August 11th, 2001
St. Teresa’s Club Perry Bar, Birmingham
Attendance: 2,156
TV rating: 4.2
Backstage:
(Serenity is standing in front of a mirror in her
locker room, applying her make-up. TV Champion Jason Prentice and Linda O’Neil
arrive on the scene. Prentice takes Serenity’s make-up bag and throws it across
the room.)
Serenity: Hey!
(Serenity gathers up her things from the floor.)
Prentice: Look at you taking up all the room like
you’re a big star! I’m the big star around here, and Linda needs to brush her
hair.
Serenity: What the hell are you doing in here?!
This is the women’s dressing room!
Prentice: Exactly! The “women’s dressing room”,
not the “dirty, filthy, disgusting, skanky whores’ dressing room"! So get out!
(Serenity grabs her make-up bag and hairbrush.)
Serenity: Right!
(Serenity storms out of the room.)
Prentice: Honestly. Some people!
(The Saturday Fight Night opening titles roll and
the scene opens inside a raucous Perry Bar, which is filled with rabid
Hammerlock fans. Once the light show and loud music dies down, the camera
focuses in on your commentary team of Chris Freeman and Adam Wheeler.)
Chris Freeman: Hello everyone and welcome to
Saturday Fight Night, and what a line-up we have in store for you tonight. I’m Chris
Freeman…
Adam Wheeler: …and this is “The Lyrical Miracle”
Adam Wheeler!
CF: The NWA King of the Ring Tournament rolls into
Hammerlock tonight as our very own Ben Winter, who has been given a second
chance in the tourney after his conqueror in the first round, Rob Van Dam, was
injured, will face Rick Martel!
AW: The Iceman is Hammerlock’s only hope left in
the tournament. Winter knows that he’s lucky to still be in it, and he’ll not
want to screw it up in front of his own fans here tonight!
CF: Also this evening, you saw him at the top of
the show running his mouth as usual, “Picture Perfect” Jason Prentice puts the
World Television Championship on the line against one half of the former Tag
Team Champions, as of last Wednesday, Twitch!
AW: That’s right Freeman, The Punk Junkies held
the World Tag Team Titles for 24 hours this past week until Society Bites
regained the gold in Telford last Wednesday, so this evening Twitch will be
hoping to take the gold from Prentice, and then hold it for a little longer
than a day. Personally, I don’t think he has a prayer!
CF: Also, Luke Champion battles Smashmouth and The
Hammersmith Hard Men take on the aristocratic duo of Cuthbert D. Fharquar and
Lord Potemkin, but first up here tonight, two of the young stars of Hammerlock
collide as Brandon Alvarez faces Scottie Hero!
Brandon Alvarez pinned Scottie Hero with the
DDT² in 0:13:01.
Rating: ** 1/2
CF: Wow, what a huge win there for “The Front
Page” Brandon Alvarez!
AW: DDT² Freeman, it’s two times the pain!
CF: Wait a minute, look at this!!!
Post-match:
(Byson and Robbie Anthony enter the ring through
the crowd, armed with baseball bats. Byson and Anthony destroy Alvarez and Hero
with the bats. Junior Jones hits the ring for the save, but Byson clotheslines
him in the throat with the bat and then plants him with the Bull Rutt. Kyle
Coulbourne runs down to the ring to help out his partner, but Anthony cracks him
across the back with his bat. Anthony then nails Coulbourne with the
Detonation.)
CF: Look at this! This is nothing but total,
unmitigated destruction!
(Byson blasts Alvarez with a devastating sit-out
power bomb. Meanwhile, several referees and police officers surround ringside.
Hammerlock promoter Peter Abram appears at the top of the ramp with a mic.)
CF: The police must be coming for Anthony, because
Byson’s suspension was lifted so he could compete in the NWA King of the Ring!
AW: They’ve both just committed assault with
baseball bats. Why not lock them both up?!
Abram: That’s him! Robbie Anthony! Arrest him and
throw him in jail! He has no business being here!
(The police start to advance on “Da Bomb”, when
Byson takes the microphone. He has an evil smirk on his face.)
Byson: No, no, that’s where you’re wrong!
Abram: What?!
Byson: Robbie has every right to be here. Abram,
I’d like you to meet my new manager…Robbie Anthony!!!
CF: WHAT?!
(The crowd explodes in boos. The police leave the
ringside area and Abram looks completely shocked. Byson and Anthony laugh and
then make their exit from the squared circle.)
AW: I don’t believe this, Freeman! With Robbie
Anthony as his manager, Byson will be even more unstoppable than even before!
CF: It just doesn’t bear thinking about. What
repercussions will this have on Hammerlock? Up next, a very bitter young woman
who is going out of her way to get noticed here in Hammerlock, Valkyrie,
battles Ian Powers.
AW: This should be a great match, Freeman. I love
Valkyrie’s new attitude, and it’s starting to pay dividends.
CF: I don’t think she cares how low she has to go
to gain some recognition either. That attack on Migraine last Monday was
deplorable. I know for a fact that she’s lost a lot of fans with this new
change of heart.
AW: Who cares?! The fans don’t write her cheques!
Valkyrie pinned Ian Powers after a top-rope DDT
in 0:17:16.
Rating: *** 1/4
CF: Oh my God! Valkyrie just utilised a top-rope
DDT to knock out Powers for the three!
AW: The referee could have counted to 103. Powers
is completely out of it!
Post-match:
(Valkyrie pounds the grounded Powers with a
barrage of vicious forearm smashes to the face and head. She then climbs to the
top rope and executes her shooting star press on “The Pride of East London”.)
AW: Fate’s Thunderclap!
CF: There’s no call for this!
(The Female Fighting Phenom leaves the ring to a
multitude of boos. Jawaid Kaleeq passes her on his way down to check on his
good friend Powers. Valkyrie smirks and returns to the squared circle. She
attacks Kaleeq from behind with a boot to the head and stomps the hell out of
him.)
CF: What is this now?!
AW: Kaleeq shouldn’t have come out here.
(Valkyrie demands that the bell be rung and
continues her assault on Kaleeq. An impromptu match is underway.)
Valkyrie pinned Jawaid Kaleeq with the Fate's
Thunderclap in 0:07:52.
Rating: *** 1/4
CF: There it is! The second Fate’s Thunderclap of the evening and this time it’s Jawaid Kaleeq on the receiving end!
AW: Valkyrie is on one hell of a roll, and she
doesn’t appear to be finished yet!
Post-match:
(Valkyrie leaves the ring and slings the ring
announcer to the ground. She swipes his chair and the ring bell and throws them
into the ring.)
CF: Uh-oh, we’ve seen this before!
AW: I hope Kaleeq remembered to wear his cup!
(Kaleeq tries to get back to his feet, but
Valkyrie drops him with a shot from the ring bell. The Female Fighting Phenom
sets the bell on his crotch and picks up the chair.)
CF: No, she’s not going to do this again!
AW: Hold on a second!
(Luke Champion runs down to the ring with his own
chair, sending Valkyrie scurrying out of the ring. Valkyrie smirks at Champion
at ringside and shakes her head before ascending the ramp.)
CF: Did you see that look of disdain? Valkyrie is
evil.
AW: Evil never looked that good, Freeman. The
Female Fighting Phenom is beginning to carve out a path of destruction right through
Hammerlock, and it looks increasingly unlikely that anyone can stop her!
CF: The World TV Title is on the line next, as
Jason Prentice defends the gold against one half of The Punk Junkies, Twitch!
AW: Yeah, the team that held the Tag Team Titles
for a cup of coffee. Let me tell you something. When that bell rings, Prentice
is 100% focused on the task at hand. There will be no upset here tonight in
Birmingham.
CF: Let’s see if you’re right!
Jason Prentice pinned Twitch with the Perfect
Plant in 0:16:19.
Rating: *****
(Jason Prentice retained the NWA-UK World
Television Title.)
CF: What a superb effort from both combatants, but Prentice still retains the gold.
AW: You know Freeman, I have a new found respect
for Twitch after witnessing this match.
CF: How could you not? He just keeps coming.
AW: Well, that Perfect Plant will stop anyone.
Post-match:
(Midnight Blue runs down the ramp with Serenity by
his side. Blue hits the ring and nails Prentice with a hard clothesline. The
crowd go wild.)
AW: Hey, what is this all about?!
CF: Perhaps it’s because of those derogatory
comments that Prentice said to Serenity earlier tonight!
(Blue whips the TV Champion brutally into the
corner and then unloads with a succession of stinging punches and kicks. Linda
O’Neil tries to intervene by jumping on Midnight Blue’s back.)
CF: What is Linda thinking?!
(Serenity then gets in the ring and pulls Linda
off Blue’s back. The two ladies start to go at it.)
AW: CATFIGHT!!! CATFIGHT!!!
(The fans are going crazy, until Midnight Blue
breaks up the scratchfest by taking a hold of Serenity. With Blue distracted,
Prentice blindsides him with a devastating superkick, which sends Blue crashing
to the canvas on top of Serenity. Prentice swipes his title belt and drags
Linda out of the ring before making a hasty exit.)
AW: Wow! That was worth the admission price alone!
CF: I have a feeling this issue between Prentice
and Midnight Blue is not over.
AW: Let’s hope not. That means more catfights!
CF: (sighing) Up next here on Saturday Fight
Night, those upper-class snobbish spoilt brats, Cuthbert Fharquar and Lord Potemkin,
take on a team that have had their problems with the Baldies on recent shows,
The Hammersmith Hard Men.
AW: Problems is an understatement. Rick Knight and
Gaz Phillips grew up on the streets of London, and now Angel and DeVito are
invading their turf.
CF: Don’t forget that the Baldies cost The
Hammersmith Hard Men their shot at the Tag Team Titles last Monday. Let’s go to
the ring!
Cuthbert D. Fharquar and Lord J. T. Potemkin III
defeated Hammersmith Hard Men
when
Fharquar pinned Phillips with the Silver Spoon in 0:15:25.
Rating: * 1/2
AW: Wow, Fharquar and Potemkin are on a roll!
CF: Here come the Baldies!
Post-match:
(Angel and DeVito hit the ring and attack Knight
and Phillips. The Hard Men begin to fight back, much to the delight of the
crowd! Knight and Phillips throw Angel out of the ring and then turn their
attention to DeVito. Phillips nails DeVito with a pumphandle powerslam and then
Knight goes up top and blasts him with a diving headbutt.)
CF: The Hammersmith Hard Men have gotten the
measure of this New York street gang tonight!
AW: Don’t speak too soon, Freeman!
(Angel removes the staple gun from around his neck
and sneaks back into the ring. Rick Knight turns around and Angel staples him
right in the eye!)
CF: Oh no!
(Angel helps DeVito out of the ring and The
Baldies leave. Phillips immediately checks on his partner and signals
frantically for paramedics. Blood is streaming from Knight’s eye.)
CF: I cannot believe this! Rick Knight was just
stapled right in the eye – he could be blinded!
(Several EMTs rush down to the ring and tend to
Knight. He is thrashing around in agony, clutching his eye. Eventually, he is
helped to the back for further attention.)
AW: That’s how The Baldies made their name in ECW.
If you want to stand up to them, then you might end up paying the ultimate
price!
CF: Ladies and gentlemen, we’ll try and bring you
an update on Rick Knight’s condition before we leave the air tonight. The show
must go on however, next up Luke Champion faces Smashmouth.
AW: We haven’t seen Champion since Heatwave, where
Valkyrie screwed him out of the TV Title. You can bet he’ll still be smarting
after that and will be out here trying to prove himself, but he may have picked
the wrong man to do it against in the 308 pound monster Smashmouth!
Luke Champion pinned Smashmouth after a tiger
suplex in 0:00:24.
Rating: *
CF: Whoa! Champion wasting no time in polishing off Smashmouth!
AW: And what an incredible feat in lifting the
300+ pound monster up and over in that tiger suplex!
Post-match:
(Valkyrie hits the ring and nails Champion with a
low blow. She and Smashmouth then take turns in beating “The Legacy” to the
ground.)
CF: I am really starting to get sick of the sight
of her!
(Muerte de Antedicho, bandaged up elbow and all,
then runs down to the ring for the save. He nails Smashmouth with a springboard
spinning leg lariat and takes Valkyrie down with flying headscissors. Antedicho
is visibly in a lot of pain as he favours his shoulder and rolls around on the
mat. Devon Ferrari then runs in and stomps away on Antedicho’s injured elbow.)
CF: Look at this! Someone get Ferrari out of here!
(Ferrari drags the luchador over to the corner and
threatens to drive his injured elbow into the ring post, but Steve Bailey
arrives on the scene and attacks Ferrari with a series of punches. Bailey
throws “Everybody’s Favourite Wrestler” back into the ring and our second
unscheduled match of the evening begins.)
Steve Bailey pinned Devon Ferrari with the
Pistol Whip in 0:08:53.
Rating: ** 3/4
CF: Bailey wins it with the Pistol Whip!
AW: And Shotgun’s unbelievable run of form
continues.
CF: What a night we have had here on Saturday
Fight Night. First, Byson reveals that none other than Robbie Anthony is his
new manager. Valkyrie goes on the rampage and beats up two guys. Rick Knight is
rushed to hospital after being stapled in the eye by Angel of the Baldies, and
the fight of the night is still to come!
AW: And who knows what is gonna happen in the King
of the Ring second round battle!
CF: Let’s go backstage with Steve Bailey.
“Shotgun” Steve Bailey interview.
(Kelly joins Steve Bailey backstage after his win
over Devon Ferrari.)
Kelly: Steve, great win, but I understand that you
have something on your mind?
Bailey: Yes I do, Kelly. I understand that the
German Wrestling Federation Champion, Ahmed Chaer, is running his mouth about
how he can beat any British wrestler. He wants to get himself over and make
himself famous at the expense of one of our guys? No way. Chaer, I accept your
challenge. All you have to do is name the time and place…oh yeah, and show up,
so I can shoot you down.
CF: There you have it, Steve Bailey wants to be
the Hammerlock representative that faces Ahmed Chaer.
AW: There aren’t many better. I just hope that
Bailey doesn’t underestimate Chaer. The man from Berlin is more than capable of
taking care of business.
Ben Winter interview.
(“Back To School (Mini Maggit)” by the Deftones
hits and Ben Winter makes his way out from the back to a deafening round of
cheers.)
CF: Here we go, it’s the King of the Ring second
round! Hammerlock’s resident “Iceman” takes on Coast-To-Coast Wrestling’s Rick
Martel!
AW: Undoubtedly Winter has the size, weight and
power advantage, but Martel is by far more scientifically proficient. The
consummate technician, Martel will look to break down Winter and force a
submission through his Quebec Crab. Easier said than done though.
(The Iceman gets in the ring and calls for the
mic.)
CF: Looks like Winter has something to say before
this match.
Winter: You know, all I’ve heard this week is how lucky
I am. How this is my second chance. How I don’t deserve to be here. Rob Van Dam
may have had his hand raised when he faced me, but who walked away from that
match? It sure as hell wasn’t him, because I crippled Van Dam!
(Several boos from the crowd.)
Winter: Now I may not be the Whole F’N Show…
(The Iceman imitates the double thumbs.)
Winter: …that’s because I’m just the best damn
part of it! Rick Martel, you want to get in my way? Well I’ll simply have to
mow you down and then, just like all the others, you’ll be left out in the
cold.
(Winter throws down the mic and waits for Martel.)
[NWA King of the Ring Tournament, Second Round:]
Ben Winter pinned Rick Martel after a running
powerslam in 0:13:14.
Rating: ** 3/4
CF: Winter has done it! The Iceman advances in the
King of the Ring!
AW: Winter is in the quarter finals. The size and
strength advantage was too much for Martel to handle.
Post-match:
(Byson and Robbie Anthony run down to the ring.
They throw Martel through the ropes and go to work on Winter, beating him down
with a flurry of sickening punches and kicks.)
CF: Byson and Anthony won’t even let Winter enjoy
his moment! This is disgraceful!
AW: Would you expect anything less out of these
two?!
(Suddenly, World Champion Hiro Kakuhari runs down
to the ring wielding a steel chair wrapped in barbed wire! The crowd go wild!)
CF: Wait a minute!
(Byson and Anthony notice the weapon that Kakuhari
has in his possession and bail out of the ring. The World Champion dares them
both to come back and fight!)
CF: Look at this! This partnership between Byson
and Robbie Anthony doesn’t look so imposing any more!
AW: That barbed wire chair is one hell of an
equaliser!
CF: How will Byson and Anthony respond on
Hammerlock TV? Find out this Monday! But for Adam Wheeler this is Chris Freeman
in Birmingham wishing you all a very good night!
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Peter Abram, 08-11-2001