Championship Wrestling SPIKE

[Pariah]

Some excellent teams moving onto round two... But, I really wish The Batiri had made it past The Kingdom... Great stuff!

[Blehschmidt]

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Championship Wrestling SPIKE
Week 11

In a classic, almost Saturday Night's Main Event style, we get a fired up Jay and Mark Briscoe promo that had the censors on edge before the intro to the show ever ran. Jay promised to "whoop some ass" and Mark promised to "pound some beaver" which drew a strange look from his brother. They finished, promising that when they were CWS World Tag Team Champions everyone would know why Dem Boyz was the best damn tag team on the planet.


1) The Beaver Boys vs The Briscoe Brothers {CWS World Tag Team Title Tournament}

Pardon my language, but Holy Shit! Jay and Mark Briscoe came into the ring and beat The Beaver Boys like they owed them money. Alex Reynolds started the match and was brutalized by both brothers, managing to kick out of Mark's Cut Throat Driver and eating a brutal Double Super Kick that sent him into his own corner where John Silver tagged himself in. Silver actually got it worse, as Jay just tossed him around for several minutes before they obliterated him with a Double Football Tackle, then annihilated him with the Doomsday Device.

The Briscoe Brothers advance to the Quarter Finals.


2) The Gentleman's Club vs The African American Wolves {CWS World Tag Team Title Tournament}

This one was a TON of fun. Chuck Taylor was absolutely on his game tonight, finding counters for everything that ACH and AR Fox could throw at him, all while Orange Cassidy was asleep on the turnbuckle. In a turn from the normal formula, the heel, Chuck fought valiantly against both of his opponents, nearly catching a pin on ACH with Sole Food, and nearly tapping AR Fox with the Cross Crab. Eventually Taylor had to tag in Cassidy who ran wild for nearly a minute, before clamping a headlock on ACH and passing back out. The shenanigans continued for several minutes, and Taylor ended up back in the ring with ACH, smashing him with the Awful Waffle (which drew gasps from the crowd) and pinning him to the shock of this reviewer!

The Gentleman's Club advance to the Quarter Finals.


We are taken backstage where we see the members of The Unbreakable Machines pumping a ridiculous amount of iron. Michael Elgin stops long enough to tell London and Kendrick that tonight they find out why he and Cage are called Unbreakable.


3) Roppongi Vice vs The Inner City Machine Guns {CWS World Tag Team Title Tournament}

WOW! These guys apparently decided that it was time to blow everyone away because they came out, went about three hundred miles an hour and hit each other with everything. Highlights included Trent nearly pinning Ricochet in the opening minutes with a brutal double foot stomp. Rocky Romero eating a Five Star Swann Splash, immediately followed by a 630 Senton that had the whole arena on it's feet. That would have been it, but Trent made the save at the last possible second. Trent blasting Ricochet with a Gob Stopper, and Swann returning the favor, breaking up the pin at 2 and 9/10ths. The end finally came when Trent got out of the Chicken Fried Driver, rocked Rich Swann with a leg lariat, and then planted him with a top rope frankensteiner for the One, Two, Three.

Roppongi Vice advance to the Quarter Finals.


4) The Unbreakable Machines vs The Hooliganz {CWS World Tag Team Title Tournament}

This match was all about brawn vs experience. The Machines absolutely decimated the Hooliganz from start to finish, but each time they were just about to gain the victory, it was a veteran move or a well timed double team that saved the match for London and Kendrick. They absorbed the beating and drug the match out as long as they could until both of the Machines were worn down and tired. The end came when an exhausted Brian Cage tagged out to Elgin who laid a beating into London for several minutes, until London rolled past a clothesline and tagged in Kendrick who ran circles around Elgin for several minutes before nailing him with Sliced Bread #2. It wasn't enough, as Elgin powered out of it, but a second Sliced Bread #2 and a hand full of tights that the referee never saw gave the veterans the win!

The Hooliganz advance to the Quarter Finals.

[Blehschmidt]

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Championship Wrestling SPIKE
Week 12

We open with Joey Ryan and Rhett Titus, Team Sleaze hanging out backstage in the catering area hitting on one of the female backstage workers who looks terribly uncomfortable. Once they see the camera they leave the poor young lady alone and cut an innuendo filled interview about defeating The Colony, winning the tournament, and ruling CWS. While they were talking the young lady quickly finished getting her food and exited the area. Ryan and Titus looked around confused once they were done, as they were looking to finish their conquest.


1) The Young Bucks vs Willie Mack and Shane Strickland {CWS World Tag Team Title Tournament}

Someone apparently forget to tell Mack and Strickland they were in a match tonight, because The Young Bucks just ran them over. Seriously, this was like The Young Bucks Greatest Hits. Superkicks, handspring back rake, Suck Its, moonsaults, 450's, superkicks, springboard x-factor, powerbomb into a corner kick, Too Sweet, superkick, you name it! I think the only thing we didn't see was More Bang for Your Buck, because they instead planted Shane Strickland with the Meltzer Driver, nailed Mack with Early Onset Alzheimers, then pinned Strickland.

The Young Bucks advance to the Quarter Finals.


2) Team Sleaze vs The Colony {CWS World Tag Team Title Tournament}

Ryan and Titus are taking this sleaze thing to a whole other level here, hitting on women in the front row, particularly singling out couples so that one can jaw with the guy while the other hits on the girl. Pretty good stuff. On another note, The Colony is super over with the kids and I bet CWS is going to sell a shit load of replica masks! Anyway, onto the match.... Ryan and Titus cheated like hell the whole time as the Ants fought from underneath. Fire Ant was your insect in peril for most of the match, and when he finally made the tag to Silver Ant the place went nuts. Silver looked liked 80's Hogan throwing punches and getting fired up. He finally tossed Rhett Titus from the ring, and then Fire Ant hit an INSANE plancha on him from out of nowhere, leaving Silver Ant able to nail Joey Ryan with a big superplex and then lock him in the Chikara Special Silver to secure the tap out victory.

The Colony advance to the Quarter Finals.


3) Fourth Gunn vs The Kingdom {CWS World Tag Team Title Tournament}

Gulak and Busick absolutely dominated Matt Taven for the first several minutes of this match with hard hitting offense and frequent tags. At one point Gulak nearly forced Taven to tap out to the University Stretch, but Bennett was able to make the save. Taven continued to be beaten on for another minute or so, before jamming a thumb into the eye of Busick and tagging out to Bennett. Things got chaotic as Bennett and Busick spilled out to the floor and began to brawl. The referee began to count them out, but then Gulak and Taven began to brawl in the ring. It only last a few seconds before they spilled out to the floor, when the referee turned around, Maria was on the apron and the referee had to deal with her. That gave Mike Bennett the opportunity to smash Biff Busick in the head with a steel chair, quickly roll him back in the ring, and then cover him as Maria dropped off the apron so the ref could count the pin.

The Kingdom advance to the Quarter Finals.


4( Red Dragon vs War Machine {CWS World Tag Team Title Tournament}

Good God, this may have been the most competitive one sided ass kicking I've ever seen. Rowe and Hanson have apparently been watching 1980's Road Warrior tapes as they hit the ring kicking ass and never let up. O'Reilly was the first to feel the pain as Rowe and Hanson took turns beating on him, finally demolishing him with the War Machine. Bobby Fish tagged himself in and suffered much the same fate, though he actually managed to kick out of the War Machine...the first time. The second time he wasn't so lucky. War Machine looked like freaking killers tonight, and have to be the favorites in this tournament now.

War Machine advance to the Quarter Finals.

[Pariah]

Excellent job by War Machine... Taking out reDRagon certainly changes the landscape... Making either the Briscoes or the Bucks the odds-on favorites, I would think...

Would love to see London & Kendrick make a play for the gold, but they've got some serious competition to deal with...

Great stuff!

[Blehschmidt]

Before I post the next card, I am going to take a moment and say that I am not sure what the future holds for this fed. I've finished crowning all of my champions and setting things up, and now that I have gotten to trying to run a weekly show.... I find myself stuck. I still have a few more shows finished to edit and post, but I am not sure if things continue after that, or if I try something different. Just wanted to get that off my chest and put it out there. Anyway.....

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Championship Wrestling SPIKE
Week 13

The show opens with Shane Douglas in the ring to announce that next week will be a special extended edition of Championship Wrestling SPIKE. On that episode we will have a match between Matt Sydal and Homicide. The winner of that match will get the first shot at AJ Styles and the CWS World Heavyweight Championship, while the loser will have their Championship Wrestling SPIKE contract terminated!

He then went on to explain that we will also be crowning the first SPIKE Television Champion next week. All wrestlers who are not Styles, Sydal, Homicide, or a member of a team still competing in the CWS World Tag Team Title Tournament will be eligible to contend for the title. It will start with all of the wrestlers who wish to compete for the championship being entered into one of two battle royals. They will be regular battle royals with all wrestlers who do not make the final eight being eliminated from title contention. The final eight competitors from each battle royal will go on to make up the members of a Torneo Cibernetico team, with the battle royal winner being the captain who will determine the batting order for his team.

Douglas went on to explain the rules of a Torneo Cibernetico, and declared that the last man standing would be the Cibernetico winner and the first SPIKE Television Champion!


1) The Briscoe Brothers vs The Gentleman's Club {CWS World Tag Team Title Tournament}

Before the match began, Chuck and Orange decided it would be a good plan to slap Mark and Jay in the face. As anyone who has seen Dem Boyz over the years can tell you, probably not a good idea. Mark assaulted Chuck Taylor with a barrage of Redneck Kung Fu that sent Chuck tumbling to the floor. Mark then dove on him with a springboard crossbody to the floor that left both men splattered on the concrete. Meanwhile in the ring, Jay did nothing so fancy, simply beating Orange Cassidy from one side of the ring to another with punches and kicks, before planting him with a death valley driver, then spiking him with a Jay Driller for the One, Two, Three.

The Briscoe Brothers advance to the Semi Finals.


2) The Colony vs The Young Bucks {CWS World Tag Team Title Tournament}

This was a fantastic back and forth match between quite possibly the best tag team in the world and quite possibly the most under rated team in the world. In a change of pace, Fire Ant started the match and flew all around the ring with both of the Bucks, and then Silver Ant came in and stretched Matt Jackson into some nasty looking submission holds that constantly had Nick in the ring to break them up. The Bucks eventually turned the tide when they destroyed Fire Ant in the middle of a flying crossbody attempt with a double superkick, then some early onset alzheimers. Silver Ant broke up that pinfall, but the Bucks continued to work over Fire Ant for several minutes, eventually catching an interfering Silver Ant with a double superkick, then ending the night of Fire Ant with More Bang for Your Buck.

The Young Bucks advance to the Semi Finals.


3) War Machine vs The Kingdom {CWS World Tag Team Title Tournament}

The War Machine blitzkrieg continues as they took out Matt Taven in the opening seconds of the match with a brutal double big boot that sent him sailing out between the ropes and crashing to the floor. They then took turns working over Mike Bennett for a couple of minutes before Rowe dropped him with the Death Rowe, then tagged in Hanson who scaled the ropes and dropped a Freaking Moonsault!! on him just for the hell of it!

War Machine advance to the Semi Finals.


4) Roppongi Vice vs The Hooliganz {CWS World Tag Team Title Tournament}

This was a solid back and forth contest that had a ton of super close near falls that everyone in the audience was buying as the finish. Trent controlled early showing up both London and Kendrick, which led to Kendrick showing that he was not averse to a little cheating to get ahead. Later in the contest London and Romero had a bit of crazy guy back and forth that really got the crowd into it. The end came when Trent was on the floor, and London executed an insane "Please Don't Die" dive onto him. Romero and Kendrick went to check on their respective partners and started brawling on the floor. London recovered first and got Trent back in the ring, where he then executed his Shooting Star Press and secured the victory.

The Hooliganz advance to the Semi Finals.

[Blehschmidt]

911Wrestling.com Report
Championship Wrestling SPIKE
Week 14
TORNEO CIBERNETICO

1) -SPIKE Television Title Cibernetico Qualifying Battle Royal #1-

(Zack Sabre Jr, ACH, Chris Hero, Roderick Strong, Fire Ant, Arik Cannon, Tommaso Ciampa, Johnny Gargano, Christoper Daniels, Joey Ryan, PJ Black, Austin Aries, Brian Cage, Ricochet, Kyle O'Reilly, Michael Bennett, Drew Gulak, Trent Barreta, Rhett Titus, Anthony Nese)

-Order of Elimination-

1) Michael Bennett, after a double superkick by Ricochet and PJ Black

2) Christoper Daniels, was tossed hard to the floor by Tommaso Ciampa

3) Ricochet, was attacked from behind and dumped to the floor by Roderick Strong

4) Arik Cannon, was thrown out of the ring by Chris Hero

5) Rhett Titus, was press slammed over the top rope to the floor by Brian Cage

6) Trent Barreta, after a double dropkick from ACH and Shynron

7) Kyle O'Reilly, was tossed to the floor by the combined effort of Roderick Strong and Austin Aries

8) Tommaso Ciampa, was hoisted out of the ring and deposited on the floor by Drew Gulak

9) Anthony Nese, was hit with a crossbody block by Fire Ant that sent both of them tumbling to the floor

10) Fire Ant, was carried out of the ring by the momentum when he hit Anthony Nese with a crossbody block

11) Brian Cage, was tossed to the floor by the combined efforts of Chris Hero, Zack Sabre, Johnny Gargano, and PJ Black

12) PJ Black, was grabbed from behind and chucked over the ropes by Roderick Strong

-Everyone from this point Qualifies, they now compete to be Team Captain-

13) Austin Aries, was smashed by a Chris Hero rolling elbow and then clotheslined to the floor

14) Drew Gulak, was sent over the ropes and to the floor by a Johnny Gargano superkick

15) Joey Ryan, was backdropped to the floor by Zack Sabre Jr.

16) Chris Hero, was dumped to the floor by the combined effort of ACH, Gargano, and Sabre

17) Zack Sabre Jr, was tossed to the floor by Roderick Strong after taking the Sick Kick

18) Johnny Gargano, was eliminated after an ACH dropkick sent him up and over

19) ACH, was caught in a fireman's carry by Strong who dumped him to the floor.

Winner, and Captain of Team #1: RODERICK STRONG


We are taken backstage where we see Homicide pacing his dressing room ahead of his big match tonight. When he notices the camera he yells out "Matt Sydal, you a dead man tonight boy." He then goes back to psyching himself up for the match.


2) -SPIKE Television Title Cibernetico Qualifying Battle Royal #2-

(Timothy Thatcher, Cedric Alexander, Tommy End, Dalton Castle, Silver Ant, Silas Young, Chuck Taylor, Darin Corbin, Caleb Konley, Willie Mack, Adam Cole, AR Fox, Michael Elgin, Rich Swann, Biff Busick, Bobby Fish, Matt Taven, Rocky Romero, Kazarian, Shane Strickland)

-Order of Elimination-

1) Kazarian, after Tommy End kicked him hard in the forehead and then tossed him to the floor

2) AR Fox, was backdropped to the floor by Bobby Fish

3) Chuck Taylor, was sent sailing from the ring by Michael Elgin after slapping him in the face

4) Shane Strickland, was tossed from the ring by his partner Willie Mack who just shrugged his shoulders

5) Matt Taven, was deposited on the apron then decimated by a Biff Busick European Uppercut that put him out

6) Silas Young, was sent over and out by a Cedric Alexander superkick

7) Bobby Fish, was waistlocked up and over by Timothy Thatcher

8) Darin Corbin, was tossed to the floor by Dalton Castle who waved at him after the elimination

9) Silver Ant, was tossed hard to the floor by Michael Elgin

10) Rocky Romero, was clotheslined up and over by Dalton Castle

11) Caleb Konley, was clotheslined out of the ring by Michael Elgin

12) Rich Swann, was dropkicked out of the ring by Adam Cole (BayBay)

-Everyone from this point Qualifies, they now compete to be Team Captain-

13) Adam Cole, was grabbed by the hair and trunks and sent flying by Michael Elgin

14) Michael Elgin, was dumped out by the combined effort of Thatcher, End, and Busick

15) Timothy Thatcher, was kicked in the back of the head and sent over by Tommy End

16) Tommy End, was grabbed from behind and dumped by Biff Busick

17) Dalton Castle, was attempting a top rope move on Willie Mack and got dropkicked out by Cedric Alexander

18) Willie Mack, was tossed out by the combined effort of Busick and Alexander

19) Buff Busick, was backdropped to the floor by Cedric Alexander

Winner, and Captain of Team #2: CEDRIC ALEXANDER


We go backstage where the eight men advancing from the first battle royal are in a room together as team captain Roderick Strong lays out the batting order that he has decided on. The looks on the faces of the other men in the room range from annoyance to anger as Roderick continues to give orders obliviously.


3) Matt Sydal vs Homicide {CWS World Title Shot vs Loser Leaves Town}

Homicide was in full on angry mode as he jumped Sydal before the bell and was just blasting him with nasty looking stomps and kicks, and a lariat that nearly ended it early. Homicide stayed on offense for several more minutes and got a couple other near falls, but Sydal was finally able to turn it around with a leaping knee that caught Homicide under he chin. From that point Sydal never let up just hitting Homicide with everything he could think of, and finally he scaled the ropes and connected with a picture perfect Shooting Sydal Press that guaranteed us a rematch of the epic tournament final.

Winner, and #1 Contender to the CWS World Heavyweight Championship: Matt Sydal

Homicide must leave Championship Wrestling SPIKE


We are taken to another room where the eight men who advanced from battle royal number two are all together. While things look tense, they all seem to be in agreement with the batting order that Captain Cedric Alexander has put forth. They all get up and begin heading to the ring as we go to commercial.


4) -16 Man Torneo Cibernetico for the SPIKE Television Championship-


Team Strong Batting Order: ACH, Johnny Gargano, Joey Ryan, Zack Sabre Jr, Drew Gulak, Austin Aries, Roderick Strong, Chris Hero

Team Alexander Batting Order: Dalton Castle, Michael Elgin, Willie Mack, Cedric Alexander, Biff Busick, Timothy Thatcher, Tommy End, Adam Cole


Elimination #1: Austin Aries was eliminated at 17:27 after Cedric Alexander nailed him with the Kick to Kill then followed it up with the Lumbar Check.

Elimination #2: Chris Hero was eliminated at 21:44 after Tommy End crashed down on him with the Owart Death Stomp just moments after Hero was able to escape the Thatcher Stretch.

Elimination #3: Michael Elgin was eliminated at 26:50 when he was forced to tap when Zack Sabre Jr secured the Cross Armbreaker in the center of the ring.

Elimination #4: Willie Mack was eliminated at 29:12 after he missed a moonsault and was scooped up and planted with a Sabre Driver by Zack Sabre Jr.

Elimination #5: Biff Busick was eliminated at 35:29 when Johnny Gargano hooked him in the GargaNO Escape and he was forced to tap out.

Elimination #6: Tommy End was eliminated at 38:07 when he got caught in the GargaNO Escape in the center of the ring and had to tap.

Elimination #7: Joey Ryan was eliminated at 41:16 after Adam Cole planted him with the Florida Key.

Elimination #8: Cedric Alexander was eliminated at 45:30 after barely escaping Drew Gulak's University Stretch. Roderick Strong then tagged an unsuspecting Gulak, entered the ring and nailed Cedric with the End of Heartache for the pinfall.

Elimination #9: ACH was eliminated at 49:01 when he was forced to tap out as Timothy Thatcher wrenched in the Thatcher Stretch

Elimination #10: Zack Sabre Jr was eliminated at 53:19 after Adam Cole ducked a big European Uppercut, hooked him and dropped him with the Florida Key for the one, two, three.

Elimination #11: Dalton Castle was eliminated at 55:15 after Drew Gulak drilled him with the Bataclan Suplex, then followed it up with a bridging German Suplex for the pin.

Elimination #12: Johnny Gargano was eliminated at 58:36 after Timothy Thatcher was able to reverse the GargaNO Escape into a Fujiwara Armbar and Gargano was forced to submit.

Elimination #13: Timothy Thatcher was eliminated at 61:29 after tapping out to The Strong Hold. Before Thatcher tapped Roderick nailed him with two Sick Kicks, the End of Heartache and multiple backbreakers. Roderick was going out of his mind every time Thatcher was able to kick out.

Elimination #14: Adam Cole was eliminated at 63:57 after Roderick Strong planted him with The Gibson Driver. This again came after Drew Gulak did all the damage to Cole, and Strong tagged himself in when Gulak got too close to the corner.

Roderick immediately leapt to his feet and took off running, blasting Drew Gulak with a Sick Kick as he was entering the ring. Strong covered Gulak for the One, Two, Thr....KICK OUT!! Strong pounded the mat in frustration, then was quickly to his feet and waited for Gulak to get back up. Once Drew stood, Roderick flew across the ring and sent Gulak in a complete flip with a second Sick Kick. Again Roderick covered him, One, Two, FOOT ON THE ROPE!!! Roderick was beside himself and grabbed the referee. Meanwhile Gulak found a reserve of energy and got to his feet with a primal yell, he waistlocked Strong and dropped him with a German suplex. He held on and pulled Roderick back up and delivered another German Suplex. Gulak yanked him back up for a third one, but waisted a split second to let our another yell which allowed Roderick to fire off a series of elbows to the head of Gulak, then free of his grip he let loose a leaping knee strike. Gulak staggered and Roderick went into the ropes...

Elimination #15: Drew Gulak was eliminated at 66:06 after eating his third Sick Kick.


WINNER OF TORNERO CIBERNETICO, AND NEEEEWWWW SPIKE TELEVISION CHAMPION: RODERICK STRONG!!!!!


The show went off the air with Roderick Strong clutching the belt to his chest, sitting in the center of the ring with a huge shit eating grin on his face.

[Blehschmidt]

911Wrestling.com Report
Championship Wrestling SPIKE
Week 15

1) The Briscoe Brothers vs The Hooliganz {CWS World Tag Team Title Tournament}

Apparently Jay and Mark Briscoe were watching War Machine footage before this match as they just ran down London and Kendrick like they were the Mulkeys. Kendrick got it first, taking a beating from both men, but he managed to kick out of both the Cut Throat Driver and a nasty looking double football tackle. He was eventually able to get away from Mark and tag in London, who fared no better, eventually taking a horrifying looking dropkick to the knee from Jay before being put away with the Jay Driller.

The Briscoe Brothers advance to the Finals.


2) War Machine vs The Young Bucks {CWS World Tag Team Title Tournament}

War Machine had no intention of being outdone by Jay and Mark Briscoe, as they stormed the ring and just began beating on The Young Bucks before the bell ever rang. They finally backed off when the referee threatened to disqualify them. The show went to commercial as The Bucks tried to recover. Once it came back, the obviously already beaten Bucks agreed to the match. Rowe came across the ring like a shot and ripped Nick's head off with a clothesline. He tagged in Hanson, and they hit the War Machine on Nick Jackson. Matt stupidly ran in, and ate a Spinkick of Doom for his troubles, then they hit him with the War Machine just for the hell of it. Then just to get a point across, they picked Nick back up and hit him with the Doomsday Device, at which point the referee stopped the match and deemed The Young Bucks unable to continue.

War Machine advance to the Finals.


Jay and Mark Briscoe race to the ring and a huge brawl erupts between the two of them and War Machine. It only takes a few moments for referee's and officials to hit the ring, but they do little to no good as the four men toss them aside and continue to brawl. The locker room empties and it takes a good two dozen wrestlers to hold the four men back from killing one another. Soon enough Shane Douglas shows up on the stage.....

"BRISCOE'S...WAR MACHINE.....you boys want to kill each other so bad....FINE. The tournament final will now be a No Count Out, No Disqualification Match to determine the CWS World Tag Team Champions!!"

The four men are appeased by the promise of violence and the show goes to another commercial as the brawl breaks up.





As we return, Shane Douglas is still out and he explains how the SPIKE Television Championship is going to work. The championship will be contested in fifteen minutes bouts where count outs and disqualifications are in effect. The title will be defended every two weeks, and the contender will be randomly chosen from a pool of all available opponents. The pool will consist of all wrestlers on the Championship Wrestling SPIKE roster who do not currently hold championship gold. If a wrestler fails to win the championship when he is drawn from the pool, be it by losing the match in any manner or time limit draw, he will not be eligible to compete for the championship again so long as the person he faced is holding the championship. Once the championship has changed hands, all eliminated competitors will be placed back in the pool, as well as the former champion. Should a champion manage to eliminate the whole pool without losing the championship, he will be immediately granted a shot at the CWS World Heavyweight Championship and granted a bonus of Twenty Thousand Dollars!

Once Shane finished talking, a bingo tumbler was brought onto the stage and the first challenger was drawn.....


3) Roderick Strong (C) vs Bobby Fish {SPIKE Television Championship}

Roderick Strong was not remotely happy to see one half of Red Dragon as his challenger, and as is the theme of the night, went after him aggressively when the bell rang. Strong peppered Fish with forearms and chops, but Bobby was game and fired back with some nasty kicks. The first four or five minutes of the match went this way with both guys exchanging control and just laying into one another with strikes. The turning point came when Fish whipped Strong into the turnbuckle and charged in after him. Roderick was able to leap up and catch Bobby with a knee that landed flush under the chin and rocked Fish. Roddy fired a kick into the midsection of Fish and planted him with a Gibson Driver which netted a count of 2, and then locked him in the Strong Hold which was nearly enough to make Bobby tap out, but Fish was able to reach the ropes. A Sick Kick followed and nearly took his head off, and that was all she wrote in 9:02.

Winner, and still SPIKE Television Champion: Roderick Strong


4) The Briscoe Brothers vs War Machine {CWS World Tag Team Title Tournament}

As you can probably guess, this was a showcase of Greco Roman wrestling that would have made Lou Thesz envious....

This was chaos from the moment the bell rang with all four men immediately brawling all over the place. Chairs were flying, the time keepers table was smashed to pieces, and the announce team was sent running from their position. When things finally made it into the ring of all places, this was nothing but power moves and stiff shots. Jay may have hit the most impressive move of the match, press slamming Hanson and dropping it into a Death Valley Driver. Mark was nearly killed with the War Machine, but Jay smashing Rowe with a chair pretty much ended the pinfall attempt that came after. Strangely of all the chaos, and craziness of this match, the end came when Jay and Mark blasted Hanson with a double superkick. Jay then Cactus clotheslined himself and Rowe out of the ring, as Mark covered a stunned Hanson and hooked the leg, scoring the 1,2,3.

The Winners, and NEW CWS WORLD TAG TEAM CHAMPIONS: JAY AND MARK.....THE BRISCOE BROTHERS!!

[Pariah]

Huge congratulations to the new CWS World Tag Team Champions, The Briscoes... Even though I was hoping for London & Kendrick to go all the way, the tournament was the furthest thing from disappointing... That finale against War Machine was breathtaking, to say the least...

Really like how you've got things set up for the TV title... Should make for some superb competitive moments... Nice work by Roddy Strong on a solid first defense...

Can't wait to watch things develop... Great stuff!

[Blehschmidt]

911Wrestling.com Special Report

The initial fifteen week run of Championship Wrestling SPIKE has come to an end. Here is what we have learned about talent that will likely not be appearing in the company going forward.

Names like Austin Aries, Paul London, Brian Kendrick, 2 Cold Scorpio, Daivari, Christopher Daniels, Frankie Kazarian, and Homicide were brought in with the knowledge that it was for the short term. They were people with a past name value that the company hoped would help bring in viewers. There is rumor that Austin Aries may return for a longer run at some point, but the others it would appear are finished with the company.

The Chikara guys that were brought in as part of the tag team tournament like The Colony, The Osirian Portal, The Batiri, The Throwbacks, AC/DC, and Orange Cassidy were just that, brought in for the tag team tournament. The Colony may return in the future, as they were well received by both fans and management.

The Beaver Boys and The Premier Athlete Brand were both well received, and may return in the future, but right now will not be used.

The Bravado Brothers were said not to impress, and will not be asked to return.

Rhett Titus, Rocky Romero, Matt Taven, and Michael Bennett were said to be unhappy with the plans the company had for them going forward, and asked for releases, which they have received.

Lastly, Colt Cabana and Eddie Edwards were both originally planned to be part of the company for the long haul. However Cabana was said to have rubbed some in management the wrong way with his "humor", while Edwards was upset as he was supposed to be brought in with his long time partner Davey Richards, but Richards apparently held the company up for more money and was replaced hours before the press release for the first show went public.

[Blehschmidt]

911Wrestling.com Report
Championship Wrestling SPIKE
Week 16

We open with Chris Hero saying that he was embarrassed to have been taken out of the tournament to crown the first Championship Wrestling SPIKE Champion by getting knocked unconscious and being unable to continue. He went on to say that tonight, the time has come for him to show the people who the real Hero is, and he is going to start by laying waste to Willie Mack.


1) Chris Hero vs Willie Mack

Hero and Mack were almost immediately in one another's face talking trash. Mack fired the first shot, slapping Hero in the face, but Hero loosed a right hand that wobbled the knees of Mack, and followed it with an elbow strike that drew gasps from the crowd. That set the tone for the match as these two, pardon my language, beat the piss out of each other. Hero took the advantage for the final time when he slid out of a vertical suplex and connected with the Death Blow. He chose not to pin Mack, instead blasting him with the Cyclone Kill, and a second Death Blow before covering him for the One, Two, Three.

Winner: Chris Hero


We go backstage where we see Shane Douglas telling Joey Ryan that Rhett Titus told management that Ryan was too egotistical even for him, and that he quit the company instead of continuing to team with him. As Douglas walks away, Ryan is approached by a woman who identifies herself as Veda Scott and tells Ryan that she has a client set to make his Championship Wrestling SPIKE debut, and that he is looking for a tag team partner. Veda Scott turns and waves the camera away as the two begin to talk.


2) Fourth Gunn (Biff Busick/Drew Gulak) vs Red Dragon (Kyle O'Reilly/Bobby Fish)

Went into this one expecting a war, but got something totally different. Don't get me wrong, it was still an awesome tag team match, but this is apparently the beginning of the end for the Busick/Gulak team. Gulak pretty much hogged the ring time and didn't fair so well a good portion of the time. Each time Busick seemed about to turn the tide, Gulak tagged himself back in. The end came when Gulak had actually been on a big string of offense and went for a slam, but O'Reilly was able to shift himself and hook a triangle choke. Both combatants went to the mat, and Kyle was able to sink the hold even further. Gulak clawed toward the ropes, but wasn't able to make it and was forced to tap out.

Winners: Red Dragon

After the match, an irate Busick entered the ring and could be heard asking Gulak what the hell he was thinking. Flustered Busick turned away, and Gulak grabbed him from behind and nailed him with the Spine Splitter. Gulak then quickly exited the ring with a smirk on his face and headed for the back.


"The Franchise" Shane Douglas makes his way to the ring to announce that in two weeks time, Jay and Mark Briscoe will defend the Championship Wrestling SPIKE World Tag Team Titles against Hanson and Rowe, The War Machine and it will be a No Count Out, No Disqualification, Anything Goes Street Fight!!

Douglas is about to exit the ring when he finds himself interrupted by Adam Cole who says that he is just out here to counter act the over the hill old man in the ring who is sending the ratings into the toilet. Douglas laughs the insult off and informs Cole that he should spend less time running his mouth, and more time getting prepared, because next week he will be going one on one with "The Whole Shebang" Johnny Gargano! Cole acts unimpressed and says that maybe next time Douglas can send him a man, instead of a boy.

"Did someone say something about boys?"

Dalton Castle appears on the stage behind Adam Cole, flanked as always by his boys.

"I have no idea why you wouldn't want boys, but if you want a man Bay Bay, Dalton Castle is right here!"

Before Adam Cole even has time to respond, Shane Douglas pipes in that if there is one thing he loves, it's a good Three Way Dance! Johnny Gargano versus Adam Cole versus Dalton Castle.....Right Here....NEXT WEEK!!

Cole is not happy as the music of Douglas plays, and a smirking Castle heads to the back with his boys.


3) AJ Styles (C) vs Matt Sydal - CWS World Heavyweight Championship - 2 out of 3 Falls

Fall #1: To the shock of everyone the first fall of this one only lasted two and a half minutes. Things felt like they were just getting started when AJ Styles countered a Matt Sydal suplex attempt with a small package and really cinched it in for the surprise One, Two, Three.

Winner of Fall #1: AJ Styles

Fall #2: Matt Sydal was for lack of a better word, Pissed Off in the second fall. He came at AJ Styles one hundred and seventy five miles an hour right from the beginning and hit him with everything he had. I mean everything. Cyclorama, Here It Is, Aftershock, Double Helix, top rope Frankensteiner, EVERYTHING!! Styles kicked out again and again, even getting his shoulder up at two and nine tenths after a Shooting Sydal Press. Sydal was unphased and went back to work, planting Styles with another Here It Is Driver then scaled the ropes and connected with a flawless Shooting Sydal Press for the One, Two, Three. (AJ went from 0 to 10 tokens in this fall!!!)

Winner of Fall #2: Matt Sydal

Fall #2: AJ Styles had barely managed to regain his footing when the rest period came to an end, and Sydal was on him in a flash. Styles tried his damnedest to fight back, but Sydal was just destroying him. Sydal whipped Styles into the corner and scaled it to reign down punches, but Styles mustered up the last of his strength to shove Sydal off of him, which sent Matt crashing into the referee. Matt charged back into the corner and nailed Styles with a huge dropkick that collapsed him to the canvas. Sydal was about to go for the cover when he noticed the downed ref and instead went to revive him. Sydal failed to notice two men slide into the ring behind him. When he turned around...HE WAS BLASTED IN THE FACE WITH A SUPERKICK PARTY!!!! Matt Jackson quickly hoisted Sydal up as Nick headed to the apron, and The Young Bucks planted Matt Sydal with the Indytaker. Matt pulled Styles on top of Sydal, as Nick shook the referee, then both Bucks slid out of the ring and headed for the back. The half conscious referee saw a pin being made and counted One, Two, Three.

Winner of Fall #3: AJ Styles

AJ STYLES IS STILL THE CWS HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION OF THE WORLD


The Young Bucks are quickly back in the ring where they grab Styles and his title and get him the hell out of Dodge before Sydal can come too, or the referee can figure out what happened. The formerly cheered trio is bombarded with boo's as they exit the arena.