Underground Wrestling

[maddog1981]

This promotion is a spiritual successor to my Underground Wrestling that ran from 2008-2012 using LOTF cards. This is going to be a television product with some iPPVs mixed in for good measure. Here are the championships in Underground Wrestling:

Underground Championship
Underground Tag Team Championship
Underground Television Championship
Underground Junior Heavyweight Championship
King of the Deathmatch Trophy

Over the next week I'm going to be running a 32 man double elimination tournament to crown the first ever Underground Champion. The match ups will be completely randomized throughout the tournament (winners will be match with winners and losers with losers). After that I'll get the TV up and running. The tv is going to feature a segment I'm going to call the Fastest Five Minutes in Wrestling. This will be where I run 6-8 matches with no angles around them. On TV this will appear as a 5 minute music video where the matches get clipped up and people get quick results. So instead of running a tv show with a couple of matches I'll be running 12 matches a show and just have angles for the main wrestlers. This will be my attempt to keep more wrestlers busy on a weekly basis.

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Underground Title Tournament Night 1: 12/23/2014

live from Columbus, OH

Adam Pearce (1-0) d. Adam Cole (0-1) w/ a cross body block
Mike Quackenbush (1-0) d. Icarus (0-1) w/ the Quackendriver II
Sami Callihan (1-0) d. Necro Butcher (0-1) by DQ
Rhino (1-0) d. Jon Moxley (0-1) by DQ
Eddie Edwards (1-0) d. Mike Bennett (0-1) w/ the Die Hard
Roderick Strong (1-0) d. Brian Cage (0-1) by DQ
Colt Cabana (1-0) d. AR Fox (0-1) w/ the Colt .45
Homicide (1-0) d. Johnny Gargano (0-1) w/ Da Gringo Killer
Jay Briscoe (1-0) d. Delirious (0-1) by DQ
Willie Mack (1-0) d. Jay Lethal (0-1) w/ a roll up
Sami Zayn (1-0) d. Kevin Steen (0-1) w/ the Spike Brainbuster
Michael Elgin (1-0) d. Shelton Benjamin (0-1) w/ a Buckle Bomb
Scorpio Sky (1-0) d. Eddie Kingston (0-1) by DQ
Tyler Black (1-0) d. Matt Sydal (0-1) w/ God's Last Gift
AJ Styles (1-0) d. 2 Cold Scorpio (0-1) w/ the Styles Clash
Nigel McGuinness (1-0) d. Ultramantis Black (0-1) by DQ

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Underground Title Tournament Night 2: 12/24/2014

live from Columbus, OH

Kevin Steen (1-1) d. 2 Cold Scorpio (0-2) w/ the F-CINQ
Mike Bennett (1-1) d. Jon Moxley (0-2) by DQ
AR Fox (1-1) d. Jay Lethal (0-2) w/ a kick flip dive
Shelton Benjamin (1-1) d. Necro Butcher (0-2) w/ the Paydirt
Matt Sydal (1-1) d. Ultramantis Black (0-2) w/ the Shooting Sydal Press
Johnny Gargano (1-1) d. Adam Cole (0-2) by DQ
Eddie Kingston (1-1) d. Delirious (0-2) w/ the Backfist to the Future
Brian Cage (1-1) d. Icarus (0-2) w/ the Weapon X
Adam Pearce (2-0) d. AJ Styles (1-1) w/ the Jumping Piledriver
Nigel McGuinness (2-0) d. Rhino (1-1) w/ the Jawbreaker Lariat
Eddie Edwards (2-0) d. Jay Briscoe (1-1) by DQ
Michael Elgin (2-0) d. Willie Mack (1-1) w/ a crossface submission
Tyler Black (2-0) d. Mike Quackenbush (1-1) w/ the Buckle Bomb
Colt Cabana (2-0) d. Sami Zayn (1-1) w/ the Bionic Elbow
Homicide (2-0) d. Scoprio Sky (1-1) w/ Da Gringo Killer
Sami Callihan (2-0) vs. Roderick Strong (1-1) w/ the Stretch Muffler

Eliminated:

2 Cold Scorpio
Jon Moxley
Jay Lethal
Necro Butcher
Ultramantis Black
Adam Cole
Delirious
Icarus

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Underground Title Tournament Night 3: 12/26/2014

live from Columbus, OH

Willie Mack (2-1) d. Sami Zayn (1-2) w/ the Chocolate Thunder Driver
AJ Styles (2-1) d. Jay Briscoe (1-2) by DQ
Scorpio Sky (2-1) d. Rhino (1-2) w/ a roll up
Mike Quackenbush (2-1) d. Roderick Strong (1-2) w/ the Chikara Special
Eddie Kingston (2-1) d. Adam Pearce (2-1) w/ the Backfist to the Future
Colt Cabana (3-0) d. Brian Cage (1-2) w/ the Colt .45
AR Fox (2-1) d. Nigel McGuinness (2-1) w/ a kick flip drive
Johnny Gargano (2-1) d. Shelton Benjamin (1-2) by DQ
Michael Elgin (3-0) d. Tyler Black (2-1) by DQ
Homicide (3-0) d. Eddie Edwards (2-1) by DQ
Matt Sydal (2-1) d. Sami Callihan (2-1) w/ the Sydal Special
Kevin Steen (2-1) d. Mike Bennett (1-2) w/ the F-CINQ

Eliminated:

Sami Zayn
Jay Briscoe
Rhino
Roderick Strong
Brian Cage
Shelton Benjamin
Mike Bennett

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Underground Title Tournament Night 4: 12/27/2014

live from Columbus, OH

Nigel McGuinness (3-1) d. Sami Callihan (2-2) by count out
Tyler Black (3-1) d. Willie Mack (2-2) w/ the Phoenix Splash
Adam Pearce (3-1) d. Michael Elgin (3-1) w/ the Jumping Piledriver
Kevin Steen (3-1) d. Eddie Kingston (2-2) w/ the F-CINQ
Mike Quackenbush (3-1) d. Scorpio Sky (2-2) w/ the Quackendriver III
AJ Styles (3-1) d. Colt Cabana (3-1) by DQ
Matt Sydal (3-1) d. Johnny Gargano (2-2) by DQ
AR Fox (3-1) d. Eddie Edwards (2-2) w/ the Krunch

bye: Homicide (3-0)

Eliminated:

Sami Callihan
Willie Mack
Eddie Kingston
Scorpio Sky
Johnny Gargano
Eddie Edwards

Adam Pearce (4-1) d. Homicide (3-1) by DQ
Kevin Steen (4-1) d. Nigel McGuinnness (3-2) by DQ
Matt Sydal (4-1) d. Colt Cabana (3-2) w/ the Sydal Special
Michael Elgin (4-1) d. AR Fox (3-2) w/ a cravata with knees
AJ Styles (4-1) d. Mike Quackenbush (3-2) w/ the Styles Clash

bye: Tyler Black (3-1)

Eliminated:

Nigel McGuinness
Colt Cabana
AR Fox
Mike Quackenbush

[maddog1981]

Sorry for the delay. My laptop died and I had to salvage the hard drive which had my notes on the final show in this tournament. Here's the final show that crowned the first ever Underground Champion. Tag Team tournament to come and the tv as well.

Underground Title Tournament Night 5: 12/28/2014

live from Columbus, OH

Adam Pearce (5-1) d. AJ Styles (4-2) w/ the Jumping Piledriver
Homicide (4-1) d. Matt Sydal (4-2) by DQ
Tyler Black (4-1) d. Kevin Steen (4-2) by DQ

bye: Michael Elgin (4-1)

Eliminated:

AJ Styles
Matt Sydal
Kevin Steen

Adam Pearce (6-1) d. Tyler Black (4-2) w/ a roll up
Michael Elgin (5-1) d. Homicide (4-2) by DQ

Eliminated:

Tyler Black
Homicide

Final:
Michael Elgin (6-1) d. Adam Pearce (6-2) w/ a lariat to win the Underground Championship

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Underground Tag Team Title Tournament: 1/1/2015

live from Columbus, OH

Round 1:

American Wolves d. Philly's Most Wanted w/ the Die Hard
Young Bucks d. Forever Hooligans w/ More Bang For Your Buck
Wrecking Crew d. Fire Ant and Soldier Ant w/ the Sit-Out Choke Slam
Kings of Wrestling d. Bravado Brothers w/ the Ricola Bomb
Gentleman's Club d. Bad Influence by DQ
World's Greatest Tag Team d. The Throwbacks w/ the Paydirt
reDRagon d. the Batiri w/ Chasing the Dragon
OI4K d. the Tribe w/ the Irish Coffee

Quarter-Finals:

American Wolves d. Young Bucks w/ the Die Hard
Kings of Wrestling d. Wrecking Crew by count out
World's Greatest Tag Team d. Gentleman's Club w/ the Haas of Pain
reDRagon d. OI4K w/ Chasing the Dragon

Semi-Finals:

Kings of Wrestling d. American Wolves by DQ
reDRagon d. World's Greatest Tag Team by DQ

Final:

reDRagon d. Kings of Wrestling w/ the Armageddon to win the Underground Tag Team Championship

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Underground TV #1: 1/27/2015

taped from Columbus, OH

Delirious and Young Bucks d. ACH and Bravado Brothers w/ More Bang For Your Buck

Gavin Loudspeaker is backstage with Underground Tag Team Champions reDRagon. Fish talks about all of the established teams they beat to win these belts. It's a new era in tag team wrestling and it's going to be an era dominated by reDRagon. There isn't a single team out there that has a prayer against them. O'Reilly calls reDRagon the pinnacle of tag team wrestling in 2015. Kings of Wrestling, Bad Influence, American Wolves... not a prayer against reDRagon. The Underground Wrestling fans will need to get used to the idea of reDRagon ruling this division.

Fastest Five Minutes In Wrestling:
War Machine d. Team AC/DC by DQ
Ethan Page d. Patriot III w/ the Headshot Cutter
Silas Young d. Drew Gulak w/ the Pee Gee Waja Plunge
Uhaa Nation d. the Shard w/ the Ultra Combination
Philly's Most Wanted d. Naptown Dragons w/ a cross body block
Mike Bennett d. Kazarian w/ a roll up with tights
BJ Whitmer and Jimmy Jacobs d. The Throwbacks w/ the Railroad Spike
Shynron d. Biff Busick by DQ

Gavin Loudspeaker has Commissioner Charlie Cox backstage. Cox announces that on next week's episode they'll be having a tournament to crown the first ever Underground Television Champion. He thinks the fans will really enjoy how they've set up the tournament.

Brodie Lee d. Manimal w/ the Big Boot

Chuck Taylor is backstage. He applauds Michael Elgin for winning the tournament and becoming the first ever Underground Champion. Unfortunately he's in for a very short reign. Chucky T is going to be walking out of the building with that title belt at the end of the night. He's been studying the big man and he knows exactly how to beat him. Stay tuned because history is going to happen tonight.

Cedric Alexander d. Kevin Steen w/ the Lumbar Check

Cedric Alexander celebrates his big win and runs around the ring high fiving fans. Steen blindsides him as he turns one of the corners of the ring. Steen grabs the ring stairs and smashes Alexander right in the head with them. Steen pushes one of the random cameramen and starts to choke Alexander with the camera cord. Caprice Coleman comes out and confronts Steen. Steen backs off when challenged. Coleman checks on Alexander and then gets blindsided by Steen. Steen rolls Coleman into the ring and grabs a chair. He places Coleman's ankle in the chair and then climbs to the top rope. Steen comes off the top rope with a flying knee but Alexander manages to throw himself on Coleman and takes a knee right to the back. Coleman's ankle has been saved but it's absolute carnage in the ring as Kevin Steen walks to the back.

Main Event:
Underground Title Match:
Michael Elgin (c) d. Chuck Taylor w/ the Elgin Bomb

Brodie Lee comes out of the crowd and blindsides Elgin with the Underground Title belt. He hits a running powerbomb on Elgin and then picks up the Underground Title belt. He poses with the belt as the show fades to black.

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Underground Podcast #1: 1/31/2015

taped from Columbus, OH

A promo plays for the first Underground iPPV which will be taking place on Saturday, March 7th.

A recap of Brodie Lee attacking Underground Champion Michael Elgin is played to kick off the show.

Gavin Loudspeaker tried to catch up with Brodie Lee as he left the building. Loudspeaker asks why he attacked Elgin. Lee simply shoves Loudspeaker away and leaves the building.

Underground Champion Michael Elgin is backstage. He knew that winning this belt would put a giant target on his back. But he never imagined that a guy like Brodie Lee would resort to such cowardly tactics to get his attention. Well, he's got his undivided attention now. He outlasted 31 of the top wrestlers in the world to win this belt. He's not going to lay down for some two bit punk just because he had a cup of coffee up north. He hears there's an iPPV coming up in March, he wants Brodie Lee to get in the ring with him at that show and he's planning to take this all the way to the commissioner's office.

Cedric Alexander d. Nathan Arnold Charging w/ a springboard clothesline

Gavin Loudspeaker catches up with Cedric Alexander after his win. He asks about the condition of Caprice Coleman. Alexander says that Coleman is a little banged up but he won't be missing any ring time because of it. Loudspeaker asks if there's unfinished business between Alexander and Steen. Alexander says that you always expect those types of actions from a guy like Kevin Steen. He's pretty mad about what went down but he did beat Steen in the ring. He thinks there will be a reckoning between them down the road.

Kings of Wrestling are backstage. Chris Hero mentions how the Kings of Wrestling were an elite team on the scene for most of the 2000s. They've reunited and tag team glory will be in their future once again. reDRagon might have won the first battle but the Kings of Wrestling will win the war. Claudio Castagnoli chimes in. He applauds reDRagon for beating them in the ring. Not many teams have been able to say that over the years. But now reDRagon has something that the Kings want and that's the Underground Tag Team Titles. They should enjoy their victory because it will be fleeting.

Main Event:
Gentleman's Club d. Team AC/DC w/ the Awful Waffle

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Underground TV #2: 2/3/2015

taped from Columbus, OH

AJ Styles is backstage. He's really disappointed that Adam Pearce beat him both times that they faced off in the tournament. He wants a chance at redemption. He wants a chance to beat Adam Pearce at the upcoming iPPV.

Underground Television Title Elimination Match:
Silver Ant d. Tommaso Ciampa w/ the Chikara Special Silver
Silver Ant d. Ricochet w/ the Good LucK Cloverleaf
Silver Ant d. Nick Madrid w/ the Chikara Special Silver

Jay Lethal is backstage. Tonight he's going to show the fans of Underground Wrestling what a real athlete looks like. At the end of the night he's going to be the man lifting that Television Championship belt over his head in victory. If anyone else in the tournament doesn't like that then try to stop him.

Underground Television Title Elimination Match:
Shaun Ricker d. Silas Young w/ the Gravy Train
Archibald Peck d. Shaun Ricker w/ 'My New Move'
Jay Lethal d. Archibald Peck w/ the Koji Clutch

Cedric Alexander comes down for his part in the Television Title Tournament when Kevin Steen attacks. Steen tosses Alexander off the stage. Alexander appears to be injured. Medical staff checks on Alexander while security pulls Kevin Steen away. The referee signals that Alexander is unable to compete in the match. There's a moment where nothing goes on until music hits and Jigsaw walks out. Jigsaw has come out to take Cedric Alexander's place in the tournament.

Underground Television Title Elimination Match:
Christopher Daniels d. Alex Colon by DQ
Christopher Daniels d. Matt Taven w/ the Angels Wings
Jigsaw d. Christopher Daniels w/ a roll up

Underground Television Title Elimination Match:
Chuck Taylor d. Brian Cage w/ the Awful Waffle
AR Fox d. Matt Cross w/ the AR-KO
AR Fox d. Chuck Taylor by DQ

Gavin Loudspeaker tries to catch up with Brodie Lee backstage. He asks Lee about his upcoming title match with Elgin. Lee just starts laughing and walks away without saying a word.

Fastest Five Minutes In Wrestling:
Biff Busick d. Shynron w/ a bodyslam against apron
Gran Akuma d. Drew Gulak w/ the Yoshi Tonic
War Machine d. 3.0 w/ the War Machine
Brodie Lee d. Dirty Ernie w/ the Big Boot
Naptown Dragons d. Young Bucks w/ a swinging DDT
2 Cold Scorpio d. Mike Mondo w/ the Scorpio Splash
RockNES Monsters d. the Batiri w/ the Explosive Amnesia
Ultramantis Black d. Pinkie Sanchez by DQ

Gavin Loudspeaker is with Underground Tag Team Champions reDRagon. O'Reilly talks about how the Kings of Wrestling are a thing of the past. They belong to an era of wrestling that has long since passed. Now they've become like all of those other athletes that held on for a few years too many. They're going to get embarrassed when this rematch happens. Fish says that they want to give the Kings of Wrestling a chance to bow out of this match gracefully. They should take their legacy of excellence and not tarnish it any further than they already have. No one will think any less of them if they just admit that reDRagon is out of their league.

Main Event:
Underground Television Title Match:
Jigsaw d. Silver Ant by DQ
AR Fox d. Jay Lethal w/ the Lo Mein Pain
Jigsaw d. AR Fox w/ the Jig 'N' Tonic to win the Underground Television Championship

AR Fox takes the Underground Television Title belt away from the referee. He looks at the belt and at Jigsaw for a moment. He takes the belt and puts it around the waist of Jigsaw and then raises his arm and points at him. AR Fox can be seen telling Jigsaw that he wants a rematch before heading to the back. Jigsaw celebrates his title victory as the show fades to black.

Underground Wrestling presents Showdown: Elgin vs. Lee airing live on iPPV Saturday, March 7th:

Underground Championship Match:
Michael Elgin (c) vs. Brodie Lee

Underground Tag Team Championship Match:
reDRagon (c) vs. Kings of Wrestling

Underground Championship Eliminator Match:
Adam Pearce vs. AJ Styles

Cedric Alexander vs. Kevin Steen