Cold As Hell pre-per-view

Cold As Hell kicks off 2025's PPV calendar on Sunday, so let's take a deeper dive into the card.

Preshow | the Hellraisers vs. the Proper Villains 

The Catch Hell alums have never seen eye to eye and their cross countries rivalry only got further sparked by the return of "the Fury" Jim Jaspers and them throwing hands at the #1 contendership tag team battle royale in late November; they'll meet in Madison.

Preshow | “Night Sky” Diana Spare, Ashley “THEE Influencer” Szabo and Lolo Vuitton (w/"Tiki God" Al Buffett) v. Hysteria (Bonnie Agrippa, Justine Danek and Bella Jolie w/Nancy Crowley)

Hysteria has taken over the women's division since late last spring; this is the latest battle for control with former Women's World champions Spare and Vuitton having no love for each other despite both currently being babyfaces and Szabo caught in the middle - who'll come out on top in this 6 woman tag?

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Beauty and the Beast Mode (w/Shelley LaVey) v. w @ s t e l a n d e r s

Another fight stemming from the tag team battle royale; the still undefeated newcomers have targeted the Culture ever since and the proud Angelenos look for some payback here.

The All Starr Stable (w/S. Mark Starr) v. The College Park Family (w/Science Fiction Double Feature)

A Cut Above earned the Quality Award for Tag Team of the Year in 2024 but the International Players beat them for the QCW World Tag Team championships at Season's Beatings after winning the #1 contendership - add in the legendary Jupiter Jones and heavy hitting Jacques Krieger to the mix and you have a highly anticipated six man tag for the PPV.

Serge Batroc v. Orion

High flying newcomer Orion faces off against former Duquesne Cup winner Batroc, with both trying to angle their way into 2025's title pictures after a win here.

QCW NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP | "the Purifier" Caleb Gray [c, w/the Chosen] v. Justice Davis 

Winning the Duquesne Cup last year earned Gray the honor of being crowned the first ever National Champion, a title he's held onto since (however shadily at times) with help from his like minded disciples - but former World Tag Team champion Davis has beaten all of them over the past few weeks and looks to make Cold As Hell a night of Savage Justice triumph by joining his partner as an elite singles champion in QCW.

QCW  WOMEN'S WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP | Luz Cruz [c, w/Hysteria] v. "Explosive" Emily Bennett 

Rookie Bennett put herself on the radar last summer by winning the Ace in the Hole tournament last fall to earn a title shot she could cash in at any time, and chose to call her shot here against Cruz - who's shocking heel turn at AnnIVersary led her to not only join but lead Hysteria as well as springboard her into winning the WWC over Vuitton at Dia de los Muertes in October.  Bennett looks for the biggest win of her career and the belt; Cruz looks to retain and keep Hysteria running the division.

QCW WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP • three way dance | Razorblade [c] v. Nazir el-Fadal v. Omar Littlefield

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We don't have enough time for full-on Razorblade/Nazir el-Fadal lore.  Their rivalry has gone on for years and may go down in QCW history as THE signature rivalry of all time, goosed even further by Razorblade retaining the QCW World title in a death match at Dia de los Muertes that put him on the shelf for around a month.  

It came on the heels of another epic at AnnIVersary where Razorblade bested Omar to win the World title, ending the then rookie monster's reign of terror that began last Mayday Payday when he cashed in and celebrated his win by smashing the belt and chipping it--something he'd continue doing during his reign.

Omar injured several roster members in the winter, but managed to win the Black and Blue Friday battle royale to earn a rematch against Razorblade that night...but it was thrown out when el-Fadal interfered against, pissed off against the returning Razorblade for putting him through a flaming table at Dia and Omar for eliminating him last at the battle royale (both men landed on the floor a second apart by Omar landing on el-Fadal, though it was close enough for Naz to think he'd won it).

This led to Commissioner Holmes announcing the three way dance and Omar/Naz and a non-title match between Omar and Razorblade a couple of weeks ago, both of which ended unsatisfactorily.  After Cold As Hell whoever the QCW World champion is, they will have cemented themselves as the elite World champion of all time.  If former World champ Naz wins, he'll successfully end a year long quest to regain the title he once publicly mocked and tossed - just as Omar similarly did into the steps with the title last year except with more defacing and scarring.  Now that Littlefield has lost the belt, he wants to regain it to possiby destroy it again and get revenge on Holmes for delaying his rematch.  And Razorblade, the fightingest World champion in a decade plus looks to end all QCW GOAT talk by beating two former World champions and longtime rivals to retain the 15 Pounds of Gold.

It's a red hot card for Cold As Hell, coming to PPV live this Sunday SUNDAY SUNDAY!