SMWA Television Title Match
'Big Oz' Grant Redstone (C)
vs
The California Kid w/Wally B

Teknos
vs
Angus Wallace

Clone
vs
Rod Emerson

SMWA Toughman Championship
The Flying Scotsman (C)
vs
Martin Riley

    Nearly 25 years ago, William Riley wore proud the biggest title belt in wrestling. Tonight though, it's William's son Martin who gets *his* first shot at SMWA gold. The Scotsman has been squashing people under the toughman banner without mercy, in fact, in an interesting coincidence, it was nearly 25 years ago that Scotsman won *this* championship. Well, maybe not. But it certainly *seems* like it.
    Is this the night when the Scotsman finally relinquishes the gold? Where the second generation rookie pulls off one of the biggest upsets in SMWA history? *Will* we see history made tonight?
    Good lord no.

Round 1:
    Surprisingly enough, Riley gets himself a few takedowns to start, though Scotsman promptly replies with some of his own. It looks like it could be set up for an interesting little contest, until a seemingly innocuous little jab from the Scotsman opens up a gash above Martin's left eye. And that's the end.

Brawl For All:
The Flying Scotsman defeated Martin Riley via first-round technical knockout at the 00:50 mark.
(The Flying Scotsman retained the SMWA Toughman Championship.)

Points
The Flying Scotsman    20    0    0    0    0    -    20
Martin Riley                 15    0    0    0    0    -    15

    And the Scotsman Express rolls on. Is there anyone left on the roster that he *hasn't* knocked out?

    Five days ago, Raijin and Fujin were eliminated from the SMWA Tag title tournament at the semi final stage, due to interference from Oni. Would the Great One return tonight? To be frank, that would probably the *only* way Lovechild and, the man whose gimmick Vince is kicking himself over not thinking of it first, Spoon Man, have a chance to win this one. Spoon Man picked up a win recently, but Lovechild's form has plummeted. Last week on this program he was defeated in 68 seconds by Doomsday, could he last longer tonight?

    It's Spoon Man who starts things off though, and he surprises the crowd, and myself, by nailing Fujin with a huracanrana just seconds in! A cover there gets two, and a flying cross body press moments later gets another. With that momentum, what does Spoon Man do from here? Yeah, he lapses into a spoon solo, and things kinda go downhill from there. Fujin blasts him into Lovechild's corner with a Yakuza kick, and the Spoon Man is quick to tag. Fujin tags out to *his* partner at the same time, and Raijin grabs 'Child's arm right away and locks on an armbar. Lovechild gives almost immediately, the ladies man obviously wanting to keep his arm and hands in perfect condition for other matters.

Dark Storm (Raijin and Fujin) defeated Spoon Man and Lovechild when Raijin made Lovechild submit to an armbar submission in 0:01:07.
Rating: **

    Quite how that contest got two stars, I'm not sure. What I do know is that on paper, it's another impressive win for the Dark Storm. They may be out of the title tournament, but they're gonna be dangerous challengers in the future.

    Next, we got footage from Massacre on February 22nd, as BC-2000 pulls a big upset by defeating Lantern for the Cruiserweight title. And last week on Slam Masters, we had a tag team contest between the four main men in the division, and it was Lantern and Rokuru who pulled out a victory over Johnny Proton and the champion. Next Sunday night at SMWA Journey [where, no, Haggar *won't* face Scorpion, despite the fact that it's the match *everyone* wants to see], these three men are all gonna get another shot at BC-2000's title. So the point of *this* match is...

    It's under sudden death rules folks, which makes you wonder why anyone would ever consider tagging out. The bell rings, and it's decided that since Proton is the only one of the three with an actual name, he gets to stand out on the apron to start. It's only fair. But let's just get this cleared up : Proton beat Rokuru, Lantern beat Proton, and BC-2000 beat Lantern. Okay, just had to get my facts straight.
    The match is on, and just like the Clone/Emerson bout earlier, it's not long before some steel gets involved in the action. It's Lantern who utilizes it, springing off with a beautiful spinning leg lariat onto Rokuru. He can't follow it up though, as moments later Rokuru escapes being taken down with a frankensteiner by blasting Lantern with a power bomb. But Rokuru can't keep the momentum either, and this opening exchange goes mainly the way of the former champion. The match looks set to be over when Lantern manages to faceslam the Teddy Bear of Destruction on the ever-present chair, and it's only the boot of Johnny Proton that keeps things alive.
    Having promptly dominated Rokuru for most of their segment, Lantern makes the tag to Proton, for Johnny's first legal participation in this match. And Proton quickly power bombs his adversary to the canvas, bringing Lantern *back* into the ring to break the count. Proton gets up off of Rokuru to give Lantern a helpful shove back to his corner, and Rokuru comes from behind with a roll up!
1...
    2...
        And it's Lantern who breaks the pin! This match is screwed up man, it should be elimination. Proton pops up and goes to nail Rokuru with a back heel kick, but it's blocked, and soon Johnny's back on the mat via a cradle suplex. Not looking to pin his opponent, Rokuru tosses Proton out to the floor, and follows him out not long after to dish out a bit of ringside punishment.
    Not wanting to be left out, Lantern jumps down from the apron and bashes Rokuru from behind, but he promptly gets dropkicked into the guardrail by Proton! The referee, apparently forgetting who the two legal men were, refuses to count anybody out, and the three combatants proceed to beat the hell out of each other around ringside.
    It quickly becomes clear that Johnny and Lantern are teaming up on the Teddy Bear, working him over until a stungun on the guardrail from Lantern puts him out cold on the floor. He and Proton roll the unlikely former champion back into the ring, but an argument then breaks out about who's gonna get the pin on this guy.
    In the end, it looks like nobody, as both men decide to toss Rokuru back out of the ring and go at it themselves. And it's close count city as the two more talented members of this triple-threat put on a great contest. A well aimed flying forearm nearly wins it for Proton, as does a... figure four sleeper? What the hell is *that*? Lantern meanwhile, hits back with a top rope DDT, and a face-first enzuigiri, but neither puts Johnny away.
    And where's Rokuru in all of this? Lantern certainly seemed to have forgotten about him, and he's as surprised as hell when he's caught from behind with a flying dropkick! With Proton slowly getting to his feet in the corner, Rokuru nails Lantern with the Roku Driver!
1...
    2...
        And Johnny pulls Rokuru up off Lantern, and nails him with the Proton Kick! Rokuru takes a fall, and Lantern then gets picked up and nailed with one too. Having knocked out both opponents, Proton made a cover.
1...
    2...
        THYES!

Number-One-Contenders-Triangle Match:
Johnny Proton defeated Lantern and Rokuru when Proton pinned Lantern with the Proton Kick in 0:11:13.
Rating: ** 3/4

   A good win for Proton going into the pay-per-view, and one that should give him a psychological advantage in the four-way. But since when did form have anything to do with the cruiserweight division? Huh?

    Where to start? Eight days from now, Terry Sky will take on Grayson's S!T!B! comrade Rick Clark at Journey. Should Sky win that match, let's just say it'll be poetic justice. The problems going on with Grayson are pretty well documented as well. And also at Journey, it's the first time ever that two STB members are gonna face off against each other, as Ron takes on the thorn in his side, Cody Simmons. Up for grabs? Monica.
    The match was agreed to this past week on Massacre, as Cody and Ron exploded at each other following Grayson's match against Biff Slamkovich. Despite Jerry Kent's best efforts, it's hard to keep those two away from each other right now. Will Grayson have more to worry about than just Terry Sky in this match? Bring ding ling...

    And predictably, it's Terry Sky who has the hot start. Having found a new home this past Monday night, maybe Sky's been getting some decent night's sleep as of late. Sky with over a dozen right hands to have Ron reeling back into the corner of the ring, but a sucker punch down low puts Terry down on the canvas.
    After shaking off the effects of Sky's brief onslaught, Grayson drops a knee across Sky's throat, and begins choking him before the referee pulls him off. Ron doesn't get too upset with the intervention, and proceeds to execute a neckbreaker on Sky, then nail him with a Tiger Suplex!
    Grayson has control, but a slack attempt at a backdrop sees Terry back into the match, crashing Ron down to the mat with a Jumping DDT!
1...
    2...
        Nah. Sky goes up top, but just like Clone earlier, Grayson catches him on the way down, and hits a belly-to-belly suplex on 'Hardknocks'. He goes to make the cover, but-
    Hey Cody, the War Titles match is *next*, not right now. Simmons strolls down to ringside, clapping and cheering on Grayson. His attempts to start a 'Go Ron Go' chant in the crowd don't catch on too well, but this presence is enough to get Grayson over to that side of the ring.

Ron: Get the hell outta here Cody!

Cody: Peace Ron! I'm just here for moral support, you can dig that. S!T!B!

Ron: Shut the f-

    Sky, back up to his feet, nails Grayson from behind with a clothesline. As Cody gasps in mock horror, Sky executes the Light's out!
1...
    2...
        3!

Terry Sky pinned Ron Grayson with the Lights Out in 0:02:21.
Rating: *** 1/4

    2 minutes? Terry makes a getaway as the aisle starts to fill up with the rest of STB. The War Titles match is next, but right now, it seems that Cody has a bit of explaining to do.

Rick: Cody, what the HELL are you doing?

Cody: What'd I do? It's solidarity, just like he wanted [points to Kent]. The fact that Ron screwed up and got-

Kent: *That's* your idea of solidarity?! You got your damn match at the pay-per-view, you think you could go one week without-

Grayson arrives from the ring, nursing his head with one hand. He marches up to Simmons and shoves him in the chest, before being pulled away by Kent.

Ron: Cody, you son of a-

    Grayson gets cut off as the PXM music hits the PA system, and Kent and Clark continue to pull the other two apart as Battle and Burnz make their appearance at the top of the aisle. Kent orders Grayson to return backstage for this match, and though Ron'd rather stay and beat the hell out of Simmons, he reluctantly complies.
    Ron shoves his way past the PXM as he passes them, as Kent, Simmons and Clark enter the ring. The X-Treme Machine then follow, with Nitro tagging along behind. The War titles are on the line, after this block of commercials.

    Under normal circumstances, and on paper, this would seem to be nothing more than a squash match. The PXM have found victories hard to come by lately, and on Slam Masters last week, Nitro was on the receiving end of an embarrassing 26 second match against Biff Slamkovich. But STB has their problems right now.
    Mel Brooks Rick Clark just got back from New Orleans, scouting out for the unenviable proposition of spending a week on the streets of that hellhole. Jerry Kent's got Jumbo Jack Flap to worry about, but he's more concerned with the problems of Cody and Grayson, ahead of *their* match at Journey. Yep, it's Ron/Simmons at the ppv.

    The bell rings, and we cut to a quick split screen shot of Grayson returning to the STB locker room. In the ring, it's Rick Clark and Slash Battle starting things off, and Battle rocks the former world champion early on, before a short and sweet bit of interference from Jerry Kent puts Clark in control of things. Clark nails a backdrop driver to get a close count on Battle, and hits a flying lariat before tagging out to Cody.
    And Cody doesn't fare too well. Battle reverses a cross corner whip to send Simmons into the buckle hard, and a shoulder charge catches Cody smack in the face. It's short-lived though, the PXM member seems to have forgotten how to keep an advantage. Simmons fires back with a roundhouse right, then puts Slash down with a flying dropkick. Battle tags out to Nitro, and Cody puts him down right away too.
    After hitting him with a gutwrench suplex, an elbowdrop and a legdrop off the ropes, Cody throws him to the outside, where Rick Clark drops down from the apron to do a number on him. When Nitro gets tossed back in, Simmons goes for a clothesline, but Nitro manages his first offence of the match by ducking it, then taking Cody up for a gorilla press slam!
    Simmons gets slammed to the canvas hard, then Nitro proceeds to hit a standing splash and make his teams first pin attempt-
1...
    Just a one, and no-one in the crowd really expected it to be anything more than that. Nitro pulls Cody up, and sets up for a vertical suplex, but Cody blocks it, then executes one of his own to put his opponent down. Simmons drags Nitro over to the STB corner, and for the next five minutes or so, it's 'let's-all-beat-up-on-Nitro-time'. Whether it's Clark, Kent, Simmons or Raw, he sure isn't doing well in head to head competition.
    The match is basically a matter of *when* Nitro's gonna get pinned, as opposed to if, and when Cody drops him with a Shooting Star Legdrop (???), it looks like the time is gonna be now. That is, until our cameras cut to the aisle. Who is it, Megadeth?
    It's Ron Grayson! He makes his way down the aisle as Cody beckons him forward, but Kent makes the trip round the ring to block Ron before he can enter the ring. As Grayson starts shouting about 'that asshole using [his] move', Cody's attention turns away from the action in the ring. Nitro crawls over to his corner and makes the tag, to the fresh Crash Burnz!
    Simmons finally turns back around, expecting to see the laid out Nitro, but instead, he gets floored by a Burnz roundhouse right! As Kent finally convinces Ron to *again* return to the dressing rooms, Crash piledrives Cody!
1...
    2...
        Clark with the save! Slash Battle returns to the ring to attack Clark, and the two PXM do a number on 'Tricky' Rick as Cody slides out to the floor. Kent returns to the ring to help out Clark, as Simmons gets his head straight after the piledriver.
    But now Grayson's back *again*! He floors Cody with a right hand, then throws him into the guardrail before returning to the backstage area, as meanwhile Rick and Jerry have taken control on the inside. Burnz gets tossed out of the ring, and Kent follows him out to make sure he doesn't get involved again in the action.
    As Cody sets off down the aisle after Grayson, Clark dominates Battle. And after mouthing into the camera 'This one's for you Terry', he plants him with the Sky-Driver. The end.

Simply the Best (Cody Simmons, Jerry Kent, and Rick Clark) defeated The Philadelphia X-Treme Machine (Crash Burns and Slash Battle) and Nitro
when Clark pinned Slash with the Sky-Driver in 0:16:38.
Rating: **** 1/4
(Simply the Best [Cody Simmons, Jerry Kent, and Rick Clark] retained the SMWA War Titles.)

    Rick ends up dishing out another Sky-Driver, this time to Nitro, as Kent executes a *Reb*-Driver on Burnz. But now comes the awkward moment when both men look around and see that Cody's nowhere to be seen. We see Kent rolling his eyes, and he and Clark grab their belts from the official and set off down the aisle after him as we cut to a break.

    It's that time of the show again folks. You know the drill, a random lottery with all SMWA athletes inside it, and the first name picked out was...

DOOMSDAY!

    Oh my. The 'Agent Of The Apocalypse'? As Doomsday hits the ring, I have to say that I wouldn't want to be...

EL STINGRAY!

    In under two weeks time, Stingray and his partner, Ultimate Spider, will challenge for the tag- Well, where is he? The ring announcer introduces him again, but it seems as if the injury sustained this past week on Massacre has put one half of the Air Raiders on the shelf.
    So what happens now? Draw someone else out? Nah, Doomsday's more than happy to just start hammering away at the referee and ring announcer. He's an evil, evil man. As the ring fills with officials to try and restrain the Big Green Machine, we cut to a break.
    The Main Event is next!

    In just eight days time, 'The Grater' is faced with possibly the most unenviable task in the sport of pro-wrestling. Taking on the returning Scorpion. This past week on Massacre, it seems there may be an alliance in the works between Grater, Slade and Haggar, the two biggest superstars in the SMWA. As for Skarzz, he'll be *facing* Jack Slade at Journey, his sights set on Slade's World Heavyweight Title. Ahead of two huge matches next week, these two huge athletes meet in an awesome confrontation...

    Grater seems pretty damn motivated at the start, staggering Skarzz with a vicious kick to the side, doubling him over with a series of shots to his chest, and then finally putting the big man on the canvas with an inverted power bomb!
    Of course, Skarzz sits right up with a blatant no-sell, but Grater still gets an A for effort. Grater keeps at him, executing a piledriver soon after, still no real effect. Alexander has had all the offence so far, but it's not doing too much damage. Skarzz to his feet again, and after more right hand shots, Grater climbs up top.
    He flies off with an axhandle, but ah sh*t,  Skarzz grabs him by the neck on the way down, and chokeslams him down! With his opponent down on the canvas, Skarzz proceeds to make like the Knicks and choke. With Alex gasping for breath, the referee tries to pull Skarzz off, but that's a pretty foolish thing to do. One choke slam later, and now both Grater *and* the referee are down.
    Skarzz pulls Grater to his feet, and is met with a slap to the face! Skarzz backs up a few steps, then swings a vicious roundhouse right. Grater ducks though, then takes Skarzz's legs out from under him with a dropkick to his knee! Skarzz goes down, and now Grater goes down to choke *him*!
    Until a second referee hits the ring. Trying to pull *Grater* off, he too makes a mistake. Alexander gets to his feet, grabs him by the neck, and seconds later, we've now got two referee's down. As Grater dealt with the ref, Skarzz returned to his feet, and he nails Alex with a clothesline. He whips Grater into the corner, then charges right into Alexander's raised boot!
    Skarzz staggers backward again, and Grater charges out with a clothesline to put him down. Both ref's are still down, as Alex signals for the Death From Above!
    There's a group of men who have conflicting views on that decision, and they've decided to make that known right now. Specifically, it's Kodiak Marmoset, Ghost, Saul Masters, and bringing up the rear... The Scorpion.
    Kodiak storms the ring, and though he gets nailed with a clothesline from Grater right away, Major Force soon has Alexander down on the canvas, victim of a boot to the face from Skarzz.
    Commence beatdown. We cut to a shot of Foolish Referee #1, who's finally made it to his feet on the outside, as he calls for the bell, throwing this match out.

Alexander "The Grater" defeated Skarzz by disqualification in 0:05:24.
Rating: * 3/4

    The Scorpion looks on as Skarzz and company do a number on Grater inside the ring, and though the announcer declares Alexander the victor, he sure doesn't look it.