[Lucky]

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Eco's Consejo Nuevo de Lucha Ligera presents Death Before Dishonor

Commentators: Jim Ross/Jay Leno
Referee: Shaquille O'Neal

Opening Promo from the President of the United States, Barack Obama!

Scramble Match for the 4th Spot in the Elimination Chamber
Pedro Morales vs. Rikidozan vs. Sabian vs. Shawn Daivari

Broken Bonds Ladder Match
Hurricane vs. Shannon Moore

"Are You Smarter Than A Fifth Grader" Competition
Hosted by Karl Malone
Major Gunns vs. Lizzy Borden

Father-Son Grudge Match
El Santo vs. El Hijo del Santo

CNLL Legends Title Match
Bruno Sammartino (c) vs. Lou Thesz

Era vs. Era Dream Match
Shinya Hashimoto vs. Giant Baba

Scramble Match for the 5th Spot in the Elimination Chamber
Rey Misterio vs. Gory Guerrero vs. Mil Mascaras vs. Antonio Rocca

"I Quit" Handicap Match
If Batista wins, he will receive a rematch for the General Management of CNLL
Batista vs. Abdullah the Butcher/Ernie Ladd

Triple Threat Match for the CNLL Women's Championship
Beth Phoenix (c) w/ Melina vs. Linda Miles vs. Alicia Fox w/ Jazz

CNLL Tag Team Championship Match
Sir Ronald Killings/Gorgeous George vs. Too Cool (c)

Elimination Chamber Match for the CNLL Light Heavyweight Championship
(In order of release)
Chris Jericho vs. Dean Malenko vs. Jerry Lynn vs. Pedro Morales vs. Rey Misterio vs. CM Punk (c)

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TexShark's Lone Star Wrestling presents Blast Off

Announcers Marc Lowrence & Bill Mercer

The Outlaws (Dusty Rhodes & Dick Murdoch) v Kendall Windham & Bobby Duncum Jr

The Missing Link w/ Skandor Akbar v “The Latin Hearthrob” Al Perez

The Fantastics (Tommy Rogers & Bobby Fulton) v Black Bart & Brian Adias

Legacy Challenge
Dory Funk Sr v Fritz Von Erich

Texas Tag Team Titles
Jack Victory & John Tatum w/ Sunshine v The Border Patrol (Chavo Gurrero & Jose Lothario)

Southwest Championship
Wahoo McDaniel v Darin Childs

Brass Knuckles Title – Last Man Standing
Manny Fernandez v Thunderbolt Patterson

Six-Man Tag Team Championships
The Freebirds (Michael “P.S.” Hayes, “Iceman” King Parsons & “Gorgeous” Jimmy Garvin w/ Precious) v Kevin, Kerry & Mike Von Erich

World Tag Team Titles
The Japanese Invasion (Genichiro Tenryu & Jumbo Tsuruta) w/ Skandor Akbar v The Dynamic Duo (Chris Adams & Gino Hernandez)

World Heavyweight Championship – Elimination Match
David Von Erich v Dory Funk Jr v Tully Blanchard w/ Baby Doll v Television Champion Ric Flair

[Chris Eco]

Here's the card in all its colorful glory. I will finish adding results throughout the night.

Consejo Nuevo de Lucha Ligera 4
"Death Before Dishonor"

Featuring The Best Announce Team in the Business, Jim Ross and Jay Leno!


And Your Referee...Shaquille O'Neal!

The Official Entrance Video for the CNLL hits the ConsejoTron 9000 and everyone goes NUTS~!

Opening Promo...from the President of the United States, Barack Obama!

BO: POTUS: My fellow citizens, I welcome you to the fourth show of the Consejo Nuevo de Lucha Ligera, the New Council of Lightweight Wrestling. At this time, I would like to register my pride in the Consejo's growth and its incredible success so far. These performers have taken this company from one good idea among many, and made it the flagship of Pun's Wrestling Alliance.

Understandably, many of CNLL's fans, including many of you listening tonight, were unhappy with how the show turned out last week. Certainly, no one enjoys having to confront suffering, or seeing their dreams deferred. No one celebrates the privilege of witnessing the despicable triumphing over the righteous. But throughout it all, we must not lose hope. We must neither withdraw from the political arena, nor simply change the channel to a simpler time where the Von Erich's would always keep their jobs. As Martin Luther King Jr. took such care to tell us, "the arm of the moral universe is long and it bends towards justice." May God bless you, these competitors, and the United States of America.

Scramble Match for the 4th Spot in the Elimination Chamber

Pedro Morales vs. Rikidozan vs. Sabian vs. Shawn Daivari

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Backstory:

CM Punk, taking advantage of his privileged position as champion and open offer from Eric's NCWF, forced Chris Jericho to consent to allow him to defend his title in an Elimination Chamber match where he would enter last, and the fourth and fifth competitors would be decided by Scramble Matches so as to tire them out. Jericho, as the first entry in this match, chose for the fourth place position two winless legends (Morales, 0-2 against Sammartino and 0-1 against Dean Malenko, and Rikidozan, 0-2 in multi-man legend bouts and 0-1 in tag team action with Lou Thesz), Sabian (winless when not teaming with Rocca) and Shawn Daivari (on a bit of a role, but generally undervalued and not taken seriously). The primary bad blood here is between Rikidozan and Sabian, as Riki feels Sabian cheated him out of a tag team title shot by beating him and then forfeiting his spot due to idle fighting.

Highlights:

*Rikidozan goes after Sabian immediately with a series of chops, while Morales and Daivari trade blows. Sabian hops up top and nails Riki with a spinning kick, sending him backwards into Morales and Daivari, who just start pounding on him instead.
*After leveling Morales with a kick to the head, Sabian goes up to prepare a flying stomp, but he is caught up there by Daivari, who superplexes Sabian onto Morales! Sabian then gets a fall counted for him against Morales by accident! Daivari summarily disposes of Sabian and goes up himself with a Magic Carpet Splash to score his own pinfall on Morales!
*With Rikidozan holding Daivari in a cross-armbar across the ring, Pedro Morales lands the Carribean Cannonball to score a pin on Sabian as time runs out, and the victory!

Broken Bonds Ladder Match

Hurricane vs. Shannon Moore

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Backstory:

3 Count was reformed when both Shannon Moore and Hurricane were drafted from the Matte Wrestling Federation, and Shannon Moore pulled Hurricane into the tag team clearly against his will. To his great chagrin, Hurricane witnessed Shannon Moore take the belts down from the ladder in the inaugural TLC match, making them the tag team champions. Batista decided to grant Hurricane his wish, giving him a shot at the World Title Gauntlet--but Shannon Moore's ill-timed interference disqualified him in his qualifying match against CM Punk. The duo lost their belts to Too Cool, the surprise entrants in their TLC match. After the match, Shannon Moore assaulted Hurricane with a steel chair, claiming Hurricane's effort in their loss was not good enough, and that Hurricane had never cared about Shannon or his success.

Highlights:

*Shannon Moore takes it hard to Hurricane at first, surprising him with a shot from behind with a small ladder! He lands his WCW Sleeper Slam on Hurricane on the concrete, but only musters a two-count.
*Hurricane begins a comeback when Moore misses with a Halo Seanton, and gets NAILED with an enzuiguri by Hurricane!
*Both men beginning climbing up the opposite side of the ladder. Hurricane catches Shannon Moore with a goozle atop the ladder, Hurri-chokeslamming him back-first onto a ladder below. Moore rolls out of the ring in pain, as Hurricane slowly ascends and takes down the briefcase from above--which contains a giant poster of 3 Count. Hurricane promptly rips up the poster as the audience cheers. Somewhere, Evan Karagias is sad.

"Are You Smarter Than A Fifth Grader" Competition

Hosted by Karl Malone

Major Gunns vs. Lizzy Borden

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Backstory:

When Gunns confronted Lizzy about Lizzy's previous sexualized abuse of Gunns in XPW, Linda jumped her from behind as Lizzy's new dominatrix assistant. Before Lizzy could make history repeat however, Jackie stormed the ring and threw Lizzy and Linda out. Jacqueline called Linda an embarrassment to Tough Enough and promised to teach her a lesson. She later challenged her to a Texas Strap Match, which she accepted.

Due to space constraints, GM Batista asked Gunns and Borden to remain as valets for this match and wait on their own "spanking match" that the two women had agreed to. Linda won the Texas Strap Match, with Borden and Miles beating down Gunns and Jackie afterward. Gunns gained some measure of retribution during the Lumberjill match via attack, but then Borden choked and stripped her to eliminate her from the #1 Contender's Gauntlet the following week. Due to ideas for a "Spanking Match" being deeply shat upon by the PWA community, GM Jericho decreed that they should work out their difficulties as civilized porn stars would--with a game show testing their intelligence.

Karl Malone is the moderator because Karl Malone is Teh Smart. Kinda.

Highlights:

*One whole category is scrapped when it is discovered that neither woman can spell "algebra" let alone work out any problems related to it.
*Lizzy Borden manages to get ahead with the question "Name any category of law. Any." She names obscenity law, which she did, after all, go to jail for breaking.
*Major Gunns ties it up at 1-1 after successfully spelling "lightning", though only after Karl Malone read it off his card as "What the--I always thought this was light-en-ing, there aren't even any "e's" in here!"
*The final question was "What is the biggest state in the union?" Major Gunns won by guessing Alaska, after Karl Malone ruled that the fact that her answer technically read "Because they have the most people and that's why Jonathan McCreevey picked that lady from Nailin' Palin as his running mate" did not disqualify her answer.

Father-Son Grudge Match

El Santo vs. El Hijo del Santo

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Backstory:

Rey Misterio was originally going to face Malenko and Jericho for the world title, but El Santo, angry about what he saw as Misterio's slights against lucha libre, demanded to face him or quit. When Santo agreed to step into the Legends Match, he was compensated by being replaced with Mil Mascaras and Gory Guerrero (with his own grudges against Rey using his family name) in a handicap match--until his own son, El Hijo de Santo, decided to step in and offer his services as Rey's partner. Though neither team won the TLC match they were shoehorned into, El Hijo's distraction assisted in El Santo's loss in the secondary main event of that night. Santo then teamed back with Gory Guerrero to reform La Pareja Atomica, defeating Rey and his son to qualify for the next week's TLC match--which they again lost. Now Santo steps back into the realm in which he is comfortable--no weapons, straight wrestling--to teach his son a lesson about respect and honor.

Highlights:

*Match starts with some pacing, neither son nor father wanting to go after the other. The son finally extends his hand for a prematch handshake...and El Santo slaps him! El Hijo begins wailing on El Santo, and the match is on!
*After sending him out with a flying clothesline, El Hijo del Santo goes up top with a crossbody to his father on the outside, but his father catches him and turns it into a HUGE powerslam on the outside mat!
*El Santo rolls El Hijo back into the ring after some brawling, and then quickly scurried up top for his innovated Tope de Cristo Diving Headbutt, putting El Hijo down for the 1-2-3!

CNLL Legends Title Match

Bruno Sammartino (c) vs. Lou Thesz

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Backstory:

Lou Thesz and Rikidozan faced off against each other and El Santo on the very first show in a "Fathers of Wrestling" Match. It was expected that that match would lead into the awarding of the Legends Title somehow, but Sammartino was able to abuse Batista's "Choose-Your-Stipulation" rule to put the title on the line in his match, rendering Lou Thesz's victory meaningless. Sammartino went on to beat Morales with chicanery to take the belt, and follow up with successful defenses against Baba and Morales again by taking advantage of injuries. Rather than be fast-tracked as a #1 contender, Thesz was aced out by Giant Baba following Baba using his Money in the Bank win to gain a Legends Title shot. However, after a failed foray into the tag scene, he rebounded to win a #1 Contender's Scramble, giving him a chance at Sammartino for the belt.

Highlights:

*Bruno takes Thesz down with a leg sweep, swiftly dropping elbow after elbow on the inside of Thesz's left knee. He puts in a leg lock on Thesz until he is kicked off with Thesz's good leg, but the damage is done.
*Thesz eventually catches Sammartino off the ropes with a kick to the gut and tries a powerbomb, but the knee buckles and Sammartino turns it into a pinning predicament, but only for a two-count.
*Lou Thesz stalks a crawling Thesz, preparing another kick to the knee. Thesz manages to trip up Sammartino--and lock in the STF he invented! Sammartino is flailing but has no way out! After a minute, he taps out! The audience cheers wildly as Lou Thesz is given the Legends Championship!

Era vs. Era Dream Match

Shinya Hashimoto vs. Giant Baba

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Backstory:

The two previously faced each other in an early Money-In-The-Bank Rumble, which Baba won, denying Hashimoto the chance at the Legends belt on the same night Hashimoto beat Lashley out of CNLL in a MMA match. In pre-PWA history, Giant Baba was one of the first Japanese wrestlers to break into the American pro wrestling scene following Japanese superstardom, and was the first to win the NWA Championship. Shinya Hashimoto would later win the same title, as well as the world championship of All-Japan, which Baba co-founded. While Shinya touts his more experienced record against a broad base of competition, Baba doubts Hashimoto's legacy, particularly his connection to a dying NWA which no longer held any level of prestige in the wrestling world.

Highlights:

*Baba and Hashimoto trade blows at first, with Hashimoto coming off the ropes with a body block that doesn't move Baba at all. Second try, catches Baba off-balance, third try, BIG boot to Hashimoto by Baba!
*Baba sets Hashimoto up for the big spinning neckbreaker, but Hashimoto dodges and side kicks Baba in the gut. Hashimoto off the second rope 180-degree dropkick, Baba is off his feet!
*Hashimoto sets Baba up for the spinning K.O. Kick, but Baba catches the leg and pulls Hashimoto in for a big CHOKESLAM! Baba hooks the legs, 1-2-3! Hashimoto, getting up, approaches Baba as he poses, and the two shake hands.

Scramble Match for the 5th Spot in the Elimination Chamber

Rey Misterio vs. Gory Guerrero vs. Mil Mascaras vs. Antonio Rocca

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Backstory:

For the fifth scramble, GM Jericho decided to throw some combustible elements together. Gory Guerrero and Mil Mascaras have been thorns in Rey's side since being brought into CNLL by El Santo for the purpose of injuring Rey physically for his supposed disregard for the honor of lucha libre, which they accomplished in a TLC match and which Gory accomplished with Santo in a victorious effort against Rey and El Hijo del Santo the following week. However, signs have shown Mascaras softening his tone toward Rey, particularly after a classic match where Rey pulled out the victory, after which Mascaras shook his hand in congratulation. For the fourth man, we have Antonio Rocca, a man coming off a hot streak of wins but like Daivari, still not seriously regarded by the management and looking for an opportunity to break through.

Highlights:

*Gory goes after Rey immediately with a series of right hands. Mil hesitates in terms of how to interfere, but as he is thinking, he gets dropkicked from behind by Rocca!
*Mil Mascaras gets the first pin on Rocca with a flying crossbody following a 6-1-9 from Rey to Rocca. Rey tries to hop over and West Coast Pop on top of Mascaras, but Gory catches him with a powerbomb. Gory then gets a two count before Mascaras breaks it up.
*Mascaras is going up top again for a double crossbody onto a standing Rey and Gory, but Rocca comes out of nowhere and dropkicks Mascaras in the leg! Antonio Rocca falls back to the mat below, but Mascaras falls much more awkwardly, slapping his head HARD on the ground below.
*Antonio Rocca catches Gory Guerrero in the head with a single-leg dropkick, catching him off balance. The exhausted Rocca can not capitalize--but Rey can, catching Gory with a Hurricarana! 1-2-3, Rey is going to the main event!

"I Quit" Handicap Match
If Batista wins, he will receive a rematch for the General Management of CNLL

Batista vs. Abdullah the Butcher/Ernie Ladd

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Backstory:

While Jericho's first attempt to take the General Management from David Batista using the monster Bobby Lashley failed, he was able to trick Batista into putting that office again on the line in a match with Jericho--after Jericho had faced Malenko and Batista had faced Abdullah the Butcher in a Sadistic Madness match. An unprepared Batista fell to Abdullah in the match and was taken apart by Jericho, thus losing his management privileges. Due to lobbying by the Board of Directors, Batista has been granted a rematch against Jericho for control of the company--but only if he could win the match Jericho threw in his way, a Handicap "I Quit" Match against two of the nastiest heels in the business, Ernie "Big Cat" Ladd and--again--Abdullah the Butcher .

Highlights:

*Abdullah and Ladd take turns picking apart Batista, stopping any big rallies with a jab from a fork or a throat jab from Ladd's taped thumb. Batista almost gets one started with a spinebuster to Abdullah, but Ladd manages to backdrop Batista out of the ring!
*Batista manages to catch Ernie Ladd's 3-Point Tackle with a tight knee to the gut and a scoop slam into a BATISTA BOMB! Abdullah pulls out the fork and goes after Batista's eye, but Batista catches him with a swift kick to the testes, snatching the fork! Batista jams the fork into Abdullah's grooved skull, letting the blood flow. He begins choking out Abdullah at the same time he's jabbing into his skull, screaming "I WON'T STOP WHEN YOU'RE UNCONSCIOUS, ABDULLAH!" Abdullah finally screams "I Quit!"
*Holding Ladd down, Batista takes the fork and jabs it slowly into Ladd's neck. Ladd screams out "I QUIT! I QUIT!" as the referee rings the bell! Batista has won!

Triple Threat Match for the CNLL Women's Championship
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Beth Phoenix (c) w/ Melina vs. Linda Miles vs. Alicia Fox w/ Jazz

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Backstory:

At the inaugural show, Beth Phoenix saved Melina from a beatdown by Jazz after Melina had interfered to save Torrie Wilson from a brutal attack by Alicia Fox. Beth later won the triple threat cage match between her, Melina and Jazz to take the belt, but only after Alicia had incapacitated Melina with a steel chair swing. Beth would go on to defend her title successfully against Jazz in a lumberjill match, during which Alicia fought back Melina and Torrie, leaving both knocked out cold following Singapore Cane shots. Beth would go on to lose a non-title street fight the following show, allowing Jazz to seek a title match in the future. In the Bra and Panties Gauntlet to determine a #1 Contender, Linda Miles, Lizzy Borden's dominatrix assistant, revealed herself to also be in cahoots with Alicia, managing a double-win for them putting them both in contention for the title and working toward Alicia's long-planned goal of having a Beautiful Black Champion.

Highlights:

*Alicia and Linda start off taking the fight to Beth, with traded gut kicks. Beth eats a spinning heel kick from Alicia and then a big boot from Beth, but when Linda goes for the cover, Alicia gets on top as well, and the referee stops the count. Alicia and Linda exchange words while Jazz yells at them from outside the ring.
*After Linda has incapacitated Alicia temporarily, Beth surprises Linda with a boot to the gut, followed by a powerbomb! 1-2-no! Beth bounds off the ropes and clotheslines a staggering Linda out of the ring!
*Beth has Alicia pulled up, Double Chickenwing Slam! Beth goes for the cover, but Shaq is distracted by Jazz flirting with him up on the ring apron. Melina yanks her down, bouncing her head off the apron. Shaq whips around and sees the cover, and counts it, 1-2-3! Beth retains the championship!

*After the match, Melina goes in the ring and raises Beth's hand, but gestures to her that she wants the belt. At the same time, Linda and Jazz nail the two from behind! Jazz quickly traps Beth in an STF and Linda traps Melina in a big headscissors until Shaq manages to break it up!

CNLL Light Heavyweight Tag Team Championship Match

Sir Ronald Killings/"Gangsta" Gorgeous George vs. Too Cool (c)

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Backstory:

Ron Killings and Gorgeous George became a tag team after Killings lost a match to George and became his "protege", Sir Ronald Killings. Despite defeating Too Cool to qualify for a TLC Tag Title match, Killings was still hesitant on trusting George (who cheated to win their protege match). As a means of gaining Killings's trust, George decided to reform his appearance as Killings did for him, becoming "Gangster George". Meanwhile, Too Cool was able to get back into the TLC match despite their loss to Killings/George after the team of Sabian/Rocca imploded--and then ended up winning the whole thing after Killings was knocked off his ladder (and saved from a crash by George).

Highlights:
*Killings is the face in peril at first, with Too Cool using multiple double team moves, including a big double leg drop onto a prone Killings. Off the ropes, however, Killings gets a change in momentum with a Consequences Neckbreaker to Grandmaster Sexay!
*Scotty gets the blind tag on Grandmaster Sexay, unseen by Killings. As Kilings sets Grandmaster up for a scissors kick, Scotty comes off the top rope with a huge bulldog! W-O-R-M, hoo, hoo, Killings gets up and Scotty misses. That move takes For-EVER.
*Gorgeous George catches Scotty 2 Hotty off the ropes with a knee to the gut. He scoops him up for a powerbomb--Killings blind tags himself in and comes down with a HUGE Lie Detector clothesline, following through on the powerbomb! Grandmaster runs in but is tackled down by George! Killings hooks Scotty's leg, 1-2-3, that's it! We have NEW CNLL Tag Team Champions!

Elimination Chamber Match for the CNLL Light Heavyweight Championship
(In order of release)

Chris Jericho vs. Dean Malenko vs. Jerry Lynn vs. Pedro Morales vs. Rey Misterio vs. CM Punk (c)

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Backstory:

See the first match for backstory on the creation of the Elimination Chamber match. Punk specifically chose Malenko for the second spot due to his storied fights with Jericho, wanting to wear both men down. Jericho first took the title from Malenko in a 2-out-of-3-falls match via usage of a foreign object, but Malenko took it back in both men's second match of the Gauntlet set up by Batista to trip up Jericho--before Malenko dropped it to Punk. Punk then went on to defend the title against Jerry Lynn, the man he had beaten in a Hardcore Match previously but who had also qualified for the championship gauntlet. After a long rematch, Punk used a loaded kneepad and a GTS to take out Lynn. Punk was unremorseful, but decided to give Lynn a shot at the title one last time in the interest of fairness.

Highlights:
*Catch as catch can to start, with Malenko getting the better of a series of suplexes on Jericho when Lynn is released, and starts taking both down with right hands.
*After a back bodydrop on Jericho over onto the chains, Lynn crotches Malenko on the top rope. He then goes up top and comes off with a guillotine leg drop onto Malenko! He hangs him back up on the second rope and goes for a second--but Jericho, slipping through the ropes, catches Lynn in midair with a Codebreaker! 1-2-3, Lynn is out--just as Misterio enters! Misterio runs in and takes the opportunity to 6-1-9 Malenko as he remains between the ropes! He then tries to West Coast Pop Jericho, but only gets a 2-count!
*After a double 6-1-9 to Malenko and Jericho, Misterio goes up for a second West Coast Pop to Malenko--but is caught with the POWERBOMB! 1-2-3, Misterio is gone!
*Morales then enters and is a house-o'-fire! Clotheslines to both Malenko and Jericho, but the two manage to together grab Morales and SLAM him head first into CM Punk's pod, cracking it wide open. CM Punk, unsure what to do, pushes Morales back out and catches Malenko off balance! Jericho sweeps his legs and puts Malenko into the Liontamer! Punk runs in and starts stomping Malenko's neck as Jericho holds him, forcing him to tap! Malenko is out! Punk exults for a moment--until Jericho lawn darts him head first into the open plexiglass pod! Punk begins bleeding after catching the cut to his face!
*Jericho goes for the Lionsault on a standing, dazed Morales, but he is caught and dropped Samoan-Slam style! Morales then goes up top with the Carribean Cannonball one last time--and NAILS it! 1-2-3, Jericho is gone!
*Punk runs up as the exhausted Morales releases the hold and catches him with a kick right to the face. He picks him up for a big G-T-S! Morales is out cold, and Punk goes for the cover! 1-2-3, Punk is STILL CNLL Champion!

[Road Warrior Shark]

As usual, written as ifthese are monthly events, with weeks of action in between to fill in gaps. Preview show to set the stage



The scene opens with a majestic view of the Johnson Space Center outside of Houston, Texas. Sporting matching Blue Blazers and khaki slacks, Marc Lowrence & Bill Mercer walk in from off camera holding old style wired microphones.

ML: Good evening wrestling fans. We are coming to you today from the Historic Johnson Space Center to preview a card that will truly be out of this world. Bill,

BM: You said it Marc. So many things need to be settled at Blast Off. We’re here today to run down the card and get you ready for this pay-per-view MEGA event.

ML: When we left “Last Stand” last month David Von Erich had just been awarded the main event by DQ. That made two straight pay-per-view main events that David had won by DQ thanks to Tully Blanchard. David was fed up and challenged Blanchard to a match. Blanchard happily accepted, and with the look he had, you got the feeling he had goaded David into doing Exactly what Tully had wanted. Then here came Dory Funk Jr. HE was furious with both Tully for interfering when Dory had David’s shoulders down for well past a 3 count; AND mad at David for not immediately granting him a rematch when David had lectured Dory the previous month about Honor. The three men seemed ready to tear down my interview area, when who else walks in the picture? Ric Flair. The Television champion rambled on about how since he was the biggest star in the company, and that he was only the Television Champion because LSW didn’t have a Hollywood Champion HE deserved the title match with David at Blast Off Dory spouted off how he had pinned Flair clean just 2 months ago, where Flair replied “Pal. One of us has a gold belt around their waist. And one of us has to wear suspenders from the five and dime” Tully meanwhile was accusing Davind of ducking him and the whole scene broke down until security came and broke it up. Moments later we got word that the LSW management had decided to break new ground, and have the first ever Four-Way Elimination Match for the World Heavyweight Championship featuring Dory Funk Jr, Tully Blanchard, Television Champion Ric Flair challenging World Champion David Von Erich

BM: That was certainly unprecedented. Also unprecedented was the finish to the Brass Knuckles match at Last Stand. Both Manny Fernandez & Thunderbolt Patterson covered Black Bart for the 3 count. And the official, unsure of what to do declared both men the winner. Obviously, the 2 men can’t share the title, and so it was quickly decided to have a winner-take-all match at Blast Off Well, Manny hasn’t stopped running his mouth ever since and as good and easy-going a guy as Thunderbolt is, he got to a breaking point and he and Manny just last week had a free-for-all battle backstage that prompted management to issue an order for a Brass Knuckles Title – Last Man Standing Match between ”The Raging Bull” Manny Fernandez and Thunderbolt Patterson for the Astrodome.

ML: another situation that has gotten just way out of hand is the resurrection of the Freebirds/Von Erichs rivalry. Kevin and Michael Hayes were out here talking about both groups recent troubles with the Titanium Trio. Hayes and Kevin seemed to be on the same page, ready to team up and about to shake hands when suddenly Parsons and Garvin came in from out of nowhere and beat Kevin down. By the time Kerry and Mike were able to come to their brother’s aid, Kevin had been bruised and bloodied pretty severly. He hasn’t competed since, but Kerry and Mike both swear that Kevin will be 100% and ready to go in Houston where The Freebirds (Michael “P.S. Hayes, “Iceman” King Parsons, & “Gorgeous” Jimmy Garvin w/ Precious) defend their World Six-Man Tag Team Titles against Kevin, Kerry & Mike Von Erich

BM: another Von Erich with a score to settle is Fritz. He hasn’t seen eye to eye with his sons here in LSW for a very long time, but when Dory Funk Sr was out here calling David a paper champion and pointing out how Dory Jr had him beat last week if the referee would have been in position. Fritz’s family pride swelled up. As Senior encouraged Junior to go out and “prove the family Legacy” Fritz came out and began to expound how great His family legacy was as well, and as seems to happen all the time around here, words turned into a physical confrontation. So in Houston Fritz Von Erich will take on Dory Funk Sr in a battle of family patriarchs.

ML: and folks, there’s still a lot more wrestling action to talk about! We saw how in the melees during Last Stand that The Dynamic Duo kept focusing their efforts on The Japanese Invasion. That rivalry will come to a head this month at Blast Off as The Dynamic Duo (Chris Adams & Gino Hernandez) take on The Japanese Invasion (Genichiro Tenryu & Jumbo Tsuruta) for the World Tag Team Titles

More tag team gold at stake as well, where the Border Patrol (Jose Lothario & Chavo Guerrero) challenge John Tatum & Jack Victory for the Texas Tag Team Titles The Border patrol is undefeated so far as a team. Victory and Tatum broke a long losing streak right before winning the belts and have a lot of momentum as well. Something here folks, just has to give.

BM: Wahoo McDaniel will be defending his newly acquired Southwest Championship against Darin Childs. Both men are renown for their brawling ability, but this is a regulation match. Will they be able to keep things in the ring?

ML: All this action Plus the reuniting of Dusty Rhodes and Dick Murdoch as The Outlaws. The Fantastics will be in Houston, along with The Missing Link, Brian Adias, Al Perez and more.

BM: So join us fans for Blast Off Coming to you from The Astrodome in Houstin Texas. We’ll see you at the matches!

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Lone Star Wrestling presents “Blast Off” LIVE from the Astrodome in Houston, Texas

Announcers: Bill Mercer & Marc Lowrence

The Outlaws (Dusty Rhodes & Dick Murdoch) v Kendall Windham & Bobby Duncum Jr

The Missing Link w/ Skandor Akbar v “The Latin Hearthrob” Al Perez

The Fantastics (Tommy Rogers & Bobby Fulton) v Black Bart & Brian Adias

Legacy Challenge
Dory Funk Sr v Fritz Von Erich

Texas Tag Team Titles
Jack Victory & John Tatum w/ Sunshine v The Border Patrol (Chavo Gurrero & Jose Lothario)

Southwest Championship
Wahoo McDaniel v Darin Childs

Brass Knuckles Title – Last Man Standing
Manny Fernandez v Thunderbolt Patterson

Six-Man Tag Team Championships
The Freebirds (Michael “P.S.” Hayes, “Iceman” King Parsons & “Gorgeous” Jimmy Garvin w/ Precious) v Kevin, Kerry & Mike Von Erich

World Tag Team Titles
The Japanese Invasion (Genichiro Tenryu & Jumbo Tsuruta) w/ Skandor Akbar v The Dynamic Duo (Chris Adams & Gino Hernandez)

World Heavyweight Championship – Elimination Match
David Von Erich v Dory Funk Jr v Tully Blanchard w/ Baby Doll v Television Champion Ric Flair

[Batman]

I've been a big supporter of CNLL from the start--I love eco's storytelling. But both of these cards are really strong. I'm holding off voting till I see more of the results.

[Deadly]

Eco in a close one.

[Road Warrior Shark]

It will be this weekend before I can think about sitting down and putting together results.

Thanks for the votes!

[Batman]

I'll wait. This is a really close one, and I want to give both sides a chance.

[Chris Eco]

This is a very back-and-forth contest. I assume Tex will have results soon, but I'll make my case now.

Barack Obama openings >>> Video Packages. Also, JR and Leno at the announce table? Shaq as referee? I'd watch any given RAW on that alone.

First Scramble: Huge clash of styles, which a Scramble Match can accommodate well. Daivari comes into the match having been built up huge, and Morales/Rikidozan are old-school legends (hopefully most folks have seen a Morales match). Sabian is mostly a prop, but a fun flippy prop.

Hurricane v. Moore has had weeks of buildup (who will turn on who?), but they're both very capable workers (especially Helms) and it's an exciting high-spot match regardless.

Fifth Grader is Karl Malone testing the intelligence of porn stars. It was Tommy's suggestion, and I love it.

Santo v. Hijo del Santo--Father/son, generational, strong buildup, lucha fun. Check out El Hijo on YouTube if you're unfamiliar, he's fantastic.

Sammartino v. Thesz is specifically for fans of old-school (1950's-1970's) American wrestling. Besides the CNLL buildup, it's the guy who helped make WWE vs. the guy who helped make wrestling. Plus, according to Wikipedia, Thesz "is generally considered to be the best wrestler of all time". Is Wikipedia ever wrong NO I DON'T THINK SO.

Hashimoto v. Baba--Puroresu showcase, with an NJPW Musketeer against the original dude.

Second Scramble: And this is the lucha showcase, plus the guy who brought the flippy to WWWF in Rocca. Picture Mascaras and Misterio in their primes, and you can imagine the high spots.

I Quit Match: Your traditional handicap match where the handicapped guy wins, but instead of Triple H supermanning the whole Spirit Squad or something, it's bloody and brutal.

Women's Title Match: Really there to set up the final showdown with Beth and Jazz, as well as explain some of Alicia's buildup. Linda was totally underrated as a monster heel, and Beth is one of my favorite women's wrestlers.

Tag Title Match: This is the night's real happy ending before Punk retains. Killings and George, with their wacky chemistry, get the feel-good win over Too Cool. (If you forgot how much fun Too Cool was in the ring, watch them beat the Hardyz here.)

The Elimination Chamber Match: As much as I like the Chamber as a match that adds extra violence to ground-and-pound wrestling, I like it even more as adding danger and excitement in an all-cruiserweight setting with lots of high risk moves. Plus, you've got Jericho, Malenko, Punk, Lynn...it's my favorite match yet.

As for the future: If you've been following the storylines in the CNLL thread, you probably see where the big blow off matches are coming. Obviously, all the lucha matches for the past four shows have been building up to Misterio/Santo, Mask v. Mask (for real this time, Rey!) but there are quite a few matches I've been setting the ground work for. Plus, Eric and I are tentatively working on a trade deal that could make both our cards more fun (even though his doesn't need the help). OH MAN SWERVES~!

[Batman]

Not to take anything from Eric, whose promotion is also great, Eco v Lone Shark would be a great final. I wish one of them didn't have to be eliminated.

George and Killings are a really inspired odd-couple pairing, and their success is definitely a point swaying me in your favor, Eco. I'm also really looking forward to Santo v Mysterio. I'm going to say right now, an apuesta match w/ Santo has to main event any show it's on.

I'm still going to hold off on voting till this weekend, for two reasons. One--Shark has a hell of a card, too, and I want to give him a chance to sway me. And, two--so far you're ahead without my vote.

[Road Warrior Shark]

Jul 28, 2009 17:02:06 GMT -5 Lucky said:

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TexShark's Lone Star Wrestling presents Blast Off

Announcers Marc Lowrence & Bill Mercer

The Outlaws (Dusty Rhodes & Dick Murdoch) v Kendall Windham & Bobby Duncum Jr

The Missing Link w/ Skandor Akbar v “The Latin Hearthrob” Al Perez

The Fantastics (Tommy Rogers & Bobby Fulton) v Black Bart & Brian Adias

Legacy Challenge
Dory Funk Sr v Fritz Von Erich

Texas Tag Team Titles
Jack Victory & John Tatum w/ Sunshine v The Border Patrol (Chavo Gurrero & Jose Lothario)

Southwest Championship
Wahoo McDaniel v Darin Childs

Brass Knuckles Title – Last Man Standing
Manny Fernandez v Thunderbolt Patterson

Six-Man Tag Team Championships
The Freebirds (Michael “P.S.” Hayes, “Iceman” King Parsons & “Gorgeous” Jimmy Garvin w/ Precious) v Kevin, Kerry & Mike Von Erich

World Tag Team Titles
The Japanese Invasion (Genichiro Tenryu & Jumbo Tsuruta) w/ Skandor Akbar v The Dynamic Duo (Chris Adams & Gino Hernandez)

World Heavyweight Championship – Elimination Match
David Von Erich v Dory Funk Jr v Tully Blanchard w/ Baby Doll v Television Champion Ric Flair

Been AWOL from here other than popping in for a literal minute or two here and there. Here are quick and dirty results... not that its going to help. Eco's winning as expected.

Dusty & Murdoch give us our opening squash.. Kendall & Duncum never stand a chance. The Outlaws are Heels

Akbar turns on Link, causing him to lose to Perez.. who walks away with Akbar raising his arm. Perez replaces Link in Akbar's army

The Fantastics beat Bart & Adias pretty easily, nice crowd popping win to clean the palate for...

Fritz over dory Sr in the legacy challenge. David and Dory Jr end up at ringside and scuffle a little on the outside. Claw submission win for Fritz, who gets a big embrace from his son David... and is that some crowd face reaction we hear?

Lothario & Guerrero take the Texas tag titles from Tatum & Victory. Chavo Spanks Sunshine at ringside after he stops her from interfereing.

Wahoo retains against Darin Childs. hard fought battle and Wahoo shows some respect to Childs after the match.

Manny Fernandez over Thunderbolt to trake the brass knuckles title. typical hardcore brawling. both men bleed, and Manny hits a brass knuckels assisted flying burrito to end it.

The Von Erichs end the freebirds reign as 6man champs. high spot sees all 6 men in the ring and within moments, all 3 VE's have a freebird in the Iron Claw. Kerry gets the win with a discuss punch on Garvin

Adams and HJernandez capture the world tag team titles from The japanese Invasion. Baby doll and Tully at ringside balance out Akbar's presence. Tenryu eats dual superkicks for the finish

Tully Blanchard outlasts Ric Flair to take the World title. Dory gets eliminated pretty quickly by David. Flair and Blanchard double up on DVE, flair traps him in a fig4, and Tully pins him. Flair and Blanchard battle for 20 minutes solo before baby Doll FLASHES Flair, and Blanchard is able to cradle him for the Win.



Not that it matters, but the last card shaped up with

Title v title - Flair & Tully

Adams/Hernandez vs The Fantastics

probably a gimmick rematch with the freebirds, kevin, kerry & mike (cage?)

Border patrol v Outlaws for the texas tag titles

Perez with Akbar v Wahoo's SW title

dory & Dory v david and Fritz.

Manny v Darin Childs

other random openers, sure to include a kendall/Duncum jr Squash.. probably vs the japanese invasion

Thanks again for the votes folks!

[Road Warrior Shark]

Good Grief.. Someone VOTE