Dia de los Muertos 2026 PPV (Arena Mexico • Mexico City)

 Preshow

   1. Luz Cruz (w/Forbidden Book Club) d. Lolo Vuitton [w/Beast Mode] (¡MUERTE! -> pinfall)

2.  High and Low (John Arneson/Cole Grant) d. the End Times [w/"the Purifier" Caleb Gray & Goody Gardner] (Grant Shatter Machine -> pinfall Dr. Williams)

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Explosively Cool d. Bonnie Agrippa & Justine Danek [w/Hysteria] (Bennett inside cradle -> pinfall Agrippa)

Tre Boyd NC Genesis King

QCW WORLD TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPS Caviar + Malice [c, w/Ig de Catur, Vengeance Davis & Republic Enforcement] d. Mean Season [w/Autumn Powers] (Fernandez double chokeslam -> pinfall Green) 

"Sinister" Sarah Fowler ddq. Summer Rose

everyone banned from ringside QCW NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP Nancy Crowley [c] d. Autumn Powers (Bite Me -> pinfall) 7️⃣

buried alive QCW WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP Nazir el-Fadal d. the Revenant

Anniversary 2026 PPV (Quality Arena • Parts Unknown, FL)

Preshow

   1. Glam Squad d. the Chosen [w/Goody Gardner] (Grant Too Damn Glam -> pinfall Gray)

2.  Lolo Vuitton (w/Beast Mode) d. Claudia Watson (Bloody Shoe -> pinfall)

3.  Genesis King d. Ashok Banjerjee [w/Jaques Krieger] (Crowned -> pinfall)

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losers disband/winners are Mean Season Gaia Green & Winter Wonderland d. Summer Rose & "Sinister" Sarah Fowler (Green Season's Beatings -> pinfall Rose)

"Cambodian Cool" Keo Tevi (w/"Explosive" Emily Bennett) d. Bonnie Agrippa [w/Hysteria] (Psychedelic Shock -> pinfall)

QCW WORLD TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPS Caviar + Malice [c, w/Ig de Catur, Vengeance Davis & Republic Enforcement] d. the Undaunted (Fernandez double chokeslam -> pinfall Mullin) 

QCW NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP Nancy Crowley [c, w/Hysteria] d. Tre Boyd (Bite Me -> pinfall) 5️⃣

barbed wire steel cage Mason "Razorblade" Savage d. Vengeance Davis [w/Ig de Catur, the Republic & Republic Enforcement] (Soul Crusher into barbed wire wrapped Legos -> pinfall)

QCW WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP Nazir el-Fadal d. Autumn Powers [c] (w/Mean Season) & Jupiter Jones [w/Collipark] (victory roll -> pinfall, loss retires Jones) #AndNEWWWWWW

Cruel Summer PPV (Rock Athletic Center • Orlando)

Preshow

1. the International Players (w/Collipark) d. Manifest Destiny [w/INTLTS 2.0] (Patton Playa Hata -> pinfall Windsor)

2. "Explosive" Emily Bennett d. Bonnie Agrippa [w/Hysteria] (inside cradle -> pinfall)

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the Undaunted d. the End Times [w/the Chosen](McMurray Shamrock Air -> pinfall Castle)

four corner elimination QCW NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP Nancy Crowley (w/Hysteria) d. Tre Boyd, Omar Littlefield (w/Ig de Catur, the Republic & Republic Enforcement) & "Cambodian Cool" Keo Tevi (w/"Explosive" Emily Bennett) [order of eliminations: 

1st fall: Littlefield by the field

2nd fall: Tevi by Crowley

3rd fall: Boyd by Crowley] 

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QCW WORLD TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPS Caviar + Malice [c, w/Ig de Catur, Vengeance Davis & Republic Enforcement] d. Science Fiction Double Feature [w/Collipark] (Caviar double chokeslam -> pinfall Doe) 

Summer Rose (w/"Sinister" Sarah Fowler) d. "Night Sky" Diana Spare [w/Forbidden Book Club] (Crown of Thorns -> pinfall)

triple threat Nazir el-Fadal d. Vengeance Davis (w/Ig de Catur, the Republic & Republic Enforcement) & Mason "Razorblade" Savage (avalanche Hamrin Valley Driver -> pinfall Savage)

QCW WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP Autumn Powers (w/Mean Season) d. Jupiter Jones [w/Collipark] (enzui Hazy Shade of Autumn -> pinfall)

Mayday Payday PPV (2300 Arena • Philadelphia)

  Preshow

1. Genesis King d. Jacques Krieger [w/Ashok Banerjee] (Crowned -> pinfall)

2. "Explosive" Emily Bennett, "Cambodian Cool" Keo Tevi and the Undaunted d. INTLTS and Manifest Destiny ["Her Excellency" Fiona Fogg, Sohla Patel, Serge Batroc and "the Proper Villain" Richard Windsor] (Tevi Psychedelic Shock -> pinfall Fogg)

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Science Fiction Double Feature (w/the International Players) d. Justine Danek and Bella Jolie [w/Bonnie Agrippa](Doe Down To Earth -> pinfall Danek)

the Chosen (w/Goody Gardner) d. Forbidden Book Club (Gray Repent -> pinfall LaVey)

triple threat QCW NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP Orion [c] d. Bonnie Agrippa (w/Hysteria) & Summer Rose (Orion inside cradle -> pinfall Agrippa) 1️⃣1️⃣

Tre Boyd ddq. Omar Littlefield (w/Ig de Catur, the Republic & Republic Enforcement)

30 minute Iron Team QCW WORLD TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPS Pyotr Caviar and MalicÍa Fernandez d. Nazir el-Fadal & Mason "Razorblade" Savage [c] (tied at 2 after regulation, sudden death saw a Justice Davis taser attack hand the fifth and final fall to Fernandez on Savage) #AndNEWWWWWW

QCW WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP Nancy Crowley (w/Hysteria) d. Jupiter Jones [c, w/Collipark] (4 Bite Mes -> pinfall) #AndNEWWWWWWW

QCW WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP Orion Autumn Powers d. Nancy Crowley !c, w/Hysteria] (Hazy Shade Of Autumn -> pinfall) #AndNEWWWWWWW

Golden Rule PPV (Climate Pledge Arena • Seattle)

 {preshow} Cindy Monet (w/Jane Doe & the International Players) d. Goody Gardner (w/the End Times) 🪙 This came as a sort of appetizer for tonight's main event, with Gardner proving over the past few weeks that despite her former reticence to get her hands dirty that she could acquit herself well between the ropes.  But Monet controlled the match almost from the bell and it took only a couple of minutes for Gardner to roll to the floor after getting hit by Rolling Thunder.  It turned out that Goody was actually setting a trap; when Cindy went for a follow up baseball slide, the matriarch of the Chosen trapped Cindy in the ring apron and laid into her with a barrage of forearms.  Goody controlled the offense for the next couple of minutes but when she went to Lawn Dart Cindy, multi time champion slipped out the back door and countered by hitting Gardner with a reverse suplex.  That set up the Tightrope ropewalk lariat and Cindy's win while allowing the announcers to debate if we would see Collipark beat the Chosen in the main event.

{preshow} | contract match Summer Rose (w/”Sinister” Sarah Fowler) d. “Cambodian Cool” Keo Tevi 🪙 Since Tevi debuted at the top of the year she's been targeted by Fowler, whose sidekick Midsomar revealed themselves to be Summer Rose a few weeks ago.  Coming out from under the mask and self imposed exile, the former champion had to get back on the roster by beating Keo here to nullify the Loser Leaves Town loss she suffered against Autumn Powers (speaking of QCW alums) years ago.  

Rose fought without her former grace and wore Tevi out early while Fowler looked on from the floor with deranged glee in her eyes.  Summer was rolling until Teo caught a flying crossbody attempt and turned it into an oshigoroshi to stay in the fight.   Keo showed why they'd been a three time champion Down Under as they emptied their offensive tank, but when it looked like they were going to banish Summer again, Rose bit their hand to block Psychedelic Shock.  When Keo doubled over to check on their hand, Summer log rolled into Tevi to send them crashing into the canvas to set up a basement rana driver that got the Beautiful Reckoning a three count and officially back into QCW.  Summer put pen to paper five minutes before the PPV proper started; Rose and Fowler celebrated by stomping out Tevi some more before the rest of the referee corps were able to order them to the back.

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[ QCW NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP ] Orion [c] d. Tre Boyd 🔟 🪙 One of the big selling points of Golden Rule was every title in the company being on the line, so what better way to start than with one of the title matches?  Once a tense handshake started the match, the two of them zipped around the ring with both of them going hold for hold and counter for counter.  But after a couple minutes of back and forth it was Boyd who'd hit an early momentum shifter as he.dodged an Orion clothesline with a Matrix bridge before nipping up into an enzuigiri that took Orion down.

But the Cosmic Champion refused to stay down for long, reversing a Blue Thunder bomb into a huracanrana takedown before following up with a step up knee that sent Boyd bouncing through the ropes and out to the floor.  Tre got himself vertical just in time to eat an Orion triangle moonsault that wiped them both out.  

But Boyd bounced back when he countered a top rope flying attack with a powerbomb that drove Orion into a smear on the canvas.  From there, Boyd increasingly put pressure on the titleholder and kept them grounded for the most part.  After landing some strikes and suplexes, Tre began opening the throttle on his offense 

It looked like Tre was well on his way to taking the Natty even though Orion kept managing to kick out at the death.  But after using a Blue Thunder bomb to set up an avalanche Spanish Fly, Boyd called for the end and looked to connect with his Say Hallelujah the same way he’d just hit Heaven Sent.  Tre leapt to the top rope in one jump that he almost overshot, then balanced himself before flying off with his trusty Spiral Tap.

But the couple of moments Boyd balanced himself gave Orion just enough time to get their knees up and snuff out Say Hallelujah.  Boyd was doubled over on his hands and knees on the mat right before Orion snuck up on him and wrapped him up in a La Magistral cradle.  Tre kicked out…unfortunately for him, it was at a count of four.  Just like that, Orion had snatched victory from the jaws of defeat and once again retained the National championship.  

Still the Cosmic Champion, they got their hand raised and the title in their arms while the Qualitron showed that Orion had completed the 10 Count; it was only a matter of time until they cashed in the Natty for a shot at the World title.  Orion finished posing on the turnbuckles and hopped down, turning around and coming face to face with Tre.  They draped their belt over the top rope and offered Tre a handshake, but Boyd (openly seething after complaining to the ref several times about the three count) waved it off and rolled out of the ring before stomping off to the back to a loud, mixed reaction.  Orion shrugged and picked up their belt, allowing Mastodon to hit the PA and Orion to enjoy the moment without any of Tre’s sour grapes to leave a bad taste in their mouth.

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A video package set up our second match on the evening, recapping “Night Sky” Diana Spare “rejoining” the Forbidden Book Club and their challenge to their ex friends in Hysteria to an elimination match - with Hysteria accepting as long as it was an extreme rules match as well and the Club more than eager to accept that stip too - weeks and months and years of broken/new/reformed allegiances, sneak attacks from both sides, and both sides promising they would be the ones who’d get their hands raised while putting their rivals in the dirt…

extreme rules elimination match Forbidden Book Club d. Hysteria (survivor: Luz Cruz) 🪙 To the surprise of nobody, this was a chaotic bloody brawl that went at peak intensity for nearly half an hour; to the surprise of some the Club ended up victorious, with Luz Cruz landing the decisive shot that finally ended the brawl.  Hysteria emerged out from the darkness they created, but to the surprise of everyone in Seattle the FBC all emerged from underneath the ring and jumped QCW’s resident coven before they could pose and kicked off a Pier 6 that spilled out to ringside and a little bit up the ramp depending on which of the three fights you were watching the most.  

The Club was the first to use plunder, grabbing multiple weapons from under the ring and swinging for the fences on their ex friends.  After Bonnie Agrippa and Nancy Crowley had taken several shots each from kendo sticks, Bella Jolie threw her body onto theirs to act as a human shield.  FBC then mugged her with a myriad of kendo stick shots before sending Bonnie and Nancy out of the ring.  Luz and Shelley handled them while Diana beat Bella like a rented goalie, using a Black Hole Slam to set up a pop up Michinoku Driver into a trash can to bounce Bella and give the Club a 3-2 lead. 

But that only fueled the fires of Hysteria and made Nancy Crowley more Feral than usual; first she grabbed Carl’s candy jar from off the announce table and smashed it over Diana's head to leave her laying, then she & Bonnie worked over Luz and Shelley long enough to be able to bring steel chairs into the fray and tilt things further in their direction.  Both Cruz and LaVey ate steel, and when Spare recovered enough to get vertical again Hysteria dropped her with a standing Conchairto.   Having taken out who they clearly thought was the Club’s linchpin, Agrippa and Crowley put knots on the heads of the rest of the Club.  They managed to even up the score in vicious fashion, not only hitting their trademark spike brainbuster on Shelley LaVey but doing it into the bottom half of the steel steps to even things up at 2 apiece.   The Hysteria team began showing why they weren't too long removed from being the World Tag Team champions as they sent Cruz sailing over the announce table then overturned it onto her, and even pinned her underneath the remnants of the table with both parts of the steps, the announcers’ chairs and even a piece of the retaining barrier that Bonnie and Nancy had put Luz through moments earlier.  They then bundled Spare up and tossed “Night Sky” into the ring.  Diana staggered over to grab a cookie sheet but Crowley quickly ran up on her and gave Diana a Code Black into some scattered chairs.  While Nancy dragged Diana to her knees, Bonnie made sure to taunt her former tag partner and point to where Luz was buried under the announce table, and even without being miced up you could hear Agrippa mocking Diana about how she should've left the Club for dead and now she was going to get her little sidekicks put in the ICU.  Spare’s response was to spit in her face and Nancy's as well to a big pop, but Hysteria’s response was to give Spare a spike brainbuster into the chair pile before Nancy put a foot on Diana's chest and pinned her to send Hysteria up 2-1.

The crowd's shock and disappointment quickly gave way to loud “Fuck Hysteria” chants that only made the diabolical duo cackle.  Having saved Luz for last, they were more than ready to give La Reina of the ropes flashbacks to last year's Golden Rule and worse.  They rolled out of the ring at the same time and began picking through the wreckage to get Luz Cruz and turn this chaos filled match into a gentlewoman’s sweep - but they couldn't find Cruz, who was hiding in the timekeeper’s area and blasted them both with a spray from a fire extinguisher.  Cruz then climbed up onto the barrier and took them both down with a tornillo off of it to drop Hysteria again before letting out a war cry followed by some cursing in Spanish.  Luz picked up Nancy and lawn darted her into the ring post to stop her shrieks then focused on the woman who’d replaced her 360 days ago as the top of Hysteria's food chain.

Agrippa scrambled into the ring for the high ground and to get a chair, but her swing missed and Luz's springboard dropkick sent the chair into Bonnie's face to a pop.  Cruz grabbed that chair and another one before opening them up to face each other.  Cruz moved as quick as she could and hit the opposite corner on a diagonal, running up onto the chairs before launcherung herself over the ring post with a queen sized tope con hilo that drove Nancy through another section of the retaining barrier, causing the crowd to break out into “HOLY SHIT!” chants.  Cruz staggered up and grabbed Nancy.pff the floor before tossing her back in the ring.  Luz had Nancy in the drip zone and went up for ¡MUERTE!, but that meant she’d taken her eyes off of Bonnie and Agrippa threw a trash can at her to knock her off of the top rope and send Cruz back down to the canvas.  Bonnie pulled Nancy off the deck for a two on one stomping out of Luz while Steve told us that with this advantage it was only a matter of time before Hysteria got their hands raised - but first they were going to make Luz suffer.  Bonnie held Luz down as Crowley climbed to the top rope and flew off with an avalanche senton.  Agrippa shower why she took Luz's spot as leader, giving Crowley whispered instructions in Crowley’s ear.  Crowley cackled before rolling out of the ring while Bonnie laid out Luz with Eclipsing the Light.  Two suplexes and a brainbuster later, Luz was dead weight so she missed Crowley coming into the ring with a full pane of glass.  Bonnie pulled up a limp Luz as she smiled, encouraging Nancy to bring the hammer down.  Crowley reared back and swung the pane like Cal Raleigh…but Luz either went limp or fell down and Bonnie took the sheet of glass to the head as Hysteria’s lieutenant accidentally wiped out her general to the delight of the crowd.  Bonnie was out like Shia LeBouf on Bourbon Street as Nancy screamed in the ring - but for once it was out of panic and not sadistic glee.  Crowley reached down to check on a clearly out of it Agrippa, and she was borderline crying as she tried to bring the High Priestess of Hysteria back to consciousness.  With her attention focused on Bonnie, Nancy forgot all about Luz until she heard cursing in Spanish.  Nancy turned around just in time to block a flying chair with her face that spun her around and dropped her to her knees.  It took Luz longer to climb the ropes but once she was in the penthouse she flew down to ground floor with ¡MUERTE!, sending Nancy head first into the mat with her double jump poison huracanrana.  Cruz flopped on top of Nancy to get the three count to save the match for the Club.  And then it was down to her and an out of it Nancy…

…or not, as when Luz tried to pick her up Agrippa snuck in an inside cradle for 2.8.  Cruz beat Bonnie in getting vertical and laid her out with a massive dropkick before letting out a war cry and pointing to the corner.  Cruz went up top again and flew off for ¡MUERTE! but not only did Bonnie counter it, she picked Cruz out of mid air with a Backstabber and then jumped on Luz with a crossface.  Blood came down Luz’s face while Bonnie was bleeding but also screaming at Luz while she had the hold on, screaming at Luz that this was what she deserved, that this was the reason Hysteria was better off without her, that she was going to humiliate her at Golden Rule just like she was last year.  Cruz started going limp as Bonnie screamed at her to tap out.  Luz slumped over as Agrippa torqued the hold.  Luz’s hand went limp on the mat for a couple of seconds but then it suddenly shot out, back and to the left leaving Bonnie screaming in pain   The crowd gasped or popped upon seeing Bonnie freak out and holding her right wrist where Luz had just stabbed it with a shard of brown glass.  The usually haughty and composed High Priestess screamed for a good while, right until Luz came flying out of the sky to drop Bonnie with another ¡MUERTE!, delivered head first into some of the chairs.  Agrippa was bleeding from the hand and wrist as she was flat on her back, a spent and bleeding Cruz getting her arm across her former friend for the winning pinfall.

We got replays for a solid couple of minutes recapping the biggest moments of the back and forth battle and Cruz stealing victory from the jaws of defeat.  When we cut back to live action we saw Luz Cruz getting her hands raised by the referee while LaVey and Spare helped to steady her.  Cruz looked like she was going to go limp in their arms but suddenly reared back and hocked a bloody loogie onto Bonnie, before cursing her out in Spanish.  The referee quickly moved FBC towards the ropes and they opted to celebrate on the floor, Cruz repeatedly beating her chest while Shelley and even the usually stoic Spare gave her praise.  Steve and Carl were doing the same, but got interrupted by Cruz herself as she talked to the ringside camera she’d shut up Hysteria and that two witches were no match for one brujera. The Club headed to the back as a bloody Agrippa sat up and gave them the finger behind their backs before falling over to her side.  The referee and the medical staff checked on Agrippa heading into some commercials.

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Serge Batroc & “the Proper Villain” Richard Windsor d. The Undaunted 🪙 It didn't take long for the “styles make fights” chestnut to play out in this battle where Serge & Richard continued to be the unwelcome committee for the newly arriving fun-loving Irishmen.  It was the heels who struck a big blow early, a blind tag from Windsor setting up a tilt-a-whirl backbreaker + guillotine legdrop combination.  Windsor & Batroc then targeted the back of “Unforgettable” Dave Mullin and halved the ring on him.  It took Mullin a few minutes to get out from under and he did so in spectacular fashion by planting the black hats with a double handspring tornado DDT.  They both tried to pick his ankle to prevent a tag, but Dave upkicked Serge away and then did so to Windsor, sending him flying into Serge to allow room for the tag to Tim “the Only Hope” McMurray.  Tim came in fresh and went wild on his opponents, hitting flying forearms, hard knife edged chops and even a Sliced Bread #2 of both of them at the same time.  The Undaunted landed some double team offense and looked to put things away with the Doomsday Meteora they call Shamrock Air – but Serge broke it up with a charging European uppercut that sent Dave to the floor, allowing Richard to counter with a victory roll that helped secure a victory…as he wrapped his arm around the middle rope and Serge pulled on it from the floor.  The referee missed both cheats and declared Serge & Richard the winners to a tidal wave of boos; they quickly made tracks up the ramp while Mullin rightfully complained to the referee having seen the last bit of their cheating.

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A brief vignette showed Tre Boyd stomping out of Climate Pledge, ignoring questions from Julius Duquesne III about the title loss to Orion as well as pleas from his former friends in Sky’s the Limit to reunite since they were better off as a unit than set apart.  The Gospel ignored everyone on his way to a Town Car that sped off into the Seattle night the second he closed a back door behind him.

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Ashok Banerjee (w/Jacques Krieger) d. Omar Littlefield (w/Ig de Catur and Republic Enforcement) 🪙 The upset of the night - maybe of the year - came before the double main event as Ashok managed to steal a victory over the former two time World champion.  Banjerjee was able to successfully play a cat & mouse game with Omar, but once the Republic’s land monster caught up to him he turned him into a figurative and at times literal punching bag.  Omar showed off his deep offensive playbook; he nearly Pounced Ashok out of the ring, he cut off a Banjerjee rally with a sit out choke bomb, and after five consecutive Vader Bombs he looked to have things wrapped up after connecting with his Face Eraser.  But Ashok managed to get a foot on the bottom rope to save the match, which Omar didn't notice as he celebrated what he thought was a victory.  When the referee had to inform him someone had actually survived his vicious crucifix powerbomb DDT, Omar let loose several f-bombs (good thing we were on PPV) and backed the ref into a neutral corner before threatening to lay them out, too.  Omar went for another Face Eraser, but Banjerjee hit a flash modified Code Red that stunned Omar just long enough to get the three count, keep his undefeated streak going and ostensibly kill Omar's campaign for another World title shot.

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Climate Pledge got to enjoy the moment for about ten seconds before Omar popped back up and laid out Ashok from behind.  Omar hit another Face Eraser, then tossed the referee out to the floor when he tried to intervene.  Republic Enforcement held off Jacques Krieger while Omar hit a third Face Eraser, but as he went for a fourth Krieger got in the ring and went after Omar.  That worked until it didn't and Omar stopped his heavy hands by laying him out with a sit out choke bomb.  Littlefield turned his attention back to Banjerjee and laid him out with the fourth Face Eraser tonight. 

The bell kept ringing and the crowd kept booing and heckling Omar, but changed their tune as Commissioner Holmes came out and waved on not only Quality Force Security but some members of the Seattle PD.  They hit the ring too late to prevent a fifth Face Eraser but immediately swarmed Omar after it connected and took him down to the mat.  As they finally managed to stop Omar's onslaught and put him in cuffs, de Catur got in Holmes’ face and launched into a series of complaints before punctuating it with a couple of hard pokes into the Commissioner's chest.  Holmes let the first one go but after the third he socked Ig on the jaw and sent the techbro multimillionaire on his ass to a big pop from the crowd.  Shaking his head furiously, he walked over to Duck Eko and took control of the mic.

Holmes said he’d be damned if the World Tag Team titles match was going to turn into a Republic debacle as well, so by his ruling he was banning Ig de Catur and Republic Enforcement from ringside for the next match!  It was probably their fault that Justice Davis had gotten taken out on Friday the 13th, and if he could prove it he’d see the lot of them bankrupted and blackballed from the industry - these people deserved better and he was going to give it to them!  Ig de Catur had barely gotten to his feet before he too was in handcuffs, and his private security was as well.  Littlefield, de Catur & Republic Enforcement were taken out of Climate Pledge - but things quickly turned somber once the chaos died down, as it soon became clear that Ashok was barely moving.  The medical staff came to the ring and after some tests loaded Banjerjee onto a stretcher.  An absolutely irate looking Krieger followed them into an ambulance that sped out of the arena saying only one thing twice on the way out: that he was going to destroy Omar.

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A video package ahead of the semi main for the World Tag Team championships showed Savage Justice reuniting at Cold As Hell, Justice Davis pinning Malicía Fernandez at Pure Massacre and SJ being named #1 contenders for their old titles after winning Tag Team Turmoil - then jumped to last week when the end of the Friday the 13th Ruckus showed Justice taken out and being thrown through a car windshield, causing Razorblade to say two nights ago that he knew the Republic was behind the cowardly attack because they were scared of losing their belts and that if he had to, he’d fight them in a handicap match because now that they'd taken away the angel on his shoulder the devil in him was going to show them everyone bleeds, especially Republic bootlickers.

[ QCW WORLD TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPS ] Mason “Razorblade” Savage and…somehow, Nazir el-Fadal d. The Republic [c] #AndNEWWWW 😞 No, that's not a typo.  And before you ask: no, that's not a typo.  Remember, with everything that went down in and after the last match Pyotr Caviar and Malicía Fernandez were left on their own to defend the straps with no help.  Still, when Razorblade came out alone it looked like they wouldn't need it as the semi main turned out mostly to be a handicap match.  Battle tested as Razorblade is, sooner rather than later the math caught up to him and that's before the size advantages of Malicía’s height and Pyotr's heft came calling.  Razorblade mustered brief rallies, but every time it seemed he was about to make some real headway, his opposition would tag out double team hin or both.  The Republic representatives had Razorblade dead to rights after hitting a double pop up European uppercut and called for the double goozle - and that's when the lights went out.  

When they came back on, someone in Republic Enforcement gear and their hat looked like they were about to strike Razorblade with a baton.  The referee got that baton and another one out of the wiry man’s hands, but as the referee had to get rid of those the man shocked everyone in attendance by pulling out a taser and literally shocking both Pyotr and Malicía.  Razorblade managed to pin down a convulsing Caviar's shoulders for three.  Razorblade looked shocked over being saved, and even more so when his savior lost his cap and ripped off the Enforcement top to reveal a familiar looking Gold Lion black and gold rugby jersey that had JIHAD 1 on the back.  Savage sat stunned on the mat while the referee draped the belts over his shoulder.  This only lasted for a moment, as Nazir’s grin was so big it almost touched the belts before he snatched one off of Razorblade.  The crowd chanted “Holy shit!” loudly while Naz gave a smirk to end all smirks and thrust the belt in the air, triggering a barrage of gold and white pyro as the Qualitron put up a graphic announcing the longtime rivals as the new World Tag Team champions.  Naz gave Razorblade a couple of pats on the cheek and swaggered his way to the back while Steve and Carl were stumbling over their words on commentary.  Razorblade turned his head towards the ramp shellshocked while Naz got in another pose with the belt and a shit eating grin before he headed to the back.  It's a good thing a couple of commercials happened after this, because what the entire f

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Before the main event we got a sizzle reel hyping up the return of QCW’s beloved and vaunted annual tournament - the Duquesne Classic not only will allow one person to join the ranks of QCW immortality but will grant them a World championship opportunity at Mayday Payday.  The 16 person tournament will kick off on this week's Ruckus, which means that Duquesne season has returned…who will put their name on the Cup this year?

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We got a video package ahead of the main event, covering Jupiter winning the World championship again at Holiday In Cambodia and following it up with a successful title defense at Cold As Hell, then successfully fighting the Republic only to get blindsided weeks ago by “the Purifier” Caleb Gray, the leader of the Chosen who stole the Fifteen Pounds of Gold and has promised to win it tonight to bring about his desire to turn the company into Quality Christian Wrestling with him on top.  Repeated attacks by the Chosen haven't deterred the legendary Jones from promising the fans that he’ll get the physical belt tonight or get crucified trying - even as the former Duquesne Classic winner and National champion Gray promises his ascension to QCW World champion tonight will be the sort of revelation that makes even the staunchest non-believer choose faith over fear…

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[ QCW WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP ] Jupiter Jones [c, w/Collipark] d. “The Purifier” Caleb Gray (w/the Chosen) 🪙 Golden Rule ended on an up note, as the legendary Jones retained the Fifteen Pounds of Gold over the duplicitous Gray.  Gray went after Jupiter right from the start, peppering him with punches.  But when he tried to land Reap the Whirlwind, Jupiter caught it and turned it into an over the shoulder kneebuster to halt his momentum.  Jupiter spent the next few minutes working over the leg and grounding Caleb while the announcers pointed out how Jupiter used his veteran skills to not only make an opening for himself but change up his usual offense to further tilt the scales in his favor.  After dropping Caleb with a double underhook powerbomb, Jones played to the fans before launching a Bolt From Olympus - but Gray countered and his backdrop sent Jones over the top and to the floor by his acolytes.  

Gray laid out on the mat clutching at his shin, which drew the referee's attention while the End Times grabbed Jones and launched him head first into the retaining barrier to boos from the Seattle Quality Controllers.  Jones tried to fight back, but the Times gave him a toss into the steps to slow him down further.  That drew the attention of the ref, and after hearing the crowd’s complaints ejected the stoic End Times to cheers and sent the innocent Goody Gardner along with them.  When they stood their ground, the International Players and Science Fiction Double Feature ran them off to the back.  

Gray tried to take advantage of the situation and succeeded for a little while, but the biggest weapons in his arsenal had been taken away by Jones’ leg work.  He couldn't land his Whirlwind and the one time he attempted Repent he couldn't get the bigger Jones up for the elevated crucifix neckbreaker and he collapsed under the weight of the attempt which caused Jupiter to essentially reverse splash him into the mat.  That was the beginning of Gray's end, as Jupiter hit the ropes multiple times before sending Gray heels over head with a massive spear.  When he went for the Bolt again, this time it found the target…but before the Purifier could hit the mat, Jones blocked the Chosen leader’s body with his own.  Jupiter looked at the cheering crowd before hoisting Caleb up on his shoulders and serving up a little old school Jones with his Thunder Rolls running powerslam.  Gray was down and out for the count, leaving Seattle to count three as Jupiter retained his belt and finally got back the physical object after weeks of chicanery from Caleb.

We got replays of the match highlights as Carl accurately pointed out Jupiter turned Caleb into a one legged man in an ass kicking contest.  After they were done, we saw Jupiter in the ring celebrating with the rest of Collipark - right until “Bombs Over Baghdad” cut off and was replaced by Mastodon.  

“Orion” brought out Orion to a massive pop and excited commentary from Steve and Carl; they weren't alone in wondering if this would be the moment Orion cashed in their now certified National championship for a shot at the World title.  Jupiter seemed to be waving them on, but the Cosmic Champion merely sketched out a small bow in the direction of the ring before holding up the Natty.  Jones gave a respectful nod before thrusting the World title overhead.   The cash in is going to happen at some point, but not tonight.  Golden Rule went off the air with Steve wondering if Orion’s meteoric rise would end up with them as the one to dethrone Jupiter and be the next one to hoist up the Fifteen Pounds of Gold.  

Cold As Hell PPV (Little Caesars Arena • Detroit)

 Preshow

1. Ashok Banjerhee (w/Jacques Krieger) d. "the Proper Villain" Richard Windsor (Decolonizer  Driver  -> pinfall)

2."Cambodian Cool" Keo Tevi d. "Sinister" Sarah Fowler [w/Midsomar] (Psychedelic Shock -> pinfall)

MAIN CARD

QCW NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP Genesis King ddq. Orion [c] (number remains at 6)

Justice Davis d. "The Purifier" Caleb Gray [w/the Chosen] (Justice Is Served -> pinfall; Davis frees his contract from Gray's control)

Forbidden Book Club d. Justine Danek & Bella Jolie [w/Bonnie Agrippa & Nancy Crowley] (Cruz ¡MUERTE! -> pinfall Danek)

fatal four way QCW WORLD TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPS Pyotr Caviar and MalicÍa Fernandez (w/Ig de Catur & Republic Enforcement) d. Bonnie Agrippa & Nancy Crowley, Science Fiction Double Feature [c, w/the International Players] & Cole Grant & Freddie Valsada of the Glam Squad [w/John Arneson] (Fernandez double chokeslam -> pinfall Agrippa) #AndNEWWWWWWW

open challenge Tre Boyd d. Nazir el-Fadal (backslide -> pinfall)

triple threat QCW WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP Jupiter Jones [c, w/Collipark] d. Omar Littlefield (w/the Republic) & Mason "Razorblade" Savage (chair assisted Bolt From Olympus -> pinfall Littlefield)

Holiday In Cambodia PPV (National Olympic Stadium • Phnom Penh)

Preshow

1. Pyotr Caviar (w/the Republic) d. Benjamin Valentino [w/Collipark] (Hit My Music  -> pinfall)

2. Glam Squad (w/John Arneson) ddq. Beast Mode (w/Lolo Vuitton) 

3. Lolo Vuitton (w/Beast Mode) d. "Cambodian Cool Keo Tevi (Bloody Shoe  -> pinfall)

MAIN CARD

10,000 franc challenge Tre Boyd d. Serge Batroc (Say Hallelujah -> pinfall)

Hysteria d. "Explosive" Emily Bennett, Forbidden Book Club (Luz Cruz/Shelley LaVey) & Ashley "THEE Influencer" Szabo [w/"Tiki God" Al Buffett, Ashok Banjerjee & Jacques Krieger] (Jolie Twelve Feet Under -> pinfall LaVey)

Nazir el-Fadal d. Malicía Fernandez [w/the Republic] (Nazquil -> pinfall)

QCW WORLD TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPS Science Fiction Double Feature [c, w/the International Players] d. "the Purifier" Caleb Gray & "the Righteous" Justice Davis of the Chosen [w/Goody Gardner & the End Times] (Doe Roll Credits/Doomsday Device -> pinfall Gray)

unification QCW NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP x QCW WOMEN'S WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP Orion d. "Night Sky" Diana Spare (2 Orion's Nebulas -> pinfall)

QCW WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP Jupiter Jones (w/Collipark) d. Omar Littlefield [c, w/the Republic] (3 Bolts From Olympus -> pinfall) #AndNEWWWWW

Dia de los Muertos PPV (Toyota Center • Houston, TX)

                                                                          Preshow

1. "the Proper Villain" Richard Windsor d. "the Fury" Jim Jaspers (mule kick x Necessary Evil half and half suplex _> pinfall)

2. Justine Danek & Bella Jolie of Hysteria (w.Bonnie Agrippa & Nancy  Crowley d. Lyz Cruz & Shelley LaVey (Danek Twelve Feet Under -> pinfall Cruz)

MAIN CARD

John Arneson & the Glam Squad d. The Chosen ["the Purifier" Caleb Gray, "the Paragon" Drake Tremble & "the Righteous" Justice Davis w/Goody Gardner & the End Times] (Arneson Natural 20 avalanche powerslam -> pinfall Gray)

Russian chain Nazir el-Fadal d. Pyotr Caviar [w/the Republic] (Nazquil -> pinfall)

ladder match QCW NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP Orion d. Malicía Fernandez (w/the Republic) #AndNEWWWWW

QCW WORLD TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPS Science Fiction Double Feature (w/Jupiter Jones & Benjamin Valentino) d. Bonnie Agrippa & Nancy Crowley of Hysteria [c, w/Justine Danek and Bella Jolie] (Monet Doomsday Device -> pinfall Agrippa) #AndNEWWWWW

Last Woman Standing QCW WOMEN'S WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP "Night Sky" Diana Spare d. Lolo Vuitton [c, w/Beast Mode] #AndNEWWWWW

¡lucha muerte! QCW WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP Omar Littlefield [c, w/the Republic] d. Mason "Razorblade" Savage

FDSN Florida Presents the 4th Anniversary of QCW Ruckus [October 10th, 2025]

 

• 📺 live on FanDuel Sports Network Florida

• 📍 Quality Arena in Parts Unknown, FL

• Instead of the usual open, we got a highlight package that went longer than usual and showed big moments from the first four years of Ruckus, the wild brawls, crazy high spots, some title changes.  The package ended with the words Thank You in gold, cursive writing.

• We got Steve Vandeblanche and Carl Christensen on the call for Ruckus’ 4th anniversary show - one headlined by a Cruel Summer rematch where Nazir el-Fadal will try to get back the World championship from the man from the Republic who stole it from him, Omar Littlefield.  After some additional hype for the ten team battle royale where the winners get a shot at Hysteria’s World Tag Team championships come Dia de los Muertos, they threw things to Duck Eko.  The Voice of QCW welcomed the rowdy Quality Controllers to the 4AS and thanked them for continuing to support QCW before making the introductions for the opening contest…

• 1. “The Proper Villain” Richard Windsor d. Kam Ellis (w/the Cooper Brothers) at 10:07 Ellis scored a win for Sky's the Limit in a trios match last week and looked good early on in this one.  With the power advantage, the powderkeg of StL used his muscle to put Windsor to the canvas early and often.  A banged up Windsor rolled out to the floor but when Kam looked to follow up, Richard reached out and yanked Ellis’ arm into the ringpost as hard as he could.  Kam’s now injured arm was draped over the top step and Windsor applied a modified cross arm breaker across the steps before bending Kam’s elbow back and double stomping the now mangled arm into the top of the steps.  Even hurt, Kam managed to get back in the ring to break the ref’s count at 9, but he was now a one armed man in an ass-kicking contest and Windsor with his new, more sadistic attitude made Ellis pay.  The rest of the match was mostly one way traffic for Richard, and even when Ellis put up a brief rally he instinctively tried to throw a lariat with the injured arm.  That allowed Windsor to block it with an European uppercut that sounded like it broke bones before the man now calling himself the Proper Villain leveraged Kam down into a crossface.   A cut to backstage showed “the Fury” Jim Jaspers watching on a monitor and it was hard to tell if he was more upset about his treacherous ex partner succeeding or the fact that he was surrounded by Quality Force Security that were clearly there to keep him from getting his hands on Richard.  Ellis couldn't get his hands on Richard either for what remained of the match; Windsor only needed another minute and change to end things with a half and half suplex.  Windsor scowled at the fans as he left to boos while on commentary Carl wondered if the absent Tre Boyd had seen this and was concerned he was going to pull a Windsor on his friends.

• A video package hyped up the Dia de los Muertos PPV coming later this month with a Norteño band - the EZ Band, based on what I’ve seen on Quality Social - covering the late, great Ozzy's “Crazy Train” while QCW highlights played.  Soon, there were cuts to the Toyota Center and the Houston skyline interspliced in there as well.  On the 26th, the last Sunday of the month will see the latest PPV from QCW blast off from the home of the Rockets.  It’ll be a spooky good PPV ba dum KSSH 

• 2. The International Players (w/Jupiter Jones) d. Hellraisers at 8:12 The schneid is over for the Players after months of losing, first their World Tag Team championships to Hysteria then the abrupt firing of their mentor Jones.  But with him back on the roster after AnniVersary and in their corner tonight, you could feel and see that they had their old swagger back.  The Brits came into the match with decent momentum and didn't let the crowd’s taunts get to them but a blind tag allowed Lucius Patton and Benjamin Valentino to connect on a spinebuster into falling reverse DDT that turned the tides in the match.  They smartly isolated the smaller Gerry Greene and when his heavy Ian Cook tried to come in to make the save he got a double drop toe hold that sent him right into Greene’s bangers and mash.  After clearing out Cook they were able to connect on the Playa Hata for the first time in months, and a depleted Greene had no answer for the avalanche rana into powerbomb combo.  Players win, Players win, daaaa Players win!  (Too soon?) 

• The fellas celebrated their first win in months and Science Fiction Double Feature came out to join them in the celebration, but SFDF’s night is just beginning - they'll be in the ten team battle royale to determine new #1 contenders to Hysteria's World Tag Team championships - and that battle royale is next on the decks after we run through a few pesky commercials.

• Ruckus returned airing a pretape that happened Earlier Today as the Republic were called on the carpet figuratively and literally by Commissioner Holmes.  He and Ig de Catur were across from each other at his desk, neither man hiding their disdain for the other.  Holmes said that if he was more like Ig or if his hired goon Omar Littlefield didn't have the World championship for a few more hours he would’ve fired the whole damn lot of them already.  But if Ig recognized who ran things around here after AnniVersary and was willing to get kicked down to just being a manager, that would work fine by him.  Holmes began to dismiss them when Ig brought up the Malicía/Orion rematch for the National championship at Dia de los Muertos and said that since his client was one half of the probable Rivalry of the Year, the only thing that could make the rematch even better would be a little cherry on top.  So what if next week, they engaged in the QCW staple Pick Your Poison - Malicía would pick an opponent for Orion, Orion would pick a victim for Malicía to destroy, and whoever got their win the fastest would be able to pick a stipulation for the title match on PPV.  Holmes thought about it for a couple of beats before saying he would run it by Orion and see what they said.  Holmes dismissed the Republic as Quality Force Security flanked him and surrounded de Catur, Littlefield, Fernandez, Pyotr Caviar and Ig’s personal security and former QFSers in Republic Enforcement.  The Republic accurately read the room and left the Commissioner's office, leaving Holmes to grumble that he should have made Ig work the concession stands.

• As the ring continued to fill up with tag teams, we got to see the entrances for the Glam Squad, Justine Danek & Bella Jolie of Hysteria, then “These Hands” Roy Fade and “Dashing” Pierce Moore representing Beast Mode.  The twenty deep ring cast eyes at each other as Steve said that once a member of that team was eliminated, the whole team was out of the running.

• Once the bell rang it didn't take long for the excrement to smack the cooling device, as Justine sprayed Ashok Banjerjee in the face with black mist before she and Bella set him flying over the top with Jacques Krieger unable to save his partner.  (10 • BanjerKriegs by Hysteria) The medical staff and Jacques helped a screaming Ashok to the med bay in the back while Justine cackled in the ring right before getting blindsided by Jane Doe of SciFi Double Feature.  With 18 people still in the fray, fights were happening all over the ring whether it was Beast Mode against the Cooper Brothers or International Lotus 2.0 against the Game Changers.  It looked like we were about to get a second elimination when Drake Tremble tossed Mare Cooper over the top rope, but the twin representing Sky’s the Limit managed to skin the cat and get himself back into the ring.  The Coopers went after Tremble and Fade while across the ring Caleb Gray was preaching to the Glam Squad.  Lotus 2.0 and the Game Changers continued to spar while the Squad nodded at Caleb, both shook his hand – and then launched him over the top to the joy of the crowd.  (9 - the Chosen by the Glam Squad) Gray and Tremble fumed from the floor while the Squad mocked the faces of the reformed.  Steve wondered on commentary if Caleb was now second guessing benching Justice Davis after last week in favor of Tremble while a couple of referees made sure they went to the back.  Brawls continued rolling inside the ring as the Glam Squad got jumped by Beast Mode and the All Starr Stable of Evan O'Neill and Prince Ootsuka went after the Coopers as everybody found new dance partners to throw hands at.  In the chaos a sort of mini match broke out as the Game Changers faced off against Justine and Bella, and it looked like the former tag champions were winning it on points.  Ashley “THEE Influencer” Szabo looked to dump Bella, but Nancy Crowley bit the face of “Tiki God” Al Buffett to get free of him so she could run over and help Bella get Ashley over the top rope.  Al staggered over to help but the witches backdropped him to the apron before they hit Buffett and Szabo with stereo superkicks to end their night.  (8 - the Game Changers by Hysteria, their 2nd elimination)

• 14 left as the announce put over the second elimination from Hysteria and the fact that for weeks they’d talked about having the two best tag teams in the world - and maybe there'd be an all Hysteria tag titles match at Dia de los Muertos if Justine and Bella could keep up the roll they were on.  Danek and Jolie turned their attention to fighting Science Fiction Double Feature as the Glam Squad and All Starr Stable fought, as well as Lotus 2.0 and the Cooper Brothers, allowing Beast Mode to stick together in a corner and plot next moves.  Fade & Moore broke the huddle and then attacked, first helping Lotus with some cheap shots on their former friends the Coopers before changing the scope.  With Evan O'Neill on the ropes it looked like the All Starr Squad’s night was about to come to an end when Pierce spun “Fahrenheit” Freddie Valsada around and hit him with a Fresh To Death.  Freddie bounced off the canvas and got greeted by Roy Fade’s knee strike.  It looked like Poetry in Motion, but it hit hard enough to send the newcomer over the top rope with his partner Cole Grant unable to keep him from hitting the floor.  (7 - Glam Squad by Beast Mode) Six teams remaining and things broke down into two separate fights.  In one, the All Starr Stable and International Lotus 2.0 got into a loose alliance to double team Science Fiction Double Feature while in the other Beast Mode continued fighting the Coopers with the representatives of Hysteria mostly hanging back and occasionally getting in shots on both teams.  Beast Mode took offense and told Hysteria they were just trying to help, which only got them more shots from Danek & Jolie.  On the other side of the ring, Evan O'Neill took down both members of Science Fiction Double Feature by plowing through them with a double spear and laying out Cindy Monet and Jane Doe.  The smarmy O’Neill then essentially offered them up on a platter to Lotus, who were more than happy to make a meal out of humiliating their summer long rivals.  Evan and the Prince backed into a neutral corner while Fiona Fogg and Sohla Patel landed a few clubbing forearms to Feature’s backs before the Stable told Lotus to bounce them.  Fiona & Sohla loved the idea and scooped up the Collipark representatives to eliminate them – but Patel’s toss of Monet turned into a head scissors, then Cindy hung on to the top rope to give her more leverage and send the Lotus figurehead crashing to the floor, turning Sohla from the eliminator to the eliminated.  (6 - International Lotus 2.0 by Science Fiction Double Feature) Seeing this sent O’Neill running to the rescue - but Cindy & Jane saw them coming and yanked down the top rope to send them flying over the top.  To add insult to injury, they wiped out both Lotus reps on their way to taking the Sad Hulk walk to the back.  (5 - the All Starr Stable by Science Fiction Double Feature their 2nd elimination overall & in a row)

• Lotus and the Stable could fume all they wanted but the FINAL 4 were set: Beast Mode, the Coopers, Hysteria and SciFi Double Feature.  The teams sized each other up and exchanged glances until everyone rushed the middle of the ring and a Pier 8 broke out to the loud approval of the Quality Controllers.  It looked like Hysteria and Mode had gotten the upper hands but four whips into the ropes turned into four huracanranas from the Coopers and SFDF.  Things further dispersed as the ring turned into essentially four one on one battles instead of two tag fights or a four on four.  At one point a few beats later it looked like Bella Jolie was going to eliminate Jane Doe, but Doe fought her way off the apron with some forearms and a high kick to get Bella off of her so she could re enter the fray.  A minute or so later, a mirror of that played out when it looked like Cindy Monet would get rid of Justine Danek, but Justine fought back by gouging Cindy’s eyes before putting her to the mat with a diving leg lariat.  While Hysteria and SFDF were fighting on one side of the ring, the Beast Mode/Cooper Brothers rivalry continued playing out on the other side of the ring.  It looked like Pierce Moore might be ready to win the mini battle when he went for a Fresh To Death, but Marc shoved the cutter attempt towards his brother Mare who capitalized by landing a huracanrana that sent Pierce over the top rope.  Moore barely hung onto the top rope, causing Marc to come help his brother with the elimination – but didn't see Roy Fade coming, as the former Golden Gloves winner blasted him with a running knee to the back to send him flying to the floor just as Mare’s kick sent Moore down and out next to his brother.  (4/3 - the Cooper Brothers by Beast Mode, their second elimination overall • Beast Mode by the Cooper Brothers)

• Mare and Fade briefly glared at each other before a Cooperrana (that one’s free, Steve) sent them both to the floor. Some referees tried to get involved but the Coopers and Beast Mode cared less about the battle royale they were now out of and more about punching each other as they have most of the summer; Mare & Fade fought their way through the concourse while Marc & Moore brawled up the ramp and to the back.

• And then there were two teams left standing; one outcome led to an all Hysteria match that seemed to be subtly teased for weeks, the other would see the revitalized SFDF earn their way to a shot at the World Tag Team titles and maybe bring them back to Collipark.  Cindy, Jane, Justine and Nancy slowly got to their feet and looked at their opponents before charging and kicking off a four woman hockey fight in the middle of the ring.  The crowd began chanting “Collipark!” to give the ATLiens a second wind and it seemed to work as Cindy and Jane began using kicks instead of forearms, then took down both Hysteria members with double dropkicks.  Feature picked up Justine and sent her flying out to the apron, but a desperation spear by Bella sent Cindy colliding with Jane before they could send Danek out to the floor.  Even worse, with Jane out of the picture and Justine in position, QCW”s resident witches fought fire with machine gun fire and came back to take down Monet with their trademark Twelve Feet Under.  Quality Arena deflated over seeing SFDF get laid out - well, except the tag champs on the ramp seeing their co-conspirators succeed.  Bonnie Agrippa and Nancy Crowley applauded and cackled the imminent showdown against their co-conspirators as Justine and Bella pointed at them with small evil grins on their faces.  They picked up Cindy and marched over to toss her from the ring - and as they got Cindy up and over a maroon and cream colored blur flew into the frame with a ballistic crossbody that sent three bodies over the top rope to the floor.  When the wreckage cleared, Cindy Monet was on top of Bella Jolie, who was on top of Justine Danek, who unfortunately for her was on the floor. And somehow, some way, Jane Doe was on the apron doing a handstand.  (2 - Hysteria by Science Fiction Double Feature, the final elimination and their third overall)

• 3. Science Fiction Double Feature eliminated Justine Danek and Bella Jolie of Hysteria to win a ten team battle royale and become #1 contenders to the World Tag Team championships at 16:22

• Fire up “Elevators (Me & U)” and let the people cheer, because Science Fiction Double Feature have just broken their losing streak in a big, bad way.  They're the #1 contenders and they're going to Dia de los Muertos to try and end the Era of Hysteria.  Jane flattened herself and rolled in the ring just in time to get bear hugged by Cindy while Bonnie and Nancy hit ringside to check on Justine & Bella.  Bonnie shook her head while behind her on the ropes SFDF stood together; Cindy smiled and said that maybe there was a new best tag team in the world.  Bonnie’s face went from 0 to 100 real quick before she hissed out a “Get THEM.”; Feature got out of the ring just as all four women in Hysteria hit it.   Hysteria began to chase them up the ramp but the referee squad began making a wall in between them just as the rest of Collipark came out from the back to have their teammates” backs and raise their arms in victory.  A chyron came up for the World Tag Team championships match as both teams chirped at each other and Steve put over Collipark ending their losing streak just in time for the Fourth Anniversary Show.

• TOTHEBACK~!, where Naomi Lee was standing by to interview Nazir el-Fadal ahead of his rematch for the World championship in tonight's main event.  The One Man Jihad crowed that he was about an hour away from regaining his World championship, which was appropriate because Ruckus began four years ago as he sought to make the World championship in his image and turn Friday nights into appointment TV.  And what better show to become a 4x World champion than Ruckus’ fourth anniversary show?  He made the belt happen, he made the show happen, and he was going to make the end of Omar's joke of a title reign happen because he was Nazir el-Fadal, Allahdamn it - known by everyone in his rabble to the corporatized (he said it tho) in the Republic as the Greatest Man Alive.  Naz took off ahead of his big match and Naomi teed up a commercial break.

• 4. Pyotr Caviar (w/the Republic) d. “The Wonderful” Rich Ward (w/Anton Stahl and Jason “the Great” Ward) at 6:38 We came back from the break where Rich used his knowledge of his former teammate to surprise him right after the bell with a beautiful springboard cutter.  Rich went for the cover, Pyotr bench pressed him off before 2 and then proceeded to essentially press Rich into a cube.  Ward got in a couple of hope spots and went for the springboard cutter again only to get cut off by a European uppercut.  A spinning sitout powerbomb and Hit My Music gave Pyotr the win and Ig the opportunity to crow that his squad wasn't done winning tonight.

• We returned backstage where Julius Duquesne III was caught in the midst of a College Park Family celebration.  He congratulated Jupiter Jones on returning to the roster as well as Science Fiction Double Feature on winning the massive tag team battle royale earlier.  Jones said all the clichés were true, there was no place like home…but this was about them way more than him.  Cindy Monet said that they were back and better than ever as #1 contenders, and that the World Tag Team titles would be coming back home to the ATLiens in H-Town in a couple Sundays.  Lucius Patton stepped in, saying they didn't need to wait to get their hands on Hysteria and challenged Justine Danek & Bella Jolie to face the International Players next week so that he and Benji Valentines could start breaking the spell they’d had over the tag division most of the year. They could ask the Hellraisers about them in case Team Spooky forgot what Collipark looked like when they were at full power.  Jupiter said it was old school of him, but he wasn't comfortable swinging on women like that.  They were?  Patton said he wouldn't hit no lady…but he'd drop him a witch.  A laughing JD3 threw things back to ringside and Duck Eko, who made the introductions for the next match.

• 5. “Night Sky” Diana Spare d. Bettie Rokker (w/Val Curry) at 5:09 Now the former Women's World champion thanks to Lolo’s brass knucks at AnniVersary, the already tightly coiled Spare took that out on Rokker in a squash.  Bettie got in maybe five decent shots before Spare absolutely crowned Rokker with a pop up Michinoku driver to win the match.  

• Diana would end up having words and then a fight with the towering Curry and wound up kicking her ass too, hitting the 6’3” Curry with Nightfall to a pop almost as big as the Shieldmaiden is tall.  Spare demanded and got the mic from Duck, saying that as fun as she had kicking some ass tonight she was saving the worst beating for the rematch she was owed against Lolo and would get at Dia de los Muertos.  On the 26th, she wouldn't just get her belt back…she would be the Last Woman Standing.  Spare tossed the mic back to Duck and stomped backstage, the announcers hyping the first ever Last Woman Standing match in QCW history for the Fifteen Pounds of Gold to come at DdlM before Ruckus took its final commercial break of the night.

• Before the Cruel Summer World title match main evented, Steve gave us hype for 💫 next week’s Ruckus 💫:: John Arneson tries to keep his winning streak going against “the Paragon” of the Chosen, Drake Tremble 💫 per earlier remarks the International Players get the match they wanted against Justine Danek and Bella Jolie of Hysteria 💫 we’ll hear from Razorblade 💫 and Malicía Fernandez and Orion are going to dive into QCW staple Pick Your Poison - whomever wins the fastest in their matches will get to pick the stipulation for their National championship match at Dia de los Muertos in a week and a half

• Time for the main event.  We saw Naz marching through the hallways and past Commissioner Holmes at the Sweet Spot before “So Be It” by Clipse played over the PA to send a wave of cheers through the Arena.  el-Fadal went up the stairs and parted the Tron before the camera panned around him to show white and gold pyro exploding on the stage.  Naz ignored the cheering crowd, marching down the ramp with Carl saying he looked more than ready to make history & win the World title for a record setting fourth time.

• We went from Clipse to Kendrick as “King Kunta” hit the PA and brought out the Republic in force.  They began to head down the ramp until Omar held up Ig and had a short discussion.  Ig seemed to be in shock but then called the troops over while Steve wondered if this was just mind games, but it turned out that Omar wanted to go this alone.  Pyotr Caviar, Malicía Fernandez and Republic Enforcement headed to the back while Omar and Ig made their way to the ring; Naz sat on a top turnbuckle and looked on with a dead eyed stare.  The music died down and the lights went out save for a lone spotlight over the ring so Duck could do the introductions.  Challenger Naz was introduced first; he came to the center of the ring and continued looking nonplussed while he held up four fingers - then he suddenly spun around and used them all plus the thumb to tag Omar in the face with a slap!  Naz got as far as “Do something, bit–” before Omar double legged him down to the canvas and started firing right after right on his head.  Duck wisely got the hell out of Dodge while the referee called for the bell.

• 6. Omar Littlefield [c, w/Ig de Catur] d. Nazir el-Fadal to retain the QCW World championship at 19:38 When that referee called for the bell again it caused chaos to ring out all over Quality Arena.  Before that happened, though, we got a Match of the Year candidate between two of QCW’s best even if it did end under a cloud of controversy.  Omar looked to punish Naz for the slap after some ground and pound action before powering Naz into a corner so he could slap el-Fadal a few times.  After the fourth, Naz went forehead to forehead with the bigger man and dared him to do it again; when Omar tried it, Naz bit his hand before sending Littlefield into the corner and laying into him with a flurry of open handed chops.  Omar absorbed them all and shoved Naz across the ring after the seventh before hitting such a high octane shoulder tackle out of the corner that Naz went ass over teakettle and ended up on his stomach.  It's not as if Omar goes into these matches with some kind of secret plan, he just overwhelms whoever he's against with power and Naz ate a restaurant quality beating early on.  Steve noticed as Omar sat on Naz while he had the One Man Jihad neck first over the middle rope that FDSNF had granted them extra time tonight so with all the commercials out of the way they’d stay with this match until they got a winner.

• The opening few minutes were less a match and more a squash for Omar.  Even when Naz landed a surprise cross chop to the throat, he foolishly tried to get Omar over in a hiptoss and got a short lariat for his troubles.  Omar dragged Naz to a corner and hit him with a Vader Bomb, then another, then piled on with a third & a fourth.  But as the announce noted, Omar wasn't trying to win the match - he was clearly out to hurt Naz on Ig’s orders.  A clearly depleted Naz rolled out of the ring while the referee started a ten count before he got the fear of Omar put in him and decided to stop halfway through.  Omar stepped between the ropes to the floor before getting a running start, then did ¾ of a lap around the ring before sending Naz flying over the announce table with.a wicked Pounce.  Steve & Carl were narrowly okay but Naz surely didn't have that in common with them as the multiple replays showed.  Now Omar was fine with the ref making a count, sure that a banged up Naz would remain on the outside.  But el-Fadal crawled and scraped his way to the ring apron before rolling in under the bottom rope before the zebra could get to 9.  Omar’s response was to drag Naz into position and hit him with another Vader bomb.   The crowd booed Omar's dominance and he mockingly booed them right back before barking “My world!  My title!”  Naz was using the ropes to pull himself up as Omar turned around and charged him, but el-Fadal saw it coming and snapped the top rope into Omar's neck.  That stunned Omar long enough for Naz to land another couple cross chops to the throat, which had Omar reeling until Naz hit a basement dropkick to the knee that ended up sending Omar draped over the middle rope with his forehead almost touching the apron.  Naz slowly climbed up the buckles of the closest corner before turning and flying off, driving both his knees into the back of Omar's head to send him to the floor.  The crowd were in full throat as Naz looked like he had a second wind even while he was holding onto his ribs.  Omar stumbled to his feet only to be unable to block a PK from Naz that sent him all the way to the floor.   The Greatest Man Alive rolled in and out to break the count, and he found a present when Omar made his way up to a knee - the big man had a thin red line of clarin over his right eyebrow that extended to his forehead.  Naz didn't have a fin on his back but he was a shark when it came to exploiting an opponent’s weakness, and he grabbed Omar's head before slamming it into the top of the steel steps again and again and again and again.  “If you can bleed him, you can beat him!” yelled out Carl in support as Naz again rolled in and out to break up the count.  Omar staggered against the dividing barrier and Naz leaped on him before raining down the rights, lefts and even biting away after landing 16 shots to the wound.  The former World champion leaned against the barrier and gathered up a handful of deep breaths before trying to muscle Omar into the ring.  Despite the nearly 80 pound disadvantage, Naz managed to pull it off…but as he tried to get in the ring himself Ig swiped at his ankles.  Naz looked at the splayed out Omar before pivoting and giving chase after de Catur, who showed off a half decent Usain Bolt impersonation on the floor a step and a half ahead of the pursuit.  Ig rolled into the ring and Naz almost caught him, but what he actually caught was a massive lariat that sent him somersaulting through the Parts Unknown sky before he turned into a snow angel on the canvas. Ig rolled out of the ring and got to his feet on the floor just in time to see Omar hoist Naz up and drill him with his notorious Face Eraser.  Omar covered Naz after connecting with his crucifix powerbomb DDT – BUT Naz became the first person to kick out of it, narrowly kicking out at 2.9.  

• The crowd went wild as Omar glared at the ref before looking at Ig as if he wanted him to fix it.  Ig was clearly heated, but told Omar to repeat it and end this.  A huffy Littlefield snatched Naz up to put the final nail in the coffin with another Face Eraser, but Naz not only managed to land on his feet - he then cinched up Omar and delivered the Hamrin Valley Driver to a massive pop.  The crowd went ballistic as the One Man Jihad staggered to his feet and made the wipeout gesture with his hands, waving on a clearly rocked Omar.  Littlefield stumbled to his feet but he wouldn't be on them long, as Naz served up a dose of Nazquil that rocked the ring.  el-Fadal went down for the cover but as the referee’s hand was coming down for a third time, the official stopped and shook his head.  Naz went bug eyed as Ig laughed and produced a briefcase from under the ring, QA awash in confusion and anger as Naz had had Omar dead to rights.  Naz grabbed the referee by the lapels, but Omar hit him with a low blow and rolled him up - and the referee’s subsequent three count barely took up a normal 2.  For the second time since winning at Cruel Summer, Nazir el-Fadal had been screwed out of the Fifteen Pounds of Gold.  Ig got in Duck’s face and demanded he name Omar the winner #ANDSTILL champion before Omar stumbled over and lifted Duck off the ground until he did.

• The crowd booed the screwjob lustily, some even throwing wadded up programs and beers at Ig and Omar while Steve and Carl wondered what the hell had happened.  Commissioner Holmes speed walked down to the ring, causing de Catur, his world champ and his crooked referee to vault the guardrail and leave.  Holmes screamed in their direction that this wasn't over and that the referee was fired - but when Ig raised the ref’s hand while cackling, the briefcase came open and money spilled out like droplets down a waterfall.  The crooked zebra quickly scooped up the cash while Omar held up the Fifteen Pounds of Gold with one hand and a middle finger with the other.  Ruckus went off the air with Steve and Carl complaining in vain about the fast one Ig managed to pull even though he was no longer Commissioner and a fuming Naz getting repeatedly bleeped out while he swore at Holmes from down on the canvas.