Quality Arena | Parts Unknown, FL
Aired live on GRPL+ | May 31st, 2024
A video package opened the show recapping the history between Lolo Vuitton and Sohla Patel. This goes back to last year's Mayday Payday where Sohla used herself as bait so Karyn Tisch-Warren could stab her then partner Lolo in the back to become Women's World champion, continues through last month’s Mayday Payday where Lolo beat Sohla to regain the Women's World championship and rolls through some highlights from last week's trios match where Sohla cheated to pin Lolo and announced post match she was exercising her rematch clause. Vuitton/Patel for the WWC is the main event tonight.
Standard open rolled from there before we zoomed into Quality Arena. Almost a thousand strong are loud and proud from Parts Unknown as Steve Vandeblanche and Carl Christensen welcomed us to tonight's Ruckus before hyping not only the main, but a weapons match between Witchfinder General and Goody Gardner against the Game Changers as well as Shelley LaVey defending the Crush championship; the show would start, however, with us being two matches away from crowning a new World Television champion next week…
1. Ashok Banjerjee v. Pyotr Caviar v. Karyn Tisch-Warren in a triple threat semifinal of the Golden Gauntlet
This is the remaining half of the field, with “Dashing” Pierce Moore, “Tiki God” Al Buffett and Justice Davis now on the outside looking in of the World TV title hunt. QCW Rewind showed us the end of last week's quarterfinal fatal four way where Pyotr used his size and good timing to turf Justice.
Pyotr stood in the ring with a small grin on his face and waved on Ashok only for Karyn to jump on his back and put on a sleeper. Ashok headed to the apron with his arms out in a “Welp, you guys can handle this” gesture as Karyn tried to tighten her grip around Pyotr's thick neck. Pyotr couldn't get a grip on Karyn so he ran backwards into a corner, but the notorious KTW held on. Pyotr tried backing into the corner again but Karyn moved out of the way to let Caviar send himself into the corner. Karyn landed a few thigh kicks and managed to dodge the bear swipes of Pyotr for the next few seconds, but when she ran into the ropes to build momentum to fly at her, Caviar easily caught her and started bench pressing her overhead before doing a few reps and slamming her to the canvas. Ashok offered up a few (possibly sarcastic) golf claps as Caviar waved him on clearly in anticipation of what next week’s finals were going to look like. Doing that, however, meant that he took his eye off of Karyn, who log rolled into him and knocked him down to a knee. Karyn followed up by landing some punches on Pyotr, but when she tried another move off the ropes Pyotr dodged out of the way and let her go splat on the canvas. Caviar then added injury to injury by splattering her further with an eclipse of a running crossbody block, though afterwards he was selling the left ankle and thigh Karyn had been targeting since the beginning of the triple threat.
Still, it didn't stop Pyotr from delivering a few mighty biels that sent Karyn from one side of the ring to the other and back again before one landed Karyn by Ashok. No sooner had the two men started jawing at each other and the announce team started priming the pump for their showdown then Karyn did another log roll - but this was so she could get close enough to Ashok to tag him in and buy herself some much needed recovery time.
Ashok leapt into the ring and got ready to face off against Caviar, but Pyotr pie faced him and sent him skidding across the canvas. Pyotr then spun around and tagged Karyn back into the match, clearly making a gesture towards Ashok as if he would leave the Boundless Banjerjee to clean up the scraps and bounce the former double champion out of the Gauntlet. Ashok seemed to consider his options before pouncing on Karyn, Steve pointing out on commentary that picking the scraps had fueled the last couple of Gauntlet eliminations and that Ashok was making the smart play. Carl pushed back against that, saying that Pyotr was the bigger threat and Ashok should find a way to get him out of the way.
Ashok worked Karyn over for a stretch while Pyotr watched on from the apron. Tisch-Warren started to fight back but Banjerjee stuffed her with a nice tlit-a-whirl slam for 2 ½ and Pyotr gave that a slower, more contempt filled golf clap. Ashok started barking at Pyotr, which allowed Karyn to go behind Ashok and hit him with a Backstabber. Tisch-Warren crawled over to Pyotr before gesturing at Ashok, then Pyotr tagged in so that he could go in against Banjerjee. Caviar went for a Russian sickle but Ashok grabbed his arm and used it almost like a balance beam, going under, around and landing on his feet before firing off a basement dropkick to the bad ankle. Ashok got Pyotr down and began stomping away at it, even grinding both boots down into it at one point.
Karyn was clapping on the apron and when Ashok turned his head she had her hand out for a tag. Ashok looked at her for a few beats before tagging her in, and Karyn went to work with a rapid fire attack kicking at the ankle and even hitting it with a couple of double stomps. Pyotr shoved her away for a moment but on the apron Ashok's wheels were clearly turning. He called out to Karyn and asked for the tag, causing Karyn to look at him. Ashok raised his eyebrow before gesturing between himself and Tisch-Warren then pointing at Caviar and making a throat slash.
Karyn's eyes lit up like Times Square as she tagged in Ashok, who picked up where they both left off and continued breaking down the ankle and leg. The crowd cheered lightly but mostly seemed confused as Ashok and Karyn started working as a team to keep Caviar down. Pyotr occasionally managed to land a solid shot but within a couple of minutes Ashok and Karyn's staple gunned together team looked very solid and Pyotr was dragging a dead leg on the mat. After a tag they sandwiched him with buzzsaw kicks, then Ashok grabbed Pyotr and with some help from Karyn got Pyotr up and stunned the Arena by delivering the Decolonizer Driver and put Pyotr down. Ashok limped over and tagged in Karyn, who quickly got in the ring and made the cover. Three slaps of the mat later and you could argue the first upset of the Gauntlet had gone down in its next to last stage.
Karyn Tisch-Warren d. Pyotr Caviar at 11:30 to eliminate him from the Golden Gauntlet
After replays, we saw Ashok and Karyn in the ring looking at each other while behind them the World TV title glittered on a pedestal. Ashok looked over Karyn's shoulders at the belt he’d been trying to capture for months. Karyn looked down at the already bruising leg of Banjerjee’s he’d used for the Decolonizer Driver then up to Ashok's face and smiled. As a chyron for it appeared on the screen and Ashok and Karyn exchanged “friendly” greetings, announce sold huge that the Golden Gauntlet would end next week when Ashok and Karyn went one on one and the winner would earn the World Television championship for the first time in either of their careers.
From there we went (not teleported) TOTHEBACK~!, where Enya Face was standing by to bring out her guest: Super Avión. The crowd booed the luchadore as he came on set with a sneer evident despite the mask. Avión waved off questions from Enya and said he wanted to address Crusazdo del Oro specifically. He’d taken Oro’s pride when he beat him in a street fight a couple of weeks ago, but why stop there when he could take his soul? Avión explained that he wanted a rematch against Crusazdo next week, but if that loser wanted a rematch then it would cost him everything so far as lucha libre was concerned. Avión/Oro one more time - máscara contra máscara - MASK VS. MASK! Because it was the only thing left for Avión to take, and once he did, Avión could refocus on regaining championship gold and dropping the dead weight of his QCW career once and for all. Avión walked off set with an evil chuckle on his lips, leaving a shocked Enya in his wake.
Back to in ring action, as Justice Davis came out for a singles match after getting bounced from the Golden Gauntlet last week. As the crowd clapped for the no nonsense brawler, the announce put over Davis’ continuing evolution in what is still technically his rookie year in QCW. Davis threw a fist in the air while Steve said he’d be going for the biggest singles win of his career - next!
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We came back from the break to see Davis finished getting patted down by the referee before gesturing towards the Tron, wanting his opponent sooner rather than later.
🎶Ready or not, here I come, you can't hide
Gonna find you and take it slowly
Ready or not, here I come, you can't hide
Gonna find you and make you want me…🎶.
When the Fugees’ instant classic “Ready Or Not” hits the PA in QCW, it's Jihad O’Clock. Nazir el-Fadal slowly made his way down the aisle in his usual black and gold attire to a monster mixed reaction as he tends to do. Steve sold this as a big fight for Justice considering he had gotten bounced from the Golden Gauntlet last week while Naz had only one loss to Dark Mirror since returning months ago.
2. Justice Davis v. Nazir el-Fadal
Early on, the proceedings went in Naz's favor as he used a mat based game to outpace Davis and keep the relative newcomer's brawling at bay. JD had to get the ropes a couple of times and while Naz broke clean you could see his shit eating grin from the tenth row. Naz moved in but went down at the hands of a JD right; however when Justice tried to follow up Naz kicked Davis's leg out from under him and sent him face first into the One Man Jihad’s knee while he was on the mat playing “defense”. el-Fadal quickly got up from the mat and sent the bigger Justice into the corner before he laid into him with a series of European uppercuts that eventually rocked JD into a seated position. el-Fadal bounced off the ropes and hit a hesitation dropkick that rearranged his opponent’s face. Davis staggered out of the corner and tried a couple of swings but el-Fadal dodged them and locked the former Unified World Tag Team champion in a cobra clutch. Davis tried to power out but when it looked like he was going to get free Naz took him up and delivered a Lungblower on the way down to complete his Heat Check.
Justice survived that, so Naz opted for a different tactic and snapmared him over before lighting up the back of Davis with a few Penalty Kicks and trying to end things after them - but Davis kicked out a couple of times. While Naz didn't lose his temper he did look a little peeved as he went back on the attack. Who looked outright pissed was Justice, who responded to another flurry of European uppercuts by gritting his teeth and yelling at Naz to hit him harder. el-Fadal smiled and cocked back another swing only for Justice to stomp on his foot before hooking and planting Naz with a double arm DDT.
That explosive impact move was the first block JD built his rally from, the Quality Controllers popping huge as he hit a lariat on el-Fadal so hard that it made the former World champion somersault through the air before he became a canvas angel. We got a couple of replays of Naz's Wile E. Coyote impersonation, then as we went back to live action he was rolling out of the ring. Naz was on his knees gasping before he pulled himself up. He didn't see Justice until Davis was flying off the apron with a cannonball that nearly sent him flying into the barrier to another big pop.
Both men were wiped out for a little bit before Davis got Naz back into the ring and went back to work. Davis stunned the audience when he went up top - and connected - with a flying shoulderblock that got him a long two count. Justice continued onwards and upwards, rocking el-Fadal a couple minutes later with an Andersonesque spinebuster that put Naz down for 2.8 of the necessary 3.
From there, the match seesawed with even more gusto: Davis’ offense knocked Naz on his ass a couple of more times before he went for the Davis Driver, but Naz slipped free of it and launched Justice shoulder first into the post. Naz pulled JD free from the corner and set up an Outsider's Edge but Davis powered Naz into the corner a couple of times to put a stop to it. Naz went limp and Justice saw his opportunity, scooping up Naz and going for the Davis Driver; unfortunately for him Naz managed to block it this time by executing a multiple second eye rake. Even worse, that shortcut gave him all the opening he needed to slip behind Justice and give him a dose of Nazquil, planting Davis and securing the W.
Nazir el-Fadal d. Justice Davis at 12:53
Naz smirked his way up the ramp after pulling out the win while the referee checked on the recovering Davis.
After that, we went to Steve at the desk, who gave us some news and updates after last week's main event where Omar Littlefield's title defense against “the Fury” Jim Jaspers was a dominant, violent squash. Jaspers eventually got stretchered out of the Arena. The beating he took from Omar, the Fifteen Pounds of Gold and the steel steps meant that Jaspers was not only still recovering in a hospital bed but that he wasn't expected to return to the ring until July. As a result of that beating and desecrating the Unified World championship again, Omar was suspended from this week's show. Littlefield had a terse response on Quality Social that was mostly bleeped out on G+ but it essentially said that Jaspers, Commissioner Holmes and everybody who wasn't him could eff off since it was his belt and he could use it and treat it however he felt like.
3. the Game Changers v. Witchfinder General and Goody Gardner in a weapons match
The Game Changers were out first to a big pop from the crowd, hoping to strike a decisive blow against the Bible thumpers in a hardcore environment. Both in street clothes, the Tiki God made “hold up” gestures to the crowd before Ashley went back behind the Qualitron 9004…and came back out with a shopping cart full of plunder, some of which was buried if not sticking out of a garbage can. They took over the ring and got the crowd hyped up before picking up a pair of Singapore canes and waiting.
“Shall We Gather At the River?” hit to boos, and gave way to the arrivals of QCW National Champion Witchfinder General and his acolyte Goody Gardner. They got halfway down the ramp before Gardner reached into the Duquesne Cup and pulled out a microphone. Goody said that maybe they couldn't understand it in the ring or amongst the heathens in the crowd but it was bad enough that Witchfinder had to use his hands to sully himself on the unholy. But to participate in an unholy match was a step they refused to take. So if they had to lose a match to keep the faith, they would.
Then Goody did something you never see in QCW: she forfeited the match.
Seriously.
the Game Changers d. Witchfinder General and Goody Gardner via forfeit
Duck’s announcement had the Quality Controllers up in arms, and the Game Changers looked stunned and confused in the ring. Carl Christensen’s “What the hell was that?!” summed up the situation pretty well as Goody laid the microphone down on the ramp as she picked up the Cup and spun on her heel to follow Witchfinder up the ramp.
As they began to leave, the Qualitron came to life and showed a pissed off Commissioner Holmes in the back ordering Quality Force security out there. In a few beats they came out from both sides and through the Tron, some standing between the ramp in the ring while others surrounded Witchfinder and Goody. When the Tron went back to normal Holmes said that he couldn’t believe that he had Witchfinder brought back only to have him bail on a match that he, and more importantly the fans wanted to see. So if they were so fine about getting their faith tested then they had a week to study - because in a week at Steel City Showdown, Witchfinder General would make his first defense of the QCW National Championship against “Tiki God” Al Buffett! The crowd cheered loudly at the news while the Game Changers bumped fists. Quality Force escorted a furious Witchfinder and Goody to the back while Steve hyped up the fact that fan favorite Al could wrest the newly minted title out of Witchfinder's hands next week. Ruckus went to break with Al standing on the buckles making A Very Familiar Gesture around his waist.
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4. Shelley LaVey [c, w/the Culture] v. Winter Wonderland (w/Gaia Green) for the Crush championship
The back half of Ruckus began with the first title match of two on the evening; QCW Rewind took us back a week and showed Shelley retaining her title against Gaia. Winter wanted to stick up for her partner and Shelley wanted to get a step closer to being able to cash in the Crush for a shot at the Women's World title, so here we are.
Crowd was split but leaning towards Shelley, and the champ showed up and showed out early. LaVey fought hard and (surprisingly?) clean while the rest of her squad rooted her on from the floor. Winter mounted a rally and knocked Shelley to a knee only to get surprised and dropped with a Pele kick. LaVey went up to the top rope and flew off with her trademark Fallen Angel splash but Winter got her knees up to save her chances at the title. Winter mounted an even bigger rally and started working over Shelley's back and ribs while Gaia did a little coaching but mostly encouraged her partner to keep it up.
A desperate LaVey tried to toss Wonderland from the ring; Winter reversed and tried to do it to Shelley but ate a hangwoman for her troubles. LaVey went back up top but before she could fly off Winter superkicked her in the ankle to leave her crying out in pain while being draped over the top rope. Winter dragged her out in a firewoman’s carry before shoving Shelley off and falling back into a double knee gutbuster. Winter hooked the leg and excitedly watched the count being made but missed Shelley getting her other leg under the bottom rope. Winter leapt up in celebration, thinking she'd won the belt. The ref had to take Winter’s hand down and tell her that she hadn't won, which confused Wonderland and she had a back and forth with the referee…right before Cindy spun her around and put her in a firewoman's carry before delivering a TKO. Shelley used the ropes to pull herself over to the apron, then when she saw Winter starting to get vertical slingshot into the ring and drilled her with another cutter. A three count later, Shelley had completed her clean sweep over the ladies of Mean Season.
Shelley LaVey d. Winter Wonderland at 8:46 to retain the Crush championship 8️⃣
We got replays and when we came back to live action, Winter was offering Shelley a handshake. LaVey looked at her teammates, who said she could do what she wanted. LaVey then looked into the crowd, who encouraged it. Shelley gave Winter a bit of side eye before shaking her hand, but it went away when Winter shook her hand and left ringside with Gaia. Wonderland looked a little disappointed but that tracked. Shelley, on the other hand, looked a little fired up and asked Duck for the mic.
Once she got it, Shelley asked the crowd to give it up for Winter and they did. Shelley said that from the day was born, all she ever did was stand on business 26/8/372. It's how she ended up standing here in front of them a double champion both on her own and with her boys. She pointed out that she said her boys. Why Bonnie Agrippa and her friends were buzzing around her, she didn't know and she didn't care. She stood…on…business. And if the homie Holmes would let them, she –
– Pierce Moore and Roy Fade were quick to make that a we –
– Shelley said they’d get somebody else to throw in, and their four would whoop Bonnie's four and turn the lights out on their spooky crap for good. Because Shelley wasn't the sort of woman who hid in the shadows anymore - she was out front and center two titles deep because she was doing it for the Culture. Prince hit the PA and the Culture took their leave to a good reaction while the announce team talked at the desk about how the Commissioner would handle Shelley's request to get hands on with the Agrippa problem.
“Hated” by Beartooth hit the PA while Steve and Carl were talking, bringing out S. Mark Starr and his client, Jacques Krieger. As they came down the ramp, a cut to backstage showed “Upper Class” Broderick Palmer II watching on from a monitor. The black hats hit the ring, Starr crowing about Krieger to the hard camera while Steve plugged that he’d be going up against “Dark Mirror” Beckett Carpenter right after the break.
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We came back to a stoic Krieger occasionally nodding while Starr pumped up his client before “This Town Ain't Big Enough For the Both of Us” took over the PA, bringing out “Dark Mirror” Beckett Carpenter to their usual monster mixed reaction. Carpenter moved stiffly and slowly down the ramp still dressed in all black with a dead look in their eyes. As they entered the ring, Krieger got a running start and delivered a knee strike to the head that sent Carpenter spilling to the outside while the crowd booed. Krieger left the ring and threw Carpenter into the barricade and rolled into the ring before rolling back out, then did it again and a third time before walking to a neutral corner with a blank look on his face. Starr was barking at the referee to see if Mirror wanted to spare themselves the beating, but Carpenter merely used the barricade to pull themselves up before rolling into the ring themselves and waved Jacques on. The referee checked again but when Mirror said they were fine the zebra called for the bell.
5. “Dark Mirror” Beckett Carpenter v. Jacques Krieger (w/S. Mark Starr)
Carpenter being unwilling to quit got the stoic look off of Krieger's face, and he ran across the ring to start stomping out the newest member of QCW’s Triple Crown club. As he laid in stomps, Steve attributed his cutthroat style to Starr's teachings; Krieger would get right up to the edge of multiple five counts from the referee and then stop at four and change every time to avoid getting DQed so that he could continue punishing Mirror longer.
As Krieger got more playfully sadistic with some paintbrush swipes to the back of Mirror’s head, Carl wondered if this all went back to the finals of last year's Duquesne Classic where Carpenter cheated to not only win the Cup and the World TV title but ended Krieger's long held undefeated streak. Carpenter slowly drew themselves up off the mat and hit Krieger with the Cracked Mirror headbutt, but it seemed to hurt the smaller Carpenter more than it did the two time former World TV champion. Krieger shook off the cobwebs first and snatched up Carpenter before whipping them into the ropes and planting them with a big boss of a slam that got him 2 ½.
Krieger continued to dominate the next few minutes and even bloodied Carpenter's mouth by landing some stiff short range kicks but Carpenter just smiled a bloody smile and waved Krieger on again. Krieger stepped things up by lying in some short range knee strikes but Carpenter kept laughing at him and eventually spread their arms wide and told Krieger he didn't have the (it got bleeped so I assume they said balls) to knock them out and plant the killing blow on their chin. Krieger grabbed Carpenter’s arms for the killing blow…and Beckett rolled him up and bridged over his legs with their body to keep Krieger's shoulders on the mat for all of 3.6 seconds. Al Davis would've been proud.
Beckett Carpenter d. Jacques Krieger at 11:24
After replays, we could see Krieger going chest to nose with the referee while he argued the (accurate but close) count. Jacques looked like he was going to walk away but then got the ref in a goozle, causing Starr to slide into the ring and wave his hands to keep Krieger from dropping the ref. Krieger let go and the ref quickly fled the ring, causing first Krieger to chase the zebra to the back and Starr to chase Krieger as best he could to follow. Carpenter went to the floor and quietly asked Duck Eko for the mic and got it.
Sitting on the steps, Mirror cut a mostly monotone and brief promo, saying that Omar took minutes to ruin what it had taken them years to gain and they had a way for him to get unsuspended - fight them next week and bring the belt along. He thought he knew about cracks?! All Mirror was was cracks, and if he thought he could pull the same crap he did against Old Jim against a Triple Crown winner…well, he could forget about looking inward and remember that he couldn't break what was already broken. Mirror let the mic fall to the floor and “This Town Ain't Big Enough For the Both of Us” hit the PA.
We went to the desk, where Carl put over next week's episode huge. Coming live from Pittsburgh, it's a supersized episode of Ruckus called Steel City Showdown with limited commercial interruptions and the card is more loaded than me on my birthday to be honest.
Deeper dive:
♦️✨🔷 Autumn Powers will face off against “Upper Class” Broderick Palmer II ♦️✨🔷
♦️✨🔷 An eight person tag will be a contract match - Bonnie Agrippa's crew against the Culture and a mystery partner. Should Agrippa's side lose they will be barred once again from QCW; should they win, they will all be re-signed ♦️✨🔷
♦️✨🔷 Crusazdo del Oro will face off against his ex partner Super Avión in a mask vs. mask match - the ultimate in lucha libre tradition. Which luchadore will get his hand raised and more importantly, keep their mask? ♦️✨🔷
♦️✨🔷 We’ll see the first defense of the QCW National Championship when Witchfinder General will put up his belt against “Tiki God” Al Buffett from the Game Changers; does the Duquesne Cup winner walk out with the belt or will Al get his first taste of singles gold? ♦️✨🔷
Steve said he just got done talking to Commissioner Holmes and could talk about the double main event coming next week:
♦️✨🔷 The finals of the Golden Gauntlet will crown a new World Television champion when Ashok Banjerjee goes one on one with International Lotus’ Karyn Tisch-Warren, both vying for their first chance to reign as World TV champion (Ashok looking to add this to his reigns with the Catch Hell championship and Karyn looking to add to her three Women's World championship reigns) ♦️✨🔷
As if that wasn't enough, the main event might be of some interest…
♦️✨🔷 Omar Littlefield will defend the Unified World championship against “Dark Mirror” Beckett Carpenter - Carpenter choked out Autumn Powers at Mayday Payday to win the Fifteen Pounds of Gold and earn QCW immortality by completing the Triple Crown and was on top of the wrestling world…until Omar cashed in the TV title and demolished the worn down Carpenter in a couple of minutes to take the top prize in QCW for himself. Now, Mirror will see Littlefield coming - but does QCW’s resident master of mind games have a solution for the dominant land monster and reigning champion? ♦️✨🔷
Speaking of World titles and main events…
6. Lolo Vuitton [c] v. Sohla Patel for the Women's World championship
The show began looking back at the year+ history between the current and former champs and concluded here with the title rematch from Mayday Payday. Sohla came out alone to boos and Lolo came out to the pop of the night. Sohla got right in Lolo's face while Duck made the introductions, forcing the ref to wedge their way between them - Lolo’s response was to hold up the belt with one hand and three fingers - one for each title reign she's had so far - with the other.
When the bell rang a hockey fight broke out to the joy of the Quality Controllers that quickly got muted when Sohla deeply raked Lolo's eyes and used that opening to start lighting into the champ with open handed chops. Lolo cut her off with a sharp knee to the gut before trying to suplex her into the corner; Patel reversed and successfully hit Lolo with a suplex into the buckles.
Patel followed up with stomps to the back and boot chokes as the announce sold that Lolo might not be at 100% after Sohla threw her through a car windshield a couple of weeks ago in the parking lot. The Bollywood Diva continued to work over Vuitton for the next few minutes and when Lolo mustered a brief comeback Sohla shut it down with a double thrust to the throat and a sunset flip powerbomb into the corner. After a cover, Lolo kicked out at two and change but there was no doubt that Patel was ahead on points.
Sohla complained for a bit but then went back to work on Lolo. Patel looked like she was setting up for the Ninth Incarnation Falcon Arrow but Lolo threw a series of back elbows to stagger Patel. Lolo then looked like she was going for a suplex of her own but it turned out to be a brainbuster instead that left her temporarily spent and Sohla temporarily woozy. Patel did wisely roll away from Lolo until she was on the apron using the ropes to pull herself up. Vuitton seemed to be huffing and puffing a bit but it didn't stop Vuitton from coming around the horn and drilling Sohla with a sudden Bloody Shoe that sent Sohla flying from the apron and flying through the announce table that drew “Holy shit!” chants from the Quality Controllers. Steve and Carl were scrambling to get back on the air, so we got 3-4 replays of Sohla's flight with only the ambiance in the Arena for noise.
Lolo cackled from the ring and told the referee to count Sohla out, but Patel managed to crawl out of the wreckage and flomp herself back in the ring. Lolo looked pissed before flipping Patel on her back and going for a cover…but Patel managed to reach out and grab the bottom rope at 2 ¾.
Sohla survived that near fall but didn't put up much of a fight for what was left of the match, as Lolo threw her around the ring a few times culminating in an overhead belly to belly suplex into the corner that folded Patel up. Sohla slowly got to her feet and got blasted by a second Bloody Shoe but as she fell forward Lolo stood in front of her and propped her limp body up with her standing one before shoving Sohla back into the corner, coming around the horn and drilled a third Bloody Shoe that had Sohla down and out. Lolo let her fall to the mat this time around but as the three count was coming down…
Lolo Vuitton d. Sohla Patel by disqualification at 15:58 to retain the Women's World championship
… (deep sigh) hi, Karyn.
Tisch-Warren had sprinted from the back and yanked Lolo out of the ring before a three count could happen and wasted no time in throwing the unsuspecting Vuitton into the ring post with a dull thump. Vuitton went down in a heap but that didn't stop Karyn from throwing her into the post again, drawing color as Patel started to come around in the ring.
Karyn barked out orders to Sohla, who took a few beats to come around and pin Lolo’s arms behind her back while Karyn lifted the top part of the steel steps and slid them into the ring. Karyn nudged them closer to the center of the ring and once she did Sohla spun Lolo around and drilled her with the Ninth Incarnation on the steps. Karyn looked confused at Sohla, who just shrugged her shoulders. Karyn stared at Sohla for a few beats before shrugging and putting Lolo in the Circuit Breaker. A bleeding Vuitton pumped out even more clarin as Sohla rolled out of the ring and grabbed a steel chair.
Patel got back in the ring and got ready to make Lolo's head the meat in a steel sandwich but as she got the chair cocked back it was snatched away from her from a couple of members of Quality Force security, who arrived on the scene just in time to save Lolo from a concussion. It took a couple more members to pry Karyn Tisch-Warren and her elevated Texas cloverleaf off of Lolo. As Commissioner Holmes watched on from in front of the Qualitron QFS got International Lotus out of the ring while the medical staff began to get in it and tend to Lolo. The credits box came up as a pissed off Commissioner had to listen to Karyn rant about how she was going to make history when she would not only have the World TV title but would become the first ever two time double champion when she took back the Women's World championship as well. International Lotus was getting hustled to the back as things went to black.
