QCW Unleashed [s3e47 • Quality Arena]

• INTLTS 2 0 d. Hilary Highnote and Christine Kent
• Gaia Green (w/Winter Wonderland) d. Bettie Rokker (w/”Shieldmaiden” Val Curry)
• Serge Batroc (w/”the Proper Villain” Richard Windsor) d. Il Postino
• The International Players (w/Collipark) ddq. The End Times (w/the Chosen)

FDSN Florida Presents QCW Ruckus [s5e31 • June 12th, 2026]

 📺 live on FanDuel Sports Network Florida

📍 Quality Arena 💫 Parts Unknown, FL

• It's another raucous Friday night in Parts Unknown, with Steve Vandeblanche and Carl Christensen behind the desk for another episode of Ruckus.  They hyped up major announcements from Commissioner Holmes as well as a pure rules match between Manifest Destiny and the Undaunted before throwing things to Duck Eko in the ring.  The Voice of QCW made ring introductions for our opening contest…

• 1. The International Players (w/Collipark) d. w @ s t 3 l a n d e r s at 7:22 Two wins in 48 hours for the Players, who beat Beast Mode to close Uncensored and kicked off Ruckus with a win over QCW’s resident post(/pre?) apocalyptic scavengers in a showcase match.  Steve noted that while their teammates Science Fiction Double Feature were angling for a return match for a shot to regain the World Tag Team championships, the Players could also be in position to ask the same of the Republic.  Playa Hata for the win and rejoicing ensued.

• We got a sizzle reel of Malicía Fernandez looking badass, hitting her power moves, holding up the World Tag Team championship as well as the National championship.  To end the reel, a chyron said that she'd be returning next week.

• 2. The Undaunted d. Manifest Destiny in a pure rules match at 8:08 After being at each other's throats for months and exchanging dirty victories as well as Serge Batroc defeating “Unforgettable” Dave Mullin to kick off Unleashed two nights ago, these two teams rematched with the pure rules stip demanded by Manifest Destiny and agreed to by the Undaunted last week before MD jumped them in the back.  But it would be the aerialist Irishmen who beat them at their own game here and maybe beat some respect into the haughty Serge and his partner “the Proper Villain” Richard Windsor.

• It didn't go that way early on for the former Catch Hell Wrestling League champions however, as they blew through both their chances to use closed fists in the opening 90 seconds and having to adjust their offense was the exact opening MD needed to get control via Serge rocking Mullin with a pop up European uppercut.   That set up a tag to Windsor and a tilt-a-whirl backbreaker plus second rope knee drop combo from the black hats that put them in the driver's seat while the Quality Controllers booed.

• Batroc and Windsor spent the next couple of minutes working Mullin over,  employing quick tags and turning their half of the ring into the Bermuda Triangle for poor Dave.   Mullin tried to fight out from under and managed to land some shots - but when he tried to make the tag Manifest took him down with a HiLo combination that could've won the match had McMurray not dove in with a timely save via legdrop.  It didn't take long for Serge and Richard to clear Tim from the ring and go back to focusing on Dave.  Destiny ragdolled Mullin around for a little bit before going for their Denouement finisher, but Mullin threw sand in the works by reversing Windsor to eat Serge’s springboard European uppercut so the Unforgettable One could hit Windsor with his own half and half suplex to take him out.  Serge realized too late what had happened and went after Mullin only to eat a rack bomb, and that allowed Dave the opportunity he needed to tag out to Tim.

• McMurray hit the ring and picked up the pace, sending Destiny to the mat repeatedly before hitting them both with a simultaneous Sliced Bread #2 to pop the crowd.  The Only Hope was rolling over the Proper Villain and even walked the top rope before hitting a beautiful 450° splash on Benedict Richard, and that made Serge have to come in.  The teams engaged in a Pier 4 that featured European uppercuts instead of fists before the Undaunted managed to send Serge flying out of the ring with double high elevation dropkicks.  That left Richard to eat a two on one attack that culminated in an unwanted flight on Shamrock Air and McMurray to pin him after making the Brit eat their Doomsday Meteora finisher.   Manifest sulked their way to the back while the Undaunted celebrated on the turnbuckles with Steve calling it their biggest win in QCW to date.  Tim & Dave continued their celebration as Ruckus went to tonight's first commercial break.

• We came back from the break to see Steve Vandeblanche in the ring for a very rare interview between the ropes and his guest was as big as it could be - because standing next to him was Commissioner Holmes.  Holmes thanked the crowd for helping make QCW what it is now and making Ruckus appointment TV every Friday night.  Even though it wasn't officially summer, things were heating up in QCW so he would make three quick, important announcements before leaving so that Ruckus could return to action.

• (1) In fact, the first announcement concerned tonight’s show – he was tired of Naz clogging up Quality Social with his tirades and demands - and even worse for el-Fadal, he was going to get exactly what he wanted.  After last week and…and, well, pretty much everything that had happened between them this entire decade, he was making a main event for tonight he was sure Quality Arena would love: Naz vs. Razorblade!  The crowd cheered about getting to see such a high profile match on a regular episode of Ruckus, but of course Holmes wasn't done there.

• (2) Next week, a supershow from Knoxville would feature the stars of the women's division and have limited commercial breaks.  Not only that but it would have a main event even bigger than tonight's…because in a rematch from Mayday Payday, Autumn Powers would defend the QCW World championship against Nancy Crowley!  The crowd greeted that announcement with cheers as well, though they were understandably more psyched about seeing Naz/Razorblade live tonight.

• (3) The National championship would remain vacant until Cruel Summer, where it would be decided in a four corners elimination match.  Over the next few weeks there would be three triple threat qualifying matches with the winners advancing to Cruel Summer.  The fourth position in the match would be filled…well…even though she had disrespected the Duquesne Cup she had also won the Classic itself.  Therefore, she was automatically in the four corner match.   If she wanted to back up her claims of being the World and National champions, then –

• Lights off.

• Lights on, and not only was Hysteria in the ring?  To make things worse, they had Holmes surrounded.  Nancy demanded Steve's mic and got it before Vandeblanche bailed out.  With her usual rictus grin fully in place, Crowley gave three short stabbing claps before saying that Holmes may have thought he could say a few kind words to make up for his misdeeds but why wait until Cruel Summer?  Why wait until next week?  Give her back her titles.  Give her back her titles now and maybe juuuuust maybe she and Hysteria wouldn't tear him apart.  After all, a World National champion was a World National champion and compared to that, what was a Commissioner?  Well, a Commissioner was nothing more than a hospital bed’s best friend.  Hysteria advanced on Holmes but suddenly both Bonnie and Nancy went flying to the floor courtesy of Mean Season, who had sprinted down to the ring and started cleaning house.  Holmes quickly got out of the ring and waved towards the back as Justine Danek and Bella Jolie started brawlng with Gaia Green & Winter Wonderland.  The referee passed Holmes, who passed Autumn Powers as the World champion came out to join her friends.  With Holmes retreating to his office and the Pier 4 in the ring just getting started, the ref called for the bell.

• 3. Hysteria (w/Bonnie Agrippa and Nancy Crowley) fought Mean Season (w/Autumn Powers) to a double countout at 5:54 As you might imagine, there was very little catch as catch can and a lot of catch these hands.  Justine Danek and Bella Jolie fought their way to a come back and used a diving leg lariat version of the Hart Attack to take control.  But Gaia and Winter wouldn't be stymied so easily, and fired back until they had not only taken back the advantage but cleared Danek and Jolie from the ring after simultaneous backdrops to the outside.  Mean Season then followed up with stereo springboard planchas to wipe out Justine and Bella, the Quality Controllers roaring over the aerial display.  But when Gaia and Winter tried to get back in the ring, the women of Hysteria pulled them back to the floor.  Justine and Bella tried to break the count themselves, only to be pulled to the floor themselves by Season and triggering another Pier 4 in the process.

• Neither team could save the match for themselves, so after 10 the bell rang but nobody cared and the brawling continued.  Justine sent Gaia into the steps, Winter sent Bella into the ring post and that led to some Danek v. Wonderland brawling.  Bonnie and Nancy hit the scene when Justine got in trouble, then Autumn came in to defend her squad.  That Pier 6 lasted for a bit until a slightly bleeding Bella came from the timekeeper's area with chairs and started trying to get them to her teammates before a tackle by Autumn sent the back of Bella’s head bouncing off the corner of the announce table. 

• Before things could really ramp up, however, Quality Force Security hit ringside to the boos of the fans with Steve and Carl pointing out the Hysteria/Mean Season rivalry was ratcheting up and would only get more heated as a result of the Autumn v. Nancy rematch for the World title being announced for next week's Summit supershow.

• After that we went TOTHEBACK~!, where Naomi Lee caught up to the College Park Family as they headed out of Quality Arena.  Nao complimented the International Players on their win earlier before asking what was next for Collipark.  Cindy Monet said that if Malicía had gotten over her boo-boos, she and Jane wanted another crack at the World Tag Team championships.  The belts belonged to the Family, not some CEbro and his hired goons.  Jupiter Jones added that while it looked like Autumn Powers and Nancy Crowley were heading for a showdown, he was the one that had walked into Mayday Payday with the gold and he wasn't going to be forgotten about just because they had beef.  Jones said for all the accolades he'd racked up over the years, he’d never been World champion twice in the same year and that sounded exactly like the sort of thing he wanted to accomplish.  When Nao asked them why they’d have better luck in return matches to people they’d dropped titles against, Jupiter asked her if they were still here and still fighting.  Nao said yes and Jupiter said that as long as that was true, he and his would keep throwing hands until they got back what was theirs.  Collipark left Lee behind to marinate on that as we went to commercial.

• 4. Summer Rose (w/”Sinister” Sarah Fowler d. Luz Cruz (w/Forbidden Book Club) at 7:44 Rose’s roll continued to kick off the back half of the show, even if Cruz made her earn it in this battle of former champions.  The feeling out process wasn't a long one and a game of counters for counters ended when Rose countered a springboard attack from Cruz with a Stun Gun and a lariat off the ropes to get the upper hand.  Rose took sadistic glee in working her over and repeatedly glared over to “Night Sky” Diana Spare on the floor.  Rose practicay dedicated a move to Spare before hitting an avalanche rana on Luz for two.  To her credit, Luz took the beating and hung tough; when Summer looked to drop her with Dark Days, Cruz countered it with a poison rana that stopped Rose dead in her tracks.  Both women were slow to get to their feet but once they did Luz obliterated Summer with a God level dropkick that sent Rose rolling out to the floor after blocking it with her jaw.  That veteran strategy would've worked on a lot of wrestlers but didn't mean shit to Cruz, who flew out of the ring with a step up tope con hilo to wipe Summer out again.  Once she recovered, Luz tossed Summer into the ring before following up with a Shooting Star press that was on the button…but Rose managed to just barely kick out at around 2¾ to stay alive.

• The action ping ponged down the stretch with both women hitting big moves: Rose managing to connect on her Dark Days for a near fall, Cruz coming back with a Gory Especial neckbreaker only for Summer to get her foot on the ropes, and both women connecting with simultaneous cross bodies off the ropes that wiped them both out.  Cruz got up first and went for ¡MUERTE! but Summer powered out of the finisher and sent Luz flying into a corner with an Electric Chair facebuster that sent Cruz crashing down hard to the mat.  Summer leered over Cruz before slowly turning her head and fixing Diana with a grin far too wide to be considered anything friendly.  Summer grabbed Luz and then hit her with Diana's Nightfall finisher to the shock of everyone in the arena and the demented cackling of Fowler on the floor.  Rose went for the cover but to add insult to injury pulled Luz up at 2½ just so she could hit it again. This time the ref completed a three count but Summer just glared at Diana while it happened.

• Diana and Shelley LaVey hit the ring as Summer rolled out of it, blowing off Fowler so she could snatch the mic out of Duck’s hand and fix her creepy glare on the Forbidden Book Club in the ring.  Summer coldly said she was tired of all these so called badasses around here like Diana and Autumn doing bad Summer Rose imitations after she’d proven she was the real deal.  She might become the next National champion, might use it to become World champion, but one thing was for certain: she was going to take all the fake Summers on a one way trip to the woods.  And then she was going to burn the cesspool of QCW down to the ground.  Summer shoved the mic into Duck’s chest and jumped the barricade with a smiling Fowler in tow; Spare glared at the back of their heads as they left through the concourse, Steve noting Summer got a measure of revenge for Diana beating Sarah with a pair of Nightfalls last week.  As Carl said, it was clear Diana and Summer were heading for a showdown - the only question was when?

• From there, we went TOTHEBACK~!, where Julius Duquesne III was standing by to interview his special guest ahead of the main event: Nazir el-Fadal.  Naz got a loud and mixed reaction per usual, even if it leaned positive.  JD3 noted that Naz had been stumping for this match all week and now he got it, so what was his mindset heading into the main event?  The Grand Slam winner mockingly said that it must be depressing the merch squad that they couldn't roll out the summer line of Razorblade Jihad tank tops, but he was glad it’d come to an end because they got along like peanut butter and dog [that's a swear].  Naz was willing to carry Savage in the tag team since he had emotionally destroyed him at Cruel Summer last year but he’d lost the World Tag Team titles the same way he had lost the World title to Naz last summer, the same way he was going to lose to Naz tonight.  

• Naz continued putting himself over but actually cut himself off as he saw Razorblade walk into the frame to a massive pop.  JD3 backed out of the scene, handing the mic to Mason Savage on his way out.  Naz smirked and said handing a mic to Razorblade was like handing a mic to Morgan Waller, but he actually wanted to hear from him for a change.  Razorblade gave a small grin and said cutting promos was more Naz’s thing so he’d be quick about this for everyone's sake.  

• Some people's favorite day of the year was Christmas, and God bless.  Other folk out in the world, your Hysteria's and the like had Halloween at the top of their power rankings.  Some liked their birthday the most and Razorblade just knew Naz was the sort of guy to turn his birthday into an all month deal.  But Razorblade had more than one favorite day of the year, because it happened every single time Holmes cut him a check every time he whooped Naz's ass - and that made tonight the best day of the year.  He said everyone bleeds but if Naz wanted to flap his yap like he was king of everyone then Razorblade would make sure he bled the most in just a few minutes.  And when it was your favorite day of the year, you…you just wanted to have as much fun as you could.  For example – and Razorblade dropped Naz with a headbutt.  When Naz managed to sit up you could see a thin line of clarin over his right eyebrow as Razorblade looked down on him with a crooked grin.  “Nazzie, I gotta say - I think I’m getting the hang of this promo thing.” Savage tossed the mic at a fuming Naz and walked off, but we hit the last commercial break before we got to see el-Fadal’s reaction.

• 5. Genesis King d. “Mr. Fahrenheit” Freddie Valsada (w/Glam Squad) at 6:11 As King came to the ring, he told the camera that Holmes better be watching because he was going to destroy Valsalad and prove he belonged in a National championship qualifying match.  While destroy might’ve been an exaggeration, it wasn't by much as the GENerational Talent wreaked havoc upon the tag specialist.  Freddie managed a brief rally but King cut it off with a brutal short piledriver.  Genesis played with his food a little more before hitting Crowned so clean it’d clip a wing off of an angel to secure his victory.  King made sure we got a good look at his eight pack abs on his way to the back.

• Ahead of the main event, Steve hyped up next week's supershow, as Ruckus presents Summit live from Knoxville’s vaunted Thompson-Boling Arena with limited commercial interruptions and bonus runtime.  On the docket: we’ll find out the date and location for next month’s Cruel Summer PPV 💫 in a triple threat National championship qualifier it’ll be Shelley LaVey v. Summer Rose v. Keo Tevi 💫 World Tag Team champion Malicía Fernandez makes her return against the ever dangerous “Night Sky” Diana Spare 💫 and in a World title rematch from Mayday Payday, Autumn Powers defends the Fifteen Pounds of Gold against Nancy Crowley.  A card that deep puts the super in supershow, so make sure next Friday you catch Ruckus presents Summit live.  

• While that main event will be for the biggest prize in QCW, this week's main event featured two Grand Slammers with the greatest rivalry in QCW history going head on - and you have to figure the winner would be waiting on the other side of whoever wins between Autumn and Nancy.

• “So Be It” from Clipse hit the PA and brought out Nazir el-Fadal to a big pop from the Quality Controllers.  The One Man Jihad came to the ring looking focused and didn't react to the reaction at all, remaining standing on the turnbuckles and looking towards the crowd.  But he wasn't looking at the fans - he was waiting for a familiar face to emerge from them.

• Cue “Unscripted Violence” and the pop of the night as Mason “Razorblade” Savage, fellow Grand Slam holder emerged in the concourse and began his usual march down the stairs.  Although some fans patted his back as he headed to the ring and a few even attempted high fives, he never broke his gaze with Naz and even shoved el-Fadal down off the turnbuckle after coming up the stairs.  Naz tried to get after Mason, but the referee backed Naz into a corner and then turned around to put Savage in another corner.  Both men were clearly seething as the bell was rung - but when Razorblade charged, Naz simply dropped down and rolled out of the ring.  Savage couldn't let that abide and the chase was on until Naz suddenly lifted an apron and got under the ring.  Savage looked where he saw Naz go and couldn't find him, only to get driven into the retaining barrier from an Naz tope suicida.  Naz stood on the barrier and took in a massive and mixed reaction before bundling Mason up and throwing him in the ring.

• 6. Mason “Razorblade” Savage d. Nazir el-Fadal by technical knockout at 16:41 Naz went to work and quickly positioned Razorblade in a corner to throw some European uppercuts, but Razorblade turned the tide, switched their places and lit into his biggest rival and former World Tag Team championship partner by alternating meaty right hands with massive knife edge chops.  Steve noted that Naz’s emotions might’ve been getting the best of him after what happened backstage because the last thing he should want to do is exchange strikes with the bigger Savage.  In the ring, Razorblade stuck Naz with a Manhattan drop before legsweeping the One Man Jihad and coming off the ropes with a Sliding R, but that barely kept Naz down for a one count.  Razorblade continued to beat up Naz until “the Greatest Man Alive” was between the ropes and spilling out to the apron to avoid taking any more of the Razorblade onslaught.  That's the way things appeared; in reality Naz was laying a trap and sprung it when Savage charged him and Naz drilled him with a Hamrin Valley Driver into the hardest part of the ring.

• Naz jumped up onto the announce table and hit the Are You Not Entertained?! while Razorblade writhed in pain on the floor.  We got a couple of replays of the apron HVD before we went back to live action: Naz rolled in the ring to break the count before rolling back out and tossing Razorblade head and shoulder first into the steps.  The Quality Controllers got into dueling chants as Naz got back in the ring and waited on Savage; the moment he got back in the ring Naz tied him up in the ropes before launching a half dozen European uppercuts that sent Savage down to the canvas.  el-Fadal held onto the ropes while choking Mason with the heel of his Shiek inspired boots, not stopping until the referee’s count was at 4¾ and tersely telling the zebra he knew what the rules were.  

• Naz continued to maintain the advantage and locked a cravate in on Razorblade.  Savage tried to back suplex his way out a couple of times but el-Fadal maintained the hold.  Mason landed some body blows to get out from under, then charged Naz and walked into a Stun Gun - but Savage just ate it and came off the ropes with a King Kong lariat that sent Naz somersaulting through the air before turning into a canvas angel on the mat.  The crowd popped huge for the monster lariat as Razorblade sat on the bottom rope before gathering steam.  Razorblade manuevered Naz into a corner and hit him with multiple short range clotheslines until Naz slumped down into a sitting position.  Razorblade continued cutting Naz into ribbons, stomping him down for almost a five count - and he too let the ref know he knew the rules after cutting off his mud hole stomping at 4.8.  Savage and the ref had words, which allowed Naz the ability to lash out with a cross chop to the throat.  The One Man Jihad ran the ropes only to get snatched up by a ring rocking spinebuster that made him kick out at 2¾, maybe even a little later.  

• With Naz all out of sorts and Quality Arena rocking with “This Is Awesome!” chants, Razorblade put Naz on his shoulders and began to ascend as he clearly was lining up a Soul Crusher to bring the fight to an end.  The higher up Razorblade got the more Naz fought for his life, doing anything he could to avoid Razorblade’s vaunted finisher.  That anything included gouging Savage’s eyes, a move that drew a lot of jeers but put Naz in perfect position for what he hoped would be the death blow; with Razorblade to his right and both men on the top rope, Naz delivered an avalanche Night Night hiptoss Michinoku Driver that folded Razorblade up like a K-5 off suit and had bleeped out “Holy shit!” chants airing live on FDSNF.   Both men were down on the canvas while we got multiple replays of the biggest move in the match and the ref put on a ten count; at 9, Naz crawled over - when the ref got to two, he back hooked a leg - but Razorblade barely, barely kicked out before three and caused Naz to grill the zebra as he obviously wanted a quicker count to secure his victory.  But it wasn't as if his arsenal was empty, something he proved when he stalked Razorblade before sneaking up on the recovering Savage and putting him in a cobra clutch.  Razorblade almost pitched forward onto his forehead before backing Naz into a corner.  Despite that, Naz not only maintained his hold on the hold, he added injury to injury by using it to set up a Backstabber to give Razorblade a Heat Check.  With his arch rival gasping for air and almost curled up in a ball at his feet, Naz slowly brought himself up off his knees before pointing down at Razorblade.  That point turned into a throat slash that got plenty of boos, more coming out when Naz moved his hand into a thumbs down.

• Naz stalked Razorblade and cinched him up looking to deliver a dose of Nazquil, but the match took another turn as Razorblade powered Naz into a bulldog choke, bridging with his blood stained shitkickers to lock down the hold that might actually shut Naz up once and for all.  The dueling chants turned into “(Please Don't) TAP!” as Naz tried to scramble his lower body towards the ropes, but the suffocating pressure on his carotid artery soon caught up to him.  Naz appeared to go limp before the hook of his boot wrapped around the bottom rope, causing a massive mixed reaction from a crowd who was now leaning forward on the edge of their seats whether they were in the front row or up in the back rows.

• Razorblade held onto his choke for almost a five count but didn't engage with the referee when he broke it at 4.9.   He was more focused on being timely, and as he put Naz back on his shoulders and went up top it was evident that it was Soul Crusher O’Clock and he would be damned if he was going to be late for it.  Razorblade climbed the ropes and after securing his footing, flew off with the Soul Crusher as dozens of camera phones caught the moment live as it happened.   Both men were down for the count again, but this time Razorblade moved first at six before landing some forearms to the back of Naz’s head to set up another bulldog choke.  Razorblade reapplied the hold perfectly, picking up right where he’d left off in his attempt to choke Naz out.  But even with the hold cinched in tight and his energy being drained out of him, the last thing Nazir el-Fadal was ever going to do was go quietly into that good night.  Again, Naz moved what he could of his lower body; if he couldn't power his way out of the bigger man’s hold then he could at least force a rope break.   Naz contorted and pivoted as much as he could but Razorblade had the high ground; when he saw el-Fadal get within a foot and a half of the ropes, he pulled them back to center and bridged up with his feet this time firmly on the midring QCW logo.  Naz thrashed and flopped around like a fish out of water, the fans yelling at him to tap or not getting louder by the second…but the light was dimming in his eyes.  Razorblade wasn't a monkey on his back, he was King Kong on the Empire State, and as he melted into the canvas Naz got his middle finger up as close to Razorblade's line of sight as the choke would allow.  Naz’s wrist fell into the canvas, causing the ref to check him with a hand raise - but it hit the mat again and the referee called for the bell - the Quality Controllers reacting with shock and joy over seeing Razorblade officially put Naz to sleep.  

• We got replays of the match’s biggest moments as the announcers put over the PPV level quality of the battle.  When we went back to live action, Razorblade was getting his hand raised by the referee but quickly lowered it as Naz began stirring on the canvas and rolled over into his back.  The referee checked on Naz, who looked shocked after hearing what the official had to say and clearly got heated; even without a mic you could hear him snarl that the last thing he would ever do was tap out to Savage, of all people.  Razorblade gently nudged the ref to the side and offered Naz either a handshake or a helping hand up.  Naz stared up at Razorblade before looking down at his hand, and several tense seconds went by as Naz continued glaring at it.  Eventually, he fell onto his back and rolled out of the ring before wordlessly going up the ramp.  The crowd gave some boos to Naz’s usual lack of sportsmanship but came back alive as “Unscripted Violence” fired back up and Razorblade bathed in the glowing reception he got from the faithful, raising a fist as he stood on the middle rope.  After a plug for the Powers/Crowley World Title match on next week's Summit supershow, Steve thanked us for tuning in to Ruckus and said he hoped to see us again next week in Knoxville.

QCW Unleashed [s3e46 • Quality Arena]

• Serge Batroc (w/”The Proper Villain” Richard Windsor) d. “Unforgettable” Dave Mullin (w/Tim “the Only Hope” McMurray)
• Bonnie Agrippa and Nancy Crowley (w/Hysteria) d. Hilary Highnote and Christina Kent
• “Cambodian Cool” Keo Tevi (w/”Explosive” Emily Bennett) d. Veronica Vespa
• The International Players (w/Collipark) d. Beast Mode (w/Lolo Vuitton)

FDSN Florida Presents QCW Ruckus [s5e30 • June 5th, 2026]

 📺 live on FanDuel Sports Network Florida

📍 Quality Arena 💫 Parts Unknown, FL

• Ruckus kicked off with the Invincible open before we went inside Quality Arena, which was packed and just as rowdy as any other Friday night.  Steve Vandeblanche and Carl Christensen are back for another Ruckus full of quality championship wrestling, and they hyped “Sinister” Sarah Fowler vs. “Night Sky’ Diana Spare as well as a big tag team main event of former tag champs Nazir el-Fadal and Mason “Razorblade” Savage going up against Pyotr Caviar and Vengeance Davis of the Republic.  As it turned out, tonight's show would be bookended with tag team action…

• 1. The End Times (w/the Chosen) d. “Swamp Pride” Ted Holland and Robert E. Moonshine at 8:36 The Times mostly rolled here, allowing “the Purifier” Caleb Gray to crow to the cameras and the announcers about his divine plan to regain the National championship.  Robert and Ted threw a scare into the flock late  - even getting a couple of near falls about a minute apart - but the Times recovered quickly from the scare.  A Lawn Dart into a cutter shut down the dreams of an upset and set up the Reckoning that got Donny Castle and Dr. Martin Williams the duke.  

• We saw a vignette from Earlier Today where the members of Sky’s the Limit interrupted Tre Boyd signing autographs in the parking lot as he came into QA.  The Cooper Brothers and Kam Ellis tried to talk their former friend Tre into rejoining their unit and stop playin’ with them.  Tre turned away from the signing and said they had to stop stalkin,’.  Win Serge’s money, check - beat Naz Almighty on PPV, check - beat all of the Republic’s land monsters - check.  The best thing he ever did was leave them behind and get after his.  They needed to get theirs.  When Kam Ellis sarcastically asked if they could get one of the many title shots Tre had gotten and failed at, Boyd whipped off his designer sunglasses and did a triple take at the beefy California King.  When Ellis folded his arms and stared down Boyd, Tre marched off screen.  A few seconds later a rental car peeled out of the parking lot while the Cooper Brothers asked big Kam why he’d do that when they're trying to get Tre back with all of them.  Ellis remained staring off where Boyd had sped off.  “Tre make it sound like he don't need us.  Maybe it's the other way round, tho.”  That sentence landed hard on DeMarcus and DeMarius; you could see them mulling it over as Ellis walked off.  We returned to live action and “B.o.B” as the crowd got to their feet out of respect for a legend –

• 2. Jupiter Jones (w/Collipark) d. Hawk Carter at 5:00 Jones’ first match since dropping the World title at Cruel Summer.  QCW’s resident shit kicking cowboy got in a few shots, but one of these men is going to end up a unanimous Hall of Famer and the other one’s Carter.  A double underhook powerbomb set up the Bolt From Olympus in the showcase win for Jupiter, and Collipark's night is just beginning - Science Fiction Double Feature will try to make things 2-0 on the other side of the evening’s first commercial break.

• We came back from the break to Naomi Lee backstage, right before she brought on the Undaunted as her interview guests.  She asked them about Manifest Destiny challenging them to a pure rules match on the heels of their rivalry intensifying over the past few months.  Tim “the Only Hope” McMurray was quick to accept, saying that they were willing to fight on their terms if Manifest Destiny was willing to lose with them in place.  “Unforgettable” Dave Mullin began to add to Tim’s comments…right until they got jumped from behind by Manifest Destiny.  Serge Batroc and Richard Windsor went after the former Catch Hell Wrestling League tag team champions with a vengeance, bouncing them off the walls, vending machines and production crates before Quality Force Security came on the scene to break things up.  

• As they were being led away from the scene of their crimes, Serge was laughing about it all; he mentioned that while the match was going to be under pure rules…well, this wasn't a match, was it?  Naomi checked on the disoriented Undaunted while we went back to the ring for more traditional tag team battling.

• 3. Science Fiction Double Feature (w/Collipark) d. A Cut Above (w/S. Mark Starr & Prince Ootsuka) at 6:21 You know things are going bad when the announcers were openly referring to the Starr Slump while the match was still in progress.  But in this battle of former tag champs it was almost wholly one way traffic from the Family, who used their speed to deal Starr’s men another L.  Another win delivered by their new Down To Earth finisher, Cindy pinning O’Neill.  Starr wandered by the announce and asked Carl if he could have his old job back; your mileage may vary as to if he was kidding or not.

• Moments later, the lights cut off briefly before coming back on and revealing Hysteria in the ring.  They commandeered some mics from Duck Eko and wasted no time in demanding that the troglodytes in the truck remind these people of what happened last week.  Footage on the Qualitron played and ran on air of Hysteria beating Mean Season and the rest of Hysteria having to pull Nancy Crowley off of Autumn Powers after she’d pinned her to win the match.  Crowley went on one of her “World National champion” rants, saying that Autumn was a fraud who’d stolen her Fifteen Pounds of Gold.  She couldn't beat her in the Duquesne and the only way she could beat her was to put on a mask and show up after Nancy had already beaten a legend and these horrible, ugly sheep that hung on Autumn's word no matter what had the nerve to call her crazy?!  What was crazy was that Autumn was too scared to give Crowley her rematch…so until she got it, Hysteria was going to hurt some people.  

• Starting with Ashok Banerjee, again.  He didn't learn like Autumn didn't learn and if they were two peas from the same idiot pod then they would fit fine inside Hysteria's cauldron.  For all the obvious reasons, Bella Jolie would take care of him. He would get orange crushed by the beauty and the beast of Hysteria, they’d put him right back in the hospital ..and it would be all Autumn's fault.  Bella dared Ashok to look into the Face of Death and know his future was doomed to be a short one.  Bonnie Agrippa seemed like she was about to chime in when Steve hurriedly said that we had to go to a commercial break but that tape machines were rolling; Ashok vs. Bella was next!

• We came back from commercial break with the rest of Hysteria circling the ring while Bella stayed in the ring and waited for Ashok to come out.  As Banjerjee fist bumped some fans on his way down the ramp a picture in picture showed highlights of him winning over Justine Danek two weeks ago.  Banerjee took a good look at all of Hysteria before focusing on Jolie as the bell rang.

• 4. Ashok Banerjee d. Bella Jolie (w/Hysteria) by disqualification at 8:09 Frustrated by Ashok early on, Bella decided to take shortcuts to get the upper hand; using Ashok’s hair against him to throw him down to the mat, eye rakes with her boots and fingers and more plays out of the cheating playbook while her sisters rooted her on.  Jolie hit a diving leg lariat a la her tag partner Justine and went up top for her Death From Above signature frog splash.  But Ashok managed to roll away and avoid it, leaving Bella to eat a rough looking crash landing into the canvas.  Ashok began coming back, and began putting together high flying Boundless offense before hitting a pair of Destroyer DDTs to further deplete Bella's chances of a comeback.  However, when Ashok went for the Decolonizer Driver to end things the rest of Hysteria came in to beat him down, save Bella and draw the DQ.

• Ashok was left on the wrong side of a four on one beating (as Carl reminded us, Ashok's usual tag partner Jacques Krieger has been AWOL since catching an Omar sized beating weeks ago).  Hysteria ignored the bell repeatedly ringing and played Finisher Bingo: first Justine and Bella connected on Twelve Feet Under, then Nancy hit him with Code Black before Bonnie picked up his limp body and spiked him with a brainbuster.  Quality Force Security hit the ring but Nancy snapped her fingers to do the lights off/lights on/Hysteria disappears in the darkness tradition.  Some of QFS helped Ashok to the back.

• The announcers teed up a live announcement from the Commish but when cameras went back to his office he was in a heated argument with Ig de Catur about the National championship.  de Catur said there wouldn't even be a National championship without him, so that meant it would be coming home to the Republic come hell or high water.  He had the finest wrestlers from around the world under his roof so any one of them could carry that belt - and he'll, if Malicía was healthy she'd be the one taking back her belt.  If she couldn't, someone else from his roster would.  Holmes seethed but said that if he wanted one or more of his people to get a shot at the belt then he needed another week to move things around and figure out a different approach to what was going to happen next for the National championship.  Ig said Holmes could do as he wanted, but his people were going to be able to get shots at it or his lawyers would come down on Scott like a Biblical plague.   

• Holmes said that he didn't need to see Ig around until he main event, and the duplicitous former Commissioner laughed and pointed out the words main event.  It's what Ig did - and what the Republic would do once they regained the National title.  He walked away laughing with his group trailing behind him as Holmes threw up his hands and swiped some papers off his desk.  The announcers noted that Holmes had better come up with a solution fast because the National title was on the minds of most of the roster.  After some speculation over how Holmes could solve the problem, “Change (In the House of Flies)” began playing as the bell rang for our semi main event and out came “Sinister” Sarah Fowler with mentor Summer Rose to booing and weirded out fans…

• 5. “Night Sky” Diana Spare (w/Forbidden Book Club) d. “Sinister” Sarah Fowler (w/Summer Rose) at 11:52 The semi main turned out to be more of a hockey fight than a wrestling match; somehow, the crowd, Fowler and Spare didn't seem to mind.  The opening minute of the match saw them exchanging fists until they’d driven each other to their knees, then both slapped their opponent repeatedly with shots that echoed to the fifth row of the upper deck, then slowly rising while punching each other before the second hockey fight in 75 seconds broke out to the roars of the crowd.  It appeared Diana had won the fight when she landed several consecutive rights and a headbutt, but when Diana tried to whip Sarah into the ropes Fowler reversed into a straightjacket neckbreaker before getting in the mount position and throwing some headbutts of her own to take control.

• As Fowler worked Spare over and wore her down, commentary gave begrudging praise to Summer’s tutelage of Sarah over the past couple of years.  Diana landed some hard back elbows to get free of Sarah's cravate then whipped her into the ropes, but Fowler narrowly dodged a Black Hole Slam and hit a jumping neckbreaker for a nearfall.  Sarah kept rolling as Summer urged her on, and in short order went for the kill with her finishing basement rana driver - but Spare shocked her by powering up and delivered a pop up Michinoku Driver to save her bacon.  As Luz, Shelley and Summer pounded the apron to rally their stable mate both Fowler and Spare began to come up off the canvas.  Fowler went for a larist that missed but Diana’s spear off the ropes was right on target.  

• The championship experience of Spare came to the forefront as she began making her rally with a couple of leg lariats and then ran Sarah down by hitting a big boot off the ropes.  Spare kept her momentum rolling from there and even gave a shout-out to Shelley LaVey when she hit her teammate’s Heartbreaker draping cutter to stick Sarah.  Spare followed up with her trusty Nightfall and it hit so hard it looked like Ms. Sinister was out on her feet while almost standing diagonally…so Diana snatched her up and hit a second Nightfall to make the subsequent pinfall academic.  The announcers put over Sarah putting Diana to the test as “Night Sky” got her hand raised and Luz and Shelley joined her in the ring.  When we came back from replays, the Club was on the floor as Cruz and LaVey continued to pump up Spare.  They weren't the only ones looking Diana's way, as from the ring Summer was staring a hole into the woman who'd just beaten her protegê.  It was on that unsettling note that Ruckus threw to the last commercial break tonight.

• We came back from the break to Julius Duquesne III, who brought out his Explosively Cool guests Emily Bennett and Keo Tevi.  JD3 congratulated Emily on her win over Fiona Fogg on Unleashed before asking what was next for her and Keo.  Emily said she wouldn't presume to speak for Keo but said that with plenty of jerkoffs in QCW, there were plenty of opportunities for her to keep fighting the good fight.  Keo.added that as far as they were concerned, what they wanted to get accomplished next in QCW was two fold: (1) wear down Emily until she became her best friend in the world (Bennett seemed slightly annoyed but also smiled a little) and (2) go after the National championship.  She’d been a champion multiple times Down Under, and the National championship here was very cool.  Autumn had set the standard and shown the blueprint, and she confessed to Jules seeing so many people throw their rings in that hat made them want it for themselves.  And the more they said “National champion Keo Tevi” in their head the more it made their heart sing.  So add their name to the list, Holmsy!  Keo thanked JD3 for his time, Emily gave a small nod in his direction, and he threw it back to Steve and Carl.

• Per usual before the main event, Steve conducted the hype train for 💫 next week's Ruckus:💫: we’ll get two major announcements from Commissioner Holmes (gotta assume one of those will be about the National championship) 💫 Justine Danek and Bella Jolie of Hysteria will face Mean Season’s Gaia Green and Winter Wonderland 💫 and the pure rules tag between Manifest Destiny and the Undaunted will take place

• Speaking of tag team clashes, it was time for our main event!

• Clipse’s “So Be It ‘ brought out Nazir el-Fadal to a big pop, and he came down to the ring looking focused.  And once he got in the ring he warmed up in a corner Instead of doing his usual posing.  “Unscripted Violence” took over on the PA And brought out Mason “Razorblade” Savage to a huge pop of his own.  Fans patted him on the back as he came down the steps and hit the ring.  Once he stepped between the ropes he had a frosty staredown with Naz, but the glaring came to an end when “The Old Guard Is Dead” brought out the Republic en masse   They had barely begun coming to the ring before Razorblade broke his staredown with Naz to roll out of the ring and charge up the ramp.  Multiple Republic Enforcement guys couldn't stop Savage from going after his former protégé Vengeance Davis, and they threw hands like rice at a wedding.  Razorblade getting the upper hand drew Pyotr Caviar in to defend his new stablemate, and the bad guys quickly got the upper hand to deliver a two on one beatdown of Savage down the ramp.  They were so focused on pummelling Razorblade that they didn't see Nazir el-Fadal building up speed off the ropes before diving on all three of them with a springboard plancha that had the Quality Controllers and Naz alike fired up.  el-Fadal pointed at Ig before giving him a crotch chop, then got Davis in the ring to get the main event officially started…

• 6. Pyotr Caviar and Vengeance Davis (w/Ig de Catur, the Republic and Republic Enforcement) d. Nazir el-Fadal and Mason “Razorblade” Savage at 15:33 …a main event that wouldn't end without controversy.

• It didn't take long for the tides to turn the Republic’s way, as Pyotr provided a distraction that set up a Davis modified cannonball off the ropes that gave control over to the Republic.  Vengeance worked over Naz for a couple minutes before tagging in Pyotr so that they could team up on a Russian sickle x side Russian leg sweep combo.  But Pyotr didn't go for a cover; instead he gestured for Naz to tag out to Razorblade.  Savage stared into the ring and extended his hand, but Naz pivoted and came up from the canvas with a European uppercut to stagger Pyotr.  Four more sent Pyotr into the corner, but when Naz charged him Caviar shut him down with a running high knee.  Pyotr turned el-Fadal over to Davis for more punishment.

• With Davis in the ring, the beating continued.  Carl noted the fact that Ju–uh, Vengeance and Naz had had it out for each other for the better part of a year and they still tried to destroy each other every time they fought.  Truth be told, it reminded him of how Naz and Razorblade had gone after each other in the past.  After he said that, the One Man Jihad missed a corner charge and went flying shoulder first into the ringpost.  Vengeance took advantage and grabbed Naz as he staggered out to spin him around into a double arm DDT.  Not only that, but he maintained his hand lock after it hit and dragged Naz up to hit again and for good measure drilled Naz with a third to literally hit a trifecta while Ig screamed about retribution.  But Vengeance didn't make a cover and also gestured to a now slightly bleeding Naz to tag out of the match so that he could fight his mentor.  Naz’s response was to laugh as he rolled onto his backside then spit in Davis’ face.  The crowd cheered Naz’s insolence as an enraged Vengeance pulled.Naz up by the hair - only to eat a dose of Nazquil that dropped him to the canvas.

• Both men were down for a spell but it was Davis who recovered first, rolling to the Republic corner to tag Pyotr back in.  Caviar hit the ring only to walk into a Hamrin Valley Driver that made him hit the canvas.  Naz hesitated once he got to the corner, but while he was deliberating Razorblade just tagged himself in and quickly covered Pyotr.  Caviar managed a kick out but he was still reeling from the HVD and Razorblade was quick to take advantage by pummelling him with a barrage of rights.   It took an inverted atomic drop for Pyotr to even slow down Razorblade a little bit but the now three time tag team champion missed a Russian sickle of lf the ropes, then stumbled into a massive spinebuster that got Savage 2¾.  Savage went for a bulldog choke but Pyotr powered his way out of it and threw Razorblade down to the canvas with a borderline judo throw.  Caviar hit the ropes but got hit by a cheap shot from the apron by Naz, who dropped to the floor when Pyotr swung at him.  That series of distractions set up another Razorblade spinebuster, and this time Vengeance had to dive into the ring to save his current partner from his former one.

• Naz came in and a Pier 4 broke out, but just when it seemed like he and Razorblade had the Republic on their heels things went awry.  el-Fadal tried to stagger Vengeance with a cross chop to the throat but Davis slipped it and it ended up connecting with Razorblade instead.  Caviar spun Naz around before spinning himself into a discus Russian sickle that hit so hard the One Man Jihad flipped off the impact and landed on his stomach.  Razorblade recovered enough to get after Pyotr with some blindside rights but when he whipped Pyotr into the ropes it got reversed into a 3D by the black hats just like the one NaZorblade had hit on Pyotr in Philly at Mayday Payday.  Vengeance bundled Naz up and tossed him out of the ring while Pyotr picked Razorblade’s bones and grabbed him for a spinning sit out powerbomb.  The Quality Controllers groaned when it connected - but gasped a three count later when it got the win.

• Ig was jubilant on the floor as his men got their hand raised in the ring.  Steve noted the bitter irony of a team called Caviar and Vengeance paying dividends as they joined their boss on the floor, who was in the middle of letting every fan within hearing range know that the Republic had proved once again that they were better than QCW’s best.  The Republic began to head to the back as Ig put the tag titles on his shoulders and promised them the finest champagne and lobster tails on his yacht while at ringside, Naz crawled in under the bottom rope.

• Naz pulled himself up - and began berating Razorblade for dropping the fall again, wondering why he was trying so hard to make a team work when he wasn't the reason it was failing.  Razorblade was slow to get up, but once he did he pointed to his neck and gave Naz an earful in return.  Savage punctuated his end of the argument by shoving Naz down, which got a loud reaction from the crowd that leaned positive.  Naz shook his head and sneered before getting up and shoving Razorblade down, asking him if he wanted to go, because if so he’d just lose again.  Razorblade got to his feet but before the long time rivals could throw down, Quality Force Security hit the ring to loud boos with Commissioner Holmes right on their heels.  Holmes directed his men to keep them in opposite corners, first approaching Naz but it not being a fruitful conversation before going to Razorblade’s corner - and whatever Savage said had the censors repeatedly hitting the button like a kid in an elevator.  Naz and Razorblade couldn't get free of the half dozen security members they each had on them, and Ruckus went off the air with some Grand Slam level tension in the air while the Quality Controllers changed the same three words: “LET THEM FIGHT!  LET THEM FIGHT!"

QCW Unleashed [s3e45 • Quality Arena]

• "Explosive” Emily Bennett (w/”Cambodian Cool” Keo Tevi) d. “Her Excellency” Fiona Fogg (w/Sohla Patel)
• Ashok Banerjee d. “Dashing” Pierce Moore (w/Beast Mode)
• Justine Danek & Bella Jolie (w/Hysteria) d. Hilary Highnote & Christine Kent
• The Chosen (w/Goody Gardner) d. Anton Stahl & the Wonderful Ward Brothers

FDSN Florida Presents QCW Ruckus [s5e29 • May 29th, 2026]

 📺 live on FanDuel Sports Network Florida

📍 Quality Arena 💫 Parts Unknown, FL

• The Invincible open rollled to open the show with a few tweaks; Ashok Banerjee taking Jacques Krieger’s place a handful of times, more of both Manifest Destiny and the Undaunted as well as “Explosive” Emily Bennett and that turncoat Vengeance Davis.   With no current National champion, that gave more time for the Republic and Autumn Powers to be shown in the Cavalcade over the Pat Benatar classic.

• It's another raucous Friday night from the jewel of Parts Unknown, Quality Arena.  We’ve got Steve Vandeblanche and Carl Christensen behind the announce table to help shepherd us through another episode of Ruckus, and they hyped up Summer Rose vs. Ashley Szabo as well as a trios main event where Hysteria would take on the reunified QCW World champion Autumn Powers and Mean Season, but this Ruckus would begin with more traditional tag team action…

• 1. Manifest Destiny d. The Cooper Brothers (w/Kam Ellis) at 7:10 Two nights ago Unleashed ended with Richard Windsor pinning DeMarius Cooper; the Air Force twin alumni came together here looking for a measure of revenge but couldn't get it.  The Coopers looked good early with their high flying offense and cleared Serge Batroc and Windsor from the ring with a flurry of double dropkicks.  As the Coopers celebrated in the ring, INTLTS came out on the ramp to watch the match - at least Sohla Patel did, Fiona Fogg seemed more interested in whatever she was doing on her phone.  Either way, Manifest Destiny composed themselves and returned to the ring with renewed fire and started to gain control of the bout when Windsor managed to cut off a DeMarcus top rope offensive attempt and hit a massive avalanche double underhook suplex   That turned the tide for Destiny, who pounced all over the weakened Marc and halved the ring on him so he couldn't make a saving tag to his brother.  The crowd spent the back end of the match hoping for a save that never came and the black hats used a springboard European uppercut from Serge into the Necessary Evil half and half suplex by Richard to get the win and put poor Marc out of his misery.  You could see the frustration on Sky’s the Limit’s faces after the match, but it was of no concern to Manifest as they shook hands and then tried to catch up to Patel and Fogg as they headed to the back.

• We went backstage, where Naomi Lee was chasing down Nazir el-Fadal.  The One Man Jihad eventually slowed down and told Lee to get her Taylor Rooks on, because he had something important to disclose to his rabble and certain members of the roster.  Nao asked if that was why she saw him come out of Commissioner Holmes’ office moments ago and el-Fadal said that a well-known rule of wrestling was that if you wanted something booked you went to the bookerman and if you were someone on Naz’s level…well, there were only one of those, but you generally got what you wanted even when you and certain Holmeses didn't exactly sing from the same hymn book.  

• Naomi then asked Naz what match he’d gotten the Commissioner to approve, and Naz said that in next week's main event it would be him and…Razorblade against two of the Republic’s finest cuts of grade A asshole in Pyotr Caviar and Mr. Vengabus.  They'd screwed him out of the tag belts without beating him, then because he had no back up in last week's main event they’d cheated him out of victory there too.  So if Davis wanted to see true vengeance and Pyotr was going to cash Ig’s checks, Naz was willing to beat their asses so bad no direct deposit would be enough to cover their hospital bills.  But this was a referendum on Razorblade, too: the one who didn't show up until it was too late, the one who’d lost the titles…and the one who’d lost THE title last Cruel Summer because Naz had made sure of it TWICE.  If Razorblade wasn't going to hold up his end of this tag team, then maybe the old Naz needed to come back and remind him and everyone else on the roster what cruelty came when Jihad Season was in the air.

• el-Fadal started heading towards the exit when Naomi semi casually mentioned that he was handling Autumn Powers winning the World title well.  Naz didn't break stride but rather let out a Razorbladian short bark of a laugh.  When Nao followed up that Davis’ match was next and wondered out loud if he was going to stick around for it, Naz let out some machine gun cackling as he kicked the exit door open and (presumably) left Quality Arena.  Lee let out a wry smile and shook her head watching him leave; “The Old Guard Is Dead” could be heard faintly in the background and got louder as we returned to the ring for…

• 2. Vengeance Davis (w/Ig de Catur, the Republic and Republic Enforcement) d. Atum Pharoah at 6:12 Showcase match for the Republic's newest acquisition, who wrestled more like he was being programmed than the Davis QCW fans had gotten accustomed to seeing the past few years.  A trifecta of double arm DDTs got the power man from Egypt on the mat where Vengeance locked on multiple cross arm breakers to further deplete Atum.  Unfortunately for Pharoah that set him up perfectly to eat the reverse fireman's carry into a sit out piledriver that took a couple of inches off of Pharoah’s height and got Davis the dub for the second week in a row.  Steve said that move was called the Silencer and it’d lived up to its name once again.   We went to commercial break (unfortunately) with Ig de Catur crowing that now that he had Vengeance in his back pocket, nothing could stop the Republic.  He added “Two belts down and two to go!” before letting out a high, keening cackle like the jackal he is.  Ruckus is just getting started and will keep rolling right after some ads.

• A bath of white light welcomed us back to Ruckus before settling down into a vignette from the Chosen.  As you might expect at this point, who did the talking was leader “the Purifier” Caleb Gray.  As he addressed his acolytes he apologized for not winning the World championship but took credit for weakening Jupiter Jones ahead of his World title loss.  After making sure to tell Goody Gardner he was right about Davis, he mentioned that what he thought was his window closing at Golden Rule was in reality a door opening at Mayday Payday.  When Goody asked him what that meant, Gray elaborated; abhorrent though she was, Ms. Punk Rock Music had created an opening…an opening that had his name written all over it.  All the pieces for his prophecy to be fulfilled were in place save one, and once he got the word from on high the future would be secured.  It was the blessed name of Caleb that had to restore the honor in an honorless place, to infuse prestige that drowned out the ignominy suffocating the so called Quality Championship Wrestling - “simply put, Ms. Gardner…it is time for the greatest National champion of all time to take back what is his.” A discomforting smile crept over Gray's lips until his smile and the bath of white light were one and the same.

• 3. Glam Squad and the Undaunted d. The All Starr Stable and Glory Days (w/S. Mark Starr) at 8:07 When's the last time we got a ten man tag on Ruckus?  Match was there to show off the skills for the babyfaces as they won going away, and their smarts as they used Glory Days’ overzealousness to run them into the Starrs a few times.  Too Damn Glam finished off Cliff Foster to notch a win for the mismatched babyfaces, who celebrated on the floor while the Stable cheap shotted Glory Days and beat on them since the ex footballers caused them to lose without them losing.  Carl noted the losing was clearly getting to the Starr men and Steve put over both babyface teams as potential challengers for the tag titles.

• We went backstage, where Gaia Green and Winter Wonderland were getting in some light stretches ahead of the main event.  The crowd’s joyful noise exploded into raucous cheers as Autumn Powers came onto the scene with the QCW World title on her shoulder.  Gaia and Winter looked over at their former stablemate, who uncharacteristically was stumbling over her wards as she tried to apologize to her old friends about her being severed from them for the past couple of years while she was Orion.  

• Winter charitably waved off Autumn’s attempts and said that doing what she did kept Hysteria from holding the World title for more than a TikTok.  Now it fell to her and Gaia to follow Autumn's example and rise up to the top of the tag ranks the same way their Punk Rock Queen had taken over the singles division; that would begin tonight when they beat Hysteria just like Autumn beat Nancy at Mayday Payday.  Gaia looked at her childhood friend with a slightly harder glance but said that the band couldn't get back together if they’d never broken up in the first place.  That put a smile on Autumn's face as she draped her World title over a bar in a locker behind them before getting to work on some push ups.  Gaia and Winter took a brief look at the Fifteen Pounds of Gold before Gaia smirked and then sat on Autumn's back.  Winter told Gaia to get off of Autumn but Gaia said this made them apology pushups.  Autumn gritted her teeth (unless she was smiling) and continued her workout while Winter did some modified box jumps with the bench.  A chyron hyped the main event of Hysteria v. Mean Season as Ruckus hit another commercial break.

• 4. Summer Rose (w/”Sinister” Sarah Fowler) d. Ashley “THEE Influencer” Szabo (w/”Tiki God” Al Buffett) at 8:41 We had a hard hitting affair to kick off the back end of the show that saw Summer pull out a come from behind victory.  After a feeling out period Ashley got the upper hand with a series of arm drags before surprising Summer with a Codebreaker that got her a near fall.  S-Tier Szabo held her own - as commentary pointed out, Ashley could match Summer in strength and had a championship pedigree of her own - and then continued moving onward and upward from there.  Szabo hit the Game Changer and pulled Rose into the drop zone, but fell victim to Summer's veteran smarts and whiffed on the Smash That Subscribe Button avalanche fist drop.  Rose immediately pounced by hitting Dark Days and as it turned out, landing the implant reverse DDT was exactly the momentum shifting move that sparked a Rose rally.  Summer dominated the majority of the rest of the match and punctuated things with her Crown of Thorns basement rana driver to pick up a hard earned victory.  Rose gave a sinister grin as she got her hand raised, blood trickling out of the corner of her mouth.  Outside of getting herself intentionally DQed in the Duquesne Classic semis, Summer hasn't lost in singles competition since emerging as herself again and winning the contract match over Keo Tevi at Golden Rule’s preshow.

• From there we went TOTHEBACK~!, where Julius Duquesne III brought on Manifest Destiny as his interview guests after their win to kick off the show. Serge Batroc and Richard Windsor strolled onto the set while the fans booed.  The French Assassin and the Proper Villain turned up their noses even further to the sky if such a thing were possible as JD3 started to ask about Mayday Payday, but the ladies of INTLTS also came on the set and flanked JD3.  The moment that Fiona Fogg and Sohla Patel showed up on the scene, Windsor grabbed the mic and lost his usual cool in verbally tearing down the Undaunted; they were floppy circus rejects instead of pure technical wrestlers, they stole that win over he and Serge by stealing a page from their playbook and worst of all, they were Irish.  But if they had the potatoes to meet Manifest Destiny again - and not in just any match, but a pure rules match, in a specialty of both he and Serge's, real wrestling between the ropes and not flippy garbage off of them - they would grind them into the mat, wipe the smirks off their faces and show why Manifest Destiny was the future of the tag division.  Sohla looked on admiringly while Fiona gave a quarter-assed golf clap with her phone in her hand.  Serge clapped Richard on the back and all four of them left the set, which left Julius to throw things back to the ring…

• 5. The College Park Family (w/Jupiter Jones) d. Hellraisers and the Sound of Thunder at 6:24 A rare treat for the Quality Controllers, who got to see the International Players and Science Fiction Double Feature team up in eight person tag action while the legendary Jones watched from the floor and continued recovering from the arm injury inflicted on him by Nancy Crowley in his World title loss at Mayday Payday.  His protegés didn't waste much time in overwhelming the opposition whether they were Player or Feature, and the cherry on the sundae came when SFDF hit their new finisher Down To Earth on the towering Shieldmaiden that allowed Cindy Monet to pin Val Curry after her and Jane Doe’s spinebuster x falling splash combination.  Collipark celebrating their win by each posing on a turnbuckle while Jones applauded from the floor took Ruckus into our final commercial break on this Friday night 

• We went to Steve and Carl at the announce desk, but before we heard from them they got interrupted by a familiar voice.  Cameras panned the arena until they found Tre Boyd leaning out of a skybox with a mic in his hand.  The Austin native soaked up the loud and mostly positive reaction from the Quality Controllers before saying that whooping Roy Fade last week was no big deal for him: he’d done it in 2025, he’d done it in 2026 - hell, if Roy was still around in 2036 he’d whoop his behind then, too.  But Commissioner Holmes?  Now, that was a man who needed to quit playing with the Gospel.  Forget what the psycho witch and the fake holy man were talkin’ ‘bout: he’d taken the World champion to the limit and beaten everybody in the Republic.  You ask Tre, that sounded like someone with the resume to be the next National champion.  So he was letting it be known: if Holmes Boy didn't want to see Tre walk out the door and take his talents to Jacksonville or New York, he damn sure better have Tre in the mix to be able to snatch the Natty up.  Boyd tossed aside the mic and took a big swig of champagne as cameras panned down from the skybox to Steve and Carl at the desk. 

• Before we hit the big trios main event, it's time to let Steve conduct the hype train for 💫 next week's Ruckus 💫: we’ll hear from Commissioner Holmes about the future of the National championship 💫 “Sinister” Sarah Fowler will take on “Night Sky” Diana Spare from the Forbidden Book Club 💫 and in the main event, Pyotr Caviar and Vengeance Davis will represent the Republic against Nazir el-Fadal and Mason “Razorblade” Savage.  But that's next week's big money tag match with years of hatred between both sides…and we have one of those on deck right now.

• Lights off.

• Lights on - and you know that meant Hysteria, who bathed in the boos from the Quality Controllers.  Steve pointed out that Justine Danek was originally slated to be in this match but after her loss to Ashok Banerjee last week Nancy Crowley either was chosen or decided to take her place.

• As QCW’s resident coven held down the ring, Armored Saint’s “Hit A Moonshot” hit the PA and brought out the mostly reunited Mean Season out to a massive pop that reverberated throughout Quality Arena.  Winter Wonderland, Gaia Green and the QCW World champion Autumn Powers.  Hysteria left the ring but glared at their opponents' as they hit the turnbuckles to fire up the faithful.   Nancy seethed up at Autumn, who was too busy holding up the QCW World title to notice.

• 6. Hysteria (w/Justine Danek) d. Autumn Powers and Mean Season at 11:00 The main event made sure Ruckus lived up to its name, but in the end Hysteria took the wind out of the sails of the attendees by finding a way to pull out a hard earned victory.  It was an inauspicious beginning for Hysteria as Bonnie and started things off for them against Gaia Green only to be put on the back foot by Green shutting down her attempts at a falling reverse DDT or hitting any flash elbow drops.  Once she had Bonnie where she wanted her, Gaia tagged in Winter so they could not only team up on a double hiptoss but a basement double dropkick as well that put Winter in position to score the first near fall of the match.  The Ice Queen began working over Bonnie but when she went for a Penalty Kick, Bonnie picked her ankle and sent her crashing into the canvas 

• Bonnie tagged in Bella, and they joined forces to hit a falling reverse DDT x frog splash combination that got Jolie a near fall.  Bella continued working over Winter while we got a replay of Hysteria's successful double team, then back in live action we saw Bella send Winter heels over head with a perfectly placed kitchen sink shot to the gut.  Winter tried to crawl for the Mean Season corner only to get tossed into Hysteria’s, and quick tags to Bonnie and then Nancy allowed all three women to beat down Wonderland with some clubberin’ in the corner.  Nancy tagged in Bonnie and they took down Winter with a double roundhouse kick to officially put Winter in trouble. A cut to backstage showed Summer Rose and “Sinister” Sarah Fowler stone faced as they watched the main event play out on a monitor. As Bonnie kicked away at WW it allowed Steve and Carl to highlight the fact Hysteria was a dangerous, bonded together unit used to performing at the highest levels and used to winning World titles; the brief taste they’d gotten at Mayday Payday had pushed a group known for their psychotic styles even further past the point of no return and you (us at home) knew they weren't going to stop until the World title was back in their control.

• Bonnie hit a snap powerslam and then followed it up with a PK to keep Winter down and under control.  Nancy was screeching “GET HER!” from the apron, so Bonnie pointed at Winter and did the throat slash that suggested she was about to put this main event to bed.  Agrippa hooked up Winter and started Eclipsing the Light – but after eating a pair of suplexes Wonderland rallied by cutting off an attempted brainbuster with a series of knees to Nancy's head to get free.  W2 landed safely on the mat then snatched up Bonnie and dropped her with a Nuclear Winter implant DDT that left both women literally down for the count.  Autumn and Gaia fired up the faithful while in the other corner Bella tried to make the tag while Nancy's eyes got colder and darker while she glared over at the opposition.

• Bonnie managed to forward roll towards her corner and tag in Nancy, who’s ankle pick should've cut off the tag - but Winter suddenly blasted her with an enzuigiri from her free leg that sent Crowley down and gave Winter the opportunity she needed to tag in Autumn as the crowd went ballistic.  Powers leapfrogged a Crowley charge before running to Hysteria's corner and sending both Agrippa and Jolie to the floor.  Nancy tried to sneak up on Autumn and go for a Code Black but Powers slipped it and dumped Nancy with a German suplex.  Bella ran in and ate one, then Bonnie did, too; when Crowley tried to surprise Autumn with a senton The Champ rolled out of the way before scrambling Nancy's brains with a release dragon suplex that had Quality Arena rocking and rolling.  Autumn came firing out of the corner with a basement dropkick that sent Crowley onto her knees, then bounced off the ropes and plastered the Feral member of Hysteria with her vaunted Hazy Shade Of Autumn.  Powers went for the cover but both Bonnie and Bella dove on Autumn to break it up and save the match.

• That save drew Gaia and Winter in to return fire and before long a Pier 6 broke out to the joy of the crowd.  Mean Season held their own but some quick thinking by Bonnie allowed her to low bridge Gaia out of the ring and then have Bella send Winter over the top onto Gaia.  With them on the floor, Hysteria stepped things up a notch as Agrippa and Jolie hit a double superkick that sent a staggering Autumn right into the arms of Nancy's Devil's Wings.  The Agrippa/Jolie tandem then went out to the apron before flying off with stereo triangle moonsaults that wiped out Green and Wonderland - and left the ring clear for Nancy to cinch up Autumn and drop her with her Bite Me finisher.   No save came, Autumn tried but couldn't kick out, and when the zebra’s hand came down for three it seemed like it took all the air out of Quality Arena with it.

• The referee tried to raise Nancy's hand but she ripped it away and went on a rant against Autumn, saying that's what would've happened at Mayday Payday if she’d seen Autumn coming ahead of time.  Crowley went into a frothy tirade calling Autumn a fraud, a weak, worthless paper champion and more to the point that Bonnie and Bella hit the ring, both forcing Nancy into a corner to keep her from launching another attack.  But all Nancy was launching was more madness out of her mouth, repeatedly declaring herself the World National champion and demanding Autumn give her her rematch so she could get back what Autumn had stolen from her.  Gaia and Winter hit the ring to check on the recovering Powers, but as Steve wrapped things up and wished us good night from Parts Unknown, Ruckus went off the air with the crazed Crowley still running down Autumn to anyone who’d listen while the rest of the coven held her back with evil smirks on their faces.