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January 14th, 2012; A new era begins...
Topic Started: Jan 22 2012, 06:38 PM (181 Views)
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The long awaited (for another year) return of Alamo Championship
Wrestling had San Antonio buzzing again, even if by now the return shows
are sort of getting old hat. One smart thing the company did this time
around was offer all tickets for free, as doing so attracted about 600
people tonight. It's down from the most attended shows ACW has put on
before, but higher than the average show.

One correction from the recent news updates, this show as well as all
future ACW shows aren't being held in the same place as the 'old' ACW
Arena, aka the San Antonio Municipal Auditorium thanks to a partial
demolition and remodeling that's closed the building since the fall.
Instead, ACW has moved to new digs in the form of a renovated warehouse
bought by Tom Landis and Tara Marshall. Overall it's a smaller space,
which makes for a more intimate setting than the Municipal Aud.

The ACW Arena V.2 is an interesting redesign from the more wide open feel
of V.1's ballroom-like setting. Twin catwalks run along the north and
south walls to overlook the floor area, and the entrance stage sits on
the east wall. The west wall features the main entrance for fans, as
well as a crow's nest area up above the doors with stairs to the left
side. The catwalks are about a foot higher than the top of the crow's
nest, with roughly four to five feet separating the levels. The ringside
area is edged with simple metal guardrails, the rails also framing the
aisleway right to the back of the east wall.

The entrance stage itself features an angular set of curtains to the left
side, with a pair of large plasma screen televisions anchored up next to
the entrance. Four steps lead down to the aisleway, and a ring with
black posts and alternating silver and black ropes sat in the middle of
the floor.

Linkin Park's "Points Of Authority" was the first piece of music to hit
the speakers at the top of the show, and the brand new General Manager
Tara Marshall made her way out to a loud bevy of cheers. She took the
time to shake hands with everyone along the ringside area before climbing
into the ring and welcoming the fans to tonight's show. A small "Welcome
back!" chant started up, and after soaking it all in a grinning Tara
officially welcomed everyone back to the Alamo City. She went on to
announce that because of upheaval with the roster all the existing ACW
Southwest championships were vacant and would soon be filled. In
particular, the Southwest Heavyweight Championship would be filled on
this night with a special 8 man gauntlet style match. She wished
everyone in the back good luck tonight, and then left to more cheers
before the action soon got underway.

The Glamour Boys (w/Robert Hofstedder Jr.) versus Mark II
---------------------------------------------------------
The first match in the reborn ACW featured two familiar tag teams, having
previously worked in ACW briefly. The Boys, formerly known as the West
Coast Wild Boyz, have taken on a new manager since ACW saw them last in a
skinny southern gentleman dressed in a cheap suit. Carney and Workman,
students of the prestigious Keening School of Grappling Arts, were
welcomed by the crowd as their opponents watched unimpressed from in the
ring. The opening flurry of the match was won by the Marks, who drove
"Nasty" Nick and "Marvelous" Michael to their freaked out manager. The
Hoff yelled at them to "send 'em home to mama!", and when the match
returned the doubleteaming tactics of the Glamour Boys began to take the
match in a new direction. Workman was isolated for much of the match and
took the brunt of damage, nearly getting pinned off a moonsault double
kneedrop from Nick Hunter. But near the end he made the hot tag to
Carney, momentarily giving Mark II the opening to win ala the
Spellchecker. That's when Hoff jumped up onto the apron to distract the
referee, allowing Hunter and Taylor to hit a double brainbuster suplex to
take Carney out for the pinfall.

WINNERS: The Glamour Boys

Hofstedder grabbed the microphone following the match and proclaimed that
he and the Glamour Boys would revolutionize tag team wrestling in 2012.
That drew a loud chorus of boos, as the manager led his team back to the
locker rooms.

Skull N' Bones versus The New Throbbing Mattress Kittens
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Up next, a bit of women's wrestling as the always popular Rachel "Arcee"
Carlisle and Angela "Skullbuster" Harrison took on the seductive Cordova
twins, in a highflying battle that left all four women battered and
bruised by the end. Stereo splashes from the Cordovas off the top rope
led to disaster for the TMK, as both Arcee and Harrison got their knees
up in time. With the twins prone, Rachel hit her Voodoo Mama tornado DDT
from the corner on Luna just as the 6'2 Angela dropped Aurora on her head
with the Skullbuster piledriver. Simultaneous three counts left the
crowd ecstatic, as the step-sisters celebrated with the crowd post-match.

WINNERS: Skull N' Bones

Following the tag matches was the introduction of a new talent to ACW, as
Mickey Avalon's raunchy opus "Stroke Me" came over the PA system and a
gorgeous blonde woman about 5'7 came out from the locker rooms, escorting
a tall muscular man with short brown hair and wearing a long red and
white robe. As the music pounded throughout the building the blonde
woman grinded all over him, then together they walked towards the ring
where the woman held the ropes open for the man. Once in the ring the
man asked for the microphone and then proceeded to make out with his
valet all as the crowd booed the pairing.

He introduced himself as Stan "The Man" Fox, and declared himself the
greatest male specimen professional wrestling has ever seen. He also
introduced his companion, Sugar, and told the crowd she's the type of
woman men leave their mistresses for as the young lady gyrated
provocatively. Before the duo made out again, he demanded that ACW bring
out his victim for the night and warned whoever won the upcoming gauntlet
match that they were just going to keep the belt warm for "the man".

Jamie Kidd versus Stan "The Man" Fox (w/Sugar)
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Stan Fox stood in the ring with his arms stretched out as Sugar disrobed
him, but started to untie his trunks until Fox stopped her and told her
"that's for later, honey."

And from the back came one half of the now former Southwest Tag Team
Champions, "The Sensation Rocking The Nation" Jamie Kidd to loud
applause. Kidd, a member of the famous Kidd wrestling family, started
off quickly with an aerial assault on Fox, but after an attempted cross
bodyblock from the top rope Fox ducked and Kidd was tangled up in the
ropes. That's when Fox exploded onto poor Jamie, hammering away on him
and not ceasing fire until he managed to hook him with a front chancery
and executed a vicious head-drop suplex to the mat. The beguiling Sugar
had the focus of most of the males during the match, and for good measure
managed to trip Jamie late in the match as Kidd gamely tried to get back
in the thick of things. When he turned around to confront her, Sugar
smiled sweetly at him and blew the Englishman a kiss... which distracted
him long enough for Fox to kick him in the skull and then pick him up for
a Death Valley Driver to win.

WINNER: Stan "The Man" Fox

Post-match Sugar slid into the ring and straddled the defeated Kidd for a
few seconds, allowing Stan to grab a microphone and ask the unconscious
Jamie how it felt to finally have a girl on top of him. Fox and Sugar
then made out a bit more, before leaving the ring while a disgusted crowd
showered them with boos.

The main event came up next, as Keith Marshall and Rhett Connors made
their way out to the ring. Connors carried the Southwest Championship
belt in a red velvet bag and sat down at ringside while Marshall took the
microphone and acted as the special guest ring announcer for the match,
explaining the rules of the match.

Gauntlet Match For The Southwest Heavyweight Championship
---------------------------------------------------------
So the first man to come out for the match, former Southwest Heayweight
Champion "Hollywood" Cody Jones. Jones showed his displeasure, arguing
that he should have been given a higher seeding because "he runs this
place". He didn't have too long to gripe though, because the second man
out was the barefoot madman Cornelius Gore! Gore and Jones slugged it
out, with Gore winning the war and repeatedly driving Jones into the
corner spine-first. Cody ducked an apron running clothesline and came
back with a neck snap as he jumped to the arena floor, stunning Gore and
leaving him vulnerable to the Pledge, Cody's roaring elbow. A package
piledriver later and Gore was out of the match, but Jones was immediately
beseiged by entrant #3... "Everyone's Idol" Quinn Murray.

Murray unleashed a flurry of shots to prevent Jones from getting back up,
immediately delivering the Fatal Frame to lay the former champion out.
But not satisfied with simply defeating Jones, Murray started to scream
out that he wanted to "end" his former tag team partner once and for all.
A second Fatal Frame was enough to knock Jones unconscious, but Quinn
grabbed a steel chair from the outside and laid it down in the ring as
his ally Gore stumbled back to his feet. With a sneer Murray delivered a
package piledriver of his own and finally covered Jones for the three
count, and then really went to work. As the #4 entry, Danny Holden came
down to the ringside area, he stopped and watched as Gore and Murray
lifted the dead weight of Jones up and Gore delivered a Rusty Knife Kick
to once again lay Jones out. Murray then grabbed the steel chair lying
in the ring and threatened Holden, who raised his hands and shrugged as
if to say "Hey, go ahead and finish your business man". Then to the
horror of the crowd and despite a stream of security guards surrounding
the ring Murray wrapped the chair around the arm of Cody Jones and
stomped down repeatedly on it, causing him to come to life screaming in
pain. One definitive and audible *SNAP* later and the damage was
unquestionably done as Jones convulsed in shock as security and EMTs
helped get him back to the locker rooms, his obviously broken arm cradled
into his body.

Murray and Gore celebrated their actions, when the until-now passive
Holden slid into the ring and caught Gore with a double running
kneestrike to send him out to the floor. As Murray tried to grab Holden
he quickly found himself trapped in Holden's cross armbreaker! With the
remaining security dragging Gore out and unable to reach the ropes Murray
was forced to tap out or face a similar fate as Jones, drawing a loud pop
from the crowd! Clutching his own arm as he rolled to the outside Murray
shot Danny Holden a dirty look, walking away as he passed entrant #5...

As the crowd exploded when original ACW member Stephen Edge entered the
building! Edge, a charismatic young local wrestler who lost a loser
leaves town match in 2008, hi-fived the crowd happily as Holden stared at
him from inside the ring. When Edge stepped through the ropes Holden
offered him a handshake, but sadly as Stephen accepted it he was whipped
into the far ropes and met with a knee strike followed by an attempted
armbreaker. Edge, who proved he was watching the match earlier,
countered free of it and came at Holden with a series of flying forearms
of his own. As Edge went to the top rope for a high altitude elbowdrop
Holden rolled clear and pounced immediately on the returning star,
ratcheting on the cross armbreaker for another tapout victory.

Entrant #6 was announced as "Jammin" Jesse Roucka, an athletic young man
who bounced down to the ring and went right to the top rope to catch
Holden with a flying leg lariat and nearly scored a pinfall win. Holden
was forced to wrestle defensively for a few minutes as Roucka took it to
him, unleashing a high risk offense including an Asai moonsault tornado
DDT that left the uber-technician flat on his back and again nearly
pinned. But one mistaken was all it took as Roucka attempted a
dragonrana and instead Holden countered with a swift and sudden powerbomb
into the canvas. A switch to the cross armbreaker and Roucka too was
forced to tap out. A battle weary Holden held up two fingers, signifying
the number of opponents he had left to get through.

As a disappointed Roucka returned to the back he was passed by entrant
#7, a near seven foot tall man announced as "Big Time" Bradley Rose.
Rose lumbered down to the ring, having a clear size advantage over Holden
who's eyes grew wide as his newer, fresher opponent stalked him. Danny
rolled to the outside for a quick breather which led to Rose giving
chase, and as he tried re-entering the ring Holden caught him flush in
the side of the head with a shin kick. He tried to soften Rose up for
the armbreaker, but the big man was waiting for it and lifted Holden high
into the air for a gorila press. Rose began to abuse Holden with
tremendous power moves, a lariat flipping him inside out at one point.
Smelling blood in the water, Rose grabbed Holden and lifted him up for a
powerbomb... and Holden promptly caught Rose nappy with a small package
and scored a three count! The crowd began to boo heavily as Holden
celebrated by raising one last finger into the air, this one a middle
finger to the audience. Rose stormed out, frustrated at falling for such
a tactic...

When the sounds of Motorhead blasted over the PA system and the crowd
greeted "Overkill" Joey Malone as the #8 and final entrant! Malone raced
to the ring and dove off the top rope onto an exhausted Holden with a top
rope legdrop. The energetic Malone ran circles around Holden, peppering
him with whatever he could and surprising him with rollups. Only after
Holden caught the former Southwest Tag Champion with a running leap over
the ropes to guillotine Malone's arm did the technician get back in
control, working the arm just as he'd done to each of his previous
opponents in the gauntlet. A curb-stomp to the elbowjoint was
particularly painful to Joey, but Holden over-played his hand once more
and had the armbreaker countered with a toss right over the top rope.
Malone followed it with a suicide dive to the outside of the ring that
brought the house down.

When the match returned to the ring it was the fan favorite in firm
control and soon Joey heard the chants of the crowd and so leapt to the
top rope to deliver the Stone Dead Forever, his version of a 450 splash,
landing on top of Holden perfectly and hooking a leg. But just prior to
the referee counting to three Holden got his free leg across the bottom
rope to thwart Malone's pin attempt. A distraught crowd chanted "Do it
again! Do it again!", and ever-agreeable Joey did just that, climbing to
the top rope again. But his second 450 splash went horribly awry, as
Holden kicked the ropes and caused Joey to crotch himself, then snagged
Joey by the arm and pulled him to the canvas in the now-all-too-familiar
cross armbreaker. Despite Joey's brave attempts to fight it off, he was
eventually forced to succumb, tapping out.

WINNER: And new Southwest Heavyweight Champion, Danny Holden

Holden picked himself up off the mat and exited the ring, grabbed the bag
from Rhett Connors and was about to pull the championship belt out when
"Points Of Authority" hit the PA system and GM Tara Marshall appeared
high above the crowd on the left side catwalk near the ACW logo banner.
Said Marshall:

"Congratulations to you Danny Holden, on winning tonight's main event and
becoming the brand new Southwest Heavyweight Champion. But while you
congratulate yourself for going through that locker room and coming away
with the victory, I have that major announcement to make. Ladies and
gentlemen... you are NOT at the rebirth of Alamo Championship Wrestling
tonight.

Tonight marks a new era for this promotion, and a new era in wrestling
overall. I know there have been rumblings about the return of a certain
company that's well known in this area and this state...

[Chants of "MBC! MBC!" intermingle with a few "AWA! AWA!" and even one
or two chants of "PCW! PCW!", and Tara smiles down at the crowd from her
perch high above.]

"Ladies and gentlemen... welcome to MBC Alamo City!"

[A small bit of pyro explodes up at the ceiling near where Marshall
stands, as the banner featuring the ACW logo is dropped to reveal a brand
new logo, one that bears the initials MBC:AC. The crowd roars with
delight as down at ringside an unimpressed Danny Holden finally removes
the title belt from the velvet bag, producing an entirely new looking
title belt that features the same MBC:AC logo on it. Nonetheless he
raises the belt over his head and walks out.]
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