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After the standard “Invincible” open we zoomed inside Quality Arena. If it's Friday night in Parts Unknown you know Steve Vandeblanche and Carl Christensen are on the call in front of a raucous crowd. They hyped up tonight's two title matches: Orion putting their National championship on the line in an open challenge and the World Tag Team titles match between Science Fiction Double Feature looking to regain the belts from the Republic’s Malicía Fernandez and Pyotr Caviar. But Ruckus kicked off with some different tag division action…
1. Serge Batroc & “the Proper Villain” Richard Windsor d. The Game Changers at 6:36 Despite their loose affiliation for months, this was the Europeans’ first outing and subsequent win as a tag team over the former champions in the Changers. Al.and Ashley looked good early on, with the Tiki God using THEE Influencer for some assisted dropkicks that cleared Serge and Richard from the ring. They got in a discussion on the floor and came up with a plan: to no one's surprise it involved cheating, as Richard provided a distraction to allow Serge a cheap shot on Ashley from behind that set up a Windsor double underwear suplex and then a two man assisted pop up European uppercut combination that turned the tide Serge and Richard showed crisp teamwork, halving the ring and repeatedly knocking Al off the apron so that Ashley couldn't tag out and had to take more punishment. Al was able to make a save on a nearfall, but all he got for his troubles was Richard tossing him head first into the steps to fully take him out of the equation. The bad guys picked up the duke on poor Ashley after a middle rope European uppercut sent her into the waiting arms of a Windsor half & half suplex and across the ring.
After replays, the Batroc/Windsor team cut a victory promo clowning the Game Changers as past their sell by date and yesterday's news. The tag division needed new blood and genuine wrestlers who mastered superior technical wrestling, not has-beens like the Changers or floppy little boys like the Undaunted. Richard told the crowd to save their cheers, because he and Serge were going to drive them out of the company for QCW’s own good. They might have some high flying frippery and get some of the middle school girls in the crowd excited, but if they barked up this tree a mighty oak would fall on their heads because some didn't remain undaunted - some wrestlers were just better than others. Serge grabbed the mic and sneered out a “De rien!” before throwing it to the canvas. He and Richard headed to the back after that, and Carl pointed out that given what he knows about the Undaunted, they weren't going to take those swipes lying down. He & Steve briefly discussed what would happen if that match were to be made official.
2. Omar Littlefield (w/Ig de Catur, the Republic and Republic Enforcement) d. Jonathan Livingston Clipper Esq. at 2:50 Complete squash for the perpetually pissed off two time former World champion as he just overwhelmed the avuncular seafaring Clipper. Omar nearly sent JLCE flying out of the ring with a vicious Pounce, then waited in the corner for Jon to get up so he could Pounce him again. Omar pulled this week's victim off the canvas and splattered him with the Face Eraser to pick up a quick win. After the match, Omar broke formation with the rest of the Republic to grab a nearby camera and bellow a demand that Commissioner Holmes give him another chance at the World title or he was going to send somebody to the hospital. Littlefield then shoved the referee down so he could fire off another Face Eraser, which brought rate chuckles from his World Tag Team champion stablemates Pyotr Caviar and Malicía Fernandez. Ig started bragging about how they were going to walk out of Quality Arena still YOUR tag champs after the main event tonight before we took the night’s first commercial break.
We got another creepy vignette from “Sinister” Sarah Fowler and Midsomar, with Fowler saying that her sickness couldn't be confined to Wednesdays, and couldn't be submerged by the likes of Keo Tevi. It was nearly time to shed skin, to rebirth the old ways and marry them to a bleak new future to the horrified scream of all who witnessed – and that would happen next Friday night Seven days before the rebirth cleansed QCW once and for all just as it deserves to be. After some static we returned to the ring…
3. Goody Gardner (w/the Chosen) d. Shelley LaVey (w/Forbidden Book Club) at 7:31 Surprise! Goody got the biggest win of her burgeoning career and she didn't even need any help from the Chosen to do it - however, she would end up getting help from Hysteria to do it. It was evident once the bell rang that Goody had worked on her craft, but it was also evident that she was clearly a ring or two beneath the Goddess of Love. Shelley got out in front and then began dominating, taking Gardner down repeatedly before planting her with the Heartbreaker draping cutter before going up top to end things with the Fallen Angel splash.
But right after she got into position to deliver it, the lights went out and when they came back on Hysteria was swarming Luz Cruz and ”Night Sky” Diana Spare in a 3 on 2 attack. Shelley was clearly rattled by the beatdown but after some hesitation turned to the ring and flew off to splash Goody only to crash and burn as the Heart of the Homestead rolled out of harm’s way at the last second. Caleb Gray told Goody to take what was hers and she did, wasting no time in grabbing Shelley and planting her with a snap swinging fisherman's neckbreaker to pull the upset victory. Having accomplished what they set out to do, Hysteria walked away from the scene cackling while Caleb congratulated Goody then repeatedly said “This is our night.”
From there we went TOTHEBACK~!, where Julius Duquesne III was standing by for an interview segment, and he brought out two of QCW’s biggest stars to Q&A with: Savage Justice. The crowd popped huge as Justine Danek and Grand Slam Club member Mason “Razorblade” Savage came out to flank JD3. Julius congratulated them on their win in the trios main event and asked them what was next after that win and weeks of Republic attacks. Justice said it was real simple - he’d pinned half of the World Tag Team champions, so he & Razorblade were not only throwing their hats in the ring to get a shot at the belts, they wanted their old titles back. Razorblade added that the best way to take down the Republic was to take their last remaining belts and as the good people of Parts Unknown could attest, nobody took the fight to Ig and his hired goons like Savage Justice. If they got the shot, the belts were as good as theirs, and if the Republic didn't like that they could bleed about it…because there was nothing they wouldn't do to recapture the World Tag Team championships. That full throated challenge from two of QCW’s favorites hung in the air as Ruckus faded to black and into a commercial break.
The back end of the show opened up with Mastodon bringing out Orion to a massive pop ahead of their National championship title defense in an open challenge. In response, before Orion could get out a sentence Nonpoint’s “Bullet With A Name” brought out the All Starr Stable to boos. S. Mark Starr talked over them, saying that he and his men knew all about holding championship gold so if Orion wanted to hand over the title while he got his 12.5% that was fine by him. Orion noted they held the Natty and not a friendship bracelet, so they weren't going to give all three of them a shot at the belt, but…but…why not have a little fun and say the first one to make it to the ring would get the shot? The Stable looked at each other for a few beats until Evan O'Neill headed down the ramp, but Prince Ootsuka caught up to him and stopped him, saying he wanted the opportunity. Ootsuka began to move forward only to be stopped by O’Neill and his side of the argument. As they bickered in the middle of the aisle, the third member of the Stable did some elbows up speed walking past them and by the time Evan & the Prince stopped bickering the man they called “Brod the Bod” was in the ring and ready for his title shot…
4. Orion [c] d. “Upper Class” Broderick Palmer II (w/the All Starr Stable) in an open challenge to retain the QCW National championship at 8:01 8️⃣ Palmer II has a nice pedigree and all, he didn't embarrass himself or anything. Bad news for him is he’s him and Orion's Orion, so this one was never in doubt. In fact, for some viewers the most notable thing about the showcase match was Tre Boyd clearly pissed off while watching the match play out on a monitor backstage. Either way a beautiful Shining Wizard set up Orion’s Nebula and left the Cosmic Champion only two more wins away from completing the 10 Count needed to activate cash in potential for a shot at the World championship.
Replays of Orion’s highlights got interrupted by a purple tinted promo from Hysteria, who cackled over what they did to the Forbidden Book Club earlier. Nancy Crowley mockingly asked the FBC if they thought Hysteria were scared of the challenge the FBC threw at them for an elimination match at Golden Rule. They weren't running, they were Hysteria, not three losers high on their own supply. But if they were throwing out challenges, Hysteria had one for them. Bonnie Agrippa suddenly glitched to the forefront, saying that they were fine with fighting an elimination match if the Retread Club were fine with it being an extreme rules match. No silly things like countouts or disqualifications, just Hysteria using any weapon they could get their hands on to shut them up once and for all. They could scramble what was left of their brains with chairs, they could toss them through tables, they could beat them with kendo sticks like piñatas. And when the dust settled it would be Hysteria who turned out the lights on the Book Club once and for all just like this! As she said that, she snapped her fingers and the screen briefly went to black after Hysteria's logo flashed.
When it blipped out, we saw Naomi Lee in one of the arena’s skyboxes where she was set to interview Ashok Banerjee. The crowd cheered upon seeing the Boundless One, but he barely managed a wave in response. Naomi picked up on it and asked him if his mind was elsewhere even after getting that reception from the crowd. Ashok allowed that being essentially helpless at ringside for last week's main event while two faced hypocrites like Caleb Gray didn't sit well with him. But what really didn't sit well with him was the fact that despite a mostly triumphant return from getting blinded by Hysteria, he couldn't see a clear path to Golden Rule at the moment. So he was keeping an eye on everything tonight from up high hoping he would see something that would shed some light on what he should do next to make sure he could bring Boundlessness to Seattle. When Naomi pointed out he’d picked a tall task given the depth on the roster and how cherished a spot on any PPV was, Ashok merely replied that if he had to make a way to make his way, he’d do it. Ashok kept up his intense look after that edict until Nao teed up the final commercial break for the night.
5. the Undaunted d. Glory Days at 6:30 Another win in a showcase for the recently arrived Undaunted, who used their speed to pick apart the former footballers in our semi main event. Tim “the Only Hope” McMurray and “Unforgettable” Dave Mullin had phone cameras out and Quality Arena going out of its collective mind when they hit stereo Shooting Star planchas to the floor that wiped out Blockhead Ferguson and Cliff Foster; a couple of minutes after that they picked up the dub with their Shamrock Air Doomsday Meteora finisher.
Ahead of the main event, Steve Vandeblanche hyped up what will be the main event on 💫 next week's Ruckus 💫, where there would be an eight squads deep Tag Team Turmoil match, with the winners of that getting the shot at the World Tag Team titles come Golden Rule next month. Who they’ll face gets determined in tonight's main event, which goes down now.
Science Fiction Double Feature exercised their rematch clause here; remember that they were the champions heading into the fatal four way at Cold As Hell but lost their belts without ever getting pinned. Their mentor, the Legendary Jupiter Jones stood with them as they tried to bring back the World Tag Team championships to the Family the same way he’d regained the World title back at Holiday In Cambodia. “The Old Guard Is Dead” brought out the Republic to massive heat that Pyotr Caviar and Malicía Fernandez ignored, and why would they care about boos? Ig de Catur's checks were far and on time, they had backup from not only the ever dangerous Omar Littlefield but half a dozen Republic Enforcement officers - the plan was to flip the David/Goliath script and walk out still champions. The lights cut out except for a lone spotlight on Duck Eko as he made introductions for both teams, and then we were underway ..
6. The Republic [c, w/Omar Littlefield, Ig de Catur and Republic Enforcement] d. Science Fiction Double Feature (w/Jupiter Jones) to retain the QCW World Tag Team championships at 7:17 The tag team belts stay in Ig’s house, thanks to the power advantage Malicía and Pyotr had as well as some wildly unexpected help from the Chosen. Cindy & Jane acquitted themselves well early, but Fernandez caught a Cindy dive off the top rope and converted it into a MF5 to tip the scales in the Republic's favor. The mercenaries of the Republic spent the next couple of minutes ragdolling Cindy around the ring while Ig cackled at their power moves and Jupiter looked anxious (either because of the beating or the mysterious absence of the International Players). The tenor of the match changed when Pyotr went for one of his pop up European uppercuts but Cindy reversed it into a massive DDT that had both of them down on the canvas.
Eventually after kicking each other away, tags were made and Jane Doe immediately set to work getting Malicía Fernandez off balance. Doe’s unorthodox offense began to chip away at the former National champion and eventually took Malicía down with a springboard Meteora. Doe continued trying to tilt the scales in SFDF’s favor and used the Lady of the Lake to lure La Monstrua into a set up that lured her into an anklelock. Then the match’s tenor changed again - but not because of anything that was happening in the ring.
The International Players, clearly bloodied and battered, were tossed down the ramp by the End Times before they pummelled the Players further with their THE END IS NIGH signs. In the ring Jane managed to keep the hold on but on the outside Jupiter went running up the ramp to save his proteges - only to get violently yanked into the retaining barrier by “the Purifier” Caleb Gray, who had been hiding in the crowd against the barrier and halfway down the ramp before making his move. Gray grabbed one of the signs and clocked Jupiter with it, drawing the referee's attention from the ring and allowing Pyotr to sneak in the ring and take out Jane with a big boot to the face. Cindy came in for a save but Pyotr tossed her over the top rope like she weighed nothing and Republic Enforcement was quick to form a human wall between her and the ring. Gray laid into Jones with boots while Caviar helped Malicía land their finishing double chokeslam on a disoriented Jane. Malicía got the referee's attention as Pyotr rolled to the floor and began putting the boots to Monet - and three seconds later the Republic had retained the World Tag Team championships much to the disgust of the good people of Parts Unknown.
And they weren't done being pissed off, as Omar Littlefield snatched up Cindy and drove her through the announce table with a vicious Face Eraser. Jupiter began crawling down the aisle for a desperate save attempt, but Danny Castle tossed Caleb the QCW World championship and Gray buried the Fifteen Pounds of Gold in the back of Jones' head to put him to sleep. Caleb nodded solemnly as he lifted the belt overhead while standing over Jupiter's unconscious body, then turned to the End Times and said “We’re done here.” The Chosen headed to the back as Steve freaked out on commentary watching Caleb steal the World title for his own warped glory. The credits box came up while we saw Collipark absolutely decimated by the Chosen and the Republic, and the last thing we saw was the Purifier holding up the World title to the camera with one last thing to say:
“Quality. CHRISTIAN. Wrestling.”
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