[Jack Quinn]

PHWF Friday Throwdown 8
Live! From the Asheville Civic Center

WAR GAMES - Team PHWF vs. Team OVOOWF - Winning Team Gains Control of the Losing Fed[/u]

Team PHWF
Ember Blackpool, Vlad, Tavian & Radu Dracul w/LJ Bennett
vs.
Team OVOOWF
Carl From Fresno, British Columbian Bulldog, Ben Ice & Jerry Cream w/Rick Scaia

[Jack Quinn]

PHWF Friday Throwdown 8
Live! From the Asheville Civic Center

<We open on the parking lot of the Asheville Civic Center earlier in the day, where British Canadian Bulldog is headed to the arena. A convertible sports car races up behind him and three masked men, suspiciously built like the Draculs, jump out and attack. BCBD fights them off for a moment, but the numbers game is too much. They beat him down to the ground, and one of the masked men PLANTS him with a DDT on the ground! They drag him to the car and open the door, place his arm in the car and REPEATEDLY slam the door! GOOD GOD! Bulldog’s arm has to be broken! Bulldog writhes in pain on the ground, howling in pain. For good measure, one of the masked men pulls a chair out of the car and SLAMS it down on Bulldog’s head, and he stops moving. Carl From Fresno, GM the Rick, and the Vermonsters race to the scene, all wielding baseball bats. The masked men jump in the car and race off, but the damage has been done, there is no way British Canadian Bulldog is competing tonight>

TEAM PHWF vs. TEAM OVOOWF – War Games

Team OVOOWF is announced first, and the crowd boos them loudly. GM the Rick – who is still livid at the attack from earlier today – leads OVOOWF World Heavyweight Champion Carl From Fresno and OVOOWF World Tag Team champions, the Vermonsters, Ben Ice and Jerry Cream to the ring. They huddle in the corner and we see GM the Rick trying to reassure them.

Team PHWF is announced next, and LJ Bennett leads PHWF World Heavyweight Champion Ember Blackpool, PHWF World Television champion Vlad Dracul, and PHWF World Tag Team champions Tavian and Radu Dracul to the ring. The PHWF team is cheered loudly by the fans and they take up their spots on the opposite side of the cage. LJ Bennett and GM the Rick exchange words, and finally Bennett grabs a mic:

LJB: That’s a damn shame what happened to Bulldog earlier Mr. Scaia, a damn shame. I would like to offer my sincerest condolences on that unfortunate incident. It seems your boys have made some enemies in these parts. It certainly appears that you are going to be short handed for this match.

<GM the Rick demands a mic from one of the attendants>

GMtR: Bennett, you can take your condolences and shove them up your ass. I know, you know, hell everyone with a brain – which excludes most of this crowd – knows it was those Dracul animals that attacked Bulldog. Bulldog wanted to compete, because that is the kind of man he is, but the doctors won’t clear him. But before you feel too badly for me, don’t you worry your pretty little head, I have a replacement.

LJB: <laughing> Mr. Scaia, let me remind you that all the boys in the back are under contract with the PHWF, I am afraid none of them are currently at your services. Now, unless you pulled someone off the streets – which is also highly unethical – I do believe you are, to be frank, talking out of your ass

GMtR: Bennett, you have been hanging around this hick town far too long. I understand the boys in the back are off limits. But there is one man you forgot about. Working for a real organization has its privileges. After your boys jumped Bulldog, I made a few calls to Corporate in Dayton, and they sent me a replacement, by company jet, right here to good ‘ol Asheville, North Carolina! <the crowd boos the mocking of their town> You remember this guy don’t you? A guy with a world of potential that you decided to put in a Loser Leaves PHWF match in just your second week of existence? You DO remember that don’t you Bennett?

<Bennett’s smile disappears and a scowl crosses his face>

LJB: No no no. NO! That was NOT the agreement Scaia! The match was to be Champions vs. Champions. That guy has not even wrestled a single match for the OVOOWF! He is NOT a champion! <calming some> Ladies and Gentlemen, can you believe this? Mr. Scaia is trying to change the rules of the game, not very sportsmanlike Mr. Scaia

GMtR: Shut it Bennett. There is a common rule in wrestling, goes back years and years. If a champion is injured and can’t compete, he can name someone to take his place, in effect, making HIM the champion, at least for the evening. So, without further adieu let me introduce the de facto PHWF International Champion………Layne Cobain!

<The crowd murmers at this as Cobain makes his way to the ring, glaring at GM the Rick and the rest of Team PHWF. He doesn’t even wait to talk to GM the Rick, he just steps into the ring and stares daggers at the PHWF crew. Not one to back down from a challenge, Tavian Dracul breaks free from the huddle and races into the cage and the match is ON!>

Cobain catches Tavian with a kick to the gut, then throws him face first into the cage. As Tavian rebounds off the steel, Cobain lifts him and hits an inverted atomic drop, then bounds off the ropes and connects with a big kick to the jaw that sends Tavian sprawling.

Cobain drags Tavian to the cage and mercilessly rakes his face across the steel drawing howls of pain from Dracul. For good measure Cobain lands several stiff kicks to the back of his head. The match cannot end until all eight men are in the ring, so Cobain can do whatever he wants. Cobain pulls Tavian up and sends him into the corner and follows him in with a running knee to the face, lets him stagger out of the corner, then charges after him and chop blocks his knee.

Tavian hits the mat, writhing in pain grabbing his knee, Cobain grabs his leg and kicks the back if his knee, then pulls him back to the corner and slams his knee into the turnbuckle. Cobain pulls him up, scoops him up and ties him in the tree of woe, then charges into the corner with one…..two…….three hard knees to the chest. Tavian falls off the corner to the mat and spits up some blood. Cobain is in rare form and goes for the kill. He grabs a handful of Tavian’s hair and pulls him to his feet and slams him into the cage, all four sides, then catches a stunned Dracul with a ROARING ELBOW to the face! Tavian collapses to the mat, and when Cobain pulls him up again, we see that he has been busted wide open.

Cobain grabs Tavian to pull him up again, but Tavian catches him with a LOW BLOW doubling Cobain over. Tavian gets to his feet and staggers around the ring for a moment, then reaches into his tights and pulls out a small chain and wraps it around his fist. As Cobain stands up again, Tavian charges and BLASTS him right in the face! Cobain collapses to the mat and Tavian pounces on him and hammers him with punches to the forehead, then follows that up by gnawing on a gash making it a huge cut. Cobain is bleeding pretty badly and Tavian gets to his feet and staggers over to the OVOOWF corner and spits a mouthful of blood at the OVOOWF team and taunts them.

Tavian laughs like a madman, then pulls Cobain back to his feet and sends him to the ropes and catches him with a SPINEBUSTER in the middle of the ring. Tavian heads to the corner and climbs to the top rope and drops a knee right across Cobain’s chest! That whole mouthful of blood probably wasn’t the best idea by Tavian, the clock counts down and goes off, and a VERY pissed off Carl From Fresno enters the ring.

Carl charges across the ring at Tavian, who tries to get the first punch in, but Carl easily blocks it and slams Tavian in the face with a headbutt. Tavian staggers back into the corner and Carl charges in and CRUSHES him with a clothesline. Tavian slumps to the mat and Carl stomps the holy shit out of Tavian beating him all the way down to the mat. Cobain is slowly recovering, so Carl keeps the offense up. He pulls Tavian to his feet and sends him to the ropes and catches him on the rebound with a POWERSLAM, then grabs him by the hair and slams him face first into the steel cage again. Tavian falls to the mat and tries to crawl, blood pouring off his face, but the demented Dracul is actually laughing about it all, until Carl connects with a stiff kick to the ribs that wipes the smile off Tavian’s face.

Carl pulls Tavian up and slams him into the cage again, then whips him to the ropes and catches him on the rebound with a BLACK HOLE SLAM! Cobain is back on his feet now, and he tells Carl to pull Tavian up. Cobain heads to the top rope, and Carl lifts Tavian for a powerslam, Cobain leaps off the top rope and clotheslines Tavian, and Carl DRIVES him to the mat! Tavian is DEAD! Tavian tries to crawl to the corner, but Cobain pulls him up and tries a BACKDROP DRIVER, but Tavian has that chain around his fist and he POPS Cobain between the eyes dropping him to the mat. Tavian staggers into the corner and Carl charges in and tries for another corner clothesline, but Tavian catches him with a big boot to the jaw that sends Carl staggering across the ring. Tavian climbs to the middle turnbuckle and leaps, and catches Carl with a knee to the back of the head that sends him to the mat. All three men are down, and the crowd is roaring for the time to tick down so we get another man in the cage.

Tavian gets to his feet and unwinds the chain from around his fist, and loops it around Carl’s throat and pulls him back into a camel clutch! Carl claws at his throat trying to break the hold, Tavian leans forward and gnaws at Carl’s forehead until a trickle of blood appears. Carl’s face is beginning to turn an unhealthy shade of red when Cobain makes the save, laying out Tavian wit ha stiff kick to the back of the head. Cobain grabs Tavian and pulls him up again, and DRIVES him to the mat with a ROLL OF THE DICE. He pounces on Tavian and locks him in a CRIPPLER CROSSFACE! Tavian grins and howls in pain as blood pours down his face, he could quit a thousand times and it wouldn’t make a bit of difference. Carl regains his breath and gets to his feet and lands several stiff kicks to Tavian’s face for good measure.

The time ticks down, and the referee opens the door and Radu Dracul charges into the ring. Carl tries to cut him off, but he ducks a clothesline from Carl and drops to his knees and nails a LOW BLOW on Carl that sends him to the mat. Radu then kicks Cobain in the face and pulls him to this feet and throws him hard into the cage. As Cobain staggers backward, Radu catches him and hits the BACKDROP DRIVER that Cobain tried earlier. Cobain lies motionless on the mat, so an enraged Radu goes after Carl.

With Carl is on one knee¸ Radu charges across the ring and catches him with a running knee to the temple, sending the OVOOWF champion to the mat. Radu drags Carl to the cage and slams his face into the steel, then grabs his arms and hits several CURBSTOMPS driving Carl’s face into the steel, and drawing cries of pain from the champ. Radu turns around and sees Cobain slumped in the corner across the ring, he charges across the ring and KILLS Cobain with a knee to the face. With the OVOOWF competitors down, Radu helps his brother Tavian – who is a bloody mess – to his feet and the PHWF tag team champions actually hear some cheers from the fans.

Tavian staggers to the corner and puts the boots to Cobain, while Radu grabs Carl and pulls him to his feet. Before Radu can inflict any more damage, Carl shoves him away, then KILLS him with a spinning fist to the temple! Radu staggers, stunned from the shot, and Carl charges at him and cuts him in half with a SPEAR! Tavian turns his attention from Cobain and goes after Carl, but Carl ducks a clothesline attempt, grabs Tavian and LAUNCHES him high into the cage! Tavian hits hard, then falls awkwardly between the ropes and the cage, and doesn’t move.

Carl turns back to Radu and peppers him with punches to the face, then sends him into the cage. On the rebound he plants him with a SPINEBUSTER! Carl grabs Radu in a bear hug and holds him while Cobain bounds off the ropes and they hit a HART ATTACK clothesline! Now Carl and Cobain stand in the middle of the ring, and the boos rain down on them.

Carl pulls Radu up again and shoves him into the corner and sets him on the top rope and climbs up for a SUPERPLEX. While he is doing that, Cobain grabs Tavian and tries to pull him up, but Tavian had been playing a little possum, and he BLASTS Cobain in the face with a chain wrapped fist. Cobain falls to the mat and Tavian races across the ring and leaps at Carl and nails him on the back of the head with the chain! Carl slumps and Radu grabs him in a front face lock and hits a TORNADO DDT off the turnbuckle, PLANTING Carl in the middle of the ring!

Radu holds Carl face down on the mat, and Tavian takes the chain and begins whipping him across the back when the timer goes off and Ben Ice comes into the ring. Ice grabs Tavian and PLANTS him on the mat with an OLYMPIC SLAM. Radu gets to his feet and charges at Ice, and he gets driven to the mat with a BELLY TO BELLY suplex for his trouble. Radu is back up and he runs at Ice, but Ice drop toe holds him face first into the cage, then bounces off the ropes and drives a knee to the back of Radu’s head, driving his flesh into the steel cage some more, and busting him wide open.

Ice turns to Tavian and pulls him to his feet and grabs the back of his head and hammers him with forearms and headbutts. Tavian is just about out on his feet, so Ice grabs him and hits a BUTTERFLY BACKBREAKER! He pulls Tavian up again and sends him into the corner where Carl and Cobain take turns kicking the snot out of him. Ice and Radu square off and circle one another slowly. Radu tries a clothesline, but Ice avoids it and tries a PELE KICK, but Radu side steps it and Ice crashes to the mat. Radu lifts him up and hits a Randy Orton backbreaker, then drags his leg to the ropes and sets it on the bottom rope and drops his weight down on his knee several times. Ice writhes in pain, but Radu doesn’t let up.

Radu pulls Ice to the middle of the ring and tries to get him into a SHARPSHOOTER, but Ice reverses it into an ANKLE LOCK! Radu howls in pain, and with Carl and Cobain keeping Tavian beaten into dust, Ice could keep this locked on forever, snap Radu’s ankle, then break the other one as well. Radu finally manages to roll beneath Ice and grab his leg and reverse it into an ANKLE LOCK of his own, but Ice quickly flips onto his back and punishes Radu with kicks to the face, breaking the hold. Radu and Ice both get to their feet, spin around and throw kicks, each one connects with the other upside the head, and both men fall face down on the mat!

Across the ring, Carl and Cobain pull a battered Tavian out of the corner. Carl lifts Tavian onto his shoulders while Cobain climbs to the top rope. Carl hits an F5 on Tavian, and Cobain leaps and hits a diving headbutt! Carl bounds off the ropes and drops a leg across Tavian’s chest for good measure. They help Ben Ice to his feet, and the three of them grab Radu and send him to the ropes, Carl and Cobain lift him in the air and fall back for a FLAPJACK, and Ice POPS him in the jaw with a SUPERKICK! Radu’s head snaps back and he may have been knocked unconscious!

The buzzer goes off again, and now it is the PHWF Television champion Vlad Dracul that enters the ring. He enters slowly, eyeing Cobain, Carl and Ice. Tavian is trying to pull himself to his feet in the corner, while Radu is just stirring on the mat a bit. The OVOOWF contingent back Vlad into the corner. The crowd is firmly behind Vlad and the rest of the Dracul’s, which has to throw them off their game a little bit. Just when it looks like the Ice is going to attack, Vlad explodes out of the corner and catches him with a spinning chop to the neck, then connects with a hard kick to Carl’s knee, dropping him to the mat. Cobain tries a clothesline, but Vlad catches him and hits a SIDE EFFECT! Ben Ice grabs Vlad from behind and pulls him into a reverse waistlock and looks like he is going to try a German suplex, when he slumps to the mat after Tavian nails him with an enzuguri!

Tavian lifts Ice for an atomic drop and drops him crotch first on the top rope. Radu has climbed the ropes and he leaps off with a clothesline that KILLS Ice, sending him to the mat between the ropes and cage. Tavian pulls Ice up and repeatedly slams him face first into the steel, drawing blood as the crowd counts along all the way up to ten. The Draculs have the advantage now, being teammates and brothers and all. Vlad catches Cobain with a kick to the face that sends him to the corner while Radu pulls Carl to his feet and hits a snap suplex driving him to the mat, then floats over and hammers him with punches to the face.

Vlad pulls Cobain out of the corner and sends him to the ropes, elevates him on the rebound, then KILLS him with a ROMANIAN VAMPIRE CUTTER (Diamond Cutter) Cobain has seen better days, and is just as bloody and battered as Tavian at this point. Speaking of Tavian, he has Ice bent backward over the ropes and is gnawing at his forehead, drawing cries of pain from Ice. Tavian goes old school and drops repeated elbows across his face, then slams him face first into the cage again for good measure.

The Draculs now turn the table and turn on Carl like a pack of wolves. A bloody Carl From Fresno fights them off for a minute, landing punches and kicks keeping them at bay, but finally Radu dives in and grabs him around the knees and Tavian and Vlad take him down with kicks to the head. Tavian and Radu hold Carl’s arms and Vlad hammers him with punches to the face. He orders them to pull him to his feet, and he hits a spinning fist to the side of Carl’s head, but Tavian and Radu won’t let him fall, Vlad hits another, they let him go and he lurches forward and Vlad DDT’s him to the mat. They turn to Ben Ice who is just now back on his feet, stepping between the ropes. They are about to attack when the buzzer goes off and the last man for Team OVOOWF, Jerry Cream, the other half of the Vermonsters, the OVOOWF World Tag Team champions, enters the cage.

Jerry checks on his partner and the two of them attack the Draculs. A full brawl erupts as the Vermonsters take it to the Draculs. The Draculs have the numbers advantage for the moment, but that is quickly eliminated when Carl and Cobain get back on their feet and join the fight. Tavian gets taken out by the Vermonsters when they hit TOTAL ELIMINATION on him. Radu is next as he falls prey to a back suplex/neck breaker combo. Vlad does not go quietly though, he rakes Cobain’s eyes and throws him into the cage, and grabs Carl and runs his face on the ropes, but the Vermonsters attack before he can take Carl out.

Cream chop blocks Vlad from behind sending him to the mat. Car and Ben join the attack, and Vlad fights for his life, hitting Carl with a low blow, then fighting to his feet biting Ice, but Ice pushes him back, and Jerry KILLS him with a LARIAT! The Vermomsters pick Vlad up and LAUNCH him into the cage. As he rebounds off the cage, Cream bear hugs him and throws him halfway across the ring with a release belly to belly suplex. Tavian is back on his feet, but Cobain flies across the ring and catches him with a CROSS CHECK sending him between the ropes into the cage. Cobain climbs the turnbuckle and is about to leap on Tavian when Tavian shakes the ropes and crotches Cobain on the turnbuckle.

Radu is on his feet in the corner, Carl tries a corner clothesline, but Radu gets his knees up. As Carl staggers backward, Radu tries a clothesline, but Carl ducks and Radu runs right into a SUPERKICK from Ice! Radu is on dream street and Cream pounces on him and traps him in a CROSSFACE while Ice wraps his legs up into a SHARPSHOOTER! Radu howls in pain and taps, but it does no good at all. Vlad moves to make the save, but Carl stops him. Vlad rakes his eyes, and throws him face first into the cage, then lands a SHINING WIZARD on Ice dropping him to the mat. Vlad pulls Cream off from behind with a straight choke and shoves him into the ropes and the two of them trade chops that would make Ric Flair proud.

In the other corner, Tavian and Cobain are both on the top rope trading punches trying not to fall. As each one hits a shot, the other tries their best not to fall. They are both about to tumble to the mat when Carl and Radu start fighting right in front of them. They both turn and hit hurracaranas off the ropes, Tavian on Carl and Cobain on Radu! Tavian and Cobain barely hit the mat, then start brawling with one another, choking one another and rolling around trading punches. Vlad and Radu break free from their fights and pull Tavian free. They try to regroup, but Carl, Cobain and the Vermonsters are quickly back to their feet. The OVOOWF team is about to charge in and attack again, when the buzzer goes off and the PHWF world heavyweight champion Ember Blackpool slowly walks through the door into the cage.

With all eight men now in the match, a referee comes in after Blackpool. Now the match can end, but only by submission. Pin falls will not be counted, simply because it is far too hectic. The Draculs are all a bloody mess, as are Cobain, Carl and Ice. Only Jerry Cream and Bloodpool remain unbloodied. The eight men go nose to nose in the middle of the ring, a silence falls over the crowd for a moment, they know hell is coming. They don’t have to wait long.

Tavian spits a mouthful of blood in Jerry Cream’s face, and the fight is ON! Blackpool grabs Cobain by the throat and PLANTS him with a CHOKESLAM! Tavian and Vlad double team Cream while Ben Ice attacks Bloodpool. Radu and Carl duke it out, with Carl getting the upper hand after slamming Radu in the face with a HEADBUTT! Ice rock Blackpool with a series of forearms to the head, then hits the ropes and charges in, but Bloodpool catches him with a boot to the face, then goozles him and CHOKESLAMS him as well! With two men down, Carl and Ice have no chance and quickly get beat down to the mat. Vlad and Tavian pull Ice up and whip him into Bloodpool who has a CHOKESLAM for him too! Carl is the next victim, going for the ride as well. Team PHWF stands over the fallen team OVOOWF, but the fight is not over.

The OVOOWF team fights back and we get another fifteen minutes of out of control brawling. The referee nearly gets taken out several times, and before it is over, both Bloodpool and Cream are bloody messes. The fight begins to slow as Tavian and Cobain are nearly dead, and the others are not in great shape. Ben Ice catches Vlad with another decapitating LARIAT, then grabs his leg for an ANKLE LOCK! Vlad fights it, rolls through and tries to kick free, but Ice holds on. While the other six are brawling, this fight goes on in the center of the ring, with the referee paying close attention. Vlad nearly taps, but fights the pain and manages to grab Ice’s leg and take him down and trap him in an ANKLE LOCK of his own! Ice howls in pain, and the referee…….calls for the bell! Ice submits!
WINNERS in 57:16 – Team PHWF

The match ends, but the chaos does not. Ice gets to his feet and looks stunned. He says he never tapped or said I Quit! The referee stands firm, but bails out of the ring just in case. GM the Rick is beside himself, racing around the ring screaming “THAT WASN’T THE END! WHAT THE FUCK?” GM the Rick grabs Bennett, who is grinning like a Cheshire cat and is about to hit him when Bloodpool steps out of the ring with the rest of Team PHWF. Tavian brings over the OVOOWF World, International and Tag team titles and hands them out. Team PHWF holds all the gold and backs up the ramp while the crowd roars their approval.

Carl, Cobain and the Vermonsters stand in the middle of the ring with Rick and look stunned. Rick is LIVID. He grabs a mic

Bennett! What the FUCK do you think you are doing? That is not……..YOU KNOW that is not the end! What the FUCK are you trying to pull?

<Bennett grabs a mic once they get to the top of the ramp>

Mr. Scaia, the referee’s decision is final……your man quit, I now OWN the OVOOWF. <the crowd roars> It’s all legal, it’s all by the book, it’s all in the contract. I. Own. You. Ladies and Gentlemen……..you have just witnessed history, in the ring stands the last ever OVOOWF World Heavyweight, International and World Tag Team champions……..tonight, the OVOOWF dies, and the PHWF takes its place as the GREATEST promotion in the world……and Mr. Scaia……there is not a damn thing you, or anyone else, can do about it.

<Team PHWF is joined at the top of the ramp by the rest of the PHWF roster. GM the Rick is still LIVID in the ring, but he is badly outnumbered. We hear him talking to Carl and we catch Rick saying “we will get the lawyers on the phone, NOW…….this cannot be legit……no fucking way can he do this to us………>

Fade to black.