QCW Unleashed [s3e23 • Quality Arena]

• Kam Ellis (w/the Cooper Brothers) d. Bob Osterberg (w/Dom DeSade)
• The End Times (w/the Chosen) d. The Wonderful Ward Brothers (w/Anton Stahl)
• Hellraisers d. “Swamp Pride” Ted Holland and Robert E. Moonshine 
• “Sinister” Sarah Fowler & Midsomar d. Mean Season

Holiday In Cambodia PPV (National Olympic Stadium • Phnom Penh)

Preshow

1. Pyotr Caviar (w/the Republic) d. Benjamin Valentino [w/Collipark] (Hit My Music  -> pinfall)

2. Glam Squad (w/John Arneson) ddq. Beast Mode (w/Lolo Vuitton) 

3. Lolo Vuitton (w/Beast Mode) d. "Cambodian Cool Keo Tevi (Bloody Shoe  -> pinfall)

MAIN CARD

10,000 franc challenge Tre Boyd d. Serge Batroc (Say Hallelujah -> pinfall)

Hysteria d. "Explosive" Emily Bennett, Forbidden Book Club (Luz Cruz/Shelley LaVey) & Ashley "THEE Influencer" Szabo [w/"Tiki God" Al Buffett, Ashok Banjerjee & Jacques Krieger] (Jolie Twelve Feet Under -> pinfall LaVey)

Nazir el-Fadal d. Malicía Fernandez [w/the Republic] (Nazquil -> pinfall)

QCW WORLD TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPS Science Fiction Double Feature [c, w/the International Players] d. "the Purifier" Caleb Gray & "the Righteous" Justice Davis of the Chosen [w/Goody Gardner & the End Times] (Doe Roll Credits/Doomsday Device -> pinfall Gray)

unification QCW NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP x QCW WOMEN'S WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP Orion d. "Night Sky" Diana Spare (2 Orion's Nebulas -> pinfall)

QCW WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP Jupiter Jones (w/Collipark) d. Omar Littlefield [c, w/the Republic] (3 Bolts From Olympus -> pinfall) #AndNEWWWWW

The 2025 Quality Awards

MOST IMPROVED WRESTLER 

2024 winner: Luz Cruz 

2025 honorable mentions: Pyotr Caviar, Justine Danek, Bella Jolie

💫 2025 winner 💫: Orion

FEUD OF THE YEAR

2024 winner: Hysteria v. the Women's division 

2025 honorable mentions: Hysteria v. QCW, the Chosen v. Savage Justice, Beast Mode v. Sky’s the Limit 

💫 2025 winner 💫: the Republic v. QCW

ROOKIE OF THE YEAR

2024 winner: Omar Littlefield 

2025 honorable mentions: John Arneson, Orion, Glam Squad 

💫 2025 winner 💫: Tre Boyd 

SHOCK OF THE YEAR 

2024 winner: Omar Littlefield winning then destroying the World championship at the end of Mayday Payday 

2025 honorable mentions: Ig de Catur firing Jupiter Jones, Hysteria turning on Luz Cruz, Justice Davis being forced to join the Chosen

💫 2025 winner 💫: Omar joins the Republic at the end of Cruel Summer and squashes Naz to win the World title back

MOST LOVED WRESTLER OF THE YEAR

2024 winner: Mason “Razorblade” Savage 

2025 honorable mentions: Nazir el-Fadal, Orion

💫 2025 winner 💫: Razorblade repeats

MOST HATED WRESTLER* OF THE YEAR

2024 winner: Omar Littlefield 

2025 honorable mentions: “the Purifier” Caleb Gray, Hysteria

💫 2025 winner 💫: (tie) Omar and Ig de Catur

PPV OF THE YEAR

2024 winner: AnnIVersary

2025 honorable mentions: Dia de los Muertos, Golden Rule 

💫 2025 winner 💫: AnniVersary

MATCH OF THE YEAR

2024 winner: ¡lucha muerte! • Razorblade [c] v. Naz for the QCW World championship at Dia de los Muertos 

2025 honorable mentions: LockUp at AnniVersary for the disputed Commissionership | Malicía Fernandez v. Orion in a ladder match at Dia de los Muertos for the disputed QCW National championship | ¡lucha muerte! • Omar [c] v. Razorblade for the QCW World championship at Dia de los Muertos | Razorblade [c] v. Naz v. Omar in a three way dance for the QCW World championship at Cold As Hell

💫 2025 winner 💫: best of 3 falls • Razorblade [c] v. Naz for the QCW World championship at Cruel Summer 

TAG TEAM OF THE YEAR 

2024 winner: A Cut Above of the All Starr Stable

2025 honorable mentions: the Chosen, Justine Danek and Bella Jolie o.f Hysteria, the International Players of Collipark 

💫 2025 winners 💫: Bonnie Agrippa and Nancy Crowley of Hysteria 

WRESTLER OF THE YEAR

2024 winner: Omar Littlefield 

2025 honorable mentions: Naz, Omar, “Night Sky” Diana Spare 

💫 2025 winner 💫: Razorblade 

QCW Unleashed [s3e19 • Quality Arena]

 

• “Explosive” Emily Bennett d. Bettie Rokker (w/Val Curry)

• The Wonderful Ward Brothers (w/Anton Stahl) d. Glory Days

• Jonathan Livingston Clipper, Esq d. Hawk Carter

• “Sinister” Sarah Fowler & Midsomar d. Hilary Highnote & Christine Kent

FDSN Florida Presents QCW Ruckus [s5e6 • November 21st, 2025]

 📺 live on FanDuel Sports Network Florida

📍 Quality Arena in Parts Unknown, FL

• Instead of the usual open, we saw a vignette with the Glam Squad and John Arneson that played out more like TGIF opening credits than a usual vignette. Coming on the heels of having each other's backs for the last few weeks, Cole Grant and Freddie Valsada asked John to join up.   When John asked if there were meetings they said only if he wanted there to be and that seemed to sway him into joining the group.  Arneson pointed out that he was the least glam out of the three of them, and Valsada not subtly suggested he had an idea.  We got some makeover montage action before Arneson decided to go with a look that gave him black paint around his eyes coming down his cheeks a bit.  They got their hands all in and said Glam Squad on three before Arneson asked if they wanted to go get in some mini golf.  Cole and Freddie agreed with enthusiasm and the new three man Glam Squad went off for some putt putt..

• “Invincible” and the standard opening rolled after that; once we zoomed inside Quality Arena and popped some pyro, Steve Vandeblanche and Carl Christensen welcomed us to the show.  Tonight, the main event will see Tre Boyd go against Beast Mode’s Roy Fade in a continuation of that months long feud, and “Night Sky” Diana Spare defending the Women's World championship in the main event tonight, and she’ll put the Fifteen Pounds of Gold on the line in an open challenge.  But the action this Friday night began with Diana’s long term rivals.

• Lights on. 

• Lights off.

• You guessed it: Hysteria had arrived.

• 1. Bonnie Agrippa and Nancy Crowley of Hysteria (w/Justine Danek and Bella Jolie) d. The Game Changers at 6:45 A few minutes later, they vanished the same way they came but with a victory in their back pockets.  The matchup between former World Tag Team champions had plenty going for it - the Changers had just won a Ruckus main event a couple of weeks ago days after QCW’s resident coven lost their straps.  But it seemed that no matter what Al & Ashley threw at them in the fast paced opening tag, Hysteria was a step ahead throughout - if it wasn't cutting the ring in half to maximize their side of the ring, it was quick tags - if it wasn't quick tags, it was a distraction from Justine or Bella on the outside - and if it wasn't that it was Agrippa's sheer rage over having lost at Dia de los Muertos and then the chaos filled National championship match against Orion in last week's main event coming through as she ratcheted up the aggression in her arsenal.  Bonnie would pin Al after she and Nancy combined for their signature spike brainbuster, Crowley using a whirling dervish attack to drop Szabo and keep “THEE Influencer” from coming in for the save.  Afterwards most of Hysteria stood over the Changers scowling while Justine walked over to a camera, held it like a fine glass of brandy, and said “We’ll see you at the battle royale.”. Lights off…lights on…but of course Hysteria wasn't there when they came back up.

• We went from the ring to a segment with the Chosen, who were all glaring at each other before Caleb Gray raised his hand.  He said he’d hoped things wouldn't have come to this but last week had proven beyond a shadow of a doubt that the expansion was a shambles. That meant there would be a reckoning…and that would come next week.  Next week he would win the battle royale to prove his mettle as the Chosen's leader and leap into history when he captured the World title - but after weeks and weeks of infighting, Davis and Tremble wouldn't be in the battle royale.  Both began to protest before Gray raised his hand again and said since they wanted so desperately to fight that’d happen next week…and the loser would be excommunicated from the Chosen as a result.  

• Gray snidely reminded Drake that he knew all too well what it was like to be forced out into the wilderness before wheeling on Justice and reminding him that since he has possession of his contract, a loss would force him out of QCW as well.  Goody Gardner looked on nervously in the background as Caleb focused on how tight knit the flock would be once it had clipped the weakest wings loose and stressed how the best platform from which to preach and reach was made from championship gold.  Come next week a glorious new day would dawn for the Chosen atop Quality Christian Wrestling, a place for World champion Caleb Gray and those like-minded to personify faith over fear.  Tremble gave JD a dismissive once over before going “Next week, then” and walking away; this year's Duquesne Cup winner stared daggers into his back before going “Next week, then” and heading off in the opposite direction.  Gray looked relieved while Gardner looked thoughtful and the End Times held their usual stoic silences as we headed to commercials.

• We came back from break with entrances for the participants in the first singles match on tonight's show…

• 2. Tre Boyd d. “These Hands” Roy Fade (w/“Dashing” Pierce Moore and Lolo Vuitton) at 9:18 Boyd, one of the many people on the roster saying they're going to win the Black Friday battle royale and dethrone Omar next week, earned a hard fought win over former Golden Glove winner Fade here.  Tre might be the fastest man on the roster and got to show that off in the early moments of the match; on commentary Carl brought out the old chestnut that you couldn't hit what you couldn't catch.  Fade couldn't bottle up Boyd and Tre landed some hit and run offense while clowning Roy as old, slow, yesterday's news.  Boyd avoided a corner charge and landed a pendulum kick, then sent the man from South Central bailing out of the ring after eating a stiff legged missile dropkick.  Fade recovered on the floor as Lolo Vuitton jumped up on the apron to distract the referee or maybe get after Tre.  But it definitely allowed “Dashing” Pierce Moore to slide in the ring and drop Boyd with a Fresh To Death cutter.  Once that piece of business was done, Lolo roused Roy and encouraged him to get back in the ring and finish Tre off.  

• Fade used the retaining barrier to pull himself up before darting into the ring and laying into Tre with rabbit punches, coming pretty close to being DQed by the ref.  Fade used his educated hands to do damage to Tre, buckling him with some hard body shots that popped throughout Quality Arena and giving him some hard crossfaces across the jaw and nose.  Fade continued to wear Boyd out over the next couple of minutes and went to end things with his vaunted Decision, but Tre dodged it at the last second and turned defense into offense with a Blue Thunder bomb that left both men down for most of a 10 count. Both men staggered up and backed into each other - Fade spun Boyd around only to get surprised by a flash Fresh To Death from Boyd, who made sure to let Pierce know about it as he fumed from the floor.  That was the turning point, as the Gospel cruised from there and even tossed Moore over the top rope when he tried to save his partner.  Lolo had to check on Pierce, leaving the door open for Boyd to come off the top with a beautiful Say Hallelujah to get the win with his Spiral Tap.  A cocky Boyd flexed and strutted his way to the back, saying to the camera that you weren't just looking at the man who was going to win the battle royale - you were looking at the next QCW World champion and y’all needed to quit playing about it.

• Between matches there was a This Week In QCW History segment focused on November 11th two years ago when Karyn Tisch-Warren retained the Women's World championship in an instant classic, beating Cindy Monet in a best of 3 falls match 2-1.  It received consideration for 2023’s Match of the Year.  Appropriately enough, we went to women's division action right after this recap.  

• 3. Malicía Fernandez (w/the Republic) d. “Explosive” Emily Bennett at 5:59 Remember, the former National champion is half of the Republic’s “Omar insurance* in the battle royale next week.  She tuned up here and got a pretty decisive win over the plucky Bennett, who went after Malicía aggressively right after the bell.  But when Fernandez caught her moonsault attempt and turned it into a Snake Eyes that was the beginning of the end for the Minnesotan.  A dominant Malicía ended things with a somersault axe kick and the Death Warrant.  The Republic celebrated the victory by filling the ring and standing tall as we headed to commercials with the announce wondering if we would end up looking at an all Republic main event next week.

• 4. the Cooper Brothers (w/Kam Ellis) d. Hellraisers at 5:04 Earlier in the night, Tre Boyd notched a big victory; here his (former?) friends picked up a victory of their own.  In fact, the Coopers dominated the bulk of the match against the former Catch Hell Wrestling League tag champs.  Speed kills and the Coopers employed quick tags to isolate Ian Cook, completely inverting the usual game plan against Hellraisers and taking them completely out of their comfort zone.  The big Cook tired in short order trying (and failing) to catch either of the Air Force alums, and when Gerry Greene tried to save his partner the Coopers backdropped him into an unwitting senton bomb on his own partner before clearing him out from the ring.  Cook went down for the count not too long after that, the Coopers taking the win after the Aim High 450° splash and guillotine legdrop combination.  The Coopers celebrated on the turnbuckles post match while Kam clapped it up for his friends.  

• As Sky’s the Limit headed to the back, they passed Commissionership Holmes and Julius Duquesne III in front of the Qualitron 9004, to the side at the top of the ramp.  Julius asked for and got some cheers for the always popular Commish, then revealed they were here to spin this tumbler and determine who the first two entrants in the Black Friday battle royale would be.  Holmes spun the tumbler a few times, then picked a ball out and handed it over to JD3 to crack.  Duquesne announced that the person who drew #1 would be representing the College Park Family…Benjamin Valentino!  A picture of the International Lover took up half the Tron, then they repeated the process to reveal who would start off with Valentino from the #2 spot…”the Proper Villain” Richard Windsor! 

• The crowd booed the turncoat Windsor and the boos only intensified after “Manifest Destiny” hit the PA and brought out Windsor in the flesh.  Windsor read the riot act to Holmes, saying he’d won at Dia de los Muertos and dropped the dead weight of his ex partner; such accomplishments merited a better spot than #2 and fighting off the field while having to keep an eye out for the so-called Fury to blindside him. He accused Scott of being biased against him and Holmes responded with a bit of bite in his voice, saying that Windsor had cheated his way to that win and any unbiased observer could see that.  But if he wanted to see what it was like when he was biased, hell, he could call for a referee to come out here (after a few beats, one jogged out) and Richard could prepare for the battle royale with a rematch against “the Fury” Jim Jaspers…right now!  

• “I Predict A Riot” hit the PA and Jaspers came sprinting out from the back, greeting his turncoat ex partner with a flying tackle that probably looked familiar to Calvin and Hobbes lovers and sent both men flying down the ramp.  A fired up Jaspers was first to his feet and tossed Windsor into the retaining barrier, then tossed him across the aisle into the barrier on that side.  Windsor staggered away on his knees, begging off to Jim.  As Jaspers began closing in, Windsor shot forward with a drop toe hold that sent Jaspers bouncing face first off of the steel steps.  Windsor got his bearings about him before tossing Jim into the ring and following close behind; once both Brits were between the ropes, the ref called for the bell to officially start things…

• 5. “the Fury” Jim Jaspers and “the Proper Villain” Richard Windsor fought to a double disqualification at 8:06 This was a crazy brawl the whole way as the Proper Villains exploded and left all the World of Sport stuff on the other side of the pond.  The shot into the stairs opened up a cut over Jaspers’ right eyebrow and Windsor went after it with surgical precision, at multiple points digging into it and making it worse.  Richard made Old Jim an increasingly bloody mess and even had him in a hanging rear naked choke from the second rope and milked the five count.  Windsor let go at 4.8 before circling Jaspers and dumping him with a half and half suplex, but Jaspers kicked out at the death to pop the faithful.  Windsor got in the referee's face about it for a bit, completely missing Jim pulling himself off the mat.  Jaspers staggered over and spun Windsor around before planting him with a headbutt you could hear in the ninth row, then staggered back into the ropes gathering deep breaths before suddenly lashing out with a pump knee that dropped his ex partner like a bad habit.  

• Suddenly in the driver's seat, Jaspers grabbed Windsor’s arms before letting out a mad cackle and stomping away repeatedly; his blood came down on the battle royale’s #2 entrant but that was almost a side appetizer to the main course of shoe leather Jaspers served up.  The referee almost had to pull Jim off after a five count, and Richard rolled to the floor while a bloody Jaspers backed the official into a corner.  Jim looked at Richard and slid out of the ring, leaving a red streak on the apron as he turned the corner behind Windsor.  Richard got picked up and his jaw almost broken off the force of a flapjack into the apron, and Jaspers added injury to injury with a release German suplex that sent Richard bouncing off the announce table to the ground as the crowd cheered.  Jaspers stepped on the back of Windsor's head until the ref’s count made it to 8, then threw him in the ring and followed his way in.  Windsor tried to stagger up, but Jim was running as fast as the blood loss would allow, hitting the ropes three times before crowning the former “Proper King” with a trip down to Fury Road.  Jaspers flipped Windsor over after the kneedrop driver and hooked a leg - but this time it was Windsor who kicked out at 2.99 this time.  

• Jaspers eyes narrowed as he stared down the ref, who insisted it was a near fall and not the end of the match.  Old Jim again stalked the referee into a corner, completely oblivious to Windsor pulling himself off the deck behind him.  Richard got up and next to Jim, and the former friends exchanged a quick look - then they both punched out the ref!  Jaspers and Windsor continued brawling, Jim winning for a little bit before Windsor tackled Jim and they both went between the ropes out to the floor.  Quality Force Security came streaming out from the back as the Brits continued to throw haymakers at each other, completely missing the referee in the ring calling for the bell.  Duck Eko announced that the match had been thrown out due to both of them striking the official and was therefore a double disqualification.  Jim and Richard had to have heard the announcement before the crowd's boos but kept fighting until multiple members of QFS pulled them off each other.  Like most things in life, the pull apart worked until it didn't, Windsor looking like he was willing to be led to the back until he exploded away from his share of the detail and landed some more punches on Jim’s wound, leading the rest of QFS to come out and pull Windsor off.  But that led to a suddenly freed Jaspers cracking Richard with another headbutt, leading to him getting swarmed and taken down by a half dozen guards.  Windsor tried to pull himself off the floor again, a .4 Muta covered Jaspers was getting bleeped out every third word about making Richard pay, and the Quality Controllers were chanting “Let them fight!” as Ruckus went into the last commercial break on the evening.

• We came back from break to a sizzle reel highlighting Omar Littlefield’s almost year long path of destruction back to the World title, injuring multiple wrestlers on the way to taking lead in Ig de Catur's Republic and the Fifteen Pounds of Gold.  As a barrage of Face Erasers and Omar raising the belt rolled, Littlefield added a voiceover.  He said the whole roster was coming at him next week, but the so-called winner of that battle royale was really just going to win a trip to the ICU.  He would destroy whoever and whatever he wanted because nobody on the roster could stop him.  Come Black and Blue Friday, some fool would regret their temporary win when he left them in permanent pain.  Ask Naz about Omar Littlefield.  Go to the ICU and ask Razorblade who QCW’s real hardcore hero was.  Omar was in the business of dining on legends…so whoever won the battle royale would be just a light snack for him.

• Another championship main event on the way but first Steve and Carl hyped up next week's Black and Blue Friday supershow - with an additional half hour run time and limited commercial interruptions from Memphis’ FedEx Forum.  💫  After months of discord, Justice Davis and Drake Tremble will face off - and the loser will leave the Chosen, with Caleb Gray letting JD know he’ll have to leave QCW as well should he lose 💫 the show will kick off with the 20 person Black Friday battle royale which will be “Rumble style” for the first time ever - and the winner gets a shot at Omar and the QCW World championship in the main event.

• “you should see me in a crown” brought out “Night Sky” Diana Spare to a big pop from Quality Arena.  The Women's World champion had her usual steely focus as she grabbed the mic from Duck Eko and hit the ring, holding the Women's World championship up high.  Spare said last week's main event saw Orion - you know, Orion, the National champion in the skybox, that Orion.  A spotlight found the Cosmic Champion where Spare said they were, and the crowd pop for Orion matched if not exceeded Diana's, even if Orion was content to tap the title belt glittering over a shoulder.  Diana said last week Orion was standing in this spot, defending the title successfully.  Nothing against Orion, and who knows, maybe they’d see each other in the battle royale next week - but for now, this was the part where she would do something a rung above Orion's win last week and would win this open challenge against any woman who came out to face her…because they would end up counting the lights and find out the hard way that QCW belonged to the night.

• Diana paced in the ring ..right up until “Shall We Gather At the River?” cut through the Parts Unknown air.  Out strode Diana's polar opposite in QCW, Goody Gardner, flanked by the End Times and the leader of the Chosen, “the Purifier” Caleb Gray.  As Gardner made her way down the ramp, the announce noted that (1} both Justice Davis and Drake Tremble were nowhere in sight and (2) Goody had clearly taken to heart Caleb's earlier words about bringing championship gold back into the arms of the Chosen.  Gardner was introduced by Duck and our main event was underway.

• 6. “Night Sky” Diana Spare [c] d. Goody Gardner (w/Caleb Gray & the End Times) in an open challenge to retain the Women's World championship at 11:40 In the early stages of the contest, the announce talked about how it was shocking that Gardner answered the challenge - that she and Caleb had maintained an air of somehow being above her frequently competing in the women's division for nearly two years - but with an opportunity at the Fifteen Pounds of Gold, Gardner opted to step up even while her chosen flock were fraying around her.  Spare has built her reputation as a hard hitting but clean fought battle, and Goody surprised many by going at Diana head on in that aspect even with plenty of backup on the floor.  Spare broke the early stalemate a couple of minutes in by catching an attempted crossbody by Gardner and turning it into a tilt-a-whirl backbreaker; before her opponent could get a base under them, Diana was coming off the ropes with a penalty kick to the small of the back.  Most of the match played out similarly, with Diana pressing her size advantage and working over Goody’s back.  But Gardner hung in tough, taking the punishment and continuing to try and fight from underneath.

• At one point, it looked like Caleb was going to interfere in the contest but Goody waved him off and he slowly returned to the floor - and Diana capitalized by hitting the distracted Gardner with a pop up Michinoku Driver that Goody ate for a long two count.  The Champ tried to follow up with a Black Hole Slam only for Goody to slip out the back and cinch Diana up before making her eat a Lawn Dart.  Goody moved as quick as her back would allow before following up with a Busiaku knee out of the Justice Davis playbook that got Goody her first solid two count of the match.  Gardner continued going after Diana, laying into her with some cracking open handed chops and even hitting Caleb Gray’s Inherit the Whirlwind cyclone kick.  But when she tried an avalanche kneedrop, Spare rolled out of harm’s way and Goody screamed in pain after whiffing.  Diana hit the ropes and sent Goody head over heels with a massive basement forearm smash, then picked her up and delivered on Nightfall to get another win, Carl saying that with the Quality Awards around the corner you had to figure Diana as a candidate if not winner of the Wrestler of the Year award.

• After replays, Diana was getting her hand raised when Gardner limped in her direction…and surprised everyone by extending her hand.  Spare looked suspicious before casting her gaze to the floor but Caleb Gray looked as confused as everyone else, and that may’ve been what caused Spare to shake Goody's hand to a decent pop from the faithful in the stands.  As Gardner left the ring using Gray to help her to the back with the End Times trailing behind, Spare hit the turnbuckles with the Fifteen Pounds of Gold in hand but she wasn't in the mood for a celebration.  She was pointing up at Orion in the skybox, and the National champion was standing and pointing at her in a mirror image of last week.  Ruckus went off the air with Steve hyping the Black and Blue Friday supershow next week and the champion vs. champion staredown continuing.

QCW Unleashed [s3e18 • Quality Arena]

 

• Hysteria (w/Nancy Crowley) d. Anton Stahl and the Wonderful Ward Brothers 

• Beast Mode (w/Lolo Vuitton) d. “Swamp Pride” Ted Holland & Robert E Moonshine 

• Jacques Krieger d. Hawk Carter

• Luz Cruz (w/Shelley LaVey) d. Val Curry (w/Bettie Rokker)

FDSN Florida Presents QCW Ruckus [s5e5 • November 14th, 2025]

 📺 live on FanDuel Sports Network Florida

📍 Quality Arena in Parts Unknown, FL

• An In Memoriam graphic to commemorate the passing of Bob Caudle opened up Ruckus, which gave way to a music free version of the opening credits.

• Quality Arena is the backdrop for yet another Ruckus from Parts Unknown, and the sold out crowd is amped for tonight's show.  Steve Vandeblanche and Carl Christensen are here to set the table for us - Nazir el-Fadal is set to go one on one with Prince Ootsuka and Orion will make their first defense of the National championship against the leader of Hysteria, Bonnie Agrippa.  They began to talk about how Commissioner Holmes had announced on Quality Social earlier in the day that Caleb Gray vs. Jupiter Jones would open the show when a cut to backstage showed a clutch of Town Car SUVs rolling into QA.  When they emptied, out rolled Republic Enforcement, Pyotr Caviar, Malicía Fernandez, and out of the lead car, Ig de Catur and the World champion Omar Littlefield to a torrent of boos from the QCW fans in attendance.

• As he and his personal army entered the arena, Ig cut a promo directly to the camera.  He bragged about how they’d put such a beating on Sky’s the Limit last week that those rookies might never come back to QCW.  de Catur continued on to say that the same fate awaited the Wonderful Ward Brothers, who wouldn't be known for their looks by the time Pyotr and Malicía got done with them tonight - a perfect way for the two of them to be in the right headspace for one of them to win the Black Friday battle royale in a couple of weeks.  After their failures at Dia de los Muertos they were hungering to redeem themselves and while last week had put a bit of shine back on them it was Mr. Littlefield who’d gotten the victory, so he would be eating steak in the skybox while his international associates proved themselves worthy of being Omar’s insurance on the 28th.  One of them would win the battle royale, then put on a PPV level show against Omar - the best kind of match because no matter who won, the Republic would hold onto the Fifteen Pounds of Gold either way.  Dia de los Muertos had reminded Ig of something important: he didn't need to be Commissioner to run QCW…all he needed was control of the World championship.  So the Nazzes and Jupiters of the world could enter the Black Friday battle royale, but the ones who would win it were endorsed by Ig de Catur.  He laughed and his laughter turned into wheezes while Malicía and Pyotr exchanged a nod and Omar put his massive right hand over the camera.  Steve noted rumors were rampant that Ig paid a $10,000 fine completely in pennies Pyotr got for hitting a referee with the Russian sickle on last week's show.

• A few beats later we went to Duck Eko in the ring and the Voice of QCW made the introductions for our opening clash:

• 1. Jupiter Jones (w/Collipark) d. ”the Purifier” Caleb Gray (w/the Chosen) at 7:39 The main takeaways from this are twofold: the legendary Jones owns the Chosen, and his clean sweep of their Holy Trinity over the past few weeks has caused the Chosen's infighting to reach a boiling point.  That didn't matter early on, as Jones used his power advantage by sending Caleb around the ring with biels and suplexes, the crowd cheering loudly with every one as Gray quickly found himself behind the eight ball.  After eating a third overhead belly to belly suplex in the opening couple of minutes, “the Purifier” rolled to the outside to try and half Jones’ momentum as well as get advice from his flock.  But Justice Davis and Drake Tremble stopped their bickering long enough to give him two completely different pieces of advice, which just left the door open to more bickering.  Jones tried to pull Gray back into the ring but the crafty Caleb gave Jones a hangman drop into the top rope then hit him with Inherent the Whirlwind to gain control.  

• As he stomped away, replays showed last year's Duquesne Cup winner finally dropping Jupiter with his notorious cyclone kick.  Gray rebounded to get in some successful offense of his own, including using a Stun Gun that set up a massive lariat off the ropes to snuff out a Jones rally.  But the Jones/Tremble bickering on the outside turned physical as Gray began setting up for Repent, causing the leader of the Chosen to lean between the ropes to hiss at them to stop sniping at each other.  When Caleb turned his full attention back to the ring, Jones hooked him into an inside cradle.  Gray managed to kick out of that only to walk into a Bolt From Olympus that dropped him like a bad habit and got Jones the evening’s first three count to the joy of the faithful in the stands.

• Jupiter and Collipark celebrated their win on the floor, with Jones cocking his vaunted right hand towards the camera a couple of times and said he had a Bolt just like that with Omar's name on it.  But the contretemps with the Chosen was playing out in the ring with Justice and Drake blaming each other for Caleb's loss, and despite the End Times’ best efforts they left behind verbal fisticuffs for actual ones - and that only ended when Gray was able to get off the mat and stand between them himself before reading them both the riot act, saying their advice hadn't helped him at all and their bickering had cost him the match since he was supposed to be a wrestler and not a babysitter for believers or heretics.  Gray said next week there wasn't going to be a prayer circle, there was going to be a coming to Jesus meeting, and so far as he was concerned, they were both on the cross for that debacle.  Gray blew off Goody Gardner and barked some orders to the Times, leading to staggered exits for Tremble and Davis with Gardner fully supporting JD while the ever stoic Times kept their bickering stablemates separated on their ways to the back.

• Before the break, a glossy video package hyped the fact that the December PPV is going to be the first ever QCW PPV from Asia.  Come December 28th in front of what's expected to be the largest crowd in company history at National Olympic Stadium in capital city Phnom Penh, QCW is leaving Season's Beatings behind.  You’ll be sorry if you miss Holiday In Cambodia live on PPV (Triller TV in the States).

• 2. Science Fiction Double Feature (w/Collipark) d. International Lotus 2.0 in a non-titles match at 6:04 Despite some early offense from Fiona Fogg and Sohla Patel the newly minted World Tag Team champions got a decisive showcase win over the prima donnas.  Steve and Carl spent most of the match noting how the return of Jupiter Jones had sparked his proteges to this tag titles run and wouldn't it be something if he was right last week, that he could win the Black Friday battle royale and take down Omar to regain the World title for the first time in years?  End came after Jane Doe hit a running Samoan drop on Sohla, then tagged in Cindy so they could wipe Patel out with a Doomsday Device that secured the win.  Atlanta's finest celebrated their way to the back, their momentum seemingly growing by the week after starting Ruckus off by winning the first two matches.

• From there we went TOTHEBACK~!, where Julius Duquesne III brought on Nazir el-Fadal for an interview.  Naz looked a tetchy coming onto the set but relaxed a bit upon hearing the pop from “his rabble”.  Julius asked him about his match later on in the show against Prince Ootsuka.  el-Fadal said that in a monarchy there were levels, and that tonight Ootsuka would learn firsthand what had been evident for years: when it came to ruling QCW, Naz was the king of this here.  But of course he was going to floss with the self proclaimed Prince later - we all knew that - but what we didn't know is that in two weeks time he would be in the Black Friday battle royale.  A lot of big names had thrown their names in the mix but there was no name bigger than Nazir el-Fadal, and when he won the battle royale he would get another shot at the imposter walking around with his belt.  There would be no blindside attack or crooked referee to stop him from becoming the first four time men's World champion in company history or ending Omar's reign of terror with a dose or two of Nazquil.  No Prince, no ex-felon and nobody on the roster could stop his destiny of once again ruling QCW as the one to hold the Fifteen Pounds of Gold because he was Nazir Allahdamned el-Fadal - the Greatest Man Alive.  Naz walked off the set and JD3 sent things to Duck Eko in the ring to make the introductions for the next match.

• 3. Pyotr Caviar and Malicía Fernandez (w/Ig de Catur and Republic Enforcement) d. The Wonderful Ward Brothers (w/Anton Stahl) at 7:08 The black hats went over strong ahead of their being 10% of the battle royale next week.  The Wards were actually the ones with the early steam, and with Anton helping from the floor with some coaching up for the Canadians employing quick tags.  But that came to a halt when Malicía drilled Rich with a Northern lariat, moments before Anton ended up surrounded by a few members of Republic Enforcement.  The Republic’s ex champions played bully ball from that turning point on, and the light heavyweights couldn't match that with Jason going down to a Pyotr pop up into a variant of Fernandez’s finishing Death Warrant.  Ig was pleased with the results, clapping as he and the rest of the Republic (well, Omar was up in the skybox putting up Ron Swanson numbers) hit the ring in their show of force/support as Caviar and Fernandez got their hands raised by Ig.  de Catur let go and chirped to the hard camera about how the Republic stayed winning as Ruckus went to commercial break.

• Back from the break and it was to the back we went, where Naomi Lee was standing by and brought on Luz Cruz & Shelley LaVey.  Naomi consoled Luz on her loss to Bonnie Agrippa from Hysteria last week and Luz said it could’ve been worse - she could've lost a title.  Shelley jumped in, saying that the spell Hysteria was able to cast when they had the tag team titles had been broken, which meant that those witches were going to learn what it was like to go from being the hunters to the hunted.  Luz added that with Bonnie in the main event fighting for the National championship, she & Shelley would be keeping a very close eye on that match.  Jules started to throw things over to Duck but Shelley cut her off, saying that she had a message for all of Hysteria, but especially her former sisters Bonnie and Nancy: nothing Forbidden can die.  LaVey let out a Hysterian cackle as she & Luz walked off the set and JD3 threw things to Duck Eko in the ring to handle the introductions for the next match.

• 4. Beast Mode (w/Lolo Vuitton) d. “Swamp Pride” Ted Holland and Robert E. Moonshine at 4:03 A dominant showcase win for the men of Mode, looking to bounce back after Diana Spare force fed the group humble pie at Dia de los Muertos.  Roy Fade and Pierce Moore showed their long held cohesion in going over the Southern stalwarts; Moore would end up pinning Holland after their trademark Dashing Decision.  But it wasn't their music that played post match, as “Just Wanna Rock” brought out Tre Boyd to a loud, mixed reaction.

• Tre cut a promo and lit Mode up, saying that there was no way he was going to join them especially when they all got clowned so bad at the PPV it should've come with red noses.  Nobody in the ring or on the roster could touch him and they needed to quit playing with the Gospel.  He knew he was better than both Sky’s the Limit and Beast Mode and he’d prove it in two weeks’ time when he did what so many others do on Black Friday and cash in.  He was calling his shot: he was the one who’d win the 20 person battle royale no matter what the style was, then later on that night he'd beat Omar Littlefield for the World title and prove he wasn't just the fastest rising star in this mug but QCW’s brightest star peeeeeriod - and if Beast Mode put the proper respect on his name, maybe he’d let them carry his bags or something.  Boyd let out a laugh before dropping the mic and heading backstage while Mode made several threats at his retreating figure all the way up to the night’s last commercial break.

• 5. Nazir el-Fadal d. Prince Ootsuka (w/the All Starr Stable) at 5:05 Perpetually seething since getting screwed in his rematch against Omar a month or so ago, Naz took out some of his frustrations on QCW’s resident Prince in this showcase bout.  el-Fadal surprised the crowd and Ootsuka by almost sending the match Night Night in the opening minute; while the Stable’s mostly silent assassin was able to kick out late after being hit with the hiptoss Michinoku Driver he wasn't the same the rest of the way despite some interference from S. Mark Starr against former rival Naz.  Naz landed a wrecking ball dropkick on Starr that sent him flying face first into the announce table he used to work at, and while A Cut Above checked on their manager Naz was taking out their teammate Ootsuka between the ropes, finishing things with the Hamrin Valley Driver and an especially head dropping dose of Nazquil.  el-Fadal made sure to clear out from the ring before the Stable could get their hands on him, raising a fist in triumph on the ramp before grabbing a sign from a fan who was on the side of the ramp by the aisle.  The One Man Jihad held up the IN NAZ WE TRUST sign up for the camera and overhead to a pop from the Quality Controllers before handing the fan back their sign and heading to the back.

• Ahead of the title defense in the main event, the hype train left the station for 💫 next week's Ruckus 💫: Tre Boyd will go against “These Hands” Roy Fade from Beast Mode | Bonnie Agrippa and Nancy Crowley of Hysteria look to down the Game Changers | and in the main event, “Night Sky Diana Spare will put the Women's World championship up for grabs in an open challenge

• All that and more to come next week - but we’ve got a title clash in the main event right about now…

• 6. Orion d. Bonnie Agrippa (w/Hysteria) to retain the National championship at 13:39 1️⃣ A main event with more than a little chaos and supporting players saw Orion have to paddle upriver before being able to retain their title.  There was a decently long feeling out period early; both of their styles were reflected in their opponent, as Orion brought a superior aerial attack but could hang on the mat while the Machiavellian leader Agrippa brought a more technical attack with the ability to fly here or there.  It was Bonnie who got the first big shot in the fight, putting the brakes on to avoid an Orion dropkick then hitting a running senton that had Nancy Crowley cackling even more than usual on the floor.  Agrippa kept Orion grounded for the next couple of minutes as the rest of Hysteria began circling the ring.  The former World Tag Team champion got a couple of near falls before Orion began mounting a comeback, only for Bonnie to retaliate with a sharp knee to the ribs followed by a falling reverse DDT that got Agrippa half a count away from the title.

• Bonnie continued on her attack and began laying in a series of flash elbows, only for Orion to get their knees up on what would've been the fourth to buy themselves time and get a bit of separation.  Bonnie was first up and charged Orion, only to eat an armdrag.  The titleholder followed up with a Japanese armdrag before hitting the ropes and coming off with a whirlybird into a headscissor takeover to put Bonnie on her ass yet again.  The match had clearly turned a corner and Orion kept their foot on the gas, quickening the pace of the match and putting it more in their wheelhouse.  Orion darted around the ring with their hit and run attack, landing a basement dropkick to Nancy's left knee to topple Agrippa to the canvas.  When Nancy staggered up, Orion flew at them and drove them back down with a dateline DDT.  Orion pinned Nancy, and after Agrippa kicked out Duck announced there were 10 minutes remaining.

• But Orion didn't stop upon hearing the announcement and further worked over Bonnie, who got desperate enough to try to blind Orion with their own mask by turning it around on their head.  Bonnie started the suplex chain to begin her Eclipsing the Light finisher, but Orion landed a series of knees blind until getting loose from Agrippa’s grasp.  The champion got the mask reapplied then blasted Bonnie with a Shining Wizard to the back of the head that had the leader of QCW’s resident coven flying through the middle and bottom ropes before crash landing on the floor to exclamations and cheers from the Quality Controllers.  The referee began the count while Orion double checked that their mask was in the right place; once they were sure, they rolled out to the floor to go gather up Agrippa.  And that's when things started to go off the rails.

• As the referee’s count got out of its beginning stages, the rest of Hysteria formed a human wall between Agrippa and Orion.  Orion tried to get around them to no avail initially, until the referee began getting more involved.  That managed to stop the count but also gave time for help to appear from the back.   Slightly surprisingly, “Explosive” Emily Bennett was the first on the scene, telling Nancy, Justine and Bella they had no right to get involved.  As Hysteria began chirping back at Bennett, Orion wisely grabbed Bonnie and tossed her back in the ring before following suit.  Orion looked to set up a moonsault in the ring but on the floor Bella Jolie blindsided Bennett with a roundhouse kick that tagged the perky blonde behind the ear.  Orion's moonsault landed and got another long two count while on the floor Nancy and Justine dove into the pool and helped Bella stomp out Bennett with their three to one advantage.  But a few beats into the group attack, Bad Bunny hit the PA and out ran Luz Cruz and Shelley LaVey not just to keep a close eye on the match but to even the odds.  

• Bennett, Cruz and LaVey engaged in a Pier 6 on the floor all around ringside while Orion tried to end things with their signature Nebula.  Agrippa wriggled free and dumped the champion with a release German suplex.  As Agrippa got to her feet, she saw Jacques Krieger standing halfway down the aisle glaring at her with his good eye; the announce reminded us that Krieger’s usual tag partner Ashok Banerjee had been taken out over a month ago after a poison mist attack from Justine during the Ruckus anniversary show’s tag team contendership battle royale.  Bonnie spat in Krieger's direction before going for an Exploder suplex, but again Orion rocked her with a series of knees before transitioning to a series of hammer and anvil elbows.  Orion let out a war cry before pulling Bonnie off the canvas and in one fluid motion took her down with Orion's Nebula.  Both Nancy and Justine tried to get in the ring to make the save, but Bennett and Cruz pulled them back down to the floor to allow Orion a clean path to victory.

• After the bell rang, the female babyfaces on the floor slid into the ring and formed their own human wall to protect Orion as they got the National championship back in their hands.  The rest of Hysteria pulled Bonnie to the floor and checked on their condition, but when they tried to head up the ramp they saw Krieger still standing in the way and opted to leave by clearing the barrier and scurrying out of Quality Arena.  The babyfaces shook hands with Orion while in the background you could see Krieger walking up the ramp to the back.  Orion hit the turnbuckles to celebrate as Steve noted that they were 9 more wins away from being able to cash in the National championship for a shot at the World title anywhere, anytime - but as Orion began celebrating, they stopped and pointed up into the rafters.  Cameras and a spotlight scoured the rafters until they saw what Orion did: “Night Sky” Diana Spare standing and looking down on the proceedings silently while the Women's World championship shone on her shoulder.  Orion held the National championship in the air while Spare tapped her title, and Ruckus went off the air in the middle of their multilevel staredown throughout Quality Arena.