-ESW
Commissioner "Sweater Guy" Dan Murphy started out the
show, introducing the new ESW Heavyweight Champion, Mastiff. As
Mastiff thanked the fans and talked about his new title reign,
he was interrupted by the former champion, Jonny Puma. Puma demanded
a rematch for the title. Murphy offered to give him a rematch
if he and Ice could beat Mastiff and Shade in their match event
match later that night. Puma and Mastiff then had a war of words,
which lead to a brawl breaking, with Shade running in to help
chase away Puma and Ice.
1.
ESW Tag Team Titles: New City Thugs (J-Man & R-Haz) beat Damien
Alexander & J.P. Hawke (c) when J-Man pinned Hawke to become
new champions.
-While the referee was distracted, J-Man came in with a radio
and destroyed it over J.P. Hawke's head. Quickly after that, J-Man
got the cover. However, the ending was controversial as J-Man
was no longer pinning Hawke, but the referee continued to count
three.
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2.
Omen beat El Lucho Grande by countout.
-After the match, Omen drove El Lucho into a chair. Omen left,
dragging El Lucho to the back by the throat by one of his streamers.
3.
Benjamin Smythe beat Cade Cassidy.
-In a major upset, Smythe beat Cassidy after his was momentarily
distracted by Smythe's mentor, Chris Cooper. This allowed Smythe
enough time to setup for the Smythanasia, leading to the pinfall.
-Yet
again, Chris Cooper hosted Hangin' With Mr. Cooper. His guest
this time was a newcomer to ESW, manager Clayton T. McAllister.
McAllister introduced himself and proceeded to verbally assault
the crowd. He introduced his first client in ESW, "Nightmare"
Dre Gibson. McAllister explained that he would hold a tug-o-war
to exhibit Gibson's enormous strength. With Gibson on one end
of the rope, against three others (referee, security guard and
a fan), "The Nightmare" easily won the tug-o-war. Gibson
proceeded to beat on ESW's security guard, Scotty Roberts before
leaving with McAllister.
4.
ESW Hardcore Title: TSK (c) beat Purple Rain to retain the title.
-TSK came to the match with a new look. Entering to the Imperial
Deathmarch, he was introduced as the Emperor of Extreme, wearing
a crown and robe and accompanied by his jester, Edgar. Purple
Rain was accompanied by Grappler X, who was acting as a manager
as this occasion, with "Manager X" on the back of his
coat. TSK easily won after the Greetings from Gratwick Park to
retain the title.
5.
ESW Interstate Title: Chris Cooper (c) beat "Blade"
Lance Steel to retain the title.
-Cooper tried to beat Steel with his technical skills, targeting
Steel's injured foot that kept him out of Hardcore Halloween.
It look as though Cooper's title reign was in serious jeopardy
when the referee was knocked down as Steel lifted Cooper up for
the Fatal Slash powerbomb. This allowed Benjamin Smythe and Cooper
to get two chairs, bashing Steel in the head, both at the same
time. Smythe helped the referee up and Cooper took the pinfall.
6.
Danny Magic beat Sakura.
-Magic was again looking to come out on the losing end to Sakura
until the referee got too close to the action and was barrelled
over. With no referee to disqualify him, Magic grabbed his magic
wand, hitting Sakura over the head with it and following with
the Hat Trick for the win. Sakura, frustrated with the result
of the match, refused to leave the ring. All three referees tried
to convince him to come to the back, but Sakura pushed them away.
"Sweater Guy" Dan Murphy then came out and tried to
get him to leave. Then, suddenly Sakura snapped and nailed Murphy.
He beat him in the corner and drilled ESW's commissioner to the
mat with a Michinoku driver.
7.
Shade & Mastiff beat Ice & Jonny Puma when Shade pinned
Ice.
-Ice and Puma dominated Shade early in the match, even refusing
to pin him, instead choosing to inflict more pain on him. This
eventually caught up with them when Shade finally made the tag
to Mastiff. Ice went for a spear on Mastiff. As Puma went to attack
Mastiff from behind, Mastiff moved, causing Ice to hit a devestating
spear on Puma. As Ice checked on Puma, Mastiff caught Ice off-guard,
hit the Crude Awakening. He tagged in Shade, who hit the moonsault
and got the pinfall on Ice. Since Shade and Mastiff won, Puma
will not get a rematch with Mastiff. Instead, his scheduled challenger
for Revolution on January 24th will be Danny Magic.
