Saturday Fight
Night Episode #12
Civil Hall, Stratford-Upon-Avon, Warwickshire
Your commentary team is Chris Freeman and Adam Wheeler.
The show began with a killer video package showing all the history between Jason
Prentice and The Punisher. Everything was documented: The Punisher's criticism
of Prentice's title reign, The Punisher refusing to let Prentice leave before
his contract signing and subsequent steel cage title defence against Muerte de
Antedicho, Prentice snapping and attacking The Punisher, issuing the challenge,
Punisher accepting the challenge in the form of Total Punishment on the steel
stage following Prentice's successful title defence against Ian Powers and it
culminated with the controversial double-pin finish to their Heavyweight Title
Match at Heatwave. Tonight, all the controversy will end once and for all as
Jason Prentice defends the NWA-UK Hammerlock Title in a rematch against The
Punisher.
The opening contest was a six man elimination match to determine the rankings
for the NWA-UK Hammerlock Television Title. Devon Ferrari is obviously the next
in line for a shot and he gets his crack at Bryan Campbell next week. However,
the winner of tonight's match would become the next number one contender, the
last man eliminated would become the number two contender and so on right up to
the first man eliminated occupying the number six position. The bout featured
Muerte de Antedicho, Scottie Hero, Junior Jones, Jawaid Kaleeq, Hiro Kakuhari
and Matt Sizemore and pinfalls or submissions count as eliminations.
Match highlights:
As you might expect, this contest was all-action from bell to bell. Hiro
Kakuhari obliterated Junior Jones with a barrage of kicks and planted him with a
Northern Lights suplex for a two count. The International Bright Young Thing
came back with a dragon suplex for two and a German suplex also earned a near
fall on the Japanese grappler. Jawaid Kaleeq hit Jones with a spinning back
suplex. Matt Sizemore rocked Jones with a flying clothesline. Jones nailed
Muerte de Antedicho with a blockbuster. Kaleeq executed a tiger driver on
Scottie Hero. Hero kicked out of Kakuhari's German suplex. Kaleeq escaped
Kakuhari's Frankensteiner at the referee's two count. Sizemore rocked Jones with
a spinebuster slam for two and got another near fall with a Blue Thunder Bomb.
Sizemore then took Jones down with a German suplex and rolled a shoulder at two,
so Jones was pinned and eliminated. Junior Jones takes sixth place in the
rankings.
Hero tried to get revenge for his tag team partner as he executed the Last
Action Hero on Sizemore. Antedicho hit Kakuhari with an Asai moonsault for two.
Hero locked Antedicho in the Koji clutch. Kaleeq blasted Sizemore with a flying
elbowsmash for a near fall. Kakuhari drilled Hero with the Rising Star Suplex
and eliminated him.
Antedicho went for a top-rope Frankensteiner on Kakuhari, who had the presence
of mind to counter with a vicious power bomb. The Spaniard recovered and dropped
Kakuhari with a spinning leg lariat, before putting him away with the Antedicho
Driver.
Kaleeq unloaded with elbowsmashes on Matt Sizemore and almost eliminated him
with a tiger suplex, but Sizemore kicked out at two. Kaleeq scored with a
missile dropkick on Antedicho and hit another tiger suplex. This time it was
enough for the pinfall.
That left Jawaid Kaleeq and Matt Sizemore to battle it out for the number one
contendership to the TV Title. Kaleeq hit Sizemore with a back elbow for two and
followed up with a tilt-a-whirl backbreaker. Kaleeq frog splashed Sizemore, but
amazingly Sizemore kicked out!! Kaleeq missed a rolling elbowsmash and Sizemore
floored him with a clothesline. Sizemore connected with a spinebuster slam for a
two count. However, Kaleeq took Sizemore down in a cross armbreaker and polished
him off with the Tiger Clutch! Jawaid Kaleeq is the number one contender to the
Television Title!! What an awesome contest.
[Rankings Match]:
6-Man Battle Royal:
Jawaid Kaleeq won a 6-man Battle Royal:
x Sizemore defeated J. Jones after a German suplex in 0:03:51
x Kakuhari defeated S. Hero after the Rising Star Suplex in 0:06:52
x Antedicho defeated Kakuhari after the Antedicho Driver in 0:07:43
x Kaleeq defeated Antedicho after a tiger suplex in 0:09:15
x Kaleeq defeated Sizemore after the Tiger Clutch in 0:12:47
Rating: **** 1/4
NWA-UK Hammerlock Television Title rankings:
Champion: Bryan Campbell
1. Jawaid Kaleeq
2. Matt Sizemore
3. Muerte de Antedicho
4. Hiro Kakuhari
5. Scottie Hero
6. Junior Jones
Both Jason Prentice and The Punisher were shown on split-screen walking through
the arena. The Heavyweight Title Match is coming up next!!
***Commercial break***
Match highlights:
Jason Prentice stalled as the bell ring, choosing to argue with the fans about
ringside than lock up with The Punisher. Prentice dropped the challenger with a
gutwrench suplex and scored with an elbowsmash and a swinging neckbreaker.
Prentice and The Punisher took the fight outside the ring, where the champion
insulted more ringsiders. Prentice hit a side suplex back in the ring and locked
on a Boston Crab. The Punisher escaped, but felt the Perfect Shot which earned
the champion a two count. Prentice complained about a slow count. The bout broke
down into a slugfest as both men began trading rights and lefts. Prentice
backdropped The Punisher. The Punisher fired back with a sidewalk slam and a
hard lariat. The decibel level in the building was unbelievable. Punisher used a
Doctor Bomb for a near fall. The Punisher kept the pressure on with a
backbreaker and the fans were behind him all the way. The Punisher executed a
Sky High and a power bomb scored another two count. Punisher rocked Prentice
with a running power bomb, but the champion blocked a screwdriver attempt. The
"Pun-ish-er!" chants were deafening!! The challenger kneed Prentice in the gut
and slapped the hell out of him. Prentice came back with a baseball slide and he
drove The Punisher back-first into the guardrail repeatedly. Jason Prentice
seemed to be working the back, as The Punisher would experience difficulty
executing the Total Punishment with a bad back. Punisher roared back with
punches, but Prentice went to the eyes. Then, Linda O'Neil entered the ring and
hit The Punisher in the back with a weak chair shot! The crowd were baying for
Linda's blood as The Punisher turned and grabbed her by the hair! The Punisher
set her up for the Total Punishment, but Prentice shocked him with a superkick
for the three count! The show went to commercials with Prentice going 1-0 up.
Back from the break and The Punisher almost snapped Jason Prentice in two with a
brutal spear. Punisher decked Prentice with a roundhouse right, but Prentice
went right back to the Boston crab. Punisher went for the Total Punishment, but
the nefarious champion countered with a low blow! Prentice applied a sleeperhold,
but The Punisher managed to escape the hold. Prentice floored him with a
dropkick and continued the punishment with an elbowsmash and a neck snap.
Punisher turned the tide with a belly-to-back superplex, but it was short-lived
as Prentice countered a clothesline with a crucifix for a two count. Prentice
scored a near fall with the Perfect Stranger as the crowd vociferously booed the
NWA-UK Hammerlock Heavyweight Champion. Punisher blocked the Perfect Plant to
the joy of the crowd and hit a tilt-a-whirl powerslam. Punisher executed a
belly-to-back suplex and went for another spear, but Prentice kneed him in the
face. Prentice again went to the sleeper, but The Punisher broke it with a
jawbreaker. Linda handed her man a steel chair and as Prentice raised it over
his head to deliver the hammer blow, Punisher went low on the champion!! The
Punisher then drilled Prentice with a brain buster on the chair for the pin! The
bout is all-square and the champion was now busted wide open!!! Saturday Fight
Night then took its final commercial break.
The show returned and Jason Prentice was juicing an absolute gusher. The blood
was adding to the drama of the contest, which was over half an hour old. Linda
feared for the health of her charge. Prentice and The Punisher chopped each
other. Punisher dropped Prentice with a flying clothesline and hit a legdrop.
Punisher blocked the Perfect Crime and scored with a T-Bone suplex. However,
Prentice lifted a shoulder at two, refusing to relinquish the championship which
means so much to him. The Punisher went for another brain buster, but Prentice
countered with a small package for a near fall. This title bout was so evenly
poised. The Punisher's Frankensteiner attempt was turned into a tiger driver by
the champion which brought another two count. Prentice hiptossed the challenger
and then both men floored each other with a double clothesline. The crowd was
going into a frenzy! The mat was resembling a butcher's floor as Prentice was
losing pints of blood. Prentice reversed an Irish whip and The Punisher ended up
crushing referee Tony Parkes in the corner! The Punisher then executed the Total
Punishment, but with the bout surely over there was no official to count the
fall! As The Punisher tried to revive the official, Prentice seized possession
of his title belt and he clocked the Punisher with it! Jason Prentice then
blasted The Punisher with the Perfect Plant onto the gold and covered. Tony
Parkes shook off the pain and got back on the job. He slowly crawled over and
counted: one...two...KICKOUT!!! The crowd erupted! Prentice looked like he may
cry when all of a sudden, the bell rang! The ring announcer informed everyone
that the forty-five minute time limit had been reached so the bout was ruled a
draw! Jason Prentice retains the championship!! The crowd jeered the flat finish
and threw rubbish into the ring.
Two-out-of-three-Falls Match:
Jason Prentice drew The Punisher:
x J. Prentice beat Punisher via a superkick in 0:15:09
x Punisher beat J. Prentice via a brain buster in 0:30:03
x time limit expired (J. Prentice and Punisher) in 0:45:00
Rating: ****
(Jason Prentice retained the NWA-UK Hammerlock Heavyweight Title.)
[Linda O'Neil interfered against The Punisher.]
Linda O'Neil helped the blood-splattered champion up the ramp. Jason Prentice
cuddled his championship belt lovingly in his arms while The Punisher looked on
from the ring in complete disbelief.
Circuit information:
What an epic Heavyweight Championship encounter we witnessed here this evening,
but another unpopular ending. The forty-five minute time limit, the official
time limit for a Two-out-of-three-Falls Match, was reached with both men having
chalked up one fall apiece and so the match was declared a draw. Jason Prentice
remains the NWA-UK Hammerlock Heavyweight Champion, but to say that The Punisher
is unsatisfied would be a complete understatement. We are expecting some sort of
official statement from Hammerlock headquarters in the coming week regarding the
title situation, but the fact remains that we still haven't obtained a clear
winner in the battle between Jason Prentice and The Punisher over the most
prestigious championship in British wrestling today.
Jason Prentice required several staples to close the wound in his head but is
not expected to miss any ring time.
Hats off to Jawaid Kaleeq for his performance tonight as he outlasted five other
men to win the number one contendership to the TV Title. He'll be watching next
week's title match between champion Bryan Campbell and Devon Ferrari very
closely indeed.
Here's how the Back 2 School card is shaping up...
I Quit Match - Loser Leaves Hammerlock
Byson vs. "Shotgun" Steve Bailey
NWA-UK Hammerlock Tag Team Title Ladder Match
La Cosa Nostra vs. The New Young Lions
We are just two weeks away from Back 2 School and in addition to that Television
Championship Match, next week on television Steve Bailey, Matt Sizemore, M.J.
and The New Young Lions will all be in action. Also, you will see an intriguing
tag team contest between The Aristocrats and a duo that have been experiencing
some tension between each other as of late, Kontraband and Mystikal. We hope
that you'll join us next week so till then, so long everybody!