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King_Of_Old_SchoolPosted on 07/02/05 at 14:00:23

NWA-UK Hammerlock GRANDSLAM
Manchester Evening News Arena, Manchester
Your commentary team is Chris Freeman and Adam Wheeler

(The show opens with a superbly produced video package hyping the night's main event.)

The Steel Cage...
It is used as a barrier and as a weapon...
It keeps the competitors inside and the interference outside...
The Steel Cage is the most brutal form of sports entertainment
- the ultimate form of confrontation.

Tonight, Jason Prentice and Muerte de Antedicho will be locked inside and do battle for the NWA-UK Hammerlock Heavyweight Championship!

(The camera pans around the huge SRO crowd inside the MEN Arena who are going absolutely crazy! Fireworks explode around the entrance way and Chris Freeman and Adam Wheeler welcome viewers to GrandSlam.)

Chris Freeman: Hello everyone and welcome to GRANDSLAM, brought to you tonight by NWA-UK Hammerlock!! I'm Chris Freeman and I'm joined tonight as ever by Adam Wheeler and Adam, what a night it is going to be this evening! All three Hammerlock championships are on the line!!!

Adam Wheeler: That's correct, Freeman! The Hammersmith Hard Men will put their Tag Titles on the line against the dangerous Italian mobsters La Cosa Nostra - these two teams hate each other! Bryan Campbell defends his TV Title against Junior Jones and those two guys also have scores to settle. But our main event is the one that we are all waiting for. It'll be Jason Prentice against Muerte de Antedicho, the Heavyweight Title is up for grabs...and it'll be contested inside a fifteen foot high solid STEEL CAGE!!!

CF: You and I both cannot wait for that one, Adam! In addition to those three massive title matches there is so much more action going on tonight and we're kickin' things off with a six-man elimination match pitting those snobby Aristocrats and their trusty butler Jeeves against Goldie Lookin' Chain. Adam, the bad blood has been boiling between these two factions for some time now.

AW: That's true Freeman and I can totally understand why everybody hates Goldie Lookin' Chain...

CF: Now hold on just a second...

AW: For a start, they're Welsh. They can't sing, their so-called rap music is just plain awful!

CF: I happen to enjoy their music.

AW: Come on Freeman, stop trying to be cool. You're more into Elton John, so I've heard.

CF: (sighs)

(The Arisocrats, Cuthbert D. Fharquar and Lord J. T. Potemkin III, make their entrance, followed by Jeeves clad as-ever in his butler uniform. They turn their noses up at the Manchester crowd who are booing them incessantly. Potemkin grabs a Goldie Lookin' Chain album from a fan in the crowd and stomps it with his foot, completely smashing it. Fharquar and Potemkin notice that seated at ringside is none other than Major James Hewitt, a former army officer who had an infamous affair with Princess Diana. He appeared on ITV1's ill-fated Celebrity Wrestling television show. The Aristocrats shook hands with Hewitt and bowed to him, while the Major seemed genuinely pleased to meet them.)

CF: Well, look who's here. Major James Hewitt. Or is that "Gentleman Jim"?? I guess you never know who's gonna turn up at a Hammerlock show.

AW: You should show him your respect, Freeman. He served in the British Army for 17 years. He commanded a Squadron of the Scots' Guards during the Gulf War and showed tremendous courage and leadership.

CF: I respect his achievements on the battlefield, but it doesn't change the fact that he's a nasty piece of work. You know, he'd fit right in with the Aristocrats. They are all snobbish, overbearing people.

AW: Freeman, if you aren't careful you could end up shining their shoes or washing their dishes!

CF: Goldie Lookin' Chain have embarrassed the Aristocrats in recent weeks - can they do so again here? Remember it is elimination rules, so the match will continue until all three members of one team are eliminated.

Match highlights:
Jeeves and Eggsy kicked things off and the burly butler made his size and strength advantage tell, slamming Eggsy down with a hard hiptoss. He pulverised Eggsy with stiff blows and locked on a bearhug, but Eggsy was able to wriggle free and tag in Mike Balls. This made the contest more even and there was certainly no love lost here. The two men locked up and struggled in collar-and-elbow tie up with no-one getting a clear advantage. They tried it again, but this time spilled to the floor where they traded punches. The fight continued at ringside with either man oblivious to the referee's ten count. Both Balls and Jeeves were counted out, eliminating both men from the contest. Several referees made their way out in a vain attempt to separate the two as they brawled to the back.
It was now down to two-on-two. Eggsy dropped Potemkin with a lariat and P Xain continued to punish the loathsome Lord with a spinning headscissors and a flying axhandle. Potemkin kicked out at two after Xain's flying dropkick. Eggsy planted Fharquar with a faceslam and almost took his head off with a Yakuza kick. Eggsy went to follow up with something else, but took a knee to the back from Potemkin as he bounced off the ropes. Fharquar promptly took him down in a headlock for the three count. The Aristocrats doubled up on P Xain with the odds now firmly in their favour. Potemkin hurt Xain with a backbreaker and unloaded with a barrage of vicious chops. Potemkin whipped Xain into the ropes, but he came back and surprised Xain with spinning headscissors into a cradle for the pinfall! The crowd was going crazy!!
The contest had whittled down to a singles contest between P Xain and Cuthbert D. Fharquar. Xain fought his way out of Fharquar's bow-and-arrow submission, but tasted a somersault slam and a brutal DDT. Fharquar locked in the Stretch Plum, but again Xain escaped the hold to frustrate the aristocrat. Fharquar was still very much in control though and scored with a double underhook superplex and a Russian legsweep. Fharquar tried to superplex Xain, but the man also known as Dwayne Xain Xedong blocked the move. Xain took Fharquar down with a hiptoss and a nice Frankensteiner from the top rope. Fharquar knew he was in trouble and tied up the official as Xain signalled he was ready to finish things off, calling for the Manifesto. Suddenly, Major James Hewitt bolted from his ringside seat, hopped the guardrail and slid into the ring. Hewitt took his cane and struck Xain right between the legs to loud jeers from the crowd. Hewitt quickly left the ring as Xain staggered into a spinebuster slam from Fharquar for the decisive pin.

Elimination Match:
The Aristocrats (Cuthbert D. Fharquar and Lord J. T. Potemkin III) and Jeeves
beat Goldie Lookin' Chain (Eggsy, Mike Balls and P Xain) 3 falls to 2:
        x double countout (Balls and Jeeves) in 0:03:47
        x Fharquar beat Eggsy via a headlock takedown in 0:05:52
        x Xain beat Potemkin III via spinning headscissors in 0:06:49
        x Fharquar beat Xain via a spinebuster slam in 0:12:04
Survivors: Cuthbert D. Fharquar
Rating: ** 1/4
[Major James Hewitt interfered against P Xain.]

CF: I cannot believe that, Adam! What the hell business does Major James Hewitt have getting involved in this match?! It's ridiculous!!

AW: He's a Major, Freeman! He can do as he pleases!

CF: No he can't!! He paid to see the show, so he should stay in his seat!! Do we have any kind of security here at all tonight?!

(In the ring, Major James Hewitt and Cuthbert D. Fharquar cast looks of disgust the way of the fallen P Xain before shaking hands. Fharquar raises Hewitt's arm aloft when all of the sudden the rest of the GLC run down to the ring! Fharquar and Hewitt quickly make their getaway through the crowd.)

CF: It's a big win for Fharquar, but the circumstances surely could have been better.

AW: I just hope that Goldie Lookin' Chain don't decide to sing the blues...

CF: Well anyway, our next contest here at GrandSlam is a rematch from television two weeks ago, a bout that many our describing as Hammerlock's Match of the Year so far. It's a triangle match featuring Devon Ferrari, Ian Powers and Migraine. Now this contest was only signed minutes before we came on air.

AW: What a match these men had on TV. Let me tell you Freeman, a match of that magnitude deserves to be on a show the calibre of GrandSlam. It was Ferrari who came out on top in that one and on a live show last weekend, it was Migraine who won the triangle match. This could be the sleeper match of GrandSlam.

CF: I've certainly been looking forward to these three men locking up again and doing battle. And who knows what rewards could be bestowed on the winner? A title shot perhaps??

Match highlights:
Devon Ferrari and Ian Powers chopped the hell out of each other to start things off and both grapplers' chests were soon beaten red raw. Ferrari executed a slingshot into a DDT and a swinging neckbreaker on Powers. Powers was however able to block a swinging DDT attempt by Migraine, who in turn stopped Powers from executing a Tombstone. Powers rocked Migraine with a power bomb. Migraine took Ferrari down with an Asai leg lariat. Ferrari returned fire by flooring Migraine with a Yakuza kick. Powers planted Ferrari with a top-rope choke slam. Ferrari came back with a reverse neckbreaker on Powers and a thrust kick to the head. This bout was again full of action, much like their previous televised bout and the fans were loving it!
Powers missed a kneedrop on Ferrari, who then kicked him in the head and earned a two count. Ferrari hit Powers with an STO, but Migraine locked Everybody's Favourite Wrestler in a Fujiwara armbar. Ferrari escaped from the hold, but Migraine took him down with a spinebuster and then executed an amazing moonsault, which was assisted with a chair!! Ferrari kicked out at two though. Powers dominated Migraine with a back suplex, two lariats and a stiff series of jabs, again showing off that boxing background that Powers has. Migraine armdragged his way out of Powers' exploder attempt and then took him down with a superplex. Migraine ran the ropes but Powers speared him and followed up with a double arm DDT and a reverse neckbreaker. Migraine again seized control by DDTing Powers onto a chair! Migraine's senton on Powers was only good for a two count, as was Ferrari's Emerald Erosion on the Pride of East London. Powers was once more displaying incredible resilience. Ferrari went for an Ocean Cyclone Suplex, but Powers turned it into a Victory Roll and looked to have the match won but Migraine was there for the save. Powers tried a powerslam, but Ferrari shifted his weight and took Powers down with a cross body but both men ended up in the ropes. Outside the ring, Migraine hit Ferrari with a slingshot legdrop over the guardrail! Back between the ropes, Migraine placed a steel chair on the top turnbuckle and dropped Ferrari onto it with a Hotshot!
Powers spiked Migraine with a Tombstone. Migraine wasn't finished though and nailed Ferrari with the Pain Killer, but Powers broke up the pin. Migraine Pedigreed Ferrari, but Powers tagged himself in and executed a fallaway slam on Migraine. Ian Powers then went up top and scored with a beautiful Randy Savage-esque flying elbow for the three count!!

Triangle Match:
Ian Powers defeated Devon Ferrari and Migraine when I. Powers pinned Migraine
after a flying elbowdrop in 0:24:00.
Rating: ****

CF: What an incredible match we have just witnessed here! These three men didn't disappoint this evening! Awesome!!

(Freeman and Wheeler join the fans in showing their admiration by giving all three participants a standing ovation. Ian Powers is overjoyed with his victory, almost crying with delight!)

AW: Look at Ian Powers!! He's celebrating like he just won the Heavyweight Title!!

(A highlights package played recapping the major events in the feud between M.J. and Jawaid Kaleeq.)

CF: Well coming up next here at GrandSlam, M.J. faces off against Jawaid "2 Sleeq" Kaleeq. This one has been bubbling since our last supershow, Rebirth, where M.J. attacked his partner Kaleeq in the tag team battle royal.

AW: And it was what Kaleeq deserved for his incompetence!! Remember, he eliminated M.J.!

CF: Yes, by accident!

AW: Well, what M.J. does to Kaleeq tonight will certainly be no accident!

CF: That's if M.J. actually has the guts to face him. We've seen M.J. running scared over the past couple of weeks!

AW: Mind games, Freeman. M.J. isn't scared, he is a very intelligent man. He's picking his spots and waiting until the time is right.

CF: Well, the time is now for Jawaid Kaleeq and M.J. By the way, you just called a fitness instructor "intelligent". Never thought I'd hear that.

Match highlights:
The nefarious M.J. attacked Jawaid Kaleeq as the referee was checking him for foreign objects and he planted him with a sidewalk slam and a bodyslam. Kaleeq was being completely dominated as M.J. scored with a Rock Bottom and then just choked the life out of Kaleeq. M.J. picked up a close two count with a running powerslam. The crowd got behind Kaleeq and he fired back with a series of chops which took the personal trainer out of the ring. Kaleeq then dived onto M.J. with a terrific elbow suicida!!
Back in the ring M.J. took control again with a gutwrench suplex and a running lariat. Kaleeq replied with hard forearm shots, but M.J. took him down with a Samoan Drop. Kaleeq uncorked a tiger suplex for two. M.J. ran Kaleeq back-first into the ringpost and began to work over the back, planting Kaleeq with a shattering power bomb which earned a near fall. M.J. executed an inverted DDT. Kaleeq refused to stay down though and came back with a rolling elbowsmash, a jumping clothesline and a flying neckbreaker drop. Jawaid Kaleeq was enjoying his best part of the bout so far and tried to put M.J. away with a frog splash, but M.J. got his knees up. M.J. rocked Kaleeq with a spinebuster slam for two. Kaleeq countered a vertical suplex with a small package and then locked in a camel clutch, but M.J. reached the ropes forcing a break. M.J. resumed his punishment of Kaleeq's back with a back suplex, a belly-to-back suplex and a high back body-drop, almost sending Kaleeq into the lights. M.J. went for a spinning backbreaker, but Kaleeq turned it into spinning headscissors into a cradle for a very near fall!
Kaleeq missed a rolling elbowsmash and that allowed M.J. to lock in his Total Body Workout submission finisher! Kaleeq was yelling out in pain, but showed no signs of quitting. M.J. screamed at him to give up! The crowd were willing Kaleeq to fight out of the hold. The referee threatened to call for the bell if Kaleeq didn't respond. However, Kaleeq suddenly experienced his second wind and broke M.J.'s grip to a monster pop! Kaleeq hit the tiger driver, but M.J. kicked out!! Kaleeq roared to the crowd and rolled M.J. up in the Tiger Clutch for the extremely popular win!

Jawaid Kaleeq pinned M.J. with the Tiger Clutch in 0:19:18.
Rating: ** 1/2

CF: Great performance here tonight from Jawaid Kaleeq. The people love this man and I think he has a big future ahead of him.

AW: Credit where it's due, Freeman. I've never seen anybody last that long in the Total Body Workout - Kaleeq just wouldn't quit! That impressed me, and I'm not an easy guy to impress!

CF: Come on Adam, I've seen some of the women you've been out with!

AW: Hey, at least I don't have to blow up my girlfriends!!

(The feud between Matt Sizemore, formerly Midnight Blue, and Serenity's new beau Anthony DeAngelo was documented.)

CF: I wouldn't be expecting much of a catch-as-catch-can technical contest next, Adam. Matt Sizemore wants to get his hands on Serenity and if he has to destroy Anthony DeAngelo to do it, then that's what he'll do.

AW: Who doesn't want to get their hands on Serenity?!

CF: I think a more poignant question is who HASN'T had their hands on Serenity??

AW: You dream of snaring a girl like that, Freeman! Look at her!! She's beautiful. She's quite a catch.

CF: I'd be more worried about catching something off her!

AW: Sizemore needs to let this issue go. Serenity dumped him for the better man - get over it! And DeAngelo will prove that he is the better man by beating Sizemore right here tonight, just like (sniggers) Serenity beat him last Monday!!

CF: Well, we all know that that was not without controversy. It was undoubtedly the most painful loss of Sizemore's career, perhaps even more painful than when Serenity cost him his semi-final match in the Heavyweight Title Tournament. Matt Sizemore is a man possessed and he's out for revenge tonight.

AW: That could very well end up costing him, Freeman. If Sizemore doesn't focus on the task at hand and worries about tearing Serenity apart, then Anthony DeAngelo will punish him for it. Do not underestimate Anthony DeAngelo - he's undefeated and he is an extremely competent grappler.

Match highlights:
Matt Sizemore completely dominated Anthony DeAngelo in the beginning, scoring with a clothesline, an elbowdrop, a kneelift and then a crushing Michinoku Driver! Sizemore had the bout won that early, but he pulled DeAngelo back up and refused to pin him. Sizemore wanted revenge for the embarrassment he suffered last Monday, but it may have been a huge mistake. Sizemore fought out of DeAngelo's sleeper, but DeAngelo used a dropkick and a vertical suplex on Sizemore. Sizemore answered with a double underhook piledriver and the match disintegrated into a brawl. DeAngelo went for an abdominal stretch, but Sizemore made the ropes. DeAngelo came back with a hiptoss, but then Sizemore threw him out of the ring.
Matt Sizemore looked to take DeAngelo out with a flying cross body to the floor, but Serenity pulled her beau out of dodge. Sizemore took a bad spill to the floor and appeared to mess up his knee, giving DeAngelo the opening he needed. DeAngelo tied up Sizemore in a figure-four leglock inside the ring, complete with the obligatory "Whooo!". Serenity kept the ropes away from Sizemore so he couldn't reach them, but Sizemore reversed the hold and then slammed DeAngelo. Sizemore went for Size Matters, but his knee buckled under DeAngelo's weight and he was unable to complete the move. DeAngelo gave him a swinging neckbreaker and then hit the X-Spot for somewhat of a surprise victory.

Anthony DeAngelo pinned Matt Sizemore with the X-Spot in 0:09:04.
Rating: *** 1/4

CF: That's a shocker, Adam. I'm in disbelief, much like these fans.

AW: Well, I told you, Freeman. Sizemore should have put DeAngelo away when he had the chance. But he got cocky and it ended up costing him.

(Serenity limped up the ramp after the match, adding further insult to injury by mocking Sizemore's hurt knee. She and DeAngelo paused at the entrance way and played tonsil hockey while the fans jeered them out of the arena.)

CF: Again, credit where it's due I guess. DeAngelo showed incredible resilience there and ended up scoring arguably the biggest win of his career.

AW: What about giving me credit for being right all the time?!

(Matt Sizemore is helped back to his feet by officials. They try to assist him to the backstage area, but he pushes them away and gingerly exits the arena to applause from the crowd.)

CF: The Hammerlock Tag Team Titles are on the line next!!

(A video package showing events from the feud between Tag Team Champions The Hammersmith Hard Men and La Cosa Nostra is shown. It includes the Italians' shocking debut, where they broke Gaz Phillips' thumb and put him out of action.)

CF: How do you see this one going, Adam?

AW: Well, if it's a fight, then the Hammersmith Hard Men will win. It's that's simple. But if we witness something that halfway resembles a wrestling match, then I think that La Cosa Nostra will leave Manchester with the gold.

CF: This is actually Knight and Phillips' first title defence, as Phillips was on the shelf for some time with that broken thumb. Now remember, Rick Knight defeated Manuel Majoli last Monday on Hammerlock TV. Will that result have any bearing on tonight's encounter?

AW: I don't reckon that it will, Freeman. Don't forget that Majoli and Saronni are unbeaten in tag team competition and have recorded two big wins over an established team in the New Young Lions. But although their wrestling knowledge is almost non-existent, the Hammersmith Hard Men are very hard to beat.

Match highlights:
Rick Knight immediately began to choke out Matteo Saronni and then dropped him with a vertical suplex. Knight pounded on Saronni with a kick to the midsection, a high knee and then incapacitated the Italian with a piledriver on the ringside floor! The champions stomped a mudhole in Manuel Majoli. Majoli kicked Phillips hard in the head, but Knight planted Majoli with a big back suplex and then clotheslined him out of the ring.
La Cosa Nostra were not done though and came back with a double kneedrop on Phillips. Saronni hit Phillips with a dragon suplex and the Italians combined to take him down with a double clothesline. Phillips fired back with a back suplex of his own on Saronni. The Hammersmith Hard Men worked Saronni over with a double fist to the solar plexus and then kicked him in the gut. Saronni's jujigatame attempt was blocked by Gaz Phillips. Saronni took Knight down with spinning headscissors. Knight rocked Saronni with a reverse neckbreaker. Saronni hit Knight with a leg lariat and a kneebreaker. Majoli rolled up Knight and almost ended this hard-hitting contest, but Knight rolled his left shoulder off the mat at two. Majoli repeatedly attempted to lock on a wakigatame, but was foiled each time. Matteo Saronni pulled referee Lee Walton in the way of Phillips' clothesline and the official absorbed the blow! Phillips landed a legdrop on Saronni, but the dangerous Italian was able to lock on a Fujiwara armbar!! With Phillips worn out, La Cosa Nostra were able to execute the Kiss of Death for the win and the titles!!

La Cosa Nostra (Manuel Majoli and Matteo Saronni) defeated
The Hammersmith Hard Men (Gaz Phillips and Rick Knight) when Saronni pinned
G. Phillips after the Kiss of Death in 0:21:41.
Rating: **
(La Cosa Nostra won the NWA-UK Hammerlock Tag Team Titles.)

AW: We have new Tag Team Champions!!!

CF: The Italians have done it! Majoli and Saronni have struck gold. The fans don't like it though.

AW: Who cares?! La Cosa Nostra outwrestled those two drunken hooligans here tonight and took their titles!

CF: Up next is another chapter in one of the most bitter, violent and brutal feuds ever witnessed in Hammerlock - Byson vs. Steve Bailey!

(All the history between Steve Bailey and Byson was recapped with video highlights. This one started all the way back in the very first match of our very first show since the restart!)

CF: Hammerlock president Peter Abram ruled that both men couldn't lay a finger on each other until this match, so both men have been chomping at the bit to get at each other for the past two weeks!

AW: They've cost each other matches and titles, they've bloodied each other and they've injured each other! I feel so sorry for the official in this one. Who knows what they are going to do to each other?! This is gonna be carnage!

CF: People have said to me that this feud will only end when one man is forced to leave Hammerlock or perhaps more chillingly, when one of these men is put on the injured list...permanently. We could very well see that here tonight.

AW: This crowd is jakked up to the max for this one! They are ready for a war!!!

Match highlights:
This was an incredibly heated brawl between two men who simply cannot stand one another. Steve Bailey went for a DDT right off the bat, but Byson backdropped his way out of it and hit a vertical suplex. The two men traded a succession of stinging chops. Byson nailed Bailey with a side suplex, but only scored a two count. The match became ugly as both wrestlers kicked, punched and stomped away at each other. Byson missed a spear and Bailey floored him with a spin kick. Bailey used a rana for a near fall and then executed the Gun Barrel (spinal shock). Bailey utilised a German suplex and went for the Pistol Whip, but Byson blocked it and elbowsmashed his way free. Byson was on fire, blasting Bailey with a belly-to-belly, a powerslam and a sick-looking spear. Byson spiked Bailey with the Bull Rutt but with the contest surely over, Bailey got his foot on the ropes.
Steve Bailey, the obvious crowd favourite, came back with a dragon suplex for a near fall and then hit the Sawn-Off Shotgun (Flatliner). Bailey sent Byson careering out of the ring with an enzuigiri and then dived onto him with a flying cross body. Bailey attempted to injure Byson's neck, much like Byson had done to him, with a piledriver. Byson was unstoppable though and smashed Bailey with a wicked clothesline. Byson picked up a near fall with a Falcon Arrow, before finishing Bailey off with the second Bull Rutt of the night.

Byson pinned Steve Bailey with the Bull Rutt in 0:10:11.
Rating: ** 1/2

CF: Byson wins it, but it took two Bull Rutts to do so!!

AW: Byson was brimming over with uncontrollable rage at the end there! I've never seen such intensity!!

(Ring announcer Steve Lytton proclaimed Byson the winner and Steve Bailey snapped. He shoved Lytton to the ground and took a chair from ringside into the ring with him.)

AW: Uh-oh Freeman! Bailey isn't finished here!!

(Bailey pulled the celebrating Byson down from the turnbuckles and cracked the chair over his head. The sickening thud of the chair against skull reverberated around the MEN Arena. But amazingly, Byson wouldn't go down! He shook the blow off and beat his chest, screaming in Bailey's face!)

AW: Byson didn't feel it!

CF: He's not human!!

(Bailey wound up and again hammered Byson with another horrible chair shot. Byson hit the deck this time and Bailey wailed away on him with a barrage of punches.)

CF: Bailey has completely lost it!

(Steve Bailey continued to pound Byson, who was bleeding and seemingly unable to defend himself after being knocked loopy with the chair. Officials poured into the squared circle and dragged Bailey off Byson, while other's checked on Byson's condition.)

AW: Byson is a bloody mess, Freeman!

CF: Finally some semblance of order has been restored...

(Byson used the ropes to get back to his feet and then powered his way through the mass of officials and road agents, spearing Bailey to the mat! Byson and Bailey traded punches on the floor, only stopping briefly to deck any hapless referees who got in their way.)

CF: This is crazy. We need help out here and I mean right now!

AW: These sick fans are loving this!!

(Finally, police officers arrived on the scene to loud jeers. Eventually they were successful in restraining the two men. Bailey spat at Byson and claimed that, "This isn't over!!". A snarling Byson, with blood masking his face, stared a hole through Bailey.)

CF: I agree with Steve Bailey there, Freeman. This situation is far from being resolved.

AW: And I think that a lot more people are gonna get hurt before it is. You know Freeman, Steve Bailey is a crybaby and a sore loser. He lost the match fair and square. Why bring a chair into the ring and attack Byson, from behind, when the match is over?!

(A highlights package recapping the major events in the Bryan Campbell-Junior Jones feud was shown ahead of the TV Title Match.)

CF: Well as we saw there, it is evident that Bryan Campbell and Junior Jones have problems with one another, ever since Campbell blamed Jones for costing him his chance at becoming the Heavyweight Champion.

AW: He did cost him that chance, Freeman! Jones should have just lay down and let Campbell be victorious.

CF: Well he certainly won't be doing that this evening. An interesting fact is this, Adam: Bryan Campbell has not been beaten in a Hammerlock ring ever since that defeat to Junior Jones in the Heavyweight Title Tournament. In fact, since this company's restart, Campbell has only lost one match - the one I've just mentioned to the challenger to the TV Title here tonight. Will that be weighing on the Blue Chipper's mind?

AW: I doubt it, Freeman. I think that Campbell welcomes this opportunity to erase that defeat. Also, Campbell must want some revenge after Jones interrupted his celebrations after winning the Television Title.

CF: Unlike televised matches, this iron man bout for the TV Title will have a twenty minute time limit instead of fifteen. That will be the norm for all supershow TV Title defences. Now Junior Jones will be representing England in the Tag Team World Cup which begins this Monday, along with Scottie Hero. Over the past three weeks Campbell has survived three wars with Hero over the Television Title. How much will those battles have taken out of him?

AW: Freeman, Bryan Campbell arguably the best conditioned athlete in NWA-UK Hammerlock. You have to be in shape if you want to be the Television Champion and have to wrestle at least fifteen minutes every match. Campbell is mentally ready, physically ready and he is on top of his game.

CF: This should be a cracker!

Match highlights:
Bryan Campbell seemed a little hesistant to lock up with Junior Jones; he certainly wasn't underestimating him after their previous encounter. Jones got the best of an early slugfest, but Campbell seized control of the bout with a stiff kneelift and a forearm smash. The International Bright Young Thing ate a dropkick and Campbell hit a flying forearm for two. The Blue Chipper tied Jones up in a cross arms chinlock and then pinned him with an immaculate flying cross body press in under five minutes.
Campbell continued to pound Jones with a hard clothesline. Jones came back with a German suplex for two and then hit spinning headscissors in front of what was becoming a very hot crowd. The Blue Chipper tasted a vertical suplex, but then he wore Jones down with a sleeper. Jones escaped and dropped Campbell with a couple of dropkicks, a side suplex and a flying kneedrop. Junior Jones went for a Frankensteiner but Campbell power bombed him to the mat for a two count. Campbell gloated in front of the fans, who were jeering him mercilessly. Jones hit a flying rana. Campbell rolled Jones up in an inside cradle and also hooked the tights, but only got two. Campbell went back to the sleeperhold, before executing a back suplex and then applying a rear chinlock which looked suspiciously like a choke. Jones scored with a DDT, but Campbell hit a snap mare and then used a DDT of his own. While Jones tried to shake away the cobwebs, Campbell nailed the Chip Off The Old Block for the three count to go two falls up with just under half the time limit remaining.
Junior Jones went on the offensive with chops and then backdropped the Blue Chipper out of the ring. As Campbell attempted to regain his bearings at ringside, The International Bright Young Thing flew onto him with a superb running tope which earned a standing ovation. Jones got a two count with a Junior Jam (flying legdrop). Jones however did pick up the three count with a leaping swinging DDT to set up a very tense finish!
Scottie Hero made his way down to ringside, acting as cheerleader for the man he'll be teaming up with in the Tag Team World Cup. Several elbowsmashes from Campbell found their mark and he used a backslide for a two count. The momentum was with Jones though and he overwhelmed Campbell as the bout drew to a close. Jones hit a snap suplex and as he planted Campbell with another leaping swinging DDT, the time limit agonisingly ran out!

Iron Man Match:
Bryan Campbell beat Junior Jones 2 falls to 1:
        x B. Campbell beat J. Jones via a flying cross body press in 0:04:25
        x B. Campbell beat J. Jones via the Chip Off The Old Block in 0:11:31
        x J. Jones beat B. Campbell via the Leaping Swinging DDT in 0:15:17
        x time limit expired (J. Jones and B. Campbell) in 0:20:00
Rating: *** 3/4
(Bryan Campbell retained the NWA-UK Hammerlock Television Title.)

CF: I cannot believe that!! Jones surely had Campbell pinned there! This match should be going into overtime!!

AW: Aww, what a shame! It's a pity he didn't hit that move seconds earlier(!)

CF: You know, sooner or later, Campbell's luck is going to run out!

(Bryan Campbell leaves the ring and holds his title in the air, revelling in another successful championship defence. The fans jeer him up the ramp but he couldn't care less. Scottie Hero rolls into the ring and raises Junior Jones' arm, putting him over. He gets the crowd to applaud the International Bright Young Thing's efforts and chant Jones' name. Hero reaches out through the ropes and takes an England flag from a ringside fan. He and Jones raise the flag aloft as the fans chant, "Eng-land! (stomp stomp stomp) Eng-land!".)

CF: Good luck to Hero and Jones this Monday!! Come on England!!!

(A Tag Team World Cup promo aired. It starts this Monday in Berlin.)

CF: Ladies and gentlemen, the time is almost upon us. Our main event of the evening is an NWA-UK Hammerlock Heavyweight Title Match, best two out of three falls, to be held inside a fifteen foot high steel cage. Jason Prentice will defend the gold against the only man to defeat him since Hammerlock was reborn, the high-flying Spanish sensation Muerte de Antedicho. Let's take a look at how this one came about.

(Highlights were shown of the build-up to tonight's Heavyweight Title Steel Cage Match: Prentice defeating Antedicho for the title with considerable help from Linda O'Neil at Rebirth; Prentice's reluctance to defend the gold against Antedicho again; the two non-title matches which Antedicho won by count-out; The Punisher's harsh words for the champion and finally the contract signing where Prentice was tricked into agreeing to a steel cage match.)

AW: You know Freeman, this is a complete disgrace. No way should our Heavyweight Champion, Jason Prentice, be forced to defend the gold inside a steel cage. He signed that contract under false pretences!!

CF: I've heard that he has had a team of lawyers on the case all week looking for loopholes, but you can see the ring crew erecting the cage right now - the match IS happening.

AW: A disgrace, I tell you. And that cage looks barbaric. It looks like it will tear flesh and rip skin away from the body.

CF: Remember, only pinfalls and submissions count in this best two out of three falls contest. Cage escapes DO NOT COUNT - this is not a climbing contest. And I feel that the cage is a great idea for two reasons: number one, it stops Jason Prentice from high-tailing it out of here if the going gets tough and number two, it prevents that little witch Linda O'Neil from getting involved.

AW: Oh, come on!

CF: Don't try and defend our so-called champion. I agree with everything that The Punisher has said as of late. I'm ashamed to call Jason Prentice our Heavyweight Champion. A champion shows passion and courage, two traits that Prentice decidedly lacks.

(Muerte de Antedicho makes his entrance to loud cheers from the mammoth Manchester crowd. He climbs up the cage and down the other side, but stops at the top turnbuckle and then backflips into the ring. The fans love Muerte de Antedicho.)

CF: There'll be a lot of happy people inside the MEN Arena if Antedicho leaves with the gold tonight and nobody will be happier than me.

AW: Try and be unbiased, will you Freeman?!

CF: He has defeated Prentice three times in the last two months. If he makes it four tonight we'll have a new Heavyweight Champion!!

(The champion Jason Prentice then made his entrance. The fans booed him mercilessly as Prentice walked down the ramp at a snail's pace.)

CF: Does he want to get a move on?! We haven't got all night!

(Prentice stopped at the bottom of the ramp and surveyed the cage. Linda repeatedly asked him if he was okay. Prentice gulped and unstrapped the title belt from around his waist. He closed his eyes...then put the belt over his shoulder and turned back towards the entrance way. The crowd turned on him even more!!)

CF: He's leaving!! I'm not surprised! He's gutless!!

AW: He should leave! No way should he have to defend his title in a cage. He didn't agree to this!!

CF: Oh but he did! Isn't there something anybody can do?!

(Suddenly "Sad But True" by Metallica hit and The Punisher made his way out to a monster pop. Jason Prentice's face dropped and he backed off towards ringside. All of a sudden, Prentice tried to make a bolt for it, but The Punisher caught him with a hard clothesline! The fans cheered as The Punisher threw the champion inside the cage and padlocked the door!)

AW: This is outrageous!! Our champion has just been assaulted!

CF: Ring the bell!! The Heavyweight Title is on the line!

Match highlights:
Jason Prentice foiled Muerte de Antedicho's early German suplex with an elbowsmash. However, Antedicho was able to hit a screwdriver for a near fall. Prentice used a trademark swinging neckbreaker and Antedicho wound up taking a horrible bump when Prentice hiptossed him into the cage! Antedicho came back with a spinning leg lariat. Prentice utilised a gutwrench suplex and then looked to follow up with a back suplex, but Antedicho turned in mid-air and landed on the champ for a two count. Antedicho executed a springboard dropkick and an Asai moonsault for two. Prentice scored with a vertical suplex. Antedicho landed a moonsault from the second turnbuckle, earning a two count. Prentice tried another back suplex and was successful this time, but missed a superkick. Antedicho tried to make Prentice give up with a surfboard, but the champion would not quit. Antedicho hit a dangerous-looking brain buster. The Spaniard dropkicked Prentice in the right knee and nailed a Diamond Dust. Prentice returned fire with a German suplex for two. Prentice tore Antedicho's mask open. The champion ignored the remonstrations of the official and repeatedly drove Antedicho into the cage. With his head now unprotected, the challenger was soon bleeding. The sight of his own blood fired Antedicho up though as he tripped Prentice and propelled him into the cage with a slingshot. To the dismay of Linda O'Neil and the delight of almost everyone inside the MEN Arena, a large gash opened up above Prentice's right eye!
In a gruesome sight, Antedicho ground Prentice's face against the mesh! Jason Prentice locked on a Boston crab, grounding the high flyer. Prentice then hit a legdrop and a neck snap, before opening Antedicho's cut more by raking the challenger's face across the cage. The Spaniard hit his devastating Antedicho Driver out of nowhere, but Prentice put a limp foot across the bottom rope! Muerte de Antedicho attempted to break Prentice's arm with a Fujiwara armbar, a move that Prentice had passed out in a couple of months ago, but the ropes were again Prentice's sanctuary. Prentice used a sleeperhold, but couldn't hold Antedicho who then used an inverted swinging DDT. The challenger used a springboard spinning leg lariat and looked to hit a standing moonsault, but Prentice pulled his knees up. Quick as a cat, Prentice utilised the Perfect Plant for the three count!
Jason Prentice would not hold the advantage long though. Antedicho fired back with a chops and a couple of dropkicks. Antedicho climbed to the top rope, then thought to himself for several seconds and decided to keep on climbing to the top of the cage. The crowd were on their feet! Muerte de Antedicho executed a phenomenal moonsault from the top of the cage onto Prentice for the pinfall! Antedicho seemed to have hurt himself with that awesome moonsault as the fans were still applauding him for such an incredible manouevre! The hang time was unbelievable!!
As replays of Antedicho's moonsault rolled from many different angles, Prentice struck with a low blow and began to climb the cage himself. The commentators questioned where he was going, as cage escapes don't count. Prentice hoisted himself over the top of the cage, but then looked out at the people and stopped. Chris Freeman speculated that he was running scared and branded him a "pussy". The fans were chanting "chicken sh*t" at him. Prentice wiped the blood from his face, looked up at the ceiling and yelled!! The champion climbed back into the ring and seemed to completely lose it!!! He was unrelenting in beating the hell out of Antedicho and blasted him with three consecutive neckbreakers! Nobody could quite believe what was going on - Prentice was fired up and was almost showing the heart of a champion! However, Antedicho took control again with a Hotshot into the cage and once more gingerly clambered to the top turnbuckle. Prentice popped up and again yelled out, before crotching Antedicho on the top rope. Jason Prentice climbed up with him and then hit a never-before-seen Perfect Plant from the top rope!!! Prentice then covered Antedicho to retain the title.

Two-out-of-three-Falls Cage Match:
Jason Prentice beat Muerte de Antedicho 2 falls to 1:
        x J. Prentice beat Antedicho via the Perfect Plant in 0:18:43
        x Antedicho beat J. Prentice via a moonsault in 0:20:21
        x J. Prentice beat Antedicho via the Perfect Plant in 0:25:09
Rating: *** 3/4
(Jason Prentice retained the NWA-UK Hammerlock Heavyweight Title.)

AW: Yes! YES!!! Prentice has done it, Freeman! He has overcome all that adversity and is still the Heavyweight Champion!! He truly is the greatest champion of all time!!

CF: Well, it's about time that the champion showed some guts! Is this a new Jason Prentice!!

(A severely bloodied Jason Prentice held his championship aloft. Linda O'Neil entered the ring and embraced him as he slumped back down to his knees, battle-weary. A significant amount of fans were cheering and applauding Prentice in a nice display of respect for the champion.)

CF: Well, we're just about out of time so that will about do it for GrandSlam! Thank you all very much for joining us, see you next week on television! For Adam Wheeler, I'm Chris Freeman saying goodnight, everybody!!!


Card rating: ***


Circuit information:
Well, what a show. And what a performance by Jason Prentice in retaining the Heavyweight Title. Prentice showed incredible heart and determination to defeat Muerte de Antedicho inside the brutal battleground that is the steel cage. It was a bout that Prentice wanted no part of, but all credit to him. He triumphed and showed the kind of fire never before seen by the Heavyweight Champion. Perhaps the stinging criticism by The Punisher finally got to him. But what now for the champion? Who will be his next challenger?

Some may call him lucky, but Bryan Campbell seems to have that TV Title surgically attached to his waist. It is going to take a gargantuan effort to wrest that belt away from him. Did Junior Jones have Campbell beaten for a fall that would have forced extra time? Who knows. It certainly seemed that way when he hit his finisher just as the time limit expired and many people will agree that Jones deserves another crack at the gold. However, he'll have to wait for that opportunity as starting on Monday, he and Scottie Hero will be representing England in the Tag Team World Cup. That means that they will be absent from next week's television, along with other Hammerlock superstars Mystikal, Muerte de Antedicho and The Bodysnatchers, who are also involved in the tournament.

Something really needs to be done regarding the feud between Steve Bailey and Byson. I don't think anyone truly believed that anything would be settled tonight. Byson suffered a slight concussion as a result of those sickening chair shots by Bailey. Expect more developments in the coming weeks.

Congratulations to La Cosa Nostra in capturing the Tag Team Titles tonight. They came in to Hammerlock a month ago, made an impact and earned their title shot. The Hammersmith Hard Men are completely gutted, losing their titles in their first defence. They'll get a rematch for the titles next week on TV. Also on next week's television, an eight team tournament will begin to determine the new number one contenders to the straps. This tourney should be extremely exciting and interesting to watch, as it will feature several new teams making their Hammerlock debuts.

Ian Powers was delighted with his win in the triangle match and partied hard into the night in Manchester. Several tabloids photographed Powers leaving a Manchester nightclub with page 3 glamour model Leilani in the early hours of Sunday morning. To the victor go the spoils, as the saying goes.

We aren't sure to what extent Matt Sizemore injured his knee in the course of his bout with Anthony DeAngelo, but it cannot be hurting more than his pride at this moment in time. Word is that Sizemore wants DeAngelo back in the ring at the earliest possible opportunity, because he knows that he must go through DeAngelo to get to Serenity.

Also, P Xain has been very vocal about leading the GLC into another match with the Aristocrats. Xain is irate about the manner of their loss tonight, which saw Major James Hewitt get involved. Just what is the relationship between Hewitt and the Aristocrats?

We hope that you'll join us this week on Hammerlock TV for all the fallout from GrandSlam!! Till then, so long everybody!!
King_Of_Old_SchoolPosted on 07/02/05 at 14:01:45

Hey guys,

Need a spot of help from you. How can I get more of you to read my shows? My circuit is continually the least viewed one on the board. How can I make my shows more interesting?

Cheers.
rey619Posted on 07/02/05 at 15:04:29

Probably because you use fantasy wrestlers.. I try to read all circuits when I have the time, and if I don't, it's easier to take a quick look at circuits where the wrestlers are familiar. I'd love to have the time to get to know your circuit a little better though.
HugeRockStar760Posted on 07/03/05 at 08:06:16

On 07/02/05 at 14:01:45, King_Of_Old_School wrote:Hey guys,

Need a spot of help from you. How can I get more of you to read my shows? My circuit is continually the least viewed one on the board. How can I make my shows more interesting?

Cheers.
I think views can be a little misleading. For instance, my last two shows have had had a lot of views, but it's because it has had a lot of replies. One has 86 views. I can guarantee you that there are not 86 individual, different people who have viewed that thread. It's not that active of a message board.

So it has nothing to do with your shows having a lack of interest to them. It is hard to get interested in fantasy wrestlers though, to me it is that is. Although, a few here and there mixed in with mostly real wrestlers might prove to be the better choice. I have to give credit though, someone has to have a lot of creativity to be able to create a promotion worth of fantasy wrestlers.

I say just keep doing what you're doing. If our forums had the type of membership that an EWR forum gets, I guarantee you'd have more replies and views because at least there would be more members with different views on wrestling.
Snabbit888Posted on 07/03/05 at 08:20:58

Also, the most important thing is you're doing the circuit because you want to.  If your work shows it's something you enjoy, people will start reading.  If people think you're writing ONLY to get comments, hen you're lless likely to receive them, I've found.

Also, another thing that helps is feedback other people's circuits.  If people know you're reading their's, they'll usually give you a read too.
King_Of_Old_SchoolPosted on 07/04/05 at 12:18:23

Cheers for the feedback. You must understand though that it is disheartening when you work hard on a show and only two people read it. I absolutely love running this circuit and I'll soon have a website online dedicated to it, so although you mightn't know the fantasy wrestlers right now, hopefully you will once the site is up and running.