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A video package opened the show, first featuring Genesis King being a thorn in Orion’s side and gunning after the National championship the past couple of months, then changed focus to last week's main event where the Republic wiped out all five members of Collipark and Savage Justice and stood triumphantly on the ring to end Ruckus.
We zoomed into the United Center, past rows of screaming fans to the stage where a truckload of red and white pyro blasted on the stage. Silverchair’s titular song blasted from the PA as Steve Vandeblanche and Carl Christensen welcomed us to a special super sized episode of Ruckus with limited commercial interruptions. Steve hyped up the Forbidden Book Club v. Hysteria tag match as well as the trios main event where World champion the legendary Jupiter Jones would team up with Savage Justice to face off against the three headed land monsters of the Republic. But they were kicking things off with a bang, as the no holds barred National championship match would kick off the show from sweet home Chicago ..
1. Orion [c] d. Genesis King in a no holds barred match at 13:18 to retain the QCW National championship 7️⃣ Heading into this opener, plenty of people up to and including the announce team wondered if the lawless environment would favor the stronger and clearly more devious King. That was the story going into the match; the story of the match was the haughty newcomer to QCW getting some respect beaten and kicked into him from the Cosmic Champion. Things were choppy right from the opening bell, as King smack talked Orion before delivering a stiff slap to the masked superstar that had the crowd oohing and booing. Orion's response was a shrug followed by a kick to the balls that had Carl wondering if the Bears needed a new punter. As King went down in a heap to cheers, Steve pointed out that while that’d gotten Orion disqualified at Cold As Hell it obviously wasn't going to happen here. In addition to dragon screw leg whips and other attacks to destroy his height advantage, Orion also was fine with using an array of weapons to keep King down. They first dented a couple of cookie sheets to bash his head in until they were unusable, then took things up a notch by battering his back and midsection with kendo stick shots. It didn't take too long for that until the crowd chanted for tables, and Orion heeded the call. Dragging one out gave King an opening to take them down with a tope suicida that bought him some time.
King took the table for himself and set it up in a corner of the ring only to turn around and take a bowling ball toss to the gut that would've made Walter Sobchak proud even if it had been on the Sabbath. King was crawling on his hands and knees before Orion came back in with a steel chair and repeatedly hit him across the back with it; not done there, Orion maneuvered him to his back, put the chair between his legs and then stomped the chair into his groin until it was almost bent in half. A raspy King begged for mercy but none was coming, especially after Orion hit the ropes and stilled his tongue with a satellite DDT on the chair. Orion went for a cover after that, but pulled King up at two before pointing to the still intact table to get a massive pop from the Chicago chapter of Quality Controllers. Orion dragged the barely conscious Genesis into position before executing a picture perfect Orion's Nebula through the table. The match should've definitely been over after that - but Orion rolled off and did some mocking push ups, a usual taunt of their opponent’s. Orion rolled out of the ring before reaching underneath the ring for one last object of torture - a chair wrapped in barbed wire. Orion got the chair in the ring before tossing it at King’s head - when he tried to block or catch it with his hands, Orion delivered a Shining Wizard into the chair to send it flying into King and finally relented enough to cover him for the decisive three that the crowd counted along with. A victorious Orion grabbed the National championship back and pointed to the Qualitron, which listed the Cosmic Champion as being only three more wins away from completing their 10 Count and being able to cash in the Natty for a World title shot any time, any place while the medical staff helped carry a bloodied and battered King to the back.
We took another trip through the vault for a couple moments in This Week In QCW History: February 12th, 1983 saw “Cowboy” Jack Powers beat “the Communist Chainsaw” Dmitri Caviar (Pyotr's papa) to win the QCW Championship - kicking off a second and final run with the belt that lasted nearly the rest of the year 💫 and on this date in 2017, the International Players won the QCW Tag Team championships for the first time.
2. Serge Batroc d. “Tiki God” Al Buffett (w/Ashley “THEE Influencer” Szabo) at 9:57 Al gave the fans reason to believe early, using his surprising strength to power Serge around the ring in the early going. But as he was raining down what looked to be 10 punches in Serge’s dome, the French Assassin changed levels and shoved Al into the ring post, leaving the Tiki God draped over the metal supports that connect the turnbuckles to the post. Serge went out to the apron and got a running start before he blasted Al with a European uppercut that sent Al flying to the floor and crash landing with a splut. Al managed to beat the count but that just gave Serge time to dissect him and work over an already weakened neck. Buffett got in a brief rally before Serge almost sent him into orbit with a pop up European uppercut, and Batroc rolled once he’d hit that. An Arc de Triomphe secured triumph for Serge, and the smug Frenchmen made sure to tip both the referee and Duck Eko for announcing him as the winner $100 a piece while Ashley checked on Al; Steve noted she has a match on the way later tonight ahead of our first commercial break.
We came back from the break to an interview with the Republic. But Naomi Lee couldn't even get in a question before Ig de Catur got some of his Republic Enforcement flunkies to shoo her away so he could have an uninterrupted soliloquy. Ig said that the close of last week saw his esteemed colleagues destroy Justice, Razorblade and Jones in the main event with a path of destruction the likes of which QCW had never seen. de Catur promised that last week's violence was merely the beginning and wouldn't end until the Fifteen Pounds of Gold joined the World Tag Team championships as property of the Republic, because the power in QCW didn't lie with an inferior Commissioner or other relics of QCW’s past - it was with the present and future of QCW - his Republic.
3. Forbidden Book Club (w/”Night Sky” Diana Spare) fought Hysteria (w/Bella Jolie) to a double countout at 10:50 As Luz Cruz and Shelley LaVey came out, we got picture in picture footage from last week of Diana Spare choosing to join but not lead the FBC as she preferred a team of equals. As the three of them hit the ring, the lights cut out - when they came back on not only was Hysteria there but a Pier 4 was already underway to the joy of the Chicagoans. For two segments there wasn't a wristlock or hold in sight as the former friends turned enemies fought each other raw with hard hitting suplexes and big impact strikes. When the Club started to get the upper hand on Bonnie Agrippa and Nancy Crowley, the top shelf of Hysteria bailed out to the floor for a timeout. But as they were being consoled by Bella, Luz and Shelley broke up their huddle by flying over the top rope in stereo with twin step up Shooting Star planchas to take out all three black pointy hats to “Holy shit!” chants from the Chicago faithful. We got a few replays of Cruz and LaVey hitting their synchronized dives, but when we returned to live action things weren't so pretty - the brawl had resumed on the floor, with Bella and Diana exchanging smack talk as the referee continued his count in the ring. Both teams kept the other from getting back in the ring, leading to a double countout that led to jeers.
The six women stopped for a few beats when Duck Eko announced the double countout, but then re-engaged in fisticuffs with Bella and Diana squaring off as well. All six women continued brawling around ringside, with the fight between Luz and Bonnie spilling into the crowd and out through the concourse. Quality Force Security came out and split into thirds to handle all the brawls happening while Steve noted that this years-long rivalry was far from over and it was going to take something seismic to end it.
A splashy video package hyped up next month's Golden Rule PPV. Highlights from multiple upper card superstars were interspersed with overhead and helicopter shots of Pike Peak Market, the Space Needle, and just to show off, highlights of the Seahawks’ Super Bowl win and parade cued up the announcement. On March 22nd, the Climate Pledge Arena is going to host this year's Rule. A city that knows something about champions is going to host QCW’s spring spectacular - and every championship in QCW will be on the line. Tickets on sale to Quality Insiders on Monday morning, and the general public on Wednesday. Available on PPV dot com in the States and BBC Two across the pond, it's going to be a can’t miss show. Ruckus took a commercial break after this.
4. Ashok Banerjee and Jacques Krieger d. A Cut Above (w/S. Mark Starr & Prince Ootsuka) at 10:08 A tale of two teams passing like ships in the night played out here, as former Tag Team of the Year ACA couldn't shed their losing streak while unlikely allies Ashok and Jacques continued to climb the tag ladder with another win. Starr’s squad worked well in small fits and spurts that showed their former championship pedigree but they could never find an answer for Ashok's speed and looked helpless against Krieger's power. The good guys turning things into a showcase allowed the announce team to speculate if they were a couple more wins away from a shot at the tag titles and note how their styles complimented each other. Evan O'Neill ended up taking the fall after the white hats hit him with sandwich shoteis and a version of Total Elimination where Banjerjee did a leg sweep and Jacques drilled the usually mouthy Oregonian with a stiff looking pump knee strike. The winners celebrated on separate turnbuckles while on the floor Starr looked like he was trying to tear his own hair out with the frustration of the losing streak.
The announce team were putting over Ashok and Jacques’ victory when they were suddenly interrupted by Hysteria on the Qualitron. A seething Bonnie Agrippa said that those poser rejects could revive the name all they wanted but it was Hysteria's success that drove them to bring back something that was better off dead. Golden Rule was coming up and it would be the death knell for the so-called Forbidden Book Club! whatever they came after them with, Hysteria would return three fold. Crowley hissed and made a cutthroat gesture before the Tron returned to normal
5. Ashley “THEE Influencer” Szabo (w/”Tiki God” Al Buffett) d. “The Proper Villain” Richard Windsor by disqualification at 12:17 Not a fun night to be a Game Changer. By contrast to Tiki God’s match, Ashley was able to use her power to nullify Richard’s technical wrestling and even started to show him up by giving him a drop toe hold into the bottom turnbuckle. Windsor was defenseless and easy pickings for Ashley to drill him with a Game Changer. Once the enzui corner to corner Meteora landed Szabo showed off her S tier offense and maneuvered Windsor into position for a cluster bomb of hammer and anvil elbows. Once she’d flattened out the Englishman she went up top to end things with Smash That Subscribe Button - but that just gave her an eagle eyed view of Serge Batroc running down the ramp to sneak up on Buffett and throw him into the steps. Szabo was clearly deliberating between hitting her finisher and taking out Serge; as she turned back to the ring she found Windsor hanging onto her leg like a barnacle. Szabo tried to shake him off but couldn't before Batroc hopped on the apron and hit her with a European uppercut to draw the DQ.
The Europeans clearly didn't care about that as they beat Szabo down and sent her into Al when he tried to make the save, which knocked him back down to the floor. Ashley actually got in a few shots on them both before she ended up a victim of Serge’s Arc de Triomphe - and her bouncing off the canvas from the impact put her right into Richard's arms before she went flying again courtesy of a Necessary Evil half and half suplex. Batroc and Windsor looked at each other for a few beats before Windsor offered his hand and Serge took it. As the Game Changers remained down, some of the referee corps came out to fend off another attack but Richard and Serge merely put their noses in the air. Before we got in the last commercial break of the evening, the last thing we saw from the scene were the European technicians laughing at the top of the ramp over their dastardly deeds.
Backstage interviewer Julius Duquesne III welcomed us back to Pure Massacre before bringing out special guests Savage Justice and the QCW champion - the legendary Jupiter Jones. The trio got a huge pop as they flanked JD3, who asked them for comments ahead of the big trios main event in a few moments. Razorblade pointed out at last year's Pure Massacre, Ig de Catur had begun his hostile takeover of QCW and assembling his goon squad. And for a while it had worked. But he hadn't been able to hold on to it because people like him wouldn't let him, people like Justice wouldn't let him and legends like Jupiter wouldn't let him. Jones began to speak, saying that after tonight he will have kicked Republic ass from Cambodia to Chicago and he wouldn't stop until they were all beaten and broke. The only reason there even was a QCW for Ig to try and put in his portfolio was because of sacrifices people like his teammates made, or he had made, or his father before him had made. They wanted to take QCW and make it their private playground, but they were going to lose because QCW belonged to the fans and the wrestlers who didn't sell out to the Republic. And tonight, the only thing they’d be buying with Ig’s millions was an ass kicking in front of Chicago and the world. Julius asked Justice if he had anything to add and Davis said that they'd gotten the hurt put on them last week, but in a few moments they were going to get payback on those sellouts . It was going to take more than a few cheap shots to keep them down, and it was time to kick down Iggy boy’s house of cards by kicking some Republic ass. JD gave JD3 a nod and left the set, and Razorblade and Jupiter followed suit.
Before the main event, Steve conducted the hype train for 💫 next week's Ruckus 💫: we’ll hear from the #AndSTILL National champion Orion 💫 Tre Boyd looks to continue his winning ways against the haughty technician Richard Windsor 💫 and “the Purifier Caleb Gray will go heads up against Jacques Krieger. All that and more next week - but we have an all-star trios match to end this supershow on.
6. Jupiter Jones & Savage Justice (w/Science Fiction Double Feature) d. The Republic (w/Ig de Catur & Republic Enforcement) at 14:08 The Republic might as well have shown up in Green Bay Packer jerseys given the hailstorm of boos and jeers they got coming out, but Omar Littlefield and the World Tag Team champions Pyotr Caviar and Malicía Fernandez didn't react to the negative reaction (unlike their patron Ig). “Bombs Over Baghdad” began briefly but was cut off by “Unscripted Violence” and an already rabid crowd went nuclear as the opposition materialized in the bleachers. For while Justice Davis was well liked by the faithful and the legendary Jupiter Jones and the World title he had around his shoulder were respected by the thousands in attendance…it was a young Mason Savage who’d come to many a wrestling show here, and growing up a sneeze away from Terror Town and fighting his way into his own QCW immortality had sharpened him into the Razorblade the fans were roaring for now.
The three men came down the steps through a sea of screams and pats on the back; once they hit the ring it only took a few beats for a Pier 6 to break out and when the referee couldn't keep it from continuing after 15 seconds of right hands flying like planes at O’Hare she called for the bell. Once things finally settled down a little bit, it was the World champion Jones battling World Tag Team champion Fernandez in a double display of power. Both went for their finisher early only to see their opponent counter it, and it took a rope running sequence for Jupiter to pull a veteran move of avoiding a Fernandez dropkick and following up with a Samoan drop to get the upper hand. The Champ quickly got Malicía to his corner and tagged in Justice, and they teamed up on the lanky luchadora for a double suplex.
Justice had to fight uphill against La Monstrua; fortunately for the white hats fighting uphill is how he made his name and even though it took him three clotheslines off the ropes to drop Malicía he managed the feat. With her down, Justice quickly picked up on the “We want Razorblade!” chants and brought in the hometown hero to a massive pop before they teamed up on a double dropkick to drop the former National champion again. The person she & Ig had cheated to take it from was Razorblade, and he took particular pleasure in lighting her up with some offense. Malicía went for a desperation Death Warrant, but Savage snuck out the back door before spinning her towards him and planting her with a spinebuster. Fernandez rolled over to her side and then rolled out of the ring entirely. Razorblade was quick to follow her out and give chase – and walked right into a trap, as a Pyotr Caviar Russian sickle sent him for a loop and an Omar Littlefield Pounce sent him flying over the announce table. When Steve and Carl barely got out of the way, there was nothing stopping Razorblade from bouncing off the retaining barrier and bouncing violently face first off the table before going down in a heap. With Republic Enforcement keeping the path clear for a recovering Malicía to stagger over and grab Razorblade, replays of Razorblade getting pinballed repeatedly around ringside played without the usual commentary.
When Fernandez pulled Savage up from his slumped over position on his desk, a bloody nose could be seen on the Grand Slam champion. The Republic now had a target to go after and retribution on their minds as she threw him back in and tagged in Omar, who immediately targeted Razorblade’s already injured face with back elbows before tagging in Pyotr Caviar so all three of them could club away on Razorblade and stomp him down in their corner much to the disdain of everyone in the United Center not named de Catur or anyone on his payroll.
But that was all noise happening outside the ring, as between the ropes the Republic showed why they were the biggest threats to QCW’s way of life and had been for the better part of the year. Mason Savage could take a beating and the black hats were more than happy to dish one out - first, Pyotr put Razorblade through his paces and nearly eclipsed the ring with a vicious running crossbody block. Then he doubled over the former World champion with a military press gutbuster. Caviar showed off his strength by holding Razorblade over his knee with one hand before tagging in Malicía with the other, setting her up perfectly for the towering Fernandez to show off her athleticism with a somersault axe kick before she tagged in Omar Littlefield. Omar wasted no time in picking up Razorblade and tossing him back into the Republic corner. When he managed to get upright, Omar added injury to injury by repeatedly cross facing the busted nose with his meaty forearm. Once Razorblade slumped down, Omar ratcheted up the violence with boot rakes to set up a face wash off the ropes and a tag back to Pyotr. Caviar hit the ropes himself and delivered a basement running crossbody block before reaching up and tagging in Malicía, who completed the Republic's dark trifecta with an impressive basement dropkick that got the first nearfall of the main event.
Ig was sure to bark at Steve and Carl at the desk that they better be telling the couch potatoes and basement renters that offense like that was why the Republic were the real power in QCW. Smarmy as he is, it wasn't like de Catur was wrong, and the Republic continued to punish Razorblade with a sadistic congs line of offense from the former World champ and the current World Tag Team champions. Savage tried desperately to fight out from under but couldn't gain enough momentum to gum up the gears of the Republic’s well-oiled machine, and after Omar laid him out with a sit out choke bomb, Jones had to dive in to make the save for the good guys. For saving the match, the World champ got a cheap shot from Littlefield and roughly tossed to the outside before Omar tagged in Pyotr, who hit the ring and tagged in Malicía.
The tag champs gave Razorblade a double goozle and prepared to hit their dreaded double chokeslam but Savage countered with a double DDT that dropped them both. That set a wave of positive noise through the United as Savage desperately crawled to make a tag. Littlefield came into the ring to cut him off, never seeing Jupiter slide back into the ring to springboard off the middle rope and level him like a tree in the forest with a massive Bolt From Olympus. That cleared the path for Razorblade to tag in his usual partner, and Justice Davis lived up to his name by putting knots on the opposition’s heads.
When a tandem attack from the Republic failed to connect, he reached back and laid them both out with a double neckbreaker. He, Jones and Razorblade all climbed to the top rope and landed cannonball styled sentons to wipe out the Republic to a big pop. Razorblade got Omar out of the ring, only to eat a Russian sickle from Pyotr that sent him spilling to the outside. Jupiter leveled Pyotr with a Bolt that had Caviar looking up at the lights from the apron - but then Fernandez picked up the World champ like it was nothing and turned his lights out with a MF5. Fernandez put the bad mouth on Jupiter, then turned around and blocked a massive Busiaku knee with her jaw. Davis made the cover after Justice Is Served, and with everyone else laid out there was nothing to stop him getting a surprise but welcomed three.
Ig blew a gasket while his troops recovered at the bottom of the ramp and the victors slowly pulled themselves off the deck. Justice helped Razorblade up while Jones got help from his Collipark proteges before the winning trio got their hands raised by the ref. All Ig could do with his minions recovering was swear revenge from the floor, knowing that next Friday would provide another opportunity for him to put his thumb on the scale in an effort to become the first Triple Crown stable in QCW history. For Jupiter, Savage Justice and Collipark, it wasn't the wholesale slaughter offered up by the Republic last week but it sent a clear message: we are still here, we are still fighting, and even when the odds aren't in our favor, we can win. The supershow ended with the babyfaces holding down the ring and Steve thanking us for tubing in for Pure Massacre 2026.
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