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Chaos TV

Local TV Station

November 16, 2006

Miami, Florida

Joey opened the show by hyping up the latest on the CM Punk situation. He read parts of the mysterious letter aloud and said that tonight we may find out who his attacker was. He speculated that Don Callis was somehow behind everything.

As soon as he said this, Callis’ music played and he came out along with Chris Jericho.

Styles: Speaking of the devil himself…

Callis had a mic with him. He started ragging on Jack Evans. He said that Evans had every tool needed to be one of the future greats: talent, charisma, a unique style no one could match. But he was missing something, Callis said; and it was the one thing that he overlooked when he had Evans signed.

Callis: Bottom line in, Jack Evans, you don’t have the determination to be anything more than a popular punching bag. When I begged the rest of the FWE booking committee to hire you, they told me you were too small. But I looked at guys like Chris Jericho here. I looked at Jericho’s career and I remembered when people said that about him. Then I looked at you, Evans and I told myself that you would take everything you had, everything I knew you had, and you would take yourself as far as you wanted to go. And last week when you were pinned by Don Juan, I realized something. This is as far as you want to go, Jack. Just a punching bag.

Jack Evans’ music played and he stormed into the ring.

Styles: Jack Evans has had enough of this!

Jericho stepped in front of Callis, but Callis told him to move aside. Evans asked for a mic from the ring announcer and was given one.

Evans: I’ve had about enough of you, man.

The Jack Evans’ fanbase had grown quite a bit over the past few months and a decent amount of people cheered for Evans’ finally getting some mic time and sticking up for himself.

Evans: You act like I owe you something. You act like I don’t come out here week after week and bust my ass. My win/loss record may not be the greatest, but you cannot tell me that I do not come out here and give it my all. Maybe a lot of close wins don’t mean much. But if you think you can come out here and tell these people that I don’t have determination. That I don’t have heart. Then I’m going to have to come out here and say something about that.

Callis had a huge grin on his face.

Callis: Oh, you do owe me, Jack. Because I got you this job. The only reason you’re here is because of me. And how about I let you in on another little secret: the only reason you’re still here is because of me. The FWE was ready to bail on you a long time ago. People claim that all of this influence I gained in the back is somehow manipulative and wrong. Well consider this, Jack: I used that “evil” influence to keep you employed. Because against my better judgment, I still think that maybe you could some day be this.

Callis looked over at Jericho when he said “this.”

Callis: A legend, Jack. You could be a legend. But you cannot do this without me. I guarantee it.

Evans: Do you know who I am?

Evans’ section cheered wildly.

Evans: I’m Jack Evans, bitch. I can twist 630 degrees in the air. I can dive further than anyone in professional wrestling. I can do whatever the hell I want!

This time more fans cheered.

Callis: And have you ever done that 630 splash in the FWE?

Styles: He has a point there.

Evans didn’t say anything back.

Callis: You’re going to prove something to me, Jack. Right now. If you really can do whatever the hell you want, then beat Chris Jericho.

Evans: Right now?

Callis nodded and with no hesitation, Evans did a low dropkick to the knees of Jericho that sent him crashing face-first to the mat.

Chris Jericho vs. Jack Evans

Styles: I guess we have a match!

Evans controlled the early part of the match much to the delight of his fans. At this point though the unofficial Jack Evans fan club was pretty much blending in with the rest of the crowd as Evans finally let his whole arsenal loose. He was hitting a ton of great, consecutive moves that were fast-paced and sent him in the air most of the time.

Styles: Don Callis has lit a fire under Jack Evans!

Evans’ sudden burst of confidence and aggressiveness didn’t last long though. Jericho was eventually able to nail a stiff dropkick to the face when Evans was coming off the rope. Evans sold the kick by spinning in the air.

Styles: Jericho used Evans’ own momentum against him!

Jericho went for the pin and looked pretty confident about it, but Evans kicked out at the last second.

Styles: Evans is still in this thing!

The kickout really pumped the fans up and Jericho was noticeably angry. Jericho controlled the match now and was being quite the bully with Jack. A lot of his offense was more centered around brawling and Evans sold like a pro. However, near the end of the match Evans reversed a standard delayed suplex into a killer spinning DDT. He went for the quick pin and Jericho kicked out just in time. Jericho’s eyes looked huge as he sat up, which indicated that Evans speed in the pin attempt had a lot to do with the near victory.

Styles: I don’t think Chris Jericho was expecting this kind of fight from Evans!

Both guys were going at top speed now, trying to outdo the other. They were clearly looking for the next big move that would take the other out. At one point Evans went up to the top rope and signaled for the 630.

Styles: The 630! We’re going to see the legendary 630 Splash!

But just as Styles said this Jericho, who had been playing possum, ran up to the ropes and made Evans crotch himself. He then nailed a perfectplex from the top rope and got the pinfall.

Winner: Chris Jericho

Styles: Jack Evans put up a hell of a fight, but Jericho used his expertise in the end.

Callis entered the ring with a mic and helped the recovering Jack Evans up.

Callis: You can do whatever you want, Jack. But you can’t do it without me. Do you understand?

Evans just stared at him, but he looked clearly defeated now, a stark contrast to his demeanor before the match.

Callis: Do you want the world, Jack? Shake my hand and you’ll have it all.

Evans looked at Callis and then out into the crowd, who was protesting the deal. Finally he looked back at Callis and shook his hand, causing the fans to boo. Jericho, Callis, and Evans then left for the back.

[Quinn says: Jack Evans finally got to be Jack Evans. Thank God. Evans has really grown into a solid wrestler over the past few years, but he’s not necessarily at this point of all around best or anything. Fortunately, Jericho is and all around great and he held this match together very well. The two compliment each other. It got a little spotty at times, but it’s fairly forgivable since the story was that they were both trying to top each other, although it seemed like it was rushed a bit due to time issues. It really makes you wonder what they could do with twice the time.]

Rating: ***1/4

Semi-Final Match: The Stampede Bulldogs vs. The Trinity

Joey talked about how the winners of this match would go onto Evolution to wrestle either Lethal Connection or The Onslaught Express for the tag titles.

The match started out with a lot of chain wrestling from all four guys. Joey put them over as all great technical wrestlers, but credited TJ Wilson as the one who could go to the air better than the rest.

Collyer and Smith had a real great sequence as Joey reminded the fans that Smith is the son of the British Bulldog and that Collyer was trained by Dean Malenko.

The action progressively picked up though as all four guys were pacing the match along nicely. They had also been given quite a bit of ring time, as they were nearing the 16 minute mark when they started going full speed.

At one point, when Smith and Walters were the legal men but all four guys were in the ring, Wilson dropkicked Collyer to the outside and followed up with a plancha (Joey made sure the reference his early point about Wilson being so versatile).

Smith then nailed Walters with a great snap suplex.

Styles: Harry Smith has John Walters all to himself now!

Smith then went to the turnbuckle and looked to be setting up for a tornado DDT. However, Walters stopped him with a punch and set Smith up for a superplex. But Smith broke that up and both men were now standing up on the turnbuckle together.

Styles: This may end poorly for both man!

Smith and Walters traded punches, with Harry eventually winning out. He then displayed an incredible feat of strength and nailed a huge powerbomb on Walters that also sent Smith crashing to the ground with him. He crawled over to Walters and made the pin for the victory.

Winners: The Stampede Bulldogs

Styles: The Stampede Bulldogs have earned their shot at the titles at Evolution!

[Quinn says: Everyone was on. The pacing was great and the ending sold the entire match. It felt like it was missing that one last big epic piece of the puzzle, but you really can’t look down on action like this.]

Rating: ****

Colt Cabana vs. Mike Enos

Joey talked about how Colt Cabana had been in the middle of this mess with CM Punk and how he wasn’t able to compete much lately as a result. He also talked about how Mike Enos was desperate to gain a big title before he retired, so there was a lot at stake for him.

Cabana looked pretty good in this one and Enos wasn’t too bad either. Cabana basically controlled everything and used a lot of his smooth European counters. He finished the match in just under three minutes after a sunset flip.

Winner: Colt Cabana

[Quinn says: More of an exhibition than anything else.]

Rating: **

The Dark Rockers vs. Josh Daniels and Vader

Joey talked about how the winners here could very well be in line for a title shot after Evolution, especially if they follow this match up with another win or two.

Daniels did the majority of the work for his team, dominating both Marty Jannetty and Derek Wylde. At one point Wylde got the best of Daniels after nailing an awesome Buff Blockbuster-like move from the mat. However, he spent too much time posing and showing off (despite Jannetty’s yells that Daniels was getting up) and allowed Daniels to sneak up from behind and hit an absolute killer german suplex.

Styles: Derek Wylde will be feeling that for months!

Daniels followed up with a suplex that set Wylde up for the Vaderbomb. Daniels then tagged in Vader so he could hit the move and give them the win.

Winners: Josh Daniels and Vader

[Quinn says: Well, it looks like it’s not a bad idea to just let Daniels do most of the work. Decent for a short match.]

Rating: **1/2

The Towers Get More Than They Bargained For

Lex Luger and Barry Windham came out to the ring with a mic. They talked about how they were being disrespected by the FWE because they weren’t automatically given the tag team title match. They said that they had proven themselves over decades and didn’t need to do so anymore. They said they wanted to give an ass kicking to anyone in the back who disagreed to show how serious they were.

And then Abdullah the Butcher came out.

Windham and Luger’s eyes lit up with fear.

Styles: I don’t think that was who they had in mind!

Abdullah brandished his fork as he entered the ring. The Towers exited the ring on both sides simultaneously as Abdullah entered. Abdullah went to chase Luger, but Windham snuck up behind him and nailed him with a clubbering forearm. Luger then got back in and the two beat down on Abdullah for a little while. They pretty much just stomped and punched him.

This worked for a while until Abdullah delivered a headbutt to Luger and nailed Windham with a fork shot. Abdullah then did his regular routine until The Towers ran off. Joey mentioned once again that this didn’t really seem to be what The Towers had in mind.

Styles: They wanted to take advantage of some young man in the back looking to make a name for himself, but instead they got exactly what they deserved!

Rating: 69

Semi-Final Match: Lethal Connection (w/ Jimmy Hart) vs. The Onslaught Express

Joey reminded fans that the winner in this will wrestle the Stampede Bulldogs for the tag titles at Evolution.

Both teams relied on a lot of their spots from earlier matches, but added some new twists to them. The idea here was that they wanted to hit the same moves, but they needed to do it a little differently because they were all so familiar with each other. When someone would do something in the familiar way, it would end up getting reversed. Psychology-wise, this was solid, but there were a few blown spots as a result.

In the end, Davey “Crossfire” Richards and “Scrap Iron” Adam Pearce hit Pawluk with the Bottle Rocket (Richards flew out of nowhere to nail the lung blower portion of the move) to score the win.

Winners: Lethal Connection

Joey immediately started hyping up the Lethal Connection vs. Stampede Bulldogs match.

[Quinn says: The psychology for the most part was awesome, with both teams relying on new ways to do the same thing and paying the consequences otherwise (Richards’ lung blower-from-nowhere move was especially nice). But it just didn’t feel like things were clicking at times. I’m not sure if the teams are as comfortable with each other as the storyline would suggest. Still, the effort was all there and they wrestled an entertaining, smart match. In different hands it could have been a catastrophe, but these guys made it work very well.]

Rating: ***

BJ Whitmer is Pissed

Whitmer was in the back with Kevin Kelly. He told Kelly that FWE was his opportunity to show that he was the next big thing in wrestling and that he was getting held down by politics. Even though he beat David Andrews last week, he wasn’t booked for a match tonight. And to make matters worse, Andrews gets to wrestle in the same ring with Ric Flair just because the Brotherhood convinced Modest to take him as his partner.

Whitmer: Well, I don’t need friends to prove that I’m the best. When I get in the ring, I use my body as a killing machine. And Andrews, you’re the first person on my hit list.

Rating: 76

Ric Flair and Doug Williams vs. Michael Modest and David Andrews (w/ Kevin Sullivan and Mike Rotundo)

As the participants entered the ring Joey recapped Modest and Williams’ feud and talked about how Modest has been gunning for a title shot, first going after Punk’s contract and then settling on targeting Flair when the contract came up missing.

Styles: But the real story here could end up being about David Andrews, who has the biggest opportunity of his life tonight by being in the ring with not only one of the biggest legends in the business and our Heavyweight Champion, but also with two of the best wrestlers in the world today.

There was a bit of stalling at the beginning when Flair and Modest went to start thanks to Sullivan and Rotundo harassing the faces from the outside. It didn’t take long before referee Billy Silverman ordered them to leave the ringside area.

Styles: It looks like we’re going to get a fair match after all.

Modest and Flair had a short feeling out process that Modest didn’t seem to be quite comfortable with. With Modest’s feud with Williams relying so much on both of them getting used to each others’ offense, Joey wondered if Modest was being cautious about Flair picking up on his strategies before a potential title match. He brought up a good point that every student of the wrestling game has to be incredibly familiar with Flair’s work, whereas Flair will probably not be as familiar with theirs.

Styles: Michael Modest has almost certainly studied Flair for years, but how long has Flair studied Michael Modest?

With Modest never seeming quite comfortable, he finally tagged out to Andrews, who ran in the ring quickly and went for a clothesline. Flair ducked and nailed Andrews with a lariat on his way back.

Styles: Andrews’ enthusiasm got the better of him.

Flair spent a good amount of time schooling the young Andrews. He and Williams then tagged in and out quite a bit, isolating their opponent. But when Flair and Andrews were back in the ring with each other, Andrews was able to nail a dropkick after being thrown into the ropes. He then used some underhanded tactics to maintain control. After a minute or two of this, Modest demanded to be tagged in. Modest then dominated Flair in the ring. However, he didn’t rely on his usual arsenal. He focused mostly on simple offense and seemed to keep his favored strategies to himself.

Styles: Michael Modest is keeping his cards close to himself for the time being. He doesn’t want Flair to get too comfortable with his style.

At one point Modest had Flair in a standing headlock and Flair reversed it into an atomic drop followed by a poke to the eyes. He then made the quick tag to Doug Williams who really took it to Modest. Williams and Modest then went into their usual thing with a lot of speed and intensity. Eventually Modest tagged in Andrews leaped into the ring from the ropes and hit Williams with a dropkick. Andrews surprisingly did very well against Williams from that point on, falling for very few of his reversals. Joey speculated that Sullivan and Rotundo had rigorously prepared him for this match. After a while, Williams tagged in Flair and Andrews caught him off guard with a superkick. Andrews and Flair went back and forth for a while until Modest made a blind tag and hit Flair from behind with a german suplex. He went for the quick pin, but Flair kicked out. He then climbed the rope and went for what looked like should have been an axe handle drop, but Flair moved out of the way, came off the ropes, and nailed Modest with a clothesline. He continued to attack Modest before eventually tagging in Williams. Williams and Modest did some more of their usual stuff in the ring, with Modest coming out mostly on top.

At this point Andrews saw his opportunity and ran from his side of the ring to the other to hit Flair with a running uppercut. Flair dropped from the apron to the outside. Andrews then went to the outside and nailed Flair with a DDT to the stairs. Unfortunately, Billy Silverman didn’t see this, as Modest had Williams in a camel clutch and it looked like Williams was close to submitting.

Flair was out cold and Andrews, satisfied with what he had accomplished, went back to his corner.

Styles: David Andrews has taken out the Heavyweight Champion!

Modest, at this point, was having difficulties keeping the clutch on with Williams, who was struggling to get out. Modest released the hold. Modest was quick to get up, but Williams was struggling. Modest put his guard down for a bit and casually grabbed Williams from the back of his head to lift him up. Williams then took this opportunity to hit the Chaos Theory out of nowhere. He successfully nailed the first german suplex and then quickly hit the second. Modest was too off guard to reverse it. Williams ran over to Andrews and knocked him off of the apron and then made the pin on Modest to get the win.

Winners: Ric Flair and Doug Williams

Doug Williams helped Flair up and into the ring. Flair looked pretty mad, but Andrews was already taking off for the back. He was walking backwards as he neared the entrance, laughing at Flair. But as he walked backwards, he didn’t see BJ Whitmer come up from behind. He bumped into Whitmer and then turned around. Whitmer kicked him in the gut and then delivered an exploder on the steel entrance way.

Styles: BJ Whitmer is out to kill David Andrews!

Whitmer looked down at Andrews without smiling and left as Joey called him cold-blooded.

[Quinn says: There were some really great, exciting segments along with a lot of downtime. Flair and Modest were noticeably holding back when they were in the ring together. Overall great stuff though and Andrews is showing that he’s a bit more than just another rookie at this point.]

Rating: ***1/4

CM Punk (w/ Colt Cabana) vs. ????????

CM Punk and Colt Cabana (in street clothes) came out to the ring. Both of them looked pretty pissed and Punk had a mic.

Punk: I’ve been sitting in the back since the start of this show waiting for whoever the hell attacked me the other week to finally show his damn face. Well, I’m not waiting anymore. You’ve played your mind games, you’ve gloated in your stupid letter. So let me just say right now that whoever you are, you’ve won. You made me make the biggest mistake so far of my career and betray one of the few men in the business I actually looked at as a friend. Is that what you want to hear? That you won? Because you did. You won your damn mind games. But the mind games end tonight. And when the mind games are over, we go on to the real game. The one that takes place in this ring. The one that I’m the best at. I don’t care who the hell you are. I don’t care where the hell you came from. When you get in this ring, I’m going to give you everything I have. I’m going to kick your ass harder than it’s ever been kicked. I don’t care who you’ve wrestled in the past. I’m going to beat you within an inch of your life. So you said you were going to show yourself tonight, then let’s do this.

Punk slammed down the mic.

Styles: You have to wonder is Punk’s attacker is actually going to reveal himself tonight. If he wants the mind games to continue, you’d think he would just keep leading Punk along.

There was a significant amount of time of inactivity as Punk and Cabana seemed to consult each other in the ring.

Styles: Well, it doesn’t look like he’s going to come out and I can’t say I’m too surprised. I can’t imagine that in the back of Punk’s mind he didn’t also expect…

Styles was cut off by some generic sounding music. Punk’s face lit up with anger as he waited for someone to come out to the ring.

Styles: Wait a second! Is that…

As Styles paused, Don Juan came out.

Styles: Don Juan?! What the hell? Are you serious?!

Punk’s face went from angry to confused. Don Juan ran and slid into the ring. Punk promptly kicked the crap out of him, delivering a series of stomps as the bell rang.

Styles: The match is on and, fans, I am absolutely baffled that a young guy like Don Juan fooled someone like CM Punk, who is at the top of his game. And I would be lying if I said I wasn’t expecting somebody a little more experienced and prolific than Don Juan. There’s no doubt that he’s a talented wrestler who’s loaded with potential, but as seen by his performance right now, he still has a long way to go.

Punk was just murdering Juan. Cabana himself was getting in a few cheapshots as Punk distracted the referee. After a few minutes of getting the hell beaten out of him, Punk busted Juan open hardway with a few stiff punches to the forehead. He set Juan down by the corner and delivered a few knees to the face, causing the blood to smear.

Styles: CM Punk is staying true to his word and not wasting any time beating Don Juan to the point where this match may need to be stopped.

Punk was taking his time beating Juan up until the point where it looked like he was almost a bit bored. He had gotten all of his frustrations out and finally put the match away after a Pepsi Plunge, which Joey noted was a rarity these days.

Winner: CM Punk

Referee Robert Brisko raised CM Punk’s hand as Joey noted it was a bit of an anti-climactic ending to the saga.

Styles: But I’m assuming at the end of the day Don Juan will be getting a title shot at Evolution, which, I have to be honest, doesn’t look like will be that great of a match if Juan does as well as he did tonight.

Colt Cabana entered the ring as Punk stood over Juan’s body and yelled at him. Then, to the shock of the crowd, Cabana attacked Punk from behind.

Styles: What the hell?!

Cabana repeatedly stomped Punk. He then got a chair from the outside and obliterated Punk with it, attacking his head, back, sides, knees, everything.

Styles: Colt Cabana has just attacked his best friend and… I can only assume that he’s had something to do with this all along, but I can’t imagine why or how…

Cabana continued to attack Punk as Juan recovered and joined in.

Styles: Cabana is a damn traitor, but I can’t imagine why he’s orchestrated this whole thing.

Finally, after Punk had been thoroughly bloodied and beaten, Cabana and Juan tied him up in the ropes. His eyes were open, but barely. Cabana grabbed a mic.

Cabana: Punker, I’m going to get this first thing out of the way before I say anything else, because I want you to hear it before you pass out from blood loss. I think out of everyone in the back and at home, you may be the only one who never thought that it could have been me. And let’s face it, that has more to do with your ignorance than any master plan of mine. I knew that I didn’t need anything ingenious. I didn’t want anything ingenious. Because the simpler this all was, the more humiliated you’d b in the end.

Punk was trying to yell out in protest, but he was clearly too shocked and too beaten to do much but mutter.

Cabana: All I had to do was get Don Juan here to do the work for me while I was on camera or with you and carry a decoy key with me. That’s it, Punk. Nothing special. Nothing you couldn’t have figured out if you would have had the common sense to suspect your best friend. Nothing you couldn’t have at least considered if you weren’t too stubborn to realize your instincts might be wrong. You had to be right, didn’t you? It had to be Ace because you always considered yourself better than him and you made up some conspiracy in your delusional, egotistical head.

Cabana paced around a bit and then smiled at the bloody Punk. He ordered Juan to kick him some more. He then pulled the contract out of his pocket.

Cabana: This is what this is all about, right?

Cabana then looked at the contract for a little bit.

Cabana: I don’t give a damn about this contract, Punk. But you do, don’t you?

Cabana then looked at the contract for a little bit more and then ripped it up and threw it in Punk’s face.

Styles: What the hell did he just do?

Cabana: This is the difference between you and me, Punk. You care about bullshit like this. You always cared about people seeing you as the best. And you don’t care what you have to do to get it. Didn’t earn that contract? No problem for CM Punk. I earn what I get. Because I care about competition. But I stood by you for years and let you hog all of the glory. And when I came here, I told myself that I was going to compete on my own. It was going to be about Colt Cabana, not the Second City Saints. I was going to show people that I was the next big thing.

Cabana paced around some more and then stopped to look at Punk.

Cabana: But then you came. And instead of working your way to the top, you made a spectacle. You won your opportunity with theatrics. And you continued to do that. And where was I? Still working on my own. Even when I did need help, I didn’t come to you because I knew it was finally my time. And then you get this damn contract.

Cabana got up in Punk’s face.

Cabana: This fucking contract.

He now started pacing again.

Cabana: And then what did you do? You came to me and Ace. You needed our help to get you what you didn’t deserve. And Ace—honestly, Punk—Ace was thrilled to help. Anything for his students. And at the end of the day, when you needed someone to blame, when it was maybe even your own damn fault for getting yourself in that mess in the first place, you looked right at Ace. Not only did you blame him, but you ruined him. All for yourself. That’s the kind of guy you are. Well, I’m sick of it, Punk. Once you came to us and acted like it was our responsibility to help you, I knew what I had to do. You can’t keep getting everything you want. Not anymore.

Cabana got in Punk’s face again.

Cabana: I’m not your fucking lackey anymore, Punk!

Cabana was now yelling.

Cabana: Things will never be the same again and it’s not my fault. I didn’t want it to be this way, but when you only take from a friendship, that friendship can’t continue and it damn well can’t just end. Because I’ve given so much to your career, Punk. I’ve given you everything that I have every time that you’ve asked and now it’s time for me to take that all back. And I’m going to take Don Juan under my wing and I’m going to show him everything I know. I’m going to foster his career. You know why, Punk? To show you that I’m better than you. This kid was willing to die tonight to serve me. And I’m going to take that energy and willingness he has and build him up. And when you see Colt Cabana rise to greatness and you see his student rise along with him, you’re still going to be down here on the mat, Punk. And you’re going to be alone. Because no one really gives a damn about you. Not anymore. You can only take for so long. You can only take before those you take from start to take from you. And I told you, Punk: I’m taking it all back. And I might even take more.

Cabana paced around some more.

Cabana: You know how many people in the back probably suspected me? Do you see how many people are coming to your rescue? You don’t have anyone without me and Ace, Punk. And you’re going to see how far you fall when we’re not around to bail you out.

Cabana pulled out another contract from his pocket.

Cabana: You know, I do care about one contract, Punk. It’s this one.

He threw it in Punk’s face. Cabana was now much calmer.

Cabana: I already signed it. We’re going to wrestle at Evolution. You’ll sign the contract. I know you will. I know you want to beat the hell out of me right now. So we’ll get a chance at what we both want. You’ve only been wanting this for a few minutes now. But Punk—and trust me on this—I’ve been wanting this chance a lot longer than you realize. I’ve been thinking about this a lot more than you could ever imagine. We’ve had plenty of matches against each other. And in some of them, we were letting out some very real aggression. But I swear to you—and if it’s one thing you do deserve, it’s honesty—this will be different. This is hate, Punk.

Cabana dropped the mic and stared at the drowsy Punk as the show silently faded to commercial.

[Quinn says: The match was nothing but a sick, extended squash, but Don Juan’s willingness to die (as Colt Cabana pretty accurately put it) made it quite a sight. Cabana promo was a little weird to hear, as it was a new feel compared to what he normally does. Not that that’s a bad thing. It just seemed like he only hit his stride when he started getting more emotional. It will be weird to get used to a more serious Cabana, but it’s a welcome change.]

Rating: **3/4

Falls Count Anywhere: Bryan Danielson, Matt Stryker, and Jushin Liger vs. Masada, Hernandez, and Necro Butcher (w/ Don Callis)

Joey was pretty shocked about the outcome of the last match, but said that they had to continue on. He mentioned that this was the last match because they wanted to give parents time to bring their kids home. He said that this match was sure to be one of the most violent so far in the FWE.

Refrees Billy Silverman, Hiroyuki Unno, and Robert Brisko were all on duty for this match and Joey added that more were in the back in case they were needed.

There was no mention of Dan Maff as Callis’ guys came down to the ring. Danielson, Liger, and Stryker all came out together and Joey noted that it looked like Danielson was more willing to cooperate tonight.

This match started out as a standard tag match at first. Masada (who was now wearing a singlet and in increasingly better shape) and Hernandez did the bulk of the work for their team. In fact, Butcher wasn’t even tagged in before the match got out of hand. Stryker and Liger did the majority of the work for their team because every time they tagged Danielson in, he got pretty distracted by wanting to get a hold of Butcher. In this way, it seemed like a good strategy to keep Butcher from coming in as a means of neutralizing Danielson.

But this strategy only worked for as long as order was maintained, and near the 8 minute mark, all hell broke loose. Danielson was in the ring and seemed to be ignoring Butcher as he stretched Masada. Then out of nowhere he just leaped up and dived at Butcher, causing both of them to fall to the outside. They were pounding away at each other and seemingly forgot they were even in a match. Liger ran into the ring quickly and locked on a single leg boston crab, continuing Danielson’s work. But at this point, there seemed to be little reason to maintain a sense of order. Hernandez climbed the turnbuckle and tried to splash Liger, but Liger moved out of the way. Liger and Stryker then doubleteamed Hernandez and clotheslined him to the outside. They doubleteamed Masada as well and concluded things with a palm strike from Liger. Stryker threw Masada out and the two played to the fans.

The fight spilled to the outside and it was pretty much a big brawl at this point. Danielson and Butcher stuck to fighting each other the entire time, with Butcher getting the best of Danielson for the most part.

After about nine minutes of brawling, Stryker, Butcher, and Masada were all busted open. Joey called this the bloodiest edition of Chaos TV ever.

Liger was standing his own pretty well in an environment he’s not necessarily used to, but this didn’t last long. When he and Hernandez were fighting neat the entrance way, Chris Jericho came out with a chair and blasted him with it. He tried once more to take Liger’s mask off, but Stryker chased him off with a chair of his own. Jericho smiled and slowly backed away while giving Stryker the finger. Stryker looked to see if Liger was okay, but was attacked from behind by Masada.

Eventually Stryker and Masada were alone in the ring as Danielson and Butcher fought in the crowd and Liger and Hernandez were pretty much out. Stryker hit the DVD and Joey started saying that this one was over. However, Dan Maff ran in the ring and quickly hit Stryker with the Burning Hammer!

Styles: Burning Hammer by Dan Maff!

Maff looked like a man possessed as he blankly stared down at Stryker’s limp body.

Styles: Once again, I’m speechless at this Maff situation. From what I know,t his guy is definitely not supposed to be here.

The crowd popped huge as Brock Lesnar stormed into the ring in seconds and started delivering a flurry of punches to Dan Maff.

Styles: Brock Lesnar is here and he’s getting retribution!

Brock hit the F5 and then turned his direction toward Don Callis, who was right outside the ring. Callis only hesitated for a second before he ran to the back. Brock followed immediately. The police then ran into the ring and cuffed the dazed Dan Maff and carried him out.

Styles: We’re now starting to gain control of this match. Well, as much control as we can.

Just as Maff was taken to the back, Danielson suplexed Butcher over the guardrail and back into ringside area. He slammed him into the steel steps and then brought him into the ring. Danielson pointed to the mat and yelled, “This is my house!” He then locked in Cattle Mutilation and held it for quite a while. Butcher refused to give up.

Styles: I think it will be a cold day in Hell before the Necro Butcher taps out!

Danielson then released the hold delivered a few knees to the back and neck of Butcher. He then climbed the turnbuckle and nailed Butcher (who was facedown) with a knee to the neck. He reapplied Cattle Mutilation and Butcher was clearly in much more pain.

Styles: Could he… is Butcher going to tap?!

After a minute of tormented screaming, Butcher waved his right hand wildly and referee Hiroyuki called for the bell.

Winners: Bryan Danielson, Matt Stryker, and Jushin Liger

Styles: I can’t believe it! The Necro Butcher tapped! The Necro Butcher tapped!

Danielson’s hand was raised and he spit on Butcher. The other two referees dragged Liger and Stryker into the ring as they celebrated.

[Quinn says: A straight up crazy brawl. I can't say I was wild about all of the fighting in the crowd, as that sort of thing is always a lot better to be there for more than anything else, but all six guys brought the hate. Danielson and Liger were, as usual, in top form, so no surprises there. Butcher did his thing too, and in this environment, that's not so surprising. But who I was really impressed with was Stryker, Hernandez, and Masada. They went above and beyond the call and helped make this match look professional. Sometimes when indy feds try big brawls like this, they can come off looking like a poor man's attempt at what the big leagues do. But these guys looked better tonight than I've ever seen them, hitting the big moves when they were most appropriate and making you really believe they wanted to kill each other. I wish I could go more, but like I said, there were too many dead spots due to the fighting in the crowd. But an overall great job by everyone involved.]

Rating: ***1/4

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FWE News Update:

-We’re a little over a week away from Evolution and we have a ton of news and updates about the big show and the next edition of Chaos TV. First of all, the final show before Evolution will showcase a huge main event that will declare a #1 contender for the Heavyweight Championship. Since CM Punk’s contract was ripped up by Colt Cabana last Thursday, the opportunity will be up for grabs and will be decided in The Final Confrontation between Michael Modest and Doug Williams. Both of these guys have been outstanding in the past few months and they will fight it out one last time for a chance at gold. They’re both worthy of a shot, but only one will get it at Evolution.

-While the Michael Modest vs. Doug Williams match will be dubbed The Final Confrontation, this is not to say that they will never wrestle in the FWE again. However, officials see both guys as nearly equal in ability and if the feud is allowed to continue the way it is, a clear winner may never be declared. So even though they very well may cross paths again soon down the line, this will be the last match officials will allow to further their rivalry at the moment. With so much on the line, both men will surely bring their A game and we may finally know who the better man is.

-Evolution is certainly shaping up to be one of the best shows in FWE history. Last week Bryan Danielson vs. Necro Butcher was signed, along with Jushin Liger vs. Chris Jericho. More matches have been signed as of today and the FWE has promised a night of main event-quality matches.

-Many people expected for the CM Punk vs. Colt Cabana match to be announced, but as of now, it hasn’t. CM Punk has apparently not signed the contract Cabana gave him last Thursday. There’s no word on why Punk has yet to do so and if he even plans on doing it at all. He has promised that he will be at Chaos next week and he will have the contract with him. FWE officials are advertising the match as a possibility for Evolution because Colt Cabana has assured them that it will go on.

-Emotions have been running high concerning the Punk/Cabana situation. CM Punk is reported as being very withdrawn since the incident and has talked to very few people. Cabana’s joking attitude has pretty much disappeared. He has been more vocal than Punk though, stating that he is not the bad guy, but has been forced into this situation. Cabana does seem on edge though, as he has requested security to follow him around at Chaos. Additionally, he told Don Juan that the FWE would not be safe for him for a little while. He has sent his protégé to Europe to hone his skills for a few weeks. Overall, the situation is tense and no one knows what to expect out of either man anymore.

-The FWE was saddened to hear that “Scrap Iron” Adam Pearce was involved in a car accident the day after Chaos TV. He has suffered a leg injury and will be out for an undetermined amount of time, which will be lengthy at best. We wish Adam Pearce a speedy recovery.

-With Pearce out of the picture, this leaves not only the Tag Team Title picture in question, but also his tag team partner Davey “Crossfire” Richards without a team. The Stampede Bulldogs advanced to the finals and were set to face Lethal Connection, but now the Connection’s spot is left open. FWE officials felt that the natural course of action would be to give the Onslaught Express a bye since that is who Lethal Connection defeated. However, when Josh Daniels got wind of this, he protested, saying that he and Vader recently got an impressive victory of the Dark Rockers and deserve a chance to earn the finals spot. Officials agreed and signed an Onslaught Express vs. Daniels and Vader match; however, once this got out, John Walters and Chad Collyer protested, claiming their victory over Daniels and Vader in the tournament gave them the right to also be in that match. So, next Thursday on Chaos TV, we’ll see The Onslaught Express vs. Josh Daniels and Vader vs. The Trinity of John Walters and Chad Collyer, with the winner facing the Stampede Bulldogs at Evolution for the FWE Tag Team Titles.

-Jimmy Hart said he will have an announcement on Chaos TV about Davey Richards’ future and his involvement at Evolution.

-FWE officials have finally decided that they will address the Dan Maff situation. As many people know, Dan Maff was blackballed from professional wrestling for personal reasons that the FWE cannot and does not want to discuss. Maff is not and never has been employed by the FWE. However, because there appears to be some politicking by Don Callis going on, it does not look like the Maff situation is going to go away. Some people in the back have been campaigning for his official involvement in the FWE. That, combined with the fact that Brock Lesnar has asked repeatedly to wrestle him, has lead to the signing of another match at Evolution. We will see Brock Lesnar vs. Dan Maff in an unsanctioned match. This will take place outside the Old School Arena because it will not be an official part of the program and will be free to the general public. There are a few stipulations for this one. First off, if Brock Lesnar wins, he gets to book Don Callis in any match he wants. Lesnar has not been shy that he’s not a fan of Callis’ and hasn’t been happy about getting attacked by him. There are any number of dangerous circumstances that Lesnar could put Callis in and fans would certainly love to see it. However, if Dan Maff wins, Don Callis will be able to book Brock Lesnar in any match he wants. Callis has already begun bragging about what he might do and has even thrown the words “Death Match” around. Additionally, officials say that if Maff impresses, he may get a job.

-But Brock Lesnar will have to get through Masada before he goes on to face Dan Maff. The two will face each other Thursday night on Chaos. Not signed for matches are Necro Butcher and Hernandez, which means Brock Lesnar might have to watch his back.

-Another big match involving Don Callis’ Chosen has been signed. Chris Jericho and new member Jack Evans will wrestle Jushin Liger and Matt Stryker. Jericho and Evans just wrestled each other last week, so one has to wonder how well they will function as a team. Word has it though that Evans is fairly happy under Callis’ guidance and Jericho has been more than willing to work with him. Jericho is reportedly very happy that Evans is on board, as he feels Evans can take care of a lot of the jobs Callis has asked him to do. Jericho has made it no secret that his ultimate goal is to be champion and feels burdened by Callis’ requests. However, Jericho shouldn’t get too comfortable. He still has his match against Jushin Liger at Evolution and the team of Stryker and Liger is nothing to shrug off. Both Stryker and Liger have become great friends over the months and are committed to fighting off the Chosen.

-After his match tag match against Michael Modest and David Andrews, Ric Flair asked for a non-title match with David Andrews for this Thursday. Flair initially wanted to put the title on the line, but FWE officials said he needed to fully earn it. Flair was impressed by Andrews overall, but was very angry about the cheapshot at the end. Flair said he would teach Andrews a lesson on Chaos.

-Word spread quickly about Andrews getting a match with Flair and BJ Whitmer was fuming because just earlier that day Whitmer vs. Derek Wylde was announced as the opening match for Chaos. Even though Derek Wylde is talented and a rising star, Whitmer believes he has paid his dues and should be wrestling the top men in the company. He’s made it no secret that he hates David Andrews for getting what he believes is special treatment while he struggles to climb the ladder. To make matters worse, a few of the guys in the back were making fun of Whitmer for fairly consistently being an opening match guy, which dates back to the very first show. Whitmer was overheard on several occasions saying something about giving Andrews what he really deserves.

-In a bit of weird news, Bryan Danielson will be banned from Chaos TV for one week. Officials said that they are worried that the Butcher/Danielson situation will get out of hand and they want to contain it. While they maintain that Danielson was pretty much randomly chosen as being the one to ban, some are looking at it as showing favoritism to Don Callis, since Necro Butcher is part of his entourage. Either way, the ban is temporary and both of these guys will get a chance to unload on each other at Evolution. The first time they wrestled, it was in a hardcore environment, but this time, Danielson will get Butcher in a straight-up wrestling match, which is definitely out of the norm for Butcher. These guys simply just do not like each other at all and it will all come to ahead at Evolution.

-FWE officials have become frustrated with the Abdullah the Butcher situation. Butcher’s brawls are getting a little out of hand and he’s shown no regard for the safety of other people. He has been told several times not to bring his fork to the ring, but he’s refused. He’s been signed to wrestle Lex Luger on Chaos, but he could be released any time. He has many more matches on his contract and some people in the back are trying to keep him on board, but some are afraid of the safety of the other wrestles. More information will be given as it’s received.

-The last Evolution match to be announced is one that does not even have any competitors yet. Many fans remember the big International Four Corners Match months ago that saw Chris Jericho vs. Jushin Liger vs. Bryan Danielson vs. Doug Williams. In the tradition of putting four of the world’s best in the ring at one time, officials have signed another huge Four Corners Match. As of now, all four spots are open. However, we do know that we’ll see the loser of the Modest/Williams match in one of those spots. The other three spots are up in the air. Officials will be taking a very close look at this week’s addition of Chaos. If you’re not on Chaos to impress, then you will not be booked in the Four Corners Match. Results of the matches won’t be the only thing looked at though, as officials have made it clear a great effort could get you in as well. They are said to be very interested in the Whitmer/Wylde match as well as the big tag match involving Matt Stryker and Jack Evans. A win for any four of those men could be vital in getting them in this match. David Andrews and Masada will also be closely looked at and you have to wonder if Jimmy Hart will have something in store to somehow get Davey Richard involved. No matter who’s involved, this looks like it will be a great match with potentially huge ramifications for the Heavyweight Title scene.

-Just to clarify, here’s what the Evolution card looks like so far:

*FWE Heavyweight Championship Match: Ric Flair © vs. Michael Modest or Doug Williams

*Chris Jericho vs. Jushin Liger

*Unsanctioned: Brock Lesnar vs. Dan Maff

*FWE Tag Team Championship Match: The Stampede Bulldogs vs. Onslaught Express or Josh Daniels and Vader or The Trinity (Walters and Collyer)

*Bryan Danielson vs. Necro Butcher

*Four Corners Match

*CM Punk vs. Colt Cabana (potentially)

-Assuming the Punk/Cabana match will go on as scheduled, Evolution will feature a triple main event with CM Punk vs. Colt Cabana, Chris Jericho vs. Jushin Liger, and Ric Flair defending his title as the matches billed at the top. This is going to be a great show. Make sure you don’t miss it!

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Chaos TV

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November 23, 2006

Miami, Florida

Joey Styles opened the show by going over last week’s events. He also informed fans that FWE officials decided that either Bryan Danielson or Necro Butcher needed to be banned for one night only to make sure that they didn’t injure each other before their match this Sunday at Evolution and that Danielson was the one they chose. Joey said the reasoning they gave for picking Danielson was because they felt he was easier to control, but Styles thought that they were underestimating Danielson’s hate for Butcher and what he stands for.

BJ Whitmer vs. Derek Wylde (w/ Marty Jannetty)

Joey reminded fans that Whitmer has been in more opening matches in the FWE than anyone else at this point and Whitmer believes he should be at the top of the card.

Whitmer just unloaded on Wylde in the opening seconds of this match. Whitmer was clearly pissed off and letting off a lot of steam. Styles put Whitmer over as he worked over Wylde’s neck.

Styles: BJ Whitmer is an old fashion bad ass, that’s for sure. And he’s doing what he does best and that’s using his body as a weapon.

Wylde, however, did not just take the beating. After a few minutes of just getting destroyed, he nailed a thumb to the eye and then applied some rest holds to get his energy back. Once he had recovered enough, he started to hit some high risk offense that wasn’t so much flashy as it was really smooth and crisp. Joey put Wylde over as a future star in professional wrestling.

Wylde was really getting into a groove by hitting some innovative offense that was a bit akin to that of Kanyon and Nova. However, this momentum caused Wylde to get much too cocky and he started to spend time showing off to the crowd. Jannetty was yelling at him to focus. Unlike previous times, Wylde actually listened.

Styles: If Derek Wylde could actually manage to keep his focus, he could certainly go down in the books as one of the all-time greats. A win tonight would be a good start too since it could get him a spot in that huge 4 Corners Match at Evolution.

Unfortunately for Wylde, Whitmer was able to make a comeback. Wylde went for a dive off the top rope, but Whitmer rose quickly to his feet and hit a sidewalk slam that drilled Wylde to the ground and folded him up.

Styles: Whitmer may have won the match with that one move!

BJ went for the cover, but Wylde managed to kick out. Whitmer shook his head calmly and signaled to the fans that he was putting this match away. He lifted Wylde up to his feet and hit the Wrist Clutch Explosion for the win.

Winner: BJ Whitmer

Styles: It was a valiant effort by Derek Wylde, but I don’t think anything will be stopping BJ Whitmer until he gets the respect he deserves.

Whitmer approached a camera and told David Andrews that he was coming for him tonight.

[Quinn says: Wylde sold Whitmer’s offense well in this one and both men played up on the beating well enough that you really got the idea that Whitmer didn’t care if he killed Wylde. This is a good example of atmosphere doing a lot to tell a story. Wylde’s offense also looked really good. It’s smooth and flashy at times, but not in a bad way. It was nice to finally see him get to do something significant.]

Rating: ***

Jimmy Hart Promises that Davey Richard will Dominate

Jimmy Hart was backstage with Davey Richards. He said that Adam Pearce’s car accident may have put Lethal Connection to rest temporarily, but all that meant for Davey Richards was that he would dominate in singles competition instead. He put “Crossire” over as the hottest young talent in professional wrestling.

Hart: I’m not talking about just in America. I’m talking Japan, I’m talking Mexico, I’m talking Canada, I’m talking all of Europe. Davey Richards is the best this world has to offer, baby!

He went on to say that since Richards should have been in the tag title match on Sunday, he deserves a match at Evolution. Hart said that he had taken the initiative and made a deal with not only the FWE to get him that match, but also to bring in one of the top international talents around to wrestle Richards: Juventud Guerrera. He listed every title Juventud had won of the years.

Hart: But all of that isn’t going to mean jack after this Sunday, baby! Because the only reason I’m bringing you in, Juventud, is to show the world that Davey “Crossfire” Richards is the next big thing! This Sunday at Evolution, it’s out with the old…

He pointed to Richards.

Hart: And in with the new.

Rating: 59

Surviving Team Faces Stampede Bulldogs for Tag Titles: Onslaught Express vs. Josh Daniels and Vader vs. The Trinity (John Walters and Chad Collyer)

Joey explained that Michael Modest was not at ringside with his team because he was concentrating purely on his match with Doug Williams tonight. He also made sure to inform fans that this was an elimination match.

Harry Smith and TJ Wilson came up to the skybox with Styles to do commentary. They talked about how they were honored to be given a chance to compete in the FWE and how much they wanted to be the first tag team champions for the company.

Daniels was in high gear tonight. His offense was quick and fierce and he made very few tags to anyone. Once in a while he would make a tag to Vader, but would quickly ask to come back in.

Styles: Josh Daniels seems to want this win more than anything right now. It doesn’t seem like he wants to risk leaving the ring and giving one of his opponents any momentum.

Smith: He’s one of the toughest wrestlers out there, Joey.

Styles: And if it comes down to him and Vader, does that worry you?

Smith: At the end of the day, we want to wrestle the best to show that we are the best. So I think we’d be happy to wrestle them.

Daniels’ method of staying in the ring the entire time was starting to work against him as the Trinity began wearing him down. Unlike Daniels, they made sure to also let the Express get in on the action so that they could rest. Daniels still was fighting back though. Joey said that he seemed desperate and since Vader hadn’t quite cut ties with Tony Kozina, he wondered if Daniels saw winning the titles as sort of an insurance policy that he still had something big going on for him. Smith and Wilson agreed that this could be true, but they felt he was talented enough that it wouldn’t really matter; he’d still be a big part of the FWE either way.

After a bit of a beating from the Express, which mainly saw Daniels’ ribs targeted, Daniels got his second wind and german suplexed Parker near Vader. Daniels then tagged Vader in. Vader beat the hell out of Parker, who quickly tagged in Pawluk. Pawluk didn’t do much better. Instead of overworking himself, Vader saved his energy and tagged in Collyer. Collyer and Walters quickly went to work as Daniels yelled at Vader for not continuing the slaughter.

The Bulldogs put over both the Trinity and the Express. Joey asked who they would rather face out of the three teams, and they both agreed that they would like to wrestle the Express since they haven’t done so yet and they look at them as the other top team. They said they’d be happy with any of the three teams in this match though.

After a lot of back-and-forth action, Daniels blind tagged himself in when Walters’ back was to him. He came off the rope and hit a flying headbutt on Pawluck, who had already been in the ring for quite some time. He followed up with a variety of suplexes and stiff clotheslines. Joey made allusions to the Dynamite Kid and Chris Benoit. Daniels then climbed the top rope, hit a diving headbutt, and got the pin.

Styles: And the Onslaught Express have been eliminated! I think that would have to be considered somewhat of an upset, what do you guys say?

Wilson: These are all talented teams, Joey, so it could always go either way.

Smith: We try to only have expectations for ourselves.

The Trinity immediately attacked Daniels, not giving him anytime to rest or tag Vader in. They isolated Daniels for a few minutes and worked over his rib area. Walters eventually hit a Lung Blower, which Collyer followed up with a knee from the top rope to the ribs. Collyer made the cover and got the win as Walters kept Vader at bay.

Winners: The Trinity

Styles: At Evolution, it will be you two versus The Trinity. You’ve already beaten them once, can you do it again?

Smith: They’re tough opponents, Joey, but we want this thing bad enough that there’s no way we’ll lose. I guarantee it.

[Quinn says: Daniels was great here. The desperation and selling was convincing and told a good story. Everyone else did a great job too, but Daniels was in the ring so much, that it kind of hung almost solely on him whether the match was going to succeed. After the first elimination though, the momentum kind of died. Still, Daniels’ performance made it seem believable and the abrupt ending had more of a realistic feel rather than giving the impression that they just needed to take it home.]

Rating: ***

Lex Luger (w/ Barry Windham) vs. Abdullah the Butcher

Joey mentioned how the office was upset with Abdullah’s lack of regard for others’ safety. He hinted at how political things had gotten in the FWE when he mentioned how guys like Necro Butcher get away with just as much.

Butcher got padded down by referee Robert Brisko before the match to make sure he did not have his fork with him. When Brisko went to check near the crotch area, Abdullah stepped back and his eyes got real big. He looked like he was going to hit Brisko, so Brisko said he was weapons-free and backed away.

This match was shockingly good. Luger put on what very well may be his first exceptional performance in many years. He was selling Abdullah’s offense like death and even went the overselling route, ala Curt Henning. Joey made a few quick “insider” references and said things like, “I haven’t seen Luger take a beating like this in a long time” and “we may never see Luger in this kind of position ever again,” but would always follow everything up by talking about how Abdullah gave a beating unlike any other.

Windham’s shenanigans on the outside also helped the quality of the match. He was constantly trying to distract Abdullah, but clearly didn’t want to get too close to him. While most wrestlers may have added an unnecessary distraction to the match, Windham actually helped add value.

In the end, after a thorough beating to Luger, Abdullah got his fork out from the front part of his pants and hit Luger in the forehead with it, causing a DQ.

Winner: Lex Luger via DQ

Styles: It looks like Abdullah had that fork after all! But I can’t see things getting any easier for him with the office after this.

Luger, whose head was bleeding, was helped to the back by Barry Windham. All the way, Luger complained about Abdullah being a savage.

[Quinn says: Well, holy crap. I didn’t think I’d ever imagine giving 3 stars to a modern day singles match with either Luger or Abdullah in it, let alone one with them both. Yet here we are. Luger was actually great here, taking a few pages out of Flair’s book and overselling things just enough that it looks good, but isn’t ridiculous. Hey, if he’s capable of this, why isn’t he doing it all of the time? You can’t just give credit to Luger though, as Windham knew exactly what to do and when to do it. Abdullah just did what he does and these guys worked around it to make a pretty fun match. Some people are going to rate this lower because it wasn’t some kind of workrate wet dream, but these are the same people who have quit treating wrestling like it’s supposed to be fun and are looking at it more as a science or something. No matter what you think about Luger or Abdullah, this match was fun. But I don’t expect anything more out of them after this, because I’ll probably jut be disappointed. Still, if he can do this on a weekly basis, I wouldn’t mind seeing Luger in a higher place on the card. In the end, maybe that’s how he managed to pull this performance out. When someone knows they have one more chance to shine, they’ll surprise you. If he wants the opportunity bad enough, I could see it happening.]

Rating: ***

Non-Title Match: Ric Flair vs. David Andrews

Joey noted that Kevin Sullivan and Mike Rotundo were actually in the back in case Whitmer tried to come down to ringside.

David Andrews looked extremely nervous. Joey said that he not only had to be anxious about the fact that he was in the ring one-on-one with Ric Flair, but he also knew that Whitmer was targeting him. He wondered if Whitmer had said what he said primarily to mess with Andrews’ head.

This match started out a bit slow, with both men being fairly careful in the feeling out process. Flair seemed more optimistically cautious, trying to get a feel for Andrews’ style and seeing what kind of risks he would take early on. Andrews seemed to be cautious for different reasons. He wanted to see how effective his offense was against Flair before he took any risks. Tensions started to rise, with Andrews being very serious and Flair being a bit more lighthearted, but perhaps less out of concern and more to get under Andrews’ skin.

Either way, the match started to pick up once Andrews nailed a nice dropkick to Flair’s upper chest. Andrews followed up with some nice, simple offense that kept Flair grounded. This didn’t seem to be taking a whole lot out of Flair, but he wasn’t able to make a comeback. Andrews was able to dictate the flow of the match and chose his risks appropriately. His first risk came after a back body drop. After Flair hit the mat, Andrews climbed the turnbuckle as quick as possible and landed an elbow drop. He then synched on a headlock.

Styles: David Andrews is playing this one slow. If he hits a few more big moves here and there, he could really have Flair in trouble.

After a while of this, Andrews started to get anxious. He loosened up the consistency of his offense and began to get more aggressive. He nailed a series of European uppercuts and started to brawl around more, leaving Flair with more opportunities to fight back. However, Flair didn’t. Joey began to wonder if Andrews had worn him down more than it seemed.

This didn’t seem to be the case though. Andrews went to the ropes and waited for Flair to stand up so that he could hit a missile dropkick. Once Flair stood up, Andrews took off, but Flair quickly sidestepped him and hit an elbow drop on the back of Andrews’ neck once he had crashed to the ground.

Styles: It looks like Flair was just waiting for the right moment!

Flair poured on the offense. Andrews tried to keep up, but he had been exerting so much energy while Flair had been conserving that Flair was always one step ahead. Flair started to work on the legs a bit and then applied the Figure Four. Andrews hung on for well over a minute, as Flair hadn’t worked over his legs that much. But after a while the pain was just too much and the Figure Four itself had done so much damage that Andrews had to tap out.

Winner: Ric Flair

Joey applauded Flair’s effort and talked about how he used strategy over pure athleticism to get the win.

Flair got on the mic and put Andrews over as the young man struggled to get up. He said that Andrews still had a long way to go, but also admitted that he was a lot closer to beating him than he probably realized.

Flair: But at the end of the day, Andrews…

Andrews had gotten up to his feet and was going to leave the ring, ignoring Flair.

Flair: Hey, listen to me, Punk.

The crowd popped as Andrews turned around with a sour look on his face.

Flair: At the end of the day, if you go around acting like the world owes you something, then someone’s going to get you what you really deserve. Guys like me, we can act like we’re God’s gift to this Earth, because face it, junior, it’s true and I’ve proved it over and over again. You have to prove it before you act it.

Flair went to shake his hand, but Andrews blew him off.

Styles: David Andrews just disrespected the biggest legend in this business!

Flair smiled just a little and shook his head in disapproval. The camera followed Andrews to the back as Joey said he was getting reports that there was a commotion. As Joey entered the back, he saw Rotundo and Sullivan lying on the ground, apparently having taken a big beating. Joey said that he was being told that Whitmer had done this. He added that Whitmer was almost certainly playing mind games now and was sending a message to Andrews.

[Quinn says: This was good, but it felt more like a warm-up before the real thing, which is appealing only to an extent. When they finally stopped holding back, the match was close to winding down. It’s certainly apparent that there is potentially a great match in there somewhere, but tonight they didn’t let it rise to the surface. Still, a very a smartly wrestled match that shows Flair’s abilities are less about what his body can do and more about psychology.]

Rating: ***

Brock Lesnar vs. Masada

Joey said the fact that no one was at ringside with Masada may be worse for Lesnar than anything else since, if there would be an attack, he wouldn’t be able to anticipate who it was and from where it was coming from.

These two worked extremely well together, with Lesnar getting in a majority of the offense. The match started out with Lesnar pretty much decimating Masada. Masada sold extremely well, especially for a man his size, which helped make Lesnar’s offense look even better.

But even though Masada worked his butt off to make this match what it was, Lesnar did his part too, clearly kicking it up a notch tonight. When Masada eventually gained control after nailing a sick DDT, Lesnar did a good job selling Masada’s offense. Masada started working over Lesnar’s neck and Brock did a surprisingly fantastic job at selling it. Once he had gained control of the match again, it was clear that his neck was bothering him, as he was constantly rubbing it and avoiding any move that might put stress on it.

Because of the damage that had already been put on the neck, it was easy for Masada to gain back control. He stretched the neck and hit a DDT here and there. Masada hadn’t gone for one pin attempt yet and Joey began to wonder if he was even worried at all about winning this match as he was about damaging Lesnar as much as possible.

Lesnar eventually gained control of the match once again. Masada went for another DDT, but Brock reversed that into a northern lights suplex. Once he hit it though, he quickly grabbed his neck in pain. Both men got up simultaneously, Lesnar looking in worse condition. Masada took a swing at Brock, but Brock ducked, kicked him in the stomach, and hit the F5. Joey put the F5 over as a move that could take someone out at nearly any given time in a match. Lesnar made the cover and got the win.

Winner: Brock Lesnar

As soon as Masada lost, Hernandez and Necro Butcher ran into the ring and started to beat Lesnar down, focusing almost everything they did on the neck.

Callis then came to the ring with Dan Maff. Maff had an intense look on his face. Joey mentioned how next Sunday may be Maff’s only chance to reenter professional wrestling, so he was probably willing to do anything to destroy Lesnar.

Butcher and Hernandez set Lesnar up in the corner and Maff hit his cannonball. He then followed up with the Burning Hammer.

Styles: BURNING HAMMER! That may be the only other move right now in the FWE that can rival the F5!

Chaos TV went to a commercial as Maff put his foot on Lesnar’s chest and screamed at the top of his lungs.

[Quinn says: This was another big surprise for the night. Masada was the workhorse here, as he held everything together really well. Lesnar was no slouch though. He kept up and thanks to Masada, he looked great. I’d love to see these guys go at it again.]

Rating: ****

Necro Butcher Punishes Bryan Danielson

Joey updated fans on what had happened over the break. The police had to come in once again and take Dan Maff away since he was not part of the company.

As the rest of the Chosen were leaving the ring, a fan with the hood of his jacket up ran into the ring and attacked Necro Butcher from behind.

Styles: Is that fan crazy?

But it obviously was no fan. He put the hood down and revealed that he was Bryan Danielson.

Styles: He was supposed to be banned tonight!

Danielson was unloading on Butcher and it took a little bit before Hernandez, Masada, and Don Callis realized what was going on. When they did, they tore Danielson off of Butcher and held him down for Butcher to stomp the hell out of.

Butcher manhandled Danielson for a little while, punching and kicking him around the ring, with Masada and Hernandez helping out here and there so that Danielson couldn’t fight back. Joey said this was cowardly and wondered how Butcher would do next Sunday in a straight up wrestling match against one of pure wrestling’s best.

Don Callis eventually brought in a chair and threw it on the ground. He looked at Butcher and yelled, “Destroy it!”

Butcher folded Danielson leg up in the chair and then repeatedly dropped knees on it. Danielson screamed in pain as Butcher tactically assaulted Danielson’s left leg. Joey said that maybe he was too quick to suggest that Butcher may not do too well in a straight wrestling match, as he clearly knows how to target a body part and take someone apart. He added that Callis had an obvious influence on the way he wrestles.

After Callis was satisfied with the beating, he led his men away. Referees and road agents ran to the ring to tend to Danielson. Joey said it looked like they had been too afraid to enter the ring while Butcher was in there, which says a lot about how dangerous he is.

Styles: Bryan Danielson is certainly fearless, but this was nearly suicidal!

He added that the Chosen had injured two of their enemies in a short amount of time just days before their matches this Sunday at Evolution.

Rating: 57

CM Punk Signs the Contract, Confronts Cabana

After the commercial break, CM Punk came to the ring with his new contract in hand. He had a mic with him.

Styles: We’re finally going to hear CM Punk speak!

Punk raised up the contract.

Punk: You know, I’m pretty damn sick of contracts at this point.

He looked at the contract.

Punk: But this… you know, maybe this one is the one I really want after all.

The fans cheered.

Punk: You know, I’m not going to lie; this was the most miserable week I’ve had in a long time. I went through my entire professional wrestling career knowing two things: That I can trust Ace Steel and Colt Cabana and they can trust me. Now I don’t have that anymore. I betrayed one man and the other betrayed me.

The fans booed.

Punk: And so I spent this week feeling sorry for myself. Like this was some sort of tragedy. But screw that. Because I’m CM Punk. I’ve overcome every obstacle that’s ever been thrown my way. I’ve beaten the best this world has had to offer. And so Colt Cabana, if you’re going to stab me in the back, that’s fine with me because I’ve wrestled traitors, mad men, legends, and everyone else that’s ever come my way and I’ve defeated them all. You’ll be no different.

Punk raised the contract again.

Punk: So here’s this contract already signed and ready to go. And I’m happy to oblige, Colt. Because you came out here and you said that I didn’t work my way to the top. You know that’s bullshit because I have the record to prove that I deserve. And I that you know that’s bullshit. Because this match isn’t about revenge for you or simply giving me what I want. You’re trying to make a name for yourself and you’re going to do it at the expense of the best man in the company. So you can take your…

Cabana: Whoa, whoa, Punk.

Colt Cabana came out from the backstage area surrounded by security. He had a mic and was talking as he made his way to the ring,

Cabana: I knew this would happen, Punk. I knew you wouldn’t get it.

Cabana entered the ring and stood face-to-face with Punk. Security was close by.

Cabana: I knew you would take it this way. Come on, Punk. We’ve been friends for a long time. You know me. We do things differently. You take shortcuts. I don’t. But this has to happen, doesn’t it? Let’s lay everything out, okay? I had to do this—why? Because you need to stop. Because you need to realize that, alone, CM Punk is nothing. Because if you don’t realize that, you would take advantage of everyone around you for years. You would end up like one of those sons of bitches up North. You’d be just another politician. What this is, Punk—everything I’ve done—is a malicious act to reach a selfless end.

Punk didn’t look like he was buying it at all and gave Cabana a cold stare.

Cabana: And so why did I do it they way I did? Why did I string you along? Because you have to see what you’re selfishness does. You’re that kind of guy, Punk. You won’t listen to people; you only listen to reality. So what do you do when your friend ignores reality at all cost? You show him the consequences. So what you did to Ace Steel is what you were inevitably going to do to everyone close to you. You were going to destroy their careers by using them only for your own gain. If I didn’t do what I did, you would be exploiting our hard work for years and keeping all of the gain yourself. That’s a fact, Punk. So I showed you what you really are because it’s the only way you would see.

Punk was starting to look a bit irate now.

Cabana: And so why the match? This is for me, Punk. This part of my plan, I’ll admit, it’s for me. Yeah, you want it. I know you do. That’s fine. And I’m not doing it to propel my career to a higher level, even though it will. You see, Punk, you stole from me. You stole my hard work to get you where you are today. And I’m taking that back. I’m not gaining something at your expense. That’s your game. That’s what you’ve done to others for years and that’s what you’ve done to me since day one. So I’m just getting back what I worked for. When I show the world that Colt Cabana is better than CM Punk, that Colt Cabana was the workhorse of the Second City Saints, then I’ll be happy. We’ll go our separate ways. I’ll pour all of my knowledge and talent into Don Juan and he’ll be a bigger superstar than you ever will, Punk, and so will I. I’ll have what I earned and I’ll have peace of mind. And then we’re even. Because I’ll get what I deserve and so will you. You’ll know, deep, deep down, that you are where you are today because of me. And every day after that, every day that you try and fail to get to the point I got you at—the point where you’re at today—you’ll know why you were there in the first place. Because of me. The only reason you have the recognition you do today is because of the reputation of the Second City Saints. That support is gone now and your decline begins Sunday. That’s what I want, Punk.

Cabana and Punk stared at each other as Punk took his time to speak.

Styles: I think Punk may be speechless for the first time ever.

But finally, Punk raised his mic slowly.

Punk: I don’t give a damn what you think about me, Colt. You used to be an exception, but when you stabbed me in the back, I realized that you were just like everyone else. And just like everyone else, you talk more than you think. If you want to bring what happened to Ace Steel into this, let’s do that. I haven’t talked to Ace since what happened, and I’m pretty damn sure that you haven’t since last Thursday, so let’s air this conversation out. I know the extent of what I did to Ace, and trust me, I’m not going to be able to let that go for a long time. But I’m not going to stand here and convince myself that this was all my fault. I’m sick of mind games, Colt. When you gave me this contract, we went way past that shit because now it’s time to deal with this in the ring. And as far as me destroying your career—I never babied you. You did what you wanted to and didn’t do what you didn’t want to. Don’t blame me for what doesn’t happen in your career. You did this to Ace and I let you manipulate it. That’s my regret. You can pass off all this bullshit about me taking advantage of your help, but at the end of the day, like I said, you’re just like everyone else. So we’re going to do this thing, Colt. This Sunday. You want a match? A real match? Then let’s do this. You told me “this is hate.” This is beyond that now. This is beyond revenge. On Sunday, you’re going to see a whole different side of me, Colt. I hope I see a different side of you, because if I don’t… it’s going to be a massacre.

Punk dropped his mic and the two stared each other down with security surrounding them as Chaos went to a commercial.

Rating: 92

Jushin Liger and Matt Stryker vs. Chris Jericho and Jack Evans

With only a few days until Evolution, Joey made sure to hype the hell out of the CM Punk vs. Colt Cabana match and said that it would be part of the triple main event spectacular.

Once all four competitors of this match were in the ring though, he focused completely on them. He talked up Liger and Jericho’s past encounters and said their match this Sunday could potentially be their most intense encounter yet. He mentioned how Jericho had tried a few times now to unmask Liger and how something like that could be very damaging to his career. He also mentioned the Four Corners Match that will take place at Evolution and said that if either or both Stryker and Evans impress tonight, they could get a spot in it.

The match started off with Stryker and Liger in complete control. They focused most of their attention of Jack Evans and basically beat the crap out of him. There was a bit of comedy thrown in, as Evans oversold the offense a bit. Jericho didn’t seem too concerned about Evans though and Joey wondered if they would be able to work as cohesively as Stryker and Liger. However, this concern was answered soon. After an extended beating, Evans eventually tagged out to Jericho. Jericho worked over Stryker and was able to keep him in the heel corner. Jericho and Evans then tagged in and out a lot and did fairly well as a team.

There was a big change in Evans’ offense too, as he was noticeably more confident. It wasn’t so much that his arsenal was different, but he was more aggressive and, as the longer the match went and the more apparent the effectiveness of his offense became, the cockier he acted. He started to talk crap to Liger and Stryker a bit more and even yelled at some of the fans who had cheered him previously.

One moment especially got Evans a lot of heat. Stryker had managed to tag out to Liger and now both teams were tagging in and out a lot. Evans had thrown Liger to the outside and nailed the space flying tiger drop into a hurricanrana, which got a massive pop. Evans played to the fans a bit, took his black wifebeater off, signaled that he was going to throw it into the crowd, and just flipped them off instead. He then used the shirt to choke Liger for a bit.

Styles: I think we’re finally seeing Jack Evans’ true colors. It doesn’t seem like he cares about his fans or sportsmanship just as long as he’s succeeding.

Jericho was definitely coaching Evans throughout the match and making him do a lot of the work himself. That’s not to say that his presence wasn’t felt. Whenever he and Liger were in the ring together, they were putting all of their effort into beating the crap out of each other. Joey noted that Liger was being particularly more aggressive than usual. The aggressiveness from Liger pretty much began when Jericho started trying to take the mask off when he had Liger in submission holds. However, despite Liger’s assertiveness, Jericho was much more forceful and dominated in their brawling sequences.

While Liger was having a bit of a problem with Jericho, Stryker did quite well for himself in the second half of the match, using his strength to his advantage. He did a lot of power moves to Evans and threw him around a lot. One notable spot saw him gorilla press slam Evans to the outside of the ring. He even faired quite well against Jericho, although for obvious reasons he wasn’t able to throw him around as much as he was able to do with Evans.

At the end of the match, structure pretty much broke down and all four men were in the ring trading moves back and forth, with Stryker and Evans being the legal men. At one point Jericho and Liger were brawling on the outside, with Jericho pretty much dominating. Jericho then got Evans’ attention and said, “Now!” Evans grabbed an already beaten down Stryker and hit a tornado DDT. He then climbed the ropes.

Styles: I think we might finally see the 630 Splash!

And Styles was right. Evans paused for a few seconds and then finally nailed his finisher for the first time in the FWE. The crowd went nuts, as did Joey.

Styles: Say what you will about Evans’ newfound arrogance in the FWE, but that is one hell of a move!

Evans went for the cover and got the three count.

Winners: Chris Jericho and Jack Evans

Styles: Both teams fought valiantly, but at the end of the day, it was Jack Evans and his 630 Splash that got his team the win.

[Quinn says: The last five minutes or so were great and Evans’ “new” personality brought some character to the match. I especially like his sequences in the early portions of the match. However, the moments where he spent jawing with the fans slowed the match down a bit. It was definitely good for establishing Evans as a heel, but it didn’t particularly help the match out a ton. But everyone gave it their all tonight and there wasn’t much to complain about.]

Rating: ***1/2

The Final Confrontation and #1 Contender Match: Doug Williams vs. Michael Modest

As Modest entered the ring, Styles noted that the rest of The Trinity were banned from ringside.

Joey said that Ric Flair definitely had to be in the back studying this match. Since there was so much attention lately with how familiar certain wrestlers were with each other, Joey made sure to put over how unfamiliar Flair is with both of these guys and how, no matter what the outcome tonight, he would be studying this match over and over again.

Styles: Flair has only wrestled Doug Williams once and Michael Modest was more than holding back last week. But tonight, you can guarantee that he’s going to give it all he’s got against one of his toughest opponents.

There was an extended feeling out process with neither man gaining any advantage because they both kept reversing out of everything the other threw at them.

Styles: In all my years in broadcasting, I don’t think I’ve ever seen two men so evenly matched as Michael Modest and Doug Williams.

There was a lot of back and forth action in the early portions of the match. Every time it seemed like one man was gaining a sizable advantage, the other would make a huge and surprising reversal to put the ball in their court. One of the most memorable reversals was when Williams had Modest in a side headlock. Modest tried to reverse into an atomic drop, but Williams tightened the headlock and went for a running bulldog. However, as Williams lifted his feet off into the air, Modest kept running and used the momentum to smash Williams chest-first into the turnbuckle and quickly nailed a german suplex.

It was after this reversal that Modest was finally able to gain some sort of significant advantage. He slowed the match down just a bit, as he chose his moves wisely and didn’t want to give Williams an opportunity to hit a big move. But his caution went only so far. Williams, being a very conservative wrestler, was much to used to this kind of game to be mastered by it for too long. In the end, Modest’s caution got the better of him. Without taking any risks or increasing the speed of the match, Williams was able to choose his timing closely and reversed an extended suplex into a huge DDT.

Williams then took control of the match and did something that he rarely does and wrested a riskier fast-paced match. Modest was obviously caught off guard by this and was dominated during this entire sequence. Williams then went for the Chaos Theory. As he hit the first german suplex, Joey was going nuts, saying that the match would be over in a few second and it just depended on if Williams would nail the second suplex or if Modest would reverse it into a stunner. However, Williams hoisted Modest up very lightly for the second suplex, not giving Modest enough momentum to hit the stunner. Williams then quickly nailed a reverse DDT, which planted Modest to the ground.

Styles: Williams added a new twist to the Chaos Theory! Williams with the cover! One… two… th—NO! Modest kicks out!

Williams looked shocked, as he thought his plan would definitely take Modest out. After a few seconds of disbelief, he started to put Modest in submission holds. Williams looked like he had little strategy at this point and was looking for a weak part of Modest’s body to work on. Joey talked about how Williams’ reversal to the stunner was really ingenious, as it protected his move. Now his opponents wouldn’t know if he was going for the Chaos Theory or the reverse DDT, so it made the move more unpredictable.

Modest was eventually able to gain the advantage again as Williams upped the risk. He threw Modest into the ropes and went for a clothesline. Modest ducked and when Williams came back to him, he nailed a sidewalk slam. He then hit a series of backbreakers, followed up by a german suplex, and a quick northern lights suplex into a pin for the three count.

Winner: Michael Modest

Styles: Michael Modest is going to Evolution to face Ric Flair for the FWE Heavyweight Championship!

Once Williams was helped to the back (a few of the backbreakers seemed to do a lot of damage) and after modest had time to recover from the long match, he asked for a mic.

Modest: Ric Flair, you just saw what I was able to do against a man who knows my style and strategies in and out. What do you think I’ll be able to do against someone who know nothing about what I can do in the ring?

Modest went on for a bit longer about how Flair didn’t stand a chance again him. After only a few seconds, Ric Flair came out with a mic and entered the ring.

Flair: If you’re as good at wrestling as you are at flapping your mouth up and down, then maybe I have something to worry about. But when I look in the ring, I see a man who may be experienced. I see a man who may very well be one of the best in the business. I see a man who’s doing pretty well against someone he knows in the ring very well. But what I don’t see, Michael Modest, is a man who can beat the man! Because when someone thinks they know everything the Nature Boy is capable of just because they watched what he could do in the ring, that’s when I’m at my best. I’m going to clue you in on something, Modest. Everyone talks about my age like it’s a handicap. But the truth of the matter is, I’m an even smarter wrestler than I was ten years ago. And when punks like you think I’m going to be easier to wrestle just because of my age, that makes me even more dangerous. So what you have to ask yourself going into next Sunday isn’t ‘am I in better condition than Ric Flair?’ And it isn’t ‘How well does Ric Flair know my strategy?’ The question you have to ask yourself is, ‘am I smarter than the best wrestler to ever step foot in a ring?’

Modest: And the question you have to ask yourself, Flair, is whether or not the wrestling world has passed you by. You can wrestle toe-to-toe with any man in this sport, and I believe that. But this sport has evolved. It’s evolved and what it comes down to isn’t whether you can keep up with my personal style. It’s bigger than that, Flair. Have you been away in that bubble up North for too long? Has this sport passed you by? I think what it comes down to is that this sport has evolved and you’re just barely hanging on. That title on your shoulder is the last title you will ever hold and you can feel it slipping away. You can talk all you want. And you can wrestle rookies like David Andrews week after week. But I ain’t no rookie. I’m Michael Modest. I’ve been knee deep in this business for fifteen years and evolved with it. You didn’t, Flair. And this Sunday, you will realize that evolution has passed you by.

Modest got up in Flair’s face as the two stared each other down.

Styles: Has evolution passed Ric Flair by? Will we see a new champion? We’ll find out this Sunday at Evolution!

[Quinn says: Definitely one of their best outings and a suitable end to the feud. Modest goes over and Williams’ move is protected in the longrun. I wasn’t wild about some of the slower portions, but they helped tell the story of the match. Great effort by two of the best around today.]

Rating: ****

Overall Rating: 67

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FWE News Update:

-The competitors for the Four Corners Match have been announced. As previously reported, the loser of the Doug Williams vs. Michael Modest match would be added in, which means that Doug Williams is the first wrestler to be officially included. With him will be BJ Whitmer, who dominated in his match against Derek Wylde. Jack Evans joins them after an impressive showing with Jericho against Jushin Liger and Matt Stryker. Stryker also impressed, but Evans secured his spot by scoring the pinfall on Stryker. Lastly, in what may seem like a surprise, David Andrews has been added to the match. FWE officials felt he was very impressive against the much more experienced Ric Flair and, even though he did not win the match, he earned a spot.

-There is no more news to report other than that this will be fewer full-blown news reports in the future. On Saturday, just a day before Evolution, the FWE website will debut their iPod show, which will be available in audio and video. There will also be a transcript of the show up. The show will be hosted by Joey Style, Kevin Kelly, and Tracy Smothers.

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Well well well Plankton, you've done it again. Once again I find myself reading a diary of yours and wanting to get back into writing one myself. You've gotta cut that out, man. :P

On a more serious note, I really like the way you have things set up with this diary. The ongoing, subtle treatment of old vs. new is really providing a good backdrop to the diary as a whole, though personally, I kinda wish there were MORE "real life" segments, as that was one of my favorite parts of the early entries. but I can understand why you wanted to go in a different direction too.

As far as the writing itself, it's top-notch, as usual, and you've really managed to help seom of these guys find a voice. Too often when a writer tries to bring in indy wrestlers, they all end up sounding alike, with no real variation in character. And though you've stayed away from anything too over the top gimmick wise, you've still managed to make everybody an individual. I also enjoy your write-ups, though again, I generally like more detail in my play-by-play. But nothing too major there, as I know that's not really your style.

Evolution has been set up well, and there are several matches I'm looking forward to, especially Lesnar/Maff, Danielson/Necro Butcher, the Punk match/war (lol), and of course the title match. I love that you've given Ric Flair "one last run" with a title, and hope that when it does come to an end, it'll be handled with the same respect you've shown him diary-wise to this point.

All in all, another strong diary from you, and I look forward to reading more in the future.

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Evolution

November 26, 2006

Miami Florida

DVD Extra: Josh Daniels and Vader vs. The Chosen (Masada and Hernandez)

Once again, Daniels did the bulk of the work for his team in the early portions of the match. He and Vader tagged in and out, but he did most of the work. Daniels basically manhandled Masada and Hernandez. He looked especially impressive against Hernandez, as he was able to show off his pure strength.

However, Masada caught Daniels in a “decapitating” clothesline. Daniels played Ricky Morton and the match began following the tried and true beatdown-to-the-hot-tag formula. The Chosen kept Daniels in their corner and made a lot of tags in and out, showing off their growth as a team.

Daniels eventually made his comeback though after nailing a snap suplex on Masada. Daniels positioned himself so that when he hit the move, Masada’s legs would collide with Hernandez, who was standing in his corner, knocking him to the ground. Daniels crawled over to make the tag to Vader, while Masada had no one to tag out to since Hernandez was on the ground outside.

When Vader entered the ring, he destroyed Masada. His pacing was slow, but methodical. When Hernandez eventually got tagged in, he also dominated. After a while, Daniels was practically pleading to be let back in, but Vader had firm control of the match. However, once Masada was back in, he was able to hit a bulldog on Vader. The Chosen then took back control and eventually hit Total Elimination on Vader for the win.

Winners: The Chosen

Daniels looked extremely upset over the loss and left the ring without helping Vader to his feet.

[Quinn says: These guys stuck with the tag team formula that works and as a result, this was a solid, yet unspectacular match. It’s nothing to go out of your way to see, but it’s definitely a step above the FWE’s usual DVD extra offerings.]

Rating: ***

Joey opened the show by hyping the three main events. He said that tonight was the FWE’s declaration that they have evolved into one of the United States’ top wrestling promotions and that the wrestlers were here to make a statement that they are at the top of the FWE.

Four Corners Match: BJ Whitmer vs. Jack Evans vs. David Andrews (w/ Kevin Sullivan and Mike Rotundo) vs. Doug Williams

Joey reminded fans that this was a one-fall match.

Once all of the guys were in the ring, Whitmer made sure that it was clear that he was starting out and that he wanted Andrews in the ring. However, Andrews went to his corner and refused to budge. Evans stood on the outside too and it looked like Williams was willing to start. Whitmer wasn’t satisfied though and he approached Andrews and grabbed him by the neck, preparing to launch him in the ring. Evans then springboarded into the ring and dropkicked Whitmer from behind.

Styles: It looks Jack Evans and BJ Whitmer are going to start this match!

Williams went to the outside as Evans controlled the match. Surprisingly, Evans actually kept the pace slow and relied on rest holds. Joey noted that there was probably some obvious influence from the rest of The Chosen, especially Chris Jericho. Styles also hypothesized that Evans was wearing Whitmer down so that when he began to hit his high risk offense, it would be more difficult for Whitmer to counter.

Styles: But you have to wonder if a strategy like that will go a long way when you have two other competitors to worry about.

Whitmer eventually seemed to be gaining a bit of momentum by using his strength to counter out of Evans’ rest holds, but before he could do any real damage, Evans tagged out to Williams.

Styles: That’s an interesting choice by Evans to tag in Doug Williams. The more Whitmer is kept away from Andrews, the more distracted he might become.

Williams and Whitmer started slugging it out to begin with and both got in some pretty stiff shots. Williams changed the pace up though when this strategy seemed to get him nowhere by relying on his European offense that relied heavily on smooth reversals. Whitmer was noticeably getting frustrated at this point. Every time he went for a huge move, Williams would reverse it into a pinning combination or something that just allowed him to escape the move.

After about a good four or five minutes into the match, Williams went to the ropes and Andrews blind tagged himself in. Like Evans had done earlier, Andrews nailed a springboard dropkick to Whitmer. Andrews then threw Whitmer into the ropes and went for a lariat. However, Whitmer ducked and when he came back, he nailed a flying clothesline. When both men stood up, they traded punches for a bit, which ended with Whitmer hitting a huge german suplex after ducking a roundhouse punch.

Styles: BJ Whitmer has finally gotten some offense in on Andrews tonight!

Whitmer dominated until Rotundo tripped him. Whitmer went to attack Rotundo, but Evans blind tagged himself in.

Evans and Andrews had a pretty good sequence together that relied on a lot of high risk offense. Joey wondered if Evans had ditched his original plans in wearing his opponents down after seeing so many tags already. He also put Andrews over as perhaps the most versatile of the four wrestlers, even if he was the least experienced.

Styles: He may not surpass any of his opponents in their respective styles, but he can certainly keep up with all three of them, which is something that none of them may be able to say.

Andrews, though, got the better of Evans not because of his skill, but because Kevin Sullivan and Mike Rotundo were on the outside interfering. After a while, Evans got really sick of it, climbed the turnbuckle quickly, and with little warning, he nailed a moonsault on both Sullivan and Rotundo.

Evans then went back into the ring and he and Andrews began to wrestle again. As Sullivan and Rotundo recovered, some referees came down to help them up, and then forced them to leave the ringside area.

Styles: If you’re going to interfere in the match, then the FWE is going to escort you out of the match!

Andrews looked pretty angry about this and took that anger out on Evans. However, he soon tagged out to Williams. Williams came in and schooled Evans for quite a while with submission. But Evans was so squirmy, Williams could barely keep him in one hold for very long.

Evans managed to tag out to Whitmer, and Williams, seeing an opportunity to put Andrews at a disadvantage, tagged out to Andrews.

Styles: Well, instead of keeping Whitmer away from Andrews, it looks like Williams wants to make sure that Andrews gets the beating of his life!

Once again, Whitmer destroyed Andrews and this time the rest of The Brotherhood wasn’t there to help him out. Andrews sold every move like it was death and the crowd started to get really fired up. Joey talked about how Whitmer uses his body as a weapon and said that he could potentially score the win pretty soon.

But Evans made sure that didn’t happen. He got another blind tag, this time on Andrews, and nailed a spinning heel kick on Whitmer. He then hit an unassisted enziguri on Andrews and dropkicked Williams, who was standing in his corner. At this point the match broke down and Joey talked about how this was much more comfortable territory for a guy like Evans where things were a bit more chaotic.

Whitmer gunned for Andrews almost immediately and Evans hit a suicide dive on Williams. Joey wondered if Williams and Andrews would continue to wrestle without being the legal men. He also questioned how smart it was for Whitmer and Evans to target the two men who weren’t legal.

Andrews eventually nailed a huge brainbuster on Whitmer. Knowing that he wasn’t the legal man, Andrews tried to break up the Evans/Williams fight on the outside. He hit a tope on both men and dragged Evans into the ring. He then tagged Evans and went for the cover on Whitmer, but only got two. Andrews tried to keep the momentum going in his favor, but Whitmer eventually tagged out to Williams.

Andrews tried to play the submission game with Williams, but he didn’t get very far. He then started to target Williams’ arm, which would have taken away quite a bit of his offense if it would get injured. Since submissions weren’t working out very well for him, he tried to focus a lot of brawling-based offense on the arm. However, Andrews wasn’t able to make much progress, as Williams tagged out to Evans.

Styles: It seems like every time someone tries to focus on wearing one guy down, they just tag out to someone fresh. I don’t think that strategy will get anyone very far.

Andrews and Evans had two nice reversal sequences that didn’t gain either man an advantage. Evans then tried some high risk offense, but Andrews focused more on brawling and dominated Evans by throwing him around. Andrews definitely showed a more aggressive side to him in this portion of the match. He eventually slapped Whitmer on the shoulder to tag him in.

Whitmer looked really irritated, but he was definitely more collected now, perhaps because he could see the end of the match in his sight. Like Andrews, Whitmer dominated the smaller Evans. At one point both he and Evans were standing on top of the turnbuckle facing each other, with Whitmer’s back to the crowd.

Styles: BJ Whitmer may be going for a superbomb!

And indeed he was. After a few seconds of setting the move up, Whitmer lifted Evans up, but Evans reversed the superbomb into a frankensteiner that sent Whitmer crashing to the ground. Evans then went for the cover. However, just as the ref was about ready to count to three, Andrews broke the pin up.

Styles: Jack Evans looks livid!

The match’s structure broke down completely at this point as Andrews tried to attack Evans so that he could drag him over and get the tag and pin on Whitmer. But Evans fought back and the two brawled around the ring. Williams, who’s style definitely favored a more structured match, tried to interject by attacking Andrews. But as Whitmer came to, he snuck up behind Williams and delivered a stuff german suplex. Andrews then tossed Williams out of the ring and delivered a DDT to Whitmer.

Evans snuck up behind Andrews and threw him into the ropes. When Andrews came back, Evans hit a spinning heel kick that sent Andrews to the outside. Evans then started beating down on Whitmer a little bit and set him up for what looked like was a tornado DDT. However, Whitmer grabbed Evans legs and neck and lifted him up in the air.

Styles: BJ Whitmer is going for the Wrist Clutch Explosion!

Whitmer nailed the Explosion, went for the pin, and got the victory.

Winner: BJ Whitmer

Styles: BJ Whitmer has won another huge match!

[Quinn says: All of the guys knew their roles and allowed this one to be something more than a spotfest. Andrews especially looked good out there. Even though I appreciate the lack of random spots, it almost seemed a bit slow for a match with four guys. But a match like this is certainly nothing to discredit too much.]

Rating: ***1/4

Davey “Crossfire” Richards (w/ Jimmy Hart) vs. Juventud Guerrera

Richards came out to some boos and Juventud got a really good reaction. Joey listed his accomplishments in ECW, WCW, and WWE. He said that the best the world has to offer are coming to the FWE to compete and Juventud is no exception.

As the two had a feeling out process, Joey reverberated what had been said on the iPod show: That there was a lot at stake for both men. Juventud needed to cement himself in the FWE as something more than a stepping stone for Richards, and Richards needed a big win to be taken seriously as a singles competitor.

After the feeling out process got him nowhere, Davey busted out some of his shoot kicks. Juventud tried to deliver some of his own, but Davey was clearly the more experienced in this area. Richards drilled Juventud into the corner and then nailed a running elbow into his face.

Styles: And Davey Richards is just dominating Juventud in the opening minutes.

Davey tried to slow things down a bit, hitting a fallaway slam and applying rest holds. However, Jimmy Hart was yelling at him to keep the pace high. Richards obeyed with little hesitation. He hit a lot of quick, brutal offense that focused mainly on the neck of Juventud, with the tiger suplex being the culmination of his efforts. He went for the pin, but Juventud kicked out.

Styles: It looks like Juventud very well may be just a stepping stone for the young Davey Richards.

Juventud looked just about beaten when Richards went for the D.R. Driver (double underhook piledriver). However, when he lifted Juventud up, Guerrera shifted his momentum forward and caused Davey to fall on his back. Juventud grabbed his legs and almost got a three count.

When both men stood up, Juventud hit a wheelbarrow faceplant. He then took complete control of the match, hitting fast, high risk offense.

Styles: Juventud isn’t out of this one yet!

Guerrera was back in this match in full force. However, when he went to put the match away by lifting Richards up for the Juvi Driver, Richards reversed out of it and hit a reverse DDT. Richards then took control once more, this time being much more cautious in working on the neck. At one point though, he went for a Shooting Star, but Juventud moved out of the way. Juventud then went for his 450 Splash, but Richards moved out of the way. He then nailed the Go 2 Sleep 2.0 and signaled for the Shooting Star again.

Styles: That should keep Guerrera down!

This time Richards hit the SSP and got the win.

Winner: Davey “Crossfire” Richards

Davey Richards and Jimmy Hart celebrated in the ring afterwards.

Styles: Davey Richards has definitely proven a point here tonight that he is going to be serious competition in the singles division. But if nothing else, Juventud Guerrera has shown the wrestling world that he is not just a stepping stone.

[Quinn says: This was great stuff for just ten minutes. In the end, the neck work seemed meaningless, but both guys looked good. It’s nice to see that Juventud can still hang in there. I’m a little surprised that he’s gone back to the respectful Juventud rather than being crazy Juvi, but I guess that could all change.]

Rating: ***1/4

Bryan Danielson vs. Necro Butcher

Joey put over just how much both guys hated each other and plugged the iPod show, telling fans that they should check it out if they haven’t already to hear a good discussion on the nature of the hate in this feud.

Danielson was crazy stiff in this match. He just hammered away on Necro’s face with elbow smashes. Butcher took the beating almost pleasurably, which looked to somewhat shock even Danielson. However, Danielson wasn’t fazed, as he kept on hammering away. Butcher wasn’t to be outdone though. He took the beating and then came back with some wild punches. Danielson was clearly worn out from delivering so many repeated elbow smashes in a row that he had little choice but to just take the beating from Butcher as best he could.

At this point, Danielson’s strategy changed drastically. He went completely on the defensive, letting Butcher wear himself out. Danielson stuck to the ropes so that he could lean on them and preserve energy. Butcher was no idiot though and recognized the strategy. To counter, he started using cheap offense to anger Danielson. He poked him in the eyes and stomped on his feet to get Danielson to fight back a little. However, Danielson barely retaliated. Butcher then saw an opportunity to roll Danielson up and possibly get the victory that way.

This actually caught Danielson by surprise and Butcher almost got the win.

Styles: Based on the look on Danielson’s face, I don’t think he expected that at all.

Danielson then changed up his strategy yet again and went back to trying to beat the hell out of Butcher. Joey noted that Butcher obviously had more wrestling ability than some people give him credit for and it appeared as though Danielson had severely underestimated him. He wondered how that would affect this match.

Danielson tried to work over Butcher’s shoulder, but it was Necro himself who got the first big hit on a body part. Danielson had been hitting suplexes and making sure that Butcher landed on his side, so that more punishment was put on the shoulder. However, Butcher muscled out of one of the suplexes, lifted Danielson up for a suplex of his own (using his other shoulder), walked over to the ropes, and dropped him outside. Danielson landed on his bad knee that had been attacked last Thursday and clutched it in pain.

Styles: Danielson’s knee may be reinjured!

Butcher dragged Danielson back into the ring. At this point both men were working through their injuries. Danielson limped around the ring while Butcher avoided using his left shoulder at all cost. Danielson relied mostly on using his arms and brawling to focus on Necro’s shoulder. This meant that he also had to avoid lifting Butcher up. Butcher also avoided lifting, since it required shoulder strength, and spent a lot of the time trying to take Danielson down on the ground so that he could use his own knees to punish Danielson’s.

The match was essentially a brutal slugfest. Near the end of the match, it was apparent that both men were going for that knock out punch. However, Necro Butcher pulled a surprise out of his hat and went for a one-legged boston crab.

Styles: A figure four?! The Necro Butcher is using a submission?!

Danielson screamed in pain and slowly crawled to the ropes, when he did, he was just about out. He had used up so much of his energy and his knee was shot. Butcher hit him with a few stiff punches and then nailed the tiger bomb, which knocked Danielson out cold. Butcher went for the pin and got the victory.

Winner: Necro Butcher

Styles: The Necro Butcher has outwrestled Bryan Danielson! I never thought I would hear myself saying that. When Bryan Danielson comes to, you can bet that he will be livid!

[Quinn says: I was expecting something average, but these guys pulled out a great match. Butcher did more than just hold his own, but the match was built around his strengths. With both men’s injuries forcing them to rely on brawling, it made logical pure wrestling sense to have them try to punch each other out rather than go to the mat. Not that they couldn’t, but given Butcher’s nature and the hate in this feud, it seemed believable. Extra points for the stuff shots too. What kept this from being something huge though was Butcher’s on and off selling, which I sometimes don’t mind too much, but here, where so much emphasis was on those injuries, it was hard to ignore the fact that he pulled off the tiger bomb with ease. Overall, this is a can’t-miss match though.]

Rating: ****

FWE Tag Team Championship Match: The Stampede Bulldogs vs. The Trinity (John Walters and Chad Collyer)

Joey talked about how The Trinity had lost already in the tournament, so they were the underdogs tonight.

The early portions of the match were very fast-paced (something that didn’t change throughout the entire bout) and included a ton of tags in and out. Both teams wanted this win badly and it was obvious that they came ready to fight with everything they had.

After a while, Harry Smith and TJ Wilson began to act a bit more independently, while Collyer and Walters still relied on tagging in and out a lot and used double team maneuvers. Joey noticed this and wondered whose strategy would end up working better.

For a while, The Trinity’s did, as they were eventually able to isolate Wilson. They made many pinning attempts as they kept him isolated in their corner. This helped keep the pace of the match up high. It looked like Wilson was about ready to be beaten when he reversed a lung blower attempt from Walters into an ace crusher.

Styles: Bulldog Cutter from TJ Wilson!

Wilson got the hot tag to Smith just as Walters tagged in Collyer. The two slugged it out for a bit, with Smith coming out on top.

Styles: Harry Smith is on fire!

Smith started busting out suplex and power moves as Joey compared him to the Dynamite Kid and his late father, Davey Boy Smith.

But this more independent approach got the better of him. Since he was on such a roll, he didn’t think much about tagging in Wilson. Collyer was eventually able to nail a drop toe hold and tag in Walters quick. Smith still had a lot of momentum, but that was killed quickly once Walters and Collyer started tagging in and out a lot. It was very difficult for Smith to get any sense of momentum since the legal man kept changing so much. At one point, when The Trinity was hitting a double suplex, TJ Wilson just ran in without being tagged so that he could help Smith. But as the referee was forcing him back out, Walters delivered a fierce uppercut that sent Wilson falling to the outside. The Trinity then hit their electric chair drop/ace crusher combo, which Joey called The Guillotine Drop.

Wilson crawled into the ring to try and break up a possible pin attempt, but he was already a bit loopy from the uppercut, which made him easy picking for a second Guillotine Drop.

Styles: The Trinity has decimated The Stampede Bulldogs!

Collyer and Walters looked really smug as they took their time looking down at the fallen bodies of their opponents. Collyer then slowly covered Smith, but Smith kicked out at the last second.

Styles: The Trinity took too long!

Collyer looked shocked, almost scared. The two heels started to beat down on Smith, but Smith pulled out every last bit of energy he had and fought back like mad. He forced Walters to the outside of the ring and brawled with Collyer. Collyer, though, was able to hit a dropkick and sucked the momentum out of Smith’s comeback. He then set up for the Guillotine Drop and Walters came out of nowhere to hit the Ace Crusher.

Collyer made the pin and got the victory.

Winners: The Trinity

Styles: The Trinity has come back from a loss in the tournament to become the first ever FWE Tag Team Champions! But what a fight by The Stampede Bulldogs, especially there at the end. You can bet that they’re going to get a title shot soon down the line.

Michael Modest came down to celebrate with the rest of his stablemates. As they left the ring, he turned to the camera and said that they would have all of the belts by the end of the night.

[Quinn says: Another awesome effort by these guys. Collyer and Walters have found new life in their careers as a tag team. I always thought they were really bland as singles wrestlers, but their understanding of the fundamentals of tag team wrestling have made them a joy to watch. The Bulldogs, of course, are great too and Harry Smith sold that ending.]

Rating: ****

Unsanctioned Match: Brock Lesnar vs. Dan Maff (w/ Don Callis)

The cameras took us outside where Dan Maff and Brock Lesnar were entering the ring with no music.

Styles: This match is unsanctioned, ladies and gentlemen, which means that anything could happen. And we spent so much time on the FWE iPod show talking about the ethics of letting a guy like Dan Maff wrestle that we didn’t have time to address the stipulation here tonight. IF Brock Lesnar wins, he gets to book Don Callis is a match. And you can almost guarantee that it will come down to some type of cage match featuring Lesnar and Callis. But, if Dan Maff wins, Don Callis will book Lesnar in any match he wants. And word has it that Don Callis has been throwing around the word Death Match. There’s a lot at stake here, folks.

This was pretty much just a stuff slugfest. The match started in the ring, but quickly spilled out into the outside and by the fans. They used a lot of chairs, guardrails, the steel steps, and equipment under the ring to fight with. Maff kept his distance from Lesnar when he could and launched a lot of chairs from afar at the big man. And while Lesnar was a bit more traditional in what weapons he used and how he used them (chair to the back, throwing Maff into the steps, etc.), Maff was a bit more brutal. At one point he tried to gauge Lesnar’s eyes out with a monkey wrench.

Styles: Dan Maff us out for blood!

The severity of this match increased at this point. Lesnar was incensed with these actions and really started to nail some stiff offense. He took Maff back into the ring, probably to get him away from more dangerous weapons. Once there, he just plowed through Maff. However, Maff eventually got a hold of a chair, set it up in the middle of the ring, and back body dropped Lesnar on it. Lesnar grabbed the back o f his neck.

Styles: Dan Maff has hurt Brock Lesnar’s neck once again!

The match slowed way down now as Lesnar was almost incapable of fighting back with as much pain as he was in. Maff continued to pout on the offense. He went for a Burning Hammer, but Lesnar wiggled out. Lesnar then went for an F5, but Maff nailed him with elbows to the back of the head. Lesnar fell to the ground, and Maff lifted him up again for the Burning Hammer and nailed it.

Styles: There is no way Brock Lesnar will get up after that much punishment to the neck!

And Joey was right. Maff made the slow pin and got the victory.

Winner: Dan Maff

Styles: And this means that Don Callis will be booking Brock Lesnar in a match for next Thursday!

Just as he said this, Don Callis entered the ring with a mic.

Callis: Brock! Hey, Brock! If you can ignore that searing pain for a few seconds, I think you might want to listen to this. Because I’m going to take you somewhere you never thought you’d go. Next Thursday, on Chaos TV—you’ve been hearing that term Death Match, haven’t you? Well, Thursday night, you’re going to be wrestling my hired assassin, the brutal, the savage, Necro Butcher in his specialty—A Death Match! But that’s not the only stipulation. Because the FWE left me absolutely no restrictions on stipulations. And I guarantee you that their contract for this match and the fact that I still have just enough pull in the back will make this go through. If you win, Brock, nothing happens. You just survive. But if you lose… if you lose, then not only will you have been beaten into a bloody mess… but Dan Maff will officially be part of the roster. How do you like that, Brock? How’s that for a stipulation?

Callis did his trademark wide smile and left the ring with Maff.

Styles: Can he do that? How could the FWE allow something like this to happen? This is just downright unethical!

[Quinn says: There was some pretty brutal stuff here. Again, I’m no fan of brawling in the crowd and there wasn’t a ton of psychology thrown in, but a good amount of bonus points for the brutality.]

Rating: ***

Main Event #1: CM Punk vs. Colt Cabana

Styles: This match has the potential to be one of the most brutal matches in wrestling history. Who knows what is going through the minds of these two young men tonight.

Joey put over their discussion on the FWE iPod show and said that Cabana’s motives aren’t clear right now, so it’s hard to predict what kind of match he will wrestling tonight.

The two men stared each other down and talked trash for a bit. Punk was definitely the more aggressive of the two. Eventually Punk slapped Cabana and Cabana retaliated with one of his own. Punk then delivered a punch and the two started slugging it out. They brawled all around the ring and even fell to the ground, still punching each other.

Styles: It looks like we’re going to get a war tonight!

But once they were on the ground, Cabana went for a pinning combination, which only got two. Punk immediately stood up and looked furious. He screamed at Cabana, “We’re going to fight tonight! You got that?” Cabana smirked and shook his head.

Styles: CM Punk wants to fight and Colt Cabana wants the win. The quicker he can beat Punk, the more he can humiliate him. And more importantly, the more he takes from CM Punk’s career.

Thus began their human chess game. The struggle was great for each man who wanted to play their own game. Colt wanted a wrestling match so that he could show that he was the superior wrestler. Punk, on the other hand, wanted a fight. He wanted to get his frustrations out on Colt. But both men were good enough at their craft to understand that if they were too stubborn and only approached this match in the way they wanted to approach it, then they left themselves susceptible to letting the momentum their opponent gained get too large. They knew they needed to be versatile tonight.

Punk was the first to compromise. He wrestled Cabana instead of fighting him. He matched reversals and showcased submissions. He was biding his time. He also knew that if he denied Cabana that quick pin, he would go on to whatever Plan B was, which was more than likely to outwrestle Punk. Punk knew if that was the case, he would leave himself wide open to Cabana pinning him if he didn’t try to play that game.

So Punk and Cabana wrestled. Joey noted how it was obvious both men knew each other like the back of their own hands. With every reversal came another, and another, and another. These men were even. They had trained together, traveled together, and fought together. They knew what the other would in every situation.

But this wasn’t want Punk wanted. He wanted a fight and Cabana knew that. And if Cabana couldn’t outwrestle him, perhaps the next best thing was to outfight him. In order to get the blood fight going, Punk needed to hit a big move. Punk managed to nail a climbing shining wizard and followed it up with a barrage on punches. Although neither man had yet to gain much of an advantage, they were both losing energy and Cabana took a lot of punishment here. The ball was in Punk’s court now and he knew it. More than that, he was winning at his game, which was more than either man could say for the opening portions of the match. But just when Punk began to feel somewhat secure, Cabana, who had been holding back a bit, nailed a huge roundhouse lariat that sent Punk twisting into the air. Cabana then took control. But he didn’t revert back to the wrestling match. He fought Punk. And he beat the hell out of him too. And that’s when it hit Punk. He wasn’t just beating Punk; he was beating Punk at his game.

The harder Cabana fought, the harder Punk fought back. The two were exerting so much energy. Every move seemed like a move of desperation.

Styles: CM Punk and Colt Cabana are unloading on each other! They are giving it everything they have!

The faster they went, the less they seemed to feel. Joey noted that one big move could take the other out at any second, since they were both going on pure adrenaline now. The pain would catch up soon.

The moves kept escalating, as each man began to hit their trademarks. Cabana, though, pulled out something that no one predicted. He nailed Punk with some shoot kicks to the legs and then one to the head. He then nailed the Pepsi Twist and locked in the Anaconda Vice.

Styles: Colt Cabana is using CM Punk’s one moves against him!

Cabana had the Vice locked in real well. Punk desperately tried to crawl to the ropes. Finally, he got a foot on the ropes and Cabana, with no hesitation, let the hold go and stomped the hell out of Punk. He then brought the exhausted Punk up to the turnbuckle. Joey noted that maybe after the surprise of having his own moves used against him, the pain caught up.

As Cabana set himself and Punk up by the turnbuckle, it became apparent what was going on.

Styles: Colt Cabana is going to hit one of the most dangerous moves in all of wrestling—CM Punk’s move—The Pepsi Plunge!

Cabana screamed as he hit the plunge. Punk’s head crashed on the mat and he looked like he was completely out. Cabana somewhat slowly crawled over to Punk and crossed his arms as he made the pin.

Styles: One, two… and three!

Winner: Colt Cabana

Punk was still out as Cabana got a mic.

Cabana: CM Punk… I’ve taken your career, and I’ve given it to myself. For all that the wrestling world cares, you’re did, Punk.

He threw the mic down on Punk’s chest and walked out.

Styles: Colt Cabana has claimed that CM Punk, as a wrestler, is dead. He has claimed to have taken his career. But this issue seems far from done, ladies and gentlemen.

[Quinn says: *****. There’s no way around it. Technically, this was flawless. This is the type of match I imagine these two have been wanting to wrestle with each other for some time and you can tell they have thought about it for years. Emotionally, all of the essentials were there and they told the story so well. You can probably find **** matches that are technically better wrestling-wise, but the story these guys told by their actions is something that is hard to match. Some people out there might call me an FWE mark by this rating, but this match was clearly on a level few reach.]

Rating: *****

Main Event #2: Chris Jericho vs. Jushin Liger

Joey talked about how Jericho had been trying to take Liger’s mask off for weeks now and once again plugged the iPod show, saying their was an interesting discussion on the psychology behind Callis’ goal in taking the mask off.

Jushin Liger came out in a white and black outfit. Joey talked about Liger’s history as the dark Liger and wondered if we would be seeing a more evil side to him tonight.

Jericho absolutely dominated in the beginning of this match. He wrestled a brawling style and Joey wondered if Liger would be able to go toe-to-toe with Jericho in a brawl. He said that if Jericho could maintain this pace, he might put Liger out with ease.

Liger tried hard to fight back, but Jericho would not let the match be anything other than a brawl, which was not suiting Liger tonight at all. Jericho finally hit a flying clothesline followed by a Lionsault. He then lifted Liger’s head and grabbed for his mask.

Styles: Chris Jericho is once again going to try to unmask Jushin Liger!

As Jericho struggled with the mask, Joey reported that The Chosen were keeping Stryker in the back and there was a big brawl.

Finally, Jericho got the mask off of Liger, but Liger had on black and white facepaint. Liger jabbed Jericho in the throat, stood up, and tore off his bodysuit, revealing a painted chest as well.

Styles: It’s Kishin Liger! It’s Jushin Liger’s alter ego, Kishin Liger!

Jericho’s eyes went wide and for a moment he was frozen. He then delivered some punches to Kishin, but Liger fired back with some of his own.

Styles: Jushin Liger may not be the most aggressive brawler in the world, but Kishin Liger sure as hell has no problem beating the crap out of you!

Liger was just insane at this point and managed to cut Jericho open a little bit hardway. His tactics were effective and actually matched Jericho’s in how underhanded they were.

Styles: Jushin Liger has gotten sick and tired of how Jericho has treated him and now he’s getting his revenge!

Jericho, who was completely caught off guard, looked terrified at first. But as the match progressed, with Liger getting in about 3/4 of the offense, Jericho came back more aggressive than ever. The two were just beating the hell out of each other inside, and sometimes outside, of the ring.

Styles: If there was any doubt that this feud wasn’t getting personal, that is being put to rest tonight!

Liger eventually got a huge palm strike that only got a two count. He threw Jericho into the ropes and Jericho was able to manage a desperate spear out of nowhere. Both men looked completely spent as they both stood up. Liger went for a brainbuster, but Jericho reversed out of it and nailed a german suplex. Jericho then hit the Lionsault quickly and went for the pin. However, Liger kicked out. Jericho then hit the Breakdown and pinned Liger. But again, Liger kicked out.

Styles: What can Jericho do to defeat Kishin Liger?

Finally, Jericho nailed a powerbomb and hit a third Lionsault. He made the pin and this time got the three count.

Winner: Chris Jericho

The referee raised Jericho’s hand, but he didn’t look happy at all. He still looked terrified.

Styles: This is definitely a match that Jericho will never forget.

[Quinn says: What I liked about this most was that this match was completely unique with anything these two have done in the FWE at this point. I never thought I’d see Kishin Liger perform outside of Japan, and it was a cool experience. I hope the fans in attendance appreciated it as much as they should have. These guys put on an intense brawl and Jericho’s facial expressions added a lot. Another homerun tonight.]

Rating: ****1/2

Main Event #3 / FWE Heavyweight Championship Match: Ric Flair © vs. Michael Modest

Joey wondered why John Walter and Chad Collyer weren’t accompanying Modest. He also talked about the idea of both men not being familiar with each other and once more plugged the iPod show, saying that there was a big discussion on it.

The feeling out process was really interesting, as both guys were still holding back a little bit. Modest was noticeably antsy though, while Flair seemed to be a bit more relaxed. However, Modest got in a few amateurish suplexes and really schooled Flair a few times. After this, Modest seemed much more confident going all-out and Flair looked a lot less clam.

The pace of the match changed a bit once Modest kicked things up. He tried to bring a lot of heavy offense against Flair, but Flair preferred a slower, more methodical style. There was a struggle between the two of them to see who would get their way. Both were being quite stubborn.

It wasn’t until Modest nailed a big neckbreaker that things started to go his way. He began to work on Flair’s neck and wrenched the hell out of it. He relied on a lot of tried and true submission holds, like the camel clutch.

Eventually though, Flair gained back the advantage after a poke to the eyes.

Styles: It’s not pretty, but it works.

Flair then proceeded to chop Modest’s chest nearly thirty times. The fans were really going crazy as Flair delivered chop, after chop, after chop. After the chopping session, things went Flair’s way. He delivered a lot of his trademark offense and the fans were eating it up. However, after he started working on the legs of Modest, Chad Collyer and John Walters, with their titles in hand, came down to the ring.

Styles: Get them out of here!

Walters and Collyer didn’t do anything at first, but they were definitely making Flair feel uneasy. He was looking over his shoulder at them from time to time as he worked on Modest’s legs. After receiving an atomic drop, Modest clutched his right leg and called the ref over. The ref came to his aid to see if the match needed to be stopped. Walters then pulled Flair out of the ring and the tag team champions started beating down on Flair. Flair tried to fight them off, but it was no use. They rolled him back in the ring so that he was easy pickings for Modest.

Modest limped over to Flair, but as soon as he got close, Flair put him in a small package, but only got two.

This made Modest angry more than anything else. He dropped some elbows on Flair and went for a few pins that only got two. He signaled to Walters to distract the ref. Walters stood up no the apron, which caused the ref to run over. However, this worked to Flair’s benefit instead of Modest’s. As Modest grabbed Flair’s hair to lift him up, Flair low blowed him.

Styles: With all of this talk about familiarizing yourself with your opponents, how could Modest not see that one coming?

Modest dropped to the floor like a ton of bricks. Walters kept trying to distract the ref, but Flair punched Walters and sent him to the floor. He then got the ref’s attention and put Modest in the Figure Four. Modest hung on for quite some time, but Flair had him in the middle of the ring and he eventually had to submit.

Winner: Ric Flair

Styles: Despite the entire Trinity being at ringside, Ric Flair has regained his title!

Flair stood in the ring and celebrated as Modest looked on enraged.

[Quinn says: Yeah, with all of that talk about familiarity, how did Modest not see that one coming. I guess you could blame it on cockiness, but I don’t know; I would have liked to see that part of the story played up on a bit more. These guy put on a really good show though and Flair definitely knows how to keep the crowd going. With the fishy ending, this didn’t feel like the Flair vs. Modest match, so maybe there’s still time to play up on all of the things they have set up for themselves. Great effort, great match.]

Rating: ***1/2

Overall Rating: 81

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FWE Podcast:

Styles: Fans, welcome to the FWE Podcast. I’m Joey Styles along with Kevin Kelly and Tracy Smothers. Let’s get right down to business and talk about Evolution. We could spend this entire time talking about just this one show, but there’s so much news to cover that we need to make sure we keep it somewhat brief. Kevin Kelly, for you, what was the match of the night?

Kelly: CM Punk vs. Colt Cabana. There were a lot of great matches, but this was had the emotion and intensity that made it one of the best matches I have ever seen in my life. This isn’t just match of the night, this may end up being match of the year.

Styles: How about you, Smothers?

Kelly: I loved the Jericho vs. Liger match, but I agree with Kevin. Cabana vs. Punk was one of the best matches I have ever seen in my career.

Styles: You’ll hear no arguments from me. But let’s go on to what I would say is clearly the elephant in the room at this moment. Dan Maff beats Brock Lesnar in a hellacious Unsanctioned match. Personal opinions aside, Maff put forth a hell of an effort. But after the match, Don Callis announces that this week on Chaos, Lesnar will face Necro Butcher in a Death Match. That’s not a huge surprise since he had pretty much been suggesting it from the start, probably to psyche Brock out. But then he dropped a bombshell and said that if Brock lost, Dan Maff would be hired by the FWE. Now I know Callis had free reign over stipulations, but isn’t there something that the FWE can do about this?

Kelly: I think when you consider the fact that Don Callis clearly has people in the back working for him, you can see how much of a chore it might be to get that reversed. It was an oversight on the FWE’s part to not set any limitations. I’m sure no one thought he would throw something like that out there. But even so, to overturn something like that, you can’t have much descent. If there’s descent, the process is lengthened, it becomes more difficult because you have less than a week to resolve it, and it’s easy to let it slide, especially if the people working for Callis have a lot of power, which at this point, I would assume is true.

Styles: But if he can get this passed, why not just say if Butcher wins, Callis gets to hire and fire whoever he wants? Or Callis gets to be at the head of the booking committee again? If the political system in the FWE is so corrupted, why didn’t he just do something ten times as extreme?

Kelly: I don’t believe it is that extreme though. This is how far he could push it, and even that’s debatable. It’s not Thursday yet. It’s only Monday morning as of this recording, so it could still get overturned.

Styles: But from everything I’ve heard, it’s not going to get overturned.

Kelly: It doesn’t look like it, no.

Smothers: You two might be looking over one thing. That was a hell of a match. Maff stepped it up. Brock Lesnar is one of the best pure athletes in the business. He’s a former WWE Champion, one of the youngest stars to ever get to that point, and he’s dominated in the FWE. And Maff—now he’s a great wrestler—but this is a guy who clearly has not ever been on that level. But he beat Brock. Beat the hell out of him. Don’t you think some of the officials were in the back thinking, “Hey, this guys is pretty damn good and people will pay to see him”?

Styles: Where is the ethics in that? You know why this guy was blackballed.

Smothers: Money talks.

Styles: I don’t know.

Kelly: I think what Tracy is saying is that even though politics may be influencing this whole situation, greed is too.

Smothers: Exactly.

Styles: Well, no matter the reasons, Dan Maff is just one match away from being a part of the FWE, and I cannot say that I’m happy about it. I would feel confident about Brock’s chances, but here’s something we just learned this morning: Lesnar is injured. His neck has not fully healed and doctors have told him not to compete. However, because of the contract Don Callis wrote up, Brock either wrestles or loses by forfeit. And if you know anything about Brock Lesnar, you don’t even have to ask what his decision was. The match is on and it looks like it’s going to be interesting. A Death Match, fans. This is not a hardcore match. This is a Death Match. Glass, barbed wire, tacks. You name it, they’ll bring it. Necro Butcher has wrestled many of these matches and Brock Lesnar has wrestled zero.

Smothers: Still, if you are a pure wrestler, you have the ability to adapt. I think Brock can adapt.

Styles: But this is the Necro Butcher. This guy has made a career out of wrestling Death Matches.

Smothers: But Brock Lesnar has made a career—and a much better one than most—at winning matches at any cost. I’m not trying to put anyone down, especially Butcher, because he put on a great effort Sunday night and showed he was versatile, but Lesnar is in a whole different world than most of these guys in this promotion. He could still win even with the injury.

Kelly: I’m not as confident, but I do agree. Lesnar is maybe the most versatile guy in this promotion. The neck is the only thing that will get in his way.

Styles: I think both of you guys are underestimating Necro Butcher, especially considering his win against Bryan Danielson, but we’ll see how it goes Thursday night. But speaking of the Danielson vs. Butcher match, Bryan Danielson has also been ordered by doctors to take it easy and he will not be competing Thursday night.

Kelly: No surprise there. He was clearly in bad condition, especially going into that match injured.

Styles: Danielson will be back for our first show in December though, so it looks like this is more of a precautionary measure than anything else.

Smothers: Joey, now I know we need to move on, we gotta talk about the Tag Team Champions, but I just want to make sure we devote time to discussing that huge victory by Davey Richards. Richards stepped up. Guerrera came in and, for my money, he looked better than I’ve ever seen him, and Richards still managed to beat him. I don’t think Guerrera is dead in the water. That’s clearly not the case. But man, Richards stepped up.

Styles: No doubt about that. And like you said, Guerrera is not dead in the water. He has a big match against David Andrews set for Chaos and Davey Richards will have an opportunity to capitalize on his win by wrestling the winner of the Four Corners match, BJ Whitmer.

Kelly: That’s a big opportunity for both guys. Whitmer and Richards could both easily break out big this month, but a loss Thursday night will delay that.

Styles: You don’t think the loser of that match could rebound?

Kelly: Not in time to secure a big time match for the arena show at the end of the month. Sure, if they still get booked for every show this month, a loss here wouldn’t kill them as long as they did well at the remainder of the shows, but the arena shows get booked in advance, so you have to be on your game. A win here is crucial.

Styles: Good point there. We have to move on though. I’d feel horrible if we had to rush through this next one in a matter of seconds. In what has to be considered an upset, The Trinity of John Walter and Chad Collyer defeated The Stampede Bulldogs to become the first ever FWE Tag Team Champions. And if you look at these guys’ careers in the FWE, they are maybe the most unlikely winners. When both of them came in as singles wrestlers, they had such a difficult time winning any matches. They put forth great efforts, but they had no momentum. Then they formed The Trinity with Michael Modest and still had difficulties winning. It wasn’t until that massive Tag Team Survivor Match that they found their groove, and just in time too.

Smothers: They really pulled things together after that Survivor Match, but the fact that they did that, in retrospect, shows that maybe we shouldn’t have been so surprised with this win. Guys who break through at the most crucial times in their careers are guys who show that they not only have what it takes to win, but that they will make sure that they use those skills when needed. Some guys just choke. John Walters and Chad Collyer are two guys who definitely do well under pressure.

Kelly: And if you look at their strategy, they were well-prepared. They worked as a team that whole time. Their performance was a classic example of how a tag team that works well together will almost always beat teams who work more independently. What I saw from The Bulldogs was two great wrestlers who were wrestling the match on their own individual terms. The cohesiveness wasn’t there last night. Harry Smith and TJ Wilson may very well be the two best wrestlers out of the four, but The Trinity was the best tag team. There’s a big difference.

Styles: I’m not sure how much respect there is out there for Walters and Collyer as individuals, but as a tag team, I can guarantee you, they have gained a lot of respect.

Smothers: What I’m disappointed in is that they have not been booked for a title defense for Thursday night. The Bulldogs and Masada and Hernandez will wrestle in a #1 Contender Match, but no title match disappoints me.

Styles: That’s very true. The FWE has given them a night off, but we’re being told it’s in preparation for a slew of title defenses. They have a week to get prepared, because we’re going to see if they truly deserve those titles. Backing up here though, we briefly mentioned the Juventud Guerrera vs. David Andrews match. Like Juventud’s last match, a lot is at stake. A second loss for Guerrera could put him in a very bad spot, and a win for Andrews is exactly what he needs.

Smothers: A second straight loss to a rookie would be very bad for Guerrera. If he does indeed lose, I would give him one or two more opportunities in the FWE, Joey. A losing streak for a veteran is not a good place to be in. We’ve already seen several veterans here in the FWE get passed up because they couldn’t keep up. Obviously, that’s been the case with some rookies as well, and wrestlers from both side of the fence have been doing very well, but the bottom line is, your status as a veteran alone isn’t going to keep you here.

Styles: Speaking of veterans, The Two Towers will face off against Vader and Josh Daniels on Chaos. There will be a lot of experience in that ring and you know that Daniels is a guy who is always learning in matches, whether it’s from his partner or his opponents.

Kelly: I’m very interested in this match. Luger and Windham have found new life as a tag team and the Vader/Daniels relationship is very intriguing because Tony Kozina is not too far from returning from his injury. He’s only about a month or two away from getting cleared. Tensions are obviously high, but both men what to stick it out. A loss here could be very detrimental to their future.

Smothers: I also wonder if Abdullah will get involved. I’ve been hearing Luger and Windham talk a lot of garbage about him and that’s definitely going to come back to him, I would think.

Styles: Abdullah shows no constraint, so I don’t see why he wouldn’t interfere. The FWE has been pretty vocal about how they are not happy with those circumstances, which I think reeks of politics, since The Chosen have gotten away with worse.

Kelly: Political or not, Abdullah needs to be contained.

Smothers: It’s never comfortable being in a situation where you know one of the wrestlers is a loose cannon. I like Abdullah. The guy’s a legend. But I want him to stop doing what he’s doing so that he’ll actually get booked for matches again, so he needs to be dealt with.

Styles: Moving on, two big matches have been announced. Jushin Liger will face a member of The Chosen in a singles match and so will Matt Stryker. Before we go onto that, let’s talk about that huge Liger vs. Jericho match where Jushin Liger turned into his alter ego, the much more aggressive and underhanded Kishin liger.

Kelly: Jushin Liger has only wrestled as Kishin twice in his career and both were because of extreme circumstances. When you have a group of guys continuously trying to ruin your career, that’s an extreme circumstance. But even so, I was completely shocked, Joey. Completely shocked. I saw a side of Liger that I never thought I would see in the FWE. I’m not just talking about the face paint and the persona, but his actions. It was truly a great moment.

Smothers: I’m not sure a lot of people have realized this or not, but this also solves Liger’s mask problem, possibly for good. As far as anyone knows, Liger’s going to put that face paint on for every match. That means two things. One, if you unmask him, it won’t matter. His face is still covered. And two, if you unmask him, you’ll have to fight Kishin Liger. The Jushin Liger persona is nothing to laugh at, but the match you are wrestling is going to change on a dime. Kishin’s a brawler, and an unpredictable one. They are literally almost like two different people. And you don’t want to go into a match preparing for two people like that.

Styles: That’s true. The efforts to unmask Liger apparently will cease. Don Callis said Thursday night is their last stand. They want to take Liger and Stryker out. The FWE has expressed an interest in putting Liger and Stryker in higher profile matches and their feud with The Chosen has made that very difficult. So this is the last stand, fans.

Kelly: You have to wonder what “taking them out” means. Will they try to injure them like they did in the past? Or do they just want to defeat them? Tracy talked about how you need victories to stay in this promotion and because of this feud, Liger and Stryker haven’t had a ton of victories. Despite his great effort, Liger lost last night. Another loss Thursday night may put him in a rut he cannot get out of.

Styles: Another good point. Liger and Stryker may be at a disadvantage too. Since Maff isn’t even a part of this company and Butcher, Masada, and Hernandez are already booked, you have to expect their opponents to either be Jack Evans or Chris Jericho. But who will wrestle who? We’ll find out the day of the show, but you would have to guess that Jericho would be the safest bet against Liger since he has beaten him several times now. Chances are he won’t be too happy about all of this. He’s expressed interest in moving into the title picture, so we’ll see how he reacts. But again, fans, we have to move on. We have to get things going for time purposes. Another big match for this Thursday will be Colt Cabana vs. Doug Williams.

Smothers: This one should be good. These guys both showcase the European style of wrestling so well.

Styles: And this one could have huge ramifications down the line. Cabana scored maybe the biggest victory of his career in what we already talked about was a great match. His reward is an opportunity against one of the top guys, Doug Williams. But there’s also a lot at stake for Williams. A third loss in a row could put him in a bad position.

Smothers: Cabana is on the upswing and Williams is trying to recover. There’s also the CM Punk factor. Punk cannot be happy about his loss and the fact that Colt Cabana stole his own moves.

Kelly: Does anyone really own a move though?

Smothers: Not literally. Of course not. But he didn’t just do Punk’s moves. If you watch the match again, he does the moves in a way that Punk would. There are subtle differences. And like I said, if you watch that match again, he’s mimicking Punk in every way. Cabana’s style was still in there. No doubt. But he was mimicking Punk. And that’s just disrespectful. It’s beyond disrespectful, especially considering who they are and how they trained together. He didn’t just use Punk’s move and he didn’t just beat Punk. He beat Punk using his moves. That’s sending a message that Cabana is better at being CM Punk than CM Punk is.

Styles: So it’s mind games again.

Smothers: Totally.

Styles: We talk a lot about wins and losses having a major part in whether or not you are booked. The amount of time we have for each show is limited, so one big loss could keep you off of TV for a week, and that’s what has happened to CM Punk. But he will be there Thursday night. You can almost guarantee a confrontation.

Kelly: Let’s move on to the Heavyweight title situation, Joey. Both Ric Flair and Michael Modest are not booked for Thursday night. Like with The Trinity, they’ve been given the night off. But if we know anything about Flair, we know he’ll make an appearance for the fans. But I want to know why Michael Modest has not been booked. He put forth a great effort, and even if he lost, I think he should be booked.

Styles: I couldn’t agree more. But word has it that Michael Modest is being considered for a rematch. You know, this is just speculation on my part, so maybe I’m wrong, but maybe they don’t want to commit to any course of action before they make their decision.

Smothers: I think if that’s the real reason, it’s not a good one. You need to compete here on a regular basis if you’re going to be in the title picture. If you lose a match, then you didn’t deserve to get that shot in the first place.

Styles: I think the reasoning is that if he is in line for a shot, then they want to make sure he’s wrestling to competitors so that if he is beaten, then this other person is looked at also as a top competitor.

Kelly: I agree. It’s careful thinking on their part. If they have him in line for a shot, you want him wrestling top guys like Doug Williams and Chris Jericho. If they beat him, there’s little doubt that they should be in his place. If he wrestles someone like, say, Matt Stryker or David Andrews, there’s a lot of doubt there. They’re great athletes, but one big win isn’t enough to clear all of the doubt. They need a few big wins. So it puts the booking committee in a weird place if they still need a #1 contender and Modest is wrestling guys who may not be considered ready. If Modest isn’t chosen for a title shot, then yeah, he should be wrestling some top guys and also wrestles who could break through at any moment. You shouldn’t deny those other guys a shot at a huge career-changing win just because you’re on the fence on Modest getting a show.

Smothers: So no one should get a chance to wrestle Modest?

Kelly: It’s not a perfect reason, but I think it’s understandable.

Styles: Michael Modest will be there though, so we’ll see what goes on. We are out of time though, fans. There is a lot more we wanted to talk about, but unfortunately we can’t. Remember, the main event for Thursday is that huge Death Match. Brock Lesnar is going to go through the fight of his life. He may never be the same after this week. We’ll see you Thursday!

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Chaos TV

November 30, 2006

Miami, Florida

Joey Styles opened up the show by going over some of the results from Evolution and announced that Jack Evans will face Matt Stryker tonight and Jericho will take on Jushin Liger yet again. He also hyped the Death Match tonight between Brock Lesnar and Necro Butcher.

Styles: There will be barbed wire, there will be tacks, there will be glass, there will be beds of nails, there will be blood, and at the end of it all, there will be only one winner.

He went over the fact that if Butcher won, Dan Maff would officially be a part of the FWE roster.

Juventud Guerrera vs. David Andrews (w/ Kevin Sullivan and Mike Rotundo)

Styles put both men over and said that they each needed a win badly after their losses from Evolution. He also put over the Chaos TV debut of Juventud and said that this was classic FWE with old versus new. He added that even if Juventud could be considered a veteran, his style is still fresh and innovative today.

Styles: If anything, with mentors like Kevin Sullivan and Mike Rotundo, David Andrews might be the one bringing the old school style to this match.

Guerrera dominated early on, getting the crowd pumped up. He hit a lot of high, flashy offense and played to the crowd. He definitely let a lot more of his Juvi Juice persona out in this match, but still kept his actions face-like.

Andrews, on the other hand, was a full-on heel. When he finally gained control after a low blow (with Sullivan distracting the referee), he used a lot of rest holds and used the ropes for leverage a lot (and sometimes utilized the aid of Rotundo, who grabbed his hand for extra leverage).

However, Juventud finally regained control after reversing a powerbomb into a frankensteiner. The timing on this was really well done, as Andrews was able to calm the crowd down a bit and anger them with his cheating so that when Juvi finally nailed the frankensteiner, they lit up.

Juventud hit a flurry of quick offense, nailing a twisting neckbreaker, spinning heel kick, and then the Juvi Driver for the win.

Winner: Juventud Guerrera

Guerrera played to the crowd and looked extremely pumped after his win.

Styles: Juventud Guerrera has sent a message that he is here to compete and is a force to be reckon with!

As Juventud left the ring and Andrews stood up, Andrews started kicking the ropes and shoved Sullivan and Rotundo away.

Styles: David Andrews is clearly frustrated.

Sullivan and Rotundo finally managed to calm Andrews down after about a minute. He still looked incredibly angry as he walked away.

[Quinn says: Good, solid work from both guys. Andrews has incredible timing and worked the crowd really well. You can see the Rotundo/Sullivan influence. This was nothing Earth shattering, just good work from good wrestlers. Juventud has proven again that he still has it when he wants to work, and Andrews yet again shows that he has a lot of potential.]

Rating: ***

Chris Jericho Refuses to Continue Feud with Liger

Chris Jericho was in the back with Don Callis. He was sitting down looking at the ground as Callis spoke.

Callis: Look, I told you. All you have to do is beat Liger one more time. Just once, and then he’s done. I got a bit of news today. Liger’s retiring soon. If you beat him once more, there’s no way he can bow at gracefully. You’ll have slaughtered him. He’s going to want to go for a title shot and bow out of the business as champion. I know it. If you beat him tonight, there’s no way that he can regain enough momentum. We need this.

Jericho looked up at Callis.

Jericho: When I joined The Chosen, you told me you would lead me to the belt.

Callis: And I will! But you need to finish this job.

Jericho: No way. This feud has barely gotten me anywhere. Right now, I have dominated Jushin Liger and that’s the way it’s going to stay. I’ve been wrestling a long time, Don. I know when to walk away from a feud. And I’m walking. You want me to wrestle Stryker? Fine. But not Liger. You talk about all that momentum he needs. Well, if he beats me, he’s going to take all of my momentum.

Callis: I need this, Chris.

Jericho: Get Evans to do it. That’s why he’s part of The Chosen.

Callis: Evans is part of The Chosen because I have chosen him to be. Because he has potential. Not so he can do your dirty work.

Jericho: Well, I’m done with dirty work. The only thing it’s gotten me is the good position I’m in right now from those wins, and I’m not going to lose that.

Callis sighed.

Callis: Evans is good. He’s damn good. But Liger already beat him once. You can beat Liger and he can beat Stryker. I know this. It’s the safest bet.

Jericho: I thought you felt so highly of him.

Callis: I do. But he needs more time.

Jericho stood up.

Jericho: You give me what I want and I guarantee you that everything will go your way. I wrestle Stryker and Evans wrestles Liger. And I promise you won’t be disappointed.

Callis paused.

Callis: You guarantee it?

Jericho nodded.

Callis: Fine. But this is big. This is a message. You remember, right? We’re in charge; this is important.

Jericho: I know how important it is.

Callis: Good.

Callis walked out and Jericho stood smirking.

Styles: Jushin Liger is retiring? I haven’t heard that at all, and frankly, I’m not sure I fully trust Don Callis, especially when he knows cameras are lurking around backstage trying to catch moments like this. But either way, fans, it looks like we have a rumor at best.

Rating: 94

Chris Jericho vs. Matt Stryker

Joey talked about how Stryker came into the FWE looking pretty good, but his career has been stagnant since The Chosen started messing with him. He said that a win tonight could be just what he needs to get back in the mix of things.

Jericho looked really confident going into this one, but after Stryker reversed some of his halfhearted offense, he became a lot more serious. He appeared to be very cautious, which Joey equated to his desire to want to be back in the title picture and how a loss here could deter that.

Stryker was fired up though. Jericho was using a lot of restholds and tried to keep Stryker from doing very much, but Stryker was so aggressive that Jericho had a difficult time keeping him down. As a result, Jericho couldn’t leave much dead space in between moves. Styles mentioned that even though Stryker’s forcefulness didn’t appear to be getting him anywhere, he was actually managing the pace of the match.

Jericho eventually saw the need to take some risks, but when he did, Stryker took advantage by playing possum. After Jericho believed Stryker was worn down enough, he went for a Lionsault, but Stryker put his knees up just in time. He then quickly got up and was a house of fire on Jericho.

Styles: Matt Stryker was reading Jericho like a book!

The match was all Stryker at this point. His offense was quick and aggressive, and unlike Jericho, he was taking risks that were paying off. He hit a stinger splash, followed by a suplex, and then climbed the top rope and hit a splash. This culminated in a two count, but he was able to keep the match in his favor.

However, Jericho is as highly regarded as he is for a reason. He tried to kick Stryker at one point and Stryker grabbed his leg. He stood there and held it and pointed to his head, showing off that he was being smarter than Jericho. But Jericho hit an enziguri and then looked down at the sprawled out Stryker and mockingly pointed at his head.

Styles: Stryker was maybe getting a little too confident and Jericho doesn’t like that at all.

Jericho was more aggressive this time around and looked to be going for the win. But Stryker again took some risks and was able to hit a flying clothesline. Just as he started to make a comeback, Jack Evans ran to the ring, presumably to help out Jericho. However, Jericho, who had just hit Stryker with a bulldog, was yelling at Evans to get away. “This is my match!” he yelled.

Styles: It looks like Evans’ help is not wanted.

As Jericho yelled, Stryker rolled him up.

Styles: One, two, no! Jericho kicks out!

Jericho looked stunned as he was seconds away from a loss he would earlier have deemed as impossible of happening. He came back and fought Stryker hard, but in his panic, he was a bit reckless. He missed a clothesline that Stryker ducked. Stryker then nailed a german suplex followed by a DVD. He made the pin.

Styles: One! Two! Three! Matt Stryker has defeated Chris Jericho!

Winner: Matt Stryker

Stryker celebrated and Jericho nearly cried as he recovered.

Styles: And what a crucial loss this is for Chris Jericho. Just days after ending a feud with Jushin Liger, which he dominated, he has lost to someone significantly in a significantly lower position than him. Who knows if Jack Evans’ involvement had that much effect on the outcome, but either way, this means great things for Matt Stryker.

Evans tried to say something to Jericho as he left, but Jericho just blew him off.

[Quinn says: Stryker and Jericho meshed well and I would argue this is the best we’ve seen from Stryker in the FWE so far. The ending with Evans didn’t bother me too much because he didn’t directly affect the match, but an undisputable clean win would have maybe bumped this up ¼ or ½ a star or so.]

Rating: ***1/4

#1 Contenders Match: The Stampede Bulldogs vs. The Chosen (Masada and Hernandez)

Joey put over The Chosen’s victory over Vader and Daniels in the dark match and said it was on the DVD, so fans should definitely check it out.

The Bulldogs began this match working really well as a unit. Joey mentioned the Podcast show and how it was discussed that their teamwork was uncharacteristically lacking at Evolution.

But despite their efforts to do better as a team tonight, Masada and Hernandez were working even better as a unit and controlled most of the match. However, TJ Wilson eventually got sick of this and pretty much just started doing his own thing. He really went nuts, hitting all sorts of high risk offense. He even appeared to be showing off a bit near the end and acted as if Smith wasn’t there for the most part.

Eventually Wilson showed off a lot less and got a bit more serious. Smith was definitely more about teamwork and seriousness. Near the end, Wilson started showing off a bit more. He knocked Hernandez, who was not the legal man and was standing on the outside, to the floor with a dropkick. He then nailed Masada with a Rolling Stampede and ended the match.

Winners: The Stampede Bulldogs

Styles: I can’t say that The Stampede Bulldogs showcased a lot of teamwork, but their strategy worked well enough to get them the win from one of the top teams in the FWE.

[Quinn says: The Chosen looked strong early on, but not so much at the end, which kind of bothers me. Wilson was great here and carried this match. Overall good stuff.]

Rating: ***1/2

BJ Whitmer vs. Davey “Crossfire” Richards (w/ Jimmy Hart)

Davey Richards came out first as Joey put him over as one of the future major stars of the FWE. He said that a win tonight would do wonders for his career.

BJ Whitmer came out looking hurt and clutching his ribs.

Styles: Fans… I’m getting word that BJ Whitmer was attacked backstage just moments before this match. It looks as though David Andrews was the culprit. I don’t know if the rest of The Brotherhood was behind the attacks. But from what I’m hearing, after his attacker or attackers left, he got up and came out here, so what we’re hearing about literally just happened and Whitmer is still going to wrestle. This man is dead serious about competing!

Because of Whitmer’s injury, Richards dominated for almost the entire match. While other guys earlier in the show had been using restholds, Richards was much for fierce here and laid on a tremendous beating to Whitmer’s ribs, with almost all of his offense aimed at the stomach, including reverse backbreakers and a few spears.

Styles: Davey Richards is being relentless!

BJ Whitmer was finally able to make a comeback after countering out of a suplex and nailing an exploder that only got two. Whitmer kept control of the match, but it was short-lived. Richards reversed a whip into the ropes and nailed Whitmer in the gut on the way back, sending BJ flipping into the air. Richards continued his assault. He set Whitmer up on the ropes facing the fans, ran up to him, and then hit a lung blower.

Styles: That is it!

Richards made the cocky cover and won the match.

Winner: Davey “Crossfire” Richards

Styles: It was a valiant effort by BJ Whitmer, but it looks as though it was just a matter of Davey Richards finishing the job that David Andrews started. Even so, this will completely deflate BJ Whitmer’s momentum. We talk a lot about momentum here in the FWE, but in a promotion like this, you need big wins, consistent wins, or both to compete at the top. And while this does a lot for Richards, David Andrews has just screwed Whitmer out of any momentum he had coming out of Evolution. And for a guy as angry and competitive as BJ Whitmer, you can bet he’s going to be as pissed off as he can be at Andrews.

[Quinn says: Story circumstances drag this one down a bit, as Whitmer couldn’t really go all the way. But also once again, these guys make the best of it, utilizing great timing to pump the fans up. Whitmer and Richards’ ability to make us believe that BJ would manage to pull the win out made this one as good as it was, but they didn’t really get that point across until the home stretch. Before that, the outcome just seemed inevitable. So we’ll say that at least half of those stars came from the superman ending, with the other *1/2 coming from the rest.]

Rating: ***

The Towers vs. Vader and Josh Daniels

Luger got on the mic and said that Abdullah wasn’t anywhere to be seen tonight because he and Windham ran him off. Windham added that they had better start being respected for the legends they were or else they would make examples out of others like they did with Abdullah.

Luger and Windham managed to isolate Daniels early on. Daniels was fighting hard, but The Towers used their size to really pound on him.

Joey put both men over as legitimate legends and said that their complaining probably wasn’t helping out any.

Styles: They obviously can still compete in the ring and if they would just shut up and wrestle like they are now, they probably would be up higher on the card.

Daniels finally got the hot tag to Vader. Vader came in and destroyed The Towers. Luger was again selling like a madman and Windham was doing quite well himself. They eventually managed to chop Vader down to size and worked over his legs. It was now Vader who was in need of the hot tag. He eventually got it, but when he did, Daniels was already tired from his previous beating and didn’t have a lot left in the tank. He was actually doing a really good job, using his speed to his advantage, which got the crowd going nuts, but Windham nailed a decapitating clotheline, which set up the Doomsday Device. Windham made the pin and won the match.

Winners: The Towers

Styles: The Towers have shown why they are legends, now they just need to shut their mouths and continue to do it!

Abdullah the Butcher all of a sudden came into the ring and started to attack Luger. Windham’s back was turned because he was celebrating, but when he saw, he tried to pull him off. Luger was screaming in panic, yelling “Get him off! Get him off!” as Abdullah tried to choke him.

All of a sudden, Dan Maff ran into the ring with a chair and blasted Abdullah.

Styles: What the hell is Dan Maff doing here?

The Towers looked completely shocked as they watched Maff destroy Abdullah with the chair.

Styles: I think Lex Luger and Barry Windham are just as surprised as we are. What business is this of Maff’s or The Chosen’s?

Maff continued the beatdown for quite some time and no cops came down to the ring.

Styles: Every other time that Dan Maff has appeared in this ring, he has been arrested, but there are no police right now and I do not like the looks of that one bit.

Maff finally threw the chair down on Abdullah and left the ring, leaving The Towers, the fans, and Joey Styles perplexed.

[Quinn says: Well, Luger has shown us that his last performance was no accident, as he sold like crazy again. From what I’ve been reading, he was worried his career wouldn’t ever get another wind and Flair gave him a bit of a pep talk. From what has been coming out of the newsletters, Flair has been mentoring a lot of the young guys; I just thought it was interesting he was helping out some of the older ones as well. Anyways, the match was good, this time due to The Towers more than anyone else. Daniels did well, but I wasn’t a fan of the Vader-in-peril sequence. Give that one to the better wrestler. This is what Scott Keith would call “perfectly acceptable wrestling,” I guess.]

Rating: **3/4

Colt Cabana vs. Doug Williams

Joey welcomed Tracy Smothers to the announcing booth, saying that they were going to get a wrestler’s expert opinion on some of the issues with Colt Cabana. Joey put Colt Cabana over huge, congratulating him for becoming more serious, but said his means in doing so were shady at best. He still wondered what his real motives were.

Both men struggled to gain the upperhand right away. Williams was first to gain control, but that was short-lived, as Cabana, also well-versed in the European style, reversed some of Williams’ holds to hit a brutal german suplex.

Cabana then started using a lot of Punk’s signature offense, utilizing face washes, a shining wizard, a pedigree set-up into a backbreaker, among a lot of other smaller, subtler moves.

Joey said it appeared as though Cabana was merely being cocky, but Smother disagreed.

Smothers: The thing is, Joey, Doug Williams is no slouch. This guy is one of the best in the world. Top ten right now, maybe. That’s why he’s in the FWE. So if you’re Colt Cabana and you want to make Punk mad by stealing his offense, you don’t do it against a guy like Doug because if you haven’t mastered that arsenal and style of moves, Doug’s gonna take you down. So what I see, as a professional wrestler with 24 years experience, is someone who is the master of the style he’s doing. This guy—and I’m not saying he isn’t playing mind games to an extent—but this guy knows this style. I don’t think he just wants to make Punk mad and is being cocky. He’s showing Punk and the rest of the world that he is better than being CM Punk than CM Punk is. That’s a little bit more than being cocky.

Styles: It’s hard to argue with that.

Just as he said this, Cabana went for a second shining wizard, but Williams grabbed his leg, rolled over, and locked in a single-leg boston crab.

Smothers: That’s what I’m talking about when I say Doug’s one of the ten best.

Williams dominated for quite a while until he and Colt did a long series of reversals that ended with Cabana nailing the Pepsi Twist.

Styles: Colt Cabana has integrated Punk’s offense in with his own arsenal so naturally, that someone who is not familiar with either man’s work would not know the difference.

Cabana then worked on the neck for a bit and eventually locked in the Anaconda Vice. Williams held on for a little while, but had to tap out.

Winner: Colt Cabana

[Quinn says: Great stuff here and I’m glad these two finally locked up. I wonder how long they have been setting this up because Styles is right in how Cabana has laced Punk’s offense in with his own so naturally. Although there could be a lot of truth in how two guys who train and have wrestled with each other so much are going to almost naturally be somewhat in synch with each other. But as far as the match goes, it was nice to see so much protection with Williams. He could have went away looking weak to sell the fact that Cabana’s new offense is so devastating. But Cabana and Williams take a different route. Instead of having Williams get beaten easily to make Cabana’s offense look good, they make Williams look strong so that when Cabana hits anything crucial (which always happened to be the Punk offense), Cabana’s new offense looks very effective as a result. So Williams looks good and Cabana’s new offense does too. And Cabana laced his old offense in with the new so well that his old stuff doesn’t look weak in comparison. Just a wonderfully wrestled match.]

Rating: ****

CM Punk Confronts Colt

CM Punk came down to the ring with a mic as Colt Cabana was catching his breath. Williams rolled out of the ring and walked away, not wanting in on this mess.

Styles: CM Punk doesn’t look angry, but he definitely has something to say.

Punk: First off, Cabana, let me congratulate you on your win. Because you earned it.

Cabana gave a half-hearted smile.

Punk: Let me also congratulate you for putting up this façade for so long. You play a good boy scout, Colt, but I know that you were in this for a cheap gain. And you earned it, buddy. So bravo, big man.

Punk sarcastically clapped.

Punk: Let me get one thing straight, though. You won and I won’t dispute that. But I know what you’re doing. I’ve heard you in the back. You can gloat about winning and I’m okay with that. But don’t ever say that you are better at doing what I do. Don’t try to steal my identity, Colt. You may get lucky by catching me off guard by using my own offense. And you may beat other guys using my offense. But you will never take everything that I have worked to create. Not without a fight.

Cabana laughed as he asked for a mic and received one.

Cabana: Stole what you created, huh? Why is it then, Punk, that every time you knew you needed a new big move, you came to me? Remember when the Texas Cloverleaf wasn’t working out too well and you went to me to ask about a new finisher? What did I say? Did I say, “Hey, what about this thing called the Anaconda Vice?” Or did I say that I was working on this thing called the Anaconda Vice? And when one day before a show, when I gave you a look at a move I was doing to replace the frog splash… what was that move anyways? Oh yeah, it was the original Colt 45. I think you call it the Pepsi Plunge now.

Cabana paced around a bit before talking.

Cabana: Almost everything that you do, I suggested to you or you stole it from me. Almost everything. That’s why I’m so good at it, Punk. Everything you do comes from what I think is effective—it comes from my mind. And what I think is effective are things that I am good at doing. Your style came from me. And I’m taking it back and making it better. Tonight, I locked on the best Anaconda Vice that has ever been locked on in this ring. Inescapable. You can’t do that, Punk, because you’re only okay. I’m sick of you being only okay with an arsenal that I created.

Punk: Are you going to do this all day?

Cabana looked bitterly pissed off.

Punk: All I hear from your mouth, Colt, is a bunch of whining. Okay, did you suggest a few moves for me? Yeah, you did. But I didn’t steal anything and you know it. Why the hell would you even call a move like the Pepsi Plunge the Colt 45? I’ve spent a long time trying to figure out if you’re just a liar or if you actually believe that I deserve what you’re doing. But this seals it, Colt. You’re fucked in the head.

The crowd cheered.

Cabana: It’s for reasons like this that I did what I did. Your ego. But look where we’re at. I got a huge match tonight and you got nothing. Where’s your match, Punk? Where’s your opportunity? It’s nowhere. And you won’t be getting any. Because if I do everything better than you, then you’re obsolete.

Punk: You think you have a better Anaconda Vice?

Cabana: You saw what I did.

Punk: Let’s see. Put down your mic. Let’s see who does a better Vice.

Both men dropped their mics and started doing some amateurish wrestling. They both struggled for a little while trying to lock the hold on. Punk got it in barely at one point, but Cabana forced out of it quickly. Cabana eventually struggled over to the turnbuckle while on the ground and slowly stood up. As Punk hammered his shoulders into Cabana’s midsection, Colt grabbed his face and lifted him up a bit. Colt then nailed an STO and strapped on the Anaconda Vice.

Styles: Colt Cabana has the Anaconda Vice on!

Punk struggled to the ropes, but when he got near, Cabana stood up with his hands still locked up into Punk in the Vice, lifted Punk up, and hit a Downward Spiral-like move. When Cabana landed the move, the Vice was automatically locked in because he never let it go.

Styles: There aren’t any roped breaks because this isn’t a match, but this is a matter of pride!

Cabana wrapped his legs around one of Punk’s, leaving little chance for mobility. Punk struggled to stay away for a while, but Cabana synched the Vice on tighter and tighter. Punk’s face began to turn red and spit started dribbling down from his mouth as he yelled. After a while, his yells decreased as he began to lose consciousness. Eventually Punk passed out.

Styles: CM Punk has passed out!

Cabana let the hold go and looked down at a red-face, passed out CM Punk

Styles: Tracy Smothers, do you ever recall CM Punk making anyone pass out to the Vice?

Smothers: Not that I’ve seen.

Styles: Colt Cabana came out here saying that he was the master of the Anaconda Vice and he may have just proven it!

Colt looked down a bit longer at Punk, laughed a little, and then left the ring.

Rating: 94

Jushin Liger vs. Jack Evans

Joey thanked Tracy Smothers as Smothers left the announce booth.

Liger had on the black and white outfit again as Joey wondered if he had the facepaint on.

Liger destroyed Evans for the first half of this match. He ended up hitting the palm strike three times, and each time Evans sold it more extremely than the next.

When Evans did eventually gain control after a headscissors, he kept looking down the aisle, as if expecting something.

Styles: If help isn’t on the way for Evans, it looks like it was meant to be.

This reaction from Evans was only momentary and it appeared as though he quickly understood that what he expected to happen was not going to happen. He kept on hitting high risk offense. He kept control for a little while and got cockier and cockier as time went on (at one point he yelled, “Konnichiwa, bitch!”). His big mistake though was when he got too risky. He threw Liger to the outside and went for the flying space tiger drop to the outside into a hurricanrana. However, Liger caught him in the hurricanrana portion and powerbombed him on the outside.

Styles: Jushin Liger just planted Jack Evans to the ground!

Liger drug Evans to the ring and hit a brainbuster followed by a Ligerbomb for the win.

Winner: Jushin Liger

Styles: Jushin Liger has stood up to The Chosen and regained some of his dignity!

[Quinn says: Jack Evans’ unbelievable offense makes this more than a glorified squash. Liger was on and if the “rumors” about him retiring are true, then maybe that explains how he’s trying to go all out. I’m not sure I buy it, but as far as this match went, it was pretty good and a bit of a step up from their last go, with Evans getting in more offense.]

Rating: ***

After the commercial break, Don Callis was yelling at Chris Jericho backstage.

Callis: The deal was that you would help Evans get the win. None of the other guys were ready. We were prepared for you.

Jericho: Circumstances changed.

Callis: What circumstances?!

Jericho ignored the question.

Jericho: If he was your golden boy, maybe he should have gotten the win himself.

Callis: This is ridiculous!

Jericho grabbed Callis by the shirt collar.

Jericho: Do you want me in your little group or what?

Callis: Look, look. Jericho… this is all going to be okay. I just need you to trust me. Just do what I say.

Jericho: I want what you promised. I want that title.

Callis: And you’ll get it, okay? Smooth sailing from here on out.

Jericho let him go.

Callis: We screwed this up. We screwed this up. Let’s admit that, okay?

Jericho didn’t respond.

Callis: Good enough. We can rebound. You’ll get what I promised. This isn’t a big deal. But you have to do what I say. That’s part of the deal. Okay?

Jericho: I’m not messing around anymore.

Callis: And neither am I.

Jericho: You have a deal. But if you don’t live up to your end of the bargain…

Callis: Don’t worry.

Jericho walked out and Callis called out to him.

Callis: I said don’t worry!

The Trinity Attack Ric Flair

Ric Flair came to the ring. He did his usual bit and said that he should be wrestling tonight. He said that wrestling was a part of who he was and if he had the belt, he should be wrestling every night.

Finally, The Trinity (Michael Modest, John Walters, and Chad Collyer) came to the ring.

Modest mockingly commended his noble words. He said that Flair was trying to hold onto the belt for as many weeks as possible.

Modest: I saw something in your eyes last Sunday, Flair. I saw fear. You know your time is about up and you know who is going to dethrone you. I don’t believe for a second that you didn’t talk one of your buddies in the back into making sure you stayed off the card. You’re a scared old man, Flair. That’s all you are anymore. You got lucky, but you know luck can only get you so far.

Flair: I got cut the same deal your boys did and that was a day off for having the title. I want fight, Modest. I want to fight anyone that deserves a shot at this. But the more you talk, the more I’d rather fight you instead.

Styles: Ouch!

Modest: I do deserve a shot, Flair. I believe in giving people what they deserve. And I believe you have been deserving something for a long time. Everyone deserves to go out with some dignity. And to be defeated by me, well Flair, no one’s going to look down on you.

Flair: I’ve won a lot titles and I’ve lost just as many.

He looked at his belt and then smiled.

Flair: Almost just as many. But the thing about the Nature Boy is that he keeps coming back for more. I can’t do this forever. I know that. I’ve seen a lot of my colleagues come and go. But remember this, Modest. Wrestling is about what’s in here.

He pointed to his head.

Flair: It’s about what you do more than how you do it. It’s about your will! And I’m not going to get beaten by you. Every title I’ve held in the past ten years, I’ve treated like my last. I don’t know if this is my last time, but I won’t let someone like you take the last one from me. Not you, Modest. Because you’re an ingrate. And I’m not going to let an ingrate be the last guy to beat me. A lot of guys have beaten me for my titles. Harley Race, Barry Windham, Dusty Rhodes, Sting, Randy Savage, legend! I respect those men. But I don’t respect you, Modest. And out of all of those men who have beaten me, you don’t deserve to be the last one to take me down. Not you, Modest. I won’t let it…

Modest had had enough. He blasted Flair with the mic and all three members started kicking Flair on the ground. Realizing they didn’t have much time until someone came down to help, Collyer and Walters nailed the Guillotine Drop, and they took off as Stryker, Pawluk, Parker, and Williams came to the rescue.

Rating: 84

Death Match: Necro Butcher (w/ Don Callis) vs. Brock Lesnar

The ropes had barbed wire wrapped thickly around it. On one side of the ring was five boards covered with barbed wire and on another was a long sandbox looking object with a sheet of glass on top. Another side had a bed of nails and the last had two tables set up side-by-side with tacks strewn all about.

Styles: This may be the most brutal match I have ever had the opportunity to call, fans. And I’m not sure how exactly I feel about that, to be honest.

Brock Lesnar came out first in his normal attire: just his tights. Joey talked about how much of a bad ass Brock was for not wearing protective clothing or bringing a weapon. As Lesnar approached the ring, he took a look at the boards covered in barbed wire. He looked a little worried, but mostly he looked ready to hurt someone. Joey said he couldn’t recall ever seeing Brock look this cautious.

Necro Butcher came out second with Don Callis far behind him. Callis didn’t even get close to the ring, out of fear of getting hurt by anything surrounding the ring. Butcher had a baseball bat wrapped in barbed wire and ran into the ring. As soon as he entered the ring, he started hitting Brock’s arms and back with the bat.

Styles: Necro Butcher is starting this one right away!

Lesnar didn’t retaliate at first, he just tried to protect himself as much as possible. Butcher kept on trying to go for a head shot, but Lesnar would block with his arms, which were drawing some major blood.

Brock instinctively wanted to retreat to the ropes, but of course this was a bad idea because of the barbed wire. He did get pretty close though.

Styles: Butcher’s knocking Brock Lesnar back closer and closer to the barbed wire ropes.

However, as soon as Brock was really close, he ducked a swing and lifted Butcher up and onto the barbed wire ropes.

Styles: Necro Butcher fell face first onto the barbed wire!

Lesnar immediately put Butcher in a full nelson and started to scrape his face into the barbed wire. He then dragged Butcher into the middle of the ring and nailed a huge dragon suplex. He then screamed loudly and played to the fans. Callis was back by the entrance going nuts

Styles: Brock Lesnar is on fire!

Lesnar got behind Butcher and hit some stiff forearms to the face. He then motioned to the plate of glass and the fans cheered wildly. Bock guerilla pressed Butcher and launched him out of the ring. Butcher landed on his back and glass flew everywhere (fortunately, FWE security had made fans back up moments before the move). Brock went outside of the ring to continue punishment, but as he went to pick Butcher up, Butcher grabbed a big piece of broken glass and started to carve up Brock’s forehead. Brock tried to back up, but Butcher held onto the back of his head and continued to cut him.

Styles: Necro Butcher is relentless!

Finally Brock just grabbed Butcher’s arm, lifted him up, and launched him into the steel steps. They were now near the boards with barbed wire, which was right by the entrance. Brock tried to piledrive Butcher onto the boards, but Butcher reversed the move and backdropped Brock onto the bare ground. Butcher then tried to suplex Brock into the barbed wire, but Brock blocked the move, turned over, and went for a suplex of his own. But Butcher blocked this one as well. Joey put over his recent attentiveness to pure wrestling and wondered if he would have blocked this move a few months ago.

Joey spoke just in time, because Butcher astonishingly pulled a northern suplex out of nowhere and planted Lesnar on the barbed wire. Lesnar’s eyes lit up in horror as he was surrounded by barbed wire. Butcher got up on the apron and then hit a Cactus Jack-style elbow drop.

Styles: Necro Butcher is crazy! He nailed the elbow drop, but put himself in barbed wire in order to do so!

Butcher started to throw a wild series of punches at Lesnar in the barbed wire. Lesnar didn’t look like he wanted to move, but he fought back. Finally the two got up on their feet and were standing in the wire. They were both nailing a flurry of punches, draped in blood.

Styles: You can’t even tell whose blood is whose anymore!

Butcher eventually got the upperhand. He threw the barbed wire and boards into the ring and dragged Lesnar in with him. He continued his assault, using the wire as a weapon. He then set up one of the boards in a corner. He tried to whip Brock into it, but Brock reversed it and sent Lesnar into the barbed wire and board. Lesnar launched him so hard that Butcher flipped forward and landed on the back of his head.

Styles: These men are out to kill each other!

Both men brawled around the ring for a little while, utilizing the boards and wire. The match eventually spilled out near the board of long nails. There wasn’t a lot to do with this other than scrape each other’s foreheads onto the nails. At one point, Butcher did take a backdrop onto the nails, but it was a bit contrived-looking.

The fight spilled back into the ring where they went for a few pins and teased the big bump onto the tables with tacks. Brock showed off a bit more of his wrestling background here to control the match. The culmination of this saw Brock up on the turnbuckle with Butcher. Brock was trying to suplex Butcher at an angle to the outside onto the tables. However, Butcher was blocking the suplex. Butcher then managed to deliver a few punches at Brock and pushed him backwards, sending both men spilling onto the tables.

Tacks flew everywhere. Both men struggled to stand up and started to brawl. They had tacks sticking all over the place. Butcher most noticeably had tacks in his hair, face, and left arm. Brock’s chest, right arm, and right leg were covered. Part of his right arm was practically coated.

Styles: This is one of the sickest things I have ever seen.

Butcher then found the bat right next to him, picked it up with both hands, and plowed Butcher right in the face with it. In a few second, Callis came up to him with a stick wrapped in a cloth. He told Butcher to get Brock in the ring. All three men stood in the ring and Callis gave Butcher the stick.

Styles: Is that… I think Necro Butcher is going to burn Brock’s face!

Callis then got out a lighter and lighter fluid and lit the torch. He then got the hell out of the ring.

Brock slowly got up, not aware of what was going on and Butcher drank some fluid and blew fire in Brock’s face. Brock’s arms flailed in total confusion and shock as he dropped to the floor, clutching at his face.

Butcher then grabbed a broken barbed wired board and dragged it in the middle of the ring. He set Brock up for the Tigerbomb and nailed the move on the wire. He made the pin and got the victory.

Winner: Necro Butcher

Callis ran in the ring with a huge smile on his face. Butcher looked like he was possessed as he stared at Lesnar’s bloody, immobile body.

Styles: This is one of the most brutal, horrible things I have ever seen. Necro Butcher has destroyed Brock Lesnar, and Dan Maff… Dan Maff is in the FWE. This is… this is just horrible, fans.

The cameras got a close-up of Callis’ evil grin and Butcher’s emotionless, bloody face.

[Quinn says: There was a bit of something here for ultraviolent fans and wrestling fans. Lesnar brought the wrestling and Butcher did a bit too. They also teased some of the spots, which brought some psychology to the table. And the brutality was there. I never thought I’d see Brock take the bumps he did. Meltzer reported that he got a huge bonus for this one, and now I understand why. I hope Butcher did too, though, because he was just as crazy. Even though it was brutal and great, it was kind of like a great action flick: intense and crazy, but not Shakespeare. They jumped right into the big bumps instead of building up to them. I was kind of hoping for a bit more of a build-up to the first big bump, but instead, it was like any typical Death Match. All in all, this was a fun match. If you’re not an ultraviolent fan, it’s not a must, but totally worth a look because of the psychology. But if you don’t mind that kind of stuff, this is a must-see. To a point, it’s about perspective. On the Death Match scale, this was probably *****.]

Rating: ***3/4

Overall Rating: 77

Coming Up: More FWE goodness, the last backstages segment ever, information on the format this diary will take into the future, and a healthy dose of surprises (I hope).

Plus, will there be comments? You be the judge!

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I talked to Eddie after the Death Match. The FWE had really taken off and in the months it turned into something more than just personal pleasure. Old School was starting to see it as a profit machine. Still, he wanted to be entertained. That was the bottom line.

So when Eddie came up to me after the show, I was a bit concerned. Ultraviolence wasn’t necessarily his cup of tea. But like many times before, he surprised me.

“John, I like what you’ve been doing.”

“Hey, thanks, Eddie.”

“And I want you to know that I want you to keep on doing it. Do you understand?”

I didn’t entirely understand, but I had learned it was best sometimes just to humor him. “Yeah. I’m not going anywhere.”

Eddie gave me this knowing smile, as if to tell me that it was okay that I didn’t understand now.

That night, Eddie stayed up and talked for a long time with Flair. Then he went home and in the morning, he was found dead.

-

“Son of a bitch.” Ted was about ready to have a nervous breakdown, which was typical.

We had all been mourning, but our mourning also had a lot of tensions mixed in.

“You know,” Ted said. “Once this gets out, we could be in serious trouble.”

The extent to which I understood Eddie’s business was small. I knew that each guy who signed onto the FWE was promised something. For instance, Liger had always wanted to wrestle for the WWE and when his time was up, he would get just that. Lesnar was set for a deal with the UFC and Jericho’s band was in line for a big record contract. Eddie was a very influential man. Or as Ted put it, he had a lot of people’s balls in a vice.

The only other two things that I knew were that even though Eddie was feared, he was just as well liked; he also had been scaling back on the risky business over the years in preparation for his death. Since he had no living relatives, Ted was set to take over his business and Ted had no interest in being a mob boss.

“Why are we in trouble?” I said. “I thought Eddie cleared up all of the dirty business.”

“He did,” Ted said. “But what about this stupid wrestling promotion?”

“What do you mean?” I said. “This is legitimate.”

“Oh, legitimate, my ass. Think about it. If we were legitimate, do you think Chris Jericho or Brock Lesnar would be with us? Do you think these all of guys would have written contracts? Ric Flair is the only legitimate guy on this roster. He’s the only one who did it as a favor. We owe each one of those guy’s something and each one of those somethings were dependent on the fact that this promotion had the fear and respect that came from Old School Eddie. And that’s gone. No fear, no respect: no payoffs. And with no payoffs, comes something bad. Brock just went through hell. It took us weeks to convince him to do that match and it was all because we had promised him a prime spot in the UFC. A few matches would be thrown and the guy would be a huge prospect in the MMA business. And what if Dana White decides that he wants to keep the integrity he has in his sport by not throwing a match? What are we going to do? I’m a lawyer, not a mob boss. Maybe I could write him a convincing letter using legal talk.” Ted lowered his head and looked up at me after a few seconds. “You see what I mean? These guys might honor their promises, but what is stopping them from not?”

“Respect?”

“Maybe. There are a lot of shitty people in this world though. And Eddie was one of them, so, you know…”

“What do you mean Eddie was one of them?”

“Eddie did a lot of good things in his later life, kid. But not before that.”

“Oh.”

“Yeah, so… I guess I’ll get in contact with everyone and see if they’re still on board. I guess you can pack up and end this whole thing.”

“What?”

“You have no obligations. I know a lot about wrestling because I had to before, but I hate it. So I’m closing the FWE. What’s the point?”

“Eddie said he wanted me to keep it going.”

“Oh, come on, kid.”

“That’s what he said.”

“He said that because that’s Eddie. You know that by now. He’s a dreamer. He wanted you to keep his dream alive, but here’s the reality of the situation: if we don’t have him, we can’t take anymore shortcuts.”

“Okay, no shortcuts.”

“You have to be kidding me.”

“We keep everyone on board that we can and we go on legitimately from here on out. I’ll take care of everything. You just do business stuff and take in half the money.”

“Half?”

“That’s a lot of money for what you’ll be doing.”

“75%.”

“55.”

“70.”

“60, Ted. You’ll get 60%, alright? For doing the books.”

Ted smiled. “Eddie was right. You are kind of like him.”

-

As it stood, everyone was still on board. All of the promises were kept in tact and all of the wrestlers agreed to stay. Some even said they would stay without the promise. Sam and Derrin were also still training in the development camp.

The big deal was how Vince McMahon and Dixie Carter still wanted to maintain a working relationship, which essentially meant that they would stay true to their word in keeping a few promises and also that they would honor one or two agreements they had made a month ago. It was big time stuff and some of our biggest angles down the road relied on them wanting to work with us.

But once those promises were honored, we were done with them. Vince was especially firm about that, while Carter looked a little more relieved just to not be involved with us anymore.

The bottom line was that even though these few promises were big deals, we were largely independent for the first time ever. The adventure was just beginning.

[so that’s it for John’s narrative story. I’ll keep you updated on what is “happening” backstage, but much in the same way that we find out what’s happening in promotions in real life. I might introduce a dirt sheet-like column to the diary to make the outside world a little more fully realized, much in the same way I use the podcast show.

So we most likely won’t be hearing from John as a first-person character again (but who knows?). Ted will remain the on-air FWE president and Derrin and Sam will make their way in the ring if circumstances allow it.

My original plan was to kill Eddie off once Flair retired or became a non-wrestler in my game. That hasn’t happened yet and I mostly made this transition early because I wanted to make a clean break from the story aspect of the diary. Again, I wanted to do this because I felt too much attention was being drawn to the story. I like the story and it has helped dictate the wrestling show, but ultimately I wanted the focus to be 100% on the wrestling and I felt that this was not happening. I hope that the current format will keep that backstage world alive and keep all of the focus on the FWE.

So the new format consists of the wrestling shows, the podcasts, the dirt sheet internet reports, and the occasional FWE news report.

I hope you’ve been enjoying the diary as much as I have. And, as always, I’m eager to know what you think of recent developments, so don’t hesitate to leave feedback. As of writing, the number of views is at about 1,500, which tells me that people are reading. I greatly appreciate that and, like I said, I hope you have been enjoying everything so far. Some of the things in the coming months should be pretty wild, so I hope you’re on board. (Y)

-Plankton]

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FWE Podcast Show:

A picture of Old School was shown with “RIP 1922-2006” written underneath.

Styles: Welcome, fans, to the FWE Podcast. Tonight, we have a lot to talk about and we’ll be joined by FWE President Ted Dillard, who will be commenting on the Jushin Liger retirement comment made by Don Callis and we’ll also have Colt Cabana on the show. But first, let’s talk about Dan Maff. Dan Maff is in the FWE thanks to Necro Butcher’s win against Brock Lesnar last night in what was one of the most brutal matches I have ever seen in my life. Is this a good thing or a bad thing for the FWE, Kevin Kelly?

Kelly: It is not good. No doubt. And I think when you consider the fact that Maff took out Abdullah the Butcher, someone who FWE officials have been looking to reprimand, just last night—well, the whole thing just stinks.

Smothers: I don’t know if we should read into the whole Abdullah incident too much.

Kelly: What business would he have had? Look, even if there was no agreement, it looks bad. We can all agree on that?

Smothers: Okay, it looks bad. But so what? Who really cares? The press isn’t breathing down the company’s neck. Dan Maff is a bad guy. That’s something we can all agree on. But I’m just not convinced enough people who actually matter also care. How many people came to the ring on the outside of the building during Evolution just to see his match with Lesnar? The fans obviously are not turning away and I don’t see anyone else who matters that has a problem with it.

Styles: Let’s not breeze through this Maff/Abdullah incident though. What are the theories here?

Kelly: I know I’m not alone in this, but I believe that Don Callis cut a deal with the FWE. His stipulation he created for that Death Match was a little shaky and I think he bargained to keep it as long as Maff took Abdullah out for the officials in the back.

Smothers: What’s the word on Abdullah’s condition anyways?

Styles: His future is doubtful. Maff swung pretty hard with those chairshots, but Abdullah can withstand a lot of punishment. After so many years though, this might have been the final straw that broke the camel’s back. But that’s all we know right now.

Kelly: But the thing to remember is that Maff was out to take Abdullah out and he may very well have done that.

Smothers: I think The Chosen are just trying to stay dominant. Nothing more than that.

Styles: Speaking of The Chosen, they took a big blow last night. Chris Jericho lost against Matt Stryker and Jack Evans lost against Jushin Liger in what will be the last matches in their feud. Jericho has a chance to rebound, as he will wrestle an old rival next week, Juventud Guerrera. But here’s the big news I want to talk about: Don Callis said that Jushin Liger may be retiring. Right now we have FWE President Ted Dillard to discuss these claims.

Ted joined the three.

Styles: Welcome to the show, Mr. Dillard.

Ted: Thanks.

Styles: So what the fans want to know is are these claims legitimate.

Ted: Well, Joey, this is really unfortunate that this has to be announced like this. Jushin and I talked a few weeks ago and he expressed an interest in declaring semi-retirement. However, he wanted to put this feud with The Chosen behind him so that he could spend his last month wrestling a variety of opponents of his choosing. Among those was Chris Jericho, because believe me, he has a tremendous amount of respect for his talent, but because of Don Callis’ lack of respect, Jericho will not be granted the opportunity to be a part of the Jushin Liger Farewell Tour.

Styles: Based on his reaction last night, do you think he would even want to?

Ted: I guarantee you that this Farewell Tour will go down in history and the fact that Jericho will not be a part of that will mean something to him.

Styles: Can you give us the details about this Tour?

Ted: Definitely. Jushin Liger will wrestle one match each week on Chaos TV, culminating to our next arena event, End of Days on December 31, where he will wrestle the last match in the tour.

Styles: And who will his opponents be?

Ted: Next week he will wrestle his friend and partner, Matt Stryker. His other opponents are under negotiation, although Liger has expressed a great interest in many young men who he has never had the opportunity to wrestle. What we do know is that none of The Chosen will be invited.

Styles: And after that, Jushin Liger will be done with the FWE?

Ted: We’re not ruling anything out, but he won’t be an active wrestler, no.

Styles: I think I know what you’re going to say, but can we get any word on the Dan Maff situation?

Ted: No comment, Joey.

Styles: Okay, well, thank you for joining us.

Ted: My pleasure.

Ted walked off.

Smothers: You should have pressured him more, Joey.

Styles: I’m not here to start any trouble. I’m just here to ask questions. But let’s jump right back into what we were just talking about: Chris Jericho vs. Juventud Guerrera. A win here will do a lot for both men. Jericho needs to regain his momentum and, for an accomplished wrestler like Juventud Guerrera, a victory over Chris Jericho could catapult him into the main event. So who’s taking the win?

Smothers: Chris Jericho. He’s more accomplished, not only in the FWE, but the world.

Kelly: I think Juventud’s going to win. It’s true that Chris Jericho has accomplished more, but Guerrera has still done a lot in this sport, so that’s not too much of a factor, I don’t think. What is a major factor is the fact that Chris Jericho is frustrated, angry, and not feeling cooperative among his stablemates. Guerrera is riding a wave of momentum, albeit a small one, and I think he’s taking away the win Thursday night.

Styles: Let’s stick with predictions for now. Liger vs. Stryker was just announced as the Night 1 Match of Jushin Liger’s Farewell Tour; who’s winning?

Smothers: Liger. He’s more experienced and he’s going into this thing, I would think, wanting to sweep it. He wants to show the world that he is leaving on the top of his game.

Kelly: I have to agree. Stryker may have learned a lot working with Liger, but I don’t think it was enough to put the legend down just yet.

Styles: Another big match that was signed will pit Josh Daniels and Vader against the always impressive Onslaught Express. A victory for either team could put them in good standing for a title shot, so a lot is at stake.

Kelly: More and more, the Daniels/Vader tandem seems very shaky to me. Vader has yet to commit to the tag team fully, as he is waiting for his fulltime partner, Tony Kozina, to return, and Daniels is continually looking frustrated with his partner.

Smothers: Yeah. To say they are on different pages would be an understatement. One more loss and I think things are going to boil over.

Styles: Do you think that loss will happen Thursday night?

Smothers: I don’t know. They’re still a tough team. Parker and Pawluk rely so much on technical offense to take their opponents down, and someone as big as Vader may make that difficult. Couple that with the fact that Josh Daniels can go toe-to-toe with them in a technical match, this one could go either way.

Styles: Let’s talk more about technicians. Doug Williams vs. David Andrews has been signed for Chaos TV. Putting aside that topic of who will win, who do you guys think needs the win more Thursday night?

Smothers: Doug Williams. We’re talking about a main event caliber wrestler here. If you lose a few matches, your position is going to lower a bit. If you lose even one match against a rookie, your position is going to lower big time. Don’t expect a title shot anytime soon after that. For someone on such a high level as Doug Williams, every match counts and he is definitely not on a winning streak. I don’t know if he’s lost enough matches to say he’s on a significant losing streak, but a few more losses could put him in that position. A rookie like David Andrews needs wins to rise up the ladder, but can also afford losses. He’s learning and the office knows that.

Kelly: I’m going to disagree. I think it’s a close call, but a guy like Doug Williams has proven himself. He can afford quite a few losses and officials still know that he is a top notch opponent. They can easily lose faith in someone unproven like David Andrews. Andrews needs wins or else the FWE will chose to invest in someone else. The same could be said for Doug Williams, but his record allows him more grace.

Styles: Good points from both sides. Let’s move on and talk about a huge match that was signed this morning for Chaos TV. With just a week’s rest in their system, Necro Butcher and Brock Lesnar will reenter the ring when Lesnar teams up with Bryan Danielson and Butcher teams up with Dan Maff to take each other on. Both Danielson and Lesnar have a grudge against Butcher now, and I’m sure there’s no love loss between Brock and Maff.

Kelly: This one is guaranteed to get crazy, Joey. But I’m curious to see how Maff will function in his first ever FWE match pairing up with The Chosen’s hired assassin. I’m also curious as to how the fiercely independent Brock Lesnar and Bryan Danielson will cooperate with each other. Both men have made it no secret that they’re out there to compete for themselves, so you have to wonder how happy they will be relying on one another.

Smothers: I think the hate they both have for the other men will override any pride. Danielson’s been in a bitter feud with Butcher for months and Brock Lesnar’s career has been put in jeopardy by both Maff and Butcher, so any pride issues they may have will be put aside.

Styles: What do you think about the decision to not give Butcher and Lesnar the night off after that hellacious Death Match?

Smothers: You know what? You’re here to compete, so you have to compete. A night off would be nice, but the FWE is fast-paced. And let’s face it; I don’t think Brock Lesnar would have it any other way. The guy thrives on competition and you know as well as I do that each night you don’t compete is one less chance at a big opportunity.

Styles: The FWE is certainly a place for big opportunities. And Thursday, a newcomer to the FWE will have a chance to make his name known. Apolo, who has wrestled for TNA, will debut against King Kong Bundy. What are his chances?

Kelly: Apolo is good, big, agile wrestle. But Bundy is a legend for a reason. He’s dominated for the majority of his career. I’ll be honest; I don’t know much about Apolo, but Bundy will be no walk in the park.

Smothers: King Kong Bundy hasn’t made much of an impact yet in the FWE, but I think Thursday could be his night. Officials are high on Apolo. They think he has what it takes to make it big here, so if Bundy crushes him, they’re going to have a whole new outlook on him. He knows this and I think he’ll pick up the win.

Styles: We’ll be seeing another veteran vs. young lion match on Thursday when we see the rematch of the very first FWE bout. BJ Whitmer is going to take on Mike Rotundo of The Brotherhood.

Kelly: This one should be good and I think we’ll see Mike Rotundo’s expertise come into play. Rotundo has, no doubt, been studying Whitmer over the months and that will come into play.

Smothers: I think Whitmer is just going to destroy him. Honest to God. Whitmer dealt with him in the past and I’m sure he’s not happy to have to be dealing with them some more. He wants his hands on David Andrews and that’s it. He’s going to use his body as a weapon and destroy Rotundo.

Styles: There are two more matches that we’re going to talk about and then we’ll get Colt Cabana on the show, so we need to get moving along. First, in our main event, we’ll see Ric Flair team up with The Stampede Bulldogs to take on The Trinity of Michael Modest, John Walters, and Chad Collyer. And to top things off, it was just announced this morning that The Bulldogs will get a shot at the tag titles at End of Days. And you have to wonder if a Heavyweight title shot is far behind for Michael Modest.

Kelly: This match will be crucial for Modest. If his team wins, I’d say he’s a lock for the shot. If his team loses, as long as he isn’t pinned, he still might be in good standing. But if Flair pins Modest, I would venture to guess that Michael Modest will not be in the main event at End of Days.

Styles: And considering that Flair has expressed strong resentment in wrestling Modest again, he should be gunning for him.

Smothers: Don’t forget about the heat between the Stampede Bulldogs and Walters and Collyer. The Bulldogs need to rebound and a win Thursday night might give them enough momentum going into that title match on December 31.

Styles: Very true. Before we run out of time though, let’s get to the next match. I can’t believe we’re getting this one free on TV; this is a huge one; Thursday night on Chaos TV we’ll get the chance to see Davey “Crossfire” Richards take on CM Punk.

Kelly: You’re right, Joey. This is huge. I wouldn’t be surprised if we saw this match-up in the main event some day. Crossfire may need a bit more seasoning, but he looks destined for the big one. I have to say though, despite his recent big wins, it’s going to stop here. CM Punk is one angry man and he has a lot to prove. This is his first match after his loss to Cabana and he’s going to come into this one with a lot of aggression.

Smothers: Again, Kevin, I disagree. Punk’s psyched out. Cabana knocked him out yesterday. Punk’s going into this one with no confidence. I don’t care what he says, but someone schooling you with your own finisher will take away all of your confidence. And not only is Richards coming off a lot of momentum, but he is good. Damn good. And don’t think that he’s going into this one without realizing Punk’s weakness. He’s paying Jimmy Hart for something, right?

Kelly: Okay, to say that most wrestlers would come into this with no confidence is probably right. But… CM Punk is not your average wrestler. There is no way that he isn’t coming into this one focused. The only way that he’s going to lose is if Colt Cabana interferes.

Smothers: Which he won’t. If Cabana’s entire motive is to show Punk that he isn’t as good as he thinks, then what good does it do to make sure he loses unfairly? Cabana knows that Punk is psyched out and he’s going to let that play out.

Kelly: So you don’t think he’ll do anything?

Smothers: No, I don’t.

Styles: Well, let’s just ask the man ourselves. Colt Cabana, welcome to the show.

Cabana came out looking very serious and didn’t respond to Joey verbally, just nodded.

Styles: Well, as we were just talking, Colt, is there any chance that you may interfere in CM Punk’s match Thursday night?

Cabana: First off, Joey, if I was, I wouldn’t be stupid enough to announce it in public. Second, I don’t need to make Punk lose. It’s not an issue of him being psyched out, because he’s not psyched out. He has been exposed for the fraud he is. I’m the real deal.

Styles: Colt, this is a very different side to you than we are used to seeing. For your entire career, you have been fun-loving, carefree, and a prankster. The Colt Cabana that we are seeing now—is this an act, or is this the real Cabana?

Cabana: Have you listened to anything I have had to say over the past few weeks, Joey Styles?

Styles: Yes, I’ve heard everything, and quite frankly, you’ve contradicted yourself and rambled on trying to justify your actions. And through it all, Colt, I’m still not sure what your motives are or where exactly you stand.

Cabana: For the first time in my career, I am being completely honest. CM Punk stole from me. He stole moves, he stole my opportunities—he stole my spot. “Fun-loving Colt Cabana” was a defense mechanism. It was me trying to put on a happy face. Look at my work over the years, Joey. Can you honestly say that I wasn’t over-compensating?

Styles: Well…

Cabana: Hey, look, I’m a fun guy. I like to have a good time. But because of Punk’s selfishness, he took that from me too. Deep down, I want to be goofy Colt Cabana, but I can’t if I am going to be honest.

Styles: Now, see, you’re contradicting yourself again…. Alright, let’s put a stop to this nonsense. Let’s talk about the fact that you gloated last night that you were booked on Chaos while CM Punk wasn’t. You claimed it was because FWE officials saw you as the real deal and CM Punk as second rate. This week on Chaos, you’re not booked and Punk is. What do you make of that?

Cabana: I asked not to be booked.

Styles: Why would you do that?

Cabana: Let’s just say that news about the Jushin Liger Farewell Tour broke out early in the back thanks to Callis. And I want my schedule free on Thursday to negotiate with the influential men and women of the FWE to be a part of the tournament.

Styles: You couldn’t do that with a match?

Cabana: I want my time completely freed up.

Smothers: You say a lot of stuff, Colt Cabana, but I know for a fact that you are gaining quite the reputation in the back for being a bit… inaccurate, if you will.

Cabana: I don’t care what people think. What matters is what I do in the ring. And like I said before, for the first time ever in my career, I am being honest, and that has just as much to do with what I say as it does what I do in the ring. I have hidden my true ability to protect and gratify my friend, but CM Punk has taken advantage of me one too many times. Plain and simple. If people don’t like that, if they think I am lying, I don’t care. This is me. This is Colt Cabana.

Styles: So what can we expect next from the real, liberated Colt Cabana?

Cabana: I am going to shatter CM Punk’s spirit. Just like he did mine. And when I’m done doing that, I’m taking myself and Don Juan to the top. I have plans, Joey. And I’m going to send a message right now to the entire roster. It may not be next month, and it may not even be half a year from now, but when I’m finally through with CM Punk, the title is mine. I want everyone on the roster to commit this to memory. Because when I finally do decide that I want that title, once I’m done with Punk, I’m coming at it full force. This warning won’t even be worth much of anything, other than to let whoever gets in my way know that there was nothing they could do to stop me.

Styles: Is it safe to say that you have a plan?

Cabana smiled.

Cabana: If the world of professional wrestling has learned anything about me in the past few weeks, it’s that I always have a plan a long time in advance, Joey.

Styles: Colt Cabana, thank you for coming on our show.

Cabana kind of glared at Joey and just walked off. Joey looked a bit awkward and there was an uncomfortable silence for a few seconds.

Styles: Um…. Well, fans, I apologize for getting so emotionally involved earlier. This situation with Colt Cabana and CM Punk is truly a sensitive issue and by the looks of it, it doesn’t look like it will be solved any time soon.

Kelly: Definitely not. Colt Cabana wants to take CM Punk out, but, by the sounds of it, not by a Loser Leaves Town Match or anything like that. He clearly wants to break his spirits, and a process like that isn’t a simple one.

Smothers: Especially when you’re talking about a guy like CM Punk. He has a lot of confidence and a loss here and there won’t go a long way. If Colt Cabana is serious about crushing his spirits… well, if he succeeds, that means CM Punk will be going through some major hell.

Styles: No arguments there. Fans, that’s all the time we have for tonight. Thanks for taking the time to download our program, and we’ll see you Thursday night on Chaos TV!

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Chaos TV

December 7, 2006

Miami, Florida

Joey Styles welcomed everyone to the show. He said that tonight was Night 1 of the Jushin Liger Farewell Tour. He said that it would be fans’ last and in some cases only chance to see Liger wrestle some of the best talent in the FWE.

Styles: Tonight we’ll be seeing Liger take on his friend Matt Stryker, and I’m also told tonight that many guys in the back are vying for additional spots in the tour since all matches will be announced tomorrow evening on the FWE Podcast Show. But right now let’s get to the ring!

Chris Jericho vs. Juventud Guerrera

Styles mentioned how the last place Chris Jericho wanted to be was the opening match.

While many people would probably predict that this match would be much like their old encounters in WCW, another large group of people would probably also argue that this would be much more technically-based. Both groups, however, would be somewhat on target. The first half of this match was very technical. Jericho controlled the match for the most part. Juventud would get in a little offense here and there, but it didn’t go very far for the most part.

The match’s pace picked up though once Juventud took control. Jericho seemed to be taking the match home and was laying on some heavy brawling offense. He eventually went for a powerbomb, but Juventud reversed it into a frankensteiner.

Guerrera then took control of the match and the bout then resembled some of their WCW matches in that it was quicker-paced and relied more on high risk offense, although it came mostly from Juventud than it did from Jericho.

Jericho eventually blocked a headscissors attempt by slamming Juvi face-first into the mat. Jericho then attacked Juventud’s legs, making it difficult for the high-flyer to go to the air. He followed this up by applying the Liontamer, which got him the win.

Winner: Chris Jericho

[Quinn: Great, great stuff. Jericho can do no wrong lately; he is on the roll of his career. The match was awesomely paced and they fit in some psychology building off of work they did with each other years ago, although they kept high spots to a minimum. This may go down as one of the best openers in wrestling history, but that’s something you can only really say after a few years have gone by.]

Rating: ****1/2

Josh Daniels and Vader vs. The Onslaught Express

Joey predicted that a win here for the Express could put them in good standing for a title shot and wondered if maybe they would get a chance to compete for the title before End of Days. He added that Daniels and Vader would probably need more than just one win before being considered for a shot since their record hasn’t been too great lately.

The Express dominated this match. Aside from the opening segment between Pawluk and Daniels, where Daniels looked really good, this was a glorified squash. Pawluk and Parker worked over Vader’s legs and Daniels’ shoulder. At one point Parker even targeted Daniels’ wrist, but it didn’t seem to go anywhere. Joey continuously put the Express over as a team that could dismantle any body part that looked vulnerable and added near the end of the match, during the wrist segment, that they could even take apart several body parts in the same match.

The match ended after Pawluk and Parker had Daniels in their camel clutch/boston crab combo for a full minute. During that entire minute, Vader was in the corner and refused to break the rules and disrupt the hold by coming in the ring untagged (something that none of the four competitors did all match).

Winner: The Onslaught Express

As Vader helped Daniels up to his feet, Daniels decked him in the face. Vader staggered back and rage filled his eyes.

Styles: Josh Daniels has just unleashed the beast from within!

Vader charged at Daniels, but Daniels sidestepped him, causing the big man to crash into the turnbuckle. Daniels then punched the back of Vader head a few times. He quickly brought a chair into the ring and attacked Vader’s back for a little bit. Once Vader was lying facedown in the ring, Daniels spit on him and left.

Styles: We knew that the tandem of Daniels and Vader was on thin ice, but I’m not sure anyone knew it would end this badly.

[Quinn says: A nice exhibition match for The Onslaught Express. Daniels didn’t do much but sell and, as usual, Vader spent most of his time on the sidelines.]

Rating: **3/4

BJ Whitmer vs. Mike Rotundo (w/ Kevin Sullivan)

Joey mentioned that David Andrews wasn’t at ringside because The Brotherhood was protecting him by keeping him away from Whitmer.

BJ Whitmer absolutely destroyed Rotundo in this one. Joey talked about how Kevin Kelly had predicted that Rotundo would come into this one with a solid plan, but how it seemed more like Whitmer’s growing expertise and anger was allowing him to dominate.

Rotundo got a in a few cheap shots near the end, but Whitmer no sold a lot of it. He eventually hit the Wrist Clutch Exploder for the win.

Winner: BJ Whitmer

Kevin Sullivan came into the ring to attack BJ, but Whitmer nailed him with a lariat and hit the Wrist Clutch Exploder.

Styles: BJ Whitmer has once again taken out two-thirds of The Brotherhood. The only one left is David Andrews!

[Quinn says: I can’t say I’m a big fan of the no-selling, but Whitmer looked extremely dominant here. Good for a squash.]

Rating: **3/4

Apolo vs. King Kong Bundy

Joey put both men over as they came to the ring. He said that Bundy was a real life monster and that Apolo was a big, agile man who had the potential to be just as dominant as Bundy has been in his career.

As the match started and both men were going through the feeling out process, Mike Enos came out to the ring to observe. Joey wondered what he was doing there, although he didn’t appear to be preparing to interfere.

Bundy took control of the first minute or two of the match by pinching the nerves in Apolo’s shoulders. His offense was mostly pretty basic stuff—elbow drops and bear hugs.

Apolo eventually reversed a whip into the ropes and hit a flying clothesline. He then hit a few elbow drops of his own and actually suplexed Bundy. He then climbed the top rope and hit a body splash. Still by the entrance, Mike Enos looked really impressed.

Apolo went for the pin, but only got a two. He went to the outside apron. When Bundy got up, Apolo hit a springboard shoulderblock and made the pin. He got the three count for the win.

Winner: Apolo

Mike Enos again looked really impressed and then left. Joey Styles put Apolo over once more as an agile big man.

[Quinn says: If the other matches were glorified squashes, this one was just a normal squash. Kudos to the FWE for not wanting Bundy to look like a chump, but his offense didn’t do much for the quality. Apolo looked good, but I’d rather see him go up against someone who could keep up.]

Rating: *1/2

Brock Lesnar and Bryan Danielson vs. Necro Butcher and Dan Maff (w/ Don Callis)

Joey Styles called this Dan Maff’s first official FWE match. He also added that his match against Lesnar would be available on the Evolution DVD.

This was really back and forth for the most part in the early portions. Joey said that he was impressed with how well Butcher and Maff were working together. He did admit though that since Callis was paying Butcher for his services and had given Maff his career back, it’s no wonder they were performing as told.

Danielson and Lesnar, however, weren’t working as well together. Where as Butcher and Maff tagged in and out a lot (as instructed on the outside by Callis), Danielson and Lesnar were mainly wrestling independently from one another and only tagged out when they absolutely had to.

Both men really wanted a piece of Butcher. At one point Lesnar was in the ring with Butcher and Danielson was yelling at him to tag him in. Since he was doing pretty well, Lesnar ignored him. Once Lesnar was near his corner though, Danielson slapped his back to tag himself in. Brock looked visibly irritated, but let it slide.

At this point, the match fell apart a little bit for the faces, as Butcher and Maff took complete control. Danielson almost appeared to not be going for the tag out of a mixture of spite and pride. He would occasionally counter something, but would always try to follow up with something else. Eventually Butcher or Maff would gain control again.

There were a few nearfalls at the end, with Lesnar breaking up the pins, but eventually Butcher tackled Brock between the ropes, causing both of them to fall to the outside. This left Danielson all alone. Maff nailed the Burning Hammer and covered him for the win.

Winners: Necro Butcher and Dan Maff

Butcher actually looked like he took the most damage from the tackle to the outside, as noted by Joey. Callis helped Butcher to his feet and took him to the back before Brock or Danielson could attack him, since both men were gunning for him so much. Joey wondered if this was a bad idea since it left Maff more vulnerable.

However, this didn’t end up to be much of a problem. Maff was recovering in the corner as Brock entered the ring and shoved Danielson, shouting, “What the fuck is your problem?”

Danielson, who was still pretty out of it from the Burning Hammer, slapped Lesnar in the face. Lesnar then brought Danielson to the ground and both men were wrestling around a bit. A group of referees and road agents entered the ring and pulled both men off.

Styles: It looks like Danielson and Lesnar have forgotten who their enemies are! It’s hard to say whether this will be a long term or a temporary problem.

[Quinn says: The first half was really solid, although the match became a bit deflated once Danielson refused to tag out. This was still some solid work and some great selling by Danielson.]

Rating: ***

Dan Maff is Attacked by the Most Unlikeliest of People

As Danielson and Lesnar were carted away, six men ran into the ring and started to attack Dan Maff.

Styles: Who the hell…? Is that… holy shIt’s Homicide! Homicide is here and he’s brought company!

Homicide had a fork with him and was carving the hell out of Dan Maff. Eventually Joey identified the other five men as Low Ki, Julius Smokes, B-Boy, Monsta Mack, and Boogalou. He added that the FWE only hires wrestlers exclusively and that Homicide and Low Ki were both X-Division wrestlers in TNA, so he had no idea why they were here or why they weren’t being taken away by police or officials yet.

The six men continued their assault for another few minutes, just absolutely bloodying Maff. Homicide eventually grabbed a mic.

Homicide: Dan Maff… you motherfucka… I told you—

He grabbed Maff by the back of the neck.

Homicide: I told you, you piece of shit, never to show your face in this business again. Now you gotta face the consequences.

He then took a blatantly dangerous and nasty fork shot right between the eyes of Maff. All six men then left through the crowd just a few seconds before Masada, Hernandez, and Jack Evans came to the ring to rescue Maff.

Styles: Fans… if you don’t know the circumstances regarding Maff’s departure from wrestling, I’m certainly not going to be the one to tell you, but needless to say, this is completely unexpected and once again… I have no idea what to make of it.

Rating: 63

After the commercials, Don Callis was in the back with the rest of The Chosen (Chris Jericho, Jack Evans, Masada, Hernandez, and Dan Maff). Maff was a bloody mess and Jericho looked pretty uninterested.

Callis yelled at them for not working as a unit, specifically saying the fact that it took them that long to get to Maff was pathetic. Jericho called Callis out on the whole teamwork thing, saying that his boy Butcher was nowhere to be seen. Callis said that Butcher was just a hired assassin and was only involved in things Callis told him to be involved in.

Callis: And right now, Butcher has to deal with Brock and Danielson. Do you want to take care of that, Jericho?

Jericho looked at Callis as if to say that he was not amused. He didn’t say anything.

Callis: I don’t know that the hell those thugs were doing here, but I’m going to make sure they don’t step foot in this promotion ever again; mark my words. But we need to start working as a team. You are the chosen ones for a reason, and it’s not for work like this. If those guys ever come here again…

Jericho: I thought you said they never would.

Callis looked really mad that Jericho interrupted him.

Callis: In the improbable scenario that they do show up again, we’re going to make sure that each one of them get ten times the treatment they gave Maff. Whatever one man does to one of us, they have done to all of us. Remember that.

Doug Williams vs. David Andrews

Joey noted that Andrews had no entourage tonight, as Whitmer took the rest of The Brotherhood out earlier.

There were many reversals in the earlier portions of this match. Williams seemed a little caught off guard with how well Andrews was dishing out reversals of his own, as was Joey Styles, who brought up how much ability it took to go toe-to-toe with Williams in that kind of environment.

Williams eventually began to take Andrews to school though. At a certain point he was just toying with him to get under his skin. Andrews’ temper started to show. He was definitely letting his anger get the better of him, as he began to get too eager to make the big moves. This fell right into Williams traps as he wrestled his usual conservative style, waiting for his opponent to make a few crucial mistakes.

Eventually Andrews went for a desperate clothesline, which Williams ducked, allowing him to grab Andrews from behind and hit the Chaos Theory for the three count and victory.

Winner: Doug Williams

Andrews started to throw a tantrum again when BJ Whitmer ran into the ring and started to pummel him.

Styles: That’ll make Andrews to get over himself!

Whitmer continued to beat down on Andrews and then hit the Wrist Clutch Explosion. Referees then came down and took Whitmer away from the ring as Joey talked about how this issue will have to be resolved soon so things like this don’t happen too many more times.

[Quinn says: A good match by both guys. You can see Andrews improving on a weekly basis almost. He let Williams control this match and he kept up for the whole thing, and even directed certain portions on his own, it seemed. Just overall solid work.]

Rating: ***

Jushin Liger Farwell Tour Match: Jushin Liger vs. Matt Stryker

Both men shook hands before the feeling out process. Joey talked about how much respect they both have for each other and hot they watched each others’ back during their feud with The Chosen. He said that earlier Stryker had told him that even if he didn’t win the match tonight, it was enough of an honor just to learn from Liger as a partner and an opponent.

Stryker actually got the better of Liger in the first few exchanges, but Liger was able to gain control after a palm strike. Liger then went into total teacher mode, applying on a lot of submission holds, mostly focusing on the neck.

However, Striker eventually forced his way out of a dragon sleeper and applied one of his own. He then brought the matches pace up a bit as he went for some risky moves. Liger, though, kept up with the pace and dished out some risky moves himself. Stryker eventually went for a DVD, but Liger reversed out and nailed a brainbuster followed by a Ligerbomb for the win.

Winner: Jushin Liger

Both men shook hands at the end, as Joey put their efforts and sportsmanship over.

[Quinn says: Good, solid, crisp work. If Stryker would have been more over with the crowd, this could have been higher, but as it stands, it’s just very good, but that’s never really a bad thing.]

Rating: ***1/4

CM Punk vs. Davey Richards (w/ Jimmy Hart)

Before the match started, Jimmy Hart got on the mic.

Hart: This is my formal request to Jushin Liger to allow the greatest, the most sensational, and the most exciting young wrestler in the sport today, Davey “Crossfire” Richards, into your farewell tour. I guarantee you, Liger, that this man is the future and he will give you the fight of his life. And if you don’t believe me right now, wait until he beats one of the top men today, CM Punk, in this very ring.

Joey talked about how much more was now at stake, as CM Punk surely was hoping to get a spot in the tour too.

CM Punk certainly looked angry, but there was also a sense of loss in his face. He looked to be missing something. His offense was strong and it looked like he had confidence in what he was doing, but Davey Richards was reversing out of almost everything in the early portions. Styles mentioned the disagreement that Kelly and Smothers had on the Podcast show about whether or not Punk was going to be affected by his recent loss, and it seemed like he definitely had been.

At one point it seemed like Punk had pretty much lost. Richards had nailed him with a few lethal kicks followed by a ghetto stomp to the chest. However, as Richards went for a dragon suplex, CM Punk managed to nail an ace crusher.

Styles: Straight Edge Cutter by Punk!

Punk then found his groove and played to the fans as he regained strength, momentum, and confidence. He started to hit his signature moves, as Joey brought up Cabana’s claims to putting Punk’s arsenal together. Punk was trying hard to get the Anaconda Vice locked in, but it seemed like he was going for it too early, as Richards had enough energy to squirm out of it every time. Finally Punk abandoned that strategy and seemed to be going for the home stretch, but as he went for the facewash, Richards moved away at the last second (thanks to Hart on the outside telling him what Punk was doing). Richards then nailed a german suplex followed by a dragon suplex, and ending with the Go 2 Sleep 2.0 (which Joey put over like crazy). Richards made the pin and got the victory.

Winner: Davey Richards

Styles: In what has got to be considered an upset, Davey Richards has beaten CM Punk clean, which puts Richards in great standing for a match with Jushin Liger.

[Quinn says: Richards looked really good here. I’m not sure how much it hurt the match to have Punk essentially lose his mojo, but it didn’t seem to hinder too much here. Although I do have to admit that the later portions where Punk found his groove was certainly the best.]

Rating: ***1/2

Colt Cabana Challenges CM Punk

Colt Cabana entered the ring with a mic a Punk was recovering. He mockingly congratulated Punk on his performance. He talked about how he had won his match last week by using essentially the same arsenal. He once again called Punk a fraud and said that his poor performance and the fact that Colt was getting in his head was as good as a confession to him.

Cabana: You know, Punk, I was watching your match and you seem to really like the Anaconda Vice. You know what? I like it too. In fact, as we saw last week, I like it so much that I worked on it until I perfected it. I don’t—and I’m just throwing this idea out there—but I don’t think that you quite have it down, do you? That’s weird, Punk, because I seem to recall you thinking that the move fit you so well, that it was practically invented just for you. But I do it better, don’t I? I think we proved that the last time we were in the ring together. Didn’t I?

Punk was still recovering and all he could muster was a dirty look.

Cabana: So here’s what I’m doing, Punk. You and me in an Anaconda Vice Match. The only way to win is to get your opponent to submit to the Vice. And I’m not asking for ownership of the move. I don’t care if you use it, Punk. I just want you to know deep, deep down in the part of your soul that’s actually honest with yourself that I, Colt Cabana, the man who built your career, is better at being you.

Punk, staggering to get to his feet and out of breath, grabbed the mic.

Punk: You’ve got it, you son of a bitch.

Cabana smiled, grabbed the mic, and gave on hard stomp on Punk’s head, causing Punk to fall back to the ground.

Cabana: Hey, thanks a lot, Punker.

Cabana’s music played as he continued to cynically smile. Joey started raving about the Anaconda Vice Match and how we were going to see who was the best with the move as the show went to a commercial.

Rating: 95

Ric Flair and The Stampede Bulldogs vs. The Trinity (Michael Modest, John Walters, and Chad Collyer)

Joey talked about how if Modest pinned Flair tonight, he was about guaranteed a title shot at End of Days. He also made sure to mention that John Walters and Chad Collyer were defending the tag title against The Stampede Bulldogs at End of Days.

Ric Flair and the Bulldogs dominated the early portions of this match and had a lot of fun with the crowd, making a lot of tags in and out. Flair in particular played to the crowd a lot and administered a lot of chops to The Trinity. All three members of The Trinity sold Flair’s offense like death.

Eventually the shenanigans stopped once Modest hit a killer german suplex on Flair. Flair stopped moving after Modest hit the move and Joey began to wonder if he was okay, even going as far as to speculate if the match would have to be stopped.

Modest, though, kept on going and worked Flair’s neck. The Trinity began to tag in and out a lot and kept Flair isolated. Collyer made a big mistake when he kept Flair up in an extended vertical suplex for too long. Flair eventually dropped out of it and when he landed on his knees, he quickly hit a low blow, which the referee apparently didn’t see.

Flair made the hot tag to Harry Smith who unloaded on Collyer. Walters ran in and he unloaded on him too. Modest ran in and the two exchanged some punches, which ended up with Smith nailing a European uppercut followed by a snap suplex.

The fans were out of their seats at this point as Flair and the Bulldogs once again regained control. Wilson was in the ring at some point with Modest and was showing off a lot with some flashy offense. Modest was able to catch his leg in a superkick attempt and nailed a t-bone suplex. Modest tagged in Walters and the tag team champions began to dismantle Wilson, using a lot of tags in and out. Joey put over their teamwork skills and said they have quickly become one of the top tag teams in the entire country.

Wilson eventually was able to hit an enziguri and made the hot tag to Flair. Flair chopped Walters’ chest raw until Modest was tagged in. Modest and Flair exchanged some forearms, with Modest winning out. Modest started to work over the neck again. He then signaled over to Walters and Collyer with his hand. In just seconds, Walters and Collyer jumped into and ran across the ring and dropkicked the Bulldogs to the outside. The four men brawled on the outside for a little while until the bulldogs were out. Modest then hit a suplex on Flair followed by the Reality Check. Once he nailed the Reality Check, Smith appeared on the outside trying to crawl in the ring. Modest made the pin, but Smith was in no place to break it up. Modest got the three count and won the match.

Winners: The Trinity

Styles: Michael Modest has pinned Ric Flair and you can just about guarantee that we will now see Ric Flair defend his belt against Modest at End of Days!

Collyer and Walters raised Flair’s hands in the air as the show faded to black.

[Quinn says: This was a really fun match, especially the first part where the faces played to the crowd a lot. The ending seemed a bit contrived, but everything else was gold.]

Rating: ***1/4

Overall Rating: 74

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The FWE Podcast Show:

Styles: Fans, we have a huge show for you tonight. I’m Joey Styles alongside Kevin Kelly and Tracy Smothers. On our show, we’ll be visited by Mike Enos, Jimmy Hart, and the modern day legend, Chris Jericho. But first off, let’s discuss one of the biggest stories going on right now. Last week on Chaos TV Brock Lesnar and Bryan Danielson were defeated by Nerco Butcher and Dan Maff. And it was no secret that Danielson and Lesnar’s lack of cooperation caused them to lose that match and caused a scuffle between the two afterwards. We have just gotten word this morning that Brock Lesnar has asked for a match with Necro Butcher for Chaos and it has been granted. However, word has gotten around that Danielson also asked for a match against Butcher, but was just seconds behind Lesnar’s request and was furious over not getting the match. Kevin Kelly, is this tension between Brock Lesnar and Bryan Danielson going to last?

Kelly: I think what you have here is two of the most prideful wrestlers in the whole sport, and I don’t necessarily mean that as a compliment. It’s their pride that got them involved with Butcher in the first place. So yeah, I think this will last because these guys aren’t just going to walk away. It’s not in their nature.

Styles: So what does that mean for Necro Butcher?

Kelly: I have no idea. The guy is unpredictable. Will he take advantage of the situation and try to harm Brock and Danielson or will he just take the opportunity to walk away? I really have no idea.

Smothers: Well, Kelly, I think that’s the flaw in your argument that this is a long-term situation. Both of these guys hate Butcher too much to just drop it. Now maybe they’ll get into it some more; I don’t know exactly. But I think what it all comes down to is that both of these guys hate Don Callis and they hate Necro Butcher. I think we’ll see these two guys join forces before they late any problems between them get in the way of getting even with Butcher.

Styles: We’ll have to wait and see how it all pans out. Another big news item, of course, is the Jushin Liger Farewell Tour, which officially kicked off last night when Jushin Liger defeated his friend Matt Stryker. The rest of the matches have been announced as of this morning. Now remember, these matches are all at the request of Jushin Liger. Next week we will see Liger wrestle someone he has personally grown very impressed with, CM Punk. And the next two weeks we will see Liger wrestle a young man he favors as the future of professional wrestling, Harry Smith, and a legend he respects a great deal, Ric Flair. There’s no word yet on whether or not that match will be for the title. But what is maybe of most interest is that the opponent for the final match, which will be held at End of Days on December 31, is still undeclared. Tracy Smothers, who do you believe are the frontrunners?

Smothers: I think if it wasn’t for his tag team title match at End of Days, the match with Harry Smith would definitely be the last one in the Tour. Liger has been vocal lately that he wants to pass the torch down to someone. With the exception of Flair, which seems to be Liger’s only self-interested pick, Liger has chosen opponents who have a big chance at being future legends in this business and a victory over him may be a key factor in catapulting their careers. So I think we have to be looking in the direction of younger guys. Davey Richards has made it very known that he wants a shot at Liger. But you still have guys like BJ Whitmer, David Andrews—Jack Evans is out of the picture because he’s part of The Chosen—guy like Greg Pawluk, Ash Parker, Colt Cabana, and Bryan Danielson are all great choices. But I think as far as frontrunners go, I would say Cabana has to be up there considering his victory over Punk. I like Richards too, just for the fact that he’s put himself out there.

Kelly: I like Richards too. His overall career record may not be at a level similar to Cabana’s, but his determination is makes up for that. Cabana’s definitely out though because he’ll be wrestling CM Punk in the Anaconda Vice Match that same night.

Smothers: Oh, that’s right.

Kelly: I think I’ll personally say Richards and Danielson are up there.

Smothers: We’ve already seen a prominent Danielson vs. Liger match in Ring of Honor, and it looks like Liger is going for fresh match-ups, so I’ll replace my previous pick of Cabana and say Whitmer. He’s proven himself and I think Liger will want to test him in the ring.

Styles: Hopefully we’ll be finding out soon. As long as we’re talking about End of Days matches, let’s talk about the event itself. It’s on December 31, the very last day of 2006, New Year’s Eve. The FWE is going to make sure this is the celebration of the year for all who attend. The event will promptly start at 7:00 p.m. and end around 11:00 p.m. After that, the party will continue in the lobby where drinks will be served. But the big news today is about the matches. Already signed has been The Trinity of John Walters and Chad Collyer defending the Tag Team Championship against The Stampede Bulldogs. Just last night we saw Colt Cabana challenge CM Punk to an Anaconda Vice Match. As of this morning, several other matches have been signed. First off, as we speculated, Ric Flair will defend his Heavyweight Championship once more against the man who pinned him last night, Michael Modest. Additionally, we’ll see BJ Whitmer wrestle David Andrews, which I guess takes BJ Whitmer out of the running for that match against Jushin Liger.

Smothers: When were these matches announced?

Styles: Just hours ago and it’s already shaping up to be a huge event; maybe our best ever. But the biggest match announced is also tied into what is probably the biggest news item of the week. At End of Days we will see Homicide take on Dan Maff. This is, of course, unexpected since it was just last night we saw the surprising debut of six men—Homicide, Low Ki, Julius Smokes, B-Boy, Boogalou, and “Brooklyn” Steve Mack.

Kelly: This is big news for a variety of reasons. First of all, as we have mentioned several times already, there was a major falling out between Homicide and Dan Maff, leaving Homicide to make some very damaging and passionate remarks about Maff, culminating to a declaration that he would not work in any promotion that hired Maff. So seeing Homicide in the FWE, even if he is attacking Dan Maff, is quite a shock. What makes this even more bizarre is that both Homicide and Low Ki are full-time employees of TNA and are premiere X-Division wrestlers.

Styles: To clear up any confusion, we have on the program tonight via telephone FWE President Ted Dillard. Welcome to the show, Mr. Dillard.

Ted: A pleasure, as always.

Styles: Mr. Dillard, the burning question is whether or not Homicide and his crew are welcomes guests of the FWE.

Ted: Homicide and his colleagues are, in fact, guests of the FWE, Joey. We were very aware of the situation between him and Dan Maff and once Mr. Maff began showing up on Chaos TV, we contacted Homicide, who was understandably irate. At that point we began negotiations between both Homicide and TNA to bring him in.

Styles: What were the terms of those negotiations and why did the FWE choose to pursue them?

Ted: Well, Joey, to put it plainly, we’re here to make money and we saw money in Dan Maff. However, we understood the potentially dangerous situation we put ourselves and Dan Maff if we pursued his employment. Homicide is a professional within the confines of the sport, but outside… well, we know what he is capable of and we didn’t want to open anyone up to that.

Kelly: So that’s what’s in it for the FWE, but what about Homicide and TNA?

Ted: TNA is, quite simply, getting paid a lot of money. Additionally, they saw the gravity of the situation I just explained, and they would rather do what they can to keep Homicide out of trouble.

Kelly: If Homicide is that much of a problem, then—and I don’t mean to sound tactless here—but why continue to hire him?

Ted: For the same reason we also want to work with him, Kevin. Homicide and Low Ki are tremendous talents and many fans from across the world love to see them wrestle. They’re huge assets and with talent like that, you cater to them. Simple as that. It’s no different in any other sport

Styles: So we know what’s in it for you, we know what’s in it for TNA, but what about Homicide—the guy who swore he would never work with Dan Maff again?

Ted: I think Homicide put it best himself: Dan Maff has to pay the consequences. Let me set the record straight before anyone takes things out of context. Homicide and Low Ki are only here for two months; they are limited employees of the FWE and they are only here to settle a score—not to win titles or compete. This is a blood feud. The agreement with Homicide consisted of this: One, we would allow Homicide a chance to seek revenge on Dan Maff for crossing him both personally and professionally, as long as his vengeance is within the boundaries of the business. Two, we would not let anyone in the FWE, especially The Chosen, know about these negotiations until the night they debuted. Thirdly, Homicide and his entourage operate under relaxed rules. And fourthly, at the end of the two months, Homicide’s trainees Boogalou and Steve Mack, and his good friend, B-Boy, will be given full-time FWE contracts.

Smothers: Mr. Dillard, you mention that the safety of the FWE and its employees and the chance to hire Homicide and Low Ki for two months are the chief reasons you took this course. But, in all honesty, isn’t the opportunity to present this blood feud the number one reason?

Ted: Well, I’m not going to lie. There’s certainly great appeal in the fact that we get to be the company to showcase a feud that the wrestling world never thought would happen. I’m not sure I would go as far as to call it the number one reason though. We’re here to give our fans the best possible entertainment we can. In light of that, next Thursday we’ll see Chris Jericho vs. Low Ki in the main event. This is a match that some never thought would happen and the FWE will be giving it to our fans.

Styles: That sounds like it will be a tremendous match. Mr. Dillard, thank you for taking time out to clear all of his up for us.

Ted: Once again, my pleasure.

Styles: So, with all of this in mind now, what do we make of the situation?

Kelly: It certainly sheds light onto why the FWE was so willing to go along with Don Callis’ stipulations, but I have to wonder, with all due respect to this company, if FWE officials are more concerned with their own well-being. I would think that forcing Dan Maff to be in the same promotion as Homicide puts him at even more risk. How do we know that Homicide is going to be a professional? Has he really earned that reputation?

Smothers: Agreed. It’s a good question. Homicide is more than just a thug. He’s diabolical and smart. I wouldn’t necessarily trust his word.

Styles: There’s definitely a lot to discuss here, but in the interest of time, we have to move on. Let’s bring on another guest real quick. Mike Enos, welcome to the show.

Mike Enos walks on stage.

Styles: Mike Enos, we saw you observing Apolo last night on Chaos TV. What’s your motivation here?

Enos: Joey, I’m on the lookout for a protégé. It’s no secret that I’m passed my prime and politics and circumstances have held me down my entire career. So what Im doing right now is looking to build a legacy.

Styles: With that in mind, did Apolo fit the bill?

Enos: I liked Apolo. I like what he did in the ring, but I’m not sure he’s the best student for me. I’m going to make sure that whoever I pick as my protégé is someone who shares a lot of the same qualities that I do. That’s the mistake I made in mentoring Tony Kozina.

Styles: So should we be expecting a tag team to work under you?

Enos: It’s always a possibility.

Styles: Thanks for speaking with us, Mike. Good luck on the search.

Enos nodded and left the show.

Styles: So who do you guys think would be a good person for Enos to coach?

Smothers: I think the best choice, Joey, is The Onslaught Express. We know they’re good, but they just need that little extra something to put them over the top. Also, Mike Enos is a tag team expert, so mentoring a tag team, as you suggested, would be the best thing for him.

Kelly: I’m going to say that Apolo would be a great fit. They have similar abilities and I think Enos could always pair him up with someone else so that his tag team expertise is taken advantage of.

Styles: Both good suggestions. Let’s move on and discuss some of the other happenings last night. Josh Daniels turned on Vader after another loss for the duo. What are your guys’ reactions?

Smothers: It was obviously going to happen sometime. It’s been no secret that Vader has been a bit passive, but we finally saw some fire in his eyes last night, which I definitely like. I think Josh Daniels is a great talent, but I wouldn’t mind seeing Vader give him a good old fashion beating.

Kelly: I think last night saw a big change in both guys. Like you just said, Tracy, I think we’ll see a much more aggressive Vader and I also wouldn’t be surprised to see a more devious Josh Daniels.

Styles: Do you think that change in attitude would help Daniels?

Kelly: I think he was getting along just fine the way he was acting.

Smothers: A lot of guys have turned their careers around by dropping the good guy act, Joey, and I don’t think it will be much different for Daniels.

Styles: Well, we won’t be seeing either guy next week, and possibly weeks after, as their falling out means the FWE has had to adjust plans without them. Vader will at least definitely be back in January when Tony Kozina returns, but it remains to be seen what Josh Daniels’ future will look like. Also, we saw a huge upset last night when Davey Richards defeated CM Punk. Are Punk’s issues with Colt Cabana affecting his matches?

Kelly: Davey Richards is a great wrestler with a great manager, Joey. It may have been an upset, but that doesn’t mean that Punk is being psyched out.

Smothers: I think it does. If you look at how he wrestled that match, he wasn’t concerned about beating Richards as much as he was about beating him with the Anaconda Vice. Punk’s psyched out. Easy as that.

Kelly: I think that discredits Davey Richards too much.

Smothers: Oh, come on. Don’t pull that on me. Just because Punk’s psyched out doesn’t mean Richards isn’t talented. I admit, Punk was more focused than I thought he would be and it was certainly going to take a very talented person to defeat him, but he wasn’t all in that match last night.

Styles: Right now, let’s welcome Jimmy Hart to the show to weight in on the issue via telephone.

Jimmy Hart immediately began yapping his mouth.

Hart: You know what, Joey Styles? I’m not here to talk about CM Punk. I don’t care about CM Punk. I care about the future of wrestling: Davey Richards. And the future of wrestling isn’t concerned about what happened yesterday, he’s concerned about what’s happening in the future. And the future, as far as Davey Richards is concerned, is the Jushin Liger Farewell Tour. We want that last spot, Joey. We’re campaigning for it. Davey Richards deserves that spot.

Styles: What makes Davey Richards more deserving than some of the other younger guy in the FWE?

Hart: Because if Jushin Liger wants to pass the torch, Davey Richards is the best guy to take it. He’s already beaten next week’s opponent, CM Punk, and right now I am throwing out a formal challenge to Matt Stryker, who I am confident Davey Richards will defeat as well. Bottom line is, Davey Richards is going to defeat every opponent Jushin Liger wrestles in the Tour until Liger realizes that Richards is the future.

Styles: Thanks for weighing in on things, Jimmy Hart. Let’s move on once again, fans, and discuss Thursday night’s matches. Some have already been announced, but here are the rest. TJ Wilson has thrown out a challenge to The Trinity, asking for a singles match. He’ll face Chad Collyer. Wilson was said to be very upset that his team didn’t win last night and said he would show what he was capable of in singles competition. Do you guys think TJ Wilson’s out of line?

Smothers: This is just the case of a confident, young man. I don’t think he’s out of line and I don’t think he’s doing anything detrimental to his team.

Kelly: I agree. I think Wilson’s just talking a bit of trash and trying to stay confident. If he can beat Collyer in singles action, it’s going to give his team a boost going into that title match at the end of the month.

Styles: Not only will Low Ki be in action, but we’ll also see Homicide, B-Boy, and Boogalou take on Masada, Hernandez, and Jack Evans. How civil and professional will this match be?

Kelly: All hell will break loose, Joey. We know what Homicide and his friends are capable of, so I don’ think there is much question.

Smothers: Exactly. They’re going to want to make an impact and Masada, Hernandez, and Evans will be their first victims.

Styles: Colt Cabana will be wrestling newcomer Apolo. Can Apolo make his mark in the FWE in his second match and defeat one of our top wrestlers?

Smothers: No way. Apolo’s good, but Cabana’s on a roll. At best, Apolo is going to look very strong against Cabana, but he won’t win.

Kelly: I think Apolo actually has a chance. We don’t exactly know what all he is capable of yet, but more importantly, neither does Cabana. I think we could see an upset, especially considering that I don’t think it’s above CM Punk to interfere.

Styles: The Onslaught Express will be wrestling The Towers. Who’s going to win?

Smothers: Like I said earlier, I think the Onslaught Express need that little extra something to put them on the top, and without that, I believe The Towers’ experience will help them get the victory.

Kelly: I’m going to go with The Express. They still may need a little something to make them the best tag team in the FWE, but I think they have enough to defeat The Towers Thursday night.

Styles: We briefly talked about Jushin Liger vs. CM Punk. Who do you guys think will win?

Kelly: CM Punk. He may have been a little psyched out last night, but the stakes are higher this Thursday and a win could change his career. Punk’s coming in 100% focused and will win.

Smothers: I still think you’re underestimating Cabana’s effect on him. Punk’s not the same man we knew last month. Liger’s picking up his second win in the tour.

Styles: Here’s a big one. BJ Whitmer and David Andrews were each told to assemble a four-man team to wrestle each other. Whitmer immediately chose Doug Williams and Juventud Guerrea, saying that he wanted two guys who exemplified two different styles. He then requested Ric Flair, and his inclusion was confirmed soon after. To counter, David Andrews chose one of his mentors, Mike Rotundo. He also made a very risky choice—Derek Wylde—based on a reference from Sullivan, who said Wylde has great potential and could be underestimated in the match. He also chose—and this shouldn’t come as a surprise—Michael Modest, who pinned Ric Flair in tag team action last night. So who has the best team?

Kelly: BJ Whitmer. Whitmer, Williams, and Guerrera could easily be contenders for the Heavyweight Title, and considering they’re alongside the champ himself, Ric Flair, they should be quite a force.

Smothers: I agree, but I also think that Andrews’ team is only one step behind. Andrews and Wylde are both unpredictable since I think they will definitely be underestimated by their opponents. But Michael Modest is the real key component. He’s beaten Williams in the past and knows what it takes to defeat Flair, so I think he definitely neutralizes them to an extent.

Styles: You know, speaking of Modest, he’s been causing a bit of a protest, citing Flair’s blatant low blow on Collyer as a sign of favoritism from the referees. The FWE has taken Billy Robinson’s word that he didn’t see the illegal maneuver, but Modest has called him a liar. He has made a formal request to supply his own referee for their match at End of Days. Is this fair?

Smothers: No, I don’t think it’s fair for the simple fact that Modest could hire someone who will rig the match for him.

Kelly: Agreed. It’s a ridiculous request, but perhaps they could come to terms on something and have to have a referee that both men approve of.

Styles: I don’t think that’s a bad suggestion at all. Finally, fans, we’ll leave you with a discussion with Chris Jericho. Chris Jericho, welcome to the show.

Jericho walked on stage and greeted Styles.

Styles: Jericho, you’ve been very vocal about your desire to be in the main event and wrestle for the Heavyweight title. This Thursday you may not be wrestling for the title, but you will be in the main event. How do you feel about being involved in the feud with Homicide and his crew?

Jericho: I’m not happy about it at all, Joey. A chance to wrestle Low Ki is an honor, but he’s not here to compete, so, ultimately, this is meaningless to me. I’m here to be number one, not to be in dream matches for the fans. And I joined The Chosen, Joey Styles, to win titles for them, not to fight their wars.

Styles: Is it safe to say that you and Don Callis are on completely different pages?

Jericho: Don Callis is indebted to me. There’s only one page and it’s the one that I’m on. Low Ki and Homicide are just a bunch of ass clowns as far as I’m concerned and my calling, my destiny, Joey Styles, lies in the Heavyweight Championship. I’m going to use Low Ki as a stepping stone Thursday and show FWE officials that there is no place for Chris Jericho other than in championship matches.

Styles: Don Callis promised that if Homicide and his crew ever stepped foot in the FWE again, you and the rest of The Chosen would give them ten times what they gave Maff. Will you not be a part of that?

Jericho: Joey Styles, I already said that I am in The Chosen to win titles for them, not to fight wars. Homicide and his group are here for blood, not titles, so I don’t give a damn about anything they do.

Styles: Chris Jericho, thanks for coming on the show. It will be interesting to see how this all plays out.

Jericho half-heartedly said “Thanks for having me” and left.

Styles: Things will certainly be heating up now that Homicide has arrived. I have a feeling that this is going to get pretty ugly. For Kevin Kelly and Tracy Smothers, I’m Joey Styles. We’ll see you on Chaos TV this Thursday.

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I just got beyond the "backstage segment" (I'll call it that since it seems to be an easy way to differentiate it from the actual shows) and I'm still enjoying the diary. I tend to forget that this is easily my favorite diary on the board because it seems to fall a few pages every so often.

Bringing in Dan Maff is a very bold move, bringing up his history on the indy scene. I'm curious to see where you go with this and if any of his former adversaries will be brought in for future purposes. Maff could turn out to be a very lucrative gamble if you play your cards right.

Edit - Disregard the comment above, haha. I should have mentioned that I had only read until beyond the first webcast on this page. I just now saw your last show and sort of feel silly, as if I just skimmed through the shows. I can assure you that is not the case, and my question is now answered.

The match between Brock and Necro Butcher was immense. It was absolutely brutal, and a pleasure to see Necro booked as an equal to Brock. In fact, you've done a great job of establishing Necro as a top guy in FWE, a feared brawler that can take it to the best wrestlers in the company as evidenced by the matches with Danielson.

Speaking of which, I loved the Danielson/Butcher feud. It was great to see two guys with styles clashes take it too each other and try to adapt to each other's wrestling style. I'm hoping Danielson becomes a permanent fixture in the main event, he could be the companies work horse ala Angle or Benoit.

By the way, I did like the explanation of the Jericho and Brock signings for your fed. It did initially come off as a "Oh he's just trying to sign every big name free agent, realism be damned" but you've given a rational storyline explanation for this. It's good that it wasn't some half assed "Oh they hate WWE and TNA lol" sort of deal.

Edit again - And by the way, this Punk/Cabana feud is turning into the highlight of the diary for me. I'm loving Cabana's transition from goof ball to serious worker, it's been well done. Punk was already a top guy in FWE, but this feud has Cabana right at his level, and has seemingly elevated both workers. I'd love to see them Main Event a PPV with the World Title on the line.

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By the way, I did like the explanation of the Jericho and Brock signings for your fed. It did initially come off as a "Oh he's just trying to sign every big name free agent, realism be damned" but you've given a rational storyline explanation for this. It's good that it wasn't some half assed "Oh they hate WWE and TNA lol" sort of deal.
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[Hey, everyone. The next few installments to the Florida Wrestling Empire will be very important and experimental. As you may have noticed, updates have decreased due to boring reasons that I won’t bother you with. In the interest of continuing this, I thought I would try shortening stuff and contribute to answering the age old Dome question “does longer mean better?” I never thought it did, but there definitely is a thing such as too short. Personally, I feel pretty good about shorter results, seeing as the AJ Quinn perspective gives extra insight.

All of that said, I want to know what you think, but I want to give both you readers and myself a few shows to get comfortable with the new format before making any judgments. I’ll be honest, my biases lie towards shorter results. I never liked long results (writing or reading them) and I probably never will. But I do know that some of you like it (I’m looking at you, Big Sheep). Sounds good? I hope. I don’t know who most of you people are, but someone’s reading, right? Right, fellas? Hello?]

Chaos TV

December 14, 2006

Miami, Florida

Joey Styles welcomed fans to the show and hyped up some of the matches for the night. He specifically put over the presence of Homicide and Low Ki.

TJ Wilson (w/ Harry Smith) vs. Chad Collyer (w/ John Walters)

Joey talked about the upcoming rematch between The Trinity and The Stampede Bulldogs. He said he felt like the Bulldogs had a pretty good shot at winnin the titles at End of Days.

TJ Wilson made it a point to show off quite a bit during the feeling out process. In fact, he showed off for pretty much the entire match and did quite well against Collyer in the early stages. However, Harry Smith kept yelling at Wilson to get serious.

Styles: Harry Smith is getting almost outright angry at his tag team partner.

Collyer mad a comeback at the expense of Wilson being distracted by Smith. Collyer poured on the technical offensive. This lasted for several minutes until Wilson reversed a suplex into a huge DDT. Wilson then hit some flashy moves and ended the match after a Rolling Stampede.

Winner: TJ Wilson

Smith went in the ring to celebrate with Wilson, but TJ didn’t seem too interested in a group celebration.

[Quinn says: It’s nice to see TJ Wilson shine in singles competition. I’m glad they gave this one about ten minutes. This was fast-paced fun that reminded me a little of Owen Hart and the 1-2-3 Kid’s sprint at The King of the Ring. Collyer was good here, but he was pretty much just keeping up with Wilson. If this is only a taste of what TJ can do, I’m really excited to see him in a longer match.]

Rating: ***1/2

The Doghouse has Arrived

Homicide, Low Ki, Julius Smokes, B-Boy, Boogalou, and Steve Mack entered the ring. Joey referred to them as The Doghouse, the name of Homicide’s wrestling school where he trained Ki, Smokes, Boogalou, and Mack.

Homicide: Fuck Dan Maff and The Chosen!

The fans cheered.

Styles: Well that’s to the point.

Homicide: And fuck the Florida Wrestling Empire!

Some of the fans cheered a little bit, but for the most part, they seemed confused.

Homicide: You see money in Dan Maff? You think I’m going to be some kind of professional? You obviously don’t know who I am. I’m Homicide and I don’t give a fuck about anyone but me and my crew.

Joey made sure that fans knew he was referencing some things said during the podcast.

Homicide: We’re not here to compete. We’re here to kick ass. We’re here to kill The Chosen. We’re here to make Dan Maff pay for the path that he has chosen. Dan Maff has made a big mistake. The FWE…

Homicide made a small sinister laugh.

Homicide: You guys made a big mistake. But we’re not here to fuck with you. Low Ki, Smokes, and I, we’re here to do what we need to do: Raise Hell against The Chosen and Dan Maff. B-Boy, Boogalou, “Brooklyn,” they’re here to raise Hell and make names for themselves. We got our feet in the door, and now it’s time for payback.

Rating: 67

The Chosen (Masada, Hernandez, and Jack Evans w/ Don Callis) vs. The Doghouse (Homicide, B-Boy, and Boogalou w/ Julius Smokes, “Brooklyn” Steve Mack, and Low Ki)

The fans were a bit torn on The Doghouse. Joey said it seemed as though they weren’t against the FWE—they just weren’t loyal.

This was a crazy brawl that eventually spilled to the outside. Masada, Hernandez, and Boogalou pretty much stuck to brawling. Boogalou most notably was working similarly to New Jack.

Homicide was brawling quite a bit, but he hit a few high risk maneuvers, the biggest of which was his signature tope. B-Boy also hit a few high risk maneuvers.

Jack Evans was the real star of the match. He was hitting a ton of aerial offense and was basically getting folded up by The Doghouse. Joey put over his resilience and said that if he added more offense to his strategy, he could be a surprisingly hard-to-defeat opponent.

The match ended after Low Ki and Steve Mack interfered a little to help contribute to Masada and Hernandez getting beaten down. Homicide and B-Boy were alone with Evans in the ring. Cide hit the Cop Killa (Joey made sure to use the edgier title) for the win.

Winner: The Doghouse

As Joey was talking about how destructive The Doghouse had been, Dan Maff ran into the ring by himself, hit B-Boy with a stiff clothesline and nailed a super quick Burning Hammer on Homicide. Ki, Smokes, Mack, and Boogalou ran to the ring, but Maff had already hightailed it out of there.

[Quinn says: This was a fun, standard crazy brawl (oxymoron?). Evans’ ability to nearly kill himself helped raise this above average. This could be a really insane feud if Jack keeps on bumping like that.]

Rating: ***

Colt Cabana vs. Apolo

Joey put Apolo over and called this the biggest match of his American career so far.

This one surprisingly was not a squash. It looked like it would be at first, but Cabana started taking it easy on Apolo in a mocking sort of way, causing Apolo to take advantage of the situation. Apolo started hitting some power moves on Cabana and there were some really close near falls that had the fans jumping out of their seats.

However, Cabana managed to regain control after a few clever reversals. This seemed more like a mental victory than anything else. He then managed to hit the Pepsi Twist followed by the Anaconda Vice for the win.

Winner: Colt Cabana

Cabana mocked Punk’s straight edge pose as he celebrated his win.

[Quinn says: Aside from one minor gripe (that there was no build-up to the Vice), this was a pretty awesome short match. The near falls were extremely well-timed and, due mostly to Cabana, these two were able to get the maximum response out of a fairly meaningless match. Sure, this was here to get the Vice over, but what should have been a squash was a lot more fun.]

Rating: ***

Davey Richards (w/ Jimmy Hart) vs. Matt Stryker

Joey talked about how Davey Richards was going to be defeating each of Liger’s opponents until he had defeated them all. Since he had already beaten Punk last week, a win against Stryker tonight would essentially tie him with Liger.

Stryker controlled the early portions of the match with power moves. However, Richards kicked things into high gear near the end. Stryker was able to keep up okay, but Richards’ offense was too quick and brutal. He eventually hit the Go2Sleep 2.0 to win.

Winner: Davey Richards

Richards and Hart beat Stryker down at the end until Liger ran in for the save. Richards and Hart bailed immediately. As they left, Hart demanded that Richards get the final match in the Farewell Tour.

[Quinn says: Really good stuff. Richards is impressing me as a singles wrestler. Like the Wilson/Collyer match, this one seemed more about Richards than Stryker. However, during a few of the sequences, mostly near the beginning and end, Stryker looked really good. His ability to fly and brawl works well against Richards. I’m not exactly a Stryker fanboy, but I wouldn’t mind seeing him more dominant if they wrestle again. Overall though, both guys worked a fast match and sold well. Stryker was working up to the Strykerlock and Richards sold the leg all throughout and convincingly worked around it. I like a good nod towards psychology.]

Rating: ***1/4

The Onslaught Express vs. The Towers

This was pretty even at first. Eventually Luger started to cheat like mad. He kept on trying to get Windham to cheat as well, but Windham was too much in the spirit of competition. The Towers were on completely different pages and both were too stubborn to give up their preferred way of doing things.

The Express quickly took advantage of this by isolating Luger and applying a lot of submission holds on his neck. Luger eventually nailed Parker with a running elbow, but it was only right after Parker made a blind tag to Pawluk. Luger put Parker in the Torture Rack, but Pawluk ran in, clipped his legs, and rolled Luger up for the win.

Winners: The Onslaught Express

Luger was pretty livid and started yelling at Windham.

Styles: It looks like Luger wanted Windham to interfere.

Windham just sort shook his head and walked out on Lex.

Styles: Are we seeing the end of The Towers?

[Quinn says: The Express’ offense was quick and fun. Luger wasn’t exactly on his A game this week, but I really like what Windham was doing. He’s been donning much more of a smashmouth style that suits his age and size limitations.]

Rating: **3/4

Brock Lesnar vs. Necro Butcher

Joey noted the numerous scars on Brock Lesnar’s back from the Deathmatch. He wondered if this match would have a different outcome since it was a straight-up wrestling match. He made sure to add, however, that Butcher was able to defeat Bryan Danielson in a wrestling match only a few weeks ago.

This match was basically just a lot of brawling with Lesnar getting in the vast majority of the offense. Butcher sold like a madman, but every time Brock went for the cover, Butcher would kick out. This was clearly beginning to frustrate Lesnar.

Lesnar started to focus on a lot of body shots as Joey speculated that he was getting prepared to do Butcher away with the F5. However, just as Brock was getting really fired up, Bryan Danielson ran into the ring and started delivering elbows to Brock’s face.

Styles: If there was any belief that Brock and Danielson were going to be civil, it’s been crushed right now!

As Danielson fired elbows away at Brock’s face, Butcher groggily stood up and Danielson ran over and delivered a massive uppercut that sent Butcher stumbling to the outside.

Winner: Draw

Danielson went to the outside to fight Butcher.

Styles: Bryan Danielson wants a piece of Butcher just as much as he does Brock!

As Butcher and Danielson brawled, Brock recovered, grabbed a chair, went to the outside, and blasted both men in the head. All three guys brawled around the ring until every official and road agent came down to split them up.

Styles: Two of these guys in one ring at a time is more than enough for the FWE to handle, what’s going to happen with three?

[Quinn says: Great selling by Butcher. They played up on the strengths of both men. Brock looked like a monster and Butcher looked unpinnable. The ending completely ruined the build-up, but the three-way brawl afterwards was fun to watch.]

Rating: ***

CM Punk Interview

Punk was in the back alone. He said that tonight was about him and only him. He said that he was going to defeat Jushin Liger in a match that will be all about honor and respect. He added that on December 31, at End of Days, he was going to beat respect into Cabana. He said he didn’t give a damn about what Cabana thought about him as a person, but Colt was disrespecting his accomplishments by trying to claim them for himself. He said that Colt could claim that Punk is the biggest son of a bitch in the entire sport and he wouldn’t care, but he’s not going to let Colt deny him of the respect he has earned in his accomplishments.

Rating: 89

Jushin Liger Farewell Tour Match: Jushin Liger vs. CM Punk

This match was awesome. Punk was in clear control in the early portions. Joey wondered if his iffy performance last week was just a product of a bad night rather than Cabana psyching him out.

Liger wasn’t outdone though. He came back with a lot of his signature offense. Once Liger was on a roll, Punk had a hard time gaining his composure. He was pretty much in panic mode for the rest of the match, making a mad dash to nail the tide-changing move.

However, Liger kept his calm and methodically worked over Punk’s neck. When the time was right, Liger nailed a brainbuster and pinned Punk for the win.

Winner: Jushin Liger

Styles: Jushin Liger is now 2-for-2 in the Farewell Tour! Next week, though, he is going to have to either get passed the legendary Ric Flair or the young and hungry Harry Smith.

[Quinn says: Now this is what this tour should be about. Punk and Liger surpassed my expectations by going over ****. Liger’s psychology by working over the neck was sound and Punk’s panicky offense was very well done. It’s really a shame that Liger won’t be a full-time wrestler anymore, but it’s nice that he can go out big.]

Rating: ****1/4

Team Whitmer (BJ Whitmer, Ric Flair, Doug Williams, Juventud Guerrera) vs. Team Andrews (David Andrews, Mike Rotundo, Michael Modest, and Derek Wylde w/ Marty Jannetty and Kevin Sullivan)

Joey noted that Whitmer’s team had more versatility, but, with Modest and Rotundo on the team and Jannetty and Sullivan on the outside, Andrews’ team had more experience.

Whitmer’s team dominated early on by making a lot of quick tags in and out. Ric Flair was pretty adamant about getting his hands on Modest, but Whitmer, the team leader, was aggressively pursuing Andrews and didn’t to consider Flair.

Eventually Flair blind-tagged himself in. This caused a huge rift in Whitmer’s team and they didn’t work nearly as fluidly as before, even though Williams and Juventud tried to hold things together. Even then, eventually Juventud started to work more independently and show off a lot, especially when he was in the ring with Derek Wylde, who he had an awesome sequence with. Wylde looked really good in this portion and Joey said that we were finally seeing his true potential

Once this happened, Andrews’ team hit their stride. They tagged in and out a lot, and at one point, Andrews and Modest worked well as a team and nailed a suplex/crossbody combination on Whitmer for the near fall.

Eventually the match broke down a bit. Rotundo was on the outside brawling with Juventud and Williams when Wylde to the outside from the ring and nailed a double clothesline on Williams and Guerrera. Joey said that Wylde had the ability to pull off risky moves in fluid fashion.

This left Flair, Whitmer, Andrews, and Modest in the ring. Andrews took Whitmer up to the top turnbuckle with him and prepared for a superbomb or something similar. Whitmer fought back and lifted him up for a superplex, However, Andrews struggled to get out of it, causing both men to spill to the outside.

This left Flair and Modest in the ring alone. Flair had been getting pretty beaten down throughout the match, which Joey chalked up to the fact that the champ was going to have a target on his back in any match. He was already pretty groggy as Modest hit a belly-to-belly and applied a bear hug. He then hit another belly-to-belly straight from the bear hug and then a northern lights suplex into a pin for the three count.

Winners: Team Andrews

Styles: Michael Modest has pinned the FWE Champion and there has got to be a lot of doubt in Flair’s mind right now if he can defeat Modest at End of Days.

[Quinn says: It was pretty slow at the beginning, but once Juvi and Wylde got in the ring together, the pace picked up and never slowed down. Speaking of Juventud and Wylde, they both looked incredible in the ring together and I really hope this is the beginning of a push for Wylde. That double clothesline to the outside was a sight to see as well.]

Rating: ***

Chris Jericho vs. Low Ki

Joey talked about how Chris Jericho had to have mixed feelings about this one. On one hand, he was in the main event in a high profile dream match, but it was against someone who is officially not part of the company and is not involved in anyway with the championship. He talked about how Jericho had been calling this bout a glorified novelty match, but that he would use it to make an example of Ki and elevate himself to a championship match.

Joey noted that none of the other Doghouse members were at ringside.

This had a lot of fast-paced, back-and-forth action. Jericho started by trying to go for the big win early on, but Ki was definitely taking a more methodical approach and looked to be preparing for a longer match than Jericho. Ultimately, this worked out better for Ki.

Jericho, though, was able to change up his strategy and began to rely more on submission holds and worked at an overall more methodical pace. Ki turn things up a little though and started to work stiff with Jericho, who surprisingly worked stuff right back.

The match was really heating up as it looked like they were nearing the end. All of a sudden, the entire Doghouse showed up. As the ref, suspicious about interference, yelled at them to get away from ringside, Homicide snuck in the ring and nailed an ace crusher on Jericho, allowing Ki to make the pin and gain the victory.

Winner: Low Ki

Joey mentioned that Ki had been working over Jericho’s neck and speculated that all of his work was in preparation for the run-in from Homicide with the ace crusher.

Homicide grabbed the mic and said they were going to make everyone in The Chosen’s lives a living Hell, whether they wanted to be part of this war or not. All of the Doghouse members then took a lot of brutal shots at Jericho, bloodying him up. They were incredibly stiff with him and Jericho was just getting murdered. He was wearing the crimson mask and looked just about completely knocked out. Joey wondered why no one in The Chosen was coming out to help him as the show came to a close.

[Quinn says: This was really great stuff up until the interference, which killed the vibe they had going. Still, everything before that was awesome.]

Rating: ***1/2

Overall Rating: 69

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