1•24•25 from Parts Unknown, FL inside Quality Arena
Broadcast live on FanDuel Sports Network Florida
Ruckus opened up with a video package recapping Sunday's Cold As Hell PPV. Stills of the Proper Villains and Hysteria's Bonnie Agrippa, Justine Danek and Bella Jolie after their preshow victories gave way to longer highlight video clips from the main card:
☃️ Newcomer Orion battling back to eventually beat former Duquesne Classic winner Serge Batroc ☃️
☃️ w @ s t e l a n d e r s beating Beauty and the Beast Mode to keep their undefeated streak going ☃️
☃️ The College Park Family beating the All Starr Stable in a trios match with Jupiter Jones pinning Jacques Krieger, S. Mark Starr berating Krieger after another loss ☃️
☃️ “The Purifier" Caleb Gray retaining the QCW National Championship over Justice Davis in a hard hitting affair, then the Chosen putting such a postmatch beating on JD that he had to be helped to the back by the medical staff ☃️
☃️Luz Cruz defending the QCW Women's World championship against “Explosive” Emily Bennett, who was playing the Ace in the Hole she earned at AnnIVersary - Hysteria got ejected from ringside but Cruz weathered Bennett’s offensive storm to retain - Cruz celebrated another title retention up the ramp, leaving Bennett to take in big applause from the Madison fans for pushing The Champ to her limit ☃️
☃️ The three way dance between Nazir el-Fadal, Omar Littlefield and The Champ Razorblade for the Fifteen Pounds of Gold saw Naz shockingly team with years long rival Razorblade to help try and stop the Omar threat only for them to go back to their feuding ways. Against all odds, Razorblade would not just survive but thrive, first pinning Omar after an underhook brainbuster and then taking advantage of an awkward landing from a Naz sunset flip bomb to pin him and retain the QCW World championship ☃️
☃️ But the PPV ended on two shocking notes: 1) the QualiTron showing Goody Gardner of the Chosen hovering over a stretchered Justice Davis, causing Razorblade to run to the back and try to save his tag partner from whatever Caleb Gray’s zealots had planned and 2) with Naz on the mat clutching at his neck, Omar reappeared and took out his elimination on the Grand Slam winner by carving into el-Fadal with his own weapon: Greetings From Hayt Corner, the bunch of barbed wire kendo sticks he’d used against Omar during the match. ☃️
The standard open rolled from there, with no changes to the Cavalcade of Champions after Sunday's show. Quality Arena was ready for all the Cold As Hell fallout, the Controllers made themselves heard after the blue and white pyro died down. Steve Vandeblanche and Carl Christensen welcomed us aboard the good ship Ruckus, saying that we would get injury updates on Naz and Justice Davis as well as Diana Spare looking to complete her 10 Count in the main event by defending the Crush championship against former Crush and Women's World champion Sohla Patel – but tonight would start off with the long awaited debut of the newest member of QCW’s roster and possibly the finest luchadora on the face of the planet…
1) Malicía Fernandez d. Midsomar at :40 This wasn't a match, it was a highlight reel. The towering Fernandez tossed around Midsomar a couple of times before hitting a somersault axe kick, whipping Midsomar to the ropes and goozling her into a spinning chokeslam for the win after that in less time than it takes you to reheat leftovers. After the match, Malicía grabbed Midsomar’s head like a basketball before ripping off most of their mask - who knows what would've happened if more of the referee corps hadn't come out. The former Lucha Salvaje Campeona de Campeones (their World title) tossed Midsomar aside and left over the top rope to a mixed reaction while the announcers put over her dominance.
From there we went to the announce table and Steve walked us through the two biggest names on the IR. Naz suffered a stinger and multiple gashes in the main event three way dance; doctors say it’ll be until March before the One Man Jihad can return to the ring. As Naz’s socials have gone uncharacteristically quiet, the news is even worse on the Justice Davis front – there isn't any. No one has seen him since Sunday night, and the Chosen are probably guilty no matter what damage he took going after the National championship. A chyron hyped “The Paragon” Drake Tremble and the End Times from said Chosen going up against the legendary Jupiter Jones and the QCW World Tag Team champions the International Players from the College Park Family in trios action later in the show before we went into the next match.
2) A Cut Above (w/Jacques Krieger and S. Mark Starr) d. The Wonderful Ward Brothers at 9:33 A matchup with former championship teams facing off, possibly in the hopes of getting another crack at regaining the belts. After a stalemate in the opening few minutes, the Wards hit a Hart Attack on Evan O'Neill and took over control of the bout. O’Neill ate more offense from the Canadians but when it looked like they were setting up finishing things off with the Wonder Cutter S. Mark Starr jumped up on the apron to distract the ref, allowing Jacques Krieger to slide in the ring and floor Jason the Great with a heart punch. While Rich went after him only to get blindsided by “Upper Class” Broderick Palmer II and thrown into the steps, O’Neill flew off the top rope with a One Last Chance that found the mark and won ACA a match they were losing on points before they got outside help. The Stable (well, not Krieger) celebrated their way to the back while Starr crowed that 2024’s unanimous Tag Team of the Year were going to get their titles back real soon. We went to break seeing Palmer II smiling beatifically while O’Neill smacktalked the fans.
We came back from the break and we saw the Chosen in their usual alignment, with “the Purifier" Caleb Gray and Goody Gardner in the front, though Goody would end up cutting most of the promo. She said that they took no joy in doing what had to be done on Sunday, but the blasphemy was enough. Unbelievers proclaiming false justice trying to end the longest championship reign in Quality Christian Wrestling on an event named after Hades was beyond the pale, and if cameras saw them delivering thoughts and prayers over his fallen body at the end of the show…well, all the better.
Because he had been purified by the grace of Caleb, the truest champion QCW could ever hope to have. All that had stood against him had fallen for nearly a year straight, and if the choices were between him and that shiftless hobo who certainly lived up to his Savage name – well, that wasn't really a difficult choice for any God fearing man or woman to make. They would keep making their point tonight as the Paragon (Drake Tremble behind Caleb) and the End Times (flanked behind Goody on either side) would preach the evangel and stop the insipid party all the time dance antics of the College Park Family. What they had wasn't a family, it was a rap video; what the Chosen were was a real family united under His grace. She and Caleb would be ringside watching as they were torn asunder, and after their loss not only would they have to face reality –
– Caleb held his hand up, silencing Goody as he lifted the QCW National Championship higher on his shoulder. He had only one thing to say, to echo Miss Gardner's comments: tonight, QCW’s fraud of a family would either fall to their knees or like Davis and Banjerjee before them they would repent.
We went back to Duck Eko in the ring, as he made the announcements for the women's division match up next…
3) “Explosive” Emily Bennett and Fiona Fogg d. The Sound of Thunder at 8:40 Bennett bounced back from her loss on Sunday with this tag win showcasing the perpetually optimistic Emily. She and Fogg had no problem standing on the lowest rung of the women's division, Bennett getting the pin on Bettie Rokker after Time’s Up. Announce speculated that maybe Bennett and Fogg might be able to build the trust to form a lasting team and go after Hysteria.
After that, Steve teed up footage from Earlier Today. In short order, we were transported to the roof of Quality Arena where The Champ was pacing back and forth. He was borderline frothing at the mouth as he called out the Chosen for the pack of two faced cowards they were.
They went after his friend to send him a message when they knew he couldn't do anything about it, and the moment he went after them they disappeared in the night. More importantly to him, JD did too, and he hasn't seen or heard from him since. The Bible thumpers wanted his attention!? Well, congratueffinglations, they got it. But they might want to think twice about what it is they find themselves against now that they have.
Because the last two people that got his attention were Nazir el-Fadal and Omar Littlefield. He'd delivered justice to one by putting him through a flaming table down Mexico way, and before that he'd taken back his World title from the other to be the only man in QCW history to pin that land monster, then he’d beaten both of them in the same match. So if the Chosen wanted to be next up on his hit list he was going to knock them off, too. They would DROWN in his attention until they learned something their precious Bibles couldn't preach -- everyone bleeds, and in *his* QCW not even God could save them from him. Razorblade stormed out of frame once he'd dropped that threat; we went to commercial shortly after that.
4) College Park Family (w/Science Fiction Double Feature) d. The Chosen (w/QCW National Champion Caleb Gray and Goody Gardner) at 11:59 Jones and the International Players racked up their second win of the week, thanks to some unexpected backup.
“The Paragon” Drake Tremble seemed to get the first big upper hand in the match, but when he put boots up to stop a charging Benjamin Valentino and then flew off the second rope with a clothesline attempt, the younger and more athletic Benjamin knocked him out of the sky with a perfectly placed dropkick. With Tremble reeling, Valentino snatched him up and took him to his corner so he could tag in Lucius Patton. The Players laid out Tremble with a double flapjack and started quick tagging to further wear down the Paragon of the Chosen. After a few moves and the crowd increasingly making themselves heard, Jupiter Jones got the tag to a big pop and started going against longtime rival Tremble like no time had passed at all instead of 10 years. It didn't take long for the legendary Jones to get the upper hand on Tremble and prepare the Bolt From Olympus, but two blind tags in two seconds from the End Times allowed Drake to jump Jones from behind and dump him over the top rope.
The Times then hit Jupiter with a double gourdbuster over the dividing barrier and hung him out to dry. When things got back in the ring, the Chosen put things firmly in their favor with the End Times dishing out punishment to the future Hall of Famer just a little more than the Players had for Tremble. Steve theorized on commentary that the Times were looking for revenge and maybe a shot at the titles after losing the #1 contendership to the Players in the lead up to Cold As Hell. After a Mt. Everest sized German, Danny Castle called for the end but Jones managed to shove off his attempt at connecting with Carnage then ducked a shot - giving him just the window of opportunity he needed to lay Castle out with the Bolt From Olympus before going down in a heap from the effort of it. SFDF got the crowd clapping to rally Jupiter as both men crawled towards their respective corners, with Castle able to tag Tremble back in right before Valentino made the tag on the other side of the ring.
It was right after that that a figure vaulted the retaining barrier and shoved Caleb Gray into the ringpost, sending the National Champion to the floor hard. The crowd popped huge as Razorblade laid into him with rapid fire rights, and when Goody Gardner jumped on his back to try and stop the assault Savage got a hold of her and tossed her into the barrier before resuming beating the holy hell out of the Purifier. The End Times dropped down to the floor to go after Razorblade only to catch hands from Jones and Patton, and in the chaos happening on the floor Valentino rolled up a distracted Tremble with a sunset flip and scored the three count to the cheers of the Parts Unknown faithful.
Quality Force Security came out and dragged Razorblade off of Caleb to boos; mics picked up The Champ swearing (literally in a couple of bleeped out instances) that he was going to take everything away from Caleb and make him pay. The men of the Chosen helped up a dazed and slightly bleeding Gray while Gardner read them and QFS the riot act about not coming to Gray’s defense. This left Collipark to celebrate in the ring with the announce putting over the winning streak that the Family has been on in recent weeks.
A This Week In QCW History segment took us to the last commercial break of the night; January 20th, 2014 saw (appropriately enough) Jupiter Jones defeat Drake Tremble to win the QCW championship for the first time and on January 22nd two years ago at that year's Cold As Hell Razorblade retained the World title over Jones, who shook and raised The Champ’s hand post match to the joy of the crowd to close the show. More Ruckus after this.
5. Omar Littlefield d. “Tiki God” Al Buffett (w/Ashley “THEE Influencer” Szabo) at 5:14 Littlefield’s rampage through the roster continued on against a familiar foe in Al, who put up a bit of a fight and even managed to slam Omar to get the Quality Controllers popping. But that turned out to be the beginning of the end as Omar shook it off, let out a roar and planted Buffett with a choke bomb. It was all one way traffic from there, as the former World champion deigned to put a button on the beatdown after four Vader Bombs and his signature Face Eraser. Ashley slid in the ring with a chair after the three count, causing Omar to roll out of the ring and cackle his way up the ramp while Ashley checked on her long time tag partner.
Next week's Ruckus will have Bonnie Agrippa and Nancy Crowley of Hysteria facing off against Shelley LaVey and Lolo Vuitton. We’ll also get Razorblade vs. Drake Tremble in an emotionally charged non-title match. And we’ll see another defense of the Crush championship…but who will hold it after tonight's main event?
6. “Night Sky” Diana Spare [c] d. Sohla Patel at 9:39 to retain the Crush championship 🔟🎉 For the second time, Spare completed a successful 10 Count and now can cash in the Crush championship for a shot at Luz Cruz anywhere and any time she wants to potentially regain the Women's World championship next.
The main event kicked off with Patel bailing from the ring a couple of times to jeers, only getting back in when Spare put her hands behind her back and offered Sohla a free shot. The money behind International Lotus slid back in the ring and tagged Diana with a slap before playing a cat and mouse game with the pissed off Spare. As with most things in life, it worked until it didn't - Spare catching her by the leg on a spinning heel kick attempt before practically shot putting Sohla into the corner on the throw. Spare followed that up with not 10 and not even 20 but 22 punches as the Quality Controllers countered along, letting out a war cry after Sohla sluiced down to the canvas.
Spare spent the next couple of minutes using her size advantage to power Sohla around the ring, eventually planting Patel dead center to the canvas with a big Bossman Slam. Spare called for the end and cinched Sohla up for Nightfall, but the International Lotus figurehead slipped loose and threw Spare shoulder first into the ringpost. The champ staggered away but ended up on the receiving end of a Blockbuster from the Bollywood Diva, who started to take control from there.
Patel wore down Spare with shots interspersed with smacktalking Diana saying that she was going to win her title back. Spare put a brief rally together after a few of these taunts but Patel put her down with a spinning heel kick then followed it up with the Sohla Flare sunset flip buckle bomb for 2 ½. Patel got a couple more nearfalls and even tried to steal the belt by putting her feet on the middle ropes after a roll-up. The Quality Controllers were losing their minds but quickly pivoted to cheers when the ref stopped their count at 2 ¾ spotting Patel's cheating. Sohla threw a tantrum and then got in the referee's face over daring to legislate her.
Sohla focusing on the ref meant that she wasn't focusing on Spare and of course that left her to get spun around by the champion and eat a one armed Michinoku Driver from Diana to pop the crowd even further. We got replays of Spare hitting the move that turned into a split screen as we saw in real time that Patel was using the ropes to pull herself up while in a corner Spare was jamming her shoulder into the turnbuckles repeatedly at high velocity (possibly trying to set her shoulder back into place) and making gutteral noises. Patel recovered and charged Diana, but she sidestepped it and Patel hit the buckles full speed then almost got KTFOed by the force of the Northern lariat Spare hit with her good arm to the back of her neck. Spare fired up the faithful and called for the end, then let out a war cry as she powered up and hit Patel with a buckle bomb, causing Sohla to fall limply towards Diana off of the recoil. Spare cinched up Sohla and hit another buckle bomb but didn't let go - instead pivoting before hitting a running Nightfall that got her the three count.
After replays, we saw the ref raise Diana's good arm and Spare let out a swear (probably a “Fuck yeah!” given how it got bleeped out) in celebration. Spare raised the Crush championship slowly and gold and white pyro exploded while a graphic on the Qualitron showed that Diana had become the first woman to hit the 10 Count with the Crush championship twice – and then the lights went out in Quality Arena.
When they came back on the referee was gone, but Hysteria was in the ring and Luz Cruz was holding up the Women's World championship right in Diana's face. Even with four women backing Cruz up, Spare glared at Cruz for a few seconds before her eyes went over to the Women's World championship. Hysteria looked like they were ready to attack but Cruz stuck her arm out to block them - and then the lights went out in Quality Arena again.
When they came up this time, Malicía Fernandez was standing in the middle of the ring towering slightly over both Diana and Luz. The rest of Hysteria was still behind Luz’s arm, but Diana, Luz and Malicía were locked in a three way staredown that seemed unbreakable. After a few seconds, Steve hyped up the depth of the women's division and plugged the Razorblade/Tremble match next week before Ruckus went off the air.
And the newest international big name signed to the roster, the Crush champion and the Women's World champion didn't have a thing to say about it.
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