MATCH 7: Cut 'n Shoot Heritage Tournament
"Bad" BRAD WATKINS vs. "Crazy" JAY GILLETTE
Armand LeBeaux comes out to spin the wheel...which for this match has NOTHING
but "Dog Collar Match" spaces on it. Armand said "Hey, Jane's running this
tournament, and what she says goes. *I'M* not about to argue with her...."
"Bad to the Bone" kicks in and Gillette walks out to a really BIIIG pop...not
superstar huge, but still sizable, and it got bigger a bit when he got onto the
turnbuckle and barked to the crowd.
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{"I'm Bad, I'm Nationwide" by ZZ Top begins to play as the fur coat and
sunglasses wearing "Bad" Brad Watkins strolls out from the back somehow
hearing cheers amidst the boos (at least he nods, smiles, and waves as if
he does). Watkins enters the ring, slicks back his hair, and grabs the
mic.}
[Watkins]
You know, a few weeks ago there was a big announcement about some
kind of tough-guy tournament. Cut-n-Shoot was sponsoring it, they said.
They even sent out some hard-looking, trashy woman to scare the kids
into thinking they were serious. Well Cut-n-Shoot....and after seeing
your hand-picked representatives, I think you should call yourselves
Slut-n-Fruit Wrestling...you got a bonafide celebrity to bite on your
little contest. See, I'm a three time star. I've played in the NFL,
I've made hit movies, and I'm a wrestling champion. I've been the best
there is in everything I've ever done.
Then tonight, the people of EWC had to listen to whats-his-face, Ray
Gillette. Um, Jay Gillette, yeah, that's it. Anyhow, he came out here
and did the old waterworks routine by boo-hooing and blubbering about
how he wasn't doing his job, and that he had something to prove, blah,
blah, blah.
(Watkins rips off his sunglasses)
"Crazy" Jay Gillette, save it for the movie of the week. A Dog Collar
Match (Watkins shakes his head), you've got to be kidding. Do you have
any idea how much the Frozen Hell franchise is worth? I'm scheduled to
be on a jet for Barcelona to do some location work in (Watkins looks at
his watch) about thirty minutes. You see Gillette, I'm a star not a
rabid animal.
I know it would be a *huge* disappointment to my fans worldwide if I
were to jeopardize the cinematic excellence of Frozen Hell. So, I'm
going to have to postpone tonight's match until a later date so my agent
can negotiate stipulations more to my liking.
Thank you all.
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The crowd boos loudly as Watkins turns to leave..then pops LOUD as
Gillette planchas him from behind, sending Watkins face first into the
guardrail and breaking his sunglasses. Gillette tears the coat off of
Watkins back and tosses it to the crowd, then picks him up and bodyslams
him right onto the concrete before tearing his shirt off and tossing him
into the ring.
Referee Wayne Winans then connects the collar onto a dazed Watkins as
Gillette connects the other end. From there, picture a basic dog collar match.
Jay yanks Watkins onto his feet, bitchslaps him hard, then lays in rights and
lefts, backing him into a corner. He then wraps the chain around his fist and
piston-pounds Watkins. Stone notes that this was Gillette's specialty, and
how Jane just "happened" to let him have the match rather than spinning the
wheel legitimately. She accused LeBeaux of the fix being in so a Cut 'n
Shoot boy takes it all.
The match progresses with lots of headbutts and brawling by Gillette and
Watkins barely mounting an offense until Watkins slumps in the corner
under an onslaught by Gillette and low blows him out of Winans' view.
Watkins grabs Gillette and tosses him over the top, then takes up some
of the chain slack and pulls hard, choking him over the top. Watkins
steps over the top, hits a hard right, then whips Gillette into the
steel steps by the chain. Watkins charges with the knee (the one
with the kneepad..yes, that kneepad...on) but Gillette rolls out
of the way, and Watkins hits hard.
The match is very back and forth like this, with each man getting the
upper hand numerous times, and the match almost ending when Watkins
touched 3 corners and only missed touching the fourth by a yank on
the chain by Gillette that crotched Watkins. Gillette then wrapped
the chain around his forehead and proceeded to headbutt Watkins five
times in a row, leaving Watkins bleeding and loopy. He goes for the
four corners, gets to three, but Watkins charges with the knee before
GIllette can hit the fourth. Watkins yanks him back and whips him by
the chain to the opposite turnbuckle, but Gillette flips over, lands
on the apron, and uses the leash to jerk Watkins head first into the
turnbuckle! Watkins drops like a stone. Gillette climbs to the top
turnbuckle and nails Watkins HARD with a flying headbutt, then touches
corner one...then two...then three....
..and then the fourth when Siouxnami assaults Gillette from behind,
sending him flying into the corner. Sitting Bull pounds on Gillette
while Crazy Horse kicks at Watkins' bad knee. They then each take part
of the chain holding the two men and toss both men over the top, choking
out both men at the same time!!!!!! This lasts for a few seconds before
Beyond Our Control makes a beeline for the ring...followed closely behind
by Torvald Reikkersen!!!!! BOC is on Crazy Horse, while Torvald nails
Sitting Bull with a forearm nut shot from behind. Both men head for the
hills as Torvald checks on Brad and BOC checks on Gillette.
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# WINNER: Jay Gillette 11:32 #
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MATCH #8: WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT TITLE MATCH
FUEGO vs. DR. DESTRUCTO
They cut to a commercial, they come back with the "Funeral March" by
Chopin playing and Destructo on his way to the ring. He looked ready...Cross
and Stone both said, in their own way, that Destructo is a very dangerous
adversary and has a way of pulling out unexpected title wins, such as the
last IeWS title tournament and his recent USeW TV championship win right
before coming here.
Then "Rusty Cage" came on and the place came completely UNGLUED. Green
lights were flashing around...but no Fuego. Then the place EXPLODED
as the rampway began to RISE straight up via hydraulic lift..and green
mist flooded out from under the Ramp as Fuego walked out through the
mists UNDER the ramp. The fans went apeshit as Fuego walked out and
rolled into the ring as the ramp lowered. He grabbed a house mike
and addressed the crowd as the lights came up and the music stopped.
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[Fuego]
Tonight I face Dr. Destructo for my EWC World Title...you know what? I'm
excited. You want to know why? Because this match marks the first
time in MONTHS I get to fight somebody other than Sims or Showtime--finally!
Double-D, you've made a name for yourself as some sort of enforcer, some
bad-ass that uses wrestling holds to hurt people. That's a novel concept,
one I happen to favor myself and think more wrestlers these days should
consider. The problem for you though, is that I don't only play your game,
I've mastered it. I can't wait to stay in the ring and on the mat for once
because by the time you've been defeated tonight I want everyone to remember
why I'm the guy with the gold.
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And that's exactly what the match was...lots of submission holds with some
brawling and a little flying. Some of the highlights:
-Fuego armtwists Destructo, climbs to the turnbuckle, then catwalks the
ropes before jumping off to the outside, whippersnappering the arm.
-Destructo no-sells Fuego's belly to back suplex, then Fuego no-sells
Destructo's belly to belly suplex. Fuego with a kick, then goes for a
vertical suplex, Destructo blocks, Destructo tries the same, Fuego blocks.
-Destructo armtwists Fuego, then hits four stiff chest chops that drop
Fuego to the mat, only to have Destructo yank him to his feet.
For five minutes Destructo DOMINATED Fuego working on the back and knees,
with Stone commenting that if he wrestles this well against Duncan and
Omega, they're dead men. Destructo had Fuego in the Cloverleaf for
two solid minutes before Fuego pushed up out of it. Destructo sent
Fuego flying into the buckles and charged in, but Fuego hit a running
spear to drop Destructo HARD onto his head.
The end came when Destructo had gotten his fifth two count of the evening.
He picked Fuego up and tried to irish whip him into the far turnbuckle, but
Fuego reversed into a short arm kneesmash, then springboarded backwards into
the "Mudslide" leg driver DDT and managed to finally score the three count.
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# WINNER: Fuego, via pinfall 9:12 #
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They cut to a shot of Grendel looking intently at a video monitor as Fuego
held the belt high, then walked into the green mists under the risen
rampway as the credits came on screen.