Recapping American wrestling since 2013. Not only following the current stuff in WWE, Impact and ROH but also going back in time and doing stuff from back then as well.
Jonny Loquasto in the ring to start this week's show. He says that the Red Carpet Rumble is coming and that the winner will receive a guaranteed opportunity at the UWN World Championship, then introduces Jordan Cruz, who has now held the title for a full calendar year, to the ring. Jordan Cruz yanks the microphone out of Loquasto's hand and berates the fans, then says the Red Carpet Rumble has nothing to do him and that he has handled his business. He also says that if Che Cabrera sticks his nose in his business again, he will rip it off his face.Che Cabrera shows up and heads to the ring, then yanks the microphone out of Cruz's hand and reminds Cruz that he stuck his nose "all up in [his] meat," and if he wanted a fight, all he had to do was ask. He says that Cruz talks trash about his opponents, but this is different because he is in Cruz's face and he is "the meat that you can't beat." Loquasto makes it official that Jordan Cruz will defend the UWN World Championship against Che Cabrera at Red Carpet Rumble. Che offers to shake Cruz's hand, but Cruz laughs and has a staredown with him after he pulls him forward. Jordan Cruz then tries to hit a cheap shot on Che Cabrera, but it has no effect and he quickly runs out of the ring.
Delirium (Slade and McCalleon) beats DREtino (DRE and Kid Destino) (This is the Delirium debut of Buck Skynyr, who now wears a half-white, half-black mask with an uppercase D on the center of the forehead and goes simply by "Skynyr".) After the match, Skynyr choke slams DRE on the ring apron on the outside.
Backstage, we hear from Delilah Doom, who has finally arrived in Championship Wrestling. She says she is taking over the women's division, and no matter who she faces in the ring, she will run circles around them, because "Doomies never say die."
Bad Dude Tito beats Angel Verduzco. After the match, Tito says it is Red Carpet Rumble season, and that he cannot think of a better way to celebrate than winning the Rumble and cashing in his title shot. Regardless of who he faces, he is here for his legacy, and he will see everyone at the Rumble.
Delilah Doom beats Candy Girl.
5150 (Danny Limelight and Slice Boogie) beat Mariachi Montaña (Juli and Ro Montaña). After the match, Danny Limelight berates the fans for living in Oxnard, California because they are too broke to live in the better parts of California, then says he is happy 5150 are not coming back because he cannot stand them. He then says that 5150 are defending the UWN Tag Team Championships against Will Allday and Cam Clarke, and says that when they are stepping into the bodega for a beatdown regardless of how good they are. Slice Boogie mocks a nearby table for having twelve beers, then says that 5150 is the best tag team in the country.
We hear from The Evantourage ("Main Evant" Evan Daniels, Bryce Saturn, Damian Desire). Evan Daniels says there is a lot of chit-chat around them and that they are not going to hit the iceberg like everyone thinks they will. He compares the iceberg that they are making a hard right against looks more like Ray Jaz and 5150 (Danny Limelight and Slice Boogie) and that from here on out, they are doing nothing but winning. Daniels then tells Ray Jaz to watch what he does to BYP tonight.
"Main Evant" Evan Daniels beats BYP.
Delirium (Slade and McCallion) beat Transcendence (Bryce Saturn and Damian Desire).
Backstage, we hear from Bateman, who says that since his return, his sights have been set on taking the UWN Television Championship. He says he would have been champion if things turned out differently, then addresses Ray Jaz, knowing that he is talented and that he will have to stay on his toes. He then says that one well-placed strike is all it will take to win.
Brittnie Brooks vs. Big Mama for the UWN Women's Championship from June's Sunday Night Slam is replayed.
We hear from Ray Jaz, who can tell that Bateman has the fire to beat him and how he will beat that fire with passion.
Ray Jaz beats Bateman. After the match, Ray Jaz addresses "Main Evant" Evan Daniels, who soon shows up. Jaz wants Daniels for the Television Championship at Sunday Night Slam.
Delirium (Slade and McCallion) beat Frequency (Honest John and Trinelle).
Backstage, David Marquez interviews Jordan Cruz and The Epic. Cruz says he and The Epic are both muscle, but he is the brains, and Alex Ace is just a continuation of what he has made with The Epic. He says that The Epic is coal he has made into a diamond that will stop Alex Ace tonight.
OXP beats Buck Skynyr.
Backstage, we hear from Fidel Bravo, who says that he has Vinny Pacifico tonight and that he has seen his dirty work. Pacifico shows up and says that while Bravo is good in the ring, he has a challenge against the biggest challenge in Championship Wrestling, and brags that he is taller than Bravo. Bravo says that he has been known for a long time in Championship Wrestling and that he will prove he is "the real short king."
Backstage, Rob McKnight takes a leak, then turns around and says he is excited for Vinny Pacifico in his match tonight before smelling the energy drink can in his hand, implying that he has urinated in it.
Fidel Bravo beats Vinny Pacifico. During the match, Rob McKnight shows up and replaces Vinny Pacifico's can of energy drink with the one that he has compromised, and when Pacifico takes it to the ring and drinks it, he spits it out and realizes what has happened. Fidel Bravo then hits a spinning Falcon Arrow for the win.
"The Anomaly" Alex Ace beats The Epic by disqualification after The Epic shoves the referee away following a five-count in the corner, even after Alex Ace did the same thing just moments earlier. After the match, Alex Ace and The Epic brawl to the point that multiple referees have to get involved, and when Jordan Cruz tells The Epic to get back in the ring and take out Alex Ace, The Epic sends Cruz into the ring instead. Alex Ace soon grabs Jordan Cruz by the neck and choke slams him out of his shoes to end the show. (Christian Rosenberg, Alex Ace's manager, is now known as "The Conscience.")
Delirium (Slade and McCallion) beat The Slick Sensations (Pedro and Grayson).
Backstage, OXP says that he is here to play and to win, and that whoever steps in front of him is going to get that kick right to the head. Buck Skynyr shows up and challenges OXP to a match next week, then tells him to watch what he does in the next match.
Buck Skynyr beats BYP.
Mathias, OXP and Joey Lancaster beat World's Finest (Steve El Lycan, LJ Ramos, Aguila) in a six-man tag match.
Leo Sparrow and Shawn Donovan vs. Aaron Rourke and Pat Buck from Gotham Wrestling is replayed.
Backstage, we hear from Jordan Castle and "One in a Million" Maximilien. Jordan says that Royce Isaacs put up a fight and proved he was one of the best in the world, but he was not good enough against Maximilien. He then says that Maximilien will take some rest in Montenegro, then Jonny Loquasto shows up and brings up Jordan Castle's involvement in Maximilien's match with Mathias. He announces that there is a number one contender's match for the Heritage title in the coming weeks that Mathias has already qualified for. Castle says that he has looked at the contract, as he has seen this coming a mile away, and tells Loquasto that Mathias will have to face three opponents. He then says that whoever wins that match will get put down by Maximilien.
Jordan Cruz and The Epic head to the ring. Cruz says he is the greatest fighting champion the fans have ever seen, as he shows up and shows out unlike his opponent. He says that Willie Mack "pulled a Hammerstone" and ducked him, and says he is not the first or the last to be scared. When Jordan Cruz asks who has "a bigger willie than The Mack" and calls out for a challenger, he gets Alex Ace and Christian Rosenberg. Rosenburg says there is no need to open the door for an opportunity, for a seven-foot anomaly is about to kick it down. He tells Jordan Cruz that destruction is in his destiny and that Alex Ace is the next UWN World Champion.
Alex Ace beats Jordan Cruz by disqualification after The Epic attacks Alex Ace in the ring. After the match, Cruz and The Epic double-team Alex Ace, but Alex Ace boots Cruz out of the ring before choke slamming The Epic.
We hear from Rob McKnight, who is about to mention what G.U.N.K. means when Casanova Valentine shows up. They mention their match against Delirium (Slade and McCallion) tonight.
Delirium (Slade and McCallion) vs. G.U.N.K. (Rob McKnight and Casanova Valentine) ends in a no-contest when the referee throws the match out as Delirium gang up on an injured Valentine and the referee cannot restore order. Referees and security show up in an attempt to restore order.
We hear from 5150 (Danny Limelight and Slice Boogie). Slice Boogie tells Fly Def ("Fly Brother" Warren Jay and "The Big Homie" Zackzilla) that they run things in California and that he has never forgiven the Houston Rockets for what they did to the New York Knicks in 1995. Danny Limelight says that they are the tag team champions for a reason and that they will do what they do best.
Bryce Saturn beats Joey Lancaster.
Backstage, David Marquez interviews Scorpio Sky. Scorpio Sky says he is always busy, but he always comes home. He says Jordan Cruz has been riding high, but he cannot get too high, and if he wants to great, he must beat him to step up to the next level; if he cannot, he will regret losing to him.
5150 (Danny Limelight and Slice Boogie) retain the UWN Tag Team Championships against Fly Def ("Fly Brother" Warren Jay and "The Big Homie" Zackzilla).
Backstage, The Evantourage ("Main Evant" Evan Daniels, Bryce Saturn, Damian Desire) runs into Jonny Loquasto. The Evantourage try to get out of Evan Daniels' title match against Fidel Bravo, mention that Fidel Bravo is not here and try to leave, but Loquasto puts Evan Daniels in tonight's main event against Gregory Sharpe.
Jordan Cruz and The Epic head to the ring. Cruz says the UWN World title means everything to him and calls it a "screw you" to everyone who has doubted him and proclaims that he will do anything to keep it. He then addresses his opponent, Javi, saying it was hard to find footage of any matches lasting more than a couple of minutes and that Javi is way below his level. Cruz says he is head and shoulders above everyone and that Javi will be lucky to even beat him. All of a sudden, Javi (formerly known as Javier Bernal in WWE) shows up, and The Epic confronts Javi when he gets on the ring apron.
The Epic beats Halex.
Alex Gracia beats Nina. Alex Gracia attacks Nina after the match, then Jack Farmer interviews Gracia, who tells Big Mama that it is cute that she still thinks the UWN Women's Championship belongs to her because she is keeping it warm for her. Gracia says she did not become #1 contender to be second to someone with "all size and no shine."
Delirium (Slade and McCallion) beat Honest John and Hex.
We hear from Gregory Sharpe, who says that the world is in on the fact that he can fight. He says he has nothing but malice and ill intent in the ring, then says he knows how good "Main Evant" Evan Daniels good is and how to break him in half to become champion.
"Main Evant" Evan Daniels retains the UWN Television Championship against Gregory Sharpe after Saturn gets on the apron and distracts Sharpe, which allows Daniels to stack Sharpe up and use the ropes for leverage to retain.
Backstage, Jack Farmer interviews Fidel Bravo. Bravos says his mask has always been a part of me and was just waiting to be awoken, and now it is his year and that Chris Nasty had better be ready.
Fidel Bravo beats Chris Nasty.
Backstage, Jack Farmer interviews "Poppin'" EJ Sparks. Sparks says he is back by popular demand and feeling great, and while his match with Johnny United was the biggest match of his career, he is focused on his title match with José the Assassin, who he has a history with, and hopes for a good clean match and a successful title defense.
Delirium (Slade and McCallion) beat The Pump Line (Boa "the Constrictor" Silva and "The Solution" Antonio Rivers).
Jordan Castle is in the ring. He says that he made it very clear that "One in a Million" Maximilien was to be treated with respect upon his return, and demands total and complete silence from the loudly booing crowd. He states that Maximilien has been spending the last month bathing in golden sun while still maintaining a body that the fans do not and never will have before coming back for the competition. Jordan Castle proclaims that Maximilien is not looking for "table scraps" and is demanding "real competition" before demanding that Nearly Average Wrestling owner introducing Maximilien to the ring. After Maximilien enters the ring, Nearly Average Wrestling owner Shane Hartline shows up and states that "Outlandish" Zicky Dice will not be here tonight as the fans know him due to the contract that Hartline forced him to sign while he was unconscious. He then says that Zicky Dice has gotten a tune-up and that this is not a "Fake Diesel situation" before introducing "A Better Zicky Dice." A random guy in a Nearly Average Wrestling T-shirt shows up to be Maximilien's opponent. Maximilien immediately puts him in the Max Factor for the submission victory. After the match, Jordan Castle is furious that "a C-list actor and a circus freak" was the best United Wrestling Network had to offer, then says Maximilien is now 7-0 - which is lucky for Maximilien and unlucky for the rest of the locker room - and that if Maximilien does not get what he deserves, then he and Maximilien will take it for themselves. Shane Hartline has to drag the man he brought out for the match to the back, and when the man comes to, he thinks that he won.
Backstage, we hear from Brandon Cutler, who says that since he has donned "The Dragon," he has been undefeated and conquered the ring to the point that it is now his lair. He says that his opponent is a defending champion to an undefeated challenger and asks if he can stop him, and that the thing he stands to lose is what dragons love most: gold. Tonight, he will reign and he will rise.
"Main Evant" Evan Daniels retains the UWN Television Championship against Brandon Cutler after using the referee as a human shield so he can rake Cutler in the eyes to get the win and retain his title.
We hear from Jordan Castle and "One in a Million" Maximilian backstage. Castle brags about Maximilan's undefeated streak and that Maximilia is tired after holding UWN on his shoulders. He says that Maximilian is deserving of a vacation and that they are taking the next flight to Montenegro, and that when the fans yearn for him, they wil show him the respect both earned and owed if and only if he returns.
Brandon Cutler beats Buddy Royal after Buddy's back gives out. After the match, Jack Farmer interviews Cutler. Cutler thought that the phrase "fail forward" is poison for the mind and makes one complacent, mediocre and undane, and since then, he has gone undefeated and made a masterpiece out of mundane. He says that he will be victorious and that he will reign.
Jack Farmer introduces The Texas Outlaws (Wayne and Wyatt Rhodes) to the ring. Wyatt thanks the fans for the warm welcome, and Wayne mentions that this is their first time in California and that there is no better place than Championship Wrestling to make it happen. Wyatt says they are ready to kick some ass and that there is no other moment than right now, and Wayne says they will do whatever it takes to become tag team champions. As Wyatt talks about coming out to the Rhodes name, Delirium (Slade, McCallion, The Master Amir) show up, and The Master Amir - the mysterious leader of Delirium that we have heard from for weeks - says that this is what royalty looks like and that it is not acceptable. He says that The Texas Outlaws have ridden into their territory, and here, there is royalty and there are rulers, and Delirium rules the United Wrestling Network. He says that one brother will succeed while the other will be left in the dust. He offers an olive branch and gives The Texas Outlaws a chance to leave while they can and spare themselves from their future annihiliation, but The Texas Outlaws choose otherwise, and The Master tells them that it is their royal funeral.
Delirium (Slade and McCallion) beat The Texas Outlaws (Wayne and Wyatt Rhodes).
Backstage, Jack Farmer interviews TMZ ("Hysterical" Shane Haste, Che Cabrera, Bad Dude Tito). They are soon interrupted by The Evantourage ("Main Evant" Evan Daniels, Bryce Saturn, Damian Desire). Damian says that a victory over them does not mean anything, and Saturn has to hold him back and tell TMZ that Daniels has an offer for them. He states that they are owed a tag team title shot after defeating Cabrera and Tito and that Haste wants a shot at the UWN Television Championship. Daniels demands another title shot for Saturn and Damian, and in exchange, he will give Haste a shot at the Television title. Titi says they are here to fight and that it was easy the first couple of times, and agrees to the offer.
Backstage, Jack Farmer interviews Fidel Bravo. Fidel says Scorpio Sky is one of the best in the world and that he has been begging for this opportunity. He says that this week's main event is a big match, and while Scorpio Sky is the best, he plans to beat the best.
Fidel Bravo beats Scorpio Sky. During the match, Jordan Cruz shows up, and when Scorpio Sky goes for the TKO after nearly whipping Fidel Bravo into the referee, Cruz trips Scorpio, allowing Fidel Bravo to win with a crucifix pin. Fidel and Scorpio shake hands after the match.
Jonny Loquasto announces that "Main Evant" Evan Daniels will be defend the UWN Television Championship against a mystery opponent. When The Evantourage (Daniels, Bryce Saturn, Damian Desire) shows up, Evan Daniels finds out he is defending the title against Shane Haste.
Scorpio Sky beats Ray Jaz. After the match, Christian Cole interviews Scorpio Sky in the ring. Scorpio Sky calls out Big Baby Slim, saying that people left him because he is "a big baby bitch," then says he is here to cement his name as the greatest wrestler to ever set foot in the United Wrestling Network. He says that when it is all over, everyone will be saying only his name.
Jordan Castle is in the ring. He says that "One in a Million" Maximilien is successful in the ring while being both efficient and gorgeous, then wants to know when Maximilien will get a championship opportunity. He states that none of the current champions would have a chance against Maximilien, then proclaims that Maximilien will go 5-0 and that it will only be a matter of time.
"One in a Million" Maximilien beats Buddy Royal with the Max Factor.
Backstage, David Marquez interviews a returning "Poppin'" EJ Sparks, and as he issues a challenge to anyone who wants to face him for the Heritage title, Ariya Daivari suddenly shows up to mess with him. This turns into a brawl quickly.
Delirium (Slade and McCallion) beat Joey Lancaster and Jake Redondo.
"Hysterical" Shane Haste vs. "Main Evant" Evan Daniels for the UWN Television Championship ends in a no-contest. During the match, Bryce Saturn and Damian Desire show up. Saturn tries to hit Haste with the Television Championship, but is taken down by Bad Dude Tito. Damian Desire attacks Tito, but he is attacked in turn by Che Cabrera. This leads to a brawl that ends the match and the show.
