Post by Mat on Jan 13, 2019 0:56:34 GMT -5
Monday, December 25, 2017
Staples Center
Los Angeles, California
Episode LXX
After a festive opening package, pyro blasts from the stage and Alternatron. Cameras pan across the crowd, before settling on the announce table. Mike Vincent is in a full Santa costume, Lily Luna dressed as an elf, and Cole Haywood doesn't seem too happy about the antlers and red nose he's wearing.
Mike Vincent: A very Merry Christmas from AXW! We couldn't be more excited to finally be back in your homes via Spike TV, for the uninformed I am Mike Vincent, joined by Lily Luna and Cole Haywood.
Lily Luna: I'll second that, Mike, this is my favorite time of the year and I couldn't be more joyous to be back at this table, how about you Cole?
Cole Haywood: The sooner I can take this stupid nose off, the better.
Lily Luna: I'm kind of bummed that you aren't in a stocking or something.
Cole Haywood: Because my name is Cole, yes, that's hilarious. Haven't heard that a million times in my life already.
Mike Vincent: Well ladies and gentlemen, let's get on with the show.
The lights in the arena turn to red, and smoke pours over the stage as the into to the Motorhead version of "Hellraiser" begins to play. A figure emerges through the smoke when the guitars enter the song. Luke Mathews stands on the stage, semi-casual in a v-neck and jeans and suit jacket. He makes his way down the ramp.
Salvatore Pellegrino: Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome the owner of Alternative Xperience Wrestling, LUKE MATHEWS!
Luke walks up the steps and enters the ring, receiving the microphone from Salvatore before the latter exits the ring.
Luke Mathews: First of all, I want to wish you all a Merry Christmas if you celebrate it. Secondly, I want to thank each and every one of you who bought a ticket and are sitting in this arena tonight, and those of you watching at home. You're the ones who stick by us in the good, and especially the rough times, and I greatly appreciate your support. Me standing on this black canvas between these red ropes means one thing: AXW is back!
The crowd breaks out in an A-X-Dub chant.
Luke Mathews: If it were up to me, AXW would have been in operation these past few months, but with the circumstances pertaining to BWF becoming unclear, that of course also greatly affected AXW. I stand before you all once again the sole owner of AXW. With that said, I am also the Match Maker in Rising Sun Pro Wrestling. I'm going to be spending a lot of time in Japan, and therefore I will not have the time to continue running the day-to-day operations of AXW. At this time, I would like to introduce you to the new General Manager of AXW...
Lily Luna: What?!
Mike Vincent: You can't be serious... Duncan Aries is the General Manager?
Cole Haywood: Hallelujah! A Christmas miracle!
The crowd roars to "Not Even God" by Digital Summer, as some are booing, some cheering, an ice blue hue filling the ramp and entrance, a thin mist that under a spotlight has an eerie glow for one Duncan Aries! Aries is standing on the stage, in his trademark denim jacket and aviators. His left hand wielding a microphone, his right hand carrying his AXW Tag Team Championship that's almost dragging on the ramp as he makes his way into the ring. Once in the ring, he rests the title on his shoulder.
Duncan Aries: Before you all get too excited, as far as I know, I am not the General Manager of AXW. Appointing me as General Manager would have been the smartest thing you've done in the 35 years you've wasted on this planet, but what can we expect from a man who drops his hillbilly cousin on his head and sleeps with his employees and constantly keeps flushing this company down the toilet?
Luke Mathews: Is there any particular reason you're out here Aries?
Duncan Aries: Yes, Puke, there are several reasons I'm out here. Where do I even start? How about that remark you made about being too busy to run AXW because you have a job in Japan? That's cute, because the last I checked, I also work in RSPW, yet here I am, one half of the AXW Tag Team Champions with Malcolm M. Nepotism. Why is it that you came to RSPW? You just can't get enough of me can you? You look at me and you see the wrestler that you wish you were, and it eats you alive, because you haven't been a relevant in-ring competitor in half a decade.
Luke Mathews: This isn't the place to discuss RSPW matters.
Duncan Aries: Oh, right, you see, this company comes and goes so often I forgot where I was for a second. Let's talk about AXW matters then. Let's talk about how your idiot ass didn't hire any other tag teams. It's truly thrilling to be on top of a division of literally nobody. Let's talk about how the AXW Champion is a complete imbecile. The AXW Champion once lost a wrestling match to a stuffed toy in BWF, and then when BWF becomes a ghost town you're surprised? Danny Hall as AXW Champion is a joke. I slept through Damien Steele's reign, that's how boring it was. Since there's literally no tag team division, and you got two of the most boring people on the planet competing for the AXW Championship, how about you add me to the Main Event of Winterslam? It's about that time that that title and this company means a damn, and the only one capable of doing that is me.
Luke Mathews: The Main Event of Winterslam will go on as advertised: AXW Champion Danny Hall defends the title against Damien Steele in a singles match. If you wish to challenge for the AXW Championship, I'm not against it at all, so long as you actually earn the opportunity. But, you'll have to discuss that with the General Manager.
Luke motions to the Alternatron.
A very familiar looking female emerges from the back. She makes her way into the ring, where Luke offers her his microphone. Luke exits the ring, leaving the two to talk.
Duncan Aries: Oh boy, it's Sam De Santa! The person who made Puke Junior as irrelevant as possible. This ought to be good for AXW.
Sam De Santa: It's nice to see you too, Mr. Aries. As far as your wishes at an AXW Championship match goes, you will be receiving an opportunity for one. You see, there is one title currently not held by anyone in AXW: The AXW Xperience Championship. Tonight will be the start of a tournament to crown a new Xperience Champion. Mr. Aries, you will be partaking in the tournament. If you win the whole tournament, and remain Xperience Champion for 120 uninterrupted days, then you can utilize the title redemption for an AXW Championship Match.
If Duncan could roll his eyes any harder, they'd fall out of his head.
Duncan Aries: Yup, it'll be a miracle if we make it to the summer this time.
Aries exits the ring and we head to commercial.
"The World is Yours" by Nas plays throughout the arena. Evan Sarbani steps out onto the stage. He drops to a knee and raises a fist into the air with the utmost confidence. Evan stands up and begins to walk down the ramp with swagger.
Salvatore Pellegrino: This first contest is scheduled for one fall, and is a First Round Match in the Xperience Championship Tournament! Introducing first, wrestling out of Manhattan Beach, California, weighing 199 pounds, EVAN SARBANI!
Evan high fives any fans who may be holding their hand out as he turns towards the ring steps. He steps up to the third step then to the apron, before hopping onto the corner. His right foot on the middle rope and left foot on the top rope, he confidently raises his arm once again. He grabs the top rope and sort of in-air cartwheels into the ring. He walks to the camera side set of rope and steps onto the bottom rope with his right foot and middle rope with his left foot, looking around at the crowd and nodding his head to the music. He steps down and removes any accessories he may be wearing before the match starts.
The epic sounds of To Valhalla! by Antti Martikainen kicks in, as the arena is bathed in a low purple hue, almost black it. The large frame of an individual steps out from the back, head down, as he slowly raises his glare with a cold as death stare of contempt.
Salvatore Pellegrino: His opponent, making his AXW Debut, wrestling out of Munich, Germany, weighing 285 pounds, MAGNUS VON BRAUN!
He marches to the ring, picking up a little speed near the ring and leaping up onto the apron. Stepping into the ring, the man looks cold, calculating and ready to maim.
vs. 
Xperience Championship Tournament
Round 1
Evan Sarbani wasn't ever able to even think about getting offense in, as the newcomer was all over him. Sarbani would be tossed around the ring with moves like a Double Underhook Suplex, Release Dragon Suplex, High Angle Backsuplex, to name a few. Von Braun also delivered high impact moves like a Tilt-a-whirl backbreaker, Fireman's carry double knee gutbuster, Rolling Firemen’s Carry Slam, and Running Leaping Senton. Von Braun nearly decapitates Sarbani with a Leaping Bicycle Kick, and if that wasn't enough, turns Sarbani all kinds of inside out with his Krieg Lariat for the victory.
Salvatore Pellegrino: Here is your winner, MAGNUS VON BRAUN!
The commentary team discusses about how this unknown newcomer could very well become the new Xperience Champion if the rest of his matches are like this. Cole Haywood suggests forgoing the tournament and awarding him the title now.
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Backstage, the new General Manager Sam De Santa is with Ambiance. With an impressive win over Janet Hurricane at Rise over the summer, SDS awards Ambiance an AXW Women's Championship Match in tonight's Main Event. Ambiance says she's been waiting for this for months.
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The opening riffs of 'Pour Some Sugar on me' hits, and the arena goes dark with a single pink spotlight near the entrance. As the drums hit, Bobo comes out, flashing a bright smile, wearing a black pinstriped Chef's apron over his pink and black tights. He holds a tray in his hands which naturally contains samples of his cakes, that he baked to perfection.
Salvatore Pellegrino: The following contest is scheduled for one fall, and is a First Round Match in the Xperience Championship Tournament! Introducing first, wrestling out of Skaneateles, New York, weighing 238 pounds, "The Master Pâtissier" BOBO SWEETCAKES!
He proceeds to feed the samples to the fans at ringside before sliding the tray underneath the ring. He climbs into the ring and throws his apron to the crowd.
A shrill scream echoes throughout the arena causing some people to have to cover their ears. The lights dim down and then the scream stops an a cackle replaces it followed by ‘Monster‘ by Disturbed.
White smoke fills the entrance ramp and then a tall figure slowly walks through the smoke. Tatau makes her way down the ramp looking intense and ready to fight.
Salvatore Pellegrino: His opponent, wrestling out of the Island of Samoa, "Lady Samoa" TATAU!
She gets into the ring and lets out an almighty roar then she tries to intimidate the referee by grabbing him by the throat and telling him that “I will win this match, you got that?” Tatau finally goes to her corner and waits for the match to start.
vs. 
Xperience Championship Tournament
Round 1
Unlike the last match, both competitors were able to get offense in. Tatau would start the match in control, some of her key moves including a Sitout Powerbomb, Swinging Choke Toss, Bicycle Kick, and a Jumping Spinebuster. Bobo would gain control upon moving out of the way of a Second rope Diving Senton. Some of Bobo's offense included a Jumping Crossbody, Tree of Woe + Stalling Low Dropkick, and his German Suplex + Dragon Suplex + Tiger Suplex combo. Bobo attempts his 220 Creme Brulee (Moonsault, but with only 220 degrees rotation instead of the usual 270, making it a high-angle Headbutt), but Tatau moves and Bobo hits the mat head first. Bobo nearly knocks himself out, but Tatau looks to finish it her way with the Tatau-erbomb (Scoop Lift Sitout Powerbomb).
Salvatore Pellegrino: Here is your winner, TATAU!
Commentary discusses that Tatau will meet Magnus Von Braun in the next round, and how that will be an intriguing match-up.
Returning from commercials, Cloud is interviewed backstage. The AXW Light Heavyweight Champion discusses how as soon as he wins the title, AXW pretty much dies, and wonders if his title win is connected. He was expecting to have to face Ben Eatr in a rematch, but Ben Eatr isn't here anymore, and doesn't even know who his next challenger is even going to be. Everyone seems to be more focused on the Xperience Championship at the moment... is Cloud even in the tournament? He doesn't know. If he is, he could become AXW's first dual champion, wait... could he redeem the Xperience title on himself for a Light Heavyweight Championship Match? If he beats himself, would it count as two reigns? Or would it count as a failed redemption? We cut back to ringside amidst Cloud going over his dilemmas.
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The lights dim and Run You by The Qemists starts. When the line 'Strength of 50,000 soldiers' plays. The come back up to reveal a woman standing in the 'Wonder Woman' pose, arms crossed over her chest, her head down chin resting between her fists. She stands still like this for a moment, before lifting her head and taking an archers pose. She breaks pose and struts down the walk way, popping her neck. She stops again in the middle of the ramp and thumps her chest with her fists rapidly, shouting 'Strength of 50,000 soldiers!'
Salvatore Pellegrino: The following contest is an AXW Double Debut Match, as well as a First Round Match in the AXW Xperience Championship Tournament! Introducing first, wrestling out of Phoenix, Arizona, weighing 206 pounds, she is "The One Woman Army" F.M. YOUNG!
She starts moving again, slapping hands with fans along the way. She gets to the ring and and leaps up the steps, leaping up to the top turn buckle where she takes up the archers pose again as the crowd cheers. She jumps down into the ring and goes to the opposite turn buckle, doing the Wonder Woman pose, before leaping down and finding a ring rope to lean against.
“My Chick Bad” blares over the PA system as red lights fill the arena as a woman comes out and does a little dance on the stage before walking down to the ring clapping the fans hands as she walks down the ramp, stopping and giving a kiss on the cheek to one of the young men along the walk way.
Salvatore Pellegrino: Her opponent, wrestling out of Hotlanta, weighing 145 pounds, MYCHELLE!
She gets to the ring and gets up on the apron as she wipes her boots before she steps between the ropes going to one of the corners and turns and stares at her opponent.
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AXW Double Debut Match
Xperience Championship Tournament
Round 1
The former BWF World Champion and the former RSPW Joshi Stardom Champion put on a very solid match-up. They start the match trading move for move, Young with a Flying Headscissors, Mychelle with a Shotgun Dropkick, Young with a Double Axehandle, Mychelle with a Sleeper Hold Slam. Mychelle ends up staying in control for a while here, with moves such as a Dangerous Queen Bomb, Japanese Ocean Suplex, and a Triangle Leg Choke. F.M. would see control with a Short-arm Elbow Smash, Dragon Suplex, Powerbomb, and a Negasonic Warhead (Starship Pain) for a close two. Mychelle retakes control with a Spinning Back Fist, followed by a Heart Punch into a Running Yakuza Kick. Mychelle would attempt a Drop da Weave (Vertical Drop Brainbuster), but F.M. manages to escape and execute a Superchick (The Shiranui). With Mychelle in position, F.M. connects with a Battery Powered Bombshell (Shooting Star Senton) for the victory.
Salvatore Pellegrino: Here is your winner, F.M. YOUNG!
Mike Vincent says that F.M. Young could be one of this tournament's secrets, being a former world champion. Cole Haywood disagrees, thinking she's not going to make it much further.
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Zoey Mathews-Mitchell is interviewed about her Main Event title defense. Zoey feels she is prepared for Ambiance. The past few months she's had a suspicion that Ambiance would be next in line, and has made the effort to study her. Zoey feels she can take on just about anyone after finally defeating Janet Hurricane at Horizon, and is not expecting to lose her title anytime soon.
The arena lights descend to darkness, as the tron displays an old black and white vision of an apocalyptic scene, as within a broken building we hear the crackle and zap of electricity, pulses of computers, as there, standing before the rubble is a figure in a denim jacket and tattered denim jeans. The figure turns slowly, and forms a smirk from under a pair of black Aviator shades.
"Not even God can save you.."
The crowd roars to "Not Even God" by Digital Summer, as some are booing, some cheering, an ice blue hue filling the ramp and entrance, a thin mist that under a spotlight has an eerie glow for one Duncan Aries! Aries has his back to us, looking down, before spinning around, arms crossed and head cocked in a smirk.
Salvatore Pellegrino: The following contest is a first round match in the AXW Xperience Championship Tournament! Introducing first, wrestling out of San Diego, California, weighing 238 pounds, he is one half of the AXW Tag Team Champions and an AXW Hall of Famer, "The Wild Card" DUNCAN ARIES!
Aries strides to the ring, paying no mind before tossing his shades into the crowd and leaping onto the apron. Entering the ring, Aries spins around, basking in the glow of the reaction, positive or negative, tossing off his jacket, yelling out "Because I'm Duncan Aries, motherfuckers!" as "Not Even God" fades out.
"Hear Me Now" plays throughout the arena and Malcolm M. Mitchell makes his way to the stage. He stops, not looking thrilled about having to face his tag team partner.
Salvatore Pellegrino: His opponent, wrestling out of Riviera Beach, Florida, weighing 214 pounds, he is one half of the AXW Tag Team Champions, MALCOLM M. MITCHELL!
Despite this, he walks down to the ring with confidence in every step. Malcolm enters the ring, climbs to the second turnbuckle, and raises his title in the air.
vs. 
Xperience Championship Tournament
Round 1
Despite being tag team partners, the two don't hold back. Big maneuvers from Aries include roundhouse kick, missile dropkick, German suplex, sidewalk slam, diving elbow drop, double powerbomb, Enter Gideon (Beautiful Disaster Kick), and San Diego Driver (Full Nelson pickup released into a wheelbarrow facebuster). Some of Malcolm's notable offense includes Jumping Shoulder Jawbreaker, T-Bone Suplex, Fisherman Suplex, Moonsault, Tope Con Hilo, Springboard Clothesline, Cutter, Blue Thunder Bomb.
At one point in the match, Malcolm would roll Aries up, grab a little bit of tights, and still only get two. As soon as Aries got to his feet, Mitchell leapt right up to deliver a Faceplant (Fame Asser)!
Unfortunately for him, Aries still kicked out. Mitchell was in shock for a moment, and when bringing his attention back to Aries, finds himself trapped in the Ace Of Spades (Crippler Crossface). Mitchell is in the hold for a good while, refusing to submit and trying to reach for the ropes, but Aries prevented it at every go. Mitchell ultimately, feintly, taps out.
Salvatore Pellegrino: Here is your winner by submission, DUNCAN ARIES!
Commentary found it interesting that the tag team champions clashed in the tournament, leaving some to wonder how the tournament was set up - was it random, or did Sam De Santa purposely pit them against each other? Regardless, Aries beat his partner, and finds himself in Round 2 against F.M. Young.
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Danny Hall is backstage somewhere, AXW Championship over his shoulder. He kind of wishes "Sam De Santa Claus" did put Aries in the match at Winterslam, so he could beat both him and Damien Steele in the same match and prove to them, especially Aries, that he's not the Danny Hall of old. He's not the Danny Hall that was a joke in BWF, he's not the Misfit Danny Hall, he's not the Danny Hall forced to hold two title reigns with some nobody (Acer Stone), this is Danny Hall: The Obsession. This is Danny Hall: AXW World Heavyweight Champion. Isn't it interesting that "The Obsession" is all that Damien Steele and Duncan Aries can seem to think about? Nonetheless, Aries isn't in the picture, Damien Steele is. Hall recalls a time, specifically at AXW vs. BWF: Domination, where he defeated Damien Steele in a Triple Threat Ladder Match. And, you know, that time at Rise 2017 where Hall pinned Steele 1-2-3. Danny Hall says that come Winterslam, he will walk out still the AXW Champion.
Flip to somewhere else in the arena. It's dimly lit. Damien Steele's hair is in his face. Steele says that the six months he is forced to wait to get his title back were nearly unbearable. Winterslam will be the worst night in Danny Hall's life.
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A single white backdrop on the Alternatron, suddenly filled with a barrage of bullet holes. A silhouette enters the frame, but we only see the shadow, holding an AK-47 at her side. We then hear an all too familiar voice, filled with smug satisfaction.
“The bitch is back!”
"You Call Me A Bitch Like It's A Bad Thing" by Halestorm starts off as the lights go up to see the slick smirk of one Ambiance under a black hoodie with matching black leather pants and deep purple boots. Ambiance tosses her hood back and then unzips it, tossing it down with force, a pissed off look on her face, as she cups her hands to her mouth and yells out “All hail the Empress Bitch, cunts!” before storming to the ring.
Ambiance enters the ring, cursing up a storm as she climbs the nearest turnbuckle and extends her arms out, head tilt back with sinister glee to a mixed reaction from the crowd before leaping off, still talking shit before the match even starts, looked primed and ready as the music fades out.
"Now" hits as Zoey Mathews-Mitchell emerges from behind the curtain. She stands on the stage, back facing the ring, her arms outspread with hands open. She turns around, now facing the ring, and quickly throws her arms into the air, her hands in a fist, except for her pointer fingers which are extended, as pyro blasts on the stage. She lowers her arms and begins walking down the ramp.
She high fives some of the fans at ringside, before climbing onto the apron. She scans the crowd, and raises one arm into the air, before jumping over the top rope. She climbs onto a turnbuckle and throws her arms out to her sides, before raising them into the air, similar to what she did on the stage.
Salvatore Pellegrino: This is your Main Event scheduled for one fall, and is for the AXW Women's Championship! Introducing first, the challenger, wrestling out of Liverpool, England, weighing 142 pounds, "Britain's Best Darling" AMBIANCE!
Ambiance glares across the ring at the champion.
Salvatore Pellegrino: Her opponent, wrestling out of Riviera Beach, Florida, weighing 134 pounds, she is the defending AXW Women's Champion, ZOEY MATHEWS-MITCHELL!
Zoey steps to the middle of the ring, holds her title up, and is attacked from behind by Ambiance, starting the match right then and there.
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Ambiance has the match in control for the first number of minutes, attacking the champion with a Gutwrench suplex, stalling brainbuster, shuffle side kick, Overcastle neckbreaker, snap powerslam, and German suplex, to name a few. She would try to trap Zoey in a STF, but the champ is able to squirm to the ropes before it's locked in. Zoey sends an oncoming Ambiance through the ropes and leaps out to attack her with a Suicide Dive. Zoey gets Ambiance back into the ring and continues her offense, which includes a Frankensteiner, Butterfly Backbreaker, Diving Front Dropkick, Flapjack, and a Wind-Up Overhead Kick. Zoey would lift Ambiance onto her shoulders, perhaps for the Firebomb (Fireman Carry Powerbomb), but Ambiance elbows herself free, and drops Zoey with a DDT. Ambiance continues her onslaught with a swinging neckbreaker, backbreaker, snap suplex, and gutwrench powerbomb. Ambiance wants to torture the champion, locking her in a Texas Cloverleaf. Zoey manages to make it to the ropes, where Ambiance pulls her right back to the middle of the ring and locks in the STF. Zoey struggles but manages to shift herself so she's on top of Ambiance, the challenger forced to break the hold as to not get pinned. Ambiance sends Zoey to the ropes where Zoey responds with a Tilt-a-whirl DDT. Zoey is able to follow up with a Belly-to-Belly Suplex, Side Russian Leg Sweep, Diving Back Elbow (from second rope), and a Shotgun Kick. Zoey goes to the apron to deliver her Springboard Shooting Star Press. She springs off the top rope, does the full rotation, but is caught by the Shattered Dollhouse (Code Breaker)!! Ambiance folds Zoey in a matchbook style pin.
Salvatore Pellegrino: Here is your winner and the NEW AXW Women's Champion, AMBIANCE!
Mike Vincent: Holy cow! I can't believe how well Ambiance scouted that Springboard Shooting Star to counter with the Shattered Dollhouse! We have a NEW AXW Women's Champion!
Lily Luna: No one wants to lose on Christmas, especially when a championship is involved, not a good holiday for the Mitchell household tonight.
Cole Haywood: Who cares about them, it's all about our AXW Women's Champion Ambiance! A very Merry Christmas for everyone!
Ambiance celebrates her championship win. She climbs the turnbuckles, and eventually makes her way to the stage to the pyro celebration.
AXW returns to its normal time slot this Saturday, December 30. In action: the debuts of Alexander Pope, Judas Carter, Mighty Jo Young, and more!