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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.
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