Hardkore Helloween 2023
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Open on a ring wrapped in barbed wire with a crazy crowd in Boston at the MGM Music Hall at Fenway as "Somebody's Watching Me" by Lokee and Stefane plays. Guys holding signs that say âBoston Is Marty Countryâ, âHardkore Worldâ, âMasked Kalmin Looks Like Golgaâ, âDelouse Florida Manâ, âEl Rey Has A Punchable Faceâ, âSave Steinâs Stache!â, âRepresenting Jeffries Point!!â, âRin Aun-Ei!â, âIâm A Smarty!â, âNowa Daze!â, âThe Great Syberus Has Returned!â, âEliminate Wesley Crane On Day Oneâ, âShit Storm 8 Falls Apart In The Middleâ, âKilroy Needs A Tetanus Shotâ, âFuck Gladys And Fuck The Fry Daddyâ, âDown Since Fruity Flyer!â, âJoe Nobody Is The California Kingâ, âJoey Little Horse Fears Boundariesâ, and âIf Hasbulla Touches Lil Corny We Riotâ, Fade out to Guillermo and Phil at ringside. Guillermo OâBannon is dressed as Robin. Phil is wearing curlers in his hair with a mud mask on his face.
Guillermo OâBannon: Hello everyone and welcome back to Boston for Hardkore Helloween 2023! We have done this event since 1995, and everyone has the scars to prove it! Iâm Guillermo OâBannon standing next to Phil Blauer who is dressed asâŠwho are you dressed as?
Phillip Blauer: Hm? No one. I forgot it was Halloween and I got rushed out of hair and make up. Are you supposed to be a gay burglar?
Guillermo OâBannon: No, Iâm Robin.
Phillip Blauer: I donât get it.
Guillermo OâBannon: Well, thatâs the worst $300 Iâve ever spent. But hopefully, this isnât the worst $50 youâve ever spent, fans. Because we have brought back the real deal Hardkore Helloween. Four barbed wire falls count anywhere matches where the winners will wrestle in The Road to Helloween. The winners of that brutal encounter will then face one another in the finale to decide the Hardkore Helloween 2023 Cup winner. That man will not only earn a shot at the Hardkore World Heavyweight Champion Cross Recoba, but he will have his name etched in history alongside legends like Kilboy Powerhead, Hans Schmutzhausen, "Superstar" Joe Jeffires, Eerie Von, King, Robert Hunglestien III, "The Straight Shooter" Andrew Sinclair, Marty Donovan, Andrew Karnage, Lucifer Jones, Dougie Ray Bullet , and last yearâs winner "High Roller" Wesley Crane.
Phillip Blauer: This is a match where one needs to be a feral madman one minute, an unwavering comrade the next, and then a turncoat the next. Itâs a sociopath utopia.
Guillermo OâBannon: Not only that but we have the long await rematch between Hardkore World Heavyweight Champion Cross Recoba and the man he won it from, Marty Donovan, here in his hometown of Boston, Massachusetts.
Phillip Blauer: When we were here before, I felt like this was an electric atmosphere for a triumphant hometown hero. But for some reason, this time around, I cannot wait to slip and slide in this townâs salty, salty tears.
Guillermo OâBannon: Then, new Hardkore Womenâs Champion Mickie Fury puts her title on the line against two time former champion Ri Eun-Ae. Itâs a clash of styles between the powerhouse Mickie Fury, and the strong style of Eun-Ae. Then we have the match that has been brewing for months between Hasbulla, the manager and sage of Alexander Von Blankenship and The Anointed at largeâŠand a small child.
Phillip Blauer: Weâre going to get in a lot of trouble over this one arenât we?
Guillermo OâBannon: Someoneâs probably gonna have to do some time, yes. Then itâs the return of 5 time Hardkore World Heavyweight Champion Syberus as he takes on a man that calls him his idol, âThe Salford Squidâ Callum Cornwall.
Phillip Blauer: They say never to meet your heroes. Imagine being headlocked by one for 5 minutes.
Guillermo OâBannon: But first we start the 2023 Hardkore Helloween Cup. Who will emerge through the cruel twisted steel the number one contender to the Hardkore World Heavyweight Championship?
The bell rings and the Boston fans cheer as the spotlight hits Greg Jin at ringside
Greg Jin: âHello ladies and gentleman, and welcome to MGM Music Hall at Fenway for Hardkore Helloween 2023!â
The fans roar
Greg Jin: âThis is the Hardkore Helloween 2023 Cup! There will be four barbed wire falls count anywhere matches. The winners of those matches will compete in The Road to Helloween Match. The winning team will face one another in the finals for the 2023 Hardkore Helloween Cup and a shot at the Hardkore World Heavyweight Championship!â
A fierce looking dragon slowly raises its head and spews fire and flames before "Set the World on Fire" by Annihilator before images of Little Dragon executing various moves in his matches as Little Dragon appears on the rampway.
Guillermo OâBannon: At last yearâs Helloween, Little Dragon lasted 40 minutes before being eliminated by Kira Izumi. He grew up watching this event, 13 years ago, at Hardkore Helloween 2009, his father Dragon Belt lasted 32 minutes before getting eliminated by Frank Jasper. His mother, Dragonatrix appeared in the womenâs Hardkore Helloween, lasting 49 minutes before being eliminated by Natalie Burrows.
Little Dragon storms ringside and when he reaches the ring, he slides under the barbed wire and forward rolls his feet in a dragon stance.
Guillermo OâBannon: As is his personality, he gave a lot of credit and respect to the other competitors and warned them that Hardkore Helloween is not a match to go into lightly and can take years off your career.
Phillip Blauer: That sure was a spooky forest he was in. Let me ask you this. How come in horror movies, they never just set fire to the woods? The fire and police would come, and Jason or Michael Myers would either have to beat it or die a fiery death? Thatâs why whenever I hike, Iâm flicking lit cigarettes like crazy.
Guillermo OâBannon: But youâre not in a horror film.
Phillip Blauer: Walk a mile in my shoes, pal.
Guillermo OâBannon: Point taken.
Yolanda Ando: Little Dragon wears a green sleeveless full body surfer's suit, green ring boots, green MMA cobra gloves and a green mask that covers his face, nose and chin and his waist length dark hair flows freely from the top of his mask and his face and arms and body are covered with dragon tattoos and TAO symbols.
Greg Jin: âFeaturing first, from Hong Kong, China; Standing 6 feet tall; Weighing 225 pounds; The Dragon of All TradesâŠLITTLE DRAGON!!!â
An eerie cold silence drops over the venue as an ominous chanting begins while the lighting begins to darken. Once the building is shrouded in darkness, the sound system and the people are shocked awake by the explosion of the heavily distorted guitars beginning the intro riff to the music. Pale green and murky orange lights circle the building and pulse lightly with the beat of the music. One spotlight appears in the middle of the entrance way. From the shadows, out walks a man to take his spot. Mehrunes Smith, in his trademarked leather coat with the Hardkore World Tag Team title belt slung over his shoulder. He strokes at the tentacles of his mask as he surveys the buildings from behind the dead black eyes of the mask
Phillip Blauer: Are he and the other guy in a tiff?
Guillermo OâBannon: No, theyâre apart for this round and could even wind up facing one another in the subsequent rounds. The End won the Hardkore World Tag Team titles in Palm Springs last month in that massive ladder match, and now one of them hopes to win the 2023 Hardkore Helloween Cup.
While making his walk, Mehrunes Smith continues to glare around out at the people. As he nears the ring, Smith slides under the barbed wire. Smith crouches down in the ring and faces toward the hard camera with a tilted head
Phillip Blauer: Well, it happens to them all at some point. Jannetty and Michaels, Owens and Jericho, Dave and Buster.
Guillermo OâBannon: Dave and Buster are still together.
Phillip Blauer: Sweet, sweet naive, Gustavo.
Mehrunes Smith opens his trenchcoat to reveal his XHF World Tag Team title belts
Guillermo OâBannon: At XHFâs End of Days PPV, in Sacramento, Mehrunes Smith and his partner Scott Fargo won the XHF Global World Tag Team Championship from The Oblivion Death Squad.
Greg Jin: âAnd from Lafayette, Louisiana; Standing 5 feet 9 inches; Weighing 201 pounds; He is One Half of the HARDKORE WORLD TAG TEAM CHAMPIONS and XHF WORLD TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSâŠMEHRUNES SMITH!!!â
âBoomer Soonerâ by The University of Oklahoma Marching Band hits. A masked Kalmin Watts walks out from behind the curtain, waving to the fans
Guillermo OâBannon: Anthony Jordan says not to judge his man Kalmin Watts for his latest loss. He says Simon Cruise unfairly used Wattsâ special mask against him, but itâs no matter, Kalmin is now onto bigger and better things, namely winning the 2023 Hardkore Helloween Cup and getting another shot at Hardkore World Champion Cross Recoba to try and get his title back.
Phillip Blauer: He better not want to get special handicap parking. Thatâs where I park. Dorothy lets me use her placard for soldering her bunions.
Kalmin Watts jogs down to the ring, past a guy holding up a sign that says âMasked Kalmin Looks Like Golgaâ. Watts walks around ringside, eyeing the barbed wire
Guillermo OâBannon: AJ claims that Kalmin Watts is right now in the middle of a transformation for the next stage of his career.
Phillip Blauer: Like a butterfly that probably couldnât pass a wellness test.
Watts slides under the barbed wire and eyes Mehrunes Smith and Little Dragon
Guillermo OâBannon: Jordan has also requested that the other three men in this match to buck convention, and make this into more of a wrestling match, and to shy away from using the barbed wire. Iâm not sure how much Kalminâs opponents are willing to oblige him on this.
Phillip Blauer: Eh, itâs worth a shot. Where is old Tony Bologna anyway?
Guillermo OâBannon: Tough to say, but Kalmin and AJ are still reportedly on the outs personally, but professionally they are still linked. It looks as though Anthony Jordan continues to give his client some space.
Yolanda Ando: Kalmin Watts is wearing an Oklahoma crimson and cream singlet.
Greg Jin: âHailing from Tulsa, Oklahoma; Standing 6 feet 6 inches tall; Weighing 260 poundsâŠKALMIN WATTS!!!â
The Boston fans roar as Kalmin Watts bounces on the balls of his feet, warming up for the match
âHOOOOOOOOOOOOWLâ
âAll rise fore the king of all wolves now arrives.â
The voice of James Earl Mother Fucking Jones echos over the speakers. How did he get James Earl Jones to say that? It wasnât a Cameo Iâll tell you that and it cost a pretty penny.
Shortly after James Earl Jones speaks Big Seanâs âWolvesâ begins to play. El Rey strolls onto the stage wearing the mask he stole off of the head of El Combatiente, wearing the XHF Junior Heavyweight Championship around his waist and the and GUNS Junior Heavyweight Championship slung over his shoulder
Guillermo OâBannon: History in the making as El Rey in his first Hardkore Helloween Cup! People used to fantasize in the wrestling magazines about his father and grandfather being in the Hardkore Helloween Cup, but now the third generation star is going to be the first in his family to compete in this tournament!
El Rey looks around soaking up the surroundings before ripping the mask off of his head and revealing his cocky smirk he inherited from his father
Guillermo OâBannon: El Rey holds the Junior Heavyweight title from both XHF and GUNS.
Phillip Blauer: Why do people even weigh as much as a junior heavyweight anymore? El Rey has them all beat. Order a pizza or two, buddy. El Rey has got this weight division all sewn up.
El Rey strolls down the ramp ignoring the outstretched hands of the Boston fans. The fan with the âEl Rey Has A Punchable Faceâ sign gets it on camera
Guillermo OâBannon: El Rey has been looking forward to tonight for the chance to get even with Mehrunes Smith for The End defeating him and Zoran Sainovic at The End of Days in Sacramento.
Phillip Blauer: He should pay for his crime.
Guillermo OâBannon: What crime? Winning?
Phillip Blauer: The depths of your depravity know no bounds.
El Rey slides under the barbed wire and spins around in the ring with his arms outstretched.
Greg Jin: âAnd from Atlanta, Georgia; Standing 5 feet 10 inches tall; Weighing 203 pounds; He is The Current GUNS JUNIOR HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONâŠAtlantaâs Favorite SonâŠEL REY!!!â
The Boston fans boo as El Rey spins around a couple times. He then moves to the corner waiting for the match to begin.
Hardkore Helloween #1
El Rey vs. Kalmin Watts vs. Mehrunes Smith vs. Little Dragon
Mehrunes Smith slugs Kalmin Smith as the bell rings. Little Dragon runs at El Rey, but gets caught with an arm drag
Guillermo OâBannon: Another arm drag by El Rey, while Kalmin Watts does a go behind on Mehrunes Smith. Meanwhile, Little Dragon reverses it and arm drags El Rey into an armbar.
Kalmin Smith does a drop down takeover and then floats over into a side headlock. Next to them, Dragon sticks his knee into the ball of El Reyâs shoulder and clamps down on his arm
Guillermo OâBannon: Mehrunes Smith fights his way back to his feet with Kalmin Watts still hanging onto that headlock. On the other side of the ring, Little Dragon tries to wrench El Reyâs arm out of its socket.
Mehrunes Smith breaks out of the headlock, by lifting Kalmin Wattsâ arms with a wristlock. Richie âPee Weeâ Richardson asks El Rey if he wants to give up but doesnât get an answer
Guillermo OâBannon: Smith forces Kalmin Watts into an almost 90 degree angle in that wristlock.
El Rey works his way to his feet with Little Dragon hanging onto that armbar. The Boston fans clap faster and faster, rooting Kalmin Watts on
Guillermo OâBannon: Kalmin Watts using that raw power to fight his way back up to a vertical base in the wristlock. Meanwhile, El Rey Mexican arm drags Little Dragon by his arm barred arm.
Watts grabs another side headlock. Mehrunes Smith tries to push Kalmin Watts off into the barbed wire, but Watts hangs onto the headlock, and the audience winces in relief
Guillermo OâBannon: El Rey snap suplexes Little Dragon nearly out of his boots.
Mehrunes Smith pushes Watts off into the turnbuckles. Mehrunes grabs a kimura on Little Dragonâs arm
Guillermo OâBannon: Mehrunes Smith pushes down on Little Dragonâs wrist, torquing his elbow.
The MGM Music Hall at Fenway boos. Richie Richardson asks Little Dragon if he wants to submit, but he refuses. El Rey backs up into the opposite corner
Guillermo OâBannon: El Rey charges in and leaps into the air, hitting Kalmin Watts with a stinger splash!
Kalmin Watts slumps in the corner. El Rey goes over and stomps the back of Mehrunes Smithâs head, getting him to release the kimura on Little Dragon. Little Dragon gets to his feet, trying to shake some feeling back into his arm
Guillermo OâBannon: El Rey goes for a side kick, but Little Dragon catches his leg and dragon screws him to the mat. Mehrunes Smith goes over to the corner and tags Kalmin Watts with an enzuigiri!
The Boston fans let out a collective âOH!â Little Dragon applies a stepover toehold on El Rey. He leans in to put further pressure on Reyâs twisted knee
Guillermo OâBannon: Mehrunes Smith pulls Kalminâs head into his legs, but Watts blocks the piledriver! At the side of the ring, Little Dragon wrenches El Reyâs knee with that stepover leglock. Watts backdrops Mehrunes Smith!
The MGM Music Hall at Fenway pops and Kalmin Watts adjusts his mask. He walks over to Little Dragon who is twisting Reyâs knee in the stepover toehold
Guillermo OâBannon: Kalmin Watts scoops Little Dragon up and bodyslams him hard to the mat.
Watts pulls El Rey up to his feet and then arm drags him to the canvas. Rey gets up immediately but gets caught with another arm drag from Kalmin Watts
Guillermo OâBannon: Mehrunes Smith applies a crossface on El Rey! Kalmin Watts applies a hammerlock on Little Dragon.
Smith locks his hands together on Reyâs chin and rocks back on his head, neck, and arm. On the other side of the ring, Watts pulls up on Dragonâs wrist, cinching in the hammerlock
Guillermo OâBannon: El Rey shakes his head, refusing to give up to Mehrunes Smithâs crossface! Little Dragon grabs a side headlock on Watts.
Little Dragon pitches Watts forward into a headlock takedown into an on the mat side headlock. El Rey does a push up, then tucks his head and rolls his way out of the crossface
Guillermo OâBannon: Mehrunes Smith ducks a clothesline from El Rey, and counters with a tiger suplex!
âŠONE!
âŠTWO!
âŠEl Rey rolls his shoulder up!
Guillermo OâBannon: Kalmin Watts powers his way back up to his feet with Little Dragon holding on to the side headlock. Watts drops Dragon on his head awkwardly with a belly to back suplex!
Little Dragon holds the back of his head, kicking his toes into the mat. Mehrunes Smith applies an STF on El Rey as Dragon rolls under the barbed wire out to the floor
Guillermo OâBannon: Smith clamps down on El Reyâs windpipe, peeling back his head on the STF. Rey refusing to give up to Richie Richardson, and soon Kalmin Watts comes over and starts stomping Smith and El Rey both.
Kalmin Watts pulls El Rey up by the hair, then scoops him up into a shoulderbreaker. Mehrunes Smith backs up
Guillermo OâBannon: Mehrunes Smith dives over the barbed wire onto Little Dragon with a suicide dive!!
The audience boos. Inside the ring, Kalmin Watts applies an armbar on the XHF Junior Heavyweight Champion El Rey
Guillermo OâBannon: Kalmin Watts wrenching up on the arm of El Rey in that arm bar.
Outside the ring, Mehrunes Smith pulls Little Dragon up for a powerbomb, but Dragon rolls out onto his feet in front of him
Guillermo OâBannon: Little Dragon smashes Mehrunes Smithâs face into the steel steps!!
The MGM Music Hall at Fenway lets out a collective âOH!â at the sound of Smithâs head hitting the ring stairs. Inside the ring, El Rey rakes Wattâs eyeholes in his mask until he breaks the armbar to fix his mask
Guillermo OâBannon: Little Dragon now has a chair and crashes it down on top of Mehrunes Smithâs head!!
The Boston crowd lets out another âOH!â Inside the ring, El Rey kicks Kalmin in the stomach and DDTs him
Guillermo OâBannon: Dragon irish whips Mehrunes Smith into the corner post!! He follows him in with a train wreck, but Smith avoids it and Little Dragon runs into the ring post!!
Mehrunes Smith and Little Dragon both stagger at ringside with blood trickling down Little Dragonâs face
Guillermo OâBannon: El Rey dives through the barbed wire strands and catches both Smith and Dragon with a tope suicida!!
Phillip Blauer: It looks as though he got tagged a little in the back by the barbed wire on the way though. Nasty business.
The audience jeers El Rey as he motions for applause with Mehrunes Smith and Little Dragon at his feet. El Rey makes the cover on Smith with outside official Kelly OâConnell making the count
âŠONE!
âŠTWO!
âŠMehrunes Smith kicks out!
Guillermo OâBannon: Little Dragon slides back into the ring but Kalmin Watts is waiting for him with a backbreaker. On the floor, El Rey gives Mehrunes Smith a snap suplex on the concrete!
Mehrunes Smith sits up with his back arched in pain. Inside the ring, Kalmin Watts scoops Dragon up again, but Little Dragon floated over onto his feet behind him
Guillermo OâBannon: Little Dragon clips Wattsâ knee from behind!
Phillip Blauer: Thatâs 15 yards in the NFL, unless you play for the Chiefs. Then itâs just a fine how-do-ya-do.
Guillermo OâBannon: I told you to stop betting, Phil.
Phillip Blauer: Thatâs loser talk. I got middle school basketball coming up that is going to make it all better. I got a lock on a kid at Palm Valley Christian who is hitting his growth spurt.
Guillermo OâBannon: I donât think Derek is playing basketball this year, he got a D in biology.
Phillip Blauer: Iâm financially ruined.
El Rey rolls Mehrunes Smith back into the ring and climbs to the top turnbuckle
Guillermo OâBannon: El Rey comes off the top with a flying forearm that catches Mehrunes Smith between the eyes!
Phillip Blauer: Well, eyes, tusks, tentacles. Whatever he has.
A bleeding Little Dragon gets on top of Kalmin Watts and bludgeons him with right hands. El Rey pulls Mehrunes Smith up by the mask
Guillermo OâBannon: Little Dragon irish whips Mehrunes Smith into the barbed wire!! Then El Rey follows him in with a stinger splash!!
The crowd lets out a loud pop for the first barbed wire visit of the night! You canât see his face, but Mehrunesâ body is the picture of agony as he slumps down and falls to the mat
Guillermo OâBannon: Kalmin Watts hip tosses Little Dragon to the mat. El Rey pulls Mehrunes Smith up and cracks him with a few knee strikes.
Watts goes for another hip toss, but Little Dragon sticks with an abdominal stretch
Guillermo OâBannon: El Rey goes for a powerbomb, but Mehrunes Smith turns it into a huracanrana!
Little Dragon pulls back on Wattsâ arm, twisting his torso back. Richie Richardson checks in but Watts shakes his head refusing to give up. El Rey gets back to his knees but Mehrunes Smith cracks him with a shining wizard
Guillermo OâBannon: Mind Flayer!
The audience lets out an âOH!â Little Dragon finally releases the abdominal stretch and lets Watts fall to the mat. Mehrunes Smith threads El Reyâs arm through his own legs and half nelsons him, while Little Dragon climbs to the top turnbuckle
Guillermo OâBannon: Mehrunes Smith pumphandles El Rey up into a half nelson driver!! In Water!
The Boston crowd boos. With blood running down his back, Mehrunes Smith stands up and soaks it in but Little Dragon catches him from behind with his backstabber off the top rope
Guillermo OâBannon: Little Dragon with the DSD!!
Phillip Blauer: Whatever the treatment is for lacerations to the back, I doubt itâs that.
The audience pops huge but as Little Dragon goes to make the cover, El Rey pushes grabs him by the hair
Guillermo OâBannon: El Rey smashes Little Dragonâs face into the barbed wire!! He steals the cover on Mehrunes Smith!
âŠONE!
âŠTWO!
âŠTHREE!!!
Greg Jin: âAt 16 minutes 7 seconds, Mehrunes Smith Has Been Eliminated by El Rey!!â
Guillermo OâBannon: After losing to The End at End of Days, El Rey wanted to get the pinfall on Smith, to get a measure of revenge, and he didnât mind stealing the pin from Little Dragon to do it!
Hardkore Cameraman Jackie Valentine Jr. gets a close up of El Rey with a big smile on his face, laying on the mat next to Mehrunes Smith
Phillip Blauer: I wish you could hear yourself. Stealing a pin? How does one even do that? Youâve become a parody of yourself, my good man.
Guillermo OâBannon: I know.
Blood sprinkles from Little Dragonâs forehead onto the canvas below. El Rey pulls Dragon up by the hair
Guillermo OâBannon: El Rey irish whips Little Dragon into Kalmin Watts who backdrops him up high into the air!
The crowd pops at the height that Dragon gets! Little Dragon rolls out of the ring to recover and El Rey charges at Watts
Guillermo OâBannon: Kalmin Watts catches El Rey with a powerslam!
âŠONE!
âŠTWO!
âŠEl Rey kicks out!
Guillermo OâBannon: Watts immediately grabs a hammerlock on El Reyâs arm. That arm has been a target by both Mehrunes Smith and Little Dragon as well.
On the outside of the ring, Little Dragon pulls a table out from underneath the apron. Inside the ring, El Rey has worked his way to his feet while Kalmin still has his arm in a hammerlock
Guillermo OâBannon: Chicken wing suplex by Kalmin Watts on El Rey!
The audience cheers as El Rey clutches his shoulder and grimaces in pain on the mat. Little Dragon sets up the table at ringside. Inside the ring, Kalmin Watts adjusts his mask
Guillermo OâBannon: Kalmin Watts irish whips El Rey into the corner, but El Rey steps up the turnbuckles, twists around into a corkscrew huracanrana on the incoming Watts!!
The cheers turn to jeers. Little Dragon pulls a chain out from underneath the ring
Guillermo OâBannon: El Rey gets a running start and suicide dives over the barbed wire but Little Dragon moves out of the way!!
El Rey hits the railing hard and gets a loud wince from the Boston audience from the sound. Hardkore Director Danny Valentine Jr. takes a tight shot of El Reyâs back bleeding from the earlier brush with the barbed wire
Guillermo OâBannon: Little Dragon whips El Rey across the back with that steel chain!!
El Rey shrieks in pain, arching his back. Little Dragon lashes him with the chain again and the sound rings throughout MGM Music Hall at Fenway
Phillip Blauer: Who left a chain under the ring? What do we need that for?
Guillermo OâBannon: Little Dragon starts choking El Rey with that chain, pulling him up off his feet!
El Reyâs feet dangle as Little Dragon leans back. Kalmin Watts slides under the barbed wire out onto the floor
Guillermo OâBannon: Kalmin Watts picks El Rey up in a bearhug, and a bloodsoaked Little Dragon backs up. Dragon gets a running start and russian sickle clotheslines Rey out of Wattsâ arms!!
âŠONE!
âŠTWO!
âŠEl Rey kicks out!
Guillermo OâBannon: Watts now loading El Rey onto that table while Little Dragon climbs to the top turnbuckle.
Phillip Blauer: I had a feeling the masked guys would form a bond over their freakish appearances and start working together against the simply adorable El Rey. It seems as though now is that time.
Guillermo OâBannon: Kalmin Watts holds El Rey by the arms and Little Dragon backflips off the top rope into a shooting star press onto El Rey through the table!!
The MGM Music Hall at Fenway chants âDRAGON!! DRAGON!! DRAGON!!â as a bloody Little Dragon lays next to El Rey in the broken table
Guillermo OâBannon: Little Dragon now being helped to his feet by Kalmin WattsâŠno, I stand corrected. He pulls Dragonâs head into his legs and piledrives him on the concrete!!
Kalmin Watts makes the cover on the MGM Music Hall at Fenway floor as Kelly OâConnell makes the count
âŠONE!
âŠTWO!
âŠTHREE!!!
Greg Jin: âAt 24 minutes, 40 seconds, Little Dragon has been eliminated by Kalmin Watts!â
Phillip Blauer: Is this another case of âpin stealingâ, Guantanamo?
Guillermo OâBannon: Well, no, butâŠit doesnât matter. Itâs now down to Kalmin Watts and El Rey to see who will move on to The Road to Helloween!
The Boston fans applaud and whistle and Kalmin Watts runs over and pins El Rey still in the broken table
âŠONE!
âŠTWO!
âŠEl Rey kicks out!
Guillermo OâBannon: Kalmin tried to win this match all at once, but El Rey stays in it. He pulls Rey up and belly to belly suplexes him onto the broken table!
El Rey cries out in pain, with the wooden shards poking him in his back laceration. Watts pulls him up into an inverted facelock
Guillermo OâBannon: Watts reverse suplexes El Reyâs stomach onto the guardrail!
The fans cheer as El Rey is stuck on the railing, half of his body ringside, with his legs dangling out into the crowd
Guillermo OâBannon: Kalmin Watts whacks El Rey with a chop that knocks him into the front row of the audience!
Phillip Blauer: Thatâs the best looking guy thatâs ever sat in her lap. Move over, Tom Brady! Sheâs got a new dude to dream of while her husband is giving her the sweaty 5.
Guillermo OâBannon: Phil!
Yolanda Ando: Gross.
Kalmin Watts fixes his mask and then steps over the railing into the audience. Kelly OâConnell follows the action
Guillermo OâBannon: Kalmin Watts scoops El Rey up and fallaway slams him into the third row!!
Fans and chairs go scattering as El Rey lays on cold arena floor amongst the half empty beer cups and programs
Guillermo OâBannon: Watts pulls El Rey up by the hair, but El Rey throws the beer into Wattsâ eyes from one of those cups!
Phillip Blauer: There had to be $9.50 left of beer in that cup!
Kalmin Watts backpedals, blinded. El Rey grabs him and rams him into the railing near the front row
Guillermo OâBannon: El Rey steps up on one of the chairs and catches Kalmin with a huracanrana that takes him over the railing into the ringside area!
El Rey slides under the barbed wire and climbs to the top turnbuckle, waiting for Watts to get to his feet
Guillermo OâBannon: El Rey somersaults off the top turnbuckle and hits Kalmin Watts with a senton on the floor!!
The Boston fans jeer. El Rey rolls Kalmin Watts under the barbed wire and climbs to the top turnbuckle once again
Guillermo OâBannon: El Rey flips into a 450 splash!!
âŠONE!
âŠTWO!
âŠKalmin Watts kicks out!
Guillermo OâBannon: El Rey pulls him up for a full nelson, and goes for a dragon suplex, but Watts blocks it. Kalmin Watts does a go behind into a rear waistlock, then german suplexes him!
âŠONE!
âŠTWO!
âŠEl Rey rolls his shoulder up!
Guillermo OâBannon: Kalmin Watts pulls El Rey up into a suplex and holds him up there!
The fans cheer and take pictures as Watts holds him up. He starts to wobble a little, so he finally drops El Rey back onto the mat
Guillermo OâBannon: Watts scoops him up and runs into the center of the ring with a powerslam!
âŠONE!
âŠTWO!
âŠEl Rey kicks out!
Guillermo OâBannon: Kalmin Watts grabs a front waistlock, but El Rey blocks the northern lights suplex and DDTs him!
The cheers turn to jeers and El Rey tries to gain his breath. He climbs to the top turnbuckle
Guillermo OâBannon: El Rey catches him right on the button with a flying dropkick!
The boos get louder as El Rey looks to have gotten his second wind. He grabs him around the head in a Ÿ nelson
Guillermo OâBannon: El Rey runs up the turnbuckles into a sliced bread $2!
âŠONE!
âŠTWO!
âŠKalmin Watts kicks out!
Guillermo OâBannon: El Rey climbs back up onto the top turnbuckle and flips into a 630 senton but Kalmin Watts puts his knees up!!
The crowd comes to life as El Rey holds his ribs, his face awash in pain as he struggles to breathe. Kalmin Watts springs to his feet, popping the MGM Music Hall at Fenway. He gets into a three point stance
Guillermo OâBannon: Kalmin Watts runs through El Rey like a train and El Rey falls into the barbed wire!!
The crowd comes unglued as El Rey clutches his forehead, with trickles of blood leaking through. Kalmin Watts signals for the Oklahoma Hammer
Guillermo OâBannon: Watts runs at El Rey and nearly caves in his chest with that Oklahoma Hammer!!
A bleeding El Rey holds his ribs some more, and Kalmin quickly picks him up by the hair
Guillermo OâBannon: Kalmin Watts presses him over his head!
âBoomer Soonerâ by the University of Oklahoma Marching Band plays and the audience reacts with confusion
Phillip Blauer: Not to worry, folks! Iâm sure Hardkore Audio Kenny Valentine Jr. fell asleep on the play button again. Happens all the time.
Guillermo OâBannon: ThisâŠwait, whyâŠ
Kalmin Watts walks out of the curtain, looking pissed off
Guillermo OâBannon: Itâs Kalmin Watts!!
Phillip Blauer: But then who is the guy in the mask?
The masked man in the ring looks panicked, and starts to awkwardly drop El Rey, but El Rey catches him with a rocker dropper
Guillermo OâBannon: El Rey falls down into the Tribute!! But who is in the ring??
âŠONE!
âŠTWO!
âŠTHREE!!!
âWolvesâ by Big Sean and the Boston crowd boos. El Rey quickly rolls out under the barbed wire to the floor to have his hand raised by Richie âPee Weeâ Richardson
Greg Jin: âAt 36 minutes 2 seconds, THE WINNER OF HARDKORE HELLOWEEN #1âŠEL REY!!!â
Guillermo OâBannon: El Rey has done it! El Rey has won his Hardkore Helloween qualifier and is going to The Road to Helloween!
Phillip Blauer: But if Kalmin Watts is there, and then thereâs another Kalmin Watts in the ringâŠweâre gonna need Fred and the gang from Scooby Doo to help us with this one.
Guillermo OâBannon: Why do you always need Fred to solve all your problems?
Phillip Blauer: That kidâs got a good head on his shoulders.
A bleeding El Rey staggers to the back while Kalmin Watts breathes fire walking towards the ring with a shaking masked man standing in the ring
Coming in December,
Hardkore World comes to San Diego and the Viejas Arena!
Come and see Hardkore World stars like The End, âEl Exoticoâ Joey Little Horse, and X Crown Champion Cross Recoba!
Doors open at 7pm!
Fade back up on Guillermo and Phil at ringside. Phil is enjoying a steaming bowl of clam chowder
Guillermo OâBannon: After that great opening match, we now know El Rey is advancing, now our next match is to decide who will be on the other side of The Road to Helloween match. Our last one was brutal, this one promises to be no different..
Phillip Blauer: (loudly slurps his clam chowder)
Guillermo OâBannon: Phil, goddamit, do you mind?
Phillip Blauer: Well excuse me for taking a mandated lunch break by enjoying some of the local delicacies. Bah-stan clam chow-dah.
Phil takes another loud slurp on his clam chowder. Then another that is somehow louder.
Phillip Blauer: Yum, yum. So good. Very clammy.
Phil offers Guillermo a spoonful, but OâBannon shakes his head
âSuicide is Painlessâ by the Manic Street Preachers plays and the Boston crowd cheers. Bobby Nowa walks out to a huge pop from the Hardkore fans with the Hardkore America Championship wrapped around his waist, shimmering with sweat and body oil
Guillermo OâBannon: I couldnât believe my eyes when I saw Bobby Nowa had entered Hardkore Helloween! We havenât seen him in a Hardkore ring in 11 years since October of 2012 when he defeated âTigerheartâ Rally Jackson for the Hardkore America Heavyweight Championship in Phoenix at Jonniepalooza II, the last show before Hardkore World went under.
Phillip Blauer: Those were some lean years. Bounced checks, grocery store fried chicken at catering, and I had to carpool with Bad Boy King Kong who fell asleep smoking alot.
Guillermo OâBannon: Hardkore World no longer recognizes the Hardkore America Championship, but Bobby Nowa says he is the undisputed champion since he never lost it.
Bobby Nowa slowly walks down to the ring with no acknowledgement of the fans
Guillermo OâBannon: The last time Bobby Nowa was in 2009 at Hardkore Helloween was in 2009 in Cleveland, when he and the late Lonewolf Eric McNeely teamed as The Saints of Exile to unsuccessfully challenge for the Hardkore World Tag Team Champions neXt, Jaime Romino and Joshua Smith.
Phillip Blauer: I sincerely hope in the past 14 years, neXt got a haircut and started dressing better.
Guillermo OâBannon: Before that he was in the barbed wire battle royal at Hardkore Helloween 2000 where he lasted 15 minutes eliminating Trevor Redding, before getting eliminated by Dragon Tzu.
Bobby Nowa has short messy dark brown hair, and a full thick beard with touches of gray in it. He walks past fans holding up signs that say âNowa Daze!â and âDown Since The Fruity Flyer!â
Guillermo OâBannon: Bobby Nowa is also a former Hardkore Light Heavyweight Champion, and Hardkore Six Man Tag Champion with âElectricâ Eric Storm and Sexual Vanilla.
Phillip Blauer: You could do a whole Dark Side of the Ring on Sexual Vanilla.
Guillermo OâBannon: Bobby is on his quest to have his Hardkore America title recognized, but if he wins Hardkore Helloween, heâll have a shot at Hardkore World Heavyweight Champion Cross Recoba. Like all the competitors in this, he has people heâd like to meet in the next round, and people he doesnât, including âThe Punisherâ Dan Stein.
Phillip Blauer: I see real money in the trampoline park attendant. We need to sign that guy before Tony does.
Yolanda Ando: Bobby Nowa wears dark green & white tights, with a matching headband. He wears a graphic t-shirt that says âDunder Mifflinâ with black boots.
Guillermo OâBannon: Thank you, Yolanda. Nowa is back in Hardkore World and has a chance to get a shot at the Hardkore World Heavyweight Champion in his first match back!
Greg Jin: âThe following is Hardkore Helloween #2! It is a barbed wire falls count anywhere match! It is a Barbed Wire Falls Count Anywhere Match! Your referee is Kelly OâConnell. Featuring first, from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Standing 6 feet 2 inches tall; Weighing 242 pounds; The Hardkore America ChampionâŠBOBBY NOWA!!!â
The Boston fans give Bobby Nowa a huge ovation.
An eerie cold silence drops over the venue as an ominous chanting begins while the lighting begins to darken. Once the building is shrouded in darkness, the sound system and the people are shocked awake by the explosion of the heavily distorted guitars beginning the intro riff to the music. Pale green and murky orange lights circle the building and pulse lightly with the beat of the music. A spotlight appears in the middle of the entrance way. From the shadows, out walks Scott Fargo to take his spot with the Hardkore World Tag Team title belt slung over his shoulder and the XHF World Tag Team title belt strapped around his waist. He has his sights lasered in on the direction of the ring while he unzips his black hoodie.
Guillermo OâBannon: The former IWT Universal Champion Scott Fargo making his Hardkore Helloween debut here tonight. Before becoming one half of the Hardkore World Tag Team Champions, he has held the XHF Phoenix Championship as well as the Next Level Wrestling Tag Team Championship with Mehrunes Smith.
Scott Fargo has a determined walk to the ring, his body swaying with the rough beat. As he nears the ring, Fargo rolls in under the barbed wire and pounces to his feet. Fargo poses, taking off his hoodie and holding it above his head.
Phillip Blauer: Itâs gotta be refreshing not being with his tag team partner tonight. He can finally tell people he doesnât like that mask.
Guillermo OâBannon: Iâm sure he likes the mask. His partner didnât win the last match. But Fargoâs definitely hoping he fares better so he can compete for a title shot against Cross Recoba here tonight.
Greg Jin: âFrom Minneapolis, Minnesota; Standing 6 feet 3 inches tall; Weighing pounds; He is One Half of the HARDKORE WORLD TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSâŠSCOTT FARGO!!!â
The fans boo as Fargo jaws at Bobby Nowa
"Miami Disco (metal cover)" by Alex Yarmak plays and the fans jump to their feet as Kilroy Evans walks out
Guillermo OâBannon: Here he is, the most experienced man in the entire tournament of this diabolical tournament. The last time he did this event was in 2008 where he won his Helloween qualifier eliminating Tony Damico, Roah Shiro, and Jaime Romino. He teamed with Phoenix in The Road To Helloween Match where they lost to âThe Punisherâ Dan Stein and Teddie. At Hardkore Helloween 2005, he lasted 35 minutes, eliminating the late Kota, before being eliminated by the winner Andrew Karnage.
Kilroy walks to the ring at a relaxed pace, taking time to talk to the fans
Guillermo OâBannon: Kilroy doesnât like bullies, and didnât let Florida Man get away with messing with Greg, our announcer, for not calling him the Hardkore Florida Champion and it wound up costing him the Hardkore California Championship to Joe Nobody. Afterwards, Florida Man cost him the Hardkore World Tag Team titles in the ladder match, viciously biting his neck in the process.
Phillip Blauer: Look, I love Greg. Everyone does. But isnât the customer always right? Itâs how Iâve chosen to live my life.
Guillermo OâBannon: In Sacramento, at XHFâs End of Days PPV, Kilroy Evans lost the J-ROK Championship YTA Championship to Florida Man, which he promptly lost to Kira Izumi.
Phillip Blauer: Thatâs good booking.
Kilroy Evans points out signs like âKilroy Needs A Tetanus Shotâ, âDelouse Florida Manâ and âIf Hasbulla Touches Lil Corny We Riotâ
Phillip Blauer: Some of these signs are threatening property damage. Whoâs in charge of looking these over?
Guillermo OâBannon: Hardkore Security Larry Valentine Jr.
Phillip Blauer: He canât read!
Guillermo OâBannon: Kilroy is excited to tangle with Steve Awesome once again. He beat him at Irish Rage in Dublin 2023, but wants another chance with the barbed wire and weapons.
Phillip Blauer: He can be so smug sometimes. And you know he just shot himself in the foot. Now he can never go back to his local Wendyâs without a disguise and a Mrs. Doubtfire voice.
Yolanda Ando: Kilroy wears a black Wild Wild World of Batwoman t-shirt with sneakers and jeans.
Kilroy Evans nods at a smiling Greg Jin and then slides under the barbed wire. He is still all smiles, but locks eyes on Scott Fargo, barely blinking as he stares at him. Scott Fargo slowly nods back
Guillermo OâBannon: Kilroy Evans has done it all in Hardkore World but he has never won a Hardkore Helloween Cup. Will this be his year?
Greg Jin: âFrom Attbury, South Carolina; Standing 5 feet 11 inches tall; Weighing 245 pounds; The Barbed Wire Wrapped Teddy BearâŠKILROY EVANS!!!â
Kilroy Evans gets the loudest pop of the night while he continues to stare at Scott Fargo. Fargo smiles back Then all the lights in MGM Music Hall at Fenway die out and the audience boos the interruption.
Some of the crowd start chanting
Half The Crowd: AWE-SOME
Other Half: SUCKS!
Half The Crowd: AWE-SOME
Other Half: SUCKS!
Half The Crowd: AWE-SOME
Other Half: SUCKS!
{Dramatic Pause.}
"REGRETS I'VE HAD MINE!"
The lights in MGM Music Hall at Fenway explode to life! The crowd jeers as the lights flash green and black to the beat. Steve Awesome comes running out with intensity to the hyped up chorus of "Full of Regrets" by Danko Jones.
Lonely nights/ and a whole lot of wasted time!
If you see her won't you tell her for me/
It's better this way to avoid all the misery
The chorus plays again as Steve walks down to the ring
Guillermo OâBannon: Well, look who decided to show up. I wasnât sure after he didnât make Coachella.
Phillip Blauer: This guy is representing us at End of Days, and you want him worrying about making a town that doesnât even have a decent Panera Bread?
Guillermo OâBannon: Anyway, in Palm Springs, Steve Awesome lost that steel cage match to Disneyâs Marty DonovanâŠ
Phillip Blauer: After blatant interference by child labor. I donât know how they allow that to stand. If an 8 year old ran onto the football field and ran into Deshaun Watson, they wouldnât rule that a sack. No matter how devastating an injury it might cause that poor chap.
Guillermo OâBannon: Nevertheless, Steve Awesome is vowing to get his Hardkore World title shot through winning Hardkore Helloween here tonight. At XHFâs End of Days, in Sacramento, Steve Awesome successfully defended that XHF Hardcore Championship against Jesse Jamester but then put his NCW title on the line for a shot at the X Crown and Hardkore World Heavyweight Champion Cross Recoba, losing.
Steve Awesome walks down the aisle with his XHF Hardkore Championship wrapped around his waist. He strides past the booing Boston fan who is holding the sign that says âShit Storm 8 Falls Apart In The Middleâ
Phillip Blauer: Larry! (does the cut throat motion)
Hardkore Security Larry Valentine Jr. goes to confiscate that sign. The guitar starts soloing and Steve slides under the barbed wire
Guillermo OâBannon: Awesome has been in a depressive funk ever since.
Phillip Blauer: Was that the one that replaced Jimmy Jack Funk after Haku snatched his teeth out?
Guillermo OâBannon: I donât think so. But Awesome if focusing all of his anger and spleen against Marty Donovan. For costing him a title shot tonight against Cross Recoba and for what happened at End of Days.
Phillip Blauer: You donât want spleen vented on you. Very sticky.
Guillermo OâBannon: Steve Awesome wants to get some payback on Scott Fargo for beating El Rey at End of Days. Not to mention he has history going back six months with Kilroy Evans. Back in May, in Seattle, The Anointed defeated Kilroy, The Sheik, Kalmin Watts, and Little Dragon in Wargames match. At Irish Rage in Dublin, Kilroy defeated Steve in a Sadistic Madness match. In August in Denver, Awesome and Alexander Von Blankenship successfully defended their Hardkore World Tag Team titles against Kilroy and Marty Donovan. These two will definitely pick up where they left off.
Steve Awesome provocatively slips off his jacket and then spins and drops into a kneel and he flexes his arms. He gets a slow motion effect as pyro sprays behind him
Greg Jin: âFrom Detroit, Michigan; Standing 6 feet 2 inches tall; Weighing 238 pounds; He is the Prettiest Player in the Game, He is The Current XHF HARDCORE CHAMPIONâŠâTHE HARDKORE FACE OF THE FRANCHISEâ STEVE AWESOME!!!â
The audience boos as Steve Awesome raises his arms. He turns around and now Kilroy Evans is staring at him.
Hardkore Helloween #2
Steve Awesome vs. Kilroy Evans vs. Scott Fargo vs. Bobby Nowa
Kelly OâConnell signals for the bell and Bobby Nowa whacks Steve Awesome in the chest with a hard chop. Scott Fargo punches Kilroy Evans
Guillermo OâBannon: And we are underway! Scott Fargo goes for another punch, but Kilroy catches his arm. Fargo goes for a left hook, but Kilroy catches that one too. He headbutts Fargo in the face over and over. At last yearâs Hardkore Helloween 2022, Kilroy Evans lost to Disneyâs Marty Donovan in his bid to win the Hardkore World Heavyweight Championship. Some of his other highlights at this event is 2009, when he defeated Cyrus âThe Fân Vyrusâ Williams.
Phillip Blauer: Are you still scared to say it?
Guillermo OâBannon: No, thatâs what he called himself. At Hardkore Helloween 2007, Kilroy lost the Hardkore World Heavyweight Championship to Syberus. At Hardkore Helloween 2006, he lost to Hardkore America Champion Lucifer Jones in a double hell match. At Hardkore Helloween 2004, he went to a time limit draw with his nemesis Death Gojira in an exploding barbed wire cage match.
Phillip Blauer: Some insane asylum is pretty lucky to have Death Gojira on their intramural kickball team.
Guillermo OâBannon: Steve Awesome returns fire with a chop of his own on Bobby Nowa. Kilroy Evans irish whips Scott Fargo into the barbed wire, but Awesome cuts him off with a leg lariat! Why would he do that? To protect Fargo, just to needle Kilroy?
Phillip Blauer: Heâs playing the long con. Attention is like air to Kilroy.
Guillermo OâBannon: Bobby Nowa applies an armbar to Scott Fargo.
Kilroy Evans and Steve Awesome lock eyes and start threatening one another as the Boston crowd gets louder and louder
Phillip Blauer: Kilroy is so lucky Awesome is being held back.
Guillermo OâBannon: Whoâs holding him back?
Phillip Blauer: The Office.
Guillermo OâBannon: Awesome and Kilroy now going to toe to toe with punches!
The fans are on their feet as the two hated rivals pummel each other. Meanwhile, Bobby Nowa leans back on the arm bar, trying to hyperextend Fargoâs elbow
Guillermo OâBannon: Steve Awesome rakes Kilroyâs eyes to get the advantage, and then running knees him in the stomach, flipping him over.
Scott Fargo works his way up to his feet with Bobby Nowa still hanging on to the armbar
Guillermo OâBannon: Fargo uses his armbarred arm to hip toss Nowa over into a neckbreaker!
The MGM Music Hall at Fenway boos as both Nowa and Evans are on the mat. Scott Fargo pulls Kilroy up by the hair
Guillermo OâBannon: Scott Fargo irish whips Kilroy Evans into the turnbuckles and then follows him in with a spinning heel kick that knocks him over the barbed wire!!
Kilroy Evans takes a spill to the floor, catching his arm on the barbed wire on the way down. Inside the ring, Bobby Nowa gets to his feet
Guillermo OâBannon: Steve Awesome drills Nowaâs head into the canvas with a running DDT!
Awesome runs across the ring and tags Scott Fargo with a flying forearm. Outside the ring, Kilroy gets a chair and slides it under the ring and then follows it in. Blood is trickling down from his upper arm
Guillermo OâBannon: Kilroy Evans lifts that chair over his head to crack Steve in the head, but Steve sees it and ditches the ring to the ringside area.
Kilroy Evans looks disappointed as he stands next to the barbed wire with a chair still over his head.
Phillip Blauer: He looks so sad.
Guillermo OâBannon: Bobby Nowa comes from behind with a double ax handle to Kilroyâs back. He grabs Evans by the arm and pulls him into a shortarm clothesline.
Bobby Nowa turns around into a snap roundhouse kick by Scott Fargo. Fargo pulls him up into a double underhook
Guillermo OâBannon: Scott Fargo butterfly suplexes him up and then catches Nowa by the arm and comes down into an armbar of his own.
The opportunistic Steve Awesome slides back in under the barbed wire. Scott Fargo yanks up on Bobby Nowaâs arm, trying to pull it out of itâs socket. Kelly OâConnell checks in but Nowa shakes his head, refusing to give up
Guillermo OâBannon: Steve Awesome pulls Kilroy Evans up into a front facelock, and then twists him around into a swinging neckbreaker.
25 year veteran Bobby Nowa rolls backwards and slips his arm out and counters with a front facelock on Scott Fargo
Phillip Blauer: (slurps his clam chowder) Ooh. The dance of soup is a thin line between murder food and cold garbage. Weâre close to that neighborhood. Larry?
Hardkore Security Larry Valentine Jr. nods and takes Philâs bowl of soup to be warmed up in the back
Guillermo OâBannon: Bobby Nowa clamps down on the front facelock, leaning back to cut off Scott Nowaâs air. Meanwhile, Steve Awesome pulls Kilroy up, but Evans snap mares him over.
Kilroy Evans scoops Awesome up and drops him into a shoulderbreaker. Steve clutches his shoulder and grimaces in pain. On the other side of the ring, Bobby Nowa flattens out his body to put more pressure on Scottâs head and neck
Guillermo OâBannon: Scott Fargo fights his way to his feet with Bobby Nowa still in that front facelock. Kilroy Evans steps on the back of Steve Awesomeâs knees and pulls up into his arms into a Mexican surfboard!
The Boston fans roar as Steve Awesome screams in pain. Meanwhile, Scott Fargo slips out of Bobby Nowaâs front facelock
Guillermo OâBannon: Fargo gets underneath Bobby Nowa and swinging saito suplexes him onto the back of his head!
âŠONE!
âŠTWO!
âŠBobby Nowa kicks out!
Guillermo OâBannon: Kilroy Evans pulls back on Awesomeâs arms while pushing up on his twisted knees in that Mexican surfboard.
Steve Awesome shakes his head, refusing to quit to Kelly OâConnell. Scott Fargo punches Awesome in his exposed stomach
Guillermo OâBannon: Scott Fargo scoops Steve Awesome up and drops him into a michinoku driver II!
âŠONE!
âŠTWO!
âŠSteve Awesome kicks out!
Guillermo OâBannon: Scott Fargo half nelsons Kilroy Evans, but Kilroy twirls out of it and smashes Fargoâs face into the barbed wire!!
The MGM Music Hall at Fenway blows up as Fargo is frozen, trying not to tear his face any more than is necessary. Kilroy Evans backs up and gets a running start
Guillermo OâBannon: Kilroy Evans elbow drops Fargoâs back, pushing his face into the barbed wire even more!!
The fans roar! Scott Fargo screams in pain, clutching his bleeding forehead and cheek. The Boston audience chants âKILROY! KILROY! KILROY!â
Phillip Blauer: We got a bleeder!
Guillermo OâBannon: Kilroy turns around into a Japanese arm drag by Bobby Nowa. Nowa applies an abdominal stretch.
Kelly OâConnell asks Kilroy Evans if he wants to submit, but he shakes his head. Blood runs from Kilroyâs arm, as Evans grimaces from the pain
Guillermo OâBannon: Bobby Nowa plants his foot and cranks back on Kilroyâs bleeding arm, twisting his stomach muscles. The two time Hardkore World Heavyweight Champion hip tosses his way out of the abdominal stretch! Kilroy Evans gut wrench suplexes Bobby Nowa!
Blood leaks all over the Hardkore Helloween ring canvas from Scott Fargoâs forehead. Kilroy Evans sees a staggering Steve Awesome and charges at him
Guillermo OâBannon: Steve Awesome catches Kilroy Evans with a belly to belly suplex!
The audience boos. Steve Awesome grabs a reverse chinlock. He sticks his knee into Evansâs back while clamping down on Evansâ jawline. Hardkore Security Larry Valentine Jr. returns to ringside with oven mitts on, carrying Philâs clam chowder
Phillip Blauer: Thank you, Lare Bear.
Guillermo OâBannon: Look at Awesome do a handstand while holding onto that reverse chinlock. Just trying to show off now that he has Kilroy right where he wants him.
Phillip Blauer: Look at that perfect form. Look at those haunches!
Guillermo OâBannon: Evans notâŠ
Phillip Blauer: The haunches, Gilligan!
Guillermo OâBannon: (tears himself away) Let go of me!
A bleeding Scott Fargo pulls himself in the corner. Steve Awesome pulls Kilroy Evans up into an inverted facelock
Guillermo OâBannon: Steve Awesome with a reverse suplex on Kilroy, stomach first on the barbed wire!!
The MGM Music Hall at Fenway rocks with boos as Kilroy is perilously perched on the top and second strand of barbed wire
Phillip Blauer: Tonight is magical!
Guillermo OâBannon: Steve Awesome Thigh Slapper Super Kicks Kilroy Evans off the barbed wire to the floor below!!
Evans falls to the floor with a sickening thud! The crowd continues to boo. Steve Awesome turns around into lariat by Scott Fargo that knocks him head over heels. The Boston fans have to give it up for that one
Guillermo OâBannon: Scott Fargo applies an anaconda vice on Steve Awesome! He bridges back with his legs, while locking down on Awesomeâs neck and his arm.
Kelly OâConnell keeps asking Awesome if he wants to give up but Steve doesnât answer. Blood runs down Fargoâs face as he struggles to see through it
Guillermo OâBannon: Bobby Nowa stomps on Fargoâs face while his arms are occupied in that anaconda vice. Nowa pulls him up and atomic drops Scottâs groin on the barbed wire!!
The 5,000 fans at MGM Music Hall at Fenway groan in sympathy for Scott Fargo. A crimson masked Fargoâs eyes cross from the pain
Phillip Blauer: Nasty business this is. Hopefully itâs nowhere vital.
Guillermo OâBannon: Bobby Nowa pulls him off of the wire, then irish whips him into the barbed wire on the other side!!
Scott Fargo cries out in pain, crucified in the barbed wire, popping the crowd
Guillermo OâBannon: Nowa charges in with a stinger splash onto Scott Fargo back into the barbed wire!!
Scott Fargo stumbles out of the barbed wire into a single underhook by Bobby Nowa, then he drives Fargoâs head into the mat with a DDT
Guillermo OâBannon: Bobby Nowa with Nowa Daze on Scott Fargo!!
âŠONE!
âŠTWO!
âŠTHREE!!!
Greg Jin: âAt 16 minutes 40 seconds, Scott Fargo has been eliminated by Bobby Nowa!â
Bobby Nowa goes for a suplex on Steve, but Awesome blocks it
Guillermo OâBannon: Steve Awesome sit out front suplexes Bobby Nowa onto the barbed wire!!
The audience boos as Nowaâs stomach bounces on the first and second strand of barbed wire
Guillermo OâBannon: Awesome slaps Bobby Nowa, knocking him to the floor below!
The Boston fans boo as Bobby Nowa holds his stomach and chest on the MGM Music Hall at Fenway floor. Nowa tries to crawl under the ring but Kilroy catches his feet
Guillermo OâBannon: Kilroy pulls Nowa out from under the ring by the legs, then drops back into a slingshot so Nowaâs head crashes into the underbelly of the ring!!
The crowd pops! Kilroy Evans pulls him out from under the ring by the hair. Steve Awesome climbs to the top turnbuckle
Guillermo OâBannon: Steve Awesome backflips into an Awesome Sault onto both Kilroy and Nowa!!
All three men lie on the arena floor as jeers rain down on them. Steve Awesome pulls Kilroy up into an inverted facelock
Guillermo OâBannon: Awesome hits a diving reverse DDT, smacking Kiloyâs skull on the concrete!!
âŠONE!
âŠTWO!
âŠKilroy Evans rolls his shoulder up!
Guillermo OâBannon: Steve Awesome irish whips Kilroy but he reverses it and shoots Awesome chest first into our announce table!!
Phillip Blauer: My clam chowder!!
Phil is covered by scalding clam chowder and shrieks in pain
Phillip Blauer: AHHH!!!
Hardkore Security Larry Valentine Jr. tackles Phil to cover him with his body
Guillermo OâBannon: For god sakes, Phil. But Kilroy charges in and spears Steve Awesomeâs back, sandwiching him into our announce table!!
Steve Awesome crumples to the floor. Bobby Nowa climbs to the top turnbuckle
Phillip Blauer: The clamsâŠthey burn!!
Guillermo OâBannon: Phil, get up. Kilroy Evans pulls Steve Awesome up by the hair, but Bobby Nowa takes them both out with a double ax handle!
The Boston crowd cheers loudly! An exhausted Bobby Nowa rolls Steve Awesome under the barbed wire, back into the ring. Nowa climbs to the top turnbuckle and waits for Steve to get to his feet
Guillermo OâBannon: Bobby Nowa snaps Steve Awesomeâs head back with a flying dropkick to the face!
The audience applauds! Bobby Nowa slides under the barbed wire onto the floor. He walks over to the ring steps and unhooks them, popping the fans. Larry Valentine Jr. dabs all the clam chowder off of Philâs face with his tie.
Phillip Blauer: I canât see, Larry! I canât see!
Guillermo OâBannon: Bobby Nowa picks up the ring steps and drops them on Kilroy Evansâ chest!!
The MGM Music Hall at Fenway lets out a loud âOH!!â at the sound of the stairs ringing off of Kilroyâs chest! Bobby Nowa climbs up to the apron
Guillermo OâBannon: Nowa gets a running start and jumps off with a double stomp on the stairs on top of Kilroy Evans!!
The crowd lets out another loud âOH!!â as Kilroy flops around on the floor like a fish out of water. Inside the ring, Steve Awesome climbs to the top turnbuckle
Guillermo OâBannon: Bobby Nowa avoids another Awesome-Sault and Steve crashes into the railing!!
The Boston fans cheer as both men try and catch their breath. Bobby Nowa pulls Awesomeâs head into his legs
Guillermo OâBannon: Nowa lifts Steve Awesome up and then drills his head into the concrete with a piledriver!!
âŠONE!
âŠTWO!
âŠSteve Awesome kicks out!
Guillermo OâBannon: Bobby Nowa grabs Kilroy Evans by the legs and slingshots him face first into the corner post!!
Kilroy Evans is draped over the apron, leaking blood on the canvas. Larry Valentine Jr. helps Phil back to his seat, then assists him in putting his headset back on.
Guillermo OâBannon: Phil rejoins usâŠ
Larry Valentine Jr. reapplies Philâs lip balm. Bobby Nowa rolls Kilroy Evans under the barbed wire back into the ring. He takes a few minutes to catch his breath, then follows him in. Nowa lifts Kilroy up onto his shoulders in a firemanâs carry and then sits him on the top turnbuckle
Phillip Blauer: I am a triumph of the human spirit. At the risk of losing my voice, I just want to say, I donât get paid nearly enough for this guffâŠ
Guillermo OâBannon: Bobby Nowa climbs to the second turnbuckle and gut wrenches Kilroy Evans into a powerbomb!!
âŠONE!
âŠTWO!
âŠKilroy Evans claps his legs together on Nowaâs head!
Guillermo OâBannon: Bobby Nowa climbs to the top turnbuckle and dives off with a flying body press but Kilroy catches him and fallway slams him into the barbed wire!!
The crowd winces in pain as Bobby Nowa is impaled upside down in the barbed wire
Guillermo OâBannon: Kilroy Evans charges in with a spear on the upside down Bobby Nowa!!
The Boston fans chant âKILROY EVANS!! KILROY EVANS!! KILROY EVANS!!â A bleeding Kilroy Evans bangs his head and is not looking when Steve Awesome catches him in a canadian destroyer DDT
Guillermo OâBannon: Flip of the Franchise!!
Steve Awesome climbs to the top turnbuckle and backflips into a moonsault double foot stomp on Bobby Nowaâs chest
Guillermo OâBannon: Wrath of the Dragon!!
âŠONE!
âŠTWO!
âŠTHREE!!!
Greg Jin: âAt 27 minutes 32 seconds; Bobby Nowa has been eliminated by Steve Awesome!â
Guillermo OâBannon: In his first match back in 11 years, since 2012, Bobby Nowa lasts 27 minutes but now it's now down to Steve Awesome and Kilroy Evans.
The Boston fans give Bobby Nowa a round of applause as Hardkore Ring Crew Donnie Valentine Jr. hands him his Hardkore America Championship. Nowa staggers back with blood running down his back and the Hardkore America Championship slung over his shoulder
Guillermo OâBannon: Steve Awesome chicken wings Evansâ arm behind him and lifts him up on to his shoulders. The XHF Hardcore Champion drops Kilroy on the back of his head with a hammerlock backdrop suplex!
The audience boos. Kilroy Evans gets to his knees, but gets cut down with a shining wizard from Awesome, getting another âOH!â from the fans
Guillermo OâBannon: Awesome grabs Kilroyâs legs and turns him over into a texas cloverleaf! He sits as low as he can, and cranks back on Evansâ legs, bending him in half!
Kilroy Evans bleeds all over the canvas while he pushes off the mat, trying to power out of the cloverleaf. Kelly OâConnell checks for the tap out
Guillermo OâBannon: Kilroy finally slips his legs out of the cloverleaf, and Steve Awesome collapses in exhaustion. Kilroy gets up and kicks him in the stomach. He grabs him in a jawbreaker, and then turns him over into his own cloverleaf known as Lockjaw!
The crowd comes to life as Steve screams in pain, shaking his head. Blood runs down Kilroyâs face as he rocks back with Awesomeâs legs
Phillip Blauer: Barry Wimbledon would know how to get out of this, all he would need is a helicopter with a rope hanging down, being flown by a Russian femme fatale using only one hand because sheâs smoking with the other.
Guillermo OâBannon: Ok, Phil, thatâs not going to happen. Kilroy sits low on the Lockjaw, bending Awesome in halfâŠ
Phillip Blauer: Oh, and then he gets up to the cockpit, he says something cool like âWhat took you so long?â and she says âTraffic.â And then he kisses her for so long that she crashes into a building, but Barry jumps out right before impact and lands on the balcony where a woman is sunbathing. âDo you always drop in uninvited?â she asksâŠare you getting this gold down, Larry??
Larry Valentine Jr. nods while scribbling on a notepad with his tongue sticking out the side of his mouth, but itâs mostly a crude drawing of Phil and Larry with the sun in the sky. Inside the ring, Kilroy releases Lockjaw and pulls Steve up to his feet
Guillermo OâBannon: Kilroy Evans irish whips Steve Awesome into the barbed wire!!
The audience leaps to their feet as a crucified Awesome shrieks in pain. Kilroy walks over and pushes Steveâs face into the barbed wire for good measure
Guillermo OâBannon: Kilroy bulldogs Steve out of the barbed wire, onto the mat! He gets on Awesomeâs back and applies a camel clutch he calls Make You Humble!
The fans chant âKILROY!! KILROY!! KILROY!!â Kilroy locks his hands together under Steveâs chin and rocks back on his head and neck. Kelly OâConnell asks, but Awesome refuses to give up
Guillermo OâBannon: Kilroy cranks Steveâs head to the side to increase the pain. He leans down and sinks his teeth into the bloody forehead of Awesome!!
The Boston crowd is deafening as blood runs down Awesomeâs face and he screams in agony. Kelly OâConnell tries to pull Kilroy off and finally does
Phillip Blauer: I donât understand why we get mad when Florida Man does it?
Guillermo OâBannon: Kilroyâs going to get a taste for gator meat, but thatâs not now. He picks up that chair that he brought in earlierâŠ
Phillip Blauer: Egads, I forgot he brought that thing in! Iâve never seen a chair not get used for that long.
Guillermo OâBannon: He takes a swing, but Steve ducks and it hits the barbed wire, bouncing back into Kilroyâs face! Steve Awesome capitalizes on the dazed Evans with a Thigh Slapper superkick!
The air goes out of the building as Kilroy goes down like a redwood. Steve makes the cover
âŠONE!
âŠTWO!
âŠKilroy Evans kicks out!
Guillermo OâBannon: Kilroy gets to his feet but gets blasted in the face with a flying forearm!
Awesome whips his bloodsoaked hair out of his eyes and pulls Evans up into an atomic drop, then drops Kilroyâs legs on the barbed wire! He then pulls him back into a backdrop driver
âŠONE!
âŠTWO!
âŠKilroy Evans kicks out!
Steve Awesome gets on Kilroyâs back with a crossface chicken wing
Guillermo OâBannon: An on the mat version of the Awesome Lock! Steve Awesome chokes up on Kilroyâs windpipe, while cranking up on his hammerlocked arm, trying to hyperextend the elbow.
The audience boos and chants of âSHIT SHOW SUCKS! SHIT SHOW SUCKS! SHIT SHOW SUCKS!â rain down on him.
Phillip Blauer: Obviously, these people have no clue about fine cinema. Did they see the scene where the drug lord opened up a Christmas gift and it said âBoomâ and then he said âOh Shi-...â and then his house blew up? He didnât even have time to finish cursing! Thatâs top notch editing, but no, they had to give the Oscar that year to Dunkirk! Dunkirk??
The fans then switch to chanting âKILROY!! KILROY!! KILROY!!â
Guillermo OâBannon: A blood drenched Kilroy feeding off the energy of these Boston fans, fighting his way to his feet in the Awesome Lock! But Steve drops him in a crossface chicken wing suplex known as the Awesome Plex, but Kilroy hangs onto his arms and rolls over to his knees, pinning Steve Awesome!
âŠONE!
âŠTWO!
âŠTHREE!!!
The audience leaps to their feet in celebration and Kilroy Evans collapses in utter exhaustion and blood loss.
Guillermo OâBannon: Kilroy has done it! He has won his Helloween qualifier and goes to The Road to Helloween for a second time!
"Miami Disco (metal cover)" by Alex Yarmak plays as a bleeding Steve Awesome complains about a fast count to Kelly OâConnell
Greg Jin: âAt 36 minutes 16 seconds, THE WINNER OF HELLOWEEN #2âŠKILROY EVANS!!!â
Phillip Blauer: This is a travesty. A dark day, on Halloween no less.
Guillermo OâBannon: El Rey and Kilroy Evans will face off at The Road to Helloween, but who will be their partnersâŠand theyâre potential opponents in The Helloween Final to win the 2023 Helloween Cup and a shot at Hardkore World Heavyweight Champion Cross Recoba? The next two Helloweens will decide!
Kilroy Evans weakly raises his arm, seated against the bottom turnbuckle as the fans cheer loudly
Coming in January,
Hardkore World comes to Los Angeles and the Toyota Center!
Come and see Hardkore World stars like Steve Awesome, Joe Nobody and âThe Punisher Dan Stein!
Fade back up to Guillermo and Phil
Phillip Blauer: Is there much more of this? Iâm feeling a little green in the gills from all this gore.
Guillermo OâBannon: So much more.
Phillip Blauer: (looks at the camera) What is wrong with you people? These are human beings.
Guillermo OâBannon: Coming up is our next Helloween! El Rey won Helloween #1 and Kilroy just won Helloween #2. This next match determines who will be Kilroyâs partner in The Road to Helloween.
MGM Music Hall at Fenway darkens, and three heartbeats are heard.
Three symbols flash, synchronized with the beats:
<ALPHA>
<OMEGA>
<a stylized DS logo>
The lights abruptly come on again as âMore Human Than Humanâ by White Zombie plays over the PA. The fans leap to their feet and âThe Punisherâ Dan Stein makes his way to the ring area with his sunglasses on and scowl on his face with Domino following behind. They walk past a fan holding up a âSave Steinâs Stache!â sign
Guillermo OâBannon: Here is by far the most successful man in this tournament at Hardkore Helloween. He is the only man in history to go to The Road to Helloween match three times. At Hardkore Helloween 2008, he eliminated Bryan Warrior, Eric Herrera, Ken Shiro, and Cecil Kennedy. In his Road to Helloween match, he teamed with Teddie to beat Kilroy Evans and Phoenix. But instead of Teddie, a fresh as a daisy Lucifer Jones defeated Dan Stein to win the Hardkore Helloween Cup.
Phillip Blauer: Why?
Guillermo OâBannon: (sighs) If I told you, it would involve twins, a fake injury and people hiding under the ring. Are you ready to comprehend all that?
Phillip Blauer: (looking at his fingernails) Comprehend all what?
Guillermo OâBannon: Never mind. At Hardkore Helloween 2006, won his qualifier when he eliminated Rob Grayson, and âPlatinumâ Pat Bozzini. In his Road to Helloween match, he and Marty Donovan defeated Cobryn and James Fierce. In the Hardkore Helloween Cup, Donovan went on to defeat Stein. At Hardkore Helloween 2005, Dan Stein won his battle royal eliminating Bad Boy King Kong, and âThe Saviour of Professional Wrestlingâ David Sadler. He went to The Road to Helloween, teaming with Rated X to lose to âThe Straight Shooterâ Andrew Sinclair and Andrew Karnage.
Phillip Blauer: Far too many Andys on that team if you ask me.
Guillermo OâBannon: I didnât. Dan Stein wants to finally win one though, and is willing to run through anyone to do it. Especially Alexander Von Blankenship, who attacked him in Coachella and tried to shave his mustache.
âThe Punisherâ Dan Stein slides under the barbed wire and thrusts up his trusty club, the Peacemaker, to the roar of the crowd.
Phillip Blauer: Itâs time. And a free mustache cut? Thatâs $400 at my place.
Yolanda Ando: âThe Punisherâ Dan Stein wears a black leather jacket, a plain black pair of pants, and a plain black t-shirt. He also uses a pair of black hand pads with the fingers torn out, and a pair of black combat boots. His elbow is wrapped. Stein brings a worn, taped up black club called the Peacemaker with him as well.
Guillermo OâBannon: Thank you, Yolanda. Domino has reservations about Dan Stein being in this match, as it has taken years off his career. But Dan says heâs no longer doing things the safe way anymore. He said earlier that he hoped to team with Kilroy, and if he wins this one, heâll get his wish. In 2008, they were on opposite sides of The Road to Helloween match.
Greg Jin: âThe following is Hardkore Helloween #3! It is a barbed wire falls count anywhere match! Your referee is Tommy Milligan. Featuring first, accompanied to the ring by Domino! From Detroit, Michigan; Standing 6 feet 7 inches tall; Weighing 285 pounds; He is The former Hardkore World Heavyweight ChampionâŠHe is âTHE PUNISHERâ DAN STEIN!!!â
The Boston crowd lets out an ear splitting pop as Dan Stein awaits AVB
The lights at MGM Music Hall at Fenway dim and "Infinite" by Tyler Smyth and Andy Bane plays. The Boston fans cheer as the lyrics begin appearing on the screen, and then the crowd starts singing along to them, getting louder with each line
I'm the tallest of mountains!!
I am the roughest of waves!!
I'm the toughest of terrors!!
I am the darkest of days!!
I'm the last one that's standing!!
Don't try to stand in my way!!
Cause I've been up against better!!
Just take a look at my face!!
Hardkore Cameraman Jackie Valentine Jr. gets a nice tight shot of Joe Nobody's face. Joe smirks and adjusts his tie and Hardkore Californiabefore making his way to the ring, passing the sign that says âJoe Nobody Is The California Kingâ
Guillermo OâBannon: Joe Nobody won the Hardkore California Championship from Florida Man in Palm Springs and he says it has been the wind beneath his wings. He wants to be a fighting champion to honor the men that have held it in the past like âNature Boyâ Dutch Danger, The Necrologist, Thunder Kid and Roscoe Law.
Phillip Blauer: But he calls it the California Hardkore Championship.
Guillermo OâBannon: Whatâs my name?
Phillip Blauer: (chuckles, then has to ponder) Gangrene OâBrian?
Joe Nobody arrives at the ring steps and takes two steps before he stops suddenly. He turns and walks down the ring steps to the front row. He finds a kid in a Celtics jersey in the front row and puts his fedora on his head
Phillip Blauer: What is that gap toothed pasty face going to do with that fine fedora?
Guillermo OâBannon: Is your problem that he doesnât give you the hatâŠ
Phillip Blauer: A little! Honestly. I like free headwear, and I could pull it off.
Yolanda Ando: No you couldnât.
Guillermo OâBannon: Joe Nobody admits heâs had problems in multi-man matches in the past, and this will be his toughest to date. Barbed wire and everything and everywhere is legalâŠ
Phillip Blauer: Genghis McBain?
Nobody hands his Hardkore California Championship to Hardkore Ring Crew Donnie Valentine Jr. then slides under the barbed wire into the ring
Yolanda Ando: Joe Nobody wears a black button up shirt, white tie, white vest with the words "Nobody is Perfect" on the back. He has white boots with black accents of toe and heels, and white pants.
Guillermo OâBannon: Thank you, Yolanda. The 15 year veteranâs advantage is his tenacity and could be the wildcard in this one.
Phillip Blauer: Goo Goo Fitzgerald.
Guillermo OâBannon: Thatâs the one.
Joe Nobody points at the MGM Music Hall at Fenway crowd before clapping his hands together
Greg Jin: âFrom Detroit, Michigan; Standing 6 feet 1 inch tall; Weighing 195 pounds and is the Current HARDKORE CALIFORNIA CHAMPION⊠The Prince of PerfectionâŠJOE NOBODY!!!â
A thick cloud like haze fills the entryway, and brilliant blue lights create an almost angelic like atmosphere.
I've been blessed up (geez)
I've been broke down (oh yeah)
Gotta catch up (yeah)
Gotta shine now (okay)
Running faster (oh yeah)
I can't slow down (oh no)
Gotta catch up (yeah)
Gotta shine now
Hasbulla steps out through the curtain, blowing his whistle. Alexander Von Blankenship steps from behind the curtain, a cocky smirk on his smug face. The Boston fans boo him mercilessly. He holds his arms out, soaking in all of his own glory, before mouthing the words "Always Very Blessed" as he points to the smug look on his own face.
Guillermo OâBannon: Alexander Von Blankenship not very popular here in Beantown. After what he has done to Marty all summer.
Phillip Blauer: One sponsorship with Dunkinâ Donuts would fix all that.
Ayy, I got the moves
Bearing that fruit and now
I got the juice (juice!)
God has been cooking, now I got the soup
Put this together, yo, really
He clever, I cannot do better
Alexander Von Blankenship looks out at the crowd, his smirk now a scowl. Slowly walking towards the ring he points to random fans, stating loudly " I'm better than you" as he goes.
Yolanda Ando: Alexander Von Blankenship wears white satin boxing trunks with dark blue trim. He has âBlessedâ written across the waist band.
Guillermo OâBannon: AVB probably accomplished what he wanted to by nearly shaving Dan Steinâs mustache, he has gotten inside Danâs head.
Phillip Blauer: Danâs probably got a brand new vein in his forehead, dedicated to AVB.
Ride the wave, yeah
Ain't got no fright today, yeah
I'm gonna rise today, yeah
Don't gotta fight the wave
'Cause I'm peeping the visuals,
I bring the visuals
AVB gives the ring the sign of the cross before sliding under the barbed wire. Dan Stein walks towards him, so Von Blankenship slithers back out of the ring
Guillermo OâBannon: Alexander Von Blankenship wants no part of Dan Stein. Heâs going to wait until his partner in The Anointed backs him up.
Dan Stein angrily nods while Alexander Von Blankenship blesses the ring with the sign of the cross.
Greg Jin: âFrom Amsterdam in The Netherlands; Standing 6 feet 2 inches tall; Weighing 215 PoundsâŠThe Son of a BastardâŠALEXANDER VON BLANKENSHIP, AVB!!!â
The MGM Music Hall at Fenway rocks with boos as AVB looks out towards the entire crowd. He yells out "Always Very Blessed" before jumping down into the ring.
The MGM Music Hall at Fenway lights turn plum purple. They begin pulsing with the beat of Wesleyâs theme music.
âRubbing on that Italian leather
'Dem Konvict jeans on! Ay yo Weezy!
You Ready, yeah! I get it in 'till sunrise
Doing ninety in a sixty five
Windows rolled down screaming ah!
Hey-ey-ey' I'm so paid
Number one hustla' gettin' money
Why do you wanna count my money
I'm a hustla' and I don't need them!
One of them y'all see! I'm so paidâ
The lights go back to normal and out steps âThe High Rollerâ Wesley Crane to loud boos from the Boston fans. He stands on the stage and looks around at everyone. He lowers his aviator sunglasses and gives everyone a cocky grin.
Guillermo OâBannon: Here he is, last yearâs winner, looking to be only the second man to win it back to back since Hans Schmutzhausen did it in 1996 and 1997.
Phillip Blauer: Ah, 1997, the year we tried to make Prodigy the biggest rock band in the world by default.
Guillermo OâBannon: Last year, Wesley Crane lasted an hour, eliminating Syberus and The Sheik to win the 2022 Hardkore Helloween Cup. But that was one singular battle royal. Weâre back to the tournament format and Wesley wants to shock the world by winning it twice.
âThe High Rollerâ Wesley Crane slowly makes his way to the ring, the entire time looking around at the fans. One is holding a âEliminate Wesley Crane On Day Oneâ sign
Guillermo OâBannon: Wesley Crane has recently lost his Hardkore West Coast Championship to Simon Cruise and his Hardkore World Tag Team titles went to The End during that ladder match. But his star is still on the rise as heâs been contracted to appear on Survivor.
Phillip Blauer: The guys who did âEye of the Tigerâ??
Guillermo OâBannon: No, Phil. The TV show.
Phillip Blauer: Thereâs a TV show about the guys that did the Rocky song??
Once ringside Wesley Crane slides under the barbed wire and then stands in the center of the ring with his arms wide open.
Greg Jin: âAnd from Syracuse, New York; Standing 6 feet 1 inch tall; Weighing 223 poundsâŠâTHE HIGH ROLLERâ WESLEY CRANE!!!â
The Boston audience boos as Crane continues to hold his arms open
Hardkore Helloween #3
Alexander Von Blankenship vs. âThe High Rollerâ Wesley Crane vs. Joe Nobody vs. "The Punisher" Dan Stein
Dan Stein pushes Wesley Crane, and doesnât see Alexander Von Blankenship come around with a slap to the face! The audience âOHâs and Stein stomps towards him
Guillermo OâBannon: Alexander Von Blankenship once again, poking the bear, and bails out of the ring so Stein canât follow him.
Phillip Blauer: Maybe bears liked to be poked? Thereâs only one way to find out.
Guillermo OâBannon: Stein tries to go after AVB but Wesley Crane clocks him from behind with a forearm.
Wesley Crane slams another forearm into Steinâs back. Joe Nobody hops onto the second turnbuckle
Guillermo OâBannon: Joe Nobody hops over the barbed wire and hits AVB with a dropkick on the floor!!
The Boston fans roar and chant âJOE! JOE! JOE!â while Hasbulla blows his whistle in protest. Wesley smashes another forearm into Dan Steinâs back, and then The Punisher turns around and stares at Wesley Crane, popping the crowd
Phillip Blauer: Run, Wes! Run!
Guillermo OâBannon: Dan Stein staring down his ex-partner and Wesley Crane does not want any part of him either!
Wesley Crane slides under the barbed wire to the floor, leaving Dan as the sole person in the ring. Stein raises his arms and the fans cheer
Phillip Blauer: Wesley Crane will not be a party to anything that would injure him and eliminate him from Survivor. A show where you can win a million dollars, for living where people already live.
Guillermo OâBannon: Then why is he doing this?
Phillip Blauer: To make people aware that Survivor is on CBS on Wednesdays at 8:00. 9:00 Central and Mountain time.
Wesley Crane running knees Nobody in the kidneys as heâs getting to his feet. He grabs him by the hair and smashes his face into the apron
Guillermo OâBannon: Wesley Crane rolls Joe Nobody into the ring to feed him to Dan Stein. Dan Stein applies a fujiwara armbar on Nobody before he can get up.
Dan Stein cranks up on Nobodyâs trapped arm, grinding his face into the mat. Wesley Crane helps Alexander Von Blankenship to his feet and they look on, smiling
Guillermo OâBannon: The Anointed are content to just watch Dan Stein and Joe Nobody punish one another and then move in to pick the bones when itâs convenient.
Phillip Blauer: Itâs the perfect plan.
Tommy Milligan checks in to see if Joe Nobody wants to tap out, but he refuses. On the outside of the ring, Alexander Von Blankenship grabs a bottle of water from a fan and starts drinking it. Wesley Crane mockingly starts massaging his shoulders like a boxing trainer. The audience boos them. Stein hears the boos and spies Von Blankenship and Crane on the outside, fooling around
Guillermo OâBannon: Dan Stein abandons the fujiwara on Nobody and slides under the barbed wire, looking for The Anointed.
Phillip Blauer: Boo. Wrestling used to be fun.
Dan Stein chases AVB and Wesley Crane and they slide back into the ring, waiting for Stein to do the same
Guillermo OâBannon: Crane and Von Blankenship clearly waiting to double team Stein when he comes in, but Joe Nobody grabs Crane from behind with a hangmanâs neckbreaker!
Von Blankenship turns around to see his partner on the mat, and then turns around, and looks up at an angry Dan Stein
Phillip Blauer: The best laid plansâŠ
Guillermo OâBannon: Dan Stein finally gets his hands on Alexander Von Blankenship! Right hand! Another big punch floors him!
The Boston crowd is deafening as AVB is begging off, trying to explain how he was kidding about shaving his mustache. Joe Nobody arm drags Wesley Crane
Guillermo OâBannon: Stein picks AVB up in a bearhug! Meanwhile, the Hardkore California Champion Joe Nobody arm drags Crane again. At Hardkore Helloween 2022, Alexander Von Blankenship wrestled Eron Hunter for the Hardkore West Coast title, with Hunter coming out the winner in the end.
Alexander Von Blankenship cries out in pain, as Stein attempts to crush his ribs with his vice like grip. Joe Nobody goes for a russian leg sweep, but Wesley Crane blocks it
Guillermo OâBannon: Wesley Crane spins to Nobodyâs front and drops down into a jawbreaker!
AVB tries to punch his way out of the bearhug but Steinâs got him clasped tight. Stein clasps his wrist and uses his barrel chest to constrict Von Blankenshipâs breathing as AVB starts to fade
Guillermo OâBannon: Crane gets a running start and knees Stein in the back, getting him to release AVB. He butterflies Steinâs arms and drives his head into the mat with a double underhook DDT!
Hasbulla triumphantly blows his whistle on the outside. Wesley Crane lifts Joe Nobody up into a suplex and then drops him into a brainbuster. Alexander Von Blankenship has pulled himself up to his feet
Guillermo OâBannon: Von Blankenship stomps Dan Stein in the head. He pulls him up by the hair and whacks him in the chest with a hard chop.
Phillip Blauer: All that chest hair probably softened the blow. Hit him again.
Guillermo OâBannon: AVB must have heard you, because he hits him with another blistering chop. He irish whips Stein into Wesley Crane who hits him in the face with a double knee shot!
Phillip Blauer: Teamwork makes the dream work.
Guillermo OâBannon: Joe Nobody comes up and AVB tries his Ordained superkick, but Nobody catches his leg and dragon screws him to the mat.
Nobody slides under the barbed wire and climbs to the top turnbuckle. Wesley Crane runs at a rising Dan Stein and cracks him in the jaw with a european uppercut
Guillermo OâBannon: Nobody catches Wesley Crane with a missile dropkick! Dan Stein gets to his feet and literally throws Alexander Von Blankenship into the barbed wire!!
The Boston fans roar as AVB is stuck in the barbed wire! Hasbulla blows his whistle in a panic. Dan Stein comes over and rams his shoulder into AVBâs stomach over and over, pushing him into the barbed wire with each blow
Guillermo OâBannon: Joe Nobody pulls Crane up and snaps back into a russian leg sweep. Meanwhile, Dan Stein is choking AVB with his boot, pressing him back into that barbed wire!
Alexander Von Blankenship is screaming in pain, and yelling for Crane to help him. Hasbulla motions for assistance from anyone
Guillermo OâBannon: Wesley Crane ducks a superkick from Joe Nobody and flips him across the ring with an exploder suplex! Meanwhile, Dan Stein is stomping Alexander Von Blankenship over and over into the barbed wire!!
Wesley Crane walks over and grabs Stein from behind, dropping him on the back of his head with a german suplex
âŠONE!
âŠTWO!
âŠDan Stein rolls his shoulder up!
Guillermo OâBannon: âThe High Rollerâ Wesley Crane finally comes to the aid of his partner, but the damage is done.
Alexander Von Blankenship is on his hands and knees, trying to recover while blood sprinkles on the mat from his forehead, and shoulders
Guillermo OâBannon: Crane firemanâs carries Joe Nobody up onto his shoulders, and then runs into the center of the ring with a death valley driver!
âŠONE!
âŠTWO!
âŠJoe Nobody kicks out
The Boston crowd boos Wesley Crane while he pulls Dan Stein up into a front facelock and climbs to the second turnbuckle
Guillermo OâBannon: Crane jumps off with a tornado DDT, but Stein just pushes him off to the mat!
The audience pops for Steinâs show of power. Stein pulls him up into a full nelson, and Joe Nobody cracks Wesley in the face with a hard right hand
Phillip Blauer: Whereâs your sense of injustice when something like that happens?
Guillermo OâBannon: Something like what?
Phillip Blauer: Where two of Jonnieâs goons rough up a future reality star because he didnât Scorpion King him in as an executive producer?
Guillermo OâBannon: Thatâs your problem with that? Joe Nobody drops Crane on the back of his head with a release dragon suplex! Crane got folded over like an accordion!
Dan Stein pulls Crane up by the hair, and then gorilla presses him over his head to the gasps of the audience
Guillermo OâBannon: âThe Punisherâ Dan Stein has Wesley Crane pressed over his headâŠbut Alexander Von Blankenship kicks him in the balls from behind!!
Hardkore Director Danny Valentine Jr. takes a close up of Steinâs face with his eyes wide open. Dan drops to his knees out of frame, replaced by a smiling crimson masked AVB. The MGM Music Hall at Fenway is deafening with boos mixed with Hasbullaâs whistle
Phillip Blauer: No one can be big enough where that wonât bring you down to size.
Guillermo OâBannon: AVB with a low down, cheap shot.
Phillip Blauer: Heâs having fun. Donât ruin this for him.
Guillermo OâBannon: I am not trying to ruin this for him I am sayinâŠJoe Nobody comes in but Alexander Von Blankenship catches him with a spinebuster!
âŠONE!
âŠTWO!
âŠJoe Nobody kicks out!
Guillermo OâBannon: AVB pulls Dan Stein up by the hair and starts raking Dan Steinâs face in the barbed wire!
The Boston boo loudly as Stein growls in misery. Some debris goes into the ring as blood runs down Steinâs body.
Phillip Blauer: Real classy, Beantown.
Von Blankenship seems to like the jeers and looks back at them with a smug grin. Hasbulla celebrates outside with his obnoxious whistle
Guillermo OâBannon: Wesley Crane lifts Joe Nobody up into a brainbuster! He rolls his hips and pulls Nobody back up into another suplex set up, and then gives him another brainbuster! Crane twists him back up into a third and final brainbuster!!
âŠONE!
âŠTWO!
âŠJoe Nobody kicks out!
Guillermo OâBannon: Alexander Von Blankenship measures Stein and then Ordained superkicks him upside the head!
Dan Stein goes down like a redwood. AVB gives him the sign of the cross while Hasbulla jumps up and down on the outside of the ring
Guillermo OâBannon: Crane climbs to the top turnbuckle and dives off with a flying elbow, but Joe Nobody rolls out of the way!!
Wesley Crane rolls around on the mat, holding his elbow. Alexander Von Blankenship motions for Stein to get up in the corner
Guillermo OâBannon: AVB comes at Stein with the superman punch, but Dan catches his fist!
Von Blankenshipâs expression turns from confidence to fear as he stares at his trapped hand. Dan Stein cracks him in the forehead with a headbutt
Guillermo OâBannon: âThe Punisherâ Dan Stein headbutts him again, and again, and then sits out into the Detroit Hangover facebuster!
AVB leaves a bloodstain on the canvas where his face hit. Wesley Crane gets to his knees, but Joe Nobody cracks him in the side of the head with a shining wizard! The audience lets out a loud âOH!â
Guillermo OâBannon: Dan Stein gut wrenches Alexander Von Blankenship up and over his shoulder and drops down into a neckbreaker!!
âŠONE!
âŠTWO!
âŠTHREE!!!
Guillermo OâBannon: Stein eliminates AVB! Wesley Crane is fresh out of friends.
Phillip Blauer: He still has me.
Greg Jin: âAt 18 minutes 28 seconds, Alexander Von Blankenship has been eliminated by âThe Punisherâ Dan Stein!â
Joe Nobody front facelocks âThe High Rollerâ Wesley Crane and climbs up to the second turnbuckle
Guillermo OâBannon: Nobody jumps off with a tornado DDT but Wesley Crane reverses it into a spinebuster!
âŠONE!
âŠTWO!
âŠJoe Nobody kicks out!
Guillermo OâBannon: Wesley Crane irish whips Joe Nobody into the barbed wire!!
The Boston fans let out a sympathetic âOH!â as his black button up shirt and white vest are stuck on the barbed wire
Guillermo OâBannon: âThe High Rollerâ Wesley Crane follows him in with a running knee!
Joe Nobody cries out in agony as he gets pushed deep into the barbs. Wesley Crane then runs Nobodyâs forehead across it, slicing his forehead deep
Guillermo OâBannon: But Dan Stein grabs Craneâs arm from behind, laces it over Wesleyâs own neck, and drops down into a regal cutter!
The fans cheer! Dan Stein scoops Wesley Crane up and runs into the center of the ring with a running powerslam
âŠONE!
âŠTWO!
âŠWesley Crane kicks out!
Guillermo OâBannon: Stein applies an abdominal stretch. He sticks his foot and uses that 6 inch height advantage he has on Wesley Crane to bend him backwards until it looks like his ribs are about to pop out of his body.
Tommy Milligan checks in but Crane shakes his head, refusing to give up. Dan Stein cranks back on his arm some more
Guillermo OâBannon: Dan Stein uses that abdominal stretch to pumphandle him up, but Crane rolls out of The Reckoning onto his feet behind him! He gets a running start and spears Dan Stein into the barbed wire!!
The MGM Music Hall in Fenway rocks with boos as Stein slowly melts to the mat. Joe Nobody goes to intervene and catches a superkick to the face for his troubles from Crane
Guillermo OâBannon: âThe High Rollerâ Wesley Crane grabs Stein in a dragon sleeper! These two men held the Hardkore World Tag Team titles for the better part of a year, and now they are trying to break one another!
Crane sits low on the dragon sleeper, and laces his leg through Steinâs arm, pulling it back into a hammerlock. He pulls back on Steinâs head and neck, bending him in half
Guillermo OâBannon: A blood drenched Joe Nobody staggers over and basement dropkicks Crane, breaking up the dragon sleeper!
Joe Nobody pulls Crane up in a waistlock and then german suplexes him up and then transitions it into a wheelbarrow then walks him over to the barbed wire
Guillermo OâBannon: Joe Nobody drops him into a Victory Buster facebuster into the barbed wire!!
The fans let out a monster pop as Crane flops around the mat like a fish, covering his face with blood leaking out his fingers. Nobody moves in for the kill and lifts him up into a fishermanâs buster and then drops him into an orange crush powerbomb
Guillermo OâBannon: Awesome Driver!!
âŠONE!
âŠTWO!
âŠWesley Crane claps his legs together on Nobodyâs head
Guillermo OâBannon: Joe Nobody pulls Wesley Crane up in a half nelson and goes for his ComboBreaker, but Wesley Crane counters with an HRKO, for High Roller!!
The air goes out of the crowd, and a busted open Wesley Crane climbs back up to the top turnbuckle
Guillermo OâBannon: âThe High Rollerâ Wesley Crane comes down with another flying elbow, this time hitting Nobody right in the ribs!!
âŠONE!
âŠTWO!
âŠJoe Nobody kicks out!
Wesley Crane motions for a blood soaked Joe Nobody to get to his feet
Guillermo OâBannon: Wesley Crane charges in with his In The Face but Dan Stein cuts him off with a baseball shot with The Peacemaker!!
Wesley Crane is sprawled out with blood leaking out of his forehead onto the mat. Stein drops to his knees and makes the cover
âŠONE!
âŠTWO!
âŠTHREE!!!
Greg Jin: âAt 27 minutes 12 seconds, âThe High Roller' Wesley Crane has been eliminated by âThe Punisherâ Dan Stein!â
Guillermo OâBannon: Dan Stein has eliminated both of his former partners in The Anointed! And now it is down to him and the Hardkore California Champion Joe Nobody!
The crowd cheers as Joe Nobody stands tall, eyeing the Peacemaker in Steinâs hands. Stein looks down at it and tosses it to ringside
Guillermo OâBannon: Stein and Nobody lock up, but Joe grabs a side headlock. Dan grabs Nobodyâs ankle and calf and bends it, lifting Nobody up for a shinbreaker atomic drop.
Joe Nobody hobbles a few feet, and then Stein grabs him from behind with a german suplex
âŠONE!
âŠTWO!
âŠJoe Nobody rolls his shoulder up!
Guillermo OâBannon: âThe Punisherâ Dan Stein lifts him up into a hanging vertical suplex, and then jumps up to get extra height on the way down!
The crowd explodes as the impact bounces Nobody up into a sitting position and then back down. Stein irish whips Joe Nobody into the corner, and when Nobody bounces out, Stein goes for a clothesline but Nobody ducks and does a floatover DDT
Guillermo OâBannon: Status Symbol!!
âŠONE!
âŠTWO!
âŠDan Stein kicks out!
Guillermo OâBannon: Joe Nobody wipes the blood out of his eyes and then catches a rising Dan Stein with a diamond cutter! He makes another pin attempt!
âŠONE!
âŠTWO!
âŠDan Stein kicks out
Guillermo OâBannon: Nobody measures him and then tattoos him with the Perfect Placement jumping calf kick!
Nobody runs at him with an STO but Dan intercepts him by lifting him off his feet by the throat with both hands
Guillermo OâBannon: Dan Stein drops him into a sitout chokeslam!!
Dan Stein moves in for the kill and pumphandles Joe Nobody up into his sitout slam
Guillermo OâBannon: The Reckoning!!
âŠONE!
âŠTWO!
âŠTHREE!!!
The crowd erupts and Domino slides under the barbed wire to help a battered and bloody Dan Stein to his feet
Greg Jin: âAt 32 minutes 12 seconds, THE WINNER OF HELLOWEEN #3âŠâTHE PUNISHERâ DAN STEIN!!!â
Guillermo OâBannon: An unprecedented fourth time winning a Helloween qualifier! Dan Stein had a clean sweep, defeating AVB, Wesley Crane and Joe Nobody!
The Boston fans give Dan a standing ovation as Domino helps hold him up
Guillermo OâBannon: He goes on to team with Kilroy Evans, who he has faced in a Road to Helloween in 2008, to take on El Rey and the winner of the next Helloween!
The audience chants âDAN!! DAN!! DAN!!â as he pats his chest
Coming in February,
Hardkore World comes to Phoenix and the McKale Center!
Come and see Hardkore World stars like The Great Syberus, El Rey, and Kilroy Evans!
Doors open at 7pm!
Fade back to Guillermo and Phil
Guillermo OâBannon: Now it is our final Helloween qualifier which will decide the last competitor in The Road to Helloween match. As we know now, Kilroy Evans and âThe Punisherâ Dan Stein will be on one side, and El Rey will be on the other. This match will decide who El Reyâs partner is.
Phillip Blauer: These four are competing to be the luckiest guy in Helloween, and then the unluckiest.
âSexy And I Know Itâ by LMFAO plays and the cheers turn to jeers boo. Mary Yellowbird leads the way as âEl Exoticoâ Joey Little Horse comes dancing down the ramp to show off. He dances past the guy holding up the âJoey Little Horse Fears Boundariesâ sign
Guillermo OâBannon: Former Hardkore California Champion Joey Little Horse recently got a big win over former âThe Salford Squidâ Callum Cornwall and hopes that momentum allows him to go far in the Helloween Cup. Heâs been waiting to get his hands on Florida Man after their Maui match where he lost the Hardkore California title to him in that lego and thumbtacks match.
Phillip Blauer: I should say so, falling on legos changes a man.
Guillermo OâBannon: Joey Little Horse says he was recently contacted about joining a group but turned them down because he doesnât want to get ahead by jumping people and taking advantage of a numbers situation. I wonder if that might have been The Anointed?
Phillip Blauer: I highly doubt that. It was probably that Saviors of Suffering or whoever Poena used to run.
Yolanda Ando: Joey Little Horse wears a small loin cloth with yellow trunks underneath.
Guillermo OâBannon: Thank you, Yolanda. Joey Little Horse has been in training with Storm and Thunder, as well as Mary Yellowbird, trying to simulate the rigors of a match like this, but until you are there in the barbed wire, thereâs nothing like it.
Greg Jin: âThe following is Hardkore Helloween #3! It is a barbed wire falls count anywhere match! Your referee is Richie âPee Weeâ Richardson. Featuring first, accompanied to the ring by Mary Yellowbird; From Charlotte, North Carolina, Standing 6 feet 1 inch tall; Weighing 260 poundsâŠâEL EXOTICOâ JOEY LITTLE HORSE!!!â
The Boston fans cheer
âSeasons in the Abyssâ by Stone Sour plays and the audience cheers as The Sheik walks out with a wild look in his eye. Malcolm Xavier Graves follows behind him
Guillermo OâBannon: Last year The Sheik lasted an hour and was the last man eliminated by the winner âThe High Rollerâ Wesley Crane. This year he wants to win the whole thing.
Phillip Blauer: This match is tailor made for him, and by that I mean for psychos that need to be locked up.
Greg Jin: âAccompanied to the ring by his manager, Malcolm Xavier Graves; Standing 6 feet tall; Weighing 235 pounds; The Great King of TerrorâŠTHE SHEIK!!!â
The MGM Music Hall at Fenway cheers.
âGimme Some Lovin'â by The Spencer Davis Group plays and the Boston crowd jeers. Florida Man walks out with the Wrestle: UK Tag Team Championship strapped around his waist. He confidently strides past the signs that say âDelouse Florida Manâ and âKilroy Needs A Tetanus Shotâ
Guillermo OâBannon: Florida Man lost his Hardkore California title to Joe Nobody in Palm Springs after some help from Kilroy Evans. Kilroy came down after Florida Man began harassing our beloved ring announcer Greg Jin to call him the Hardkore Florida Champion. Florida Man decided turnabout was fair play and came down to cost Kilroy the tag team belts later on in the evening by biting him in the neck.
Phillip Blauer: I bet he tastes like curly fried ham.
Guillermo OâBannon: At XHFâs End of Days, Florida Man won the the J-ROK Championship YTA Championship from Kilroy, before losing it to Kira Izumi later on that night.
Phillip Blauer: Itâs better to have love and lost, then to have never loved at all.
Florida Man would love to advance to The Road to Helloween and get a shot at Kilroy Evans later on tonight.
Phillip Blauer: I donât get his old ladyâs problem. Just let the man collect barbed wire. Do you some guys collect Funko Pops?
Yolanda Ando: Florida Man wears a mask resembling an old Halloween gorn mask, only the snout has been elongated to look more like a gator. A wide brim straw hat appears to have been stitched into the mask. The brim is angled to look like a halo. A small hole in the corner of his plastic toothy smile is so he can easily access his cigarettes, but at the moment it holds a piece of straw to complete his lackadaisical country swagger. Instead of traditional tights, he wears overalls and a shirt that says Mello Yellow.
Guillermo OâBannon: Florida Man is the wild card in this whole thing. A longtime veteran of the death matches over in Japan, he could be the one that runs away with this whole thing.
Greg Jin makes sure heâs far away from Florida Man at ringside
Greg Jin: âFrom The Gunshine State of Florida; Standing 6 feet 2 inches tall; Weighing 198 pounds; He is One Half of the Wrestle:UK Tag Team ChampionsâŠFLORIDA MAN!!â
"Riptide" by Vance Joy pumps over The MGM Music Hall at Fenway. Hardkore Cameraman Jackie Valentine Jr. hard pans from the entrance way over to the audience where Simon Cruise launches himself into the audience on Robinson, his talking surfboard. If any of the Boston crowd members aren't fans of the water sports enthusiast, it doesnât show, continuing to move the board forward for fear a fall will hurt them. This rationale turns the audience into a literal wave, which hands Cruise towards ringside
Guillermo OâBannon: Simon Cruise successfully defended the Hardkore West Coast Championship over Kalmin Watts in Palm Springs, and is now hoping to win Hardkore Helloween, a show he watched a lot growing up. Cruise watched guys like Killboy Powerhead, Eerie Von, King, and Lucifer Jones win it and always pictured himself holding up that trophy.
Phillip Blauer: Fun fact. Eerie Von the only one to win the Hardkore Helloween Cup without a tongue.
Yolanda Ando: Thatâs not fun.
Arriving at the guardrail, the nimble bro Simon Cruise cartwheels over the timekeeper's table - landing in a way that lets him post with his board
Guillermo OâBannon: Simon Cruise respects everyone in this match, from Little Horse to The Sheik to Florida Man.
Phillip Blauer: Respect Florida Man at your peril.
Guillermo OâBannon: He points out that since heâs focused on being Hardkore West Coast Champion, he doesnât stand to gain much if he doesnât outright win the 2023 Hardkore Helloween Cup. But he hopes to learn alot about his upcoming contenders for his title.
Phillip Blauer: Never took him for the studious type.
Yolanda Ando: Simon Cruise is wearing board shorts and a blue t-shirt.
Guillermo OâBannon: Thank you, Yolanda. Simon Cruise realizes that Kalmin Watts has his fans and he doesnât want to alienate them by disparaging the former Hardkore World Heavyweight Champion, but he doesnât much care for his manager. He was let down by Kalmin not addressing him personally, and feels heâs not taking this match, or Simon Cruise seriously.
Greg Jin: âFrom Venice Beach, California; Standing 5 feet 8 inches tall; Weighing 205 pounds, The Big Kahuna, He is The Current HARDKORE WEST COAST CHAMPIONâŠSIMON CRUISE!!!â
Huge pop from the Boston fans as he flashes them a âhang looseâ sign
Hardkore Helloween #4
Simon Cruise vs. Florida Man vs. The Sheik vs. âEl Exoticoâ Joey Little Horse
Joey Little Horse cracks Simon Cruise with a right hook, while Florida Man and The Sheik start trading punches
Guillermo OâBannon: The Sheik jabs Florida Man with a straight right, but Florida Man reaches out and pokes Sheik in the eye. Cruise ducks a second right hook from Joey and does a go behind into a waistlock.
Little Horse reaches back and grabs Simon Cruise by the hair, and then flips him into a snapmare using the hair
Guillermo OâBannon: Florida Man lifts The Sheik up in a firemanâs carry, and then begins spinning him round and round until he drops him with an airplane spin.
Joey Little Horse grabs a front facelock on Simon Cruise. Florida Man lifts The Sheik up by the hair, but Sheik basement dropkicks Floâs legs out from under him
Guillermo OâBannon: Joey Little Horse lays flat on the mat in that front facelock on Cruise, resting his chin on the small of Simonâs back. Meanwhile the Sheik kicks Florida Man in the stomach, and irish whips him into the barbed wire, but Florida Man baseball slides under the wire!
The Boston fans boo while Florida Man points to his head.
Phillip Blauer: Heâs not book smart, heâs Florida Smart.
Guillermo OâBannon: Whatâs that?
Phillip Blauer: Thatâs where you get a veteranâs discount at the Chinese buffet because of the army jacket you got at Goodwill and your 9 year old passes for 5 because of the malnourishment.
Inside the ring, Simon Cruise has worked his way to his feet as Joey Little Horse leans back on the front facelock. Florida Man walks to the other side of the ring and slides under the barbed wire
Guillermo OâBannon: Simon Cruise slips his head out of the front facelock, and then arm drags Joey Little Horse. The Sheik stomps Little Horse in the back.
The Sheik punt kicks Joey Little Horse in the side of the head. Florida Man comes up behind Simon Cruise and chokes him
Guillermo OâBannon: The Sheik pulls Little Horse up but Joey Little Horse comes up swinging with a tomahawk chop! Meanwhile, Florida Man is strangling Simon Cruise on the mat.
Joey Little Horse tries to throw Sheikâs face into the barbed wire, but The Sheik catches the wire with his hands
Guillermo OâBannon: Sheik blocks going into the barbed wire! Florida Man strangling Cruise while Richie Richardson tries to pull him off!
The Sheik elbows Joey Little Horse, in the midsection a couple of times bending him over, trying to break the hold Little Horse has on him. Florida Man finally abandons choking Simon Cruise and stomps off to go yell back at the hecklers
Guillermo OâBannon: The Sheik hits Joey Little Horse in the back of the head with an overhand karate chop.
Florida Man gets bellicose boos from the fans in response. The Sheik slug Little Horse with an overhand right
Guillermo OâBannon: Florida Man pulls Simon Cruise up, but Simon sits out with a jawbreaker, shooting the top of his head through Florida Manâs jaw. He runs at The Sheik, but the Sheik catches him with a huracanrana with a cradle!
âŠONE!
âŠSimon Cruise kicks out!
Guillermo OâBannon: Joey Little Horse grabs a reverse chinlock on Florida Man. The Sheik pulls Cruise up and punches him in the stomach.
Malcolm Xavier Graves tosses a chair over the barbed wire and into the ring. Little Horse has his knee in Florida Manâs back, pulling back on the reverse chinlock. Florida Man attempts clapping to get the audience behind him but they boo him soundly
Phillip Blauer: The man was just asking for a little bit of support. Is that so wrong?
Guillermo OâBannon: The Sheik takes that chair and whacks Simon Cruise across the back with it!
Simon Cruise goes down, kicking his toes into the mat in pain. Meanwhile, Florida Man works his way to his feet with Joey Little Horse still hanging on to the reverse chinlock
Guillermo OâBannon: Florida Man elbows his way out of the reverse chinlock. He punches Joey Little Horse, who answers with a forearm smash.
Yay!
Guillermo OâBannon: The Sheik smacks that chair down on Simon Cruiseâs back again! Florida Man hits a Joey Little Horse with a forearm of his own.
Boo!
Guillermo OâBannon: Joey Little Horse with a right hook to Florida Manâs jaw.
YAY!
Guillermo OâBannon: Florida Man hits back with another punch.
BOO!
Guillermo OâBannon: One more chair shot to the back of Simon Cruise by The Sheik! Little Horse with a palm strike to Florida Manâs face.
YAY!
Guillermo OâBannon: Florida Man puts his arms up and crane kicks Joey Little Horse, nearly knocking him into the barbed wire!
BOO!
Guillermo OâBannon: Joey Little Horse comes back with a tomahawk chop!
YAY!
Guillermo OâBannon: Joey Little Horse lights Florida Man up with rapid fire punches, knocking him towards the barbed wire, and then flattens him with one more tomahawk chop!
Malcolm Xavier Graves throws something into the ring and The Sheik picks it up
Guillermo OâBannon: The Sheik runs over and stabs Joey Little Horse in the head with something, I canât see what it isâŠ
Phillip Blauer: God, I hope itâs my car keys, I canât find them anywhere.
Guillermo OâBannon: Itâs not your keys, itâs some kind of metal spike!
Joey Little Horse lies on the mat with blood running from his forehead. Simon Cruise slowly climbs to the top turnbuckle. The Sheik kneels over Florida Man and stabs the spike repeatedly into his mask as the fans cheer
Guillermo OâBannon: The Sheik didnât like what Florida Man did to his partner, Kilroy Evans and really letting him have it!
Phillip Blauer: In another universe, those two could have been the best of friends.
Guillermo OâBannon: The Sheik pulls Florida Man up by the mask, but Simon Cruise dives off the top turnbuckle with a double clothesline that takes them both out!
The MGM Music Hall at Fenway pops loud! Simon Cruise double stomps Joey Little Horseâs stomach for good measure
Guillermo OâBannon: Simon Cruise applies an armbar to Joey Little Horse. He clamps down on his arm, trying to rip it out of its socket.
Richie Richardson checks in but Joey Little Horse shakes his head, refusing to give up. The Sheik pulls Florida Man up, but Florida low blows him, causing the crowd to jeer and heckle him
Guillermo OâBannon: Florida Man comes over and kicks Simon Cruise in the face while his arms are occupied in the armbar.
Florida Man pulls Joey Little Horse up by the hair. He swings and connects with a roundhouse right
Guillermo OâBannon: Kiraâs Jaw Breaker! Joey Little Horse staggers and Florida Man backs up and then charges in with a high angle Marcechochicknee knee strike that knocks him into the barbed wire!!
Joey Little Horse shrieks in pain and Mary Yellowbird covers her mouth in horror. The Sheik sets the chair up in front of the barbed wire
Guillermo OâBannon: The Sheik charges in, vaults off the chair and hits Joey Little Horse with a leg lariat, pushing him farther into the barbed wire!!
The Sheik runs Little Horseâs forehead across the barbed wire, slicing it open. He turns around into a dropkick by Simon Cruise
Guillermo OâBannon: The Hardkore West Coast Champion Simon Cruise cartwheels into a side kick that takes out Florida Man!
Joey Little Horse collapses to the mat, with his blood leaking all over the canvas. Simon Cruise puts the chair over Florida Manâs face
Guillermo OâBannon: Simon Cruise leg drops the chair on Florida Manâs face!
âŠONE!
âŠTWO!
âŠFlorida Man kicks out!
Guillermo OâBannon: The Sheik stands up, but Simon Cruise takes him out with a hip attack. He irish whips him into Joey Little Horse who flips him into a tiltawhirl slam!
âŠONE!
âŠTWO!
âŠThe Sheik kicks out!
Guillermo OâBannon: Joey Little Horse puts his knees into Sheikâs back and rolls him up into a bow and arrow!
The fans cheer as Little Horse bends Sheik in half, impaling him on his knees. Simon Cruise pulls Florida Man up but Florida Man pokes him in the eye, A blinded Simon Cruise rolls out of the ring
Phillip Blauer: Go on and run, coward!
Guillermo OâBannon: A blinded Simon Cruise staggers amongst Malcolm Xavier Graves and Mary Yellowbird who yell competing advice for their clients.
Richie âPee Weeâ Richardson asks Sheik but he refuses to give up. Florida Man backs up to the other side of the ring
Guillermo OâBannon: Florida Man baseball slide dropkicks Simon Cruise into the guardrail! Meanwhile inside the ring, Joey Little Horse releases the bow and arrow and applies an Indian deathlock on The Sheik!
The Boston fans cheer as Joey leans back, putting extra pressure on The Sheikâs twisted knees.
Guillermo OâBannon: Florida Man suicide dives over the barbed wire onto Simon Cruise on the floor!!
The cheers turn to jeers as Florida Man and Simon Cruise lay on the MGM Music Hall at Fenway floor. Inside the ring, Richie Richardson again checks in to see if The Sheik wants to submit to the indian deathlock but The Sheik doesnât answer him.
Guillermo OâBannon: Joey Little Horse finally releases the indian deathlock, and then pulls The Sheik up by the hair to his feet. He irish whips him, but The Sheik reverses it and shoots Little Horse into the corner!
Simon Cruise pulls Florida Man up by the mask here at ringside.. Cruise reaches back and punches Florida Man, backing him into the aisle. Meanwhile, inside the ring, The Sheik punches Joey Little Horse across the chin. He sets up a chair in front of him and then back into the other corner
Guillermo OâBannon: The Sheik runs and steps up on the chair in front of the corner and leg lariots Joey Little Horse into the turnbuckles!
The audience pops as Joey Little Horse staggers out of the corner onto his face. Out on the floor, Simon Cruise hits Florida Man right between the eyes, forcing him through the curtain into the backstage area. Back in the ring The Sheik gets on top of Joey Little Horseâs back and applies his accolade camel clutch
Guillermo OâBannon: The Last Crusade!! The Sheik clasps his wrist creating a vice with his arms, trying to peel back on Joey Little Horseâs head and neck. Back out on the entrance ramp, Simon Cruise begins to return to the ring.
Mary Yellowbird looks concerned. Richie Richardon checks in but Joey Little Horse continues to refuse to give up. Suddenly, Florida Man comes through the curtain riding a Walmart mobility scooter
Phillip Blauer: Hey! Thatâs my dear wife Dorothyâs shopping scooter!
Guillermo OâBannon: Is she here?
Phillip Blauer: (scoffs) In Boston? With Catholics?? Do you have rocks in your head? No, I use it to feel important in the locker room. Itâs got a dandy little horn.
Florida Man mows down an unawares Simon Cruise from behind on his mobility scooter!! The MGM Music Hall rocks with boos
Guillermo OâBannon: Simon Cruise had no idea because of its soft quiet motor and took a nasty spill on the concrete!
Inside the ring, blood from Joey Little Horseâs lacerations over both eyebrows drip down onto The Sheikâs clasped arms in the accolade camel clutch. Malcolm Xavier Graves pounds on the apron, rooting on The Sheik.
Guillermo OâBannon: The Sheik sits low and rocks back on The Last Crusade, and Joey Little Horse finally taps out!!
Greg Jin: âAt 19 minutes 26 seconds, âEl Exoticoâ Joey Little Horse has been eliminated by The Sheik!â
Guillermo OâBannon: The Sheik climbs to the top turnbuckle and backflips onto both Florida Man and Simon Cruise on the floor!!
The Boston crowd cheers wildly and chants âSHEIK!! SHEIK!! SHEIK!!â as all three men lie on the MGM Music Hall at Fenway floor. Malcolm Xavier Graves goes over to the side of the ring and takes wire cutters out of his jacket pocket
Guillermo OâBannon: Malcolm Xavier Graves is cutting strips of barbed wire off of the the bottom strand. He hands one to The Sheik who wraps it around his fist. He punches Simon Cruise in the face with the barbed wire!!
Cruise cries out in pain and goes down in a heap, holding his face. The Sheik unhooks Florida Manâs coveralls and rakes the barbed wire down his back, tearing the back of his Mello Yello t-shirt
Guillermo OâBannon: The Sheik grinds his barbed wire fist into Florida Manâs bare back, and you can hear his cries through his gator mask!
The Sheik unravels the barbed wire around his fist, and MXG hands him a new strand of it
Guillermo OâBannon: Sheik starts whipping Florida Man with the strand of barbed wire! Over and over again!
The Sheik turns around into a kneelift off the apron to the face by Simon Cruise
Guillermo OâBannon: Wipeout â17!! Florida Man staggers away with his shirt and skin in tatters!
A bleeding Simon Cruise makes the cover on the floor and outside official Kelly OâConnell makes the count
âŠONE!
âŠTWO!
âŠThe Sheik kicks out!
Guillermo OâBannon: Simon Cruise wipes the blood out of his eyes, and scoops The Sheik up into a michinoku driver II on the concrete!!
âŠONE!
âŠTWO!
âŠThe Sheik kicks out!
Florida Man slides under the barbed wire back into the ring. Simon Cruise rolls The Sheik back into the ring, but then hangs his head off the apron. Florida Man climbs to the top turnbuckle
Guillermo OâBannon: Florida Man comes off the top turnbuckle with a guillotine leg drop that flips Sheikâs torso into the barbed wire!!
The MGM Music Hall at Fenway rocks with boos as The Sheik clutches his bleeding chest, kicking his toes into the mat in agony. Florida Man has slices down his back that are seeping with blood as he tries to recover on the arena floor.
Guillermo OâBannon: Florida Man pulls The Sheik up into a suplex but drops him into a Mindblower brainbuster on the floor!!
âŠONE!
âŠTWO!
âŠThe Sheik kicks out!
Simon Cruise slides back into the ring and climbs to the top turnbuckle
Guillermo OâBannon: Simon Cruise backflips into a moonsault that takes out both The Sheik and Florida Man!!
The audience chants âSIMON!! SIMON!! SIMON!!â as the three men bleed on the floor. Malcolm Xavier Graves tries to help The Sheik to his feet and hands him something
Guillermo OâBannon: Malcolm Xavier Graves just handed The Sheik something. Simon Cruise grabs Sheik but he stabs Simon Cruise with it! Itâs that metal spike again!
Simon Cruise drops to his knee, with blood trickling out of the wound. The Sheik hits Florida Man with the spike, getting a pop from the crowd. Malcolm Xavier Graves pulls a table out from underneath the ring and begins setting it up. The Sheik loads Simon Cruise onto the table
Guillermo OâBannon: The Sheik slides back into the ring and climbs to the top turnbuckle. He leaps off with a leg drop but Simon Cruise moves so Sheik crashes through a table on the floor!!
The Boston crowd cheers. Simon Cruise rolls The Sheik back into the ring and climbs to the top turnbuckle
Guillermo OâBannon: Simon Cruise flips into a 450 splash!!
âŠONE!
âŠTWO!
âŠThe Sheik kicks out!
Simon Cruise gets back to his feet and high angle thrust kicks Sheik upside the head
Guillermo OâBannon: Kickflip! Simon Cruise climbs back up to the top turnbuckle, but Florida Man jumps up to the apron behind him. He pushes Cruise off the top rope from behind to the mat below!
The MGM Music Hall at Fenway jeers Florida Man. The Sheik staggers to his feet and swirls into his black mass kick
Guillermo OâBannon: The Scimitar!!
âŠONE!
âŠTWO!
âŠTHREE!!
Greg Jin: âAt 27 minutes 21 seconds, Simon Cruise has been eliminated by The Sheik!â
Guillermo OâBannon: Florida Man tossed Simon Cruise off the top rope from behind, and he was ripe for The Scimitar.
Phillip Blauer: No one is promised a good landing from the top rope.
Guillermo OâBannon: At any rate, it is down to Florida Man and The Sheik for the man who will go to The Road to Helloween to team with El Rey against Kilroy Evans and âThe Punisherâ Dan Stein. Florida Man has said that this was his desired outcome, because he wanted to hurt Kilroy Evansâ partner.
Phillip Blauer: If it helps people steer clear of being Kilroyâs friend, Iâm all for it.
Florida Man hops back down to the floor and walks around ringside to stall, drawing the ire of the audience. Florida Man waves off their complaints as The Sheik motions for him to get into the ring. Florida Man paces around ringside as he tries to get in the right headspace
Phillip Blauer: Patience, Geraldo. Usually when Florida Man is this freaked out, heâs on the phone with the police negotiator as heâs holed up in a Kissimmee CVS during a robbery gone wrong.
Florida Man continues to mutter and power walk around ringside. The Sheik measures him and starts running towards the barbed wire
Guillermo OâBannon: The Sheik dives over the barbed wire and catches Florida Man with a pescado on the floor!!
The Boston audience cheers wildly. Sheik rolls Florida Man back into the ring and slides under the barbed wire after him. The Sheik lunges for him, but Florida Man flinches backwards. The Sheik moves in on him, but Florida hits him with a superkick to the groin
Guillermo OâBannon: Sweet Crotch Music! He double underhooks The Sheikâs arms and pulls him up into a piledriver, drilling his head into the mat! Your Name Here Driver!!
âŠONE!
âŠTWO!
..The Sheik kicks out!
Florida Man hits Sheik with a double stomp! He runs back and hits him with another double foot stomp to Sheikâs bleeding chest
Guillermo OâBannon: Florida Man with another Touch The Sky double stomp! And another to Sheikâs chest lacerations!
The crowd boos thunderously. The Sheik clutches his collarbone and stomps his heels into the mat in pain. Malcolm Xavier Graves gives him encouragement from ringside
Phillip Blauer: Florida Man treating The Sheik like a trampoline, which could be considered disrespectful if not for his peopleâs fierce devotion to the trampoline as a cultural icon.
Guillermo OâBannon: Florida Man lifts The Sheik up into a firemanâs carry and begins spinning him around and round in a Never Stop Spinning Airplane Spin!
The Boston crowd rains vitriol down on Florida Man as he cartoonishly spins The Sheik over and over in the airplane spin
Phillip Blauer: When he stops, no one knows!
Guillermo OâBannon: Florida Man continues to spin him around, but The Sheik reverses it into a tornado DDT!
The fans come to life as the impact rocks Florida Man up to a kneeling position and then back down on his face. The MGM Music Hall at Fenway chants âSHEIK!! SHEIK!! SHEIK!!â Malcolm Xavier Graves yells at Sheik, trying to wake him up. MXG slides that steel chair closer to The rising Sheik
Guillermo OâBannon: The Sheik gets to his feet with that chair in his hands and chucks it at Florida Manâs skull!!
The audience lets out a collective âOH!!â at the sound of the chair ringing off of Florida Manâs skull. Hardkore Director Danny Valentine Jr. takes a close up of Florida Man sitting with an open chair around his neck
Guillermo OâBannon: The Sheik pulls Florida Man up with the chair around his neck, and then irish whips him into the barbed wire!!
The Boston fans erupt as Florida Man is impaled on the barbed wire, with a chair around his neck! The Sheik walks over and takes the chair off of him
Guillermo OâBannon: Sheik cracks that chair onto Florida Manâs head!!
The audience gives Sheik another âOH!â and Florida Man goes limp. The MGM Music Hall at Fenway chants âSHEIK!! SHEIK!! SHEIK!!â
Guillermo OâBannon: The Sheik grabs Florida Manâs gator mask and sits out into a facebuster! He turns it into a LaBell lock!
The crowd roars! The Sheik locks his hands together and yanks back on Florida Manâs face. MXG celebrates at ringside, pumping his cane in the air.
Guillermo OâBannon: Sheik leaning his hip into the crux of Florida Manâs shoulder while cranking back on his head and neck. Richie âPee Weeâ Richardson checks in but Florida Man refuses to give up.
Phillip Blauer: If he didnât give up Four Loko or Fen-Phen, I donât see him giving this up either.
Florida Man rolls the LaBell lock to the side and rakes The Sheikâs eyes with his free arm. He lifts The Sheik up on his shoulder and drops him in a stiff backdrop driver
Guillermo OâBannon: Accidental Backdrop Driver!!
The Boston fans wince at the angle that The Sheik landed on the back of his neck. Florida Man looks back with regret
Phillip Blauer: That was an unfortunate landing there.
Guillermo OâBannon: You said it. Florida Man makes a cover!
âŠONE!
âŠTWO!
..The Sheik kicks out!
Florida Man slides under the barbed wire to ringside. He goes under the apron and pulls out a table. Florida Man slides it into the ring and rolls in after it
Guillermo OâBannon: Florida Man loads The Sheik onto that table and then starts biting him!
The MGM Music Hall at Fenway boos as Florida Man bites and chews his Sheikâs forehead, drawing blood
Guillermo OâBannon: Florida Man opens him up with a few punches and forearm shots to that laceration over The Sheikâs eye!
One last roundhouse to the jaw stills The Sheik. Florida Man climbs to the top turnbuckle
Guillermo OâBannon: Florida Man flips into a swanton Leap of Faith, but The Sheik moves off the table and Florida crashes through the wood!!
The Boston fans leap to their feet as The Sheik tries to come to his senses. The MGM Music Hall at Fenway chants âSHEIK!! SHEIK!! SHEIK!!â
Phillip Blauer: That table was one link in a chain of things that have failed Florida Man to get to this point.
Malcolm Xavier Graves slides under the barbed wire into the ring. He picks up the chair and lies it over Florida Manâs face as he lies in the broken table
Guillermo OâBannon: The Sheik climbs up to the top turnbuckle and comes crashing down with a leg drop to the chair over Florida Manâs face in that broken table!!
âŠONE!
âŠTWO!
..THREE!!!
The Boston fans leap to their feet in celebration as The Sheik rolls off of Florida Man. âSeasons In The Abyssâ by Stone Sour plays as Malcolm Xavier Graves helps Sheik to his feet
Greg Jin: âAt 39 minutes 58 seconds THE WINNER OF HELLOWEEN #4âŠTHE SHEIK!!!â
Guillermo OâBannon: The Road to Helloween is set! The Sheik will team with XHF Junior Heavyweight Champion El Rey to face his sometimes sworn enemy, sometimes tag team partner Kilroy Evans and âThe Punisherâ Dan Stein!
Phillip Blauer: El Rey and The Sheik will be a perfect mix of brutality and aerial dynamics that will prove victorious over the dumb power of Kilroy and Dan.
The Sheik points to heavens with blood running down his forehead and chest as the audience roars. Malcolm Xavier Graves proclaims to Hardkore Cameraman Jackie Valentine Jr. that he told them all along
Guillermo OâBannon: If The Sheik and El Rey are successful, they will face one another in the finals of the 2023 Hardkore Helloween Cup.
Phillip Blauer: Well, all good things have to come to an end. El Rey will out wrestle and outwork the bloodthirsty Sheik.
The Sheik staggers down the aisle while MXG helps him walk
