Quality Arena | Parts Unknown, FL
Aired live on GRPL+ | January 5, 2024
Standard open for the first Ruckus in weeks, ending with the Cavalcade of Champions and Autumn Powers holding up the Unified World title after AnIIIversary.
Zooooom into the Arena, filled up with even more energy than usual. Another sold out episode of Ruckus is helmed by Steve Vandeblanche and Nazir el-Fadal. It fell to Steve to explain the absence of Ruckus over the past few weeks, and it turned out that while they were in Puerto Rico celebrating their biggest show ever Quality Arena fell victim to a fire that did some damage to the building while it thankfully stayed mostly intact. Now that the Arena was back and better than ever, Ruckus was back and kicking off 2024 with a championship match…
11. Luz Cruz [c] v. “Explosive” Emily Bennett for the Crush championship
Another showcase for Cruz, who went over indie darling Bennett in a fun sprint. The luchadora flew around the ring and used a slingshot huracanrana to set up a triple jump moonsault for the win.
Luz Cruz d. “Explosive” Emily Bennett in 4:04 to retain the Crush championship 2️⃣
Bennett and Cruz shook hands after replays. Luz celebrated with the championship for a bit and the scene shifted from the ring to International Lotus backstage watching the celebration on a monitor. Naz got in a plug for them appearing on his show on the other side of a commercial break.
Naz hit the ON AIR sign to kick off his show and wasted little time in welcoming his special guests International Lotus, and then there were three people getting booed in the Arena.
Naz flirted with Sohla before Karyn demanded his attention - once she got it, he complimented her on winning the best of 3 falls and asked her if she – and Karyn cut him off, saying she executed her game plan to perfection and tapped Cindy out, so why would anything change against Autumn? Naz asked Karyn if she was ready to hold two World championship targets on her back. Karyn said that she’d already proven she could be a World champion once and once she did it again, she’d shut up the entire women's division and all the dweebs in the crowd. Naz could be heard cackling under the boos. Once he was done he started to ask another question only to be cut off by some music.
The crowd was briefly confused before they popped at the emergence of Mean Season in front of the Qualitron and then the pop got bigger when Winter Wonderland said that Naz & Lotus’ new year’s resolution should be to shut up for the rest of the year. Lotus and Naz were offended, but Gaia Green piggybacked on her partner’s talk. Gaia said that Naz’s show was canceled, because they just came back from Commissioner Holmes’ office and he had an idea that maybe there should be a tag match instead of Naz boring everyone in the Arena. So instead of the Nazir el-Fadal Show, it was going to be tag team action. Karyn? Shut them up? She could try it – up next.
Quality Force Security came down the ramp and dismantled the set while Naz flipped out. Gaia said that while The Champ would get what was left on Sunday, right now Mean Season was about to send International Lotus down the rabbit hole. We went to commercials with the heels having two separate arguments over their nights getting fucked with.
2. International Lotus v. Mean Season
We came back from break with Mean Season having the upper hand, though a couple of minutes later that wouldn't be true as Sohla distracted the referee and Karyn slipped into the ring to drop Winter with a Backstabber.
Lotus took over the match from there, isolating Winter and double teaming her for a few minutes. But Winter not only managed to fight out of Lotus’ corner, she managed to go around the horn with an enzuigiri/tornado DDT combo to drop them both. Winter crawled on the mat before rolling into a tag to Gaia.
Ms. Green hit the ring and started clearing the decks on Lotus, dropping both Sohla and the Women's World champion repeatedly to fire up the faithful. Green was rolling until ironically enough, Patel log rolled Green to slow down her momentum and then chop blocked her for even more damage to her left leg.
Sohla and especially Karyn worked over the leg over the rest of the match, and Karyn got especially vicious by swinging the damaged leg into the ring post multiple times. By the time KTW locked in the Circuit Breaker it was only a matter of seconds before a banged up Green was tapping out.
International Lotus d. Mean Season in 15:31
After the match Karyn kept the hold on, and Winter tried to save her friend only for Patel to lay her out with the Ninth Incarnation (Falcon Arrow). Karyn barked out orders to Sohla, who immediately went under the ring for plunder…only to be yanked and thrown into the steps.
That out of the way, Autumn Powers grabbed the chair Sohla got and dove into the ring. Karyn bailed out of the ring before Autumn could connect on a swing and checked on Gaia while Lotus also checked on each other. Autumn could be heard demanding the mic from Duck Eko and once she got it she told Karyn that she could hang out on the ramp because The Champ had a mic in the middle of her ring so she was damn sure going to be heard even by MLM Barbie.
Because the thing about Karyn was that she deserves a shot at the Big 15 - but all she had to do was ask. She's Autumn Powers and she sent the Big Bad running out of here and took his gold on his way out. She's a fighting champion; you want a shot, ask. But don't take cheap shots at her friends or whine about her not looking or acting like a champion on social media, because there's an easy way to settle this. Come Sunday, she's going to prove why she's not just the Final Woman…she's the one who KEEPS the Fifteen Pounds of Gold by her side. “Mota” hit the PA as Karyn smiled slowly and held up two fingers as well as the Women's World championship while Autumn held up the Unified World championship and stared daggers at her and a Cold As Hell chyron hyped the champion v. champion main event. Can Autumn hang on to her title or will the notorious KTW hold the top two titles in QCW come next week?
A video package played of highlights from Golden Rule ‘23: Autumn Powers winning two matches - the Wonderful Ward Brothers beating the Game Changers for the Unified World Tag Team belts (at the time, for Serge Batroc and the International Workrate Consortium) - and Razorblade beating champions from three other sister federations to become the first Unified World champion - the same belt headlining QCW XXV: Cold As Hell
3. Omar Littlefield v. Ashley “THEE Influencer” Szabo
As 2023 wrapped up, Littlefield announced he was going to keep making noise in QCW by beating former World Tag Team champion Buffett in a borderline squash with a 5 count; Szabo saved the Tiki God from a further beating and cleared Omar from the ring.
Ashley stepped up to defend her running buddy and demanded a match against Littlefield to defend the honor of the Game Changers on the first Ruckus of 2024…and Omar shoved a bunch of borderline squash down her throat, too. Ashley did almost manage to get Omar off of his feet but when she came off the top with a Meteora Omar caught and powerbombed her. The rest of the way was one way traffic for Littlefield, who splattered Ashley with 4 Vader Bombs and a Cliffhanger to win the match, making the referee count to 5 for Ashley's downfall.
Omar Littlefield d. Ashley Szabo in 6:10
Littlefield paced around the ring before snatching up Ashley and throttling her. As Steve freaked out on commentary Al hit the ring and started going after Omar. The Tiki God and THEE Influencer went in on a double team on Omar that lasted for a bit before Littlefield hulked up and roared to life sending both Game Changers flying across the ring. Littlefield’s biel of Al sent Buffett flying into Szabo. Omar stacked them on top of each other and set them up for a double stacked Vader bomb only to suddenly get waylaid by a chair shot.
Hi, Beckett!
“Dark Mirror” Beckett Carpenter was in the ring making a save, and best of all for the Game Changers they were toting a steel chair to clear Omar from the ring. It took four swings for them to do so but they pulled it off to save their friends. As the crowd cheered, Mirror got the mic from Duck Eko.
Carpenter said that they'd seen enough of Omar's crap. He was trying to position himself as something QCW had never seen before, as the stuff of nightmares. But as anyone who’d watched QCW the past few years knew that the stuff of nightmares was standing in this ring right now. And Omar was just a jerk picking on their friends, so Carpenter had a proposition for him - come try that crap against them on Sunday between these ropes and Mirror would bring some heat to Cold As Hell when they made Littlefield…Look Inward.
Omar looked into the ring and nodded as Carpenter checked on their friends while the announce debated if we’d see that fight come to pass on Sunday night.
On the backstage set, Enya Face brought on Justice Davis and Mason “Razorblade” Savage to a big pop from the faithful. Enya asked them what it felt like to try and win the Unified Contendership Challenge in the main event and Razorblade said that wrestling was a crazy ride; you never knew where it would end up. Last year, he beat Justice in Davis’ QCW debut, but even as they fought, he found himself thinking If I was teaming with this guy instead of fighting him, we could take down some tag teams.
Then the Challenge happens & they're off to the races, having each other's back, and most importantly kicking ass and winning. And tonight's not going to be any different. Davis said teaming with Razorblade was the highlight of his career so far, that Razorblade was the reason he even began a career. So he was ready to do whatever it took to not only beat Beauty and the Beast Mode tonight but get the tag titles at Cold As Hell. By the time he wakes up Monday morning he'll have his first QCW title and Razorblade will have a Triple Crown to add to his trophy case. Tonight the Justice Razors - and Razorblade said that they weren't doing that. Davis apologized before saying that they were going to make Beauty and the Beast Mode the guys who almost won the UCC instead of the team that did.
4. “Superfine” Reggie Strong and the Wonderful Ward Brothers v. The End Times and Jacques Krieger (w/Summer Rose and S. Mark Starr)
As will happen on the go home show before a PPV two future matches get intertwined for tag team action in the present; in this case the World TV title rematch and the weapons match come Sunday between the End Times and Wards.
The heels got the upper hand after the opening couple of minutes. The tags were hard on their end as Krieger and the Times once again didn't sync well as a unit, but every time Rich tried to tag out they cut him off and threw him back to their side of the ring. Like most things in life, it worked until it didn't - Rich suddenly springing the Wonder Cutter on Danny Castle and hitting the reset button on the fight.
Rich managed to tag out to his brother and Castle tagged Dr. Martin Williams in, leaving Krieger and Starr really salty on the outside looking in. Jason and the bad doctor went to work on a mat clinic while Reggie checked on Rich; conversely on the other side of the ring Summer Rose and S. Mark Starr were having words about the hot tag.
Both of them missed the fact that an Irish whip had led to a sneaky tag in by the Strong World TV champ. Jason short-arm reversed an attempted whip from Williams and sent him into the waiting arms of Strong, who dropped the doctor with a Fine and Dandy. The Wards cleared out Castle while Krieger stayed stone faced on the apron shaking his head.
“Superfine” Reggie Strong and the Wonderful Ward Brothers d. the End Times and Jacques Krieger in 15:38
The heels shit talked each other on the floor while the babyfaces got their hands raised in the ring before celebrating with handshakes and bigging each other up while Cold As Hell chyrons came up for first the End Times/Wonderful Wards weapons match then the World TV title rematch between Krieger and Strong.
In the back JD3 had an interview with Beauty and the Beast Mode with Shelley LaVey. Duquesne III couldn't even get a question out before These Hands and the Baron of Beverly Hills were bragging about winning the Ambassadors Trios championships and doing it all for the culture.
Roy Fade said that they’d run the tag division and that began last year when they got these belts - and would continue when they won the Unified Contendership Challenge before winning the Unified World Tag Team championships at Cold As Hell. Pierce Moore added that he was more dashing than ever with championship gold, and that B&BM were two wins away from being weighed down with every piece of tag team division gold like they deserved to. Fade said that he always loved beating QCW’s poster boy and if Holmes wanted his poster boy clowned in the main event then Beauty and the Beast Mode would put on a five star beat down for the world to see. Shelley LaVey added that the best tag team on the planet was here to get gold on gold to make the haters like Razorblade and his little cosplayer big mad.
Another video package consisting of highlights from a past PPV, this time Cruel Summer from this past summer. Team Batroc beating the Proper Villains and the Wonderful Ward Brothers in a three way dance to kick off their lengthy title reign - Autumn Powers beat Dark Mirror to end their best of 5 series and be crowned the undisputed World TV title holder - Razorblade took his Last Stand over the Unified World title but failed in the effort
5. “Upper Class Broderick Palmer II and Evan O'Neill v. “Swamp Pride” Ted Holland and Mr. Teknik
In contrast to the trios match that went down a bit ago, the heels got along and worked together well. Holland and Mister were all right together but the black hats pulled off a backdrop into a powerbomb and took over the fight before winning it; Palmer II’s Unprettier setting up a top rope senton/elbow drop from O’Neill that ended Holland’s night.
“Upper Class Broderick Palmer II and Evan O'Neill d. “Swamp Trash” Ted Holland and Mr. Teknik in 10:23
O’Neill did a lot of post match preening, but when Palmer II talked to him post match and offered him a handshake Evan looked him up and down before replying in kind.
Before the main event announce ran down the card for QCW XXV: Cold As Hell which is going to go down on Sunday night from Quality Arena…
❄️ “Dark Mirror” Beckett Carpenter will try to get revenge for her Game Changers buddies when they face off against powerful newcomer Omar Littlefield ❄️
❄️ In a weapons match, the End Times will face off against the out for revenge Wonderful Ward Brothers ❄️
❄️ Luz Cruz will face off against longtime rival Sohla Patel in a rematch with the Crush championship on the line ❄️
❄️ Speaking of longtime rivals fighting over a title belt, the GRPL+ World TV title will be up for grabs when Jacques Krieger tries to become a three time champ by beating “Superfine” Reggie Strong ❄️
❄️ The main event is going to be huge, a champion vs. champion fight between the Women's World champion Karyn Tisch-Warren going up against the Final Woman, The Champ, Autumn Powers ❄️
There's also the matter of who Team Batroc will defend the Unified World Tag Team championships against…but we need tonight's main event to determine who they’ll have for opponents at XXV.
6. #2 Justice Davis and Mason Razorblade Savage v. #4 Beauty and the Beast Mode (w/Shelley LaVey) in the finals of the Unified Contenders Challenge
Things started off with a bang as Mode jumped Davis and Savage while Duck was making the introductions, and once the lights came up and the bell rang a Pier 4 broke out as the Quality Controllers lapped it up.
In short order the white hats had cleared the ring while the crowd chanted for Savage Justice (turns out that online the fans have been grassrooting that as a team name for the past few weeks). With Mode on the floor, after a brief discussion Razorblade held the ropes open so Justice could take down both four seeds with a tope. Davis tossed Moore into the ring and then went to work.
He and the former World champion worked over the Duke of Dashing while Steve raved over their instant chemistry. Naz snarkily compared it to Whiplash even as - sure, Savage Justice hit a delayed double gourdbuster on Moore for 2 ½.
However, when they went for it again a few minutes later, Fade came to his partner’s rescue and took down Razorblade, and Moore corkscrewed his way into a Fresh To Death cutter that gave Mode their first big opening in the match. Fade got tagged in and tagged Razorblade with a modified version of the Decision before going to work on Davis.
These Hands controlled the offense until Moore felt good enough to tag back k, and then the Ambassadors Trios champions continued to beat up on the rookie while Savage recovered on the floor.
Fade brought his Golden Gloves experience to the forefront and used it to tee off on Davis in multiple corners. Roy only took a brief break to get in a cheap shot on Savage to send him off the apron before bringing in Moore for a two man pop up gutbuster.
Moore worked over Davis for the next few minutes and was feeling himself so much that he blew a kiss to LaVey on the floor before he set up for his usual finishing blow. But when he went to make Justice Fresh To Death, Davis countered out and drilled him with the Davis Driver. Both men were laid out for a few segments before they both crawled for and got their hot tags.
That meant another Fade/Razorblade showdown, one that Fade had the upper hand on until Razorblade surprised him with a rebound lariat that sent him ass over teakettle. Fade managed to land some shots down the stretch but Savage showed his champion level pedigree by controlling the remainder of the match.
Seeing his partner in trouble down the stretch, Pierce Moore tried to intervene on Fade’s behalf, but Davis launched himself into a spear to cut off the Fresh To Death attempt. With Mode on theirheels, the babyfaces put the finishing touches on the UCC. Razorblade tagged in Davis before Razorblade hit the Davis Driver and Justice flew off the top with a flying stomp to add injury to injury and send Fade crashing to the mat. Justice swooped in for the cover, Razorblade kept Moore from breaking it up, and three seconds later…
Justice Davis and Mason “Razorblade” Savage d. Beauty and the Beast Mode (w/Shelley LaVey) in 20:52 to win the Unified Contendership Challenge
After replays, Davis and Savage actually hugged it out for a bit before a loud pop was heard in the Arena and confetti fell from the ceiling as the referee raised their hands once again. Justice and Mason took to buckles as a chyron for XXV came up for the Unified World Tag Team championships - but right on cue, the men who were celebrating turned their focus towards the Qualitron 9004 - that parted for the arrival of Team Batroc. Serge gave Davis and Razorblade a golf clap while Pyotr Caviar sneered and held up his half of the Unified World Tag Team championships; a cut back to the ring showed Davis with his index up while behind him Razorblade pointed at longtime rival Batroc before making A Very Familiar Gesture around his waist.
Steve got in some final XXV: COLD AS HELL hype for the Unified World Tag Team championships as well as the champion v. champion match for the Unified World title; the show went off the air with Team Batroc, Justice Davis and Razorblade barking at each other. See you SUNDAY SUNDAY SUNDAY live from the Arena!
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