing tope! Kakuhari side-stepped Powers' spear and executed the Rising Star
Suplex, but the conniving Leilani put her man's foot on the rope. Powers spiked
Kakuhari with a double arm DDT and locked on the Hammer Jammer, but Kakuhari
made the ropes and forced a break. Kakahari came back with a figure-four on
Powers but Antedicho bizarrely broke the hold. Kakuhari misted Powers and
cracked him in the head with a thrust kick. Kakuhari then applied a Fujiwara
armbar for the tap out.
It was down to Hiro Kakuhari and Muerte de Antedicho. Kakuhari kicked out of a
German suplex. Kakuhari went for the Rising Star Suplex but Antedicho countered
with a small package for two. Antedicho hit a spinebuster bomb and followed up
with a springboard spinning leg lariat. Antedicho scored with a moonsault and
Kakuhari escaped at two and a half! Antedicho executed the Antedicho Driver, but
Kakuhari ended up too close to the ropes. Kakuhari nailed Antedicho with a
handspring elbow in the corner. Kakuhari then kicked the Spaniard in the head
and hit the Rising Star Suplex to draw an end to this epic opening contest!
Four Corners Match:
Hiro Kakuhari defeated Ian Powers, Jawaid Kaleeq and Muerte de Antedicho:
x Antedicho beat Kaleeq via a flying spinning leg lariat in 0:09:54
x Kakuhari beat I. Powers via a Fujiwara armbar in 0:28:31
x Kakuhari beat Antedicho via the Rising Star Suplex in 0:34:03
Rating: ****
[Leilani interfered against Hiro Kakuhari.]
CF: It's Hiro Kakuhari who survives this gruelling contest!
AW: What a superb performance by the former Heavyweight Champion. And just like
two weeks ago, Kakuhari pins Antedicho with the Rising Star Suplex.
CF: Kakuhari is out to rebuild his reputation in Hammerlock, there's no doubt
about that.
(Footage played of the recent developments between Kontraband and Mystikal,
which all stem from Mystikal's jealousy of the accolades that are continually
bestowed on Kontraband.)
CF: What's your take on this match-up, Adam? Is Mystikal really jealous of
Kontraband?
AW: You know Freeman, I'm not really a fan of this high-flying, risk taking
style of wrestling that both these men thrive at. Don't get me wrong, they are
both exceptional at it. But I agree with Mystikal that everyone is blowing smoke
up Kontraband's ass like he's the second coming. Mystikal has done a lot more
than Kontraband in Hammerlock - he nearly took the TV Title from Bryan Campbell
at Heatwave and represented Wales in the Tag Team World Cup.
CF: But can Mystikal actually defeat Kontraband? We're about to find out.
Somebody better warn air traffic control at Robin Hood Airport, this one's gonna
be spectacular!!
Match highlights:
Kontraband scored a quick two count with an Asai moonsault. Mystikal picked up a
near fall of his own with a standing moonsault. The Welsh rapper hit a slingshot
somersault splash and a top-rope Frankensteiner for two. Two more close falls
followed for Mystikal with a springboard moonsault and a Frankensteiner. This
contest was loaded with near falls in the first two minutes! Mystikal executed a
spinning backbreaker but missed a follow-up Asai moonsault. Kontraband seized
the advantage with a springboard somersault splash and a springboard rana.
Kontraband brought a chair into the ring and scored with a elbow off it.
Kontraband DDTed Mystikal and sent him to the floor with a missile dropkick.
Kontraband dived onto Mystikal with a tope con hilo. Mystikal power bombed
Kontraband on the ringside floor, foiling his rana attempt. Mystikal then hit
Kontraband with a jaw-dropping super quebrada! Mystikal got a near fall with a
Frankensteiner from the top rope. Mystikal went for a twisting moonsault, but
Kontraband got his knees up! Kontraband clotheslined Mystikal and then used an
enzuigiri and a powerslam for two. However, Mystikal then struck Kontraband with
a low blow which drew boos from the crowd. Mystikal executed the Self Suicide
and covered, but Kontraband got his foot on the ropes to the joy of the crowd!
Mystikal got into a heated argument with referee Andrew Butler and then turned
right into a spinning leg lariat! Kontraband then scored the win with the Kontra
Kode.
Kontraband pinned Mystikal with the Kontra Kode in 0:11:50.
Rating: **** 1/4
CF: Kontraband is victorious, but I'm surprised at some of Mystikal's tactics
in that bout. They were questionable to say the least. I've never seen that from
him before.
AW: You have to do whatever it takes to be successful here in Hammerlock. And a
cheap shot here? A low blow there? I kinda like it.
CF: You would.
(Kontraband offers a handshake after the match, but Mystikal swats it away and
stomps to the back.)
CF: What is that about?! Can't Mystikal accept that the better man won
tonight? That's what this match was all about after all.
AW: Maybe Mystikal disagrees with your assessment of the contest, Freeman. You
don't win friends with handshakes.
(A video package documenting the feud between La Cosa Nostra and The New Young
Lions over the NWA-UK Hammerlock Tag Team Titles played. Brandon Alvarez and
Kyle Coulbourne suffered a brutal ladder-assisted beatdown at the hands of the
Italians one week ago on Saturday Fight Night. The camera then zooms in on the
tag straps dangling from the roof of the Hallam FM Arena.)
CF: There you see what these two teams are about to do battle for. The
Hammerlock Tag Team Titles are hanging from the ceiling of this arena and the
only way to reach them is to climb the ladder. Adam, can the New Young Lions
realise their dream and capture the gold tonight?
AW: No they cannot Freeman, especially after that beating they took from the
champs last week. Majoli and Saronni hurt Brandon Alavrez's ribs with that
ladder and they smashed up Kyle Coulbourne's ankle again. You can't lift a
ladder with injured ribs, so you can't win. You can't climb a ladder with a hurt
ankle, so you can't win. Therefore, the New Young Lions can't win tonight at
Back 2 School.
CF: Simple as that?
AW: Simple as that.
CF: Let's see what happens. I can't wait for this one!
Match highlights:
Manuel Majoli took Brandon Alvarez with a swinging neckbreaker, but Alvarez came
back with an Asai moonsault and brought the ladder into play. Alvarez dropped
the ladder across Majoli's back and Kyle Coulbourne floored him with a spinning
leg lariat. Alvarez planted Majoli with a double underhook suplex but then
missed a flying cross body dive to the floor. Matteo Saronni lifted up the
ladder and launched it onto Alvarez at ringside! Coulbourne hit a spinning DDT
off the ladder onto the floor on Majoli. Saronni climbed the ladder in order to
try and gain possession of the straps, but Alvarez back suplexed him off the
rungs and executed the DDT Squared. Majoli bodyslammed Coulbourne on the ladder.
Saronni blasted Coulbourne with a backdrop driver and hit a dragon suplex onto
the steel ladder. That dangerous move could have easily broken Kyle Coulbourne's
neck. Saronni climbed the ladder again but Coulbourne clotheslined it down.
Saronni superplexed Coulbourne off the ladder. The bout was gradually turning
into an incredible spotfest. Kyle Coulbourne broke up a Kiss of Death attempt on
his partner and executed the Suicycle on Majoli. La Cosa Nostra hit Alvarez with
a double flapjack into the ladder. Majoli DDTed Alvarez. Brandon Alvarez used a
top-rope Frankensteiner on Majoli. The New Young Lions used a double back suplex
on Saronni right onto the ladder. Kyle Coulbourne superkicked Majoli and climbed
the ladder. He reached the top and dived for the belts, but agonisingly missed
the gold! Saronni planted Alvarez with a Rocker Dropper and went for a dive onto
Coulbourne, but Coulbourne moved and Saronni went crashing into Majoli! Alvarez
and Coulbourne laid Majoli onto the ladder at ringside and then drove Saronni
onto his prone partner with a double Flatliner from the ring apron! The New
Young Lions pulled another ladder from under the ring and set it up. Alvarez and
Coulbourne climbed a side each and snared the title belts, becoming the new NWA-UK
Hammerlock Tag Team Champions!! The crowd erupted.
Ladder Match:
The New Young Lions (Brandon Alvarez and Kyle Coulbourne) defeated
La Cosa Nostra (Manuel Majoli and Matteo Saronni) in 0:27:50.
Rating: *** 1/2
(The New Young Lions won the NWA-UK Hammerlock Tag Team Titles.)
CF: They've done it! Brandon Alvarez and Kyle Coulbourne have overcome the
odds...and their injures...to become the new Tag Team Champions here tonight!!
(The ecstatic New Young Lions celebrate with ringsiders while La Cosa Nostra
retreat to the back selling their injuries. The crowd are delighted for the new
champions.)
CF: Let's send it to the back.
(Backstage, Kelly caught up with an angry Mystikal. Mystikal was throwing things
around backstage.)
Kelly: Mystikal? Mystikal?
(Kelly taps Mystikal on the shoulder and turns abruptly to face her.)
Mystikal: What?!
Kelly: Can I get your thoughts on your match with Kontraband here ton...
Mystikal: Cheat! He's a cheat, plain and simple. He cheated to win the match by
bringing a chair into the ring. Why does he need to do that?! Why can't we keep
it a clean wrestling match to decide who the better man is?! I'm the best
high-flyer in the god damn world!!
Kelly: But didn't you use an illegal low blow in the match?
(Mystikal stops ranting and stares Kelly down.)
Mystikal: Shut up. This interview's over.
(Mystikal storms off in a huff.)
CF: Looks like you were right about Mystikal, Adam. I don't think we've heard
the last of this.
AW: I was right?! Well, whaddya know??
(A video played recapping the feud between Matt Sizemore and M.J., which all
began one month ago at Heatwave.)
CF: M.J. has decided that Matt Sizemore is going to be his stepping stone
towards greater things here in Hammerlock. But I don't think that Sizemore will
let anybody walk over him.
AW: M.J. prevented Sizemore from finally getting his hands on the divine
Serenity, so Sizemore wants payback on the fitness instructor. But ever since
Emma B helped turn M.J.'s career around, M.J. is a much tougher proposition than
a few months ago.
CF: Emma B could be the deciding factor in this one. Let's go back to the
squared circle.
Match highlights:
M.J. hit the first high impact move of the match when he floored Matt Sizemore
with a flying clothesline. Sizemore came back with a side suplex and a bodyslam.
Sizemore looked to put M.J. away early with the Size Matters, but the fitness
instructor blocked it and went to the eyes. M.J. punished Sizemore with a
backbreaker and a tilt-a-whirl powerslam. M.J. power bombed Sizemore for two and
then went for a backdrop, but as he ducked his head Sizemore drilled him with a
DDT. Sizemore connected with a spinebuster slam for a near fall. Sizemore kneed
M.J. in the gut and hit a vertical suplex and a reverse neckbreaker. Emma B
distracted the referee after Matt Sizemore used the Michinoku Driver. M.J.
dropped Sizemore with a short lariat for another near fall. Sizemore rocked M.J.
with a shoulderblock and then put him away with the Size Matters.
Matt Sizemore pinned M.J. with the Size Matters in 0:12:05.
Rating: ** 3/4
[Emma B interfered against Matt Sizemore.]
CF: Matt Sizemore is victorious with the Size Matters and finally M.J. has
nothing to run his mouth about.
AW: That
remains to be seen, but Chris Freeman, now it's time for that surprise that I
have for you and everyone else watching tonight!
CF: What are you talking about, Adam? Where are you going?
(Adam Wheeler leaves the broadcast table and takes a microphone.)
AW: Ladies and gentlemen, I have a treat for everyone here tonight and
everyone watching in TVland right now.
CF: I have no idea what this is all about.
AW: Now, do you people remember earlier this year when (whispers) World
Wrestling Entertainment...
(The crowd boos and jeers.)
AW: ...were touring the country? And then one night in Birmingham, they came
across a group of kickboxers in a Birmingham hotel?
CF: I remember that.
AW: Well ladies and gents, what a scoop I have for you.
(Adam Wheeler walks over to ringside and stands next to a muscular gentlemen
seated in the front row.)
AW: I'd like to introduce to you the former four-time World Kickboxing
Champion who was at the centre of that brawl. This is the man who punked out the
likes of Chris Jericho, Kane and Batista. Ladies and gentlemen, this is Dan "The
Man" Stirling!
(With an awkward smile on his face, Dan Stirling stands up and waves at the
crowd. Stirling gets a nice ovation. He appears slightly embarrassed.)
AW: What a guy. Mr. Stirling, pleasure to meet you sir.
(Dan Stirling shakes hands with Adam Wheeler.)
AW: How are you doing tonight?
Stirling: I'm good, thanks.
AW: Dan, I want to know what happened that night. Is it really true that the
WWE superstars backed off when they discovered that you are a kickboxing champ?
Stirling: Yeah. Yeah, that's true.
AW: I bet you would have wiped the floor with them. But were you scared at
all?
Stirling: Scared?! Why would I be scared?
AW: Well, Kane's 7 feet tall and Batista's a big guy...
Stirling: I'm not scared of pussy wrestlers.
AW: Okay, b...
Stirling: What were they gonna do? Fake beat me up?!
(Wheeler begins to get nervous.)
AW: I'm not...
Stirling: Wrestling is fake and all staged. It isn't fighting. It isn't clever
to promote violence as being glamorous.
(The crowd jeers.)
AW: Then what the hell are you doing here tonight?!
Stirling: I'm here to tell you what wrestling is - rubbish and pointless.
(Chris Freeman frantically tries to get Adam Wheeler to end the interview.
Security advances on Dan Stirling. He is being booed out of the building.)
Stirling: Oh what, you disagree with me?! This charade is a slap in the face to
real athletes such as myself.
(Stirling snatches the microphone away from Wheeler.)
Stirling: Wrestling is fake and looks crap. It's a bunch of overweight steroid
packed beef heads hugging each other. There is no technicality to it - you go to
some martial arts or some kickboxing, that's technical. This, THIS, is just
cheap exploitation of people's intelligence and I would rather be DEAD, than be
a wrestler.
(Security drag Dan Stirling out of the crowd while Adam Wheeler screams abuse at
him. Several Hammerlock wrestlers come out from the back to try and get a shot
in at Stirling. The show cuts suddenly to a highlights package documenting the
feud between Bryan Campbell and Devon Ferrari over the TV Title.)
AW: What a prick.
CF: Just leave it, Adam. Coming up next, Bryan Campbell puts his NWA-UK
Hammerlock Television Championship on the line against Devon Ferrari. These two
men have met twice in the last month. First of all, Campbell defeated a fatigued
Ferrari after he had survived an exhausting and arduous battle royal. Hammerlock
officials granted Ferrari a rematch which ended in a draw, but it is widely
regarded that Devon Ferrari was the better man on the night. That has all led to
their bout here this evening at Back 2 School.
AW: Devon Ferrari is a talented individual, there's no doubt about it. But how
can anyone dispute the fact that Bryan Campbell is better than him? Ferrari has
failed to take the title in his last two attempts. And he'll fail tonight as
well.
CF: But Ferrari pinned Campbell five days ago in that dream partner tag team
match last Monday on Hammerlock TV...
AW: That means nothing now, Freeman. When the title is on the line, The Blue
Chipper is at his best.
CF: The Tag Team Titles have already changed hands here tonight. Will the TV
Title follow suit??
Match highlights:
Bryan Campbell dropped Devon Ferrari with a back elbow and went for a dragon
sleeper, but Ferrari blocked it and clotheslined the champion. Ferrari connected
with a springboard legdrop and scored with a German suplex for the first near
fall of the contest. The crowd loved Devon Ferrari. Campbell wore Ferrari down
with a sleeper and hit a back suplex. The Blue Chipper missed a flying bulldog
and the crowd erupted! Ferrari capitalised with a dropkick for two. Ferrari hit
an electric chair drop and an Ocean Cyclone Suplex for another two count.
Ferrari then pinned Campbell with an Oklahoma roll!
Devon Ferrari's advantage was short-lived however as Bryan Campbell rolled him
up and held onto the ropes to tie the contest at 1-1.
Devon Ferrari missed a Yakuza kick and Campbell swept his leg out from under
him. Campbell got a two count with a backslide, but Ferrari tied him up in a
magistral cradle to regain the lead!
Yet again though Campbell wasn't behind for long and he squared things up with a
small package! Four quick-fire pinfalls in the space of under two minutes! The
crowd was certainly into this compelling contest.
Ferrari took the Television Champion down with a reverse neckbreaker. Campbell
drilled the challenger with a flying forearm for two. Ferrari used a slingshot
into a DDT and a Northern lights suplex, but Campbell kicked out. Ferrari missed
a running tope to the outside though, handing the Blue Chipper the advantage.
Campbell executed an elbowdrop, but his vertical suplex was reversed. Ferrari
nailed Campbell with a spinning leg lariat and a flying legdrop for a near fall.
Campbell backdropped Ferrari out of the ring. Ferrari made it back in before the
referee reached ten, but Campbell knocked him back down to the floor with the
Chip Off The Old Block. Ferrari executed a top-rope DDT and hooked the tights to
give Campbell a taste of his own medicine, but the Blue Chipper kicked out.
Campbell missed a flying cross body and Ferrari then followed up with the Ego
Has Landed for the three count! The challenger goes 3-2 up!!
Bryan Campbell back suplexed Devon Ferrari and locked on an Indian deathlock,
but Ferrari wouldn't give. Ferrari hit the Emerald Erosion for an incredibly
near fall. Campbell then hit the Chip Off The Old Block out of nowhere and
grabbed a handful of tights as the pin was recorded. This was the third time now
that Bryan Campbell had come from behind to level the bout!
Devon Ferrari would not be disheartened though and roared back with an overhead
belly-to-belly and a swinging neckbreaker. Bryan Campbell floored Ferrari with a
legsweep and quickly applied a dragon sleeper. Ferrari fought it as hard as he
could, but he was trapped in the centre of the ring with nowhere to go. Ferrari
tapped, giving the champion a 4-3 lead with under a minute left.
The crowd willed Devon Ferrari to fire back, but Campbell put the boots to the
challenger who had given absolutely everything. The time limit ran out and Bryan
Campbell keeps the TV Title around his waist once more with one of his most
impressive performances to date.
Iron Man Match:
Bryan Campbell beat Devon Ferrari 4 falls to 3:
x D. Ferrari beat B. Campbell via an Oklahoma side roll in 0:05:07
x B. Campbell beat D. Ferrari via a rolling reverse cradle in 0:05:25
x D. Ferrari beat B. Campbell via a magistral in 0:06:26
x B. Campbell beat D. Ferrari via a small package in 0:06:43
x D. Ferrari beat B. Campbell via the Ego Has Landed in 0:13:03
x B. Campbell beat D. Ferrari via the Chip Off The Old Block in
0:15:07
x B. Campbell beat D. Ferrari via a dragon sleeper in 0:19:13
x time limit expired (D. Ferrari and B. Campbell) in 0:20:00
Rating: *** 3/4
(Bryan Campbell retained the NWA-UK Hammerlock Television Title.)
CF: Devon Ferrari gave it his all here tonight at Back 2 School...
AW: But yet again he couldn't get the job done! Is that what you were going to
say, Freeman?! I hope that everyone now realises that Bryan Campbell is better
than Devon Ferrari...full stop.
(Bryan Campbell swaggers up the ramp, basking in the glory of his victory as the
crowd chants, "Campbell sucks!". The Blue Chipper gets in the camera and warns
that nobody is taking the gold away from him.)
CF: Something's going on in the back and Kelly's on the case.
(Backstage, Kelly found "The Iceman" Ben Winter and Victoria Silvstedt, who had
just arrived at the arena.)
Kelly: Guys? What are you doing here tonight? Ben's not booked...
Victoria: What are we doing here?! We are here tonight to right a wrong.
Tonight, The Punisher challenges Jason Prentice for the Heavyweight Title. Well,
The Punisher is in Ben Winter's place. Ben Winter deserves that title shot more
than The Punisher, but the idiots who make the matches around here are scared to
give The Iceman the opportunity that he has earned.
Kelly: But I don't think you can just turn up here and demand...
Victoria: We do what we want. This is the second straight supershow that Ben
Winter has not been booked on. He is the hottest attraction in this company
right now, but he is being held back. Well, not for much longer.
Kelly: What are you two going to do?
Victoria: Kelly, I guarantee that at the end of the night, Ben Winter will have
the NWA-UK Hammerlock Heavyweight Championship belt in his hands.
(Winter and Victoria leave Kelly standing perplexed. Footage then plays
featuring the events between Byson and Steve Bailey in the most bloody and
violent feud in Hammerlock history.)
CF: The feud between Byson and "Shotgun" Steve Bailey has wreaked havoc
through Hammerlock all summer long. There is so much hatred between these two
men that their rivalry can only end when one man leaves Hammerlock for good.
Well, that's exactly what will happen tonight to the loser of this I Quit Match.
AW: Freeman, these two guys hate each other so badly that it almost kills the
man who loses to the other. I think that even if the loser leaves Hammerlock
stipulation wasn't in effect, it would be so embarrassing for one of these men
to say "I Quit" to the other that they would have to leave the company. Whoever
quits won't want to show their face again.
CF: As you rightly pointed out Adam, there are no pinfalls, no tap outs and no
holds barred. The only way you can win is to make your opponent say those two
little words - "I Quit". Byson has been perfecting a keylock submission hold to
punish Bailey, while Bailey seems determined to beat the submission out of Byson.
AW: Put the women and children to bed. This one won't be pretty.
Match highlights:
Byson connected with a spear immediately and went for the Bull Rutt, but Steve
Bailey slid out of the manoeuvre. Byson floored Bailey with a stiff clothesline
and applied a bearhug. The referee held the microphone up to Bailey's mouth but
he wouldn't quit. Bailey missed an enzuigiri, but then he ducked out of the way
of Byson's lariat and drilled him with a DDT. Bailey hit a spin kick, a jumping
elbow thrust and then took Byson down with a rana. Byson came back, dropping
Bailey on the back of his neck with a side suplex. He was being booed like there
was no tomorrow. As far as either of these men were concerned, there may not be
a tomorrow in Hammerlock. Bailey hiptossed Byson and executed the Sawn-Off
Shotgun. Byson blocked the Gun Barrel and nailed a spinebuster slam. Byson hit
Bailey between the eyes with the microphone. Bailey power bombed Byson. Byson
came back with a headbutt and a falcon arrow. Byson cracked Bailey with a frying
pan and sent him flying into the steel steps, busting Bailey wide open.
The sight of his own blood spurred Steve Bailey on. He hit Byson with a
fisherman suplex and a German suplex, before signalling for the barbed wire bat.
The crowd was going crazy! Bailey blasted Byson in the head with the bat and the
claret began to flow. Bailey took the bat and scraped the barbed wire along
Byson's arm, opening up several deep lacerations. This I Quit Match was fast
becoming a bloodbath. Byson refused to give up. Bailey DDTed Byson on the bat.
Bailey nailed Byson with the Pistol Whip onto the barbed wire baseball bat, but
Byson again would not say, "I Quit". Bailey used a barbed wire bat-assisted
legdrop on Byson and executed a dragon suplex. Byson was a bloody mess, but was
still fighting. He low blowed Bailey with the bat and gave him the Bull Rutt.
Byson then set the bat on Bailey's groin and stomped away in what surely must be
one of the most painful things ever witnessed inside a wrestling ring. Steve
Bailey would not give up though! Byson blasted Bailey with a road sign and
choked him with a fire extinguisher. Byson then applied the keylock on Bailey!
Byson screamed at Bailey to say the words as he applied more and more pressure.
He threatened to break Bailey's arm, which was being bent at a sickening angle!
Amazingly, Bailey managed to break the hold to the joy of the crowd!! Bailey
nailed the stunned Byson with the Gun Barrel and hit him with three Pistol
Whips! Bailey then trapped Byson's arm in his own keylock and the crowd popped
big time! Byson would not utter the words into the mic though. Frustrated,
Bailey released the hold and grabbed the barbed wire bat again. He began to
unravel the wire from the bat as everyone pondered what he had in mind. Bailey
then wrapped the barbed wire around Byson's face so it was sticking in his
EYES!!! Bailey pulled back on Byson's head with the wire and rather than lose
his sight, Byson yelled, "I Quit". What a dramatic end to the match...and
Byson's Hammerlock career.
I-Quit Match Loser-Leaves-Hammerlock:
Steve Bailey made Byson submit in 0:21:27.
Rating: ***
CF: Bailey makes Byson say "I Quit"!! But what a graphic and disturbing
ending to this match and Byson's Hammerlock career!
AW: Byson's eyes would have been ripped out of his head if he didn't give up!
(Steve Bailey thanks the crowd for all their support, while Byson stumbles up
the ramp, a bloodied and beaten man. The fans take great joy in chanting, "Na na
na na, na na na na, hey hey-ey, goodbye" at him.)
CF: The book finally closes on this bitter feud. It is surely one that
Hammerlock fans will never forget.
(Backstage, The Punisher was standing by waiting to talk with Kelly.)
Kelly: Punisher, tonight's the night. It's your last opportunity to take the
Heavyweight Title from Jason Prentice in a bout that has no time limit. Can you
do it?
Punisher: Kelly, I wouldn't have bothered turning up tonight if I didn't feel
that I could do it. I CAN beat Jason Prentice and everybody knows it. I pinned
him at Heatwave but I was screwed out of the title. I pinned him last Monday on
Hammerlock TV. The last time we wrestled for the title, I would have beaten him
as well but the time limit saved him. Well, nothing will save him tonight. The
championship is coming home with me and Hammerlock will finally have a
Heavyweight Champion that the company can be proud of.
Kelly: Well, your cause has certainly been helped this evening with the news
that Linda O'Neil, who had been on a modelling shoot last week in California,
missed her flight back to the UK.
Punisher: Yeah, that's a real kick in the teeth(!) You know, it's almost as if
someone phoned Los Angeles International Airport and, I dunno, cancelled her
flight...
Kelly: You didn't!
(The Punisher smirks and shrugs his shoulders, pretending to be innocent.)
Punisher: What?!
(The Punisher makes his way out to the arena while Kelly shakes her head in
amazement.)
AW: That no-good piece of filth! He did it! He cancelled Linda's flight and
robbed us all of seeing the World's Sexiest Brunette in all her glory here
tonight!
CF: He may also have robbed Heavyweight Champion Jason Prentice of his key to
victory tonight as well!
(A killer video package played showing all the history between Jason Prentice
and The Punisher. Everything was documented: The Punisher's criticism of
Prentice's title reign, The Punisher refusing to let Prentice leave before his
contract signing and subsequent steel cage title defence against Muerte de
Antedicho, Prentice snapping and attacking The Punisher, issuing the challenge,
Punisher accepting the challenge in the form of Total Punishment on the steel
stage following Prentice's successful title defence against Ian Powers, the
controversial double-pin finish to their Heavyweight Title Match at Heatwave and
their contentious time limit draw in the rematch two weeks ago.)
CF: The time is now upon us. The NWA-UK Hammerlock Heavyweight Championship
is on the line. In a best two out of three falls match, champion Jason Prentice,
minus his manager Linda O'Neil, defends the title that means so much to him
against The Punisher. And folks, if it takes until tomorrow to determine a
winner, we'll still be here because there is no time limit in this one.
AW: Which is quite frankly a disgrace, Freeman, because it takes away a benefit
that the champion has. Not only is Prentice's manager not here, but now
Hammerlock officials are eradicating his championship advantage. You know, ever
since Jason Prentice won the title Hammerlock brass have been determined to
screw him out of the gold. First they put him in matches he doesn't want to be
in and now they are changing the rules. Is it Prentice's fault that The Punisher
couldn't beat him in forty-five minutes? Of course not. Yet now he's paying for
it.
CF: We have witnessed a startling change in attitude from Prentice lately and
there's no doubt that he has taken it to The Punisher in recent weeks, something
we thought he would never do.
AW: The more I think about it though, I feel that the no time limit rule may
suit the champion. The longer this bout goes, the more it will suit Prentice in
my opinion.
CF: I'd agree with you, but The Punisher is very capable of going in there and
ending it in five minutes.
AW: There's no chance of that happening tonight. Prentice will be out to
avenge that pinfall defeat last Monday on Hammerlock TV and also end The
Punisher's championship challenge once and for all.
CF: And don't forget about Victoria Silvstedt's stern warning regarding Ben
Winter earlier. She claimed that The Iceman would have the championship in HIS
hands at the end of the night.
AW: Prentice and The Punisher can't worry about him now, just each other. I
agree that Winter deserves a title shot, but the situation between these two
warriors needs to be settled.
CF: Well, let's get right to it. Let's go to Steve Lytton for the official
introductions.
Match highlights:
Heavyweight Champion Jason Prentice was a house of fire to begin the contest,
unloading with roundhouse rights and flooring The Punisher with a superkick.
Prentice scored with the Perfect Crime. The Punisher came back with a running
power bomb. Prentice hit a trademark swinging neckbreaker and executed a side
suplex. The champion clotheslined The Punisher and legdropped him. The Punisher
reversed a whip into the corner and went for the Sky High as Prentice rebounded,
but Prentice blocked it. Prentice ducked a flying clothesline, but The Punisher
was successful with a tilt-a-whirl powerslam and then a T-Bone suplex for two.
The Punisher missed a flying legdrop and Prentice nailed him with an elbowsmash,
quickly followed by the Perfect Shot. Prentice hooked the tights, but The
Punisher still managed to kick out. Prentice worked over The Punisher's back
with a Boston crab. The Punisher used the Doctor Bomb for a near fall. Prentice
countered a screwdriver with a snap suplex. The Punisher speared the champion
and spiked him with a brain buster. Prentice backdropped his way out of the
Total Punishment and went for the Perfect Plant. The Punisher blocked it though
and dumped Prentice out of the ring. Prentice then put on some brass knuckles
and clocked The Punisher behind the referee's back! The champion quickly
discarded the evidence and executed the Perfect Plant for the pinfall.
Jason Prentice was being booed out of the Hallam FM Arena. The Punisher shook
off the cobwebs and blocked the Perfect Stranger. The Punisher levelled Prentice
with a clothesline and chopped the hell out of him. The challenger dropped
Prentice with a nasty shoulderblock and hit the devastating Total Punishment to
level the contest at one fall apiece almost instantly.
Just then, "The Iceman" Ben Winter and Victoria Silvstedt made their way down to
ringside to watch the remainder of the match. The Punisher kept the pressure on
Jason Prentice with a barrage of kicks and punches. Prentice hiptossed The
Punisher and suplexed him. Prentice went back to the Boston crab. The Punisher
roared back with a lariat and a belly-to-back superplex. The champion hit a
desperation low blow but then missed a charge into the corner. Prentice walked
into a spinebuster slam and The Punisher elbowdropped him for a near fall.
Prentice locked on a sleeperhold and then executed the Perfect Stranger for two
and a half. Prentice picked up another near fall with a gutwrench suplex as the
match-up rolled past the half hour mark. With the crowd firmly behind him, The
Punisher rocked the champion with a backbreaker, a belly-to-back suplex and the
Sky High power bomb. Signalling that the end was nigh, The Punisher hit the
Total Punishment and made the cover, but Prentice draped a limp foot over the
bottom rope, saving his title! Irritated, The Punisher dragged Prentice up for
another Total Punishment, but Prentice caught him in a tight inside cradle for
the pin and the victory!!
No-Time-Limit-Two-out-of-three-Falls Match:
Jason Prentice beat The Punisher 2 falls to 1:
x J. Prentice beat Punisher via the Perfect Plant in 0:16:22
x Punisher beat J. Prentice via the Total Punishment in 0:17:09
x J. Prentice beat Punisher via an inside cradle in 0:32:28
Rating: *** 3/4
(Jason Prentice retained the NWA-UK Hammerlock Heavyweight Title.)
CF: Prentice retains the title!!! It looked all over for him, but he cradled
The Punisher for the win!
AW: He may even have been playing a little possum there, Freeman! He's so smart!
I love Jason Prentice!!
(Beside himself with frustration, The Punisher leaves the ring to a warm ovation
for his efforts. The official goes to hand the title belt back to Prentice, but
Ben Winter enters the ring and intercepts it.)
CF: What is Ben Winter going to do? He came out here with Victoria to watch
the second half of this classic contest...
(Winter looks down at the championship belt with great desire and craving. The
battle-weary Jason Prentice pulls himself back to a vertical base with the aid
of the ring ropes. Prentice looks over at The Iceman who is still fixed on the
title belt. Winter then looks up at Prentice and then floors him with a vicious
belt shot! The roof comes off the Hallam FM Arena!)
CF: The Iceman just knocked out the champion with his own title belt!!!
AW: This is disgraceful! Somebody do something! NOW!!
(Ben Winter stands over the fallen champion. He still has possession of the
championship gold. Victoria Silvstedt joins her man in the ring and claims that
the title belongs to The Iceman.)
CF: Ben Winter has made it clear that he wants the title, but right now he
has it! What is going to happen now?? We're right out of time but this has been
Back 2 School! For Adam Wheeler, I'm Chris Freeman wishing you all a very good
night!!
(The show closes with the sight of Ben Winter posing over Jason Prentice with
Prentice's own Heavyweight Title belt.)
Card rating: *** 1/2
Circuit information:
Jason Prentice may have retained the Heavyweight Championship here tonight at
Back 2 School, but he knows who his next potential challenger will be after "The
Iceman" Ben Winter showed up to make his intentions crystal clear. Winter
embarrassed Prentice after his gruelling battle with The Punisher, but it is
certainly not a given that The Iceman is next in line for a title shot. We hope
to have a decision on that next week. Meanwhile, The Punisher is extremely
frustrated with the ending to tonight's main event. There's no doubt that he had
Prentice right where he wanted him and he had one hand on the title, but he blew
it big time.
Byson's Hammerlock career is over after Steve Bailey made him say, "I Quit" when
he raked his eyes with barbed wire in one of the most unsettling images perhaps
ever seen in a wrestling ring. This epic feud is finally over and will certainly
live long in the memory. Bailey can now switch his attention to singles glory
and championships. Maybe now he can ultimately fulfil his abundant potential.
There's no stopping "The Blue Chipper" Bryan Campbell as he kept the TV Title
over Devon Ferrari tonight. A lot of people thought a title change was imminent
this evening, but Campbell disappointed them. That Television Champion seems as
if it is surgically attached to Campbell's waist. Who will be able to take it
from him? It seems that the next challenger will either be Jawaid "2 Sleeq"
Kaleeq or Hiro Kakuhari, who was victorious in that opening four way elimination
match. Kaleeq still occupies the number one contenders spot despite his early
elimination. Kaleeq actually suffered a concussion which is why his elimination
came so suddenly. Dazed and confused, Kaleeq was taken to a local medical
facility for further examination but he checked out okay. He'll be back in
action next week.
Congratulations to Brandon Alvarez and Kyle Coulbourne, The New Young Lions, who
outlasted La Cosa Nostra in that brutal ladder match to capture the Tag Team
Titles. They certainly overcame the odds this evening and it's great to see the
gold around their waists.
Matt Sizemore picked up a big win tonight against M.J. and now that he has dealt
with the pesky fitness instructor, he can now concentrate in getting back into
championship contention. Kontraband also earned a satisfying victory in his
high-flying duel with Mystikal, but something tells me that Mystikal will not
let that one go.
A big thanks to everyone who helped make Back 2 School such a success here this
evening. We hope that you'll join us this week on Hammerlock TV for all the
fallout!! Till then, so long everybody!!