Backstage…
Claire James is standing alongside Dickie Harter, as she wants to know about recent events. Starting with what happened on the last show when Sammie Rósza aligned herself with GBH and attacked Dickie before his match could happen. Understandably, Harter isn’t too happy about the whole ordeal.
He talks briefly about how Sammie had always seemed a little off, but he had looked for the best in her throughout their time together. He had forgiven her for screwing Madison Bennett out of the Rising Star title, or for costing Dickie matches. But this?! This is unforgivable as far as Dickie is concerned. She’s now aligned herself with the most rotten bunch in SCCW.
But Dickie is confident that Sammie will live to regret this decision, because as God as his witness he’s not going to take it lying down. One day he’ll get Sammie in that ring again, and that day not even GBH will be able to save her.
Hudson Cup Qualifier Match
Dickie Harter vs. Z vs. Noah Ortega vs. Blake Belladonna
The four wrestlers all had a chance to shine as they battled for the chance to compete for the Hudson Cup. A match against Lowri Moss at Overload at stake, and all were eager to win. Dickie Harter stepped up first, flying around the ring with reckless abandon; he took Z down with a dragon suplex, Blake fell victim to a sidewinder suplex, before Noah got knocked out of the ring with a lariat, followed up by a handspring over the top moonsault.
But Harter couldn’t make the cover; Z interrupted with a boot to the back of the head, before following it up with a penalty kick. He targeted Dickie’s head and neck, performing a springboard reverse DDT to gain a two count before Belladonna recovered. She took the fight to Z, using her belly to belly backbreaker and pop up Gory bomb among other moves. But as she tried to cover, Noah Ortega made the save.
A hiptoss followed by a basement dropkick earned Ortega a two count, before Ortega unloaded with a barrage of punches. Z intervened, however, hitting Noah with The Justice (Rapid Chops), before the Hunter's Mark (Nomisugi Knee) found it’s mark! Z thought he had this one won, but Noah rolled out of the ring to safety. Z seemed distracted as he shouted over the top rope, but the distraction was just what Dickie needed as he hit Z from behind with the Hartercanrana (Inverted Hurricanrana)! Blake tried to make her presence known, but her lariat attempt accidentally took out the referee, before Dickie dropped her with a Dickie Driver (Tombstone Piledriver).
The referee wasn’t there to make the count, though. Nor could he see Sammie Rósza make her way through the crowd; she slid into the ring behind Dickie, catching him with a low blow, and a rolling cutter onto the steel chair she brought with her. She draped the nearest body – Blake Belladonna – over Dickie as the referee was beginning to stir, and he counted the three count!
Winner: Blake Belladonna (9:56)
After the match, Sammie Rósza made her way backstage with a huge smirk on her face as Noah Ortega and Z both look on, unhappy with being robbed of the Hudson Cup shot. Blake Belladonna comes to, unaware of how she won, but the referee raises her arm nonetheless.
Backstage…
We see Ash Fi laid out on the floor, with Cordozar Parrish standing over her with a steel chair in hand. He shakes his head and says “now that’s how a MAN uses a steel chair…” before throwing it down on top of the prone Welshwoman.
He walks away with that permanent scowl still etched on his face, as the medical staff arrive on scene to attend to Ash Fi.
Singles Match
Sullivan Pibb (w/Dewey Dresden) vs. Adam Dragomirov (w/Chino Hills)
Dragomirov came to the ring with something to prove. After winning a tag title shot on the last shot, he’s eager to show The Caffiends that they mean business. Adam scored a near fall early on after peppering Pibb with chops and forearms, followed by a huge spinebuster. But the champions weren’t going down without a fight.
Dewey distracted the referee by jumping up on the apron when Adam was on the top rope, drawing his attention as well; Pibb recovered in time to crotch Adam on the turnbuckle, and suddenly he was back in this match too. A belly to belly off the top rope scored him a two count, but Adam kicked out. So Sullivan showed off his strength, using the spiral released bomb and a straightjacket German suplex to score more two counts. But Adam kept kicking out.
Dragomirov did get back into the match in the ninth minute, countering an Irish whip to the corner by vaulting over the charging Pibb. Sullivan was dazed in the corner as he got drilled with a Mafia kick; he staggered out of the corner and Adam managed to hit the Sitout Pumphandle Powerbomb. But the pin attempt got interrupted when Dewey Dresden put his partner’s foot on the rope! Dragomirov was incensed by this and leant through the ropes to shout at Dresden, which left him open for a schoolboy as Sullivan grabbed the tights! Unaware, the referee counted the three!
Winner: Sullivan Pibb (9:02)
The tag champions celebrated their victory at ringside, holding their belts up high as Adam & Chino glared out of the ring at them.
Backstage…
The three members of GBH are all standing around backstage. Sammie looks rather pleased with herself as she starts, telling Dickie that he shouldn’t run his mouth if he can’t back it up.
Then Harper takes over, saying that tonight she and Miss Fortune have two formidable opponents in their way. But this is a problem that could’ve been avoided. Rocky Rhodes and Big Dil didn’t need to get in their way on the last show, but they felt the need to try and intimidate GBH.
Miss Fortune takes over, talking about how they’ve been underestimated; she knows that GBH came up short at Learning to Fly, but they’re going to be the top team here in SCCW soon enough. All Rocky and Dil have accomplished with their antics is being two more names on the list GBH have proven wrong. And they will do exactly that soon enough.
Singles Match
Brutus vs. Zoe Dupont
This match begins with Zoe trying to use her speed and quickness to catch Brutus in a series of hit and run strikes. She starts by trying to chop the big man down, throwing a series of low kicks that don’t even seem to disturb the big man. He stands there letting her kick him with a smile on his face. Growing frustrated Zoe winds back for a quick sucker punch on Brutus’s mouth. The big man catches her arm before she could connect and slowly shakes his head saying “No” to her. Brutus then violently throws Zoe into the corner, before crunching her with a charging corner splash. Shoving her down to the mat Brutus makes the cover and gets the easy pinfall in this match up.
As his music plays Brutus doesn’t leave the ring. Instead he continues to stand over Zoe still shaking his head. His music cuts as much to the chagrin of the referee Brutus savagely deadlifts Zoe up to her feet and tosses her back to the corner. He hits another charging corner splash, and another, and another, the third one Zoe manages to roll out of the ring falling roughly to the floor below. Brutus pends his chest clearly pleased with his handiwork.
Winner: Brutus (5:32)
Tag Team Match
GBH (Harper Hill & Miss Fortune) vs. Rocky Rhodes & Big Dil
You would think the massive size advantage would be enough for Rocky Rhodes and Big Dil to assert their dominance, but they had no answer for the cohesiveness of their opponents. Harper and Miss Fortune worked as a unit throughout, using quick tags to isolate Big Dil early on. His lack of speed played to their advantage as, with chopblocks and basement dropkick, they kept the big man off his feet. Harper scored the first nearfall in the fourth minute after a "Poppy Plunge" (Ripcord Jumping Neckbreaker), but Dil kicked out.
Miss Fortune slipped up in the seventh minute; her Bronco buster attempt got caught by Big Dil as he stood up with her held up high for the fall forward powerbomb. And that’s when Big Dil made the tag out to Rocky Rhodes! And the best in the bidness exploded onto the scene. A lariat to Miss Fortune, before he caught a charging Harper Hill with a back body drop. MF got drilled by a spinebuster, before Hill got nailed by a piledriver. Rhodes followed up with a running leg drop to Harper before trying to cover, but the referee reminded him that she’s not the legal competitor. He looked up confused, as MF hit him with a nomisugi knee strike to the face! Followed by a rolling elbow. Big Dil tried to enter the ring to help his partner, but the referee went over to stop him. With the official distracted, GBH grabbed a chair and hit Rocky with the Assault & Battery (Aided Pop-Up Cutter) before Miss Fortune covered him for the three.
Winners: GBH (9:14)
Backstage…
Z is seen backstage, when Romello Tyrell Judge approaches him. RTJ seems to want to console his rival about being robbed of a Hudson Cup shot. He knows how long Z has waited for a chance to prove himself.
And, for some reason, Z thinks he’s being condescended to. Indignantly, he rises to his feet and tells RTJ that he doesn’t need his sympathy, or his pity. Z has been here for six months now, and he’s one of the best that SCCW has to offer – he was the best referee they had, and along with The Caffiends, he’s one of the best wrestlers! RTJ offers his apologies, saying he wasn’t being condescending, but Z doesn’t want to hear it; he reminds RTJ that he’s beaten him twice, and if he’s not careful it’ll happen a third time…
The pair go their separate ways as the show cuts back to ringside.
Backstage…
Claire James is standing with Murph B, who’s bragging about being the best Rising Star champion that SCCW has ever had. Claire tries to claim that she’s only the champion because Dickie got screwed by Sammie Rósza, but Murph won’t here it.
She reminds Claire that Dickie was only champion because she helped him, and that what happened at Learning to Fly was just karma coming back to bite him on the ass. But tonight she’ll prove it once again when she beats Madison Bennett in the middle of that ring.
With that, Murph walks away with her title, proclaiming herself the greatest champion as the show cuts back to ringside.
MAIN EVENT
Rising Star Title Match
Murph B (c) vs. Madison Bennett
The champion got overwhelmed early on as Bennett came out swinging. A cornered running double knee strike landed in the second minute, and was followed soon after by a rope leaned basement dropkick; the fans rallying behind Madison Bennett as she took the fight to the champion. The action spilled outside, and Murph hit the concrete hard after a snap suplex. But even then the pin attempt could only garner a two count.
By the fourth minute, Murph had found a way back in; a well placed eye rake helped her escape from the fireman’s carry position, before she went after Madison’s back. A hiptoss backbreaker, an inverted headlock backbreaker, and a belly to belly backbreaker all worked to great effect. But Bennett wouldn’t stay down for the three count. The champion did earn herself a reprimand in the seventh minute as she choked Madison out in the corner, but she broke it before the five count. The Mafia kick in the corner didn’t pan out as Murph would’ve liked, however…
Madison dodged the attack, and the champion found herself in no man’s land. She fell victim to the Dream Sequence (Corner Running Step Up Kick) shortly thereafter, before Madison leapt off the middle rope with a crossbody block. But she only got a two count.
Her back seemed to be giving Bennett some trouble as she failed a suplex attempt in the tenth minute. Murph tried to counter with a suplex of her own, only for Madison to slip down the back and land on her feet. She tried for the O’Connor roll, but Murph kicked out at two again! Bennett continued to press her advantage for a couple of minutes, scoring another near fall after a standing double foot stomp and the following shining wizard. But Murph kicked out again.
The frustration began to show on the challenger’s face as she waited for Murph to rise. As she did so, the champion found herself getting caught by a hurricanrana – NO! Murph B showed off her strength as she caught Madison, and dropped her with a powerbomb counter! After that, Madison didn’t have a response for Murph, who quickly hit the Croyt’s Wrath for the three count!
Winner and STILL SCCW RISING STAR CHAMPION: Murph B (13:45)
After the match, Murph B celebrated as if she’d won the lottery, posing on all the turnbuckles as the crowd continued to boo. As she made her way backstage, Madison finally began to stir…
When the lights went out.
As they came back up, Madison Bennett found herself in the ring with Brutus. The former SCCW Champion promptly dropped her with a huge chokeslam before being handed a microphone. He told Thunderbelly to be the hero that these fans know he is, or else what happens next is on his hands…
With that, Brutus went to deadlift Madison Bennett up onto his shoulders – when Thunderbelly charged down the aisle. The Storm Bearer slid into the ring, only to get Madison Bennett flung in his direction. He managed to catch her, but got taken off his feet, right as the lights went out again. When they came back up, Brutus was at the top of aisle, as Thunderbelly proclaimed that Brutus wouldn’t get away with this! The show ended with the AxxessNet logo on screen.