Gikdeb Rule PPV (Climate Pledge Arena • Seattle)

 {preshow} Cindy Monet (w/Jane Doe & the International Players) d. Goody Gardner (w/the End Times) 🪙 This came as a sort of appetizer for tonight's main event, with Gardner proving over the past few weeks that despite her former reticence to get her hands dirty that she could acquit herself well between the ropes.  But Monet controlled the match almost from the bell and it took only a couple of minutes for Gardner to roll to the floor after getting hit by Rolling Thunder.  It turned out that Goody was actually setting a trap; when Cindy went for a follow up baseball slide, the matriarch of the Chosen trapped Cindy in the ring apron and laid into her with a barrage of forearms.  Goody controlled the offense for the next couple of minutes but when she went to Lawn Dart Cindy, multi time champion slipped out the back door and countered by hitting Gardner with a reverse suplex.  That set up the Tightrope ropewalk lariat and Cindy's win while allowing the announcers to debate if we would see Collipark beat the Chosen in the main event.

{preshow} | contract match Summer Rose (w/”Sinister” Sarah Fowler) d. “Cambodian Cool” Keo Tevi 🪙 Since Tevi debuted at the top of the year she's been targeted by Fowler, whose sidekick Midsomar revealed themselves to be Summer Rose a few weeks ago.  Coming out from under the mask and self imposed exile, the former champion had to get back on the roster by beating Keo here to nullify the Loser Leaves Town loss she suffered against Autumn Powers (speaking of QCW alums) years ago.  

Rose fought without her former grace and wore Tevi out early while Fowler looked on from the floor with deranged glee in her eyes.  Summer was rolling until Teo caught a flying crossbody attempt and turned it into an oshigoroshi to stay in the fight.   Keo showed why they'd been a three time champion Down Under as they emptied their offensive tank, but when it looked like they were going to banish Summer again, Rose bit their hand to block Psychedelic Shock.  When Keo doubled over to check on their hand, Summer log rolled into Tevi to send them crashing into the canvas to set up a basement rana driver that got the Beautiful Reckoning a three count and officially back into QCW.  Summer put pen to paper five minutes before the PPV proper started; Rose and Fowler celebrated by stomping out Tevi some more before the rest of the referee corps were able to order them to the back.

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[ QCW NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP ] Orion [c] d. Tre Boyd 🔟 🪙 One of the big selling points of Golden Rule was every title in the company being on the line, so what better way to start than with one of the title matches?  Once a tense handshake started the match, the two of them zipped around the ring with both of them going hold for hold and counter for counter.  But after a couple minutes of back and forth it was Boyd who'd hit an early momentum shifter as he.dodged an Orion clothesline with a Matrix bridge before nipping up into an enzuigiri that took Orion down.

But the Cosmic Champion refused to stay down for long, reversing a Blue Thunder bomb into a huracanrana takedown before following up with a step up knee that sent Boyd bouncing through the ropes and out to the floor.  Tre got himself vertical just in time to eat an Orion triangle moonsault that wiped them both out.  

But Boyd bounced back when he countered a top rope flying attack with a powerbomb that drove Orion into a smear on the canvas.  From there, Boyd increasingly put pressure on the titleholder and kept them grounded for the most part.  After landing some strikes and suplexes, Tre began opening the throttle on his offense 

It looked like Tre was well on his way to taking the Natty even though Orion kept managing to kick out at the death.  But after using a Blue Thunder bomb to set up an avalanche Spanish Fly, Boyd called for the end and looked to connect with his Say Hallelujah the same way he’d just hit Heaven Sent.  Tre leapt to the top rope in one jump that he almost overshot, then balanced himself before flying off with his trusty Spiral Tap.

But the couple of moments Boyd balanced himself gave Orion just enough time to get their knees up and snuff out Say Hallelujah.  Boyd was doubled over on his hands and knees on the mat right before Orion snuck up on him and wrapped him up in a La Magistral cradle.  Tre kicked out…unfortunately for him, it was at a count of four.  Just like that, Orion had snatched victory from the jaws of defeat and once again retained the National championship.  

Still the Cosmic Champion, they got their hand raised and the title in their arms while the Qualitron showed that Orion had completed the 10 Count; it was only a matter of time until they cashed in the Natty for a shot at the World title.  Orion finished posing on the turnbuckles and hopped down, turning around and coming face to face with Tre.  They draped their belt over the top rope and offered Tre a handshake, but Boyd (openly seething after complaining to the ref several times about the three count) waved it off and rolled out of the ring before stomping off to the back to a loud, mixed reaction.  Orion shrugged and picked up their belt, allowing Mastodon to hit the PA and Orion to enjoy the moment without any of Tre’s sour grapes to leave a bad taste in their mouth.

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A video package set up our second match on the evening, recapping “Night Sky” Diana Spare “rejoining” the Forbidden Book Club and their challenge to their ex friends in Hysteria to an elimination match - with Hysteria accepting as long as it was an extreme rules match as well and the Club more than eager to accept that stip too - weeks and months and years of broken/new/reformed allegiances, sneak attacks from both sides, and both sides promising they would be the ones who’d get their hands raised while putting their rivals in the dirt…

extreme rules elimination match Forbidden Book Club d. Hysteria (survivor: Luz Cruz) 🪙 To the surprise of nobody, this was a chaotic bloody brawl that went at peak intensity for nearly half an hour; to the surprise of some the Club ended up victorious, with Luz Cruz landing the decisive shot that finally ended the brawl.  Hysteria emerged out from the darkness they created, but to the surprise of everyone in Seattle the FBC all emerged from underneath the ring and jumped QCW’s resident coven before they could pose and kicked off a Pier 6 that spilled out to ringside and a little bit up the ramp depending on which of the three fights you were watching the most.  

The Club was the first to use plunder, grabbing multiple weapons from under the ring and swinging for the fences on their ex friends.  After Bonnie Agrippa and Nancy Crowley had taken several shots each from kendo sticks, Bella Jolie threw her body onto theirs to act as a human shield.  FBC then mugged her with a myriad of kendo stick shots before sending Bonnie and Nancy out of the ring.  Luz and Shelley handled them while Diana beat Bella like a rented goalie, using a Black Hole Slam to set up a pop up Michinoku Driver into a trash can to bounce Bella and give the Club a 3-2 lead. 

But that only fueled the fires of Hysteria and made Nancy Crowley more Feral than usual; first she grabbed Carl’s candy jar from off the announce table and smashed it over Diana's head to leave her laying, then she & Bonnie worked over Luz and Shelley long enough to be able to bring steel chairs into the fray and tilt things further in their direction.  Both Cruz and LaVey ate steel, and when Spare recovered enough to get vertical again Hysteria dropped her with a standing Conchairto.   Having taken out who they clearly thought was the Club’s linchpin, Agrippa and Crowley put knots on the heads of the rest of the Club.  They managed to even up the score in vicious fashion, not only hitting their trademark spike brainbuster on Shelley LaVey but doing it into the bottom half of the steel steps to even things up at 2 apiece.   The Hysteria team began showing why they weren't too long removed from being the World Tag Team champions as they sent Cruz sailing over the announce table then overturned it onto her, and even pinned her underneath the remnants of the table with both parts of the steps, the announcers’ chairs and even a piece of the retaining barrier that Bonnie and Nancy had put Luz through moments earlier.  They then bundled Spare up and tossed “Night Sky” into the ring.  Diana staggered over to grab a cookie sheet but Crowley quickly ran up on her and gave Diana a Code Black into some scattered chairs.  While Nancy dragged Diana to her knees, Bonnie made sure to taunt her former tag partner and point to where Luz was buried under the announce table, and even without being miced up you could hear Agrippa mocking Diana about how she should've left the Club for dead and now she was going to get her little sidekicks put in the ICU.  Spare’s response was to spit in her face and Nancy's as well to a big pop, but Hysteria’s response was to give Spare a spike brainbuster into the chair pile before Nancy put a foot on Diana's chest and pinned her to send Hysteria up 2-1.

The crowd's shock and disappointment quickly gave way to loud “Fuck Hysteria” chants that only made the diabolical duo cackle.  Having saved Luz for last, they were more than ready to give La Reina of the ropes flashbacks to last year's Golden Rule and worse.  They rolled out of the ring at the same time and began picking through the wreckage to get Luz Cruz and turn this chaos filled match into a gentlewoman’s sweep - but they couldn't find Cruz, who was hiding in the timekeeper’s area and blasted them both with a spray from a fire extinguisher.  Cruz then climbed up onto the barrier and took them both down with a tornillo off of it to drop Hysteria again before letting out a war cry followed by some cursing in Spanish.  Luz picked up Nancy and lawn darted her into the ring post to stop her shrieks then focused on the woman who’d replaced her 360 days ago as the top of Hysteria's food chain.

Agrippa scrambled into the ring for the high ground and to get a chair, but her swing missed and Luz's springboard dropkick sent the chair into Bonnie's face to a pop.  Cruz grabbed that chair and another one before opening them up to face each other.  Cruz moved as quick as she could and hit the opposite corner on a diagonal, running up onto the chairs before launcherung herself over the ring post with a queen sized tope con hilo that drove Nancy through another section of the retaining barrier, causing the crowd to break out into “HOLY SHIT!” chants.  Cruz staggered up and grabbed Nancy.pff the floor before tossing her back in the ring.  Luz had Nancy in the drip zone and went up for ¡MUERTE!, but that meant she’d taken her eyes off of Bonnie and Agrippa threw a trash can at her to knock her off of the top rope and send Cruz back down to the canvas.  Bonnie pulled Nancy off the deck for a two on one stomping out of Luz while Steve told us that with this advantage it was only a matter of time before Hysteria got their hands raised - but first they were going to make Luz suffer.  Bonnie held Luz down as Crowley climbed to the top rope and flew off with an avalanche senton.  Agrippa shower why she took Luz's spot as leader, giving Crowley whispered instructions in Crowley’s ear.  Crowley cackled before rolling out of the ring while Bonnie laid out Luz with Eclipsing the Light.  Two suplexes and a brainbuster later, Luz was dead weight so she missed Crowley coming into the ring with a full pane of glass.  Bonnie pulled up a limp Luz as she smiled, encouraging Nancy to bring the hammer down.  Crowley reared back and swung the pane like Cal Raleigh…but Luz either went limp or fell down and Bonnie took the sheet of glass to the head as Hysteria’s lieutenant accidentally wiped out her general to the delight of the crowd.  Bonnie was out like Shia LeBouf on Bourbon Street as Nancy screamed in the ring - but for once it was out of panic and not sadistic glee.  Crowley reached down to check on a clearly out of it Agrippa, and she was borderline crying as she tried to bring the High Priestess of Hysteria back to consciousness.  With her attention focused on Bonnie, Nancy forgot all about Luz until she heard cursing in Spanish.  Nancy turned around just in time to block a flying chair with her face that spun her around and dropped her to her knees.  It took Luz longer to climb the ropes but once she was in the penthouse she flew down to ground floor with ¡MUERTE!, sending Nancy head first into the mat with her double jump poison huracanrana.  Cruz flopped on top of Nancy to get the three count to save the match for the Club.  And then it was down to her and an out of it Nancy…

…or not, as when Luz tried to pick her up Agrippa snuck in an inside cradle for 2.8.  Cruz beat Bonnie in getting vertical and laid her out with a massive dropkick before letting out a war cry and pointing to the corner.  Cruz went up top again and flew off for ¡MUERTE! but not only did Bonnie counter it, she picked Cruz out of mid air with a Backstabber and then jumped on Luz with a crossface.  Blood came down Luz’s face while Bonnie was bleeding but also screaming at Luz while she had the hold on, screaming at Luz that this was what she deserved, that this was the reason Hysteria was better off without her, that she was going to humiliate her at Golden Rule just like she was last year.  Cruz started going limp as Bonnie screamed at her to tap out.  Luz slumped over as Agrippa torqued the hold.  Luz’s hand went limp on the mat for a couple of seconds but then it suddenly shot out, back and to the left leaving Bonnie screaming in pain   The crowd gasped or popped upon seeing Bonnie freak out and holding her right wrist where Luz had just stabbed it with a shard of brown glass.  The usually haughty and composed High Priestess screamed for a good while, right until Luz came flying out of the sky to drop Bonnie with another ¡MUERTE!, delivered head first into some of the chairs.  Agrippa was bleeding from the hand and wrist as she was flat on her back, a spent and bleeding Cruz getting her arm across her former friend for the winning pinfall.

We got replays for a solid couple of minutes recapping the biggest moments of the back and forth battle and Cruz stealing victory from the jaws of defeat.  When we cut back to live action we saw Luz Cruz getting her hands raised by the referee while LaVey and Spare helped to steady her.  Cruz looked like she was going to go limp in their arms but suddenly reared back and hocked a bloody loogie onto Bonnie, before cursing her out in Spanish.  The referee quickly moved FBC towards the ropes and they opted to celebrate on the floor, Cruz repeatedly beating her chest while Shelley and even the usually stoic Spare gave her praise.  Steve and Carl were doing the same, but got interrupted by Cruz herself as she talked to the ringside camera she’d shut up Hysteria and that two witches were no match for one brujera. The Club headed to the back as a bloody Agrippa sat up and gave them the finger behind their backs before falling over to her side.  The referee and the medical staff checked on Agrippa heading into some commercials.

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Serge Batroc & “the Proper Villain” Richard Windsor d. The Undaunted 🪙 It didn't take long for the “styles make fights” chestnut to play out in this battle where Serge & Richard continued to be the unwelcome committee for the newly arriving fun-loving Irishmen.  It was the heels who struck a big blow early, a blind tag from Windsor setting up a tilt-a-whirl backbreaker + guillotine legdrop combination.  Windsor & Batroc then targeted the back of “Unforgettable” Dave Mullin and halved the ring on him.  It took Mullin a few minutes to get out from under and he did so in spectacular fashion by planting the black hats with a double handspring tornado DDT.  They both tried to pick his ankle to prevent a tag, but Dave upkicked Serge away and then did so to Windsor, sending him flying into Serge to allow room for the tag to Tim “the Only Hope” McMurray.  Tim came in fresh and went wild on his opponents, hitting flying forearms, hard knife edged chops and even a Sliced Bread #2 of both of them at the same time.  The Undaunted landed some double team offense and looked to put things away with the Doomsday Meteora they call Shamrock Air – but Serge broke it up with a charging European uppercut that sent Dave to the floor, allowing Richard to counter with a victory roll that helped secure a victory…as he wrapped his arm around the middle rope and Serge pulled on it from the floor.  The referee missed both cheats and declared Serge & Richard the winners to a tidal wave of boos; they quickly made tracks up the ramp while Mullin rightfully complained to the referee having seen the last bit of their cheating.

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A brief vignette showed Tre Boyd stomping out of Climate Pledge, ignoring questions from Julius Duquesne III about the title loss to Orion as well as pleas from his former friends in Sky’s the Limit to reunite since they were better off as a unit than set apart.  The Gospel ignored everyone on his way to a Town Car that sped off into the Seattle night the second he closed a back door behind him.

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Ashok Banerjee (w/Jacques Krieger) d. Omar Littlefield (w/Ig de Catur and Republic Enforcement) 🪙 The upset of the night - maybe of the year - came before the double main event as Ashok managed to steal a victory over the former two time World champion.  Banjerjee was able to successfully play a cat & mouse game with Omar, but once the Republic’s land monster caught up to him he turned him into a figurative and at times literal punching bag.  Omar showed off his deep offensive playbook; he nearly Pounced Ashok out of the ring, he cut off a Banjerjee rally with a sit out choke bomb, and after five consecutive Vader Bombs he looked to have things wrapped up after connecting with his Face Eraser.  But Ashok managed to get a foot on the bottom rope to save the match, which Omar didn't notice as he celebrated what he thought was a victory.  When the referee had to inform him someone had actually survived his vicious crucifix powerbomb DDT, Omar let loose several f-bombs (good thing we were on PPV) and backed the ref into a neutral corner before threatening to lay them out, too.  Omar went for another Face Eraser, but Banjerjee hit a flash modified Code Red that stunned Omar just long enough to get the three count, keep his undefeated streak going and ostensibly kill Omar's campaign for another World title shot.

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Climate Pledge got to enjoy the moment for about ten seconds before Omar popped back up and laid out Ashok from behind.  Omar hit another Face Eraser, then tossed the referee out to the floor when he tried to intervene.  Republic Enforcement held off Jacques Krieger while Omar hit a third Face Eraser, but as he went for a fourth Krieger got in the ring and went after Omar.  That worked until it didn't and Omar stopped his heavy hands by laying him out with a sit out choke bomb.  Littlefield turned his attention back to Banjerjee and laid him out with the fourth Face Eraser tonight. 

The bell kept ringing and the crowd kept booing and heckling Omar, but changed their tune as Commissioner Holmes came out and waved on not only Quality Force Security but some members of the Seattle PD.  They hit the ring too late to prevent a fifth Face Eraser but immediately swarmed Omar after it connected and took him down to the mat.  As they finally managed to stop Omar's onslaught and put him in cuffs, de Catur got in Holmes’ face and launched into a series of complaints before punctuating it with a couple of hard pokes into the Commissioner's chest.  Holmes let the first one go but after the third he socked Ig on the jaw and sent the techbro multimillionaire on his ass to a big pop from the crowd.  Shaking his head furiously, he walked over to Duck Eko and took control of the mic.

Holmes said he’d be damned if the World Tag Team titles match was going to turn into a Republic debacle as well, so by his ruling he was banning Ig de Catur and Republic Enforcement from ringside for the next match!  It was probably their fault that Justice Davis had gotten taken out on Friday the 13th, and if he could prove it he’d see the lot of them bankrupted and blackballed from the industry - these people deserved better and he was going to give it to them!  Ig de Catur had barely gotten to his feet before he too was in handcuffs, and his private security was as well.  Littlefield, de Catur & Republic Enforcement were taken out of Climate Pledge - but things quickly turned somber once the chaos died down, as it soon became clear that Ashok was barely moving.  The medical staff came to the ring and after some tests loaded Banjerjee onto a stretcher.  An absolutely irate looking Krieger followed them into an ambulance that sped out of the arena saying only one thing twice on the way out: that he was going to destroy Omar.

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A video package ahead of the semi main for the World Tag Team championships showed Savage Justice reuniting at Cold As Hell, Justice Davis pinning Malicía Fernandez at Pure Massacre and SJ being named #1 contenders for their old titles after winning Tag Team Turmoil - then jumped to last week when the end of the Friday the 13th Ruckus showed Justice taken out and being thrown through a car windshield, causing Razorblade to say two nights ago that he knew the Republic was behind the cowardly attack because they were scared of losing their belts and that if he had to, he’d fight them in a handicap match because now that they'd taken away the angel on his shoulder the devil in him was going to show them everyone bleeds, especially Republic bootlickers.

[ QCW WORLD TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPS ] Mason “Razorblade” Savage and…somehow, Nazir el-Fadal d. The Republic [c] #AndNEWWWW 😞 No, that's not a typo.  And before you ask: no, that's not a typo.  Remember, with everything that went down in and after the last match Pyotr Caviar and Malicía Fernandez were left on their own to defend the straps with no help.  Still, when Razorblade came out alone it looked like they wouldn't need it as the semi main turned out mostly to be a handicap match.  Battle tested as Razorblade is, sooner rather than later the math caught up to him and that's before the size advantages of Malicía’s height and Pyotr's heft came calling.  Razorblade mustered brief rallies, but every time it seemed he was about to make some real headway, his opposition would tag out double team hin or both.  The Republic representatives had Razorblade dead to rights after hitting a double pop up European uppercut and called for the double goozle - and that's when the lights went out.  

When they came back on, someone in Republic Enforcement gear and their hat looked like they were about to strike Razorblade with a baton.  The referee got that baton and another one out of the wiry man’s hands, but as the referee had to get rid of those the man shocked everyone in attendance by pulling out a taser and literally shocking both Pyotr and Malicía.  Razorblade managed to pin down a convulsing Caviar's shoulders for three.  Razorblade looked shocked over being saved, and even more so when his savior lost his cap and ripped off the Enforcement top to reveal a familiar looking Gold Lion black and gold rugby jersey that had JIHAD 1 on the back.  Savage sat stunned on the mat while the referee draped the belts over his shoulder.  This only lasted for a moment, as Nazir’s grin was so big it almost touched the belts before he snatched one off of Razorblade.  The crowd chanted “Holy shit!” loudly while Naz gave a smirk to end all smirks and thrust the belt in the air, triggering a barrage of gold and white pyro as the Qualitron put up a graphic announcing the longtime rivals as the new World Tag Team champions.  Naz gave Razorblade a couple of pats on the cheek and swaggered his way to the back while Steve and Carl were stumbling over their words on commentary.  Razorblade turned his head towards the ramp shellshocked while Naz got in another pose with the belt and a shit eating grin before he headed to the back.  It's a good thing a couple of commercials happened after this, because what the entire f

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Before the main event we got a sizzle reel hyping up the return of QCW’s beloved and vaunted annual tournament - the Duquesne Classic not only will allow one person to join the ranks of QCW immortality but will grant them a World championship opportunity at Mayday Payday.  The 16 person tournament will kick off on this week's Ruckus, which means that Duquesne season has returned…who will put their name on the Cup this year?

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We got a video package ahead of the main event, covering Jupiter winning the World championship again at Holiday In Cambodia and following it up with a successful title defense at Cold As Hell, then successfully fighting the Republic only to get blindsided weeks ago by “the Purifier” Caleb Gray, the leader of the Chosen who stole the Fifteen Pounds of Gold and has promised to win it tonight to bring about his desire to turn the company into Quality Christian Wrestling with him on top.  Repeated attacks by the Chosen haven't deterred the legendary Jones from promising the fans that he’ll get the physical belt tonight or get crucified trying - even as the former Duquesne Classic winner and National champion Gray promises his ascension to QCW World champion tonight will be the sort of revelation that makes even the staunchest non-believer choose faith over fear…

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[ QCW WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP ] Jupiter Jones [c, w/Collipark] d. “The Purifier” Caleb Gray (w/the Chosen) 🪙 Golden Rule ended on an up note, as the legendary Jones retained the Fifteen Pounds of Gold over the duplicitous Gray.  Gray went after Jupiter right from the start, peppering him with punches.  But when he tried to land Reap the Whirlwind, Jupiter caught it and turned it into an over the shoulder kneebuster to halt his momentum.  Jupiter spent the next few minutes working over the leg and grounding Caleb while the announcers pointed out how Jupiter used his veteran skills to not only make an opening for himself but change up his usual offense to further tilt the scales in his favor.  After dropping Caleb with a double underhook powerbomb, Jones played to the fans before launching a Bolt From Olympus - but Gray countered and his backdrop sent Jones over the top and to the floor by his acolytes.  

Gray laid out on the mat clutching at his shin, which drew the referee's attention while the End Times grabbed Jones and launched him head first into the retaining barrier to boos from the Seattle Quality Controllers.  Jones tried to fight back, but the Times gave him a toss into the steps to slow him down further.  That drew the attention of the ref, and after hearing the crowd’s complaints ejected the stoic End Times to cheers and sent the innocent Goody Gardner along with them.  When they stood their ground, the International Players and Science Fiction Double Feature ran them off to the back.  

Gray tried to take advantage of the situation and succeeded for a little while, but the biggest weapons in his arsenal had been taken away by Jones’ leg work.  He couldn't land his Whirlwind and the one time he attempted Repent he couldn't get the bigger Jones up for the elevated crucifix neckbreaker and he collapsed under the weight of the attempt which caused Jupiter to essentially reverse splash him into the mat.  That was the beginning of Gray's end, as Jupiter hit the ropes multiple times before sending Gray heels over head with a massive spear.  When he went for the Bolt again, this time it found the target…but before the Purifier could hit the mat, Jones blocked the Chosen leader’s body with his own.  Jupiter looked at the cheering crowd before hoisting Caleb up on his shoulders and serving up a little old school Jones with his Thunder Rolls running powerslam.  Gray was down and out for the count, leaving Seattle to count three as Jupiter retained his belt and finally got back the physical object after weeks of chicanery from Caleb.

We got replays of the match highlights as Carl accurately pointed out Jupiter turned Caleb into a one legged man in an ass kicking contest.  After they were done, we saw Jupiter in the ring celebrating with the rest of Collipark - right until “Bombs Over Baghdad” cut off and was replaced by Mastodon.  

“Orion” brought out Orion to a massive pop and excited commentary from Steve and Carl; they weren't alone in wondering if this would be the moment Orion cashed in their now certified National championship for a shot at the World title.  Jupiter seemed to be waving them on, but the Cosmic Champion merely sketched out a small bow in the direction of the ring before holding up the Natty.  Jones gave a respectful nod before thrusting the World title overhead.   The cash in is going to happen at some point, but not tonight.  Golden Rule went off the air with Steve wondering if Orion’s meteoric rise would end up with them as the one to dethrone Jupiter and be the next one to hoist up the Fifteen Pounds of Gold.  

FDSN Florida Presents QCW Ruckus [s5e17 • February 27th, 2026]

 📺 live on FanDuel Sports Network Florida

📍 Quality Arena 💫 Parts Unknown, fL

• After the standard “Invincible” open we zoomed inside Quality Arena.  If it's Friday night in Parts Unknown you know Steve Vandeblanche and Carl Christensen are on the call in front of a raucous crowd.  They hyped up tonight's two title matches: Orion putting their National championship on the line in an open challenge and the World Tag Team titles match between Science Fiction Double Feature looking to regain the belts from the Republic’s Malicía Fernandez and Pyotr Caviar.  But Ruckus kicked off with some different tag division action…

• 1. Serge Batroc & “the Proper Villain” Richard Windsor d. The Game Changers at 6:36 Despite their loose affiliation for months, this was the Europeans’ first outing and subsequent win as a tag team over the former champions in the Changers.  Al.and Ashley looked good early on, with the Tiki God using THEE Influencer for some assisted dropkicks that cleared Serge and Richard from the ring.  They got in a discussion on the floor and came up with a plan: to no one's surprise it involved cheating, as Richard provided a distraction to allow Serge a cheap shot on Ashley from behind that set up a Windsor double underwear suplex and then a two man assisted pop up European uppercut combination that turned the tide   Serge and Richard showed crisp teamwork, halving the ring and repeatedly knocking Al off the apron so that Ashley couldn't tag out and had to take more punishment.  Al was able to make a save on a nearfall, but all he got for his troubles was Richard tossing him head first into the steps to fully take him out of the equation.  The bad guys picked up the duke on poor Ashley after a middle rope European uppercut sent her into the waiting arms of a Windsor half & half suplex and across the ring.  

• After replays, the Batroc/Windsor team cut a victory promo clowning the Game Changers as past their sell by date and yesterday's news.  The tag division needed new blood and genuine wrestlers who mastered superior technical wrestling, not has-beens like the Changers or floppy little boys like the Undaunted.  Richard told the crowd to save their cheers, because he and Serge were going to drive them out of the company for QCW’s own good.  They might have some high flying frippery and get some of the middle school girls in the crowd excited, but if they barked up this tree a mighty oak would fall on their heads because some didn't remain undaunted - some wrestlers were just better than others.  Serge grabbed the mic and sneered out a “De rien!” before throwing it to the canvas.  He and Richard headed to the back after that, and Carl pointed out that given what he knows about the Undaunted, they weren't going to take those swipes lying down.  He & Steve briefly discussed what would happen if that match were to be made official.

• 2. Omar Littlefield (w/Ig de Catur, the Republic and Republic Enforcement) d. Jonathan Livingston Clipper Esq. at 2:50 Complete squash for the perpetually pissed off two time former World champion as he just overwhelmed the avuncular seafaring Clipper.  Omar nearly sent JLCE flying out of the ring with a vicious Pounce, then waited in the corner for Jon to get up so he could Pounce him again.  Omar pulled this week's victim off the canvas and splattered him with the Face Eraser to pick up a quick win.  After the match, Omar broke formation with the rest of the Republic to grab a nearby camera and bellow a demand that Commissioner Holmes give him another chance at the World title or he was going to send somebody to the hospital.  Littlefield then shoved the referee down so he could fire off another Face Eraser, which brought rate chuckles from his World Tag Team champion stablemates Pyotr Caviar and Malicía Fernandez.  Ig started bragging about how they were going to walk out of Quality Arena still YOUR tag champs after the main event tonight before we took the night’s first commercial break.  

• We got another creepy vignette from “Sinister” Sarah Fowler and Midsomar, with Fowler saying that her sickness couldn't be confined to Wednesdays, and couldn't be submerged by the likes of Keo Tevi.  It was nearly time to shed skin, to rebirth the old ways and marry them to a bleak new future to the horrified scream of all who witnessed – and that would happen next Friday night   Seven days before the rebirth cleansed QCW once and for all just as it deserves to be.  After some static we returned to the ring…

• 3. Goody Gardner (w/the Chosen) d. Shelley LaVey (w/Forbidden Book Club) at 7:31 Surprise!  Goody got the biggest win of her burgeoning career and she didn't even need any help from the Chosen to do it - however, she would end up getting help from Hysteria to do it.  It was evident once the bell rang that Goody had worked on her craft, but it was also evident that she was clearly a ring or two beneath the Goddess of Love.  Shelley got out in front and then began dominating, taking Gardner down repeatedly before planting her with the Heartbreaker draping cutter before going up top to end things with the Fallen Angel splash.  

• But right after she got into position to deliver it, the lights went out and when they came back on Hysteria was swarming Luz Cruz and ”Night Sky” Diana Spare in a 3 on 2 attack.  Shelley was clearly rattled by the beatdown but after some hesitation turned to the ring and flew off to splash Goody only to crash and burn as the Heart of the Homestead rolled out of harm’s way at the last second.  Caleb Gray told Goody to take what was hers and she did, wasting no time in grabbing Shelley and planting her with a snap swinging fisherman's neckbreaker to pull the upset victory.   Having accomplished what they set out to do, Hysteria walked away from the scene cackling while Caleb congratulated Goody then repeatedly said “This is our night.”

• From there we went TOTHEBACK~!, where Julius Duquesne III was standing by for an interview segment, and he brought out two of QCW’s biggest stars to Q&A with: Savage Justice.  The crowd popped huge as Justine Danek and Grand Slam Club member Mason “Razorblade” Savage came out to flank JD3.  Julius congratulated them on their win in the trios main event and asked them what was next after that win and weeks of Republic attacks.  Justice said it was real simple - he’d pinned half of the World Tag Team champions, so he & Razorblade were not only throwing their hats in the ring to get a shot at the belts, they wanted their old titles back.  Razorblade added that the best way to take down the Republic was to take their last remaining belts and as the good people of Parts Unknown could attest, nobody took the fight to Ig and his hired goons like Savage Justice.  If they got the shot, the belts were as good as theirs, and if the Republic didn't like that they could bleed about it…because there was nothing they wouldn't do to recapture the World Tag Team championships.  That full throated challenge from two of QCW’s favorites hung in the air as Ruckus faded to black and into a commercial break.

• The back end of the show opened up with Mastodon bringing out Orion to a massive pop ahead of their National championship title defense in an open challenge.  In response, before Orion could get out a sentence Nonpoint’s “Bullet With A Name” brought out the All Starr Stable to boos.  S. Mark Starr talked over them, saying that he and his men knew all about holding championship gold so if Orion wanted to hand over the title while he got his 12.5% that was fine by him.  Orion noted they held the Natty and not a friendship bracelet, so they weren't going to give all three of them a shot at the belt, but…but…why not have a little fun and say the first one to make it to the ring would get the shot?  The Stable looked at each other for a few beats until Evan O'Neill headed down the ramp, but Prince Ootsuka caught up to him and stopped him, saying he wanted the opportunity.  Ootsuka began to move forward only to be stopped by O’Neill and his side of the argument.  As they bickered in the middle of the aisle, the third member of the Stable did some elbows up speed walking past them and by the time Evan & the Prince stopped bickering the man they called “Brod the Bod” was in the ring and ready for his title shot…

• 4. Orion [c] d. “Upper Class” Broderick Palmer II (w/the All Starr Stable) in an open challenge to retain the QCW National championship at 8:01 8️⃣ Palmer II has a nice pedigree and all, he didn't embarrass himself or anything.  Bad news for him is he’s him and Orion's Orion, so this one was never in doubt.  In fact, for some viewers the most notable thing about the showcase match was Tre Boyd clearly pissed off while watching the match play out on a monitor backstage.  Either way a beautiful Shining Wizard set up Orion’s Nebula and left the Cosmic Champion only two more wins away from completing the 10 Count needed to activate cash in potential for a shot at the World championship.

• Replays of Orion’s highlights got interrupted by a purple tinted promo from Hysteria, who cackled over what they did to the Forbidden Book Club earlier.  Nancy Crowley mockingly asked the FBC if they thought Hysteria were scared of the challenge the FBC threw at them for an elimination match at Golden Rule.  They weren't running, they were Hysteria, not three losers high on their own supply.  But if they were throwing out challenges, Hysteria had one for them.  Bonnie Agrippa suddenly glitched to the forefront, saying that they were fine with fighting an elimination match if the Retread Club were fine with it being an extreme rules match.  No silly things like countouts or disqualifications, just Hysteria using any weapon they could get their hands on to shut them up once and for all.  They could scramble what was left of their brains with chairs, they could toss them through tables, they could beat them with kendo sticks like piñatas.  And when the dust settled it would be Hysteria who turned out the lights on the Book Club once and for all just like this! As she said that, she snapped her fingers and the screen briefly went to black after Hysteria's logo flashed.

• When it blipped out, we saw Naomi Lee in one of the arena’s skyboxes where she was set to interview Ashok Banerjee.  The crowd cheered upon seeing the Boundless One, but he barely managed a wave in response.  Naomi picked up on it and asked him if his mind was elsewhere even after getting that reception from the crowd.  Ashok allowed that being essentially helpless at ringside for last week's main event while two faced hypocrites like Caleb Gray didn't sit well with him.  But what really didn't sit well with him was the fact that despite a mostly triumphant return from getting blinded by Hysteria, he couldn't see a clear path to Golden Rule at the moment.  So he was keeping an eye on everything tonight from up high hoping he would see something that would shed some light on what he should do next to make sure he could bring Boundlessness to Seattle.  When Naomi pointed out he’d picked a tall task given the depth on the roster and how cherished a spot on any PPV was, Ashok merely replied that if he had to make a way to make his way, he’d do it.  Ashok kept up his intense look after that edict until Nao teed up the final commercial break for the night.

• 5. the Undaunted d. Glory Days at 6:30 Another win in a showcase for the recently arrived Undaunted, who used their speed to pick apart the former footballers in our semi main event.  Tim “the Only Hope” McMurray and “Unforgettable” Dave Mullin had phone cameras out and Quality Arena going out of its collective mind when they hit stereo Shooting Star planchas to the floor that wiped out Blockhead Ferguson and Cliff Foster; a couple of minutes after that they picked up the dub with their Shamrock Air Doomsday Meteora finisher.  

• Ahead of the main event, Steve Vandeblanche hyped up what will be the main event on 💫 next week's Ruckus 💫, where there would be an eight squads deep Tag Team Turmoil match, with the winners of that getting the shot at the World Tag Team titles come Golden Rule next month.  Who they’ll face gets determined in tonight's main event, which goes down now.

• Science Fiction Double Feature exercised their rematch clause here; remember that they were the champions heading into the fatal four way at Cold As Hell but lost their belts without ever getting pinned.  Their mentor, the Legendary Jupiter Jones stood with them as they tried to bring back the World Tag Team championships to the Family the same way he’d regained the World title back at Holiday In Cambodia.  “The Old Guard Is Dead” brought out the Republic to massive heat that Pyotr Caviar and Malicía Fernandez ignored, and why would they care about boos?  Ig de Catur's checks were far and on time, they had backup from not only the ever dangerous Omar Littlefield but half a dozen Republic Enforcement officers - the plan was to flip the David/Goliath script and walk out still champions.  The lights cut out except for a lone spotlight on Duck Eko as he made introductions for both teams, and then we were underway ..

• 6. The Republic [c, w/Omar Littlefield, Ig de Catur and Republic Enforcement] d. Science Fiction Double Feature (w/Jupiter Jones) to retain the QCW World Tag Team championships at 7:17 The tag team belts stay in Ig’s house, thanks to the power advantage Malicía and Pyotr had as well as some wildly unexpected help from the Chosen.  Cindy & Jane acquitted themselves well early, but Fernandez caught a Cindy dive off the top rope and converted it into a MF5 to tip the scales in the Republic's favor.  The mercenaries of the Republic spent the next couple of minutes ragdolling Cindy around the ring while Ig cackled at their power moves and Jupiter looked anxious (either because of the beating or the mysterious absence of the International Players).  The tenor of the match changed when Pyotr went for one of his pop up European uppercuts but Cindy reversed it into a massive DDT that had both of them down on the canvas.

• Eventually after kicking each other away, tags were made and Jane Doe immediately set to work getting Malicía Fernandez off balance.  Doe’s unorthodox offense began to chip away at the former National champion and eventually took Malicía down with a springboard Meteora.  Doe continued trying to tilt the scales in SFDF’s favor and used the Lady of the Lake to lure La Monstrua into a set up that lured her into an anklelock.  Then the match’s tenor changed again - but not because of anything that was happening in the ring.

• The International Players, clearly bloodied and battered, were tossed down the ramp by the End Times before they pummelled the Players further with their THE END IS NIGH signs.  In the ring Jane managed to keep the hold on but on the outside Jupiter went running up the ramp to save his proteges - only to get violently yanked into the retaining barrier by “the Purifier” Caleb Gray, who had been hiding in the crowd against the barrier and halfway down the ramp before making his move.  Gray grabbed one of the signs and clocked Jupiter with it, drawing the referee's attention from the ring and allowing Pyotr to sneak in the ring and take out Jane with a big boot to the face.  Cindy came in for a save but Pyotr tossed her over the top rope like she weighed nothing and Republic Enforcement was quick to form a human wall between her and the ring.  Gray laid into Jones with boots while Caviar helped Malicía land their finishing double chokeslam on a disoriented Jane.  Malicía got the referee's attention as Pyotr rolled to the floor and began putting the boots to Monet - and three seconds later the Republic had retained the World Tag Team championships much to the disgust of the good people of Parts Unknown.

• And they weren't done being pissed off, as Omar Littlefield snatched up Cindy and drove her through the announce table with a vicious Face Eraser.  Jupiter began crawling down the aisle for a desperate save attempt, but Danny Castle tossed Caleb the QCW World championship and Gray buried the Fifteen Pounds of Gold in the back of Jones' head to put him to sleep.  Caleb nodded solemnly as he lifted the belt overhead while standing over Jupiter's unconscious body, then turned to the End Times and said “We’re done here.” The Chosen headed to the back as Steve freaked out on commentary watching Caleb steal the World title for his own warped glory.  The credits box came up while we saw Collipark absolutely decimated by the Chosen and the Republic, and the last thing we saw was the Purifier holding up the World title to the camera with one last thing to say:

“Quality.  CHRISTIAN.  Wrestling.”

QCW Unleashed [s3e31 • Quality Arena]

• Luz Cruz (w/Shelley LaVey and “Night Sky” Diana Spare) DCO Nancy Crowley (w/Bonnie Agrippa and Bella Jolie)
• Science Fiction Double Feature (w/Collipark) d. The Sound of Thunder 
• “Dashing” Pierce Moore (w/”These Hands” Roy Fade & Lolo Vuitton) d. Chris Kent
• Ashok Banerjee and Jacques Krieger d. Hellraisers

FDSN Florida Presents QCW Ruckus [s5e16 • February 20th, 2026]

📺 live on FanDuel Sports Network Florida

📍 Quality Arena 💫 Parts Unknown, FL

• A video package opened the show with highlights from last week's Pure Massacre supershow, focused primarily on the Chicago crowd enjoying Orion taking Genesis King to the woodshed in a no holds barred match to retain the National championship and QCW World champion Jupiter Jones teaming with Savage Justice to narrowly defeat the Republic in a High Quality trios main event.

• For the first time in about a month Ruckus is coming live from Quality Arena and you know the Quality Controllers are psyched to have QCW back home after their impromptu polar vortex tour.  Steve Vandeblanche and Carl Christensen are on the call for another Friday night, and they hyped up a Malicía Fernandez handicap match and a main event of “the Purifier” Caleb Gray against Jacques Krieger before things got thrown to Duck Eko in the ring.  The Voice of QCW made the introductions of our first match, and the crowd took their cheers up another notch when Lil’ Uzi Vert on the PA brought out the man many consider to be QCW’s fastest rising star in “the Gospel”...

• 1. Tre Boyd d. “The Proper Villain” Richard Windsor (w/Serge Batroc) by disqualification at 4:08 Unusually quick opener on Ruckus, one almost completely dominated by Boyd.  After landing a stiff legged missile dropkick Tre went for Say Hallelujah, but Batroc shoved him off the top rope to draw the DQ.  Post match, Batroc and Windsor put the boots to Boyd.  A cut to backstage showed the Cooper Brothers watching it happen on a monitor backstage and clearly conflicted about whether or not to save their old friend but Kam Ellis pointed out that Tre had ditched them.  The Coopers shook their heads and watched Tre be on the receiving end of a tilt a whirl backbreaker from the Villain that set up a guillotine legdrop from the Assassin.  The referee corps came out and shooed the Batroc/Windsor partnership to the back but they were more than pleased with their dirty deeds.

• From there, we went to the back where Naomi Lee was standing by to interview her special guests: the Forbidden Book Club.  The crowd cheered as Luz Cruz, Shelley LaVey and “Night Sky” Diana Spare arrived on the scene.  Nao asked the Club how they were feeling after their tag match against Hysteria last week ended in a double countout.  Spare said they were still standing, but so were Hysteria which meant the war between them wasn't over yet.  Cruz spoke up, saying that since Golden Rule was announced last week they’d be more than fine facing them in a trios match at the PPV.  Diana said that why just challenge them to a match when they could challenge them to an elimination match instead?  Luz and Shelley were quick to agree, with LaVey saying that if Hysteria could find the ovaries to accept that there’d be nowhere to run and nowhere to hide - and the FBC wouldn't stop until they’d taken out every single one of them and turned out their lights.  With a sick grin, Diana turned to Nao and said they would make them fall one by one by one.  Nothing Forbidden could die, but if they got the chance at Golden Rule the Era of Hysteria would end up six feet under.  The Club laughed and laughed before walking off, leaving Lee to throw things to Duck Eko in the ring so that the Voice of QCW could do the ring introductions for the next match…

• 2. The End Times (w/Goody Gardner) d. The Cooper Brothers (w/Kam Ellis) at 4:09 The Coopers have been adrift since Tre separated himself from the rest of Sky’s the Limit, and getting dissected in short order won't help that at all.  Steve took note during the showcase match that “the Purifier” Caleb Gray wasn't at ringside like usual for this one and said he was probably somewhere getting ready for his main event against the heavy hitting Jacques Krieger.  Danny Castle and Dr. Martin Williams took the young Coopers to the learning tree and put a bow on things after Castle spiked poor DeMarcus into the mat with the Reckoning.  As Carl said after their textbook tornado DDT Doomsday Device, the next person to kick out of that will be the first one.  Goody Gardner escorted her fellow acolytes to the back in pouty silence herself, and we hit our first ad break tonight.

• We came back from the break with a This Week In QCW History twofer: on February 18th, 1978, Curtis Jones made history and became the first Black QCW champion (he was one of the first in any promotion) by pinning Billy “Mad Stomper” Porter in front of a packed Qualitorium.  On a more tragic note, the legendary “King” Berger was on his way to the Qualitorium on this date in 1991 when he was fatally struck in a car accident, passing away at the scene.

• 3. Malicía Fernandez (w/the Republic) d. Mean Season in a handicap match at 5:33 This match was of Ig de Catur's desire to punish Fernandez after she dropped the fall at Pure Massacre’s main event last week.  But Malicía came into the match with crisp focus and fought angry throughout.  Despite Gaia Green and Winter Wonderland having the numbers advantage, they were no match for the tag champion’s size and fury.  Fernandez took apart Winter then allowed her to crawl over and tag Gaia, who couldn't even muster Wonderland's relatively meager run of offense.  The end saw Malicía hit the MF5 on Wonderland, then the MF5 on Green onto Wonderland before Fernandez laid out Green with the Death Warrant to win from the short end of decent odds.  Post match saw a grinning Pyotr hand Malicía her half of the tag belts while Ig talked up last week being a fluke and his tag team of choice was the one that held the belts and ruled the division.

• A cut to the back showed Ashok Banerjee taping up the hands of his tag partner, Jacques Krieger and talking to him in a discussion we couldn't hear before it became a split screen.  The other side showed the underlings in a prayer triangle around “the Purifier” Caleb Gray, who was probably preaching some twisted gospel to his followers.  Gray vs. Krieger will headline tonight's Ruckus, which went to a commercial break.

• Back from commercials, Julius Duquesne III welcomed us back to Ruckus before bringing on the Game Changers for a backstage interview.  Ashley “THEE Influencer” Szabo wasted no time in calling out Serge Batroc & “the Proper Villain” Richard Windsor for their shadiness in their singles matches last week with her and her Tiki God (Al Buffett, clearly fuming behind her).  The blonde bombshell challenged them to a tag match next week and said the tag division demands sacrifice, so next week those two pieces of Euroteash would end up in the garbage courtesy of the Game Changers. 

• In the distance you could hear the Cambodian Space Project’s version of “the Passenger” and we went to Duck Eko in the ring so the Voice of QCW could make the introductions for our next match…

• 4. “Cambodian Cool” Keo Tevi d. Justine Danek (w/Bonnie Agrippa and Nancy Crowley) at 7:36 Biggest win of Tevi’s nascent QCW career - one that came with a bit of unexpected help from the Forbidden Book Club, who appeared after the bell rang and hit ringside.  Despite the protests of Hysteria, they were allowed to stay on the floor provided they didn't go after Danek.  Justine kept looking over at FBC as their appearance clearly three her off her game and Tevi took advantage. Keo used their unique offense to surprisingly dominate Danek (not like that) throughout the fight.  Even when a desperate Justine sent Teo to the floor, the Club formed a human wall to protect the Cambodian from Nancy & Bonnie.  Danek tried to follow up but took too long on a dive attempt and got picked off by a Teo catch that set up an oshigoroshi; Danek was yelping in pain while clutching her head on the mats.  That was the beginning of the end before Teo laid out Justine with the Psychedelic Shock and secured the victory.

• Post match, Bonnie and Nancy got in the ring, but if they were going to attack Tevi they opted out of it after seeing the Club pop up on three different sides of the ring apron.  Seething the whole time, Bonnie and Nancy scooped up Justine before leaving the ring and helping her to the back.  Neither Agrippa or Crowley responded to the challenge FBC was throwing out from the ring now to take them on in an elimination match come Golden Rule.

• After Keo’s win, a robotic but still familiar voice rang out throughout Quality Arena. Spotlights scanned the building until they found Orion in one of the skyboxes.  The crowd cheered the QCW National champion while the title gleamed on their shoulder.  Orion brought up their talk box and said that they had a biased opinion, but Pure Massacre last week had peaked early when they’d kicked Genesis King’s ass so hard the silver spoon fell out.  But Orion was something more than some run of the mill boy, they were…they were the Cosmic Champion, and they would be between the ropes next week.  And with the King made a pawn, Orion was opening up the floodgates - next week they would have an open challenge for their belt.  Anybody could come, but any body would fall.  Because Orion was heaven sent and hellbent on completing their 10 Count; once they did that, it would only be a matter of time before the Fifteen Pounds of Gold was in their hands.  This would be the Year of Orion.  Mastodon hit the PA and Orion held up the Natty to another pop before the last commercial break of the evening.

• 5. The Undaunted d. Hellraisers at 8:39 A rivalry born overseas in the Catch Hell Wrestling League came to Parts Unknown this Friday night, Britain v. Ireland style.  But this wasn't just a clash of nations, it was a clash of techniques that played out in the bout: the faster the better for the Undaunted, who managed to clear both Ian Cook and Gerry Greene from the ring in the opening couple minutes of the match before wiping them out with stereo Asai moonsaults that found the mark.  But moments later when things got grimier and slowed down after a Greene cheap shot allowed Cook to turn the tide with a pump release German suplex, it was the Hellraisers in control with Tim McMurray and Dave Mullin looking out of sorts.  Yet the high flying lads recovered, using Cook accidentally wiping out Greene to take over and eventually put down the massive Ian with their Shamrock Air Doomsday Meteora to the cheers of the crowd.  Greene was very disappointed when he came to and the ref had to tell him that they’d lost.

• Ahead of the main event, Steve hyped up 💫 next week's Ruckus 💫, which’ll be headlined by two title tilts: earlier in the show we heard Orion issue an open challenge and put the National championship on the line, but there also will be a World Tag Team championships match as Malicía Fernandez and Pyotr Caviar of the Republic put their newly won belts in the line against the former champions, Collipark's Science Fiction Double Feature - looking to win back the World Tag Team championships.  All that and more on next week's show, but we have a main event up right now…

• 6. “The Purifier” Caleb Gray (w/the Chosen) d. Jacques Krieger (w/Ashok Banerjee) at 8:14 A couple weeks back, Gray ended the undefeated streak of Jonathan Livingston Clipper Esq; here, he was narrowly ahead on points throughout and closed the show with a win.  Krieger tried to surprise Caleb by going for a pump knee right after the bell, but Caleb dove between the ropes and out to the floor to avoid it.  The rest of the match played out in similarly frustrating fashion for Krieger; as Gray had clearly scouted his reputation for being a heavy hitter and fought accordingly with far more of a cat and mouse offensive game plan than usual.  The turning point in the match came when Krieger tried to surprise Gray by busting out his old heart punch but Caleb sidestepped it and threw the New Jerseyite shoulder first into the ring post.  With Jacques hung out to dry and nearly halfway out of the ring, the Purifier slid out to the floor and delivered his Reap the Whirlwind cyclone kick into the injured shoulder - and to add injury to injury, it went flying into the ring post after impact, obviously throwing a wrench in Krieger's usual power game.  The one armed man in the ass kicking contest tried to power through but Gray relentlessly targeted the arm and did things like use a Fujiwara armbar to set up a crossface.  Krieger couldn't land any of his signature offense while the 2024 Duquesne Classic winner drove his arm’s health meter into the red and eventually put him away with back to back Repents.

• After replays, we saw the Chosen in the ring together spread out in a cross alignment with Caleb at the center of it in a Jesus Christ pose.  The announcer team begrudgingly put Gray over and wondered what he and the Chosen would cast their gaze to next as Ruckus went off the air.