August 20th, 2001
Civic Hall, Grays, Essex
Attendance: 2,416
TV rating: 4.2
(The Hammerlock TV opening titles roll and when they finish, the scene opens inside the Civic Hall in Grays, which is illuminated by a spectacular light show as the show goes on air. The hordes of fans go absolutely crazy, ready for another unpredictable night of Hammerlock action. As ever, your commentary team of Chris Freeman and Adam Wheeler are seated at ringside.)
Chris Freeman: Hello everyone and welcome to this week’s edition of Hammerlock TV, which comes at you live from the Civic Hall here in Grays, Essex!
(The camera pans around the huge crowd.)
CF: We are jam-packed to the rafters here tonight, many were turned away at the door, and we are set for an incredible night of wrestling like only Hammerlock can bring you. We are just 24 hours removed from the NWA King of the Ring pay-per-view and Adam, I think you’ll have to agree, it was an unbelievable event.
AW: It certainly was Freeman, and perhaps the most astonishing occurrence of the whole night was former NWA-UK World Champion Robbie Anthony seeing off all competition and securing the King of the Ring title! The man isn’t even under contract to anybody, except as a licensed Hammerlock manager, and he wasn’t even supposed to be in the tournament, yet he won the whole thing.
CF: You may not like him, and believe me I don’t, but it was a remarkable accomplishment. I think that all the Hammerlock superstars involved in the show last night gave a fantastic accounting of themselves.
AW: It goes without saying. We saw Byson, Robbie Anthony’s partner in crime, score a huge win over the man-beast Rhino in what was undoubtedly the Manimal’s biggest victory of his short career to date. Our World Heavyweight Champion Hiro Kakuhari turned in a brilliant performance in that Four Corners Match, defeating Randy Savage and Arn Anderson before ultimately falling to Rob Van Dam. Believe me, The Giant would have been more than happy not having to face Kakuhari again. And the most photogenic champion in wrestling history, TV Champion Jason Prentice, held his own in the NWA TV Champions Invitational.
CF: But the major talking point around Hammerlock is Ben Winter’s inexplicable no-show in the King of the Ring Tournament. There’s no doubt that he had as good a chance as anybody of winning it, and he was full of confidence beforehand. Apparently, nobody has spoken to the Iceman since King of the Ring, but we hope to get an interview with him this Saturday, when he returns to these shores for Saturday Fight Night.
AW: You know, last Saturday, we saw Robbie Anthony fire a warning to Winter regarding the tournament. Perhaps The Iceman realised that there was a chance that he would have to face Anthony and he chickened out of the whole thing.
CF: I don’t believe that for a second.
(The Baldies music begins to play.)
CF: I’m sure that there is bound to be a very reasonable explanation, which we hope to get this Saturday. Now however we’re going to start Hammerlock TV with a tag team match, as The Punk Junkies take on The Baldies.
The Punk Junkies defeated The Baldies
when Twitch pinned DeVito after the
Grunge Plunge in 0:13:30.
Rating: *** 1/2
CF: Great win for Twitch and Brainstorm here this evening.
AW: Certainly is. They did well to
survive that onslaught from The Baldies, who really took it to them.
Post-match:
(Angel and DeVito roll to the outside
and snatch a couple of chairs from ringside. They attack The Punk Junkies with
the chairs, beating them down to the canvas. DeVito then sets up the two chairs
so that they are
facing each other, as The Baldies prepare to choke slam one of the
unfortunate Punk Junkies through them.)
CF: No, they aren’t going to do this!
AW: This can’t be good.
(The Hammersmith Hard Men suddenly
emerge from the back, surrounded by a whole host of referees. They are
restraining Phillips and Knight from entering the ring. The Baldies goad them
to get into the squared circle, which just brings out more officials to prevent
a huge brawl from occurring.)
AW: I say just let them go. They’ll
have to settle this issue sooner or later.
CF: Well, they may settle things at
Back 2 Skool, when The Hard Men and The Baldies are set to collide in a
StreetFight!
AW: That is going to be an all-out
war. It won’t be pretty, and it won’t be for the faint-hearted.
CF: “Everybody’s Favourite Wrestler”
Devon Ferrari, who’s been having his problems with Muerte de Antedicho in
recent weeks, is scheduled up next against Scottie Hero.
AW: He’s certainly not Antedicho’s
favourite wrestler, that’s for sure, especially since Ferrari badly injured the
Spanish high-flying sensation’s elbow. Ever since, both men have been trying to
take each other out.
CF: And last Saturday night, Ferrari
wanted no part of Antedicho in a tag team match. We saw his timorous side shine
through as he walked out, leaving his partner Valkyrie in the lurch.
AW: I don’t think we’ve heard the last
of that either.
Devon Ferrari pinned Scottie Hero after
a slingshot elbowdrop in 0:12:55.
Rating: ****
CF: Ferrari wins it with that beautiful elbowdrop.
AW: And he even survived an attack
from Valkyrie during the course of the match. What an athlete!
CF: I guess Valkyrie was determined to
get her revenge.
AW: You don’t leave the Female
Fighting Phenom high and dry!
Post-match:
(Devon Ferrari picks Scottie Hero’s
limp body off the canvas and spikes him with a brain buster. Ferrari is
relentlessly booed by the crowd.)
CF: Hey, come on! There’s no call for
this!
AW: Obviously Ferrari thinks there is!
(Ferrari instructs his ladies, Kandi
and Jaclyn, to get a table and slide it into the ring. They oblige.)
CF: What is going on now?!
AW: Now would be a good time for Hero
to find a hero.
(Ferrari sets a helpless Hero onto the
table and then ascends the turnbuckles. He runs his thumb across his throat,
signalling for the Ego Has Landed.)
CF: Oh no, he’s going to hit the
moonsault through the table!
(All of a sudden, Muerte de Antedicho
sprints down to the ring and pulls Ferrari’s leg out from under him, crotching
“Everybody’s Favourite Wrester” on the top turnbuckle! The crowd are going wild!
Antedicho pushes Hero off the table and then climbs up to the top rope.
Antedicho proceeds to blast Ferrari with a top-rope huracanrana straight
through the table!)
AW: Oh my God, Freeman! Did you see
that?!
CF: Antedicho is insane!
AW: Well he was trained by “The Insane
Luchador”, Super Crazy!
(His elbow still not yet fully healed,
Antedicho favours it whilst still managing to work the crowd. He is given a
standing ovation.)
AW: Let me tell you something,
Freeman, you don’t make Devon Ferrari look bad on TV. Antedicho is going to pay
for this, and he’s gonna pay big time!
CF: Coming up next here on Hammerlock
TV, it’s Midnight Blue versus Jawaid “2 Sleeq” Kaleeq!
Midnight Blue pinned Jawaid Kaleeq with
the One Night Stand in 0:10:07.
Rating: *** 1/4
CF: Midnight Blue scores the victory with the One Night Stand.
AW: Something tells me that’s not the
first time that “Midnight Blue” and “scores” have appeared in the same
sentence. You know, ever since Blue has become a fan favourite, he has also
become quite a force here in Hammerlock. Jawaid Kaleeq just found that out
first hand.
CF: NWA-UK World Tag Team Champions
Society Bites are backstage, with more news on that challenge for the entire
NWA for Back 2 Skool.
Society Bites interview, w/ Big Poppa
Pete.
(NWA-UK World Tag Team Champions Kevin
Bradley and Chaz Harris, collectively known as Society Bites, are standing by
backstage with their manager, Big Poppa Pete. Kelly is preparing to interview
them.)
Kelly: Guys, I’m sure you know by now,
that your challenge has been taken up by Chris Jericho and Jeff Jarrett from
Florida Championship Wrestling. Will you face that team at Back 2 Skool?
Harris: First of all Kelly, would you
please SHUT…THE HELL…UP?! I think it’s time you realised that we’re the “Chosen
Ones” and we have all the “Stroke” around this place!
(Kelly rolls her eyes.)
Pete: Of course my boys accept the
match, Kel. They don’t fear anybody and why should they? There is no team in
the entire NWA that is smarter, faster, tougher, stronger…
Bradley: …or better looking…
Pete: …than Kev and Chaz, Society
Bites, the NWA-UK World Tag Team Champs.
Bradley: Get ready Jericho and
Jarrett, because at Back 2 Skool, you are fixed to receive an ass-kicking that
you will never…
All:
…eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeever…
Bradley: …forget again!
CF: What a pair of pretentious young
punks! They’d better take their match with Jericho and Jarrett seriously, or
they are going to be taught a painful lesson at Back 2 Skool.
AW: The same applies to Jericho and
Jarrett. They’d better not be expecting an easy night on September 2nd,
or they might just get a nasty surprise.
CF: Well, Society Bites are set to
team up with “The Female Fighting Phenom” Valkyrie to take on the trio of The
New Young Lions and Luke Champion in six-person action next.
AW: The hatred between Champion and
Valkyrie is well documented. Perhaps they can settle the score tonight.
Society Bites and Valkyrie defeated The
New Young Lions and Luke Champion when
Bradley pinned Champion after a
fisherman suplex in 0:16:42.
Rating: ** 1/4
CF: Oh, come on! Did you see that?! Valkyrie held onto Champion’s leg so he couldn’t kick out of Kevin Bradley’s fisherman suplex!
AW: What?! I think my monitor is
playing up again!
Post-match:
(Society Bites and The New Young Lions
continue to brawl at ringside. Valkyrie scowls at the ring announcer and takes
the microphone. She nails Luke Champion in the head with it, before using the
microphone cord to choke out “The Legacy”.)
CF: Somebody stop her! Luke Champion
is turning blue!
(Valkyrie eventually releases
Champion, who collapses in a semi-conscious, spluttering heap. The Female
Fighting Phenom basks in the jeers of the crowd, before addressing the fans.)
Valkyrie: Jason Prentice. “Picture
Perfect”. What a performance at King of the Ring.
(Valkyrie superciliously applauds the
TV Champion.)
Valkyrie: Yeah, you impressed a lot of
people last night. You really did Hammerlock proud.
AW: Damn right he did!
Valkyrie: Well next Saturday on
Saturday Fight Night, I’m going to take your pride. I’m going to take your
honour. And I’m going to take your NWA-UK World Television Championship.
(Valkyrie throws the mic down onto
Champion’s body and leaves the ring to a chorus of boos.)
CF: Valkyrie making her intentions
crystal-clear here this evening on Hammerlock TV.
AW: You know, she may hold one victory
over Prentice, but that was a fluke! It’ll never happen again.
CF: We’ll, I guess we’ll find out this
Saturday.
Pre-match:
(“Mozart’s Symphony No. 40” plays over
the arena speakers and Cuthbert D. Fharquar emerges from the back, accompanied
by Lord J. T. Potemkin and a huge, well-built man dressed in a suit and carrying
a silver platter.)
AW: Who is that with Fharquar and
Potemkin?
CF: It looks like…no, it can’t be. It
looks like Tiny Roscoe!
AW: My God, you’re right! It is
him!
CF: We saw him get abducted by these
upper class snobs on Saturday night, but what have they done to him?!
(Tiny Roscoe holds open the ropes for
The Aristocrats to enter the ring. Fharquar calls for the mic.)
Fharquar: Jeeves!
(Roscoe walks over to Fharquar.)
CF: Jeeves?!
Fharquar: My boots look slightly
grubby, so I’d like you to polish them before this match gets underway.
CF: What?!
(“Jeeves” takes out a cloth from his
pocket and starts to clean Fharquar’s boots.)
CF: How humiliating!
Fharquar: I want to be able to see my
face in them!
(“Ratfinks, Suicide Tanks and Cannibal
Girls” by White Zombie hits and Migraine appears at the top of the ramp with a
mic. Fharquar looks on, mortified.)
Migraine: You know, you mightn’t see
your face in your boots, but you will see my boot in your ass!
(The crowd pops as Migraine drops the
mic and sprints down to the ring. Potemkin and Jeeves bail out.)
Cuthbert D. Fharquar pinned Migraine
with the Silver Spoon in 0:10:56.
Rating: *** 1/2
CF: Thanks to Jeeves’ interference, Fharquar picks up the win.
AW: You know, I think I need to get myself a butler!
Post-match:
(Fharquar instructs Jeeves to go up top. Fharquar and Potemkin then stretch Migraine out and Jeeves flattens him with the Somersault Senton Splash!)
CF: My God! Look at that 367 pound man fly through the air!
AW: We are going to need a squeegee to get Migraine off the canvas after that manoeuvre!
CF: What have Fharquar and Potemkin done to this young man?! Roscoe stood up to the snobs last Saturday and showed great heart, but now he’s carrying their silver platter, polishing their boots and practically doing everything they demand!
AW: I have no idea, Freeman. It’s like they’ve brainwashed him!
CF: Well, we’re just about set for our main event, which features “Shotgun” Steve Bailey taking on an angry “Blue Chipper”, Bryan Campbell…
Pre-match:
(“Du Hast” by Rammstein plays over the PA system and German Wrestling Federation Champion Ahmed Chaer makes his way down to ringside, accompanied by his translator, Jens Hellman. Chaer has his GWF Championship belt strapped around his waist and the German flag over his shoulder. Unsurprisingly, he is booed of the building.)
CF: For some reason, German Wrestling Champion Ahmed Chaer, who will face Steve Bailey at Back 2 Skool, is coming out here and he doesn’t look happy.
AW: Feathers have been ruffled. Collars turned up. Someone’s upset. And he’s gonna make sure we all know about it…
(Chaer walks over to the commentary table and takes a seat. He puts a headset on.)
Chaer: Diese ist eine Greueltat!
(Ahmed Chaer announces his arrival
with a furious volley of German, unintelligible to Chris Freeman, and Adam
Wheeler, who took one term of German, mostly to learn how to (unsuccessfully)
pick up German exchange girls…)
Chaer: Ich werde den Mann-Jungen
nehmen, Steve Bailey, und ich werde ihn brechen! Sie Englische ist immer so
selbstsicher- ich werde Ihren Gürtel nehmen, mag meine Ländsmanner, nimmt Ihren
sun-loungers. Meine Fäuste werden mein Handtuch sein!”
AW: Do you understand what the hell
he’s saying, Freeman?
CF: I made out one or two words – and
definitely caught Steve Bailey’s name – but I think that the tone is clear.
Ahmed Chaer is not a happy man.
Chaer: Bei Manchester werde ich mein
Englisches Debüt machen- Köpfe werden gebrochen werden- Sie bevölkern mich
respektieren werden!
AW: Why don’t you call his translator
in here? Sit his lederhosen-clad ass down here and tell him to do his job!
CF: Jens, can you tell us what Ahmed
is saying?
Jens: He’s not happy.
AW: That’s obviously the
understatement of the year. All I know of Ahmed Chaer is that he’s a handful in
the ring, but even I can tell that he’s not the most smiley man in the Ruhr
Valley right now.
Jens: He says he’s going to make you
pay.
AW: What? Me? What did I do???
Jens: Not you, Herr-Vheeler. Hammerlock
as a whole. He cannot believe that Hammerlock does not take the GWF and it’s
athletes seriously.
CF: Well, we do know that Ahmed Chaer
has booked a plane ticket. We know that Chaer will be in Manchester on
September 2nd. Somebody’s in for trouble.
AW: Hope it’s not me…
(Steve Bailey looks straight at Chaer
from the ring, distracted by his presence. Bryan Campbell, ever the
opportunist, attacks Bailey from behind and their match begins.)
Steve Bailey pinned Bryan Campbell with
the Pistol Whip in 0:19:00.
Rating: **** 3/4
CF: He got him! Bailey wins it with the Pistol…hey!
Post-match:
(Ahmed Chaer flings his headset down
and vacates the commentary table. Chaer leaps onto the ring apron, but Bailey
sees him and swings. The German Champion jumps back down and “Shotgun” misses
the right hand, but Campbell nails Bailey with a clothesline to the back of the
head and then pummels him with a barrage of vicious punches.)
CF: Campbell’s lost it again! Bailey
is down and in a bad way!
(Campbell leaves the ring to a torrent
of boos, but he could care less. Chaer senses the opportunity for attack and
rolls into the ring.)
CF: What is Chaer going to do now?!
AW: Looks to me like he’s going to
pick his spots. Bailey is at his mercy!
CF: How much more can he take?!
(Chaer picks up Bailey and crotches him on the top rope. The GWF Champion climbs up to the top turnbuckle and lifts “Shotgun” up so he is laying stomach first across Chaer's shoulder. Chaer places his hands under Bailey’s arms and extends his arms, so Bailey is held in the air.)
CF: Oh no, look at this!
AW: I’ve seen him do this before. This is potentially a career-ending move!
(There is an eerie hushed silence around the Civic Hall. Chaer then jumps off the turnbuckle and flips Bailey forward. Steve Bailey lands right on the back of his neck and lies motionless on the canvas!)
CF: Oh my God!!!
AW: That’s the Super Reverse Crucifix Power Bomb! I think he’s killed Bailey!
(Chaer drapes the German flag over Bailey’s broken body and then shows off his German Wrestling Federation Championship belt to the enraged crowd.)
CF: Ladies and gentlemen, what a night we have had here in Grays, but we’re right out of time! Join us this Saturday where Jason Prentice will defend the TV Title against Valkyrie, King of the Ring Robbie Anthony will be in the house and Ben Winter has a hell of a lot of explaining to do! That’s all on Saturday Fight Night, see you then!
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Peter
Abram, 08-20-2001