FDSN Florida and Ruckus presents Pure Massacre

 📺 live on FanDuel Sports Network Florida

📍 United Center 💫 Chicago, IL

• A video package opened the show, first featuring Genesis King being a thorn in Orion’s side and gunning after the National championship the past couple of months, then changed focus to last week's main event where the Republic wiped out all five members of Collipark and Savage Justice and stood triumphantly on the ring to end Ruckus.

• We zoomed into the United Center, past rows of screaming fans to the stage where a truckload of red and white pyro blasted on the stage.  Silverchair’s titular song blasted from the PA as Steve Vandeblanche and Carl Christensen welcomed us to a special super sized episode of Ruckus with limited commercial interruptions.  Steve hyped up the Forbidden Book Club v. Hysteria tag match as well as the trios main event where World champion the legendary Jupiter Jones would team up with Savage Justice to face off against the three headed land monsters of the Republic.  But they were kicking things off with a bang, as the no holds barred National championship match would kick off the show from sweet home Chicago ..

• 1. Orion [c] d. Genesis King in a no holds barred match at 13:18 to retain the QCW National championship 7️⃣ Heading into this opener, plenty of people up to and including the announce team wondered if the lawless environment would favor the stronger and clearly more devious King.  That was the story going into the match; the story of the match was the haughty newcomer to QCW getting some respect beaten and kicked into him from the Cosmic Champion.  Things were choppy right from the opening bell, as King smack talked Orion before delivering a stiff slap to the masked superstar that had the crowd oohing and booing.  Orion's response was a shrug followed by a kick to the balls that had Carl wondering if the Bears needed a new punter.  As King went down in a heap to cheers, Steve pointed out that while that’d gotten Orion  disqualified at Cold As Hell it obviously wasn't going to happen here.  In addition to dragon screw leg whips and other attacks to destroy his height advantage, Orion also was fine with using an array of weapons to keep King down.  They first dented a couple of cookie sheets to bash his head in until they were unusable, then took things up a notch by battering his back and midsection with kendo stick shots.  It didn't take too long for that until the crowd chanted for tables, and Orion heeded the call.  Dragging one out gave King an opening to take them down with a tope suicida that bought him some time.

• King took the table for himself and set it up in a corner of the ring only to turn around and take a bowling ball toss to the gut that would've made Walter Sobchak proud even if it had been on the Sabbath.  King was crawling on his hands and knees before Orion came back in with a steel chair and repeatedly hit him across the back with it; not done there, Orion maneuvered him to his back, put the chair between his legs and then stomped the chair into his groin until it was almost bent in half.  A raspy King begged for mercy but none was coming, especially after Orion hit the ropes and stilled his tongue with a satellite DDT on the chair.  Orion went for a cover after that, but pulled King up at two before pointing to the still intact table to get a massive pop from the Chicago chapter of Quality Controllers.  Orion dragged the barely conscious Genesis into position before executing a picture perfect Orion's Nebula through the table.  The match should've definitely been over after that - but Orion rolled off and did some mocking push ups, a usual taunt of their opponent’s.  Orion rolled out of the ring before reaching underneath the ring for one last object of torture - a chair wrapped in barbed wire.  Orion got the chair in the ring before tossing it at King’s head - when he tried to block or catch it with his hands, Orion delivered a Shining Wizard into the chair to send it flying into King and finally relented enough to cover him for the decisive three that the crowd counted along with.  A victorious Orion grabbed the National championship back and pointed to the Qualitron, which listed the Cosmic Champion as being only three more wins away from completing their 10 Count and being able to cash in the Natty for a World title shot any time, any place while the medical staff helped carry a bloodied and battered King to the back.

• We took another trip through the vault for a couple moments in This Week In QCW History: February 12th, 1983 saw “Cowboy” Jack Powers beat “the Communist Chainsaw” Dmitri Caviar (Pyotr's papa) to win the QCW Championship - kicking off a second and final run with the belt that lasted nearly the rest of the year 💫 and on this date in 2017, the International Players won the QCW Tag Team championships for the first time.

• 2. Serge Batroc d. “Tiki God” Al Buffett (w/Ashley “THEE Influencer” Szabo) at 9:57 Al gave the fans reason to believe early, using his surprising strength to power Serge around the ring in the early going.  But as he was raining down what looked to be 10 punches in Serge’s dome, the French Assassin changed levels and shoved Al into the ring post, leaving the Tiki God draped over the metal supports that connect the turnbuckles to the post.  Serge went out to the apron and got a running start before he blasted Al with a European uppercut that sent Al flying to the floor and crash landing with a splut.  Al managed to beat the count but that just gave Serge time to dissect him and work over an already weakened neck.  Buffett got in a brief rally before Serge almost sent him into orbit with a pop up European uppercut, and Batroc rolled once he’d hit that.  An Arc de Triomphe secured triumph for Serge, and the smug Frenchmen made sure to tip both the referee and Duck Eko for announcing him as the winner $100 a piece while Ashley checked on Al; Steve noted she has a match on the way later tonight ahead of our first commercial break.

• We came back from the break to an interview with the Republic.  But Naomi Lee couldn't even get in a question before Ig de Catur got some of his Republic Enforcement flunkies to shoo her away so he could have an uninterrupted soliloquy.  Ig said that the close of last week saw his esteemed colleagues  destroy Justice, Razorblade and Jones in the main event with a path of destruction the likes of which QCW had never seen.  de Catur promised that last week's violence was merely the beginning and wouldn't end until the Fifteen Pounds of Gold joined the World Tag Team championships as property of the Republic, because the power in QCW didn't lie with an inferior Commissioner or other relics of QCW’s past - it was with the present and future of QCW - his Republic.

• 3. Forbidden Book Club (w/”Night Sky” Diana Spare) fought Hysteria (w/Bella Jolie) to a double countout at 10:50 As Luz Cruz and Shelley LaVey came out, we got picture in picture footage from last week of Diana Spare choosing to join but not lead the FBC as she preferred a team of equals.  As the three of them hit the ring, the lights cut out - when they came back on not only was Hysteria there but a Pier 4 was already underway to the joy of the Chicagoans.  For two segments there wasn't a wristlock or hold in sight as the former friends turned enemies fought each other raw with hard hitting suplexes and big impact strikes.  When the Club started to get the upper hand on Bonnie Agrippa and Nancy Crowley, the top shelf of Hysteria bailed out to the floor for a timeout.  But as they were being consoled by Bella, Luz and Shelley broke up their huddle by flying over the top rope in stereo with twin step up Shooting Star planchas to take out all three black pointy hats to “Holy shit!” chants from the Chicago faithful.  We got a few replays of Cruz and LaVey hitting their synchronized dives, but when we returned to live action things weren't so pretty - the brawl had resumed on the floor, with Bella and Diana exchanging smack talk as the referee continued his count in the ring.  Both teams kept the other from getting back in the ring, leading to a double countout that led to jeers.  

• The six women stopped for a few beats when Duck Eko announced the double countout, but then re-engaged in fisticuffs with Bella and Diana squaring off as well.  All six women continued brawling around ringside, with the fight between Luz and Bonnie spilling into the crowd and out through the concourse.  Quality Force Security came out and split into thirds to handle all the brawls happening while Steve noted that this years-long rivalry was far from over and it was going to take something seismic to end it.

• A splashy video package hyped up next month's Golden Rule PPV.  Highlights from multiple upper card superstars were interspersed with overhead and helicopter shots of Pike Peak Market, the Space Needle, and just to show off, highlights of the Seahawks’ Super Bowl win and parade cued up the announcement. On March 22nd, the Climate Pledge Arena is going to host this year's Rule.  A city that knows something about champions is going to host QCW’s spring spectacular - and every championship in QCW will be on the line.  Tickets on sale to Quality Insiders on Monday morning, and the general public on Wednesday.  Available on PPV dot com in the States and BBC Two across the pond, it's going to be a can’t miss show.  Ruckus took a commercial break after this.

• 4. Ashok Banerjee and Jacques Krieger d. A Cut Above (w/S. Mark Starr & Prince Ootsuka) at 10:08 A tale of two teams passing like ships in the night played out here, as former Tag Team of the Year ACA couldn't shed their losing streak while unlikely allies Ashok and Jacques continued to climb the tag ladder with another win.  Starr’s squad worked well in small fits and spurts that showed their former championship pedigree but they could never find an answer for Ashok's speed and looked helpless against Krieger's power.  The good guys turning things into a showcase allowed the announce team to speculate if they were a couple more wins away from a shot at the tag titles and note how their styles complimented each other.  Evan O'Neill ended up taking the fall after the white hats hit him with sandwich shoteis and a version of Total Elimination where Banjerjee did a leg sweep and Jacques drilled the usually mouthy Oregonian with a stiff looking pump knee strike.  The winners celebrated on separate turnbuckles while on the floor Starr looked like he was trying to tear his own hair out with the frustration of the losing streak.

• The announce team were putting over Ashok and Jacques’ victory when they were suddenly interrupted by Hysteria on the Qualitron.  A seething Bonnie Agrippa said that those poser rejects could revive the name all they wanted but it was Hysteria's success that drove them to bring back something that was better off dead.  Golden Rule was coming up and it would be the death knell for the so-called Forbidden Book Club! whatever they came after them with, Hysteria would return three fold.  Crowley hissed and made a cutthroat gesture before the Tron returned to normal 

• 5. Ashley “THEE Influencer” Szabo (w/”Tiki God” Al Buffett) d. “The Proper Villain” Richard Windsor by disqualification at 12:17 Not a fun night to be a Game Changer.  By contrast to Tiki God’s match, Ashley was able to use her power to nullify Richard’s technical wrestling and even started to show him up by giving him a drop toe hold into the bottom turnbuckle.  Windsor was defenseless and easy pickings for Ashley to drill him with a Game Changer.  Once the enzui corner to corner Meteora landed Szabo showed off her S tier offense and maneuvered Windsor into position for a cluster bomb of hammer and anvil elbows. Once she’d flattened out the Englishman she went up top to end things with Smash That Subscribe Button - but that just gave her an eagle eyed view of Serge Batroc running down the ramp to sneak up on Buffett and throw him into the steps.  Szabo was clearly deliberating between hitting her finisher and taking out Serge; as she turned back to the ring she found Windsor hanging onto her leg like a barnacle.  Szabo tried to shake him off but couldn't before Batroc hopped on the apron and hit her with a European uppercut to draw the DQ. 

• The Europeans clearly didn't care about that as they beat Szabo down and sent her into Al when he tried to make the save, which knocked him back down to the floor.  Ashley actually got in a few shots on them both before she ended up a victim of Serge’s Arc de Triomphe - and her bouncing off the canvas from the impact put her right into Richard's arms before she went flying again courtesy of a Necessary Evil half and half suplex.  Batroc and Windsor looked at each other for a few beats before Windsor offered his hand and Serge took it.  As the Game Changers remained down, some of the referee corps came out to fend off another attack but Richard and Serge merely put their noses in the air.  Before we got in the last commercial break of the evening, the last thing we saw from the scene were the European technicians laughing at the top of the ramp over their dastardly deeds.

• Backstage interviewer Julius Duquesne III welcomed us back to Pure Massacre before bringing out special guests Savage Justice and the QCW champion - the legendary Jupiter Jones.  The trio got a huge pop as they flanked JD3, who asked them for comments ahead of the big trios main event in a few moments.  Razorblade pointed out at last year's Pure Massacre, Ig de Catur had begun his hostile takeover of QCW and assembling his goon squad.  And for a while it had worked.  But he hadn't been able to hold on to it because people like him wouldn't let him, people like Justice wouldn't let him and legends like Jupiter wouldn't let him.  Jones began to speak, saying that after tonight he will have kicked Republic ass from Cambodia to Chicago and he wouldn't stop until they were all beaten and broke.  The only reason there even was a QCW for Ig to try and put in his portfolio was because of sacrifices people like his teammates made, or he had made, or his father before him had made.  They wanted to take QCW and make it their private playground, but they were going to lose because QCW belonged to the fans and the wrestlers who didn't sell out to the Republic.  And tonight, the only thing they’d be buying with Ig’s millions was an ass kicking in front of Chicago and the world.  Julius asked Justice if he had anything to add and Davis said that they'd gotten the hurt put on them last week, but in a few moments they were going to get payback on those sellouts . It was going to take more than a few cheap shots to keep them down, and it was time to kick down Iggy boy’s house of cards by kicking some Republic ass.  JD gave JD3 a nod and left the set, and Razorblade and Jupiter followed suit.

• Before the main event, Steve conducted the hype train for 💫 next week's Ruckus 💫: we’ll hear from the #AndSTILL National champion Orion 💫 Tre Boyd looks to continue his winning ways against the haughty technician Richard Windsor 💫 and “the Purifier Caleb Gray will go heads up against Jacques Krieger.  All that and more next week - but we have an all-star trios match to end this supershow on.

• 6. Jupiter Jones & Savage Justice (w/Science Fiction Double Feature) d. The Republic (w/Ig de Catur & Republic Enforcement) at 14:08 The Republic might as well have shown up in Green Bay Packer jerseys given the hailstorm of boos and jeers they got coming out, but Omar Littlefield and the World Tag Team champions Pyotr Caviar and Malicía Fernandez didn't react to the negative reaction (unlike their patron Ig).  “Bombs Over Baghdad” began briefly but was cut off by “Unscripted Violence” and an already rabid crowd went nuclear as the opposition materialized in the bleachers.  For while Justice Davis was well liked by the faithful and the legendary Jupiter Jones and the World title he had around his shoulder were respected by the thousands in attendance…it was a young Mason Savage who’d come to many a wrestling show here, and growing up a sneeze away from Terror Town and fighting his way into his own QCW immortality had sharpened him into the Razorblade the fans were roaring for now.  

• The three men came down the steps through a sea of screams and pats on the back; once they hit the ring it only took a few beats for a Pier 6 to break out and when the referee couldn't keep it from continuing after 15 seconds of right hands flying like planes at O’Hare she called for the bell.  Once things finally settled down a little bit, it was the World champion Jones battling World Tag Team champion Fernandez in a double display of power.  Both went for their finisher early only to see their opponent counter it, and it took a rope running sequence for Jupiter to pull a veteran move of avoiding a Fernandez dropkick and following up with a Samoan drop to get the upper hand.  The Champ quickly got Malicía to his corner and tagged in Justice, and they teamed up on the lanky luchadora for a double suplex.

• Justice had to fight uphill against La Monstrua; fortunately for the white hats fighting uphill is how he made his name and even though it took him three clotheslines off the ropes to drop Malicía he managed the feat.  With her down, Justice quickly picked up on the “We want Razorblade!” chants and brought in the hometown hero to a massive pop before they teamed up on a double dropkick to drop the former National champion again.  The person she & Ig had cheated to take it from was Razorblade, and he took particular pleasure in lighting her up with some offense.  Malicía went for a desperation Death Warrant, but Savage snuck out the back door before spinning her towards him and planting her with a spinebuster.  Fernandez rolled over to her side and then rolled out of the ring entirely.  Razorblade was quick to follow her out and give chase – and walked right into a trap, as a Pyotr Caviar Russian sickle sent him for a loop and an Omar Littlefield Pounce sent him flying over the announce table.  When Steve and Carl barely got out of the way, there was nothing stopping Razorblade from bouncing off the retaining barrier and bouncing violently face first off the table before going down in a heap.  With Republic Enforcement keeping the path clear for a recovering Malicía to stagger over and grab Razorblade, replays of Razorblade getting pinballed repeatedly around ringside played without the usual commentary.

• When Fernandez pulled Savage up from his slumped over position on his desk, a bloody nose could be seen on the Grand Slam champion.  The Republic now had a target to go after and retribution on their minds as she threw him back in and tagged in Omar, who immediately targeted Razorblade’s already injured face with back elbows before tagging in Pyotr Caviar so all three of them could club away on Razorblade and stomp him down in their corner much to the disdain of everyone in the United Center not named de Catur or anyone on his payroll.

• But that was all noise happening outside the ring, as between the ropes the Republic showed why they were the biggest threats to QCW’s way of life and had been for the better part of the year.  Mason Savage could take a beating and the black hats were more than happy to dish one out - first, Pyotr put Razorblade through his paces and nearly eclipsed the ring with a vicious running crossbody block.  Then he doubled over the former World champion with a military press gutbuster.  Caviar showed off his strength by holding Razorblade over his knee with one hand before tagging in Malicía with the other, setting her up perfectly for the towering Fernandez to show off her athleticism with a somersault axe kick before she tagged in Omar Littlefield.  Omar wasted no time in picking up Razorblade and tossing him back into the Republic corner.  When he managed to get upright, Omar added injury to injury by repeatedly cross facing the busted nose with his meaty forearm.  Once Razorblade slumped down, Omar ratcheted up the violence with boot rakes to set up a face wash off the ropes and a tag back to Pyotr.  Caviar hit the ropes himself and delivered a basement running crossbody block before reaching up and tagging in Malicía, who completed the Republic's dark trifecta with an impressive basement dropkick that got the first nearfall of the main event.

• Ig was sure to bark at Steve and Carl at the desk that they better be telling the couch potatoes and basement renters that offense like that was why the Republic were the real power in QCW.  Smarmy as he is, it wasn't like de Catur was wrong, and the Republic continued to punish Razorblade with a sadistic congs line of offense from the former World champ and the current World Tag Team champions.  Savage tried desperately to fight out from under but couldn't gain enough momentum to gum up the gears of the Republic’s well-oiled machine, and after Omar laid him out with a sit out choke bomb, Jones had to dive in to make the save for the good guys.  For saving the match, the World champ got a cheap shot from Littlefield and roughly tossed to the outside before Omar tagged in Pyotr, who hit the ring and tagged in Malicía.  

• The tag champs gave Razorblade a double goozle and prepared to hit their dreaded double chokeslam but Savage countered with a double DDT that dropped them both.  That set a wave of positive noise through the United as Savage desperately crawled to make a tag.  Littlefield came into the ring to cut him off, never seeing Jupiter slide back into the ring to springboard off the middle rope and level him like a tree in the forest with a massive Bolt From Olympus.  That cleared the path for Razorblade to tag in his usual partner, and Justice Davis lived up to his name by putting knots on the opposition’s heads.

• When a tandem attack from the Republic failed to connect, he reached back and laid them both out with a double neckbreaker.  He, Jones and Razorblade all climbed to the top rope and landed cannonball styled sentons to wipe out the Republic to a big pop.  Razorblade got Omar out of the ring, only to eat a Russian sickle from Pyotr that sent him spilling to the outside.  Jupiter leveled Pyotr with a Bolt that had Caviar looking up at the lights from the apron - but then Fernandez picked up the World champ like it was nothing and turned his lights out with a MF5.  Fernandez put the bad mouth on Jupiter, then turned around and blocked a massive Busiaku knee with her jaw.  Davis made the cover after Justice Is Served, and with everyone else laid out there was nothing to stop him getting a surprise but welcomed three.

• Ig blew a gasket while his troops recovered at the bottom of the ramp and the victors slowly pulled themselves off the deck.  Justice helped Razorblade up while Jones got help from his Collipark proteges before the winning trio got their hands raised by the ref.  All Ig could do with his minions recovering was swear revenge from the floor, knowing that next Friday would provide another opportunity for him to put his thumb on the scale in an effort to become the first Triple Crown stable in QCW history.  For Jupiter, Savage Justice and Collipark, it wasn't the wholesale slaughter offered up by the Republic last week but it sent a clear message: we are still here, we are still fighting, and even when the odds aren't in our favor, we can win.  The supershow ended with the babyfaces holding down the ring and Steve thanking us for tubing in for Pure Massacre 2026.

QCW Unleashed [s3e29 • Kalamazoo, MI • Wings Event Center]

•  Bonnie Agrippa and Nancy Crowley (w/Bella Jolie) d. Mean Season
• Luz Cruz (w/Shelley LaVey and “Night Sky” Diana Spare) d. Veronica Vespa 
• Genesis King d. DeMarius Cooper (w/DeMarcus Cooper & Kam Ellis)
• Ashok Banerjee and Jacques Krieger d. The Hellraisers

FDSN Florida Presents QCW Ruckus [s5e15 • February 6th, 2026]

 📺 live on FanDuel Sports Network Florida

📍 Wings Event Center 💫 Kalamazoo, MI

We got the standard “Invincible” open that ended with the Cavalcade of Champions. But when we hit the pyro, there were a few thousand more fans than usual again. As Steve welcomed us to Ruckus he noted they were coming live from the Wings Event Center in Kalamazoo, Michigan due to the horrible weather in the Northeast. Carl Christensen checked in on color commentary and joked that QCW was on its 2026 Polar Vortex Tour before Steve hyped that tonight Pyotr Caviar and Malicía Fernandez of the Republic would face the International Players in a non-titles match and a special address from Commissioner Holmes would run later in the show. Tonight's action would begin with a man some call the fastest rising star in QCW…

1. Tre Boyd d. Drake Tremble at 7:10 Tremble came into this match falling down the ladder, as clearly getting excommunicated from the Chosen has dimmed his usual obnoxiousness while the ascendant Boyd has beaten former champions at the last two PPVs - his Cold As Hell win shook Nazir el-Fadal so much we haven't seen or heard from him since. The match was mostly one way traffic for Tre, though Drake did manage to get in a brief rally around the midway point. It didn't take long for the Gospel to hit a Spanish Fly to take control back and he eventually came off the top with Say Hallelujah to put another W on the board. Boyd hit the buckles and made A Very Familiar Gesture around his waist post match while the announcers wondered which titleholder he had his eyes set on.  

Speaking of champions, we went backstage for an interview between Naomi Lee and the National champion Orion, who got a sustained pop from the Kalamazoo branch of Quality Controllers. Lee said that Orion had uncharacteristically asked for this time to speak so they clearly had something to get off their chest. Orion pulled out their voice app and “said” that silver spooned asshole Genesis King had been coming after them for weeks, running his mouth on social media and complaining about not being the National champion when he was the one who tried to take off their mask at Cold As Hell. That disrespect wouldn't stand as long as Orion was standing, so they’d give Genesis what he wants in a title rematch on next week's Pure Massacre supershow - BUT it was going to be no holds barred. If Genesis wanted to go after their mask, then Orion would go after his quote unquote manhood, his eight pack and anything else he had to offer. He’d awoken something in Orion he should've left sleeping - and Pure Massacre was going to live up to its name by the time Orion got done with him. The Cosmic Champion saluted Nao and walked off and we headed to the ring for tag team action…

2. Bonnie Agrippa and Nancy Crowley of Hysteria (w/Justine Danek) d. Hilary Highnote & Christine Kent at 4:32 Agrippa lost a bitterly contested singles match to long time rival “Night Sky” Diana Spare on last week's episode: here, she and long time lieutenant Crowley took out their frustrations on Christine and Hilary in a dominant win that ended with Agrippa piefacing Highnote during the pin after Hysteria’s signature unit hit their trademark spike brainbuster. Not content with the win, Hysteria took over the commentary table post match with them intimidating the announcers and Bonnie threatening Diana that just because she’d won the battle last week didn't mean that Hysteria wouldn't win the war. They did their usual temporary blackout bit after that; Ruckus followed by going to break.

We came back from commercials with Julius Duquesne III about to do a backstage interview with guests Ashok Banerjee and Jacques Krieger. JD3 gave Ashok props on his winning streak since coming back from injury. Banjerjee was quick to accurately blame Justine Danek for blinding him, then mentioned when he saw another member of Hysteria blind Justine’s tag partner he laughed so hard he was afraid he’d end up back on the injured list. Karma had taken care of Hysteria, and if it hadn't the Forbidden Book Club would. So as tempting as vengeance was, he was set on capturing the World Tag Team championships with Jacques having his back. The Republic might have them now, but he and Jacques were going to put in work to liberate the belts and take all the power Ig (de Catur) had away. Jules turned to Jacques to get his thoughts, but Krieger gave a short laugh and said “You heard the man” before walking off the set. Ashok gave JD3 a nod and followed suit; Duquesne III threw things back to the ring where “the Voice of QCW” Duck Eko made the ring introductions for our next match…

3. “The Purifier” Caleb Gray (w/the Chosen) d. Jonathan Livingston Clipper Esq. at 7:20 Newcomer Clipper's undefeated streak came to an end against the Chosen’s chosen one. Gray showed off his mean streak here, jumping JLCE before he could even get out of his unbuttoned Hawaiian shirt. Caleb dominated early and sent Jonathan to the floor, and after tossing him into the retaining barrier he gave Clipper a gourdbuster across the facade of the announce table. The Purifier seemed content to win the bout by countout, but Clipper managed to save the match at 8 and made a rally to put Gray on the back foot. Unfortunately, the rally was brought to a halt by a massive cyclone kick that had the Captain flopping like a fish out of international waters, and once Caleb landed Reap the Whirlwind it was all but over from there. A Repent sewed up the match for the former Duquesne Cup winner, and to add insult to injury after the match the End Times forced JLCE to his knees in front of Caleb, who demanded he beg forgiveness for daring to fight Gray. Officials and agents streamed past a conflicted looking Goody Gardner to break up the scene, but not before Caleb got in one last cheap shot kick to the face.

From there, we went TOTHEBACK~!, where Commissioner Holmes announced the Pure Massacre main event for next week - a trios match where all 3 members of the Republic would go up against the team of World champion Jupiter Jones and the recently reunited Savage Justice. He thanked us for watching and Ruckus went to break shortly after that.

4. The Undaunted d. w @ s t 3 l a n d e r s at 6:03 This was the first match for the Undaunted as full time members of the QCW roster, and they acquitted themselves well in a showcase against the resident marauders. The old adage of speed kills told the story as Tim McMurray and Dave Mullin ran circles around their bigger opponents; a handspring tornado DDT from the “Unforgettable” Dave set up their finisher (a Doomsday Device variant with a Meteora instead of a clothesline) Shamrock Air and a pin by “the Only Hope” Tim to get the former two time Catch Hell Wrestling League tag team champions the easy W.  

As the Undaunted headed to the back, Carl Christensen (former champion, you may have heard about it…several times…weekly) hit the ring for an interview with another set of bright lights in QCW’s tag team division and brought out Forbidden Book Club: Luz Cruz and Shelley LaVey!  

Cruz & LaVey hit the ring to cheers from the crowd and “FBC” chants, which they stoked after they hit the turnbuckles. Once the interview began, Carl put over their winning against Hysteria at Cold As Hell before wondering what was next up for Luz and Shelley. Luz said that just because they'd won a battle against Hysteria, they knew to keep their heads on swivels. Cruz again apologized to the crowd for bringing them in two springs ago and said that was why she wasn't going to stop until she had driven them back out of QCW. Shelley said that Carl asked what was next for them, and if they were going to keep things real? They didn't know, because the next step was out of their hands. To the surprise of almost everyone, Shelley asked “Night Sky* Diana Spare to come down to the ring. It took a few beats for “you should see me in a crown” to hit the PA and bring Spare out to a rapturous reception from the Quality Controllers.

Spare hit the ring in what could be charitably described as shit kicker chic, eyebrow up at being called out. LaVey said that she knew better than anybody that Diana has been a lone wolf for a hot minute even when she’d helped them out the past few weeks. Shelley began uncharacteristically stumbling over her words, so Luz grabbed the mic and said that they wanted Diana to lead the Forbidden Book Club. The crowd popped while Diana stared incredulously at Luz as her head tilted to 10 and 4. Cruz asked for Diana to hear her out - she knew how Hysteria worked better than anybody, and she knew that whether she wanted to admit it or not that Hysteria wouldn't stop coming after them, that one side or the other would have to get wiped out before a real end could come. It was Shelley's idea to reform the Club, and now they had Hysteria on their heels without a counter spell. If Diana helped them out as their leader, they could stomp Hysteria out once and for all. So what did she say?

Spare looked at them both with a borderline sneer before going “Nah, I'm good” and started to leave before Shelley put a hand on her shoulder. Spare wheeled around and shoved Shelley down, causing Luz to step in between them. What came out of Diana's mouth next was less a promo than an extended snarl directed at Shelley even if she was pointing at Luz the whole time. She asked Shelley why she would bring back such a cursed name, why it was that despite the least experience of them it all she was the only one to actually see it was all about Bonnie Agrippa and her ego trip, that she had tried to show her then tag partner the error of her ways and what it’d gotten her was a beatdown from Bonnie and her little lapdog Nancy – and despite the conflict in Shelley's eyes, she’d helped stomp her out right alongside them. By the time Shelley had woken the hell up, Diana was gone…and Spare fixed her glare on Luz, saying that was right around when Luz was bringing them back in, planning on using Bonnie and the rest of Hysteria to become the top of the women's division. But, of course, the moment Diana whipped her ass last Golden Rule, Hysteria did what they were always going to do which is what Bonnie always said. Year after year after [there's a swear]ing year of Bonnie's ego parade, and now the snake that let them in the door and one of the backstabbers that had made her a lone wolf to begin with wanted her to lead the Forbidden Book Club?! They were lucky she didn't lead them to the ICU!  

Luz looked sad but nodded, but as Spare turned around she saw something that stopped her in her tracks - Shelley on her knees, crying, apologizing, pleading with Diana that this moment of weakness was what she deserved for not having the courage to do what was right before - but Diana had to help them make things right, that they needed Diana's leadership to make Hysteria pay. Diana hissed at Shelley to get off her knees and then said it loud enough to be heard in Youngstown Spare then yanked Shelley up by the hair and said the last place you could win a war from was on your knees. She didn't want Shelley's tears or apologies, or Luz’s for that matter. What she wanted was simple and twofold: changed, improved behavior and the ability to stand where she’d helped put Hysteria in the grave and take a long, steaming piss all over it! The crowd popped but Diana spoke over them, telling Luz that this time last year they were trying to destroy each other but for nearly a year they’d been throwing hands against Hysteria even when she was…maybe, perhaps too stubborn or, maybe say proud to accept anybody's help. If they wanted her in the Club, hell, so far as she was concerned her name is still on the lease.  

But she wasn't coming to lead. Let Hysteria have Bonnie's power trip; this Club fights as equals that split everything down the middle three ways. Shelley let out a snort laugh that got Diana glaring at her. When Spare asked what Shelley was laughing at, LaVey said nothing with a mischievous grin. Diana did a double take at Shelley before saying she appreciated them coming to her - but if she was honest with herself she knew she’d be back in the Club with Shelley…because nothing Forbidden could die. Billie Eilish hit the PA as Luz and Shelley enveloped Diana in a hug that Spare didn't seem to enjoy that much. But, hey, she's back in what's now a three woman Forbidden Book Club and Kalamazoo (and Steve!) loved to see it. They exchanged a triangle of fist bumps and left the ring.

As they headed up the ramp, “The Passenger” brought out Keo Tevi for the semi main. Keo gave some applause for FBC as they passed each other, with Luz and Shelley showing respect while Diana had returned to her RBF. Keo vaulted into the ring and took the applause in from the crowd while posing on the ropes.

5. “Cambodian Cool” Keo Tevi d. “Shieldmaiden” Val Curry (w/Bettie Rokker) at 6:47 Showcase win for the smaller Tevi, who used a hit and run attack to take Curry down in sections before getting the win with her Psychedelic Shock (Rolling Thunder shotei). As Tevi celebrated their victory on their way to the back, a cut to backstage showed “Sinister” Sarah Fowler scowling as she watched it on a monitor backstage before she ripped it out of the wall and smashed it repeatedly against the floor. No more hatewatching for Fowler, but more Ruckus to come after a few final ads.

Back from the break, we got a military recruitment styled vignette that put over the All Starr Stable with S. Mark himself doing the voiceover. He mentioned that he was looking for the sort of talent that would compliment the roster of international superstars and former and soon to be champions again, and mentioned even lowering his fee to 10% for the right person or people given that it was tax season. There was plenty of Quality wrestling…but only the best of the best could become all Starr’s.  

Before the main event, Steve hyped up next week's Pure Massacre supershow with limited commercial interruptions and an extra half hour of runtime. He put over the two biggest matches on the show coming from Chicago: the Orion/Genesis King rematch for the National championship with no holds barred was one. The other was going to be high quality trios action when the legendary Jupiter Jones would team up with Savage Justice to face off against all three members of the Republic.  

But we wouldn't have to wait until next week to see an instrument of Jupiter vs. the Republic - he was leading his proteges against the World Tag Team champions in non-titles action in tonight's main event.

6. Pyotr Caviar & Malicía Fernandez (w/the Republic) d. The International Players (w/Collipark) in a non-titles match at 8:03 On commentary, Steve put over the idea that a win here would get the former World Tag Team champions a titles shot at their old belts now held by the Republic. Lucius Patton and Benjamin Valentino fought like it early on and took it to their larger opponents by employing quick tags and just as quick offense. The Players even had some tricks up their sleeve, taking down Malicía a little bit after the halfway point when they dropped the former National champion with a double flapjack. When Pyotr tried to come in to make a save, the Players took him down with a double drop toe hold that sent him right into the crotch of Fernandez while the crowd tittered and laughed. Steve had maybe the most awkward ten seconds of his broadcast career while the champs rolled out of the ring.  

Replays of the double team offense were met with silence by Steve and giddy laughter from Carl. As we faded back into live action, we saw Ig standing on the steel steps berating his charges. He suddenlu slapped the massive Caviar in the face before even more disgustingly slapping Malicía in the jaw, complaining that they were looking like champs instead of champs and that if they wanted to continue having champagne and lobster every night they’d better get in the ring and wipe the Players off the map.

Pyotr and Malicía alternated between looking at each other incredulously and giving some glares to their benefactor while Omar Littlefield stood behind Ig - but then they got back in the ring and beat on the Players like they were a set of bongos for the final third of the match. Both Patton and Valentino ate pop up European uppercuts from a scarily reinvigorated Caviar and the rout was on from there; de Catur's charges ragdolled the Players around the ring repeatedly before laying them both out with double chokeslams to win the main event.  

But wait, there's more - after Caviar pinned Valentino, the champions got their belts back while the rest of Collipark went to check on Lucius & Benjamin. Ig gave Omar a head tilt and pointed towards the ring. The massive Detroiter went into the ring and made a beeline for the unaware Jupiter Jones, laying him out from behind before punching away on the man who'd taken the World title off of him in Cambodia. Science Fiction Double Feature went from checking on the Players to trying to save their mentor from the land monster called Omar. Unfortunately for the former World Tag Team champions, combined they weighed slightly less than Littlefield, and he didn't take long to swat them out of the air like flies. The Ig endorsed beating continued…but then “Unscripted Violence” hit the PA…and it got quickly replaced by “All My Life”.

Razorblade began coming down the stairs armed with a barbed wire wrapped baseball bat while Justice Davis parted the Qualitron with a snow shovel in his hands as he came running down the ramp. Savage Justice was about to be served when de Catur sprung the trap - half of Republic Enforcement extended their batons and ran up the ramp to beat JD down before he could even swing the shovel. The other half did similarly as they surrounded and pummelled Razorblade on the floor before he could save Jones like he did at Cold As Hell. Steve was in the middle of excoriating Ig when Omar lifted the top of the announce table off and threw it into the steel steps where it splintered. Carl told Steve “We need to get the hell out of here” and they did, looking on from around the tenth row stunned as Pyotr and Malicía pulled the Players to the floor. Quality Force Security began streaming from the back, but either Omar or a member of Republic Enforcement took each one of them out.   

With Savage Justice, Savage Justice and Science Fiction Double Feature laid out next to QFS, it cleared the runway for Caviar and Fernandez to get off one more dastardly deed on the evening. After Ig repeatedly screamed for them to do it, Caviar and Fernandez exchanged a nod before they each sent one of the Players through the announce table with another sky high chokeslam. Ig hit the ring applauding and cackling as he oversaw the destruction of anyone foolish enough to step to the Republic on this evening. It was a scene of destruction unlike any in Ruckus’ history, and with Steve and Carl having justifiably fled for higher ground all you could hear was the crowd’s boos and bleeped out curses. At the feet of the Republic lay half a dozen QFS guards, Savage Justice, Science Fiction Double Feature and the World champion - the International Players were down and unmoving in the wreckage of what used to be the announce table.  

On the QCW calendar, Pure Massacre wasn't for another week. But as Ruckus faded to black it was evident that Ig de Catur and his cronies were done waiting to massacre their enemies.

QCW Unleashed [s3e28 • Kalamazoo, MI • Wings Event Center]

• Forbidden Book Club d. International Lotus 2.0
• “Explosive” Emily Bennett ddq. Justine Danek (w/Bonnie Agrippa & Nancy Crowley)
• “Upper Class” Broderick Palmer II (w/the All Starr Stable) d. “The Fury” Jim Jaspers 
• Beast Mode (w/Lolo Vuitton) d. The Cooper Brothers (w/Kam Ellis)

FDSN Florida Presents QCW Ruckus [s5e14 • January 30th, 2026]

📺 live on FanDuel Sports Network Florida

📍 Huntington Place 💫 Detroit, MI

• The show opened with a Cold As Hell recap video package - stills taken after Ashok Banerjee and “Cambodian Cool” Keo Tevi won their preshow matches gave way to longer videos of main card action…

• ❄️ The show kicked off with Orion defending the National championship against newcomer Genesis King, the champion way ahead on points until King went after her mask which got him kicked in the balls and them DQed; Orion angrily stomped to the back with their belt while King laughed at them from the mat ❄️

• ❄️❄️ Justice Davis and “the Purifier” Caleb Gray fighting with title level intensity as JD tried to get out from under Gray’s control over his contract while the leader of the Chosen looked to extend it for the rest of the year.  Gray tried to use his acolytes to run interference but they got caught and ejected from ringside; Davis wasted little time in bloodying Gray and making him pay before winning the match and gaining his freedom ❄️❄️

• ❄️❄️❄️ The Forbidden Book Club going up against Justine Danek and Bella Jolie of Hysteria, with Danek and Jolie controlling early but Shelley LaVey managing to make them collide when they tried to finish her off.  Down the stretch, Luz Cruz pulled Bella Jolie in front of an attempted black misting from Nancy Crowley, and won the match with her double jump poison rana.  Cruz and LaVey celebrated to the back, medical staff helped Justine and Bella to the back after they left, leaving Boñnie and a visibly off kilter Crowley to try and regain the World Tag Team championships in the next match ❄️❄️❄️

• ❄️❄️❄️❄️ They were one of the teams in the fatal four way for the belts, alongside Cole Grant and Freddie Valsada from the Glam Squad, Pyotr Caviar and Malicía Fernandez of the Republic, and the defending champions from Collipark in Science Fiction Double Feature.  The newly emergent Squad proved that they could hang at a championship level, and in fits and spurts the Hysteria/SFDF rivalry shone.  But Pyotr and Malicía were too big to fail, mowing down all opposition with a series of double chokeslams and Malicía pinning Agrippa to win the belts to the glee of Ig de Catur ❄️❄️❄️❄️

• ❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️ Nazir el-Fadal’s open challenge followed suit and it was answered…by Tre Boyd.  We saw Tre use his speed to get the upper hand and plant Naz with a Blue Thunder bomb and continuing to dominate the Grand Slam winner to the shock of the crowd, planting a Spanish Fly on the One Man Jihad but missing Say Hallelujah off the top, allowing Naz to take control.  Naz with a barrage of European uppercuts, hitting an Iconoclasm and a Hamrin Valley Driver into the apron - but when he went to end things with Nazquil, Tre countered with a backslide for 3 and the upset win, leaving the Gospel celebrating with the crowd and a stunned, rattled Naz sitting in the middle of the ring with a blank thousand yard stare ❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️

• ❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️ Then it was time for the main event, a triple threat for the QCW World championship between the Republic’s Omar Littlefield, Mason “Razorblade” Savage and the defending champion, the legendary Jupiter Jones representing Collipark.  Things started off as a borderline handicap match, Jupiter & Razorblade teaming up to take down Omar before throwing hands against each other.  They fought each over to a standstill until Omar Pounced Razorblade into Jupiter.  Things got more intense and weird from there - Omar & Mason actually teamed up on the champ to hit Jones with a double spinebuster - but later, Jupiter and Mason dropped Littlefield with a double superkick. A wild sequence saw Jupiter Face Eraser Razorblade , then Omar muscle Jones into a Soul Crusher from Omar, who walked into a Razorblade Bolt From Olympus that left all three men splayed out and Detroit going crazy.  Towards the end Razorblade hit Jupiter with a Soul Crusher but inadvertently took out the ref in the process; this allowed Ig to slide a chair to Omar, but as he swung to turn off Jupiter's lights Razorblade shoved Jones down to take the bullet himself.  Omar was confused but then ate a chair assisted Bolt From Olympus that wiped him out, allowing Jupiter to flop on top of Omar and snatch victory from the jaws of defeat. ❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️

• 💫 Jupiter didn't even have time to celebrate before the new World Tag Team champions jumped him from behind.  Once he peeled himself off the mat, Omar joined in the attack and once he peeled himself off the mat a few beats later, Razorblade again came to Jones’ aid.  But the Republic had the numbers until Justine Davis sprinted to the ring and lived up to his name, evening the odds with the chair and blasting Pyotr with a shot that sent him to the floor.  The PPV ended with the Republic on the floor talking smack and holding up the World Tag Team championships while in the ring the reunited Savage Justice stood next to the man holding up the Fifteen Pounds of Gold, the legendary Jones 💫

• The “Invincible” open rolled after that with some tweaks made to it (more Keo Tevi, as well as more Justice Davis and Forbidden Book Club).  The Cavalcade of Champions adjusted as well, giving shine to the new Ig endorsed champions and ending the way Cold As Hell did with the clip of Jupiter holding up the title.  We’ve got pyro and screaming fans, but as our longtime announcers Steve Vandeblanche and Carl Christensen explained, the polar vortex has kept QCW in town past the PPV, so Commissioner Holmes had moved Friday night Ruckus to a place that knew a little bit about pro wrestling in the Motor City - the refurbished one revitalizes Huntington Place.  They hyped “Night Sky” Diana Spare vs. Bonnie Agrippa in a battle of longtime rivals and former tag partners as well as Beast Mode v. the International Players in Lucius Patton’s return to action before starting off the night’s action with the brash newcomer all over Quality Social all week long proclaiming that he was the real National champion…

• 1. Genesis King d. “The Fury” Jim Jaspers at 8:15 King came to the ring and cut a promo to the camera on his way down the ramp stating that he was the real National champion, for the reasons you saw in the CAH recap package.  That focus on Orion and the Natty led him to get in early trouble against the hard hitting Jaspers, who duffed him up repeatedly.  An increasingly desperate King began to hide behind the ref or duck between the ropes to force timeouts but he couldn't stop Jaspers’ offensive flow; after getting his bell rung by a pump knee strike, Genesis fell out between the middle and bottom ropes and hit the floor.  But this turned out to be a bit of a Rope-A-Dope from King, as when Old Jim went to the outside to gather him up Genesis suddenly lashed out with a drop toe hold that sent Jim into the ring apron neck first.  Jaspers gagged and staggered away only to stumble into a crucifix driver that sent the brawling Brit headfirst into the steps and cut the back of his head open.  King made sure to take advantage from there and proceeded to beat Jim bloody before hitting his Crowned finisher on Jaspers to score the three count.  After winning with his electric chair Michinoku Driver, Genesis cut another promo to the hard camera to threaten that the next time he saw Orion he’d drop that masked freak on their head and prove that the price for laying hands on a King were to pay in blood or relinquish all ill gotten gains to the one they bowed to.  That was his belt Orion was walking around with, but it was only a matter of time before he had the physical belt to hold up all right of his abs.  

• As he was preening for the camera, “The Old Guard Is Dead” hit the PA and out marched the Republic: a dozen guards, followed by a scowling Omar Littlefield, then an unctuous Ig de Catur and lastly the new World Tag Team champions in Pyotr Caviar and Malicía Fernandez.  King looked around awkwardly as he moved to the side, but Ig merely shook hands with Genesis and made the hand sign for “call me”.  The gang all hit the ring, Pyotr and Malicía raising up their belts to trigger a bunch of white and gold pyro both up from and down on the stage behind them.

• Once the music and boos died down, Ig plugged his company by saying they were proud to present the best tag team in QCW and made Duck announce them as the new World Tag Team champions.  de Catur crowed that it only took him a matter of weeks to turn the Pyotr/Malicía unit into the class of the tag team division and it’d taken an illegal chair in a virtual handicap match to temporarily stop Omar from regaining the World championship that should really be his.  But that minor setback wouldn't detract from a night of celebration, for what these mouth breathers were looking at was not only the measuring stick for tag team excellence but for excellence in QCW, period.  Ig still had eyes on that shady thief Orion and his National championship (de Catur having introduced the title a couple of years ago) and once Omar got a rightful one on one match he’d send Old Man Jones to the retirement home and bring the World championship back where it belonged.  All the belts in QCW were the rightful property of the Republic, and they’d prove it by becoming the first faction to ever hold every championship in QCW at the same time -  the first ever Triple Crown faction in QCW history.  Collipark had stolen a World title from them, so they took two World titles in response.  

• Ig let out a wheezing cackle and was in the middle of further hyping up his goon squad before “All My Life” hit the PA.  Ig’s head whipped up the ramp just in time to see Justice Davis part the Qualitron and bask in big cheers from the Quality Controllers.  He began by saying that it felt great to walk out in front of them a free man in QCW again, and what he wanted to do with that freedom was punch Ig in the face.  The crowd loved that but JD allowed that since Ig had the habit of hiding behind a gang of other people, he’d punch any of them in the face tonight here in the Motor City.  Ig began to have a comeback when Littlefield ripped the mic out of his hands and said that Davis didn't get to say things like that in his hometown and think he was going to walk out alive; hell, after Omar got done flossing with him he wouldn't be walking at all.  Justice said after having Caleb poison his career for six months that he wasn't shook by Omar’s threats.  He’d go to Commissioner Holmes and go one-on-one with Omar…then Omar could go crying to his sugar daddy when he lost another main event.  The crowd oohed as Justice left without another word while Omar shoved aside a couple of members of Republic Enforcement before Pyotr and Malicía had to hold him back (at least for the time being).  Ruckus went to commercial break with Ig trying to talk a furious Littlefield back from the brink.

• 2. Ashok Banerjee (w/Jacques Krieger) d. Gerry Greene (w/Ian Cook) at 5:09 Ashok has been fighting his way up the ladder since returning from the Hysteria blinding and has now strung together a few consecutive wins.  Here in this match of former Catch Hell champions Banjerjee overcame a cheap shot right after the bell from Greene and Gerry’s early offense while Carl ended up confirming that Justice Davis vs. Omar Littlefield would be tonight's main event.  The Boundless Banjerjee shifted the match with his Destroyer DDT and rolled from there, winning with the Decolonizer Driver to go 2-0 in Detroit this week.  A usually stoic Krieger had a sly smile on his face as they headed to the back after the win.  

• What rolled after Ashok’s win was a previously online only video that was filmed at Cold As Hell, where an off screen interviewer (JD3) asked the leader of the Chosen, “the Purifier” Caleb Gray what was next after losing to Justice Davis and losing control over his contract as a result.  Gray was clearly upset but soon composed himself and said that now that the weak and the unbelievers had been cast out, it was time to leave behind internecine squabbles and focus on what he came back to QCW to do - preach the evangel and do so from the highest heights possible without a quaver in his voice.  To put it simply for the heathens - in a Godless place such as QCW, he whomst carries the gold makes the rules.  JD3 tried to ask Goody Gardner a follow up question about Justice gaining his freedom, but Caleb directed the End Times to intimidate Jules and the cameraman before squiring Goody away.

• 3. “Sinister” Sarah Fowler & Midsomar d. Mean Season at 4:21 Domination from the black hats here, who came into this salty after Fowler's narrow loss to “Cambodian Cool” Keo Tevi on Sunday's preshow.  Poor Gaia Green and Winter Wonderland were grist for the mill as they got stomped out especially by a pissed off Fowler.  A basement rana driver on Wonderland by Sarah closed the deal.  We went to commercial break with Fowler & Midsomar stomping their way to the back, Fowler hissing at some booing fans lining the ramp way.

• We came back to a sizzle reel for the Undaunted, the former Catch Hell Wrestling League tag champions and proud Irishmen who's self confidence and high flying offense have made them international superstars.  Tim “the Only Hope” McMurray and “Unforgettable” Dave Mullin begin to show off their championship pedigree as full time members of the QCW roster next Friday night.  Speaking of action coming from the tag team division…

• 4. The International Players (w/Collipark) d. Beast Mode (w/Lolo Vuitton) at 8:24 The return of the Players was punctuated with a hard fought victory over the brash Mode.  The representatives from Collipark stayed even through a feeling out process, then took the upper hand after a double flapjack laid out “Dashing” Pierce Moore.  Lucius Patton and Benjamin Valentino showed why they were former tag champions over the next couple of minutes as they took it to Moore, causing Lolo Vuitton to hop up on the apron to distract the referee.  While she did that, Roy Fade slipped into the ring and delivered a hangman that necked Patton against the top rope before pulling Pierce to their corner then tagged himself in.  Fade came in and worked over Patton with body shots before tossing him with a belly to belly suplex.  Fade continued to work over Lucius and went for the Decision once he’d driven Patton to his knees but as he came in Patton came over the top with a flying forearm that left both men out on the mat.  They both managed to beat the 10 count and tag out, which led to Benjamin Valentino whupping up on Pierce Moore.  This eventually prompted Fade to come in for another save that triggered a Pier 4.  

• But Valentino managed to rake the eyes of Moore, who staggered around the ring.  Patton shoved Fade into his path, and a blinded Moore accidentally laid out his partner with his Fresh To Death cutter.  That was the beginning of the end for Mode, and Pierce got double teamed - hit with the Playa Hata in short order - and ate the L.  The Players hit their trademark pose on the floor while the announce team debated how long it would be before the Players got a shot at their old belts.  Vuitton made sure to curse out her running buddies as Collipark left.

• Before our last commercial break tonight, we took a brief scroll through Quality Social.  We saw Serge Batroc and “the Proper Villain” Richard Windsor doing some in ring training but shaking hands after a drill - we then saw some video of Tre Boyd in a Texas recording studio with Paul Wall (the People's Champ!), and “Explosive” Emily Bennett at a protest in Minneapolis with an ICE OUT button on.  The piece ended with Carl noting that the usually - let's be kind and say verbose - Nazir el-Fadal hadn't been heard from since losing to Tre on Sunday night, and not only that, he’d deleted all his social media accounts as of Monday morning.  More Ruckus after the break.

• 5. “Night Sky” Diana Spare (w/Forbidden Book Club) d. Bonnie Agrippa (w/Hysteria) at 9:40 The night’s hardest hitting match probably came in the semi main event between these celebrated former tag partners turned bitter, years long rivals.  Notably for this one, Spare had backup from the FBC’s Luz Cruz and Shelley LaVey, who served as counterparts to Bonnie having backup from Nancy Crowley and Bella Jolie; noticeable by her absence was Justine Danek after Crowley accidentally blinded her Sunday night.  

• Smack talk right before and after the bell turned into a pair of slaps and then a straight up hockey fight that Bonnie decided to win with a lengthy rake of Spare’s right eye.  Detroiters booed this lustily but they nor Diana could stop Bonnie from hitting a slingshot facebuster to take control early or following it up with alternating stomps and flash elbow drops.  After the fourth, Bonnie got to her feet with a sneer on her face and a glob of spit that almost hit LaVey and caused them to exchange “pleasantries”.  Bonnie refocused on the match, dropping Spare with a falling reverse DDT - but when it looked like she was about to launch into her Eclipsing the Light finishing sequence, Diana shoved her off and a Foleyesque clothesline sent both women tumbling to the floor.  Buoyed by a surge of energy and change in environment, Spare grabbed Agrippa by the hair and bounced the leader of Hysteria’s head off the announce table eight times before tossing her roughly into the steps as the crowd became unglued.  Diana rolled into the ring briefly to break the referee’s ten count before rolling back out and throwing Agrippa into the ring post driving Bonnie to her knees before she went limp on the floor.  Nancy and eventually Bella came around the corner to advance on Spare but got stopped in their tracks by the advancing FBCers, allowing Diana to trash talk Bonnie for being a “joke of a leader”, amongst other jibes.  A revitalized Night Sky got Bonnie back in the ring and emptied the offensive tanks, only to find Bonnie a tougher out than she might've wanted to give credit for.  Agrippa ate a double revolution Black Hole Slam that rattled the ring but managed to kick out at 2.9 - similarly, moments later Spare wiped her out with a pop up Michinoku Driver that saw Bonnie kick out at the death.  Spare seethed over the count for a couple of beats before cinching up the High Priestess of Hysteria and looking for Nightfall…only for Agrippa to reverse with a Crowley styled Code Black that flattened Diana out.  Bonnie staggered up to her feet first with a little help from the middle rope and snatched Diana up, beginning to end it with Eclipsing the Light – but when she went to cap the rolling suplexes with a brainbuster, Spare hooked her with an inside cradle and kept her shoulders down for the three count.  

• Diana rolled out of the ring as Nancy and Bella slid in, both fuming over Diana having pulled out the sneaky W.  Luz and Shelley helped Spare get to her feet so she could get her hand raised by the ref and made sure to razz the upset Crowley and clearly stewing Jolie, who alternated glaring at the babyfaces on the floor and looking down at the recovering Agrippa.

• Ahead of the main event, Steve and Carl hyped up some of what's to come on 💫 next week's Ruckus 💫: the Undaunted will return to QCW’s tag team division, now as full time members of the roster 💫 the main event of the Pure Massacre supershow in two weeks ago will be announced 💫 and in a non-titles match, the International Players will face Pyotr Caviar and Malicía Fernandez of the Republic; you gotta assume the former tag champions can get a shot at their old belts with a win over the new champs

• And with the hype train pulled into the station, it was main event time.

• 6. Justice Davis (w/Jupiter Jones & Mason “Razorblade” Savage) d. Omar Littlefield (w/the Republic) by disqualification at 8:26 OJ,Ruckus ended with a bit of chaos yet again in the latest battle between the Republic and the pro QCW forces.  Steve noted as JD came out that this was probably his biggest match ever against a two time former World champion; Justice didn't let that or the size disparity get to him early as he opted to employ a hit and run attack that alternated quick flurries of forearms with some thigh kicks in the Hope of knotting up Omar’s quad to undermine his base.  A series of clotheslines backed Omar towards the ropes and a textbook running dropkick sent him over the top.  Justice tried to follow up with a cannonball off the apron, only for Omar to catch him and swing him into the retaining barrier - then the ring post - then into the barrier again - then the post again.  Davis lay in almost the fetal position on the floor while Omar got bleeped while he reminded the crowd just who ran things still in Detroit and QCW.

• Omar bundled up Justice and tossed him in the ring, targeting the ribs and back with clubbing forearms to wear out the former World Tag Team champion.  Littlefield showed why he was one of QCW’s best as he repeatedly tossed Davis around the ring like he was a balled up piece of paper and the canvas was a trash can.  Even when JD managed to land kicks that would fell a lesser opponent, Omar essentially shrugged them off before planting Justice with a two handed choke bomb that rattled the ring.  After a couple of high distance biels Littlefield put Davis in the drop zone before further injuring Davis’ ribs by hitting a Vader bomb.  Omar signaled for the end and hoisted his opponent up for the Face Eraser but JD used his proximity to the corner and hooked his boots into the top rope before turning to sit safely on the turnbuckle.  Omar turned and charged once he realized he’d failed to drop Justice but charged right into a massive JD cannonball from the high rent district.  Both men were down for a spell, but it was Justice who got to his feet while Omar was still on his knees; JD took advantage of the situation by planting Omar with a basement version of the JDDDT.  It left Omar groggy but still trying to regain verticality, so Justice repeated the move two more times to leave the massive Littlefield face down and barely moving.  The crowd sounded primed for the upset as JD went to the opposite corner and slapped his knee a few times to signal he was going to put a capstone on the fight with Justice Is Served.  Davis came flying out of the corner looking for his trademark Busiaku knee – but instead what he got was picked off out of the air by a Russian sickle from Pyotr Caviar, causing the red to call for the bell and give David the win via disqualification.  

• The Republic didn't care about that, as Pyotr, Omar and the incoming Malicía Fernandez began to stomp Justice out as the Detroit Quality Controllers jeered the 3 on 1 attack.  The beating went on for a bit before “Unscripted Violence” hit the PA to the roars of the crowd.  Razorblade was in the building, and he wasted no time vaulting the barrier and having his partner’s back.  The Grand Slam winner threw his meat hook rights and put some dents in the hired goons of the Republic, but they still had the numbers advantage.

• Then “B.O.B.” hit the PA, the College Park Family hit the scene, and all five of them made a beeline for the ring.  Ig de Catur ordered his troops to get out of the ring before Collipark could get in it, and the black hats beat a hasty retreat.  The International Players helped Savage Justice to their respective feet while Jupiter Jones and Science Fiction Double Feature barked down to the Republic on the floor that this wasn't over just yet.  As the Republic took their leave through the crowd, Ig said his associates weren't going to stop until they’d gotten rid of Collipark and Omar had his World championship back.  As Steve urged us to tune in for next week's Ruckus, both sides continued talking smack until we faded to black.

QCW Unleashed [s3e27 • Detroit • Huntington Place]

 Lolo Vuitton (w/Beast Mode) d. Ashley “THEE Influencer” Szabo (w/”Tiki God” Al Buffett)

Jonathan Livingston Clipper Esq. d. Drake Tremble

Glory Days d. Il Postino & Chris Kent

Mean Season d. International Lotus 2.0

Cold As Hell PPV (LittleCaesars Arena • Detroit)

 Preshow

1. Ashk Banjerhee (w/Jacqyes Krieger) d. "the Proper Villain" Richard Windsor ](Decolonizer  Driver  -> pinfall)

2."Cambodian Cool"" Keo Tevi d. "Sinister" Sarah Fowler [w/Midsomar] (Psychedelic Shock -> pinfall)

MAIN CARD

QCW NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP Genesis King ddq. Orion [c] (number remains at 6)

Justice Davis d. "The Purifier" Caleb Gray [w/the Chosen] (Justice Is Served -> pinfall; Davis frees his contract from Gray's control)

Forbidden Book Club d. Justine Danek & Bella Jolie [w/Bonnie Agrippa & Nancy Crowley] (Cruz ¡MUERTE! -> pinfall Danek)

fatal four way QCW WORLD TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPS Pyotr Caviar and MalicÍa Fernandez (w/Ig de Catur & Republic Enforcement) d. Bonnie Agrippa & Nancy Crowley, Science Fiction Double Feature [c, w/the International Players] & Cole Grant & Freddie Valsada of the Glam Squad [w/John Arneson] (Fernandez double chokeslam -> pinfall Agrippa) #AndNEWWWWWWW

open challenge Tre Boyd d. Nazir el-Fadal (backslide -> pinfall)

triple threat QCW WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP Jupiter Jones [c, w/Collipark] d. Omar Littlefield (w/the Republic) & Mason "Razorblade" Savage (chair assisted Bolt From Olympus -> pinfall Littlefield)