MMP Hardcore Saturday Night is on the air! Nearly 20, 000 fans are
jammed into the Saskatoon Arena in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan for tonight's big event.
Commentators Jerry Wood and Ray Brewer are at ringside.
Wood: Welcome, everyone, to MMP Hardcore Saturday Night! I'm
Jerry Wood alongside Ray Brewer back in the great white north for another HSN
broadcast, coming to you tonight from Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, deep in the middle of
the wheat plains of Canada, where tonight we have a wide variety of extreme style
matches on tap. Our main event tonight is a title vs. title match to be contested inside a
cell of barbed wire as The Destroyer and Benjamin Childs will do battle, with one man
walking out with both the extreme and television championships. Four full length mirrors
will be in the ring, one in each corner, along with any other weapons those two big men
choose to bring out here tonight. These two men know each other very well, and if their
previous matches are any indication, this should be one brutal encounter to say the very
least.
Brewer: On this night that pays tribute to no-talent-required garbage wrestling, I must say
I'm pleased to see a submission match on the card tonight. If there's one match on this
entire event worth watching it will be Andrew Peters and Ace Manley. One man will
make the other give up in that ring tonight, and the only way to do it is with technical
wrestling savvy and an astute knowledge of the finest holds in the game. Any slack-jawed
yokel can swing a chair, but only a top athlete can make his opponent quit. We'll see that
here on Hardcore Saturday Night.
Four Corners Elimination Match CONTROVERSY vs.
STEVE "THE MAGNIFICENT ONE" JACKSON vs. BAITAL vs. JUDAS
CROSS
Once the four participants in the ring, no one wasted any time going
after each other at the opening bell. Baital paired off with Judas Cross while Controversy
hooked up with Steve Jackson, chopping Jackson repeatedly across the chest and backing
him into the far corner as Baital stunned Cross with a rake of the eyes. With Cross
blinded Baital grabbed the former Daethtaker and tossed him through the ropes to the
floor where they would continue to battle, leaving Controversy and Jackson in the ring.
Even on the outside Baital kept the offense coming, grabbing Cross and whipping him
hard into the steel steps. On the inside Controversy was in total control of Jackson,
hoisting "The Magnificent One" up to the top rope and delivering a superplex. The
painted man didn't give Jackson even a moment to catch his breath, as as soon as he
delivered the superplex Controversy was back on the top rope, this time delivering the
Cherry Popper. Out on the floor Baital continued his dominance over Cross, breaking a
broom stick over the man's back before shoving him back into the ring. Baital then
scooped up Cross and delivered the Blood Drive as the referee was counting
Controversy's pin attempt on Jackson, scoring the 1...2..3 to eliminate "The Magnificent
One". With Cross laid out near the center of the ring Baital paused for a moment to
deliver a kick to the head of Controversy before finally making a cover on Cross. He
easily scored the three count, and the match was down to Controversy and Baital.
Controversy was on the far side of the ring pulling himself up with the aid of the ropes
after the shot to the temple from Baital, so Baital used the opportunity to slide back out to
the floor and grab the ring bell. He quickly jumped back into the ring and took a wild
swing aimed at Controversy's head, but Controversy ducked out of the way and countered
with a chop to the chest as Baital turned back around, causing him to drop the bell. A low
blow from Controversy sent Baital back towards the corner, where Controversy again
lifted his opponent up to the top rope for a superplex. This time as Controversy came off,
though, Baital held onto the top rope, maintaining his position while Controversy crashed
to the canvas. With his opponent dazed Baital jumped down and again grabbed the ring
bell. As soon as Controversy was up Baital charged in and swung the bell again, this time
connecting with Controversy square in the forehead. Controversy went down like a ton of
bricks and Baital quickly made the cover, hooking the leg and scoring the three count to
win the match.
Wood: Somewhat of a surprise here in our opening bout as Baital
comes away victorious, scoring his first win in the MMP in this four corners match. He
will now be in singles competition coming up at Chaos on the Coast, entering that four
man lottery along with Controversy to determine the pairings for those two one on one
matches that will be part of the newcomers invitational on pay per view. Steve Jackson
and Judas Cross will now have to go through another four corners match in Los Angeles if
they hope to move on towards that guaranteed title shot that the winner of this
competition will receive.
Brewer: That's right we have eight men involved in this very unusual competition. For
those who aren't aware, this event will take place here tonight and as well at Chaos on the
Coast. The final two men in both of tonight's four corners matches will be paired at
random in singles competition, while the other four men will go into another four way
match. The winners of those three PPV matches will meet in Los Angeles in a three way
dance, with the winner of that final match to receive a shot at their choice of the
midwestern, television, and extreme championships at BattleGround 3.
Wood: So we know that Baital and Controversy are into the singles lottery, and Cross and
Jackson will be in the four corners match. We will find out where the other four men in
this event will be positioned in our next match, the second of the two four corners matches
we will see here tonight. Twisted Steel, Hades, Wade Grayson, and Ryan North are set to
do battle here in Saskatoon!
Four Corners Elimination Match TWISTED STEEL vs.
HADES vs. "ATOMIC THUNDER" WADE GRAYSON vs. RYAN
NORTH
With Ryan North already waiting in the ring, "Atomic Thunder" Wade
Grayson started making his way down the aisle. He didn't get very far, though, as Twisted
Steel came out from the back with Adam Kogler and attacked Grayson, hitting him in the
leg with a crowbar. Steel was clearly paying attention during WrestleFest, when Grayson
sustained an injured leg against The Destroyer in his TV title match. North didn't want to
wait any longer to get his first taste of MMP action and came running down from the ring
to confront Steel, catching him with a series of hard right hands to the face. Steel quickly
fought back with rights of his own, backing North up towards the ring. With Steel and
North occupied with one another Hades finally made his way out and attacked Grayson,
kicking him in the ribs as Grayson tried to crawl his way down to the ring. Hades then
began stomping down on Grayson's shoulderblades as he arrived at the ringside area while
inside the ring Steel nailed Ryan North with a falling powerbomb. The action continued
both inside and out, with Hades hitting Grayson with a shoulderbreaker on the floor as
Steel sent North off the ropes and took him down with a drop toehold, floating over into a
half crab submission hold. Hades pulled Grayson up and rolled him in under the bottom
rope as North submitted to Steel's hold, bringing the match down to three men. Steel then
turned his attention to Hades, but when he did he saw Hades had locked Grayson in the
Tortured Souls. He decided to stand back and let Hades do his damage, and that proved
to be a wise decision as Grayson eventually gave it up, and the affair was down to Steel
and Hades. The hatred between the two men had been brewing all week long, and it was
evident right away as Steel slammed Hades across the back of the head with a chair as
soon as Hades released the hold on Grayson. Steel then removed his studded belt and
began whipping Hades with it, an assault that was only interrupted when Hades reached
up out of desperation and nailed Steel with a low blow. Steel crumbled to the canvas and
Hades started mounting a comeback, dragging Steel's legs over towards the ringpost and
slamming them repeatedly against the steel. Hades then crawled back into the ring and
started to pull Steel to his feet, prompting Kogler to get up on the apron near the corner,
distracting Hades away from his opponent. He dropped Steel and went over to Kogler,
nailing the obnoxious journalist with a hard right hand and sending him to the floor. The
distraction, though, paid off for Kogler and Steel. With Hades' back turned Steel came
running in and nailed the crazy train, a dropkick in the back against the turnbuckle. Hades
hit his head on the top of the ring post and stumbled back into Steel, who delivered the
Living End full nelson slam. Steel then made the cover and scored the 1...2...3 to win the
match.
Wood: Twisted Steel emerges victorious here in the second
elimination match, and now he and Hades will be entered into that lottery to determine the
singles matches for Chaos on the Coast. Ryan North and Wade Grayson are bound for the
four way, giving them the longest road towards earning that title shot that will go to the
winner of this event.
Brewer: Sure, but the biggest story here is that Adam Kogler got knocked clear into next
week courtesy of Hades. It's always nice to see a parasite like Kogler get what he has
coming to him. I guess Hades isn't a big fan of teenage geeks who like to make up news
and post it on the internet, citing "inside sources". This guy mooches off the entire
business and gives nothing back. Kudos to Hades. He may not have won the match, but
he earned a small victory for everyone who actually matters to this industry by taking out
that waste of skin from Long Island.
Wood: Our next contest revisits one of the greatest rivalries in MMP history. For more
than a year Captain Patrick O'Conner has made it a goal of his to bring down The Cult
Master and his group, and now that he has returned to the MMP he looks to further that
goal, possibly even leading a shot at The Cult Master's world championship. Tonight his
quest begins against Harbinger here on Hardcore Saturday Night.
CAPTAIN PATRICK O'CONNER vs.
HARBINGER
A sole Cult minion accompanied Harbinger to the ring as he made his
way out for his match. O'Conner soon followed, accompanied by his trusty bodyguard
George Achica. Once the bell ran O'Conner moved in to lock up with his opponent, but
Harbinger ducked away, avoiding the engagement. O'Conner looked a little uncertain but
again moved in on Harbinger, but again Harbinger avoided contact, perplexing the Captain
as to Harbinger's motives. On the third attempt they finally locked up, but Harbinger
quickly dropped down and took O'Conner down with a drop toehold, floating over into an
attempt at the Celtic Cross! O'Conner escaped before Harbinger could get the hold
locked in, but the Captain was clearly thrown off his gameplan. He had not been
expecting a technical approach from Harbinger, who glared at his adversary from across
the ring. Again they locked up and this time O'Conner got the upper hand, chopping
Harbinger repeatedly across the chest and backing him into the corner. A pair of overhand
rights followed, softening Harbinger up and allowing O'Conner to take the man over with
a snap suplex. The Captain didn't give Harbinger a chance to get to his feet, dropping a
pair of elbows down across the sternum while the tag team champion was down on the
canvas. O'Conner then pulled Harbinger up and scooped him up in a slam, but Harbinger
slid down the back and grabbed the Captain by the tights, throwing him through the ropes
out to the floor. Harbinger quickly jumped out after him and whipped O'Conner into the
rail. He then got up a head of steam and jumped at O'Conner, delivering a reverse
slingshot over the rail, snapping the back of the Captain's neck along the steel. The tag
champ rolled O'Conner back into the ring and reverted back to his old savage ways,
jumping on O'Conner's back and digging his teeth deep into the back of O'Conner's neck.
Deeper and deeper he pushed, but O'Conner still fought back, struggling slowly to his feet.
Once up he shrugged Harbinger off, and caught him with a leg sweep, snapping the back
of Harbinger's neck off the canvas. From there the Captain took over. He pulled
Harbinger up and whipped him into the far corner where he caught the Cult member with
an avalanche before sending him out towards the middle of the ring with a belly to belly
suplex. As Harbinger struggled to his feet O'Conner slowly moved in on him from behind,
locking Harbinger in the Captain's Bridge. The tag champ didn't hang on for long and
soon had to give it up, bringing the crowd to it's feet at the announcement of O'Conner's
victory. The celebration was short lived, though, as Harbinger's minion slid into the ring
immediately after the match was over and nailed O'Conner in the back of the head with
brass knuckles. He then removed his cloak, revealing himself as the MMP world
champion himself, The Cult Master!! The champion stood over O'Conner as he demanded
a mic:
Cult Master: "You see, O'Connor? I can be anywhere I want, whenever I want!!! I told
you I was nearby, I told you I would soon strike! This is just an example of my ability to
seep into every facet of your existence, every area of your life!!! Every action you take is
taken only because I ALLOW IT!!! Heed this warning, evil one! Stay away from The
Cult, or exact more punishment such as this!!!"
The Cult Master, with a very satisfied look on his face, led Harbinger back to the dressing
room, clearly ignoring his faithful follower's obvious disappointment in the
outcome.
Wood: O'Conner picks up the victory here tonight on Hardcore
Saturday Night, upping his mark to 2-0 since starting his comeback at WrestleFest. And it
sure looks like The Cult Master isn't taking this situation lying down. He appears to be as
eager to silence O'Conner as O'Conner is to silence The Cult Master.
Brewer: A lot of people have said this federation isn't big enough for both of these men.
Their styles, their beliefs are just too different. We know they can't get along, and the only
question that remains is how long it is before one drives the other out of the MMP
permanently.
Wood: I think you might be right, Ray. The hatred between these two has been brewing
ever since The Cult Master first arrived early last year. The only answer may be for one of
these men to be run out of this company entirely. As you can see, folks, the steel cage is
being built around the ring as we speak, and that can mean only one thing. The body
count match is up next here on Hardcore Saturday Night. Twelve men will go in, but only
one will come out, and that man's team will go on to BattleGround 3 to challenge for the
MMP tag team titles.
BODY COUNT MATCH
Most of the individuals in the bout came down to the ring solo, as
many of the pairings in the match were making their first appearances as tag team
partners. The final duo to arrive was the brother team of Aries and Hades, who entered
the cage once all ten other men were inside. The door was locked, and the match was
underway. Aries stood stoicly in the corner and dared anyone to come and get him. The
other wrestlers looked around at one another, but one man who wasn't about to wait any
longer was Twisted Steel, who pulled a crowbar out of his wrestling attire and slammed it
against the back of Ryno's head. From there the bell sounded, and all twelve men started
going at one another. "Amazing" Andrew Peters, teamed with Death for this match, laid
into Ryan North, tag team partner of The Ryno, with a series of hard chops to the chest
but he quickly gave way to The Train, who began hammering on North with right hands
before slamming him head first into wall of the steel cage. On the other side of the ring
Synthetic Dawn, the new team of Ambush and the newcomer Barricade, was working
together to wear down Matt Brutal, nailing the rookie with a double backbreaker. One
team's alliance didn't last very long, and that was the duo of Twisted Steel and Guru.
Steel was working over Ryno with crowbar shots to the body until his longtime rival and,
for this match, tag team partner attacked him from behind, slamming him into the cage and
allowing Ryno to pull himself together. Guru then walked away to look for other
opposition and Ryno, brandishing brass knuckles on both hands, started peppering Steel
with rights and lefts. Across the ring Andrew Peters was hooked up with Train in the
corner, choking the newcomer with his bare hands. After a few moments Peters released,
leaving Train to slump down against the buckle. He turned in search of other opposition,
but walked right into his Chaos on the Coast opponent, Aries. Aries slowly moved
towards Peters, who begged off, even offering Aries a handshake. The "Beast from
Greece" would have none of it, and when Peters realized this he shot out his foot and
caught Aries with a low blow, backing the big man off for the time being. Peters turned
and hurried away, but he walked right into a clothesline from Hades. Hades then went to
work stomping on Peters as The Train, who had mounted a comeback, nailed Ryan North
with a DDT. Train then made the first effort to try and escape the cage to win the match
for the team of himself and Matt Brutal, but the MMP universal champion, Death, was
there to grab the rookie's foot and pull him back down to the canvas. Across the ring
Train's partner, Brutal, wasn't faring much better. Barricade of Synthetic Dawn lifted
Brutal up on his shoulders as Ambush climbed to the top rope. Once there Ambush came
off with a flying forearm, nearly taking Brutal's head off! Hades continued to stomp on
Peters, but the midwestern champion was resilient, poking Hades in the eye to back him
off. He then went to whip Hades across the ring, but Hades reversed it and sent Peters
right into Aries, who caught the man around the throat and nailed Peters with a
devastating chokeslam!! The fans in the arena errupted, marking one of the only times in
his career that Aries had heard the cheers of the crowd. A large cluster began to form in
the middle of the ring with wrestlers trading punches back and forth, using whatever
means they could to get an upper hand. While this was going on Ryno slipped away from
the pack and began to climb the wall of the cage, but rather than heading right for the top
he stopped and came off with a moonsault, knocking Train, Guru, Death, and Hades to
the canvas. Ryno shot back to his feet and shot his hands in the air in celebration, but
while his arms were up Twisted Steel grabbed him and delivered the Living End, slamming
Ryno hard to the canvas. With so many wrestlers down Ambush started to climb the cage,
but while he was going up Death started to move towards the door. The door was
opened, but just as Death started to climb through the ropes The Joker's Child, Death's
Chaos on the Coast opponent, came running down from the locker room and sprayed
Death in the eyes with a can of spray paint!! Death fell back into the ring as Aries walked
towards the door. The big man stepped over Death and over the top rope, while on the
other side Ambush was climbing down the outside of the cage. Ambush jumped down to
the floor just as Aries stepped through the door, and the referees on both sides of the ring
called for the bell, one man claiming Aries had escaped first, the other claiming Ambush
had. After extensive consultation the officials ruled Aries & Hades and Synthetic Dawn
co-winners of the body count match, much to the displeasure of the sold out crowd that
was hoping for a decisive outcome.
Wood: What's happening here? I'm trying to get word and yes, it
looks like we have co-winners of this body count match. I assume this means that Aries &
Hades and Synthetic Dawn are co-number one contenders. I don't know about you, Ray,
but I could have sworn I saw Ambush hit the floor before Aries did.
Brewer: I don't know what match you were watching Wood, because I saw plain as day
that Aries came out the door and down to the floor well before Ambush hit the ground.
Aries and Hades should be going on to BattleGround 3 to face the tag team
champions.
Wood: Well we'll have to wait and see what this means for the tag title match come July,
but for now we know that both Aries and Hades and Synthetic Dawn have escaped the
body count match with a valid claim that they deserve a shot at the titles. Coming up next
two men who have not even had time to leave the ring from the body count match are set
to do battle in singles competition. The MMP universal champion, Death, goes one on
one with The Ryno in a non title event.
DEATH vs. THE RYNO
The universal champion made his way out first, accompanied by his
manager Q. The duo didn't make it far, though. Almost as soon as they stepped through
the curtain Ryno was on them, nailing Death over the head with a window as he came
towards the ring, shattering the window and sending glass everywhere as Death went
down. Ryno was all over Death before the opening bell, dragging him down to the ring
and slamming him into the steps before stealing a steel chair out from under the
timekeeper. He slammed the chair over Death's head and then went back to the
timekeeper, this time stealing the bell. As Death sat slumped against the ring steps Ryno
set the bell against Death's groin and backed up towards the entrance way. He then ran in
and went for a baseball slide that would have slammed the bell hard into Death, but the
universal champion was able to gather himself and roll away, causing Ryno's slide to hit
nothing but steel ring post. Death then picked up the bell and nailed Ryno right in the
forehead with it before sending the man into the ring under the bottom rope. Ryno was
slow to his feet and by the time he was in Death was on top of him, peppering him with
right hands before sending him off the far ropes. As Ryno came back he was caught with
a boot to the face from Death, who then went over to the corner and hopped up to the
second turnbuckle where he waited for Ryno to get to his feet. Once Ryno was up Death
jumped off with a flying bulldog, driving Ryno down face first into the canvas. Death
went for a cover, but Ryno kicked out after only two. The universal champ pulled Ryno
to his feet again and whipped him to the ropes but Ryno put on the brakes and reversed it,
snapping Death into the near ropes with such force that Death lost his balance and became
trapped in the top two strands. Just as Ryno moved in, though, Adam Kogler appeared on
the giant video screen in the parking lot.
KOGLER: Hey! Hey Ryno, you big goof! Over here! I guess you're pretty proud of
busting my head open last week. Well, I have to admit Ryno you got me pretty good. So
good, in fact, that I'm not even gonna try and come down there to get me some revenge. I
just thought I'd take it upon myself to give you a little lesson. A lesson on how to
PROPERLY use a crowbar!
The camera pans out, showing Twisted Steel holding a silver-plated crowbar to go along
with the one in Kogler's hands. The two were standing right in front of Ryno's El
Camino.
KOGLER: All right, Steel why don't we show Ryno some REAL fun with
crowbars?
Steel then proceeded to shatter all of Ryno's windows with the crowbar before making
dents in every one of the doors. Kogler, on the other hand, began ripping at Ryno's tires,
letting all the air out. Steel then climbed up on the hood and continued to dismantle the
car as Kogler continued his rant.
KOGLER: Now you see Ryno? Wasn't THAT a lot more productive than hitting a guy
in the face? I mean, YOUR shot barely hurt while meanwhile, you'll be WALKING to the
MMP Coliseum next week! Hahahahaha!
Ryno started out of the ring to try and get his hands on Kogler and Steel, but before he
could even get through the ropes Death, who had by this time freed himself, nailed Ryno
in the back of the head with a clothesline, sending him over the top rope to the floor. As
Ryno gathered himself on the outside Death slingshot himself over the top and floored
Ryno with a flying bodypress, driving him back down once again. He then walked over
and grabbed the top portion of the steel steps off the pile and slammed them down on
Ryno's back before rolling him back into the ring. The distraction from Kogler had
worked, as Death was now in total control of the match. A Samoan drop followed by a
legdrop led to another cover, but again Ryno kicked out after only two. Death, frustrated
by the pace of the count, turned around and got right in the referee's face, shouting at the
official to count faster. The complaint was a ruse, though, serving merely as a distraction
while Q got up on the apron with a pair of brass knucks in hand. He wound up and took a
swing at Ryno, but Ryno saw the punch coming, blocked it, and stole the knucks off of
Q's hand. He put the knucks over his own hand and nailed the manager with a hard punch
to the temple, sending Q all the way down to the floor. Ryno then stood back and waited
for Death to turn around, and when he did he nailed Death with another right hand,
slamming the knucks into the jaw of the universal champion. From there Ryno pulled
Death up and delivered the Ryno Charge right in the middle of the ring where he made a
cover and scored the 1...2...3.
Wood: Another upset here tonight in Saskatoon as Ryno knocks off
Death in a non-title match, earning what has to be considered his biggest win in many,
many months. Could Ryno finally be pulling himself out of this slump that he has been in
for nearly a year now?
Brewer: Could be, or could be he just caught Death on a bad night. You can't tell
anything by one match, Wood. You should know that by now. What I am starting to
wonder, though, is what is wrong with Death. Last week he lost a non-title match to
Peters, now this week he loses one to Ryno. It's almost as if he needs the pressure of the
big match situation to bring out the best in him. Well, he'll get that at Chaos on the Coast
when he defends the title against The Joker's Child. A PPV defense of the universal title is
about as big as it gets without having the world belt involved.
Wood: That's very true, Chaos on the Coast could be put-up or shut-up time for Death,
who has been struggling since his outstanding performance at WrestleFest. We take you
now to the one match tonight that my broadcast collegue has been looking forward to
tonight and that is the submission match. Andrew Peters and Ace Manley are up next.
No pinfalls, the only way to win is to make your opponent give up. Let's go back to the
ring for our next contest.
Submission Match "AMAZING" ANDREW PETERS vs.
ACE MANLEY
Manley came to the ring first, slapping hands with fans along the
runway as he came down the aisle. The cheers Ace received quickly turned to boos as
Andrew Peters came into the arena for the second time in the evening, accompanied by his
valet Amanda. The midwestern champion stepped through the ropes and the bell rang to
get the match underway, but as soon as it did Amanda was up on the apron, shrieking
loudly at Ace Manley. Ace turned to face the woman, shouting at her to get down and
stay out of the match. This gave Peters the early opening he was looking for, as he
grabbed Ace and quickly drove him down face first into the canvas. He went for a quick
cover, but the referee refused to count it, reminding Peters that this was a submission
match and that pinfalls didn't count. Frustrated Peters got to his feet and pulled Ace up,
but Ace ducked low and grabbed Peters by the legs, dropping him throat first across the
top ring rope. Peters fell back and flipped head over heels out towards the middle of the
ring, bounding to his feet only to be levelled with a running clothesline from Ace as soon
as he got up. Ace dropped a leg down across Peters' throat and then went for the first
submission hold of the match, locking Peters in a dragon sleeper. Manley wrenched down
on his opponent's head and neck as Peters slowly tried to walk himself towards the ring
ropes. Finally, after a long struggle, Peters reached out with his right foot and touched the
ropes, forcing the referee to order the break. Ace complied with the ref's instructions and
let go of the hold, leaving Peters gasping for air against the ropes as he tried to pull
himself together. The midwestern champ finally regained his footing and ran at his
opponent with a clothesline, but Ace was ready for it and ducked out of the way, grabbing
Peters' arm and turning it into a full nelson. Peters reversed it, though, avoiding another
submission hold and taking Ace over with a snapmare. He then began softening Ace up
for the Antagonizer by going to work on Manley's arm, dropping a pair of knees down on
the shoulder joint. As Ace reached up and grabbed his shoulder in agony Peters jumped
out to the floor and grabbed Ace's arm, dragging him over to the corner where he
slammed the arm repeatedly against the ring post. Manley's arm hung limp as Peters got
back into the ring, and it was clear that Ace would have only limited use of that arm for
the rest of the match. He tried to shake off the pain, but he wasn't even able to raise his
arm to defend himself as Peters moved in again, this time catching Ace with a kick to the
midsection. With Ace doubled over Peters set the man's head between his legs and
delivered a devastating piledriver before going back to work on the arm and applying a full
nelson. Manley fought hard to get back to his feet to take away Peters' leverage
advantage, but the midwestern champion fought equally as hard to maintain his position.
After a long struggle Ace managed to get up to one knee, and from there he was able to
power his way up to a vertical base but it didn't change the fact that Peters had him locked
in a gruelling hold. Out of desperation Ace pulled Peters towards the corner and jumped
in the air, pushing off the top turnbuckle to drive Peters to the canvas and using the
momentum to break free from the full nelson. Ace landed behind Peters and immediately
went back to the dragon sleeper but Peters, realizing that he was in the middle of the ring,
fought against it with all he had, driving knees into Ace's forehead until Manley had been
dazed enough for Peters to escape his grasp. The midwestern champion quickly
capitalized on Ace's dazed condition and locked him in an armbar, but Ace reversed it and
stuck his knee in Peters' back setting up for the anaconda. Not to be outdone Peters
reached back and poked Ace in the eye, allowing him to escape Ace's grasp once again.
This time there was no fooling around...Peters went right for the antagonizer!! He
grabbed Ace's bad arm and pulled back, reaching around with a crossface and locking his
hands, trapping Manley in the gruelling hold. He then fell to the canvas and put Ace in the
body scissors, giving him essentially nowhere to go. The ref quickly got down and asked
Ace if he wanted to give up, but despite the pain shooting through his shoulder Ace
adamently refused. Again the ref asked, but again Ace insisted he would go on, doing all
he could to fight the hold. After a few minutes of trying to break free, though, Ace's body
gave out. When the ref asked Ace if he wanted to surrender, he wasn't able to answer.
The official called for the bell and awarded the match to Peters.
Wood: Andrew Peters picks up the victory in the submission match,
but Ray you have to hand it to Ace Manley. He was in pretty rough shape there, and his
arm could very well be broken, but he never gave up, never said "I quit". That takes a lot
of guts.
Brewer: I'll give you that, Wood. I have to admit I'm surprised...I would have thought
that a former student of Eddie Centura would have run home crying at the mere thought
of a painful submission hold. That's what Eddie would have done. Gotta give credit to
Ace for sticking in there like a man, but more credit goes to Peters who, after all, did win
this match here Wood. All the guts in the world essentially mean nothing if you come out
on the losers end.
Wood: I don't necessarily agree with that Ray, but you're right, all the credit in the world
goes to Andrew Peters for pulling out the win here tonight. Well folks, it's time for our
main event. The barbed wire cell is lowering from the ceiling, and you can see ring crew
workers putting the four full length mirrors, one in every corner, in the ring as we speak.
Two champions go in, but only one man will walk out with both belts. The Destroyer
faces Benjamin Childs here in Saskatoon in our feature bout!
Title vs. Title Barbed Wire Vanity Match THE
DESTROYER vs. BENJAMIN CHILDS
The Destroyer came to the ring first, accompanied by not one, not
two, but three Cult minions. Neither was large enough to be The Cult Master or
Harbinger as was the case earlier in the evening, so it was clear that Destroyer was ready
to fight this match one on one. The MMP extreme champion then made his way out,
carrying the barbed wire table and chair that he had been taking everywhere with him since
WrestleFest when he ran the gauntlet to capture the title he currently held. Once both
men were inside the cage the door was locked behind them to prevent any outside
interference. Childs set his weapons in the corner and then walked out to center ring,
where he surprised the sold out crowd by extending his hand to Destroyer offering a
handshake. Destroyer looked at Childs curiously but slowly accepted the gesture, a show
of mutual respect between two men who had met many, many times in the past. The two
men then went back to their corners, but once the bell sounded they were right in each
other's faces. Childs challenged Destroyer to a test of strength but the big man would
have none of it, responding by nailing Childs square in the face with an elbowsmash. The
extreme champ stumbled back towards the ropes as Destroyer picked up his TV title belt
off the canvas. Childs came back after Destroyer without hesitation but was met with a
hard kick to the midsection followed by a running kneelift...with Destroyer holding the
belt on his knee as he connected. The New Orleans native flew back, landing hard on the
canvas. Destroyer was dominant in the early going, stomping Childs across the back
before pulling him up and tossing him through the ropes to the outside on the small
section of floor that sat between the ring and the barbed wire wall of the cell. The giant
TV champion slowly followed out as Childs, looking desperate already, moved over
towards his corner and grabbed his barbed wire wrapped steel chair. As Destroyer got
down to the floor Childs moved in and faked like he was going to hit Destroyer with the
chair, but when Destroyer covered up Childs dropped the chair and instead delivered a
dropkick to the knee, hobbling his near 500 pound opponent. After a couple of kicks to
the leg Childs shoved the big man back into the ring where he quickly hooked on a figure
four leglock to put extra pressure on the leg. Unfortunately for Childs Destroyer's
immense size made it easy for him to reach out and grab the bottom rope and force the
break, meaning the hold was only able to do minimal damage to the big man's leg. Childs
was resilient, though, grabbing his barbed wire chair once more and setting it up in the
middle of the ring. He then pulled Destroyer up and whipped him off the ropes, catching
him with a drop toehold that drove Destroyer down face first onto the chair. With the big
man down Childs decided to take his offense to the air, climbing quickly to the top rope
with chair in hand where he waited for Destroyer to get back to his feet. Once the big
man was up Childs tossed him the chair and jumped off with a missile dropkick.
Destroyer caught the chair, but instead of catching it near his face like Childs had hoped
Destroyer caught it and swung it like a baseball bat, slamming Childs in the side of the leg
as he came down. Childs went down in a heap grabbing his leg in obvious pain while
Destroyer walked around the ring collecting the four full length mirrors from the four
corners. As Childs stumbled to his feet Destroyer raised the first one over his head and
brought it crashing down on Childs, who fell in a heap to the canvas as shards of glass
flew everywherea. Destroyer then picked up the other three mirrors and set them up like a
table, with two mirrors holding up the third. With everything in place Destroyer pulled
Childs over to the glass table and delivered a chokeslam, sending Childs crashing right
through it. From there he applied the Will Breaker, but that was only a formality. Childs
was out, and the referee stopped the match. Destroyer was declared the winner and new
extreme champion, making him the first man to hold three championship belts
simultaneously in the MMP. With his tag title belt wrapped around his waist the big man
held the TV and extreme titles high for all to see as the scene fades to black.
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