ESW Hardcore Halloween Pictures
October 4th, 2003 from St. Johnsburg Fire Hall in Wheatfield, NY

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Mastiff defeated Omen after the Crude Awakening.

Omen makes his entrance

Mastiff enters

Mastiff looks out into the crowd

Mastiff goes for a dragon screw

Mastiff hits a dragon screw

Mastiff locks on the sharpshooter

Omen plants Mastiff's face into the mat

Mastiff destroys Omen with a suplex

Mastiff hits the Crude Awakening for the win

ESW Tag Team Title Match: Damien Alexander & J.P. Hawke (c) defeated Purple Rain & Grappler X when Hawke pinned Purple Rain after the Blue Thunder Driver to retain the title.

Grappler X and Purple Rain

Grappler X and Purple Rain

Damien Alexander

J.P. Hawke waving the American flag

Damien Alexander on the ropes with his belt

Grappler X and Purple Rain think they've won the tag titles

Purple Rain hits a vertical suplex on J.P. Hawke

Damien Alexander gives Purple Rain and Grappler X a double suplex

Damien Alexander chokeslams Grappler X

Damien Alexander hits a shouldbreaker

Damien Alexander walks the ropes for the Guiding Light

Grappler X climbs the ropes, but then realizes how high he is

The New City Thugs, J-Man and R-Haz run in to attack the tag team champions

The New City Thugs continue the beat down on J.P. and Damien

J-Man jumps off the top-rope while R-Haz holds up Damien

Damien comes crashing down

Flatline defeated Danny Magic after a flying somersault senton.

Magic makes his entrance

Flatline makes his entrance

Flatline wears Magic's hat

Magic beats on Flatline over the apron

Flatline takes down Magic with a flying leg lariat

Flatline throws Magic off the top-rope

Magic hits the Hat Trick

Flatline nails Magic in the corner

"Nightmare" Dre Gibson defeated El Lucho Grande after the Death Valley Driver.

Dre Gibson comes down the aisle

El Lucho Grande enters

Dre goes for a powerbomb

Dre puts El Lucho on his shoulders for the Death Valley Driver

Jonny Puma comes out for an interview.

Jonny Puma and his bodyguard Ice come out for an interview

Shade climbs the ropes to attack Puma from behind

Shade gives Puma the mandible claw

Ice spears Shade

Ice destroys Shade with the Frostbite

Puma gives Shade the Jonny on the Spot

ESW Hardcore Title Match: TSK defeated Marc Mandrake (c) after the 10-4-2K to become new champion.

Mandrake comes through the curtain

TSK comes out to challenge for the Hardcore Title

TSK puts Mandrake in a leglock

TSK holds a bloody Mandrake by the hair

TSK beats on Mandrake on the bar

TSK spits in Mandrake's face

Mandrake drives a chair into TSK's face

Mandrake throws the garbage can on TSK

Mandrake throws a beer can at TSK

TSK hits Mandrake with a cookie sheet

ESW Interstate Title / Belt at the Bar Match: Chris Cooper (c) defeated Cade Cassidy after interference from Benjamin Smythe to retain the title.

Cade Cassidy comes out

Chris Cooper makes his entrance

Cassidy goes for hangman's neckbreaker

Cassidy sprays Cooper in the face with the bar tap

Cooper puts Cassidy in a Kanemoto leglock

Cassidy hits an inverted atomic drop

Cassidy hits a frog splash off the second rope

Cassidy gives Cooper a twisting senton

Cooper and Cassidy brawl at the bar

Cooper heads toward the ring with the ESW Interstate Title in hand

Cooper puts Cassidy on a table

Cooper goes for the moonsault through the table, but Cassidy moves out of the way

Cooper is driven through the table

Cooper lies motionless

But somehow wins the match with the help of Benjamin Smythe

Sakura defeated Benjamin Smythe after the Michinoku Driver.

Sakura comes out

Smythe and Sakura stand in opposite corners

Sakura hits a Michinoku Driver for the victory

ESW Heavyweight Title Match: Mastiff defeated Jonny Puma after the Crude Awakening to become new champion.

Puma comes out to defend his title against an unknown challenger

"Sweater Guy" Dan Murphy tells Puma that his opponent is someone he knows "very well"

Mastiff is revealed as Puma's challenger

Mastiff goes to work on Puma in the corner

Puma hits a diamond cutter

Mastiff gives Puma a kneebreaker

Puma drives Mastiff to the mat

Puma climbs to the top-rope

And flies off with a flying bodypress

Ice and Mastiff brawl on the outside

Mastiff locks Puma in the sharpshooter, making him tap out, but the referee is distracted by Ice

Puma lifts Mastiff up for a powerbomb

Puma lifts Mastiff up for another powerbomb

Mastiff executes a diving headbutt

After Puma tries to walk out with the belt, half the ESW roster throws him back in the ring

Wrestlers yell at Puma as he's finally back in the ring

Mastiff hits his finisher, the Crude Awakening

Mastiff goes for the cover and gets the three count, becoming new ESW Heavyweight Champion

Sakura, Cade Cassidy, J.P. Hawke, Flatline, Shade and others come in the ring to congradulate Mastiff

New ESW Heavyweight Champion, Mastiff

Puma is run off after getting misted by Shade

Mastiff walks around the ring after the match

Backstage, Puma with Shade's green mist on his face

The new champion poses for a picture

Backstage, Sakura congradulates Mastiff