TV Taping: Belfast, Northern Ireland
Jul 16, 2023 23:46:27 GMT -5
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Belfast, Northern Ireland
Ulster Hall
Ulster Hall
The Martian vs. Joe Nobody
Fresh off the heels of the story broke on The Torch and The Observer that Joey Little Horse and Joe Nobody got into an argument at the Belfast airport, Joe Nobody got some extra cheers from the rowdy Belfast crowd, but Nobody tried not to acknowledge the story. Martian attempted a spinning back boot but Nobody caught his leg and then took him to the mat with a dragon screw leg whip. Martian got to his knees before Nobody tagged him in the side of the head with a shining wizard. Nobody tried to pull the nearly 300 pound Martian up in a suplex but he was too heavy. Martian responded by pumphandling Joe up onto his shoulder but Nobody spun out into a tornado DDT. Martian staggered up and walked right into a Perfect Placement jumping calf kick. Joe Nobody waited for Martian to get up and then caught him with the Denial of Perfection running STO to get the pin.
Little Dragon vs. Scorpion
Little Dragon opened up the match with punches in the corner until Scorpion was laying in a heap against the turnbuckles. Dragon lifted him up on his shoulder, and then dropped down with a trainwreck backbreaker. Scorpion rolled out of the ring to get some air, but turned around into a corkscrew plancha from Dragon that knocked him into the railing. Dragon scooped him up and tried to run his shoulder into the corner post, but Scorpion slipped off Dragon’s shoulder and landed behind him. Scorpion then dropped Little Dragon on the concrete with a russian leg sweep. He rolled Dragon back into the ring and climbed to the top turnbuckle, but took too long getting up there. Little Dragon ran up the turnbuckles and caught Scorpion with a huracanrana. This time, it was Little Dragon’s turn to climb to the top turnbuckle and wait for Scorpion to get to his feet. Dragon then caught Scorpion from behind with a DSD backstabber for the win.
The Sheik vs. Dana “The Drone” Daniels
The Sheik attacked Daniels before the bell and threw him over the ropes to the floor below. He slingshot himself over the ropes out onto the floor striking Daniels. Sheik rolled Daniels back in, and climbed to the top turnbuckle and came crashing down with a flying leg drop. Malcolm Xavier Graves slid a table in to the ring and as Sheik was setting it up, Sheik raked his back with his fingernails. An enraged Sheik turned around and smashed Dana’s face into the table. He rolled Daniels onto the table, then climbed to the top turnbuckle and flipped into a moonsault that put him through the furniture. Sheik applies The Last Crusade camel clutch to get the tap out from Daniels.
“El Exotico” Joey Little Horse vs. Moondog Dook
The other side of the story that was all over Twitter, was the Hardkore California Champion “El Exotico” Joey Little Horse. But he was in no mood to talk about the scandal, getting into a wild brawl with the Moondog. They traded punches, open palm strikes, and tomahawk chops, until Little Horse got control with a stiff right hook. Little Horse took Dook to the mat with a snapmare by his wild mane of white hair. He applied a bow and arrow, but couldn’t get the Moondog to quit, so he pulled him up. Moondog bit Little Horse, and headbutted him, leaving El Exotico stunned. Dook sat Little Horse on the top turnbuckle and went for a superplex, but Joey Little Horse hit him between the eyes with a tomahawk chop. El Exotico went over the top with a sunset flip tigerbomb known as Greetings From Charlotte. Joey Little Horse applied his double front armlock waistlock known as The Indian Standoff. Dook had no arms to tap with, so he nodded his head when Richie “Pee Wee” Richardson asked him if he wanted to give up. Joey Little Horse took his Hardkore California Championship and walked to the back, not answering any questions from Kevin Valentine Jr. in the aisle or from Melman Purrman Melville in the backstage area.
The Hurricane vs. Simon Cruise
Hurricane caught Cruise unawares with a european uppercut as Simon charged him in the corner. He thumbed Cruise in the eye, and then caught him from behind with a straightjacket sitout sleeper slam known as the Crossface Halo. Cruise ducked a superkick and caught Hurricane right on the button with a Bitchin’ Dropkick. He climbed to the top turnbuckle and flipped into a senton bomb onto Hurricane for a two count. Cruise irish whipped Hurricane into the ropes and caught him with a thez press. After Cruise kicked out, he blocked a suplex and countered with a snap suplex. He rolled Hurricane up for a second, and then on the third, he stuck a bridge for The Carnival Cruise to win.
Dutch Boy vs. “The Salford Squid” Callum Cornwall
From Venlo in the Netherlands, now living in Mobile, Alabama; Dutch Boy smashed Squid’s face into a turnbuckle. He irish whipped Cornwall into the ropes and backdropped him high to the lights. Dutch Boy caught him with a flying headscissors takedown, but Cornwall turned it around into a sitout tigerbomb for a two count. Squid pulled down his kneepad, and Muscle Killer knee dropped the back of Dutch Boy’s neck. He applied a guillotine choke, wearing Dutch Boy down, but his mohawked opponent eventually slipped his head out and began windmill punching Squid. Dutch Boy pulled a cord out of his boxer shorts and wrapped it around Squid’s neck, and began strangling him. Richie “Pee Wee” Richardson demanded Dutch Boy stop, and as soon as he turned around to throw the cord out of the ring, Squid was on him with a tiger suplex, turned into The Rage of Sadler tazzmission for the submission victory.
Divine Night (The Gymnast and Randy Candy)
vs.
The Mischief Express (“Manly” Marty Donovan and “Kiss-Stealin” Kilroy Evans)
A 7 year old boy named Tinto dressed in a pink suit jacket with smoked sunglasses with a fuzzy tennis racket led out The Mischief Express. Kilroy and Marty came out in sequinned ring jackets. Tinto got on the house mic and introduced himself as Lil Corny. He then did The Mischief Express’ introduction himself, introducing them as “Manly” Marty Donovan and “Kiss-Stealin” Kilroy Evans. Early on in the match, Randy Candy had Kilroy in a shortarm scissors. He reached out and tagged in The Gymnast who come off the second turnbuckle with a flying dropkick. Gymnast irish whipped Kilroy into the ropes and went for a backdrop, but Kilroy DDTed him. Evans then hit the ropes again and baseball slid into Gymnast’s head, then tagged in Marty, who he rocket launched off the top rope onto Gymnast for a two count. While Lil Corny waved his tennis racket in celebration, Marty got on the second turnbuckle. Donovan gace the middle finger to the scarecrow of Phil Blauer that they use for house shows, and jumped off with a panama sunrise known as the Costa Pacifica Sunrise. Suddenly an obnoxious whistle was heard, and Hasbulla came down to the ring, blowing his whistle in protest, pointing at Lil Corny. The poor kid backed away in fear, as the menacing Hasbulla blew his whistle, and pointing. Kilroy walked over and got in between them, and Hasbulla stopped his advance. The distraction though caused The Gymnast to be able to sneak up behind Marty and catch him in a release belly to back suplex that landed Donovan 180 degrees on his stomach. The Gymnast tags in Randy Candy, who gave Donovan his Roman Knuckles spinning mule kick to the stomach for a two count. Hasbulla continued to puff on that whistle in protest of The Mischief Express getting a diminutive manager of their own, while Lil Corny hid behind Kilroy. Randy Candy ran up the turnbuckles and twisted back from a high cross body, but Marty just walked away and Candy crashed to the mat. He tags in Kilroy, and then irish whipped Candy into the ropes. Donovan hit Candy with the Dis-Knee to the face then Kilroy dropped him with The Bad Touch diamond cutter for the pinfall victory. After the match, Alexander Von Blankenship, Steve Awesome, and “The High Roller” Wesley Crane came down and backed up Hasbulla, while Kilroy; and eventually Marty got in between Lil Corny and The Anointed. The six men shouted threats at one another as we went to commercial to get control of the fracas.
Cross Recoba vs. Tyrone, The Love Doctor
Recoba would not begin the match until Greg Jin announced him as “STILL HARDKORE WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION…CROSS RECOBA!!!” Recoba brutalized Tyrone against the turnbuckles with chops, and then charged in with a spinning back elbow. He pulled The Love Doctor out of the corner with an exploder suplex ‘98 he calls the Lansky Ballroom Love Letter, and then applied a dragon sleeper. Tyrone was finally able to hook his foot over the rope and Tommy Milligan called for a break. As Cross pulled Tyrone up, The Love Doctor thumbed him in the eye, and hit him with the You Listen ear punch. He pulled Recoba’s head into his legs for his Goodbye piledriver, the move that ended his Hardkore World Heavyweight title win, but Recoba panicked and quickly backdropped out of it. He lifted Tyrone up in a suplex and then dropped him on his head with a vertical drop brainbuster, also known as Omerta. The Love Doctor was barely able to get to his knees before Cross catches him with a headache short rana to the mat he calls the Chicago Overcoat. Recoba pulled Tyrone up into a styles clash but turned it into the Garibaldi’s Guillotin liontamer to get the tap out. He once again made Greg announce him as “STILL HARDKORE WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION…CROSS RECOBA!!!”
“My Name is Human” plays across the PA system as the fans boo and jeer the Man Worth a Thousand Bullets. As Tommy Milligan raises his arm, Cross shakes it off and rolls out the ring grabbing the microphone from Greg Jin.
Cross Recoba: Cut the music!
The song comes to an abrupt halt.
Cross Recoba: Belfast, you think that booing me does anything? I’m still going to Night of Champions to take back what is still my belt! I’m entering that match with Kalmin Watts not just to beat him but to show up his win for the absolute fluke that it was! You run that match a thousand times and one time he gets the win, we’ve still got two more meetings and you think he’s going to see his arm raised over me another time?
The boos grow.
Cross Recoba: You might think Kalmin Watts is the Champion you deserve but you know I’m the Champion that HKW needs! I can’t wait to get back over the water and out of this third-world country, I can’t wait to fight in front of a crowd with people who have some form of culture like they do in New York but mostly…I can’t wait to snatch away that sliver of hope you cling to that Kalmin Watts is anything other than a footnote in the history of MY HKW Heavyweight title belt!
Cross drops the microphone and walks to the back as the music resumes.
“My Name is Human” plays across the PA system as the fans boo and jeer the Man Worth a Thousand Bullets. As Tommy Milligan raises his arm, Cross shakes it off and rolls out the ring grabbing the microphone from Greg Jin.
Cross Recoba: Cut the music!
The song comes to an abrupt halt.
Cross Recoba: Belfast, you think that booing me does anything? I’m still going to Night of Champions to take back what is still my belt! I’m entering that match with Kalmin Watts not just to beat him but to show up his win for the absolute fluke that it was! You run that match a thousand times and one time he gets the win, we’ve still got two more meetings and you think he’s going to see his arm raised over me another time?
The boos grow.
Cross Recoba: You might think Kalmin Watts is the Champion you deserve but you know I’m the Champion that HKW needs! I can’t wait to get back over the water and out of this third-world country, I can’t wait to fight in front of a crowd with people who have some form of culture like they do in New York but mostly…I can’t wait to snatch away that sliver of hope you cling to that Kalmin Watts is anything other than a footnote in the history of MY HKW Heavyweight title belt!
Cross drops the microphone and walks to the back as the music resumes.