QCW Unleashed [s1e27 • Center Stage Theattre • Atlanta, GA(]

•  Jacques Jrieger (w/S. ark Starr) d. "Swamp Trash" Ted Holland
• "Upper Class" Broderick Palmer II (w/Evan O'Neill) d. Ashley "THEE Influencer" Szabo *w/"Tiki God" Al Buffett)
• non-titles Savage Justice d. Ian Cook and Gerry Greene
• Nazir el-Fadal d. nupiter Jones

GRPL+ Presents QCW Ruckus [s3e12 • Febrnuary 23, 2023]

Quality Arena | Parts Unknown, FL

Aired live on GRPL+ | February 23, 2024

After the opening credits rolled and we saw the loud and proud Quality Controllers we went to Steve Vandeblanche and Carl Christensen, who noted there was a big buzz in the Arena on a Pick Your Poison night where both the Unified World champion and the #1 contender would be in action for tonight's special double main event - but that's not even getting into the three title matches on tonight's card.

Steve threw it to Duck Eko, who introduced the first title match of the evening and Midsomar, who was already in the ring. Guess where we're going?

1.. “La Flor” Luz Cruz [c] v. Midsomar for the Crush championship

Squash City.  Rewind rana + triple jump moonsault= 3.

“La Flor Luz Cruz d. Midsomar in 1:01 to retain the Crush championship 9️⃣

But instead of Bad Bunny hitting the PA, “Roar” brought out Sohla Patel to in front of the Qualitron 9004 where she stayed.  Sohla apologized to her Lotus Blossoms that she couldn't be bearer but she had business to take care of: regaining she Crush championship so that International Lotus could rule the women's division as they were born to do.  Come next week, Luz would find her dreams of getting to 10 and cashing in on Karyn on the cutting room floor.  Ciao for now!

Patel left, conveniently ignoring Cruz loudly challenging her to fight right here, right now.

A video package recapping the titles change at Cold As Hell set up our second title fight on the night…

2. Savage Justice [c] v. Team Batroc for the Unified World Tag Team championships

To the shock of Duck Eko and everybody else watching, Team Batroc jumped the champs during the introductions and used it to gain the advantage in the opening minutes.  Steve bitterly ranted about how Serge and Pyotr were resorting to cheating to win matches since dropping the belts.  But Serge didn't care – he was too busy laying in European uppercuts or, most impressively, taking almost half a minute before dumping his eternal rival Razorblade with a delayed suplex.

Serge got in Razorblade’s face before tagging in Pyotr, who introduced himself with a running crossbody that got the former champions the match’s first two count.  Pyotr worked over Razorblade while Serge gave the marching orders.  

A few minutes in “We Made It” suddenly hit the PA, and out strolled the Wonderful Ward Brothers in matching red and white tracksuits (maybe a subtle dig via attire at their former teammates in Team Batroc?).

They stayed in front of the Qualitron 9004 as Razorblade snuck up on Pyotr and threw him shoulder first into the ring post before crawling for his corner.  Serge came in to try to prevent the tag but Razorblade saw him coming and pulled down the top rope down to let Serge's momentum send him out to the floor.  

Now with an opening, Razorblade crawled to his corner and made the tag.  Justine Davis wasted no time in going to work.  A cannonball off the apron took out Serge and then moved as quick as he could to go up to the apron.  Justine waited on Pyotr to turn around then hit him with a springboard clothesline.  Davis got a two count but stayed in motion afterwards.  

Justine had Pyotr reeling for a bit and flew off the top again, but this time Pyotr caught him and splattered him with a powerbomb.  Serge demanded and got the tag, then Team Batroc combine for a European uppercuts variant on the Doomsday Device.

Serge made the cover but Razorblade dived into the ring to make the save.  Then chaos reigned -  Razorblade and Pyotr got in a brief hockey fight before Caviar floored Savage with a discus European uppercut.  Pyotr cinched up Razorblade and tried to throw him over the top rope but Razorblade found a way to reverse it and toss Pyotr out of the ring.  

Behind Razorblade, Serge was lying in wait before hitting a springboard European uppercut that sent Razorblade between the ropes and out.  The French Assassin turned his attention to Justice Davis…and found himself on the wrong end of an inside cradle.  And you know what happened when you kick out at four?

You lose.

Savage Justice d. Team Batroc at 17:09 to retain the Unified World Tag Team championships

After replays, JTeam Batroc we're in the referee's face all the way up the ramp and to the bac. ustice Davis took the mic from Duck and said that he was proud to stand alongside his personal hero Razorblade still a tag team champion.  But one thing he never saw Razorblade do and something he wouldn't do is jump contenders from behind to get an advantage.  Justine turned his gaze to the ramp, where Jason the Great and Rich looked stonefaced as he continued on.  

The Wards might’ve wanted to send a message last week but when you're a champion the title sends a message snough.  And now that Team Batroc is firmly in the rearview mirror, if the Wards are done dishing out a dollar store version of savage justice they could get in the ring with the real thing and find out just what the difference is.  Davis tossed aside the mic and posed with his belt high in the air and Razorblade followed suit., gesturing between him and Justice.

3. Omar Littlefield [c] v. Jacques Krieger (w/S. Mark Starr) for the GRPL+ World Television championship

Back to back to back title matches to kick off the first half of Ruckus the week after the supershow last week; sheesh.  Former TV champ Krieger went up against the steamrolling Littlefield, who took the title last month and has been on a roll since debuting late last year.  

The bell rang and Krieger began throwing haymakers and it didn't take long for Omar to respond in mind.  Both men fought over a suplex while the crowd started a “You both suck!” chant.  Krieger managed to get Omar up and over to rock the ring before landing a series of elbow drops.  The New Jerseyian continued to maintain an upper hand and have Omar dig himself out of a hole he probably hasn't seen since coming to QCW.   

In fact, for a few seconds it looked like Krieger was going to topple Littlefield with a vicious shotei that's his Ace in the Hole.  Omar teetered briefly before he roared in Krieger’s face and ran over the stunned One Eye with a running crossbody.  The match wasn't over then but it may as well have been as Omar dominated the rest of the match.  Krieger are a trio of Vader Bombs before Littlefield hit the Face Eraser for the win - not just content with that, Omar made the referee count to 5 before taking his title back.

Omar Littlefield d. Jacques Krieger at 8:49 to retain the GRPL+ World Television championship 5️⃣

Replays of the low level heel on heel hoss fight played, followed by a shot of S. Mark Starr looking despondent and the announce putting over Omar, who’s now five more successful defenses away from a cash-in on the Unified World title.

From there,  the announce pivoted to the latest in the Quality Arena arson saga.  The current hope is that their work with the PUPD will allow them to release new footage in the next few days that might help identify the person or persons guilty of the crime.  Between that and other threats to the Arena QCW’s received in the past couple of weeks, QCW will make a mini road trip to try and catch the arsonist(s) as well as make sure that no show before Golden Rule is postponed or cancelled.  Steve promised more information to come before the show was over.

4. Beauty and the Beast Mode (w/Shelley LaVey) v. The Proper Villains

Last year, they hated each other; this year, they hate each other; if you see them fight next year you can cash it in for a free Dr. Manhattan meme.  QCW Rewind threw us back a week to show a recovered Richard Windsor helping his partner “the Fury” Jim Jaspers take down their ex partner Prince Ootsuka in a street fight.

Facing the guys who benefitted from Ootsuka's turn seemed to bolster the Villains early.  Windsor in particular seemed energized to take it to the new Ambassadors champions, sending both “These Hands” Roy Fade and “Dashing” Pierce Moore across the ring with arm drags and suplexes.  

Shelley jumped up on the apron to try and distract Windsor but he just ignored her to give Fade a head and arm suplex.  

Fortunately for Roy, Moore saved his bacon with a slingshot version of his Fresh To Death cutter to drop Windsor, and he kept running to send Jaspers' flying off of the apron.  Mode took over as Moore legally came in the match and started to wear Windsor down.  

Moore seemed like he was going to slam the door shut with a standard version of Fresh To Death but Windsor countered into a reverse Exploder that had both men on the mat for a stretch before tags were made to Fade and Jaspers.

Fade and Jaspers fell into a hockey fight before trading clotheslines and then wiping each other out by going for cross bodies at the same time.  These Hands got to his feet with the help of the ropes before seeing Jaspers in position for the Decision.  Roy lashed out with his running knee strike only for Jim to dodge it and send him flying into the turnbuckles knee first.  A hobbled Fade didn't have to worry about knee pain except for the pain he felt thanks to Jaspers’ knee driving him into the canvas with Fury Road.  Jasper's’ cover led Moore to come in for the save but Windsor jumped off of Jim’s back during the cover to drill Moore with a shotgun dropkick - and just like that, the Villains earned a sweet if hard fought victory over their longtime rivals.

The Proper Villains d. Beauty and the Beast Mode at 22:35

As Jim and Richard celebrated in the ring, Mode fumed/recovered on the floor.  Carl Christensen noted it was a shame the Brits didn't have a third anymore so they could go after Mode and regain the trios titles; hell, they just beat most of the champions so they were a missing piece of the puzzle and a rematch away from regaining the belts.

A video package played of all the headlines from Ig de Catur infusing QCW with some money and as a result of a deal with Commissioner Holmes became a minority partner of QCW. earlier this week.  

In limited remarks to the press, de Catur said that it was wild growing up on QCW and now he was in a position to help QCW keep growing.  He was looking forward to making Unleashed an even bigger focus of QTube, helping fund QCW going on the road for the next couple of weeks while they got Quality Arena shining like a beacon, and he was looking forward to – depending on how the Commish felt about it – giving the QCW fans the biggest Duquesne Classic ever in just a few weeks.  Ig said he was a minority owner so he didn’t want to hog up everyone’s time when he also had a Republic to run, but allowed that we’d be seeing him a little bit more on QCW TV in the weeks, months and hopefully years to come.

“Ready Or Not” hit the PA, bringing out Nazir el-Fadal to a deep swell of boos.  Naz came out in gear with a mic in hand, dismissing Duck as he walked down the ramp.  el-Fadal entered the ring and started to speak but was quickly cut off by “Mota” and the arrival of The Champ, Autumn Powers.

Autumn marched to the ring and got to it just in time to see Naz bail out and got on top of the announce table.  el-Fadal told Autumn and the Quality Controllers to enjoy ithis moment, because when QCW returned to the Arena in a couple of weeks time, HE would be holding the Fifteen Pounds of Gold and Autumn would go back to managing the Hot Topic she crawled out from.

In fact, the idea of Autumn losing her title at a PPV helped him make his choice for Pick Your Poison.  Because good as Autumn is, she’d lost big title matches on PPV to who Naz had slotted for her opponent.

He gestures behind Autumn to the entryway, where “Bodak Yellow” brought out Lolo Vuitton.  Autumn alternated her gaze between the entering Lolo and the smirking el-Fadal.  

Lolo entered the ring and took to a turnbuckle, casting an eye back towards the Unified World champion while Naz applauded her at the desk.

5. Autumn Powers’ non-title Pick Your Poison match

The bell rang and Naz cackled, saying that Lolo would do him a favor and win here - he’d win the belt at Golden Rule - then he’d give Lolo a title shot and beat her because of course he would.

Autumn and Lolo circled each other after the bell rang.  Then she offered a handshake; Lolo looked at it for a few beats before slapping it.  The opening few minutes saw Autumn going for rolliups to try and end it quickly, but Lolo managed to counter or kick out each time.   The match rolled on as the former rivals over the Women's World championship sent each other into the ropes leading to leapfrogs and drop downs.

After about half a minute, Lolo fired off an armdrag only to get armdragged by Autumn when she tried to follow up.  A Cactus clothesline sent them both over the top rope but Autumn hung on as Lolo hit the apron then the floor.

Vuitton took a best before pulling herself up with the apron before Autumn flew off with an Orihara moonsault that dropped Lolo.  Autumn got up and in Naz’s face, who encouraged her to take a swing on him and blow the match.  Powers stared down el-Fadal before promoting to beat his ass at Golden Rule.  Powers then went back to work, tossing Lolo in the ring and getting a nearfall.

Autumn continued to wear Lolo down and set up for a superplex, but Lolo managed to counter with an avalanche gourdbuster to send Autumn crashing to the canvas.  Lolo got her feet underneath her then drove them into Autumn’s face with a missile dropkick that sent a ripple through the crowd.

Lolo gave back every inch of offense Autumn fished out earlier while at the desk Steve speculated that Lolo should earn a Unified World title shot if she won here regardless of who won at Golden Rule.  Naz took offense to that, of course, and said he didn't miss sitting at the desk and Steve being wrong.

Lolo continued the roll she was on,  countering a Hazy Shade with a big chop block before cinching Autumn up and rattling The Champ with a textbook buckle bomb.   The glint in Lolo's eyes meant that she knew she was one move away from winning, so she went around the horn before coming at Autumn with the Bloody Shoe –

– but Autumn suddenly leapt up with a pump knee strike that sent Vuitton down to the mat in sections.  Vuitton tried to get her wits about her but when she sat up Autumn blasted her with a Hazy Shade, and don't nobody get up from that.

Autumn Powers d. Lolo Vuitton in a non-title Pick Your Poison match at 16:46

Replays of the hard hitting match rolled before we went back to live time, where it was Lolo who was offering Autumn a handshake.  Autumn hesitated but eventually shook hands, leaving Lolo to take the long, lonely walk to the back.  Naz grumbled that he should've picked Littlefield as Autumn talked to Duck and got the mic.  Quality Force Security came out from the concrete and the back to come between Autumn and Naz as Steve hyped that after this last break, Autumn would pick Naz's poison and he would try to beat Powers’ time against her hand picked opponent next.

Before the tail end of the double main event we went to the back, where Julius Duquesne III was standing by with Lolo Vuitton.  He congratulated her on her effort out there and said she was so close to beating the Unified World champion, so what was next for her?  

Lolo was in the middle of answering JD3 when she got blasted from behind from what turned out to be a belt shot from Shelley LaVey, who held up her share of the Ambassadors Trios champions before smack talking the fallen Vuitton.  Shelley said that people should be focusing on who's been here instead of who came back, on current champions instead of has been champions.  What's next for Lolo?  Getting this work next week. Shelley got in a parting kick before stomping off the set, leaving JD3 to try and help Lolo to her feet before we went to the announce table.

Steve and Carl hyped up next week's programming which will see QCW leave the Arena in the leadup to Golden Rule,.

Unleashed will be coming live from Center Stage in Atlanta and will feature Savage Justice and Nazir el-Fadal in action.

And next week's Ruckus is coming from Nashville - among the big matches will be Ambassadors Trios champion Shelley LaVey vs. Lolo Vuitton based on what just happened and two title rematches: Luz Cruz will fight Sohla Patel with the Crush championship on the line, and “Superfine” Reggie Strong will try to recapture the GRPL+ World TV title from the still undefeated champion Omar Littlefield.

Steve then turned things over to Autunn, who opted to also stand on the announce desk to address Naz (who was in the ring making Wrap It Up gestures at her).  Autumn said that she was glad she got past Lolo and wondered how long it took Mr. “Final Boss” to come up with Lolo as an opponent because his opponent found her and asked for the chance.  And even though it was weird that they weren't throwing hands, she decided to give him what he wanted, bro.

“Engel” hit the PA to bring out Team Batroc but Serge was dressed in a tailored suit, as opposed to Pyotr Caviar who was in gear and clearly out for revenge after Naz sort of cost him his most recent title match vs. Autumn a few weeks ago.  Pyotr stepped into the ring and gave Naz a throat slash gesture as el-Fadal's eyes narrowed.

6. Nazir el-Fadal's Pick Your Poison match

As you might expect, Naz tried to stick and move early to avoid Pyotr’s power game.  You could see Naz land stiff forearms and Pyotr essentially shrug them off with the Qualitron counting down from 16:46.  Steve asked Autumn what stipulation she would choose for Golden Rule if she won but she remained coy and just replied that she’d make Naz sweat as long as he could.

He was already sweating, because Pyotr was waving him on and barking at him, essentially no selling European uppercuts at this point.  Naz faked one and put on a guillotine, but Caviar threw him across the ring.  Pyotr charged but Naz managed to drop hold him into the middle rope before kicking it up into his neck.  With Pyotr finally down, Naz wasted no time stomping away on one of Pyotr's ankles, stopping only to sneer at Autumn or Serge.  

el-Fadal started to gain ground working the ankle until Caviar countered a sitting splash to the bad leg with the good leg, sending Naz over the top to the floor.  But Naz grabbed the bad leg from the floor and slowly pulled him towards the ring post and swung the bad ankle into it three times while Caviar let out loud, deeply pained groans.

Naz stomped his way up the steps and threatened Serge with a backhand before going up to the top rope.  The #1 contender saw Caviar dragging his leg and flew off the top only to fly into a stiff European uppercut that knocked him nearly head over heels.  The referee started a count and got to 7 before both men got up – and Naz found himself eating a discus European uppercut that did knock him head over heels.

“And HERE'S what we came for!” said Autumn.  You could hear the smile on her face.  It might have been as big as Serge's.  

It was Ass Whoop O’Clock and the Tracksuit Tsar was right on time.  He limped around the ring, but more importantly he threw Naz around it replaced to increasingly loud pops.  Naz tried to stymie it with a thumb to the eyes but Pyotr responded with a Russian sickle that got him 2 ½.

Caviar continued pummelling Naz for nearfalls as Serge pounded the mat and barked out orders.  Naz even tried to use the referee as a shield at one point only for Pyotr to gently pick them up and put them aside before throwing el-Fadal over the top rope.  Naz bounced off the apron  and hit the floor with a thud.  

Caviar limped out after him and went to continue the attack but got surprised when Naz spit in his face.  Even on one leg Pyotr managed to drop Naz with a running crossbody to splat el-Fadal into the mats on the floor.  Caviar pulled himself off of Naz and rolled into the ring to break the count.  He immediately rolled back out, stepping on Naz on his way to clearing off the announce table.  Caviar broke the count again before setting up Naz on the announce table and barking at Steve, Carl and Autumn to move.  

Somehow he talked them into it.  

Caviar slowly got on the barricade and balanced himself with his good leg before hobbling down and hitting a flying splash right through the table…but not on Naz, who moved out of the way at the last second.

So commentary couldn't say anything when Naz staggered into the ring at 8 and Pyotr didn't get out from under the wreckage of the table until after the referee's count hit 10.

A count of 10 that hit right when the Qualitron hit 0:00.

Nazir el-Fadal d. Pyotr Caviar by countout at…16:46?

We got replays as Steve and Carl slowly got back on the air; when we returned to the Arena in real time, Commissioner Holmes was making his way down the ramp while in the ring both Naz and Autumn were in each other's faces.  Naz was the first to spot Holmes and started arguing his case with Autumn pretty quickly following suit.  

Holmes looked at the wreckage of the announce table before talking to the timekeeper.  Pretty soon a replay of the closing moments of the match played on the Qualitron, and it sure as hell looked like the ten count and the countdown clock hit zero at the same time.

And while everyone was watching the replay, Naz cheap shorted Autumn from behind and hit her with Nazquil, causing the Arena to go from confused to “oh, right, fuck that guy”.  

The referee got in Naz's face and Holmes got in Naz's face to do the same, but a smirking Naz just nodded at them both before leaving the ring and doing a bit of a Fargo strut up the ramp.  As the credits box popped up and Autumn pulled herself up, Steve and Carl had the exact same question:

Just who exactly won Pick Your Poison??

QCW Unleashed [s1e26 • Quality Arena]

• Fiona Fogg d. Bettie Rokker (,w/”Shieldmaiden” Val Curry)
• the Wonderful Ward Brothers d. Ian Cook and Gerry Greene
• Jacques Krieger (w/S. Mark Starr) d. Mr. Teknik
• Luz Cruz & Lolo Vuitton d. “Sinister” Sarah Fowler & Veronica Vespa 

GRPL+, Scoop Republic & Ruckus presents St. Violence Day • February 16, 2024

 

Quality Arena | Parts Unknown, FL

Aired live on GRPL+ | February 16, 2024

It's a special super sized episode of Ruckus, thanks in part to our new friend Ig and Scoop Republic.  St. Violence Day will feature the usual suspects (Steve, Carl, Duck) and an all star trios match with Golden Rule implications for the main event.  But tonight would start off with a titles match…

1.. Savage Justice [c] v. the End Times (w/Summer Rose) for the Unified World Tag Team championships

…at least, that was the plan.  

Using the championship prerogative, Savage Justice came out first to a big pop from the Quality Controllers.  Still photos of them winning the belts at XXV accompanied their entrance.

Then the End Times and Summer Rose came out – and the Wonderful Ward Brothers jumped them in the concourse to trigger a massive brawl that went on for a while.

The match between Savage Justice and the End Times never happened

Summer tried to save her squad and got lawn darted into the wall, then the Wards beat the End Times until they weren't moving with their own THE END IS NIGH signs until they drew blood from both Danny Castle and Dr. Martin Williams.  Quality Force Security eventually put themselves between the Wards and the unconscious End Times with the medical team on their heels.  Savage Justice stood in the ring open mouthed and maybe looking a little perturbed, but the Wards looked blankly down at the End Times before looking at the tag champs.  There was a tense moment in a staredown before the Wards let themselves be escorted to the back by QFS.

Anything next was going to be a complete tonal shift, so it was a minor shock to see S. Mark Starr pop up on the Qualitron 9004.  Starr almost immediately threw the End Times under the bus, saying that the bigger travesty was his client (Jacques Krieger, pacing and skulking behind Starr) not getting a rematch for his World TV title.  Fortunately, before he had to rush off to the med bay Commissioner Holmes gave his word - and since verbal contracts are binding, next week his client would do what no one else had been able to and drop Omar Littlefield to regain the World Television championship.   In a week’s time it would be out with the freak and in with the new Era of Krieger.  Starr and Krieger blipped off of the Tron before we went to Duck Eko in the ring to make the introductions for the next bout.

2. Jupiter Jones (w/the College Park Family) v. “Upper Class” Broderick Palmer II (wEvan O’Neill)

So here's something: Palmer II is a very good professional wrestler.  It seems like a dumb thing to say given other members of his family tree have walked down the halls of QCW before, but against Mr. QCW he proved he was every bit what his nickname says.

The bell rang and Jones turned right into a spear, and “Upper Class” went up to the top rope, and flew off with a senton elbow drop before making a cover.  Jones kicked out at 2 ½ but a jolt had definitely been sent throughout Quality Arena.

Palmer II questioned the count briefly before stomping away on the former World champion.  After exchanging words with Evan O’Neill, Palmer continued the assault and cut off a Jupiter rallly with a Stun Gun that sent Jupiter to the canvas and rolling out of the ring.  

On commentary, Carl Christensen wondered if he drank from the wrong punch bowl as BP2 continued to press his advantage even through a commercial break.  Even Palmer's response to increasingly worried and louder *Let's go, Jupiter!” chants was to dodge a Jones attack and clothesline him from the ring.

Clearly feeling himself, Palmer II let out a whoop before hitting the ropes and flying out with a tope suicida.  Unfortunately for him Jupiter suddenly sprung to life and smoked him like a brisket with a Bolt From Olympus that sent Palmer II into the fetal position.

Jones got back in the ring and went for the cover but Broderick kicked out at 2 ½.  No matter: Jones took over from there and even busted out the old handspring elbow before calling for the end.  Jupiter dropped Palmer II with another Bolt and hooked the leg…but Palmer II found it way to get his other foot on the bottom rope.  Jones shook his head before setting himself up and firing again – Palmer II rolled him up and somehow got 2 ¾?!  Fortunately, Jupiter almost immediately hit him with another Bolt and restored order to the universe.

Jupiter Jones d. Broderick Palmer II at 13:31

Jupiter got his hand raised by the ref but was looking down at Broderick the whole time with a slightly stunned look on his face.  Evan O'Neill came in the ring post match to protect his boy from more at Jupiter's hand but Jupiter and the rest of Collipark left having proved their point.  And Broderick proved one of his own, I guess.

We got another creepy sepia toned video highlighting a bunch of QCW wrestlers suffering and/or in pain, headlines of the Quality Arena fire, headlines of GRPL+ coming under FCC scrutiny in recent weeks, before the usual pair of voices urged us to repent or we would never be chosen.  Four crosses flanking a big cross - an interlocking WG and a backwards G interlocking with a standard G.

Ahead of the next big fight, the announce told us that Pick Your Poison would return next week with Autumn Powers and Nazir el-Fadal competing, the one who wins quickest will get to set the stipulation for the Unified World championship fight at Golden Rule.

3. “The Fury” Jim Jaspers v. Prince Ootsuka in a street fight

The former Ambassador champions went after each other in a street fight thanks to Ootsuka's turn on the Proper Villains at the tail end of last year and borderline torture of Jaspers’ partner Richard Windsor a few weeks back.

Jaspers used his anger wisely early, diving from the crowd to take out Ootsuka as he made his entrance before beating him around ringside and sending him flying into the barricade and stairs.

The self proclaimed Prince crawled under the ring seemingly to get away from Old Jim but that was a ruse;  Ootsuka came out swinging with a kendo stick and an Ohtani impersonation.  Once he beat Jaspers down the former World Television champion added injury to injury by delivering an overhaul belly to belly suplex into the barricade that had the Quality Controllers gasping and groaning.

For someone who considers himself royalty, Ootsuka had no problems getting down and dirty by using a few weapons alongside some admittedly nice looking kicks and forearms.  As Ootsuka prepared another kick, Jaspers rolled a bowling ball at his former partner.  Ootsuka managed to sidestep that but it left him open to get smashed by trash can lids.

Jaspers mustered a rally and tied up Ootsuka in the ropes before wiping some of the blood off of above his forehead and smearing it across the Prince’s forehead before grabbing a kendo stick of his own.  Ootsuka begged off - and Jaspers spit in his face before working him over with the kendo stick until he fell limply to the canvas.  

Jaspers stepped on Ootsuka's back before signalling the last rites and lowering his knee pad.  He raced past Ootsuka and bounced off the ropes to launch himself into Fury Road but when he leapt up to deliver it Ootsuka uppercutted him in the Union Jacks.  

With Jaspers down, Ootsuka walloped him with a couple of chair shots to the back before diving on him and applying a cobra clutch.  Jaspers’ blood started dripping down his face and onto Ootsuka's forearm as the Prince coiled around Jim with a body scissors.  

Jim struggled but couldn't get free while Ootsuka sneered and told him to bow down.  In the background you could see a figure in a hoodie jump the rail with a crutch before they and it were in the ring.   Ootsuka soon found himself getting choked out by the crutch and let go of Jim to try and get it off his neck.  The hood part of the hoodie dropped to reveal a wild eyed Richard Windsor, who beat Ootsuka until the crutch was mangled and busted over Ootsuka.

Ootsuka still tried to get after Windsor, crawling on the canvas and grabbing at his leg right before Jaspers slammed his face into the mat with Fury Road.  Windsor smiled and backed into a corner as Jaspers slid a chair under Ootsuka's head.  When Ootsuka groggily lifted his head up, Jaspers used a second Fury Road to slam Ootsuka's head into the chair then pinned him to take the victory.

“The Fury” Jim Jaspers d. Prince Ootsuka in a street fight at 14:43

We came back to Julius Duquesne III, who brought on Mean Season and the Unified World champion Autumn Powers.  The Quality Controllers popped as the longtime friends stepped onto the set, exchanging hellos with Julius before he asked them where they were ahead of the six person main event tag tonight.

Both Gaia Green and Winter Wonderland reveled in being off the injured list, and especially about being able to take Pyotr Caviar down a peg last week.  Tonight would be no different.  

JD3 asked The Champ if she had a follow up to their words, and Autumn said last week Naz tried to humiliate her - next week he’d be picking her poison - but none of that had a damn thing to do with tonight.  Tonight, her people had her back so she could focus on humiliating Naz twice as much as he did last week.  He could call himself a boss all he wanted…but this title on her shoulder shows everyone in the wrestling world who's running things.  Autumn walked off the set, the rest of Mean Season followed, and JD3 threw it to Duck for the next match.

4. Omar Littlefield [c] v. Super Avión for the GRPL+ World Television championship

Poor Avión got in a couple of high spots early on but when he went for a third Omar swatted him out of the air like a bug.  From there, Littlefield served up another serving of squash that didn't end until he hit four Vader/Littlefield Bombs and the Face Eraser.  Noticeable by his absence was Avión’s absence was his usual partner Crusazdo del Oro; nobody was there to scrape Avión up off of the canvas.

Omar Littlefield d, Super Avion at 4:13 to retain the GRPL+ World Television championship 4️⃣

After replays we saw Omar staring down the hard camera; Internet sleuths figured out the one thing he said was “Six left.” before leaving the ring and stomping to the back.

Speaking of the back, that's where we headed where Enya Face drew the short straw and had Team Batroc and Nazir el-Fadal for guests ahead of the main event.  

Enya asked the black hats what their game plan was to take on Autumn and Mean Season.  Serge let out a laugh and said she was surrounded by not only former champions but three men who would take gold sooner rather than later.  Since the Wards actually did something right for a change, he and Pyotr were involving their rematch clause for next week where they would become the first ever two time Unified World Tag Team champions.  As for their partner…well, he was more than capable of speaking for himself.

Naz gave Serge a small nod before saying that between XXV and last week, he’s dropped Autumn like a bad habit twice so the idea that she could embarrass him was a joke.  What was going to happen tonight was that if Serge and Pyotr left him anything to beat on, he’d embarrass her and it'd keep happening again and again until she wasn't Unified champion and he was holding the Fifteen Pounds of Gold just to remind the rabble that he was Nazir el-Fadal - the Greatest Man Alive.  

Naz left the set with Serge a couple steps behind him; Pyotr gave Enya a once over before saying “They in trouble tonight, sis.” before following his partners off set.  

5. Crush champion “La Flor” Luz Cruz & Lolo Vuiton v. International Lotus (w/Scott Warren-Tisch)

Vuitton and then Cruz came out to pretty good pops, then headed down the ramp together.  Carl joked that even when Luz skipped a week of defending her Crush championship she was in matches that were championship level.  Right on cue, International Lotus came out as their usual unit led by the Women's World champion - Karyn Tisch-Warren.  

Once the bell rang, Sohla Patel and Vuitton renewed hostilities with Sohla eventually taking Lolo's eyes.   She tagged in Karyn, who went up top to throw a usual Lotus double team at her ex partner, but Lolo saw it coming and dodged it to leave Karyn to accidentally wipe out Sohla to the cheers of the crowd.  Karyn checked on Sohla but that left her open to a rewind rana from Lolo and the Women's World champion ended up having to kick out at 2.

Surprisingly, most of the match played out in a similar fashion; Lolo and Luz worked pretty well as a team for their first fight together while Lotus had some uncharacteristic missteps including Sohla accidentally wiping out Karyn in a reversal of what happened in the opening moments.   Patel’s frustration over the misstep led to Cruz burying a running knee in her back and sending her between the ropes and out to the floor.

KTW tried to get her hands on Luz but Cruz won the champion on champion violence battle and floored Karyn with a slingshot DDT.  Luz followed up with her trademark triple jump moonsault – but the referee waved off her follow up pin attempt.  Lolo came in and got the pin while Luz looked on confused.

Luz Cruz & Lolo Vuitton d. International Lotus at 12:05

Replays showed Lolo blind tagging herself in as Luz started her signature, something Cruz didn't notice before hitting the triple jump moonsault.  Steve pointed out that now Lolo had pinned me Women's World champion after almost beating her for the belt.   Back in live time, Luz looked a little upset while the referee raised her and Lolo's hands - and it's entirely possible that Lolo was looking a time of two at the Crush championship, though your mileage may vary.

Before the main event, Steve and Carl hyped up next week's Rucku, which s: looking pretty loaded, too

• Pick Your Poison between Autumn Powers and Nazir el-Fadal

• Omar Littlefield may eat someone literally in his defense of the World TV title

• Luz Cruz, knocking on the door of 10, makes another Crush championship defense

• And the Unified World Tag Team championships will be on the line barring throws off of the stage - it's Savage Justice v. Team Batroc II

Hey, speaking of Team Batroc, it's time for the St. Violence Day main event – a star studded trios match.

6. Team Batroc & Nazir el-Fadal v. Mean Season & Autumn Powers

“Engel” brought out Team Batroc, looking stoic as usual; Naz entered to “Ready Or Not” and the biggest heat of the night.   The black hats began to plot and scheme as “Mota” brought out all three women together, Autumn flanking her BFFs in Mean Season.  

After a roschambo round, Gaia Green took the start of the match for the white hats; after a quick discussion el-Fadal took point for the baddies.  The opening moments saw a spirited back and forth before the former World champion took control and took Green down with a Saiton suplex.  As she held her head, Naz demanded that she tag out and gave him what he wanted.   Winter Wonderland tagged in as Gaia left the ring.  

Winter did better than Gaia did, but after she rattled Naz she went to the rope only to get distracted by Serge.  She stared him down and flew off right into a Naz European uppercut.  el-Fadal snuck up on her and planted her with the Nazquil.  

But Naz didn't even bother making a cover, ignoring Serge's incredulous cries to pin her.  Naz made a gesture to Autumn before throwing Winter at her, and that was enough – Autumn tagged in and flew at Naz with a double leg takedown and a flurry of punches.  Autumn laid in forearms until Naz was backed up into a corner and then he wasn't because Autumn stomped him down until he was on his ass.  The Quality Arena was rocking as Autumn had to be pulled off by the referee before laying in even more stomps.   Powers got in Naz’s face and el-Fadal kicked her leg out from under her to send her flying into the turnbuckles.   Naz scrambled away as Autumn bounced off the middle buckle, then got a sick grin on his face (does he have other grins?).

Powers staggered into a tilt-a-whirl Michinoku Driver that got Naz 2 ½.  With Serge golf clapping from the apron, Naz powered Autumn into a corner and laid in European uppercuts for nearly half a minute, always breaking at 4 in the referee’s count.  After that Naz smack talked The Champ until Autunn shut him up with a back elbow.  Naz tried another corner charge but ate Autumn's licks as a result; Powers further put el-Fadal behind the 8 ball by leaping off and planting him with a tornado DDT.  

Autumn used that opportunity to tag out, and Gaia flew into the ring to keep Naz from tagging out.   Naz scoffed right before he ate a dropkick and to increasing cheers Gaia put Naz through his paces and had the former World champion dead to rights.

But she fucked too soon after sending Naz into the ropes, and el-Fadal cinched her up and drilled her with an Outsider's Edge.  Naz made a cover, but Powers came in to make the save and more importantly drag Gaia towards their corner on the way out.  Green rolled over until she was in safe harbor then Autumn tagged herself in.  

Autumn picked Naz’s leg and ducked his enzuigiri before snatching him up in a German suplex, but Naz landed on his feet before cinching Autumn up for an attempted German of his own.  Autumn landed on her feet again and rolled up Naz, leading to a series of near falls off of variants of rollups. They both got up in a standoff while the Controllers cheered.  

Then Naz ruined the moment by stomping on Autumn's foot.  

And that tiny opening was all Naz needed to drop The Champ with the Lightning Spiral he calls Nazquil.

el-Fadal saw his opening and crawled for the corner – only to watch Team Batroc nail on Jim by dropping off the apron.  For the first and maybe only time, they got cheered in the Arena while the camera foub6 a departing Serge say *Zat was for last week, putain!”. He and Pyotr headed to the back while Naz fumed and spit at their backs.  He pulled himself off of the mat and Gaia and Winter sent him right back down with a Total Elimination that popped the crowd.  

After Autumn got up she tagged out, and Gaia and Winter hit a few more double team maneuvers on an increasingly helpless el-Fadal.  They milked the crowd for a bit then tagged in Autumn.  Powers got in the ring and got greeted by a (blurred out on TV) double middle finger from Naz.  Autumn smirked and blew him a kiss…

…right before she delivered the Hazy Shade that put the #1 contender’s lights out for the night.

Autumn Powers & Mean Season d. Team Batroc & Nazir el-Fadal at 9:59

We got replays, mostly focused on Team Batroc's walkout, the Mean Season double teams and the Hazy Shade that ended things.  Back live, Gaia and Winter were celebrating on the turnbuckles while Autumn stood over a barely stirring el-Fadal’s body hoisting the Fifteen Pounds of Gold over her head.   Come on back to the Arena next Friday as QCW continues to bring the Ruckus.