QCW Unleashed [s3e38 • Quality Arena]

• The Cooper Brothers (w/Kam Ellis) d. Hawk Carter and “the Forsaken” Drake Tremble 
• Omar Littlefield (w/Ig de Catur, the Republic and Republic Enforcement) d. Il Postino
• Science Fiction Double Feature (w/Collipark) d. The Sound of Thunder
• “Sinister” Sarah Fowler (w/Summer Rose) d. Gaia Green (w/Winter Wonderland)

FDSN Florida Presents QCW Ruckus [s5e23 • April 10th, 2026]

 📺 live on FanDuel Sports Network Florida

📍 Quality Arena 💫 Parts Unknown, fL

• Ruckus opened up with a video package recapping last week's Duquesne Classic action to close out the first round with wins by surprise entrant Orion, Summer Rose, Nancy Crowley and Tre Boyd’s upset of Omar Littlefield.  We’re down to eight and tonight will kick off the quarterfinals with two matches - who will add their name to the storied Duquesne Cup and face Jupiter Jones for the QCW World championship at Mayday Payday?

• The standard Invincible open rolled from there before we went inside Quality Arena, already hot on a Friday night in Florida.  Steve Vandeblanche and Carl Christensen are our captains on the good ship Ruckus, They hoped to get some answers of who attacked Justice Davis on Friday the 13th last month before pivoting to hype tonight's double main event of Duquesne Classic quarterfinals - we’ll get Tre Boyd vs. Malicía Fernandez of the Republic in one and the High Priestess of Hysteria Bonnie Agrippa will face off against Orion.  But Ruckus would kick things off tonight with some women's division action…

• 1. “Sinister” Sarah Fowler (w/Summer Rose) d. Christine Kent at 2:28 Ruckus started off with an ass kicking that barely gave Steve any time to talk about how Fowler’s twisted worldview has grown under the evil tutelage of former champion Rose.  Poor Kent’s odds were in league with the Washington Generals, and it only got worse when Fowler landed her Dark Days implant reverse DDT.  Things ended shortly after that when Sarah laid out Christine with a basement rana driver and pinned her.  Fowler & Rose posed over Kent’s body post match.  

• We got a sizzle reel from “Her Excellency” Fiona Fogg and Sohla Patel saying that believe it or not, they were tired of their private island and were directing their manservants to set sail for the hovel of Parts Unknown.  QCW would be reminded that a Lotus blooms in springtime, and that they weren't just unstoppable today, they were unstoppable every day.  Ciao for now!  They laughed coquettishly while a graphic that said INTLTS repeatedly flashed on screen.  From there, we went back to the ring where the Voice of QCW Duck Eko made the ring introductions for our next match. 

• 2. The Chosen (w/Goody Gardner) d. Sky’s the Limit at 9:09 The zealots of the Chosen had a wildly unsuccessful Golden Rule that took some of the shine off their names and knocked their leader, “the Purifier” Caleb Gray from the World title picture.  But they’ve started a minor winning streak since Rule that continued here in trios action despite some high flying offense early from StL.  The Cooper Brothers had the fans behind them as they were neon blurs and Kam Ellis outpowered all three Chosen men and made Caleb look small.  But Kam missed on a Shooting Star press attempt and the End Times and Gray were all over him like ants on a picnic once he did.  Danny Castle and Dr. Martin Williams took turns doing the dirty work of wearing down Special K and eventually got him into position to turn the big man’s lights out with the Reckoning.  Castle then essentially offered Ellis up as a sacrifice for Caleb, who tagged in and landed Repent close to the Chosen corner.  Caleb hooked both legs on the pinfall attempt while the Times kept the Coopers from being able to break up the count.  It was the white clad Chosen who got their hands raised in another victory with Steve giving much of the credit for the win to the acolytes instead of Caleb.  Still, the Chosen took up their cross formation victory pose post match with Caleb at the center of it demanding faith over fear from the booing crowd as Ruckus went to tonight's first commercial break.

• We came back from the break to Naomi Lee, who began to bring out her interview guest only to get interrupted by the eternally vain Genesis King, who bragged about his winning streak and his eight pack abs.  Genesis continued to brag about his general awesomeness right up until a familiar voice said “So you think you're the King of QCW, huh, kid?” The camera panned over and the crowd roared to see QCW World champion the Legendary Jupiter Jones walk into the set with the Fifteen Pounds of Gold draped over his shoulder.  Genesis said it made him sick to see an old man walking around with QCW’s greatest championship when it should be on his shoulder instead.  With a slight edge in his voice, Jupiter asked him if he was going to do anything about it.  King stewed, backed down and stomped off the set.  Jupiter then turned to Naomi but before he could say anything Genesis ran back into frame and slapped Jupiter across the face so hard it knocked him on his ass.  King laughed a manly laugh before quickly running off as Jupiter got his bearings about him and pulled himself up with fury in his eyes.  He then turned to Nao and said he was going to go to Commissioner Holmes and get a non-title match set up for next week for that chicken…soup attack.  He didn't know much about Genesis King, but he knew plenty about being World champion - and that punk ass kid had seven days before The Champ destroyed him.  The crowd cheered as a still stinging Jupiter made his way out of the interview area and we went back to the ring for a Golden Rule rematch 

• 3. The Undaunted d. Serge Batroc and “the Proper Villain” Richard Windsor at 8:33 We got a rematch from Golden State here with the upstart newcomer Undaunted up against the unwelcome wagon of QCW Mainstays Serge and Richard.  In the rematch the Assassin and the Villain were able to put the clamps down on the high flying Irishmen.  A Windsor tilt-a-whirl backbreaker set up a guillotine legdrop from Serge that left “Unforgettable” Dave Mullin behind the eight ball early on.  Mullin was stuck getting beat on by the black hats until he managed to duck a European uppercut by Serge that dropped Windsor instead.  Mullin managed to tag in Tim “the Only Hope” McMurray and Timmy Boy went to work on the haughty technicians only to get upended by a two man backdrop bomb that stopped the Undaunted rally in its tracks.  Serge and Richard kept rolling and began to taunt their opponents as not being ready for the bright lights of QCW as they began to dominate.  

• But as they looked to finish off McMurray, Mullin fell into the ring from the apron in a desperate attempt to make a tag…seemingly.  This allowed McMurray to send Windsor headfirst into Batroc’s crotch, and for Tim to give Richard a schoolboy.  As the ref made the count, Dave put Tim’s feet on the ropes and held onto his partner’s ankles to weigh them down further; with the ref missing the sneak pinfall similar to how Windsor had cheated at Golden Rule that allowed the Undaunted to steal this one here.  As the Undaunted celebrated their way to the back, Serge gingerly hit the ring and complained to the referee about the underhanded pinfall.  From the desk, Carl likened it to “one of those goose/gander situations”.

• Before we went to commercial break, we got a This Week In QCW History segment: last April 11th, acting Commissioner Ig de Catur shockingly fired Jupiter Jones and Justice Davis beat Pyotr Caviar to win the Duquesne Classic.

• 4. “Explosive” Emily Bennett d. “Shieldmaiden” Val Curry w Bettie Rokker at 5:14 The back half of Ruckus began with the return to action of Bennett from her leave of absence due to the unrest in Minneapolis where she grew up.  But this was a different Emily than the one QCW fans were used to, hair now shaved into a modified Mohawk with a blue streak in it.  Worse for Curry, Bennett brought a more strike based and harder hitting offense than she had in the past and despite the size difference Emily spent most of the match in the driver's seat.  Bennett took Val’s legs out from under her then put her to the mat with a pair of cradle piledrivers to decide the bout.  The announcers talked about the new look and possibly improved Emily Bennett at the desk post match.  

• A video package rolled from there and we saw Julius Duquesne III in the beginning stages of his investigation into who took out Justice Davis last Friday the 13th.  We saw him in the bowels of Quality Arena hoping to find some security footage of the attack happening but due to various circumstances and where cameras happened to be in the building all we saw was Davis being tossed off the loading dock onto and through the car windshield without being able to see Justice’s attacker or attackers.

• It looked like that was going to lead us into commercials but instead we went to the commentary desk, where Jacques Krieger was standing on it with a mic in his hand.  He said he wasn't usually much for talking, but if Omar Littlefield had a problem with him after last week Jacques damn sure had a problem with Omar taking out his partner at Golden Rule.  Krieger then dared Omar to try that crap on him and for Ig to let his pet project get embarrassed again as Quality Force Security came out.  Krieger tossed the mic and jumped over the barricade to leave through the crowd before QFS could get to him.  Steve hyped up that there would be no more commercials once we came back after this so as to allow the double main event of Duquesne quarterfinal matches to go off uninterrupted.

• 5. Tre Boyd d. Malicía Fernandez (w/Ig de Catur, the Republic and Republic Enforcement) in a Duquesne Classic quarterfinal match at 12:35 For the second time in a week, Tre upends a member of the Republic and becomes this year's first semifinalist.  Remember that in last week's main event he used every trick in the book to get past Omar Littlefield, who spent most of this match glaring at Tre from the floor when he wasn't making non-empty threats to send him to the hospital.  As if that wasn't enough, he had Malicía to deal with and the former World Tag and National champion put him through his paces early.  Fernandez got in a massive shot on Boyd when he tried a springboard attempt and her massive forearm knocked him out of the sky as it it was almost an afterthought to her.  La Monstrua took over as Ig directed her to make Tre pay for the previous week.  That may have been why her chokeslam had more stank on it than usual, and the only way Tre was able to save things for himself was to get a foot on the bottom rope.  

• The Gospel wasn't blessed with a lot of long term offense but he made up for it by finding escape routes from Malicía's most devastating offensive moves; he avoided the luchadora’s attempts at more chokeslams, he slithered out of the way of a somersault axe kick, and instead of eating an MF5 he not only managed to land on his feet but follow up with a step up enzuigiri that wobbled Malicía.  Tre upper his offense and landed a stiff legged missile dropkick that rocked Fernandez and her using the ropes to pull herself up.  A backflip kick sent her out to the floor and set the Gospel up to connect on a “look Ma, no hands” tope con hilo that had the Quality Controllers chanting his name.  Tre was woofing like it was going out of style right up until Link Wray's "Rumble” hit the PA.  The crowd popped over hearing Jacques Krieger's music, which caused Ig to deploy Republic Enforcement and sent them to different parts of the arena to head him off at the pass no matter where he came from.  What de Catur failed to account for was under the ring, as Krieger slid out from under the apron and rang Omar's bell with his tire iron.  The crowd went nuclear for that, and Krieger managed to flatten a couple of Enforcement flunkies as well.  But that left an opening for Pyotr Caviar to go after Tre and he launched a Russian sickle…that Boyd leapt over, leading Pyotr to lariat his usual partner’s head almost off of her shoulders.  Boyd furthered his cutthroat reputation by punting Pyotr right in the Kremlins before grabbing Malicía and throwing her back into the ring.  Feeling himself now, Tre cinched up Malicía and spiked her into the mat with a Blue Thunder bomb.  Boyd scrambled to the top rope and came down from the heavens with Say Hallelujah.  The Gospel got himself vertical and, looking for a little insurance, went up top so he could go for a second Say Hallelujah.  Boyd hooked both legs on the cover and a three count later was the Classic’s first semifinalist.  Ig couldn't find enough people to yell at, Krieger tossed his tire iron to the floor on the way to the back and Pyotr had his head in his hands.  All that paled in comparison to Quality Arena’s joyful noise and Tre was yelling right along with them as Carl called him the Republic Killer on commentary.  Steve updated us on what was next up for Tre from the southwest side of the bracket; the win will put him up against the winner of next week's Nancy Crowley v. Nazir el-Fadal quarterfinal.  Tre celebrated all the way up the ramp barking out “2 more!” repeatedly while Malicía hit the referee with the Death Warrant to take out some of her frustration over losing.  

• Before the main event, Steve had a couple of things to hype for 💫 next week's Ruckus 💫: we’ll find out the host location for Mayday Payday and the host city 💫 and the Duquesne Classic quarterfinal matches continue with Hysteria's Nancy Crowley going up against World Tag Team champion Nazir el-Fadal as well as Luz Cruz of the Forbidden Book Club faces off against Summer Rose

• Speaking of quarterfinal action from the Duquesne, it was time for our main event!

• Lights off.

• Lights on and Hysteria was in the ring, cackling.  Bella Jolie may not have been in the Duquesne but she was coming off a win on the last Unleashed, Nancy Crowley had her own quarterfinal next week and their leader Bonnie Agrippa looked to be locked in on her quarterfinal now.

• As Steve was hyping up how Hysteria could be going head to head in the final since they still had almost 30% of the field, Mastodon replaced the Cure on the PA and brought out Orion to a massive pop.  The National champion came down the ramp radiating focus in their own right, Carl pointing out that if they won the Cup they could maybe get two shots at the World title at Mayday Payday between the Natty and the Cup.  Both competitors stared across the ring from each other as the referee rang the bell…

• 6. Orion d. Bonnie Agrippa (w/Nancy Crowley and Bella Jolie) in a non-title Duquesne Classic quarterfinal match at 11:59 This had the most kinetic opening of any Duquesne match so far, as they both exchanged counters and blocks of each other's offense for most of the opening minute; it was a stalemate that was only broken up by Orion changing tactics and levels.  The National champion came off the ropes and sent Bonnie to the canvas with a basement dropkick to the knob, then followed up with a massive Shining Wizard that sent Agrippa sprawling and eventually rolling to the floor.  Nancy and Bella checked on Bonnie and tried to buoy her spirits while Orion hit a set of turnbuckles and looked down at the Cup they hoped to end up with.  

• Bonnie got her game face back on and hit the ring only to be rocked by Orion and quickly monkey flipped, sent over the ropes and back outside.  Hysteria huddled and came up with a plan before all three of them hopped up on the apron.  Orion waved them all on as Steve noted that the Cosmic Champion would advance in the Classic should Bonnie get herself disqualified.  Crowley and Jolie scowled as they got back on the floor and Bonnie hit the ring only to eat some more Orion offense.  But she managed to stay in the fray by having Orion’s biggest weapon scouted, as she avoided Orion’s Nebula and landed a falling reverse DDT.   Agrippa immediately pounced and followed with multiple flash elbows to keep Orion down and move things closer to her side of the ledger.  Bonnie combined short range strikes with occasional cheating to keep her advantage for the next couple of minutes, putting evil grins on her subordinates.  After landing a twisting suplex, Bonnie pointed to Bella and went up to the top rope in the hopes of extending her lead with Bella's Death From Above frog splash, Orion rolled out of the way and Agrippa crashed hard into the canvas. 

• To add injury to injury, Orion followed up with a pinpoint Shining Wizard to the back of the head that wiped out Nancy again.  While it didn't end the match, it turned out to end any real chances that Bonnie was going to advance in the tournament.  Orion stayed on top the rest of the way and amazed the attendees with a satellite DDT that you could hang in the Louvre, as the kids say.  From there Orion called for and delivered the end, hitting their signature Nebula to keep Bonnie down for the three count and punch their ticket to the semifinals - they’re now waiting for the winner of the Luz/Summer match next week.  Nancy and Bella hit the ring to check on Bonnie's condition and sent some glares in Orion's direction.  But Orion didn't see them, they were too busy looking at and standing next to the Cup while Steve wondered aloud that given the roll they were on, were we seeing the next winner of the Duquesne Cup?  Ruckus went off the air as Orion headed to the back dishing out high fives to ringside fans and autographing a sign on their way to the back.  See you next week, same time same channel as the quarterfinals of the Duquesne continue and QCW continues to bring the mother lovin’ Ruckus!

QCW Unleashed [s3e37 • Quality Arena]

• Bella Jolie (w/Hysteria) d. Hilary Highnote
• Science Fiction Double Feature (w/Collipark) d. The Sound of Thunder
• The End Times (w/the Chosen) d. The Cooper Brothers (w//Kam Ellis)
• Jonathan Livingston Clipper Esq. d. “The Forsaken” Drake Tremble

FDSN Florida Presents QCW Ruckus [s5e22 • April 3td, 2026]

 📺 live on FanDuel Sports Network Florida

📍 Quality Arena 💫 Parts Unknown, FL

• A video package opened the show recapping the first half of first round Duquesne Classic action, as a banged up Bonnie Agrippa got past a banged up Shelley LaVey, Luz Cruz pulled off a massive upset over Pyotr Caviar, Nazir el-Fadal bounced Caleb Gray and Malicía Fernandez pinned Razorblade in the main event.  The package ended with footage of all four winners celebrating their victories, followed by a slow pan of the Duquesne Cup and a voiceover promising that after tonight the number of people who would be able to hold the Cup in 2026 would be cut down to eight.

• The usual “Invincible” open began to roll but suddenly stopped midway through.  We were quickly ushered inside Quality Arena where Drake Tremble was in the middle of the ring with a mic, whining over being forsaken by Caleb Gray and the rest of the Chosen and made him lose his way – until last week, when he had finally gotten off the schneid  And now that he was in the Duquesne, he would get his ultimate revenge on Caleb by succeeding where he had failed: he would win a Classic Caleb couldn't even get out of the first round of, then he would get his revenge on all the idiot fans who’d forsaken him by beating their hero Jupiter Jones and becoming the QCW World champion for a fourth time.  But in order to win the main event at Mayday Payday, he had to win tonight and he wasn't going to wait around for it to happen.  So bring out his “mystery opponent”, soon to become a footnote in the redemption of Drake Tremble.  

• A murmur went up in the Arena as Drake tossed the mic aside.   A beat happened, then another, then Mastodon hit the PA and caused Drake's jaw to drop.  The camera followed his gaze up the aisle, where Orion parted the Qualitron to a huge pop, Steve Vandeblanche on commentary wondering how the hell Commissioner Holmes had managed to keep this a secret.   The National champion hit the ring as a referee slid into it and our opener kicked off…

• 1. Orion d. “The Forsaken” Drake Tremble in a non-title first round Duquesne Classic match at 2:53 The National champion made quick work of Tremble in a showcase match; a pair of massive release dragon suplexes set up Orion’s Nebula and that got the win.  Orion's win means that they have a date in the quarterfinals next week against the High Priestess of Hysteria, Bonnie Agrippa.  Call me crazy but after the most dominant first round victory so far this year, I doubt that Orion’s sweating it.  

• We went to the announce desk, where Steve reintroduced himself alongside long time partner and former QCW champion Carl Christensen.  They hyped the remaining first round Duquesne matches tonight - Jacques Krieger v. Summer Rose, Nancy Crowley v. “Night Sky” Diana Spare and  the main event tonight: Tre Boyd v. Omar Littlefield.   

• Appropriately enough, a cut to backstage showed Ig de Catur addressing the Republic and Republic Enforcement as they formed a half circle in front of him.  de Catur was dressing down Pyotr Caviar for losing both the tag titles and his first round match in the span of the same week before pointing out that Malicía Fernandez had won her match last week over that street trash Razorblade and Omar would win the main event tonight over the annoying Tre Boyd.   Just because Pyotr failed them all was no reason to lose sight of the big picture - now Malicía or Omar would win the Classic, and once that happened they would headline Mayday Payday against that fossil Jones and once they gave him a Republic retirement party, the World championship would be back in Ig’s trophy case and the Republic would rule over QCW once again.  Ig declared the meeting dismissed, and everyone got up and left before Pyotr could join them.  Once his head was up, Pyotr had only one thing to say: “You fine with Malicía fighting Omar next week, bro?”. With that question hanging in the air, Ruckus went to its first commercial break tonight.

• 2. Genesis King d. Kam Ellis (w/the Cooper Brothers) at 8:40 While the Duquesne takes up a lot of QCW’s oxygen as it does every spring, it's not the only thing that goes on in the company.  Here, the cocky King was looking to rebuild his name after coming in with a lot of hype months ago only to come up short against Orion in his attempts to capture the National championship.  Similarly here, he bit off more than he could chew against the power man from Sky’s the Limit and spent most of the match getting dominated by Ellis.  Special K had things in hand when he went to the top rope, but King drop kicked the top rope to undercut Kam’s balance and crotch him in the high rent district.  Genesis quickly hit Crowned to steal a victory while a post match cut to backstage showed S. Mark Starr watching the proceedings on a monitor.

• From there, we went TOTHEBACK~! for an interview segment as Naomi Lee brought on Serge Batroc and “the Proper Villain” Richard Windsor as her guests.  She asked if they'd heard the challenge that the Undaunted had put out for a rematch and Windsor responded that after their dominant win at Golden Rule, what the Undaunted were offering up wasn't a challenge at all, so they could have the honor of losing to them again on next week's Ruckus.  When Nao pointed out that they’d barely won at Rule and had to cheat to do so, Richard hand waved it away, saying that the important thing was that they'd won and would do so again next week - and once they prepared a proper victory party with fine dining and world class decor, maybe a delicious little tart like her would like to join then?  Nao looked disgusted and flatly said the word “achoo” before braining Richard with the mic, drawing a pop from Quality Arena and a “Zut alors!” from Serge, who quickly gathered up Windsor and made their way off set.  Lee shook her head a few times as they left before throwing things to Duck Eko in the ring so he could do the ring introductions for the next match…

• 3. The End Times (w/the Chosen) d. Science Fiction Double Feature (w/Collipark) at 8:41 Caleb Gray may have failed to take the World title off of Jupiter Jones at Golden Rule, but his acolytes beat Jupiter's proteges here.  Both teams' associates were on the floor for this one to make this a de facto lumberjack match.  SFDF came out of the gates hot, looking every bit like the former World Tag Team champions they were as they used their quickness to put Danny Castle and Dr. Martin Williams on the back foot early.  A series of dropkicks and double dropkicks sent them out to the floor and got the crowd feeling like a Collipark win was only moments away.  But while they cheered, Gray was in the Times’ faces and browbeating them, saying that of course they were going to lose wrestling at their opponents' pace - they had to wrestle their style if they wanted to come out triumphant.  

• It took some time for that to come to pass, but only about a minute for the tides to change in the favor of the Chosen as Castle went for a cheap shot only to be scared off by Jane Doe.  However, that opened the ATLien up to get a spinning falling back suplex from the Analyst, who quickly tagged in Castle so they could hit a double back suplex elbow driver on Doe.  The Times spent the rest of the match working over Jane's neck while preventing her from being able to tag out to Cindy Monet.  Jupiter and the International Players tried to provide some coaching, but the Times merely bent the rules as far as they could get without breaking them to keep Collipark at bay.  Things ended when they threw a double big boot at Cindy to knock her off the apron before taking Jane out with the Reckoning.  Despite an up and down record with the company, nobody has ever kicked out from Castle and Dr. Williams' tornado DDT Doomsday Device and Jane wasn't going to be the first.  The black hats gathered on the floor and Caleb had nothing but praise for the Times in victory while the rest of Collipark checked on the downed Jane in the ring.  With a small smirk on his face, Caleb took off his hat and bowed in Jupiter's direction before leading the Chosen up the ramp and to the back as Ruckus went to commercial break.

• Back from the break we got a decent sized video package for the returning Emily Bennett, who confirmed the online rumors of her returning home last summer after the government overreach led to one of her childhood friends being arrested and detailed.  Emily admitted to having rose tinted glasses about the way the world worked before that happened, but if she had learned nothing else she had learned to get loud and raise hell for the right reasons.  It was possible someone watching her right now had never seen her before, or had forgotten who she was, so she’d help them out.  Her name was Emily Bennett and she wasn't just Explosive anymore - she was Minnesota strong.  

• 4. Summer Rose (w/”Sinister” Sarah Fowler) d. Jacques Krieger in a first round Duquesne Classic match at 9:33 A few years ago Rose was the runner up for the Cup; this year, having just won her way back to an official position with the company at Golden Rule, she went over Krieger here.  At first the match seemed to be all Krieger due to the size and power discrepancies between the two that frustrated Rose early; he mostly shrugged off her early offense and kept moving forward.  A massive back body drop counter on his end sent Summer over the top rope and to the floor.  The New Jerseyite followed her out to the floor and went for his vaunted heart punch, only for Rose to scramble out of the way and for Jacques to accidentally punch the ringpost.  You could hear the sickening crunch of bones cracking in the skyboxes as QCW’s resident heavy hitter ended up cursing while trying to get some feeling back in his hand.  Obviously distracted by the massive pain jolting down his arm, he didn't notice Rose had gotten up onto the announce table - until he turned around and Rose launched herself into a huracanrana that sent him flying head first into the steel steps.

• Rose crawled back in the ring more than content to win by countout but unfortunately for her, Krieger managed to get back in at 9½.  Unfortunately for him, that left him wide open for Rose to attack his hand and arm in any way she could, using everything from joint manipulation to a Fujiwara armbar to wear him down.  Rose barely let go of the armbar in time to avoid disqualification and had words with the referee about it before turning around into a pump knee strike from Krieger that sent her down to the mat.  Krieger sank to his knees still trying to salvage his arm but it looked like he was having trouble even moving his fingers.   One Eye gathered himself and went back on the attack, only to get caught as Rose kicked his ankle out from underneath him and sent him face first into her protruding knee in a modified basement facebuster.  Most of the rest of the match played out the same way, with Summer’s devious technical abilities being a mountain that Krieger couldn't climb (especially after taking an Omar sized beating at Golden Rule and from almost all the Republic last week).  Rose continued wearing Krieger down until she had him in position for a basement rana driver that put a bow on things and sent Summer off to the quarterfinals where she’ll face off against the red hot Luz Cruz of the Forbidden Book Club.  As Rose and Fowler slithered to the back with crooked grins, Carl put over Summer huge and called her a good dark horse pick to walk away with the Duquesne Cup this year.  

• Before the last commercial break we got a This Week In QCW History video package.  You might have heard about this one before once or seven dozen times here and there on a Ruckus - on April 4th, 1991 beloved jobber Carl Christensen madehistory at the King Berger Tribute Show by first winning a 20 man battle royale by getting knocked between the ropes before the final two runner ups took each other out, thus earning a shot at QCW champion “the Golden One” Neil Everhardt in the main event.  Carl gets destroyed but when Neil goes for his finisher Christensen sneaks in an inside cradle to win the belt and end Neil’s reign at 941 days in the biggest upset in QCW history to this day.  Neil would win the two rematches handily and Carl never won another match in his remaining four years in QCW, but he's fine at the desk doing color commentary - the same desk from which the all-time call of “Christensen wins!  Christensen wins!  My God and King in heaven, Christensen wiiiiinnnnnnsssss!" came from.

• 5. Nancy Crowley (w/Hysteria) d. “Night Sky” Diana Spare (w/Forbidden Book Club) in a first round Duquesne Classic match at 10:18 When the Forbidden Book Club beat Hysteria in the extreme rules elimination match at Golden Rule it looked like the FBC had won the war between the factions and maybe end the rivalry - but the Duquesne has seen someone from Hysteria beat someone from the Club two weeks in a row.  Crowley eked out a hard hitting victory over Spare in the semi main, one that started off with a hockey fight to the joy of the crowd and the seconds at ringside.  Spare switched levels and slowed down Nancy with a knee to the breadbasket, but when she tried to follow up off the ropes she ran into a back elbow smash from Nancy.  Crowley got in the mount position and rained down wild swings before biting Diana, as Crowley's usual Feral attack gave her early control of the fight.  While Diana got in her licks, Nancy's willingness to cheat combined with her reckless offense had her ahead on points as she eventually knocked Spare loopy with a headbutt that sent “Night Sky” rolling out to the apron to try and regain her faculties.  Still attacking, Crowley went for an inside out sunset flip bomb that would've driven Diana to the floor had Spare not jumped up and buried a knee into Nancy's neck and driven it into the ring apron.  Things went from bad to worse as Spare got a running start on the apron and almost took Nancy's head off with a PK that you could hear at the concession stands.  

• We got replays of the PK as Spare looked like she was going to put Nancy back in the ring; instead she made sure she had Crowley hung out to dry over the apron before she got another running start and buried a million dollar knee lift upside Crowley's head.  Diana went after her ex partner as if the betrayal had happened moments ago instead of years and took a hollow eyed intensity to unleashing her offense over the next few minutes, including killing a brief Crowley rally in the crib with a massive textbook pop up Michinoku Driver that Nancy barely got her shoulder up on at 2¾.  Spare kept punishing Nancy over the next few minutes and got some more nearfalls, but even when Spare blocked a Code Black with an Alabama Slam that ragdolled the Cauldron of Chaos into a Black Hole Slam, Crowley managed to survive even if the kick outs were getting narrower and narrower.  After surprising Nancy with a Pele kick out of the Shelley LaVey playbook, former five time champion Spare let out a war cry and cinched up Crowley for her trademark Nightfall - and that's when all hell broke loose.  Seeing Nancy in trouble, the rest of Hysteria jumped into action and up on the apron but that didn't last long until Luz Cruz and Shelley LaVey pulled them down and kicked off a Pier 4 on the floor.  In the ring, before Diana could end things in her favor Nancy looked like she was biting the eye of Diana to make her let go before she could hit her finisher.  A blinded Spare staggered around until she walked into Devil's Wings from Nancy, and that set up the Salem native to hit Bite Me that got her the pin and the win to the surprise of the crowd and announce team.

• No sooner had Nancy gotten her hand raised than Diana jumped her from behind, a full on Pier 6 in the ring and on the outside that looked like 2 Golden 2 Rule…but after being able to toss LaVey head first into the steps, Bonnie Agrippa snapped her fingers and the lights went out in QA.  As usual, when they came back on, Hysteria was nowhere in sight and the Club was left to lick their wounds.  Lost in all this chaos is that at the top of the bracket, Nancy's advanced to face Nazir el-Fadal in the quarterfinals.

• Ahead of the main event, Steve hyped up the big matches we’ll see on 💫 next week's Ruckus 💫: in a rematch from Golden Rule, Serge Batroc and Richard Windsor will face off against the Undaunted 💫 and the quarterfinals of the Duquesne Classic will kick off with Orion vs. Bonnie Agrippa and Malicía Fernandez against the winner of tonight's main event – but would that be her stablemate in the Republic or QCW’s cocksure fastest rising star?  Time we found out.

• “Just Wanna Rock” brought out Tre Boyd to a mostly positive if still mixed reaction.  The Gospel wasted little time hitting ringside and sidling up next to the Cup, saying that at the end of the tournament he’d have it in his trophy case.  Boyd was in the middle of continuing his monologue to the camera when he got cut off by “The Old Guard Is Dead” bringing out the small army of black hats known as the Republic. Ig de Catur hyped up the two time former World champion Omar Littlefield as they headed to the ring flanked by Ig’s rent-a-uhhh, Republic Enforcement, completely ignoring Pyotr Caviar and Malicía Fernandez despite the fact that she'd won her first round match over Razorblade in last week's main event.  Tre wasted little time in getting face to face (well, face to chest) with Omar, who piefsced Tre and sent him flying.  The referee kept a snack talking Boyd from making any contact with Omar and backed the Gospel into a neutral corner before calling for the bell…

• 6. Tre Boyd d. Omar Littlefield (w/Ig de Catur, the Republic and Republic Enforcement) in a first round Duquesne Classic match at 11:33 Upsets continue busting the brackets of QCW fans but somehow I don't think they'll mind this one as Tre gets another massive win against a former multi time World champion to punch his ticket to the quarterfinals.  Despite coming into the match squarely as the underdog Tre didn't shy away from the moment or show any fear of the size discrepancy, managing to avoid big shots from Omar and deploy a hit and run attack primarily using short kicks to the thighs and knees to maybe get Omar off balance and closer to the mat to make the matchup more even.  Omar couldn't catch Tre early, which gave the Gospel room to operate and continue working Omar over in short bursts to the delight of the crowd and the shock of the announcers.  Boyd finally made his way to the top rope before landing a stuff legged missile dropkick for his first big move of the match that wobbled Omar a bit.  Tre went back up top and connected with another one that put Omar down to a knee.  Boyd went up to a different set of turnbuckles and tried a third, but Omar not only caught Tre - he picked him up and threw him over the top rope and Boyd crash landed on top of the announce table to gasps and murmurs.  It took another couple of seconds before the table collapsed under the weight of the throw, leaving Tre in a heap on the floor and Ig cackling maniacally on the outside.  

• Inside the ring all Omar did was glower as we get replays of him shot putting Tre from the ring to the announce table with one mighty biel.  Steve and Carl came back on scene and tried to check on Tre, as did the ringside physician, but Tre waved them all off and crawled on his knees to get to the steps to crawl up them and beat the referee's count just before 10.  Boyd’s reward for his tenacity was walking into a sitout choke bomb from Omar, and an uneasy silence washed over the crowd seeing how Tre was splayed out on the mat barely moving.  Steve and Carl got back on air after some choppiness and fuzziness, saying that Omar had broken their table in half and now it looked like he was going to break Tre the same way.  Omar spent the next couple of minutes alternating between barking out demands for a World title rematch against Jupiter and further dissecting Boyd.  Biels across the ring that should've come with an in flight movie.  Not even gutwrench suplexes but gutwrench throws where Omar never left his feet but his opposition landed on his ass.  And then it was torture time: Omar with a massive Vader Bomb - and another - and another - and another - and seemed to be getting ready to uncork another when Republic Enforcement started hitting the ground at the hands of a tire iron swung by Jacques Krieger who again got involved in the business of the Republic, still looking for revenge on Omar for taking his partner Ashok Banerjee out at Golden Rule.  Krieger was in a stand off with the rest of the Republic when Quality Force Security came out to drag the heavy hitter and his tire iron away from the scene.  But Krieger pulling focus away from the match and getting Omar's attention allowed Tre to land two massive low blow kicks behind the referee's back that drove Omar to his knees.  Krieger offered up a wry grin as he dropped the tire iron on the ramp and left right before Tre slowly got up to the top rope and landed another stiff legged missile dropkick that actually put Omar on his back.  Tre moved as fast as he could to the top rope and came off with Say Hallelujah and it connected…but Tre wasn't done there as he went back to the top rope and delivered another Say Hallelujah on the button…but Tre wasn't content there as he went back up ASAP and connected on one more Say Hallelujah from the rafters.  The crowd counted along with the referee but everyone in the building seemed shocked when they got to three and the bell rang.  

• Omar kicked out at five but it was too late as the Republic hit the ring furiously and Boyd and the referee went out to the floor. Omar literally ripped a ring rope off and threw it at them as they moved up the ramp where Tre finally got his hand raised to a huge pop from the faithful.  Carl kept exclaiming how he couldn't believe Tre had pulled that one off while Steve updated the bracket for us, as Tre’s win puts him in a quarterfinal match next week…against Omar's stablemate Malicía Fernandez (the winner of that will get the winner of Nancy Crowley vs. Nazir el-Fadal in the semifinals).  Ruckus went off the air with the crowd as hot as it had been to start the show, with Tre crowing about how he’d just eaten Omar's lunch and Ig demanding he come back with a real referee and r

QCW Unleashed [s3e36 • Quality Arena]

• "The Proper Villain” Richard Windsor (w/Serge Batroc) d. DeMarcus Cooper (w/DeMarius Cooper & Kam Ellis)
• Luz Cruz (w/Forbidden Book Club) d. “Shieldmaiden” Val Curry (w/Bettie Rokker)
• Hawk Carter d. “Swamp Pride” Ted Holland (w/Robert E. Moonshine)
• “Sinister” Sarah Fowler & Summer Rose d. Hilary Highnote & Christine Kent

FDSN Florida Presents QCW Ruckus [s5e21 • March 27th, 2026]

 📺 live on FanDuel Sports Network Florida

📍 Quality Arena 💫 Parts Unknown, FL

• The show kicked off with a Golden Rule highlights recap video package.  Stills of Cindy Monet celebrating her win over Goody Gardner and Summer Rose signing her new QCW contract after beating “Cambodian Cool” Keo Tevi gave way to longer video clips from the main card…

• 👑 The right back and forth between challenger Tre Boyd and QCW National champion Orion with the belt on the line • Boyd with a slight advantage that only grew after he hit a Blue Thunder bomb and an avalanche Spanish Fly • but eating Orion's knees on his Spiral Tap that led to Orion rolling him up with a La Magistral cradle to get the three and complete the 10 Count so they could cash in the Natty for a World title shot whenever and whenever they wanted • we saw Orion celebration on the buckles while Tre stomped off to the back 👑

• 👑👑 The extreme rules elimination match followed, the latest and biggest chapter in the Forbidden Book Club vs. Hysteria rivalry • most of these clips were in black and white while being quicker due to the graphic nature of the match's majority • “Night Sky” Diana Spare giving Bella Jolie a pop up Michinoku Driver into a trash can to give the Club a 3-2 lead early • Hysteria rebounding, laying out both Diana and Luz Cruz before taking out Shelley LaVey with a spike brainbuster into the bottom set of steel steps to even things up at 2 a side • they threw Luz over the announce table and buried her underneath it before turning their attention to Diana, who put up a fight and spit in their faces right before another spike brainbuster into a pile of chairs to take out Spare and give Hysteria a 2-2 lead • Cruz managing a brief rally, landing a springboard dropkick that drove a steel chair into Bonnie and landing a massive tope con holo over the ring post that put Nancy Crowley through a part of the retaining barrier • Hysteria throwing a trash can at her to avoid her finisher, both landing their finishers before deciding that wasn't enough and continuing the punishment • Bonnie holding Luz up for a shot from a whole pane of glass - only for Luz to skip it and have Crowley accidentally turn out Agrippa's lights with it • Luz picking off Crowley with ¡MUERTE! and the double jump poison huracanrana leaving the match down to two women • Cruz landing a massive dropkick on Agrippa that sent a spray of blood into the Seattle night • Agrippa countering ¡MUERTE! with a Backstabber into a crossface • Luz seemingly going limp but stabbing Bonnie in the wrist with a shard of glass to break the hold • a bloody Agrippa screaming in pain until a ¡MUERTE! into the chair pile that ended the battle with a come from behind victory for the Club • a bloody Cruz being held up by LaVey and Spare, cursing out Bonnie in Spanish before Hocking a bloody loogie onto the woman who’d taken her place atop Hysteria, the crowd clapping and cheering the ovaries to the wall nature of the back and forth the Club triumphed in 👑👑

• 👑👑👑 The tag match that followed between the Undaunted and Serge Batroc and the Proper Villain Richard Windsor couldn't match that in violence and levels of hatred though the four men have been on opposite sides for weeks • Windsor & Batroc teaming up with a tilt-a-whirl backbreaker+ guillotine legdrop combination that took down “Unforgettable” Dave Mullin and gave the haughty newly formed team a man and a body part to focus on • Mullin managing a handspring tornado DDT on them both to give him space to tag in Tim “the Only Hope” McMurray who immediately tilted things in the favor of the Irish aerialists • The Undaunted looking like they were going to end things with Shamrock Air before Windsor countered and used the ropes for leverage to steal a victory that made the only happy people in the building Serge and Richard 👑👑👑

• 👑👑👑👑 Ashok Banerjee looking focused and supported by Jacques Krieger going into his match with Omar Littlefield, flanked by the Republic as he entered and bragged after he sent Ashok to the hospital he’d get his long owed shot at the World title • Omar beat the brakes off of Ashok and that was just to start • massive Pounce • sit out choke bomb • five Vader Bombs • Littlefield hit his Face Eraser but Ashok got his foot on the ropes • Omar went for another one only for Ashok to hit a flash Code Orange and get the upset • Omar crashing out post match, hitting Ashok with another Face Eraser and tossing the referee from the ring • more Face Erasers until Jacques Krieger broke free from Republic Enforcement and hit the ring for the save • Omar laid him out too and got off another couple of choke bombs before getting swarmed by Quality Force Security with Commissioner Holmes on their heels 👑👑👑👑

• 👑👑👑👑👑 Ig de Catur repeatedly poking Holmes in the chest, leading to Holmes shoving him down and announcing Ig and his Enforcement were being banned from ringside for the World Tag Team championships match up next • Omar, Ig and REnforcement being cuffed and escorted out of Climate Pledge • a barely moving Banjerjee being loaded into a stretcher and into an ambulance with Krieger getting in as well, vowing to destroy Omar as it headed into the night • a clearly heated Pyotr Caviar and Malicía Fernandez remaining at ringside before defending their World Tag Team championships against Razorblade in what turned out to mostly be a handicap match given that Justice Davis was taken out two weeks ago tonight • Razorblade had the toughness but he was also facing a 2 on 1 so eventually the math caught up to him • the heels hit a double pop up European uppercut and signaled for the double chokeslam when the lights went out - when they came on someone in Republic Enforcement gear was distracting the ref with batons before turning and jabbing a taser into both Caviar and Fernandez out of nowhere - Razorblade pinned a twitching Pyotr to win the belts, but the shocks didn't stop coming as the interloper revealed himself to be Nazir el-Fadal • Naz reached over to grab a tag title and thrust it skyward to set off gold and white pyro while Razorblade's jaw hadn't even come off the mat yet • Naz gave Razorblade a couple of pats on the cheek and swaggered to the back with his belt, Seattle rippling with cheers and Surrender Cobras while the One Man Jihad headed out leaving his long time rival still sat down and shellshocked in the ring with his newly won belt 👑👑👑👑👑

• 👑👑👑👑👑👑 Speaking of belts, “the Purifier” Caleb Gray came out for the main event with the physical World title he’d stolen off of Jupiter Jones weeks ago and the rest of the Chosen following their leader • Jones coming out with the rest of Collipark, now fully healed after weeks of Chosen sneak attacks • Jupiter dominated early and worked over Gray’s leg until a desperation backdrop sent the champ out to the floor • while Caleb drew the ref, his acolytes in the End Times attacked Jupiter until the ref caught them and ejected the Chosen, Collipark running then off to the back • Gray tried to secure the Fifteen Pounds of Gold but too much damage had been done to the leg and he couldn't get the legendary Jones up for Repent • Jones fired off a Bolt From Olympus but kept Caleb from landing, scooping him up and breaking out his old school finisher the Thunder Rolls to retain the title 👑👑👑👑👑👑

• 👑💫 Jupiter getting the belt back and celebrated with the rest of Collipark - right until Orion's music hit • everybody gearing themselves up for a cash in from the National champion as Orion arrived on the scene • but they merely bowed in Jupiter's direction and held the Natty overhead before Jupiter gave a nod and held up the World title right back 💫👑

• The standard “Invincible” open rolled as usual from there except for the notable change in the Cavalcade of Champions before we zoomed inside Quality Arena.  Pyro went off the stage before we saw another sellout crowd of rabid Quality Controllers.  Steve Vandeblanche welcomed us to Ruckus and said that as much as he liked Seattle there was nothing like Parts Unknown on a Friday night.  He introduced Carl Christensen and they said this would be one of the biggest episodes of Ruckus all year, because the first round action in the 2026 Duquesne Classic would kick off tonight with four big matches – Nazir el-Fadal would go up against “the Purifier” Caleb Gray 💫 Malicía Fernandez of the Republic would meet Mason Razorblade Savage 💫 Bonnie Agrippa and Shelley LaVey weren't quite done with each other after Sunday's war in the Forbidden Book Club/Hysteria extreme rules elimination match and would go one on one tonight 💫 and the Forbidden Book Club’s Luz Cruz would try to take down the Republic's Pyotr Caviar 

• No sooner had Steve and Carl hyped up the Classic matches to come than the Florida A&M marching band split the Qualitron, coming out in formation to line both sides of the aisle and encircle the ring.  After some peppy fanfare, they launched into a cover of “Bombs Over Baghdad” that brought out the College Park Family to a huge pop.  The International Players danced down the aisle, Science Fiction Double Feature followed them, and behind them by a couple of steps was the man who'd been World champion all year, the legendary Jupiter Jones.  The Fifteen Pounds of Gold gleamed off his shoulder as they hit the ring and the QCW stalwart was the only one in the maroon and gold letterman jacket with the big bold C on it.

• Jones cut a promo once the band died down, saying that it was great to be home again inside Quality Arena on a Friday night…but Sunday night at Golden Rule was a little bit better because not only did he get to knock Caleb Gray off his throne of delusions, he’d gotten his belt back for the first time in weeks.  So with all that behind him, he was going to start looking forward.  This year's Duquesne Classic was going to have the deepest field in Classic history, and the winner wouldn't just add their name to the Duquesne Cup - they’d get a shot at him and the World heavyweight championship come Mayday Payday.  So while he wished everyone in the tournament good luck, he was going to do what the kids call stand on business and he called living up to your word: they would only get as far as the Cup, because after the wars with the Republic and Caleb's thievery, he was here not only to prove why Old Man Jones was still The Champ, but someone would have to let the dogs of hell loose before he let the World title out of his grasp again.

• The crowd popped for that and barely began to fire up “You deserve it!” chants before the lights in Quality Arena went out.  When they came back on, Hysteria was in the ring across from the College Park Family and Steve lit into them for ruining a special moment Jupiter was having with the fans.  Despite being outnumbered five to three QCW’s resident coven wasted no time in getting in the faces of Collipark; with the mic by Jupiter’s side you could hear every word Bonnie Agrippa hissed as she railed against how the company had set Hysteria up with an extreme elimination match they clearly hoped would be an extermination, but they were still here - still breathing - and still in the Classic.  Which meant that this wasn't a time for a pep rally or rah-rah speeches - this would be the Year of the Dark Coronation.  The year of Hysteria walking away with the Cup.  And the Era of Hysteria would go into legendary status just like Jupiter when they took from him what they’d come back for to begin with: the QCW World title and all the power that came with it.  Nancy Crowley had a wild look in her eyes as she clapped at Bonnie's words like a sugared up preschooler.  Nancy said that this dark future was destined to become truth, because this was the year of –

• “The year of Hot Topic wondering why all y'all been missing your shifts the past couple of years?” Both Collipark and Hysteria whipped their heads up the ramp, where Shelley LaVey and the rest of the Forbidden Book Club were standing to bask in the cheers of the crowd (those not laughing at Shelley's joke).  LaVey said after the FBC had whooped some witch ass Sunday night, she thought things couldn't get any better than that…but then not only had she and her girls (Luz Cruz and “Night Sky” Diana Spare) all gotten put in the Classic, she was going up against Bonnie tonight to kick off the tournament. Sunday night had only been an appetizer and tonight she was going to tear into her like a medium rare porterhouse for all the times Bonnie had made fun of her when they were supposed to be a team or had her running her errands like an au pair.  There would be a woman winning the Duquesne this year, but it would be one of the women of the Forbidden Book Club who’d not only hold up the Cup but the World championship when Mayday Payday came to an end.

• Jupiter let out a humorless laugh and cut off the back and forth sniping between the years-long rivals with three simple words: “Y’all can try.”. He then noted since they were going to throw down for a shot at him, they might as well get a ref out here so they could pick up where they left off last weekend.  He and Collipark were going to the skybox to watch all of tonight's tournament action - because if one of them did end up winning the Classic, they'd end up in their first PPV main event at Mayday Payday - and he’d be more than happy to show them that legends never die.  Collipark left the ring and headed towards the skybox as Shelley's music hit the PA; while “Shockadelica” played a ref came down and hit the ring.  Agrippa and LaVey locked eyes when Shelley hit the bottom of the ramp and neither broke the hateful glares they sent the other as the referee felt that tension.  Despite the ref clearly feeling uneasy and awkward given the stakes of the match and the history involved, the bell rang - three seconds later a hockey fight was on in the middle of the ring as the former friends tried to take the other's consciousness away.

• 1. Bonnie Agrippa (w/Hysteria) d. Shelley LaVey (w/Forbidden Book Club) at 8:30 in a first round Duquesne Classic match It took almost a minute for the hockey fight to end, as Bonnie stomped on Shelley's foot and drove a knee into her breadbasket before throwing her down hard to the canvas.  In a mirror of their relationship, Shelley fought to get out from under Bonnie's thumb, but a falling reverse DDT snuffed that rally out in the crib and got the first nearfall of the tournament.  Agrippa continued her bruising offense and almost got disqualified a couple of times in her zest to take it to LaVey.  Hysteria’s High Priestess didn't relent and almost buried Shelley with nearly a dozen flash elbows, but Shelley still kicked out.  A clearly irate Agrippa went to end things with Eclipsing the Light and pulled off the rolling suplexes, but when she went to end things with her trademark brainbuster Shelley kneed her in the face repeatedly to fend it off, then connected on a Pele kick that left both women down.

• But it was a renewed Shelley who was up first and laying in the shoe leather to Bonnie with some noisy forearm shots before laying her out with a basement DDT to fight her way back into the bout.  Shelley beat on Bonnie until Agrippa staggered into a neutral corner, and once that happened Shelley rained down 13 punches before biting Agrippa’s forehead for the full five count.  While the rest of the Forbidden Book Club cheered on from the floor, LaVey set up Agrippa on the top rope before sticking her into the canvas with her Fall From Grace draping cutter.  With Bonnie laid out on the mat, Shelley spit in her face before going to the top rope.  On the floor, Nancy Crowley and Bella Jolie were desperately yelling at Bonnie to move out of the way of Shelley’s Fallen Angel splash.  Agrippa couldn't get out of its path – but what she could do was get her knees up at the last second and drive all the air out of a now collapsed Shelley.  Agrippa recovered enough to grab LaVey by the hair before hitting a running brainbuster that turned out to be the winning blow that got Bonnie the three count much to the disappointment of most of the Quality Controllers. 

• Agrippa stood over Shelley and put the badmouth on her but the rest of the FBC hit the ring.  Before even more Club/Hysteria violence could break out, Bonnie flashed a sadistic smile at Cruz and Spare before snapping her fingers - and you know what that meant.  A few seconds after the lights went out, they came back on with Hysteria nowhere in sight. Who Bonnie will face next in the quarterfinals is a mystery, as she's paired against the one blank bracket in the ‘26 Classic, so keep an eye out there.  As we saw Diana and Luz help Shelley up, Steve noted from the desk this had to be especially difficult for Luz; while Shelley had just barely lost and Diana's first round match wasn't until next week, Luz’s opening round match wasn't only up next - it was against the Republic's Pyotr Caviar, who’d made the finals last year and would be even madder than usual after losing the World Tag Team championships five nights ago.  

• After that, we went TOTHEBACK~!, where Julius Duquesne III said he was going to have a major interview with Commission Holmes.  He strided up to the door and knocked before being let in.  Holmes welcomed JD3 and said it was going to be a little weird because Holmes wanted to put another job on JD3’d shoulders.  He noted it was two weeks since somebody had taken out Justice Davis on the loading dock.  Quality Force Security was made mostly to handle crowd control, not something like this.  But he knew three things about JD3: he went to Morehouse, he got a degree in journalism and part of his DNA was literally the reason QCW was around today.  Julius could use his knowhow to help him figure out who was behind this, he’d owe him a big favor.  Nobody knew the roster like he did and he had faith Duquesne III could get to the bottom of this.  Holmes thanked him and said that he’d await his word, leaving the usually mild mannered JD3 to get out a “What the–” right before Ruckus very quickly went to commercial break.

• 2. Luz Cruz (w/Forbidden Book Club) d. Pyotr Caviar (w/Ig de Catur, the Republic and Republic Enforcement) at 10:08 in a first round Duquesne Classic match It didn't take long for our first upset in this year's Duquesne, as despite taking a tremendous beating Sunday night in the extreme rules elimination match she pulled out the win there and (without as much blood this time) managed to sneak out a win here.  Cruz did so despite Caviar dominating most of the match, in an even saltier mood than usual after getting tased out of the World Tag Team championships in Seattle.  Having Cruz survive a series of near falls obviously did nothing to improve his mood so Pyotr upped the offense, using a spinning sit out powerbomb to set up a follow up Russian sickle before pulling La Reina of the Ropes into a pop up European uppercut that seemingly made her two inches shorter and had her splayed out on the canvas.  But as he began to set up Hit My Music, Jacques Krieger came marching down the ramp with a tire iron in his hand and swearing he was going to make Omar pay for what he did to Ashok at Golden Rule.  Quality Force Security came streaming out as Republic Enforcement formed a human wall at the bottom of the ramp to stop Krieger from hitting the ring - but that drew Caviar's attention away from the match and bought Luz some much needed recovery time.  As Pyotr was daring Jacques to come and get him, Cruz flew off the top with ¡MUERTE! abd git hin instead.  The third double jump poison huracanrana she was able to pull of in five days got her the shocking three count, causing Quality Arena to explode in cheers and sending de Catur nearly into a stroke at ringside.  Krieger dropped the tire iron with a wry smile and headed back up the ramp while the Republic couldn't break the human wall of QFS to get to him.  In a direct contrast to the last match, the Club hit the ring to celebrate a win; that win puts Luz into the quarterfinals to face the winner of next week's match between Summer Rose…and Jacques Krieger.  Small world.

• As the Republic and then the Club took their leaves, Steve and Carl narrated the replays and put over Luz’s massive week until “Unscripted Violence” hit the PA and brought out Razorblade to a king sized pop from the Quality Controllers.  Mason Savage came out through the crowd and down the steps per usual before hitting the ring.  After getting the mic from Duck Eko, Razorblade said the past few weeks had been the craziest in his QCW career and that was saying a lot.  First, he & Justice win Tag Team Turmoil, then the next week Justice is taken out, then at Golden Rule he gets the hell beaten out of him and when he comes to not only is he a tag champ but the guy who helped him out and is taking one of the belts off his shoulder is – is – of all the people in the back – Nazir el-Fadal?!  The crowd popped and chanted for Naz, causing Razorblade to shake his head and say if they wanted to cheer for that jackal, that was on them - but either way, he wanted Naz to get his ass to the ring right now so he could get to the bottom of some things.

• “So Be It” by Clipse brought out Nazir el-Fadal to a monster reaction of his own, strutting down the ramp with his JIHAD 1 rugby jersey and his share of the tag titles gleaming over his left shoulder.  Naz went to hit the turnbuckles and pose but Razorblade yanked him down before hissing questioningly if Naz was behind the attack on Justice two weeks ago so he could take his spot and win the belts.  Naz held up a finger so he could get a mic of his own from Duck.  Naz joked that Razorblade threw a wildly crappy championship celebration but Razorblade barked at him to cut the crap - what happened to Justice has Naz’s stink all over it.  Razorblade continued but Naz shut him down, saying that it didn't because when you're Nazir el-Fadal you don't need to jump the Justices of the world - if he was going to jump Justice he’d let everyone know about it and do it out here in public, not out back in the loading dock, and hell, Apple TV would be begging to make a eight part limited series documentary about it.  And to be real real about things, he had more important things to worry about than JD’s boo boos.  He had his Duquesne match up next, Razorblade had his put in the main event somehow and if he would focus on his current partner who had won them the belts instead of the one on the shelf then they could rule the tag division for years.   Naz didn't want to come out here to get accused of crimes he didn't commit, he wanted to win the Duquesne for the first time - but if Razorblade wanted to apologize, he could stand on the outside and watch his back while he rinsed Caleb Gray faster than Old Man Jones did on Sunday night.  It would be a nice way of saying thank you.  

• Razorblade let out a short bark of a laugh, saying it would be April 34th before he thanked Naz for anything.  At this point “Shall We Gather At the River?’ hit the PA and brought out the Chosen with a clearly fuming Caleb Gray leading the procession of him and his acolytes towards the ring.  Razorblade said to Naz he wasn't going to stand in his corner because he didn't trust him, and if he found out he was behind the attack on Justice then he would take apart Naz in sections whether or not they were tag team champions.  Razorblade scowled at Naz before he left the ring and headed back the way he came.  As Steve was hyping the Malicía/Razorblade main event and Naz was demanding Razorblade come back here and thank him for saving his sorry ass, Caleb slid into the ring and waffled Naz from behind.  Gray got in a few stomps before a referee got in the ring and pulled Caleb off Naz.  Gray and the zebra argued, allowing Naz a window to get up and lash out with a cross chop to the throat that staggered Gray.back.  Now the ref had to pull Naz off of Caleb, and managed to get both complaining men in neutral corners before calling for the bell.

• 3. Nazir el-Fadal d. “The Purifier” Caleb Gray (w/the Chosen) at 10:45 in a first round Duquesne Classic match  The pregame shenanigans effectively got rid of the feeling out period, and el-Fadal jumped out to an early lead.  Naz forced Caleb into a corner but instead of breaking clean, he rocked Gray with a European uppercut, then tacked on four more for good measure.  As Naz continued attacking, Steve pointed out that this was a rematch from last year's quarterfinals where Naz had ended Caleb's chances of becoming the first back-to-back Cup winner.  But Gray couldn't get the measure of revenge he sought, and after Naz countered a desperate attempt at Repent with his Heat Check cobra clutch Lungblower, Gray rolled out to the floor to buy some recovery time.  Naz fired up the faithful and went for a tope suicida, but the End Times stood in the scope to protect Caleb and take the tope instead.  That was all the opening Caleb needed to sneak up on Naz and toss him into the ring post, sending Allah's Anointed splattering on the outside to boos.  

• Caleb shut out that noise and picked up Naz before sticking him with a DDT on the floor.  The Purifier rolled back in the ring and was content to win by countout, but a reeling el-Fadal managed to break the count at nine and flop back into the ring.  Gray looked peeved for a few moments but merely waited on his opponent to get up before laying him out with Reap the Whirlwind; the cyclone kick took Naz down but not out as he managed to shoulder out at 2½.: As Caleb continued wearing down Naz, Carl pointed out on commentary that if Gray could win the Cup again, he’d get a World title rematch against Jupiter at Mayday Payday.  Caleb continued rolling - literally and figuratively, as a chained trio of German suplexes sent Naz rolling out to the apron to try and break up Caleb's momentum but it was too late for that now.   Gray staggered Naz with some rights and went to put his lights out with a superkick, but Naz dodged it and he ended up kicking the ring post.  To.add injury to injury, that slight misstep was all the opening that Naz needed to pick him up and plant him into the apron with the Hamrin Valley Driver.  The crowd cheered, gasped and groaned as the impact saw Naz almost bounce off of Caleb to the floor…but Caleb wasn't moving at all.

• We got a couple of replays as Naz gathered himself on the floor, audible “Holy shit!” chants popped up throughout Quality Arena.  el-Fadal slid back in the ring with an evil smirk on his face before grabbing a limp Gray up by his arms then running into a corner with another Hamrin Valley Driver that sent the patriarch of the Chosen heels over head.  The follow up dose of Nazquil put to bed any shot Caleb had of winning the Cup twice in three years and gave Naz the dub.

• After replays, we saw Caleb limp up the aisle, occasionally screaming and ignoring the pleas from Goody Gardner as the End Times trailed behind her.  Bad week for the 2024 Duquesne Classic winner and a great week for the man celebrating on the turnbuckles while pointing at the Cup; Naz will take on the winner of next week's Nancy Crowley v. “Night Sky” Diana Spare match in the quarterfinals.  More Ruckus on the way after a few commercials.

• We saw the previously online only footage of the Undaunted after their match at Golden Rule and they were understandably angry after Serge Batroc and “the Proper Villain” Richard Windsor cheated to beat them in Seattle,  The proud Irishmen demanded a fair rematch against the snobby Euros, and “Unforgettable” Dave Mullin promised that if they got that rematch they’d be the ones getting their hands raised and they wouldn't need any [censored] tricks to do it; now they weren't just Undaunted, they were out for blood.  He & Tim “the Only Hope” McMurray walked off backstage on Sunday night; we went back to the ring on this Friday night for some trios action.

• 4. Sky’s the Limit d. The All Starr Stable (w/S. Mark Starr) at 8:26 A match between two factions looking to bounce back from recent losses and get things going in a positive direction with a win here.  It was the Stable who jumped out ahead early, with Evan O'Neill and Prince Ootsuka combining on a slingshot spear into a snap cobra clutch suplex on Kam Ellis to take down the power man of the Air Force alumni.  Starr was borderline manic on the floor as the black hats took over, sensing that an elusive victory was finally coming his unit’s way.  But the match changed minutes later when Ellis pulled Ootsuka in front of another slingshot spear, then laid out Evan with a massive Blue Thunder bomb.  That gave him the window to get to DeMarius Cooper and make a tag, allowing Mare and then his twin brother DeMarcus to light up the Stable like Times Square.  While the All Starrs have bonded over the years, it couldn't come close to matching the Coopers’ bond or varied high flying offense.  The Stable managed a brief rally that got wiped out in short order when Kam hit a massive tope suicide that took out both Ootsuka and “Upper Class” Broderick Palmer II; there was no way O’Neill was going to win a three on one handicap match and Sky’s the Limit ping ponged him around the ring for the match’s final moments.  The Coopers ended it with Aim High, and after getting hit with the tandem 450° splash x guillotine legdrop Mare pinned O’Neill.  Sky’s the Limit celebrated their way to the back while Starr put the bad mouth on O’Neill for costing them another match.

• We cut to Commissioner Holmes in his office talking to someone on the phone when some loud rapid fire knocks caused him to depart the call and invite the loud knocker in.  You could hear the crowd groan in the background as Drake Tremble walked in and demanded an opportunity to be in the Duquesne Classic.  How could a three time QCW champion – let alone a hometown hero from North Parts Unknown – be Forsaken yet again like this?  Was Holmes just another Caleb Gray with more power?  Drake continued on like that for a few more beats before Holmes cut him off and said there was one bracket of the Classic left open, so if Drake could break his losing streak and win a play-in match, he was in. 

• The catch was, they were about to hit the last commercial break tonight, so that gave Drake 150 seconds to get ready and head to the ring startiiiiing…now! Drake stared at Holmes for a few seconds before running for the door, tripping over himself on the way out.  Holmes shook his head as we went to break.

• 5. “The Forsaken” Drake Tremble d. Jonathan Livingston Clipper Esq. at 7:51 in a Duquesne Classic play in match Both men wrestled with a sense of desperation given their respective losing streaks (Drake's being much longer, obviously).  After a short feeling out period, JLCE came off the ropes with a spinning heel kick and began to take over.  In fact, the match was 90% Clipper's as he used his youth and power advantages to the point where Tremble bailed to the floor and brought in a steel chair.  The referee stopped him before he could connect with a shot, but as the zebra got rid of the chair Tremble kicked a field goal with Jonathan's buoys.  The ref turned back to the action just in time to see Tremble drop the Captain with the Broken Halo discus back elbow and pick up a win much to the disgust of the Quality Controllers.  Drake paid them no mind and celebrated like he’d just won the World Series with a grand slam, leaving the ref to check on a groggy and unlucky Clipper in the ring.

• Before the main event, Steve and Carl hyped up 💫 next week's Ruckus 💫, which will continue and conclude the first round of the Duquesne Classic: now that he's forced his way into the tournament, Drake Tremble is one half of the mystery bracket and we’ll find out who he's facing next week 💫 the relentless rivalry between the Forbidden Book Club and Hysteria continues when Nancy Crowley faces off against “Night Sky” Diana Spare 💫 Tre Boyd may’ve drawn the shortest straw as he goes up against the Republic’s seething 2x former World champion Omar Littlefield 💫 and Summer Rose looks to down the heavy hitter Jacques Krieger

• Say, speaking of first round Duquesne Classic matches, it's time for the main event between two people who’ve gotten to know and hate each other pretty well since last summer…

• 6. Malicía Fernandez (w/Ig de Catur, the Republic and Republic Enforcement) d. Mason “Razorblade” Savage at 10:54 in a first round Duquesne Classic match Another great match between the off and on again rivals culminated in a minor upset that sent me crowd home unhappy, as Malicía not only got the W but did so cleanly.  Razorblade may have been distracted by the Justice attack and Naz being his new partner as well as banged up from Sunday night, but have you met Mason Savage?  You know he isn't going to let that sort of thing stop him from slugging away and raising hell, especially against any of the Republic’s foot soldiers.  Savage fired off plenty of massive rights right from jump, and after kicking Fernandez’s leg out from under her to set up a ring shaking double underhook suplex, Razorblade looked to follow up with one of his King Kong lariats.  He shot out of the corner and it connected but to the shock of the arena it barely wobbled Fernandez.  Malicía glared at the Grand Slam winner before spitting in his face, and that gave her just enough of an opening to snatch him up and lay him out with a big MF5 to turn the tide of the match her way.

• Malicía couldn't match weight with Razorblade but he couldn't match her height, and she brought down her barrage of elbows from on high to repeatedly send Razorblade down.  As she took over on offense the announcers pointed out that former National and World Tag Team champion Malicía was only a World title away from the Triple Crown, and she could get a shot at it at Mayday Payday if she could win the Duquesne.  Razorblade began fighting out from under and managed a brief rally only to have it shut down by a roundhouse kick from the lanky luchadora that got her a nearfall.  Fernandez didn't need Ig’s urging to stay on the attack, hitting a massive lariat that sent Razorblade spinning before he smacked into the canvas.  Malicía got on the move when he started to stir, then connected with a somersault axe kick that left Razorblade having to kick out at 2¾.  Malicía glared at the referee over the count but quickly got back in motion and went for the Death Warrant.  Razorblade managed to dodge it, then took Fernandez down with a spinebuster.  Malicía didn't stay down for long, but another massive lariat rocked her long enough for Savage to hit La Monstrua with another spinebuster that kept Malicía down and helped fuel Razorblade's second wind.

• Savage brought the house and tried to bring it crashing down on Malicía's head.  A couple more lariats, a couple of spinebusters and most impressively a delayed vertical suplex that lasted nearly half a minute.   As he was rolling, Jacques Krieger suddenly jumped the dividing barrier and leaped onto Omar Littlefield and began firing rights and lefts before Republic Enforcement swallowed him up and laid a beating on him.  Razorblade looked over at the beating on the floor and shook his head before he turned back to Malicía and threw her shoulder first into the ringpost before setting up for the Soul Crusher that had won him championship after championship in QCW.  Savage took Malicía up to the top rope but as he tried to hoist her up on her shoulders Malicía slipped free and bounced his head off of the ringpost with a dull thud.  The Quality Controllers groaned as Razorblade went limp and Malicía snatched Savage up in a goozle.  Fernandez took a step up to the top rope then flew off and took them both to the mat with an avalanche chokeslam that folded Razorblade up like a K-3 off suit.  Fernandez got to her feet first before letting out a roar and grabbing Razorblade off the deck.  He couldn't stop the Death Warrant from getting signed this time or the three count that followed.  “The Old Guard Is Dead” rang out over the PA and the crowd booed as Malicía posed over Razorblade's body.  Carl said he hated to say it, but Razorblade had just gotten flat out beat and it wasn't all because of what went down on Sunday night.

• Replays fired off highlights from Malicía’s win and when we came back to live action Ig was hugging a stone faced Fernandez while telling her the Duquesne was here for the taking.  The win by Malicía sends her to the quarterfinals, where she'll face the winner of next week's match between Tre Boyd and her Republic co-conspirator Omar Littlefield.  Ruckus ended with Fernandez standing next to the Cup with Ig enthusiastically clapping next to her and Steve wondering if we were seeing a preview of things to come.