Season #2: Episode #37: Marchesa Hall & Theater; Austin TX
....We fade up on Brandon Stroud at ringside....Conspicuous in his absence is Eamon Patton as Brandon tells our viewers that Eamon is not here this week as he deals with the humiliating confrontation he had with the Bullet Club last week....Brandon reminds everybody that our 2-part season ending shows are coming up; entitled 'Inspiration & Revelation'....Our Main Event sees Barbi Hayden defend the Inspire Pro XX championship against Vanessa Kraven....
....Brandon can't get anything else out as Excalibur storms the broadcast area, demanding 'Marty' come out right now to face him....We get a tense several minutes as Excalibur paces around, going from the broadcast area to the ring and back to the broadcast area....This goes on for a couple of minutes before we go to a commercial break....---We come back from commercial to
Excalibur getting waylaid by the mysterious
'Marty'. Brandon excitedly explains that Marty jumped Excalibur during the break and Marty accepted Excalibur's challenge. At this point, Marty has put a good beating on Excalibur as we get a close-up of Marty's broken umbrella in the corner. Marty hits a rebound Lariat that nearly decapitates Excalibur before dropping his masked foe with a Pumphandle Neckbreaker to add further stress to Excalibur's neck area. Marty locks in the CROSSFACE CHICKEN WING to get a very unpopular win.
Afterwards, Marty refuses to release the hold as he transitions into CATTLE MUTILATION before the crowd pops for
Chris Hero. Marty rolls out of the ring as Hero checks on Excalibur. Hero grabs the mike, telling Marty that he's signed the contract for
'I&R' before wadding it up and throwing it at the 'Villain'. The camera focuses in on Marty's evil grin as we go to commercial.
---Back from the break for
'Country Boys Will Survive' to a huge jeer from the Marchesa crowd.
Jay Briscoe is out and the place comes unglued as the Marchesa crowd loathe
'Dem Boyz'. Of course, Jay antagonizes the crowd that is becoming common place for the Briscoes. Knowing the Austin area is a mainly liberal area, Jay asks just how much the crowd loves our new president,
Donald Trump. If you thought the crowd couldn't get anymore hostile, you were wrong!! Garbage started flying, prompting another short commercial break.
We come back as security has surrounded the ring and
War Machine's Hanson makes his entrance to a thunderous approval. Jay stalls to start the match but Hanson catches him with a huge big boot as Jay rounded the broadcast area. Back in the ring, Hanson uses the advantage to get a couple of nearfalls after hitting a Powerbomb and a Cartwheel Lariat. Hanson keeps the advantage and hits the SPIN KICK OF DOOM, however,
Mark Briscoe hops up onto the ring apron, breaking the count. The referee goes over to get Mark down but gets caught as Jay whips Hanson into the ref.
Raymond Rowe is out but gets a stiff chairshot from Mark as he slides into the ring.
Dem Boyz haul Hanson up for the DOOMSDAY DEVICE, revive the ref, and Jay pins Hanson after that fiasco. The crowd is not happy and the Briscoes have to be escorted to the back by security as we go to commercial.
---We come back from a lengthy break as
Lance Hoyt/Rhino/ICMG face the
Bullet Club. Plenty of action but the rudos seem to spend more time with the advantage as they cheat to keep their momentum. They end up isolating
Rich Swann and the
Young Bucks deliver multiple Superkicks before hitting the MELTZER DRIVER on Swann for the finish.
The big news came afterwards as Hoyt and
Chris Sabin were jawing at each other. Hoyt made the challenge and Sabin quickly accepted a
'Losing Faction Leaves IP' match for
'I&R'.
---We are back for the
Main Event as
Barbi Hayden defends her
IP XX championship against
Vanessa Kraven. Barbi is out first but that may have been a mistake as Kraven jumps her from behind and posts the champ. Barbi goes down hard and Kraven does not let up on her attack. We still go through the pre-match Main Event ritual but Barbi looks out on her feet. At the bell, Vanessa charges in and catches the champ with a Standing Clothesline that sends Barbi reeling backwards into the turnbuckle. Vanessa hauls Barbi up for the SIT-OUT POWERBOMB but Barbi fights out of it and mounts a short comeback.
However, the comeback was short-lived as Vanessa reverses a Swinging Neckbreaker into a Hangman's Neckbreaker of her own. Vanessa drops Barbi with the SIT-OUT POWERBOMB shortly after and we have a new champion. Vanessa Kraven is the new ladies' champion!!
We close the show with Vanesaa standing over Barbi, holding the XX title high over her head as we....
....Fade....