Quality Arena | Parts Unknown, FL
Aired live on GRPL+ | April 19, 2024
A video package recapping the main events of the last couple Ruckuses played to open the show, highlighting Naz spitting in Mirror’s face two weeks ago before they hit him with a Hazy Shade of Autumn and pinned him clean in the center - last week Naz faked an injury to blindside Autumn with a walking cane before their non-title match and hiptossed her off the apron into a Michinoku Driver then Nazquil to beat her clean in the center.
Tonight the triangle closes and brings us Autumn against Mirror in another non-title match in their first one on one since their epic Best of 5 series over the TV title last year. That and Ashley “THEE Influencer” Szabo vs. Witchfinder General in the finals of the Duquesne Classic will highlight a loaded Ruckus that's coming up next.
After the open we were live from Parts Unknown with a solid sold out crowd inside Quality Arena. Steve Vandeblanche and Carl Christensen welcomed us to the show. They hyped up the two big matches a little more and added to the list a six woman gauntlet to determine the #1 contender for the Women's World championship.
Oh, and there's a opener worthy of main eventing a PPV. There's also that.
“This Town Ain't Big Enough For the Both of Us” kicked off this episode’s playlist and brought out “Dark Mirror” Beckett Carpenter to their usual massive mixed reaction. Steve pointed out that several posts from Carpenter over the course of the week had questioned why this wasn't a World title match; of course, a win in a non-title match would make their claim to be #1 contender ironclad and probably set up the main event for Mayday Payday.
When “Mota” by the Offspring took Siouxsie’s place a monster roar came from the crowd in anticipation of seeing The Champ, Autumn Powers. The Final Woman came out with her Fifteen Pounds of Gold and a laser focus on the ring. She and Carpenter stared each other down while she divested herself of the belt and her shirt, revealing some kinesio tape on her neck and clavicle.
1. Autumn Powers v. “Dark Mirror” Beckett Carpenter in a non-title match
The bell rang as the longtime rivals continued glaring at each other, the Quality Controllers firing off dueling chants (about 60/40 in Autumn's favor). To no one's surprise, the opening few minutes were spent in a stalemate and while both of them managed to get in a couple of pinfallls none of the counts for them got past 1 ½.
Things ratcheted up in intensity as both stars took turns beating on each other with repeated forearm strikes in the corner, and things only kicked up from there when Autumn tried to backdrop Carpenter out of the ring only to have Mirror land safely on the apron and stun The Champ with an enzuigiri. The hopeful #1 contender pulled her out to the apron and looked like they were going to suplex them to the floor, but Autumn put the brakes on that and shoved Carpenter back first into the ringpost. Mirror clanged off it and sluiced down to the floor, getting up just in time to see Autumn flying off the apron with a cannonball that they couldn't avoid.
With the match in her favor, Autumn looked to bring it to a relatively quick end and made Mirror expend their energy by kicking out of a handful of pinfall attempts. Autumn seemed to be able to weather Beckett's attempts at a comeback and looked like she would wrap things up with her signature Hazy Shade.
Carpenter covered up to block it, but unfortunately Powers put on the breaks before her Shining Wizard didn't connect. What did connect once Beckett popped their head up was a basement superkick that sent Mirror sprawling and a grin spread over Powers’ face as they saw a clearly rattled Carpenter try to pull themselves up to a sitting position. Autumn's grin turned into a sneer, and suddenly they were behind Beckett and throwing Mirror’s signature hammer and anvil elbows down on them.
To add insult to injury, Autumn was clearly maneuvering towards locking Mirror up with their own Look Inward - but if anyone knew the ins and outs of the Dragon Clutch it was the former Unified World Tag and World TV champ, who pivoted before Autumn could fully secure the hold and after wobbling a bit sent Autumn flying into a middle turnbuckle with a Lawn Dart. Powers was the one left wobbling after that, and they clutched at their face before staggering backwards into the center of the ring. Carpenter spun them around and then spun her around a few more times before delivering on a Stun Gun that sent both of them collapsing to the mat.
Beckett beat the count at 7 and then started beating Autumn to the punch, literally and figuratively. The next couple of minutes were one way traffic for Dark Mirror, who peppered Autumn with escalating offense that culminated in a springboard Codebreaker (a sly shoutout to her buddy Ashley THEE Influencer who's main eventing tonight).
Powers was down and a slow grin spread over Beckett's face before they yelled at The Champ “THIS is how you do it!” and started to lay in a flurry of hammer and anvil elbows until Autumn fell to the mat in a heap. Carpenter started to apply Look Inward but then seemed to think better of it and threw Autumn down. Carpenter backed into a corner, and then smirked at the dazed Autumn before pulling down their kneepad and charging forward with a…Hazy Shade of Mirror (?) but Autumn ducked it and countered with an Electric Chair drop and they were both down after that.
Quality Arena first filled up with “This is awesome! 👏🏾 👏🏾 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾” chants before dueling chants for both competitors rang out. As they both pulled themselves off the canvas they locked eyes and started hitting each other with punches. Autumn switched up her strikes as both of them started to slowly get to a vertical base and tattooed Carpenter with a few knife edge chops…only to get laid out by the Cracked Mirror short range headbutt that drew another big mixed reaction from the crowd.
Autumn started to recoil from the impact and Mirror snatched them up by hooking their arm and leg to keep her from falling down. It looked like Beckett was going to hit their own version of Nazquil but Autumn blocked the follow through of the Lightning Spiral and bulldogged Carpenter into a middle turnbuckle. Carpenter tried to scramble their way up after that but Autumn slammed that door shut with a Hazy Shade before hooking both legs and securing the victory.
Autumn Powers d. “Dark Mirror” Beckett Carpenter in a non-title match at 15:58
Replays of the match's big moments rolled before we went back to the ring where Autumn was getting her hand raised and raised the belt with her other hand. Carpenter was holding their jaw while glaring at the scene, as Autumn towards turned Beckett and mouthed two words while tapping the Fifteen Pounds of Gold twice. A cut to the back showed Nazir el-Fadal watching on with his face acting as a brick wall; a cut back inside the Arena showed Autumn backing up the ramp while hoisting the title over her shoulder. The referee checked on Carpenter, who shoved him away and seethed while Steve wondered what would be next for The Champ after such a ferocious challenge/great start to the show.
From there?
Right back TOTHEBACK~!, where Julius Duquesne III was standing by to bring on his guest: the reigning Women's World champion, Sohla Patel.
The crowd booed as Sohla came on screen, who rolled her eyes and shined up her title in response. JD3 congratulated her on retaining the belt last week and said that gave her the opportunity to watch the upcoming gauntlet to see who she would face at Mayday Payday in a couple weeks.
Sohla said that she'd heard all the haters after Golden Rule but her title defense was louder than all of them combined. Now the entire division was going to fight it out so one poor woman could stand in the spotlight with her at Mayday Payday only to burn under the brightest light the women's division had to offer.
Sohla started to walk off when Julius asked for one more question, which she eventually allowed. Julius asked her what would happen if Karyn Tisch-Warren won and International Lotus had to face off with each other over the belt, especially since Karyn had yet to use her rematch clause. Patel responded: “Julie – and I mean this from the bottom of my heart - no comment.”
Sohla sauntered off, leaving JD3 to thank her ghost for her time before throwing things over to Duck. Eko explained the rules to the fans:
Six women will be involved in the gauntlet
The order of entry was decided by a random draw earlier today
It’ll start off as a one on one match before becoming a series of them, and you either win or go to the back
The last woman standing would be declared the winner, the #1 contender and would face Sohla Patel for the Women's World championship at Mayday Payday!
And speaking of Sohla Patel, first out was her partner in International Lotus crime, the last Women's World champion: Karyn Tisch-Warren. KTW looked plenty salty about having to kick things off as Carl on commentary noted that for her to win the gauntlet she’d have to be out here for at least an hour and probably closer to an hour. Karyn was stretching with the ropes before her head whipped around hearing Bad Bunny replacing Katy Perry on the PA.
And speaking of Sohla Patel, the #2 entrant and the other half of the opening stage would be the woman who Patel bullied out of the promotion last year and had screwed her out of the Women's World championship at Golden Rule and needed Karyn's help to beat last week: Luz Cruz. Cruz removed her Puerto Rico flag themed mask before making a beeline towards the woman who’d planted the belt upside her head last week, and the fight was on.
2. Luz Cruz vs. Goody Gardner vs. Crush champion Shelley LaVey vs. Cindy Monet vs. Karyn Tisch-Warren vs. Lolo Vuitton in a Women's World championship #1 contender’s gauntlet
Stage 1: Cruz flew at Karyn before taking her down in a ground and pound to lay in some rapid fire right hands. The Crush alums and years long rivals went at each other as if it were their first day of hatred; early on it looked like Lolo had it in the bag by hitting a ropewalk rana that sent Karyn bailing out to the floor only to get dropped by a beautiful spinning plancha at the hands of La Flor.
Cruz got the notorious KTW back in the ring and continued upping the ante; things might have continued in that fashion for longer than they did if Karyn didn't block a Cruz corner charge with a well-timed superkick followed by an overhead powerbomb into the corner. Karyn barely got a 2 count off of that combo but kept the match in her favor from that point with her arsenal of backbreakers including catching a Cruz crossbody and turning it into a tornado backbreaker for a solid 2 ½. Tisch-Warren continued to stay a step ahead of Luz whether it was through talent or chicanery for the next few minutes and looked to begin the end when she set up Luz for her signature powerbomb backbreaker Spare Me, but Luz pivoted before it could connect and hit Karyn with a Code Red instead that left both women laying but bought Luz some much needed recovery time.
Cruz struck first by twinning a standard armdrag and a Japanese one before landing a step up enzuigiri that sent Karyn sprawling. The match pivoted back in Luz’s direction as Luz used her speed to dictate the pace of most of the rest of the fight, and found a way to counter an attempt at another tornado backbreaker by flooring KTW with a rewind rana. Cruz pulled Karyn into position and started going up to the top rope but a desperate Tisch-Warren managed to grab onto her ankle. Luz tried to shake her off and then just opted to double stomp Karyn down to the mat. Cruz went up top, delivered her triple jump moonsault and sent Karyn out of the gauntlet.
Luz Cruz eliminated Karyn Tisch-Warren from the gauntlet.
A battered KTW rolled out of the ring and the third competitor headed to it in the form of former Crush and Women's World champion Cindy Monet from the College Park Family. Cindy stood on the ramp and looked out to the crowd while Luz pulled herself together and waved Cindy on.
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Stage 2: As Cindy played to the crowd we got picture in picture commercials at home while Cindy and Lolo shook hands and started the feeling out process.
Luz got the better of Cindy early on, causing Monet to roll out to the floor and look forlorn. Monet eventually got back in the ring but looked increasingly lost as Cruz's run of offense turned into a sprint where Monet couldn't quite catch up. Cruz even countered a Tightrope attempt by landing a dropkick to the temple that took Cindy's chances from slim to none; shortly after that Cruz busted out her second triple jump moonsault and notched her second pin.
Luz Cruz eliminated Cindy Monet from the gauntlet.
The announce put over Luz’s wins right before Cardi B hit the PA, bringing Luz face to face with her sometime partner and former two time Women's World champion Lolo Vuitton.
Stage 3: With Luz on her third consecutive match and Lolo coming out fresh, it only took Vuitton a few moments to get the upper hand. Vuitton kept the pace fast and her moves tight, hitting such a massive back body drop that Cruz landed right on her tailbone before eating a basement dropkick.
Lolo looked to make this the shortest stage of the gauntlet yet and went for her Bloody Shoe but Cruz got out to the apron to dodge it then followed up by giving Vuitton a hangwoman's neckbreaker over the top rope.
Cruz fought her way back over the next couple of minutes and popped the crowd when she connected with a ropewalk rana; her follow up quebeada, however, saw Lolo get her knees up to counter and take the wind out of Luz as a result. Vuitton quickly moved to end things and landed a huge roundhouse kick before connecting with a Bloody Shoe to advance.
Lolo Vuitton eliminated Luz Cruz from the gauntlet.
Stage 4: Luz got some appreciate applause from the crowd while the announce put over her strong showing in the opening half of the gauntlet. As Lolo watched Luz leave with clearly mixed reactions on her face, Goody Gardner suddenly jumped into the ring and jumped Vuitton from behind.
Goody laid the boots to Lolo and then sat on her to add some forearms to the mix as replays showed her racing past the End Times with their THE END IS NIGH signs and leaping the barricade before sliding into the ring and dropping Lolo. Goody got the early advantage thanks to her shady tactics but couldn't hold onto it once Lolo started showing off her power game on her smaller opponent. Vuitton tossed off a Goody attempt at offense and followed it up with a Pounce (periodt) that sent Goody flying awkwardly into the ropes before bouncing off of the apron and hitting the floor.
Lolo stayed on the attack and brought the newcomer back in the ring and dished out more punishment including a one armed spinebuster that might've had an inflight movie, she got Gardner so far up in the air. Shortly after that slam dunking Lolo reeled off another Bloody Shoe and sent another competitor packing.
Lolo Vuitton eliminated Goody Gardner from the gauntlet.
Final Stage: So that meant that the last woman out would be Crush champion Shelley LaVey, and while her belt wasn't on the line the announce couldn't help but salivate over the possible champion vs. champion match to be held at Mayday Payday were she to win here.
Lolo ended that noise by surprising everyone and drilling Shelley with a Bloody Shoe as LaVey tried getting into the ring. A fired up Lolo talked smack to Shelley's fallen body on the floor as the ref backed Vuitton into a neutral corner before starting her count. It got all the way up to 9 before Shelley got back into the ring, and the next two minutes saw Lolo try three different pins to try and secure the #1 contendership. Lolo kept rolling early on and even went up to the top rope, but the zebra was “accidentally” tripped by Shelley and went flying into the top rope, which sent Lolo flying into the top turnbuckle and spilling into the ring.
Shelley ground Lolo under her boots in the corner while the crowd rallied behind Vuitton. LaVey ate a brief flurry of shots from LV before laying her out with a basement DDT that quieted the crowd. LaVey continued her handiwork over the next couple of minutes only to get staggered again by another Vuitton comeback, but when Lolo tried to toss her out of the ring Shelley turned it into a hangwoman across the top rope and followed up with a slingshot cutter that planted Lolo.
Shelley went up top for her Fallen Angel but Lolo countered the splash attempt by kicking LaVey 's ankle out from under her, leaving her straddling the top rope - and with no defense against the Bloody Shoe that followed. LaVey fell to the apron and started sliding out to the floor but Lolo grabbed her by the leg and pulled her back into the ring to pin her down as well.
It only took one more pinfall for Lolo to get what she came for.
Lolo Vuitton won a six woman gauntlet at 31:11 by eliminating Crush champion Shelley LaVey to become the #1 contender to the Women's World championship
After replays of the eliminations played, the crowd chanted loudly for Lolo as she got the mic and held it up to soak up the cheers in Parts Unknown.
Understandably tired and a little bit raspy, Lolo thanked the fans for the support she’d gotten all year since she came back. As the crowd applauded, she noted she came back for one thing and one thing only: the finest piece of gold she’d ever seen or worn, the QCW Women's World championship. Sohla was still on a payment plan so far as being a real champion was concerned; come Mayday Payday Lolo was going to drop Sohla like she dropped stacks and walk out of San Franceezy a three-time champion. She had platinum for days, but it just wouldn't be a Payday without some gold, now, would it? Lolo flipped the mic behind her while a cut to Sohla backstage saw her let out a primal scream before ripping the monitor off of the wall (!) and throwing it to the ground (!!) before stomping off through the shattered LED screen. A chyron came up for the newly made Women's World championship match at MDPD while Steve and Carl hyped Lolo potentially making history at the PPV.
After them, Duck was standing by in the ring to make the introductions for the next match.
3. Crusazdo del Oro v. Super Avión
A rematch between ex partners closed the first hour; QCW Rewind helpfully took us back a few weeks when Avión got himself intentionally DQed by laying out Crusazdo with a chair.
This time the masked men left the lucha libre in the back and spent a segment brawling wildly with each other. At multiple times during the bout, the referee had to physically get involved to make sure they stopped at the 5 count. Crusazdo actually showed the referee down so he could lay in some more kicks, and that's what got him disqualified.
Super Avión ddq. Crusazdo del Oro at 9:49
We weren't done there, as Oro got his receipt and a bonus shot by not only laying out Avión with a chair shot but hitting him with another phoenix splash just like he did last week. Oro talked smack to Avión in Spanglish - the part I understood was when he said he wasn't done making Avión pay yet. We went to commercials with Crusazdo leaving the ring to a decent response from the Quality Controllers and Steve plugging that Ashok Banjerjee would be in action next.
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Back to Ruckus, as we went TOTHEBACK~! and the lovely Enya Face (she probably didn't teleport onto the set). Enya brought on her guests: the Unified World Tag Team champions, Savage Justice.
The Quality Controllers popped as Justice Davis and Mason “Razorblade” Savage came out with their belts on their shoulders. Both men nodded at Enya, who pointed out that they would be defending their titles against Evan O'Neill and Broderick Palmer II, the duo now calling themselves A Cut Above…
Razorblade stopped Enya there, saying that they won a couple matches and gave themselves a name but that wasn't the same as being a champion. He’d been around QCW for the whole modern era and the only thing harder than getting a title around here was holding onto it. So if the new kids wanted to be taught an old, painful lesson, then look no further than he and JD. They were going to walk in Mayday Payday champs and walk out champs, and prove that the only thing a cut above everything else in QCW was gold. Justice leaned in towards Enya and smiled as he said that he picked a hell of a mentor, didn't he? The champs thanked Enya for her time and headed off the set as Enya threw things to Duck for introductions in the next match…
4. Ashok Banjerjee v. Ian Cook (w/Gerry Greene)
Former Catch Hell compatriots went at it here, but as it went across the pond for Cook so it did again here. Banjerjee dominated a showcase over the bigger man and eventually put him away after hitting a Decolorizer Driver (a brainbuster into the knee).
Ashok Banjerjee d. Ian Cook at 8:07
As Ashok celebrated on the turnbuckles, we heard a voice congratulating him. A scan of the Arena eventually found the source: minority owner “Ig” de Catur, in one of the luxury boxes he’d added to Quality Arena after the fire last year. Ig congratulated Ashok on notching another win and noted that in his eyes, Ashok first got his attention when he debuted at Golden Rule and took Omar Littlefield to the limit…and he couldn't help but notice not only had Omar gotten himself intentionally DQed to save his belt, he hadn't granted Ashok a rematch since.
Mayday Payday would change all of that - come the 5th, Ashok would get another shot at Omar and possibly the World TV title if Littlefield didn't lose it or cash it in before MDPD. But that wasn't all, because after getting the Commish’s approval, Omar/Ashok II would come with a twist…
…it would be the first ever Quality Choice match!
Ig explained that the fans would be picking the stipulation for the match; they could go to QCW’s site, vote one of three options, and on the May 3rd Ruckus everyone would find out what the stipulation would be. Quality Controllers could choose between a falls count anywhere match, a steel cage match or a tables match. Ig encouraged fans to go vote, wished Ashok good luck, and then mentioned that if they liked him announcing the Quality Choice match for Mayday Payday that he'd have an even bigger announcement next week.
Ig faded back into the shadows while the announce hyped up the Quality Choice match and Ashok took to a camera to say that he was coming for Omar. Steve said that when Ruckus came back, there’d be a big eight person intergender tag.
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5. the Culture & Nazir el-Fadal vs. Mean Season & the Proper Villains
Originally slated to be a Mode/Villains rematch, a slew of posts at Quality Social drew in the Crush champion Shelley LaVey, Mean Season and then Naz, so an eight person tag it became.
At least in theory. In reality, while the match started off pretty evenly matched with a slight boost towards the white hats, the Culture kept things and tags between themselves despite Naz's complaining. Down the stretch Roy Fade managed to drop Jim Jaspers with a familiar looking cutter and went for his corner to tag. el-Fadal was the closest and extended his arm only to drop off the apron at the last second and start heading towards the back. Shelley LaVey and Pierce Moore went after Naz but got sideswiped by Mean Season and Richard Windsor while Naz did an Usain Bolt impersonation until he was in catering.
With those things in play, Jaspers dodged a desperate attempt at the Decision from Fade and spiked him with Fury Road to secure the victory.
Mean Season and the Proper Villains d. the Culture and Nazir el-Fadal at 11:37
The babyfaces took to the turnbuckles and celebrated the W while the Culture collected Fade and fumed on the floor.
Our friends at Scoop Republic are now sponsoring the QCW calendar and Steve and Carl have the…scoop…on some of the big matches to come next week.
UNLEASHED will not only feature International Lotus vs. Science Fiction Double Feature but Omar Littlefield defending the GRPL+ World TV title against “the Fury” Jim Jaspers as well.
On RUCKUS, we’ll find out what Ig’s big announcement is - Luz Cruz will go against Shelley LaVey with the Crush championship up for grabs and the main event will be…interesting to say the least.
On one side: Nazir el-Fadal and Omar Littlefield. Their opponents? “Dark Mirror” Beckett Carpenter…and The Champ herself, Autumn Powers. What's going to happen and more importantly, how long before the excrement kisses the cooling device?
But those are multiple questions for next week; right now, there's only one crucial one for QCW: who is going to win the 2024 Duquesne Classic?
6. Ashley “THEE Influencer “ Szabo (w/”Tiki God” Al Buffett) v. Witchfinder General in the 2024 Duquesne Classic finals
Before the introductions were made Julius Duquesne III came down with the Cup named after his grandfather and put it on a pedestal at ringside.
Witchfinder was out first and made a slow walk to the ring, divesting himself of his flat topped black hat before setting his eyes on the Cup. Muse cut off his gaze and brought out the Game Changers to a huge pop, Carl wondering as she came down the ramp if Ashley was going to run the table and hoist the Cup before the night was over.
Solo spotlight on the ring while Duck made the introductions - WG being lustily booed during his while Ashley fired up the faithful even more during hers while Al applauded on the floor.
After the bell rang and both finalists circled each other for a few beats, Steve noted that due to special dispensation from GRPL+ that they would stay with this match no matter how long it ended up going.
And at first, that seemed like it wouldn't be too long at all; Ashley dodged a few early attempts at offense from Witchfinder before springboarding off the ropes and hitting him with a Codebreaker. WG nearly was sent out of the ring and opted to crawl out of it to the floor but as he started to get up Ashley came somersaulting over the top rope with a tope con hilo that took him back down.
Szabo took a glance at the Cup before tossing the General back in and continuing her good works. THEE Influencer seemed to draw even more fuel from her early success and lit Witchfinder up with an attack in a corner, peppering him with body shots, forearms and knife edge chops.
Witchfinder ate the blows before ducking between the ropes and ultimately leaving the ring. General looked like he was going to leave the Arena, but he suddenly whirled around to use Al as a shield between him and Ashley. Al told Ashley everything would be okay right before WG shoved Al at her, and when she caught him General put a big boot between her eyes to drop her and followed up by catapulting her into the ringpost.
General tried to win the Cup by countout - which didn't work since Ashley got in the ring at 8 - but even though that plan didn't work he had shifted the match in his favor. In short order he followed up with a delayed slingshot suplex, using his power advantage to keep her in the air for nearly half a minute before finishing the maneuver.
WG spent the next couple of minutes working Ashley over and even applied a cravate. Al pounded the apron as the crowd chanted “Ashley!” in time with the slaps. Szabo eventually got free of the hold and ran for the ropes before coming off with another Codebreaker. At least, that was the plan; what actually ended up happening was General throwing her off and splattering her face first on the mat. When she dared get up from that, WG hit her with a cyclone kick and hooked a leg on the cover…only to have Szabo kick out at 2 ¾.
Witchfinder General questioned the ref’s count before setting Ashley up for his finisher Repent but once he got her overhead, Ashley kicked frantically before planting her feet on the top rope and backflipping into a DDT that laid out General and bought her some time. Both got up after a few seconds but Ashley literally beat Witchfinder to the punch before lighting into him with a series of knife edge chops that almost knocked the scripture out of him.
Witchfinder suddenly lashed out with a double thrust shot to her throat and whipped her to the ropes but ducked too soon, allowing Ashley to roll off his back and hit him with an enzui version of the Meteora that made him kiss canvas. Szabo kept her train a-rollin’ from there, even hitting 10 punches on General in a corner while the Controllers counted them off before leaping out and taking down General in another Codebreaker that put WG in the drop zone; Ashley spotted it, spared a glance at the Cup and went up top to hit the Button.
Then, chaos.
As Ashley went up top, Al suddenly got sent flying into the ringpost, and after he was down on the floor a small figure was on top of him swinging away wildly. It took a few beats for the announce to figure out that Goody Gardner had jumped Al, as she had come out of nowhere. Ashley looked torn as she saw her partner getting jumped, and then she looked startled since General swept her legs out from under her. The back of Ashley's head bounced off the top turnbuckle before she recoiled into the ring and landed hard on her face.
Witchfinder didn't waste much time in pulling Ashley from the canvas and getting closer to the middle of the ring before getting a running start and planting Szabo with Repent as Goody threw poor Al into the steps. A three count later, the 2024 Duquesne Classic was over.
Witchfinder General d. Ashley Szabo at 14:57 to win the 2024 Duquesne Classic
We got replays of the match’s big moments before we went to Witchfinder getting his hand raised and a barrage of pyro erupted on stage while a chyron on the Qualitron congratulated him on winning the Classic. The crowd went back to booing once the fireworks were over while a clearly disgusted JD3 left the Cup at ringside and speed walked to the back.
Goody Gardner grabbed the mic from Duck and then the Cup before getting inside the ring. Gardner set the Cup before Witchfinder and got on her knees to bow before the 2024 Duquesne Cup holder. Witchfinder looked at the Cup before hoisting it up and getting even more boos. Gardner hissed at them all to silence themselves, saying that for weeks - no, for months - they had warned them all that these days would come, that the end of QCW as they knew it would come and that they had to accept deliverance and repent.
But they refused to give up their debauchery and sinful lifestyles. Well, finally they had an idol who wasn't false. They had a man who knew and embraced the light. Who they had was the man who won the biggest Duquesne Classic of all time…the leader of the Chosen. And it was her duty and privilege to take her place as one of the Chosen on this night of triumph.
She crawled towards Witchfinder and handed him the microphone. Witchfinder kissed the top of her head before making a brief comment:
You heathens will either learn to follow my path…or REPENT!
“Shall We Gather At the River?” played while the Controllers booed. General and Gardner admired the Cup before he lifted it aloft one more time; Ruckus went off the air with a kneeling Gardner looking up at Witchfinder with a look of utter devotion while his stoic gaze bore holes in the hard camera. See you next week, when the match towards Mayday Payday continues and the fine folks behind QCW bring the Ruckus.
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