AXW Ep. 77 [2.16. 19]

We open abruptly to AXW programming, where the voice of Mike Vincent is nearly drowned out by a loud chorus of boos.




Mike Vincent: “AXW Faithful, Mike Vincent here and, well, as you can hear, this Dallas crowd here at the American Airlines Center, well, they are voicing their displeasure-“



Cole Haywood: “Being ungrateful jerks is what they are!”



The camera cuts to Duncan Aries, sitting in a folding chair, twirling the mic with his wrist, looking to lift the mic to his lips, when the crowd boos once more.



Mike Vincent: “Duncan Aries has been out here since before we started this show, and, well, nobody seems to know why-“



Cole Haywood: “Well maybe if these haysweed, ten gallon hat wearing idiots would let him tell us!”



Aries mimes looking at a wrist watch as the boos continue, and then, slowly, fade. Aries rubs his face.



Duncan Aries: “Are we good? Did you all get that out of your system? Because on our last show, I hope the entire world got a good look at THE BIGGEST conspiracy in the history of AXW, and it unfolded in front of your very eyes. I, Duncan Aries, THE ICON of AXW, the reason this place still exists, has been victimized under this new regime of two washed up has beens, one that weighs just over 200 lbs, and another that averages a daily consumption of food totaling that weight.”



The crowd turns from booing to chanting for the General Manager, Aries fuming.



Duncan Aries: “NO, NO, NO, NO, DON’T YOU DARE CHANT THAT FAT SLOB! He is the reason I am where I am right now, and why? Because he knew, just like that piece of shit owner of ours, that I was going to take Danny Hall and beat him within an inch of his miserable life and take what has been mine this whole time. Bruiser Lazzou was one of the few people behind the scenes who believed in that worthless sack of shit, and because of that, allowed the breaking of an established rule keeping Danny Hall AXW Champion without him ever having to defend the title, but hey, AXW returned, and Danny Hall defended that title, and kept it, NOT because he’s a good wrestler, not because he’s superior to me, but speaking of, BECAUSE OF ME!”



“So, since Lord Lard Ass thinks its cute to keep me out of the title picture for a year, I’m going to plant MY ass right here, and, well, I’m taking this bitch hostage until THAT fat bitch, waddles down here and reverses that decision, because it’s the best thing for this business, the best thing for this company, and-“



Suddenly the arena plunges into darkness.



Mike Vincent: “And finally, somebody stopped the whining of Duncan Aries-“



Cole Haywood: “A proud declaration by a proud man!”



After a moment, a gold hue fills the ramp, as Breaking Benjamin’s “Had Enough” sends the crowd into a frenzy!



Cole Haywood: “WOAH, WOAH, WOAH!”



Stepping onto the stage is a smirking CC Shadows!



Mike Vincent: “CC Shadows! This had to be who The Notch was talking to Lazzou about!”



Shadows is in a black dress shirt, gray suit and tie, and black shoes. The crowd is giving Shadows a distinctly mixed reaction, but he doesn’t care either way, making his way to the ring. Entering, the lights return to normal, as Aries, unimpressed, is brushed by, Shadows taking a mic, the crowd still stunned at Shadows in AXW!



CC Shadows: “You know, Duncan, I couldn’t help but hear you talking about conspiracies, whining about these “injustices” and it hit me, you’re the last son of a bitch on the planet that has any fucking room to complain, pal!”



Aries mouths “Oh really?”



CC Shadows: “Yeah, really. See, despite whatever unfortunate incident has fallen on you, you have always been given an opportunity in the end. I, on the other hand, have been fucked with, screwed over, and left out to dry by every promoter who at least had the smarts to sign me, but I guess a talent of my caliber is better off put on the shelf, left to rot, collect dust-“



Duncan Aries: “Is there a point to any of this, Shadows? Because last I checked, those promoters didn’t fail you. You did. Because aside from your actual last name, you know, the reason I guess you’re here right now, you have ZERO skills. You suck. You have nothing but that game to go on.”



CC Shadows: “Yeah, my brother did get me this job, because even he, in his moments of bitter jealousy, knows what I can do. My signing wasn’t out of pity, Aries, it was to rub in the face of every one of those promoters who were dumb enough to let me go.”



Duncan Aries: “Oh I don’t know, maybe they were smarter than you think.”



CC Shadows: “You know what, this isn’t going anywhere, and whether you like it or not, there is a show to be run tonight, and, well, I guess what I’m trying to say is-“



And with that, Shadows clocks Aries with the mic, before pouncing on him, raining down fists as the crowd comes unglued!



Cole Haywood: “Here we go!”



Mike Vincent: “Let’s face it, these two colossal egos can’t exist in AXW, and this exploded quickly, both men scrapping it out here!”



The crowd boos as Bruiser Lazzou emerges with a swarm of security to pull these two men apart, Aries spitting in the face of Shadows who breaks free and tackles Aries, the two rolling around on the mat once more before being pulled apart.



Bruiser Lazzou: “Shadows, your brother was right, he warned me of something like this happening, and judging by how highly both of you seem to think of yourselves, I should have saw this coming. So on AXW 78, you two are going to square off!”



This gets a mixed reaction, as certainly many of the AXW fan base would love to see these two go at it now.



Bruiser Lazzou: “But as for right now, BOTH OF YOU are hitting the bricks, and getting the hell out of MY building!”



Lazzou motions to security, who do their best to get both men from the ring.

Screen now opens at the parking lot where we see THE Billy Way sitting on the hood of his blue 2019 Lincoln Continental carelessly while reading Sun Tzu's" Art of War" Billy is wearing his classic Tyler Durden-inspired red jacket, black jeans and a MAGA parody t-shirt that says, "Make AXW Great Again." Billy is not one to shy away in flaunting his riches, but seeing him sitting on the hood on what assumed to be his brand new expensive ride that just came out to the market is certainly a sight to see. Anyway, Billy closes the book once he notices the camera and opens his mouth to speak. This serious side of Billy Way we haven't seen since...well ever




THE Billy Way: “If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat. If you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb in every battle.”


Way closes the book after reading that line and then takes a moment to processed what he just read.

THE Billy Way: Believe it or not Togo Oni, I know lot about you. I've been watching you for a long time ever since we were both under the banner of EWS. Even though we never interacted with each other before until recently, I always watched you because of the hype you have generated over the years/ And you know what, you are the most overhyped piece of CRAP I have ever seen. You're all style when it comes to making an entrance with your flashy robe, catchy theme song, and admittedly marketable pose. You got the fans going, "ohh" and "ahh." But after all that, you have no fucking substance. You're bland. You're boring. You're boring outside of the ring and I fall asleep everytime you wrestle. Sure for years you have fooled these impressionable people quoting lame quotes like the ones you can find this in this book

!

The Billy Way waves"The Art of War" to the camera to indicate what book he was referring to. Then unexpectedly Way tosses the book away as if it was throwaway trash

The Billy Way: Every time you speak, all I hear is Charlie Brown's teacher speaking. "Wah wah wah wah"BORING! Here's the truth about you Togo Oni and it's sad that nobody has told you this already. You....are...NOTHING but an overhyped CRAP. This lame "spiritual warrior" persona you have? I legitimately get "triggered" when the so called, "Japanese Trigger" shows his face on TV. There should be a Trigger Warning for the fans every time you show your pretty boy face. It should go something like, "Warning, this guy will make you feel drowsy and fall asleep every time he speaks or wrestles" I wish someone pulled a "trigger" to end my misery of watching you in action. Let's face it, you are nothing and it is my mission here in AXW to eradicate you and the rest of these boring fucks in the back.



The Billy Way gets off his car and walks towards the camera with fire in his eyes.



The Billy Way: I don't care if these so called fans love me or hate me, but they will respect me. Why? Because I'm The Billy Way. I'm the one that is going to make AXW great again. No scratch that, I'm going to make this damned fed entertaining again. I'm will show you all the "True Way of Entertainment" while getting rid of these bland wrestlers. Togo Oni, you robbed the people the chance to see Most Entertaining Man In Sports Entertainment wrestle Purple Skunk guy for the AXW World Championship. Big mistake buddy. Tonight, you're finally going to have an entertaining match. A must see match! Tonight, I'm going to make you famous. You will be the most talked wrestler in AXW AFTER I obliterate and embarrass you in the ring. Just for you Oni, I'm going to quote my favourite anime. Omae wa mou shindeiru. YOU ARE ALREADY DEAD!

And with that The Billy way walks away from the camera view.




In another showcase of supremacy, Kings In Chaos attacked Snot Rocket Cinema before the opening bell, pummeling them, and giving referee Stephen Deens no choice but to throw the match out. Laying out both members of Snot Rocket Cinema, both Kings would take the mic, Laux asking the AXW Faithful and General Manager Lazzou where the competition was, and that if this was who would be before them, the results would be unchanged. Benji would quip that he didn’t come back to this rotting cesspool to be disrespected with subpar challengers. Either find them competition, Benji would declare to Lazzou, or find yourself looking at repeat performances like this each and every show, before dropping the mic on a prone Jace Ramsey.



Speaking of Lazzou, the general manager, along with other AXW officials would find Reina Borne knocked out backstage, as Mike Vincent would declare that whoever did this has postponed the scheduled match between Reina and the sensual redhead running rampant in AXW as of late. Cole stated he thinks of her every chance he gets, and less whoever knocked out Reina.



This show, Angelique would draw the fiery lass, “The Celtic Dragon” Alisia McGrath. These two put on quite the match, with the raw power and fierce energy of Angelique going up against the technical skill and sheer rage of McGrath, the women matching each other move for move, neither getting a clear advantage until a miscue from Angelique opened the door for McGrath, who looked for a submission, only to be interrupted by the mysterious red head seductress running rampant in AXW. On the apron, distracting the referee (and the male demographic in the crowd at large), McGrath would look to dismiss the intruder, even shrugging and pushing her off! This would allow Angelique to steal the victory with a quick roll up!



Here is your winner: Angelique Francois!!



Francois, being on the other side of things, shrugged and shook her head at the redhead down on the outside, before exiting. McGrath, fuming, looked for revenge, but the seductive redhead had already left through the crowd.

Mike Vincent wondered who this woman was, while Cole wondered why he still didn’t have her phone number.



We open on a shot of Togo Oni from the back. He turns slowly, giving the camera an intense stare.



Togo Oni: “You talk..and talk..and talk. And I?”



A slow grin forms on the face of Oni.



Togo Oni: “I go to war!”



And with that, Oni walks off.


As we see Duncan Aries and CC Shadows being escorted out of the building, both are blocked on their path by one Danny Hall, who looks over both men with a scoff. Hall slowly holds up the AXW Championship as both Shadows and Aries glare, before the champion saunters off and security escorts Aries and Shadows out of the building.



For nigh on 20 minutes, the AXW Faithful were treated to some classic tag team wrestling by arguably two of the keystone teams in the division. This match had classic technical skills, the speed and finesse provided by Queen Soldiers, and the cerebral brawling styles of Fhenix and Adams. In the end, however, an Alabama Slam from Adams was turned into a sitting facebuster on a steel chair from Erwin Kingston as Fhenix was knocked off the apron and Queen Soldiers get the victory!



Here are your winners: QUEEN SOLDIERS!!



Post match would see Queen Soldiers celebrating and as 2MG, frustrated, made their way to their feet, they would be attacked from behind by The Fight Club to a huge ovation! Givens and Williams would dispose of 2MG to the outside and declared that “NOBODY else was running this bitch but us!”



Backstage, Stacy Murphy was with Kings In Chaos, gloating over their earlier exploits. Benji once again stated that Lazzou better find us competition, as a brawl with The Push, whom Kings In Chaos recently attacked, erupted, officials separating the two teams.





The champion would be greeted by Floyd The Butcher via AXW-Tron, who stated the LAST thing he would ever want, is somebody else to get their hands on the AXW Xperience Title, but he was also very much against giving the champion an easy night. So his choice for Everett was none other than the monstrous XANDER BLAZE!

Definitely in for a fight, but not intimidated, the AXW Xperience Champion was in for the fight of his life, as despite his technical prowess, the power game of Blaze was off the charts scary, scoring several nearfalls off of running powerslams, chokeslams, and a snap powerslam, just to name a few.

Everett would go old school, focusing on the left leg of the challenger, which proved a sound strategy. Opening up his arsenal of chops, forearm strikes, and even hitting a spear, the champion both rallied and got the bigger opponent reeling, but it seemed whenever the champion was about to close in, Blaze would snuff out what could’ve been a match ending situation.



Just as it seemed Andrews reign would be short lived off a huge swinging full nelson slam, FM Young would appear at ringside! Blaze would definitely be distracted, as the two jawed at one another, Blaze encouraging Young to “Step in MY ring, bitch!” and just as it seemed Young would oblige, Andrews would chop the already targeted left leg of Blaze, staggering him, before rolling him up for the schoolboy pin and the victory!



Here is your winner AND STILL AXW EXPERIENCE CHAMPION, EVERETT ANDREWS-KNIGHT!!



As Cole would sound off at how lucky the champion was, Young would enter the ring and look for another spear on Blaze, only to be caught and PLANTED with a thunderous spinebuster! From there, to huge boos, Blaze would lock Young in the Bad Intentions (Calfkiller) submission, as Young would cry out in pain, and officials would rush the ring, but Blaze would relentless, until finally, a missile dropkick from EVAN STARR would send Blaze off Young. The Alpha Predator would retreat as Starr would check on Young, both of them victims of Blaze’s attacks.



Vignettes aired featuring new signees The Young Revolvers and Debra Klinger.




In a match that could have gone either way, DDV and Ryan Graham showcased why they are the top contenders to Danny Hall’s AXW Championship. Speaking of the champion, he was on commentary, mocking both men, and declaring that now that his era of greatness has begun in AXW, that everyone is just another brick in the Hall Of Danny.



DDV would rock Graham early with European uppercuts, snap suplexes, and some stinging chops, but Graham was no pushover, hanging in there with arguably the most gifted athlete on the AXW roster, with some chops of his own, knee strikes, and a spinebuster.

Several nearfalls would line the match, as Hall hoped they both just beat each other up so badly neither could even challenge for his title. Of course, as if a lightbulb went off in his head, Hall would drop his headset and bash DDV with the AXW championship, as Matt Baker would call for the bell!

Graham would eat a championship belt shot as well, as the crowd rained down boos, Hall unimpressed with the men lying in a heap, before exiting the ring.

Mike Vincent wondered just what this would mean as far as who would challenge Hall for the title, as Cole said the champion was correct, neither are truly worthy, and he made that point clear!

No contest, double DQ



We would get a cut screen of Togo Oni and The Billy Way getting ready for their match, as Cole said we were about to witness the true WAY of Entertainment!







This was a no nonsense match that pit two men determined to climb the ladder to the AXW Championship. Way stalled early on, luring Togo in and then pouncing with an attack. This allowed Way to open his arsenal early on Oni, with a spinebuster, double underhook facebuster, and while declaring Oni was BOOOORING, a double leg drop to the groin.

Oni would fight back, using that array of kicks that brought him to AXW, buzzsaw kicks, a roundhouse kick, as well as a shuffle side kick, all rocked Billy. A flying overhead chop nearly scored the victory for Oni, but the battle raged on.

During the match, a man in clown face paint identified on commentary as “Sick Boy” Nick Alihaster, would slowly make his way down the ramp to the ring, stopping right before the ring, before plopping himself down Indian style, and observing the match, either laughing, or just staring at the combatants at the ring, as everyone wondered what this man’s deal was.

The finish would see two spent warriors, trading blows, as Oni would then look for The Rainmaker (Short arm Clothesline From Hell) only to have Way counter with a kick to the gut, and then The Billy Way (Swinging Reverse STO) planting Oni for the victory!



Here is your winner: THE Billy Way!



Post match would see a gloating Billy Way taunt and talk down to the fallen Oni, before exiting the ring, examining “Sick Boy” Nick Alihaster on the outside, who didn’t move, just kept laughing, as a puzzled Billy Way walked behind him. Oni would later exit, but as he drew close, Alihaster would say something that stopped Oni in his tracks, and we could see, clearly upset him. Alihaster would laugh and taunt Oni, who would rear back and clock the seated man with a roundhouse kick, flattening him!

As Oni walked away, Alihaster, dazed, would still be laughing, as a visibly distraught Oni made his way up the ramp to end AXW 77.