14th ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION
Crunchy's Bar
East Lansing, Michigan
June 22nd 2023
Tradition would like to thank the returning GUANO APES and their song OPEN YOUR EYES for tonight's event.
You hear the crowd cheer as a video package is shown highlighting some of the talent that has stepped in the Tradition ring like the very first Champion; Tekeshi Morishima and his feud with Steve Corino, the Kings of Wrestling with their inter- promotional feud with Heartland Wrestling's Dudley Boys which gave us the Parking Lot Brawl. SoCal Val, Rick Rude, Claudio Castagnoli drama. former champions like the Irish Airborne, Erick Stevens, Christopher Daniels etc. Legends like the Midnight Express, Stone Cold Steve Austin, Big Van Vader, the British Bulldogs, Kurt Angle, Bison Smith, Jerry Lynn and the last Tradition Champion Samoa Joe. Celebrities like Jack Bauer of 24 & Miley Cyrus, wrestlers from Michigan like Rob Van Dam & Sabu, Jimmy Jacobs, Dan the Beast Severn. The Sweet Science 16 Tournament & more.
The fans continue to cheer loudly as we are now at ringside as Big Daddy Kanter, Gabe Johnson, Keith Simmons, Dave Little and Jerod Rickert all are introduced to a standing ovation as they are seated in the V.I.P section of the bar when....ANOTHER NAUGHTY THREESOME (SoCal Val, Traci Brooks & Angelina Love) make their way around ringside to meet the fans and eventually join the promoters in the V.I.P section. Val goes and sits right next to Kanter who got a big smile on his face!
Chris Hero DEFEATED Colby Corino
"These two went right after each other right from the opening bell with stiff shots, Chris who many believe was the backbone of this promotion over the years was indeed greeted back by the fans with a Hero's welcome got the very hard-earned victory via his CYCLONE KILL finisher but it should be known Colby showed why he is one tough son of a bitch, surviving several vicious elbow shots throughout the match.
Both men slowly got to their feet after the match and stood toe to toe again, Hero extended his hand in a show of respect, the bruised & battered Corino smirked and denied the gesture and left the ring, Hero brushed him off and celebrated the win."
CPW Heavyweight Champion: Big Van Vader & CPW Tag Team Champions: "Dr. Death" Steve Williams & Ted Dibiase (Black glove version) DEFEATED Larry Zybesko & The Original Midnight Express (Dennis Condrey & Randy Rose) w/ Dark Menace in their corner
"Thanks to all of these legends the fans got teleported back to the 80's NWA style hard hitting action and they could not get enough of it. Give credit to the official in this match for keeping control as much as he did because it could have gotten totally out of control. In the end Big Van Vader got the victory for his team thanks to his Power Bomb that almost put Zybesko through the mat. It should also be noted that DiBiase during the match knocked out the Dark Menace cold via his black gloved fist!
As the match continued Menace needed medical attention and was taken to the back. As his champions celebrated Mad Kanter stood up and applauded with Val"
IWTV 10 MAN TAG TEAM WAR
Daniel Garcia & Bear Country & Matt Cardona & Bryan Myers VS. A.J. Gray & Mance Warner & Matthew Justice & Manders & Effy
"This match brought something to Tradition for the first time, a domestic disturbance complaint & disturbing the peace, you heard right. This war did not even hit the ring as it started in the back and down the isle way but it quickly got outside into the parking lot and in the middle of the highway with traffic swerving to avoid hitting the athletes!
The entire referee staff and officials followed the action as the battle between these ten men would end up in a residental neighborhood about a mile from Crunchy's! Knowing this match could go beyond the ring officials had body cams on so everyone could follow the action.
This match ends when Effy gets thrown through a bay window by Matt Cardona into the living room of someone's house! The couple was sitting in the living room needless to say was not happy with the wife screaming and the husband trying to protect her eventually getting a bat in his hand, this led to police being called!
The match ends with no winner as Cardona and Effy both get cuffed by the cops and taken away in the squad cars, the others were asked to come down to the station as well as back in the arena Keith Simmons realizing what has transpired, told Traci Brooks he had to go and left quickly to the police station one would assume to bail his guys out."
PNW WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH
booked by: Jerod Rickert
Champion: Great Gama DEFEATED Terry Taylor
"Give credit to the very game Terry Taylor in this match but he was totally out matched against the reigning PNW Champion who really had his way with his challenger despite early on getting busted open via the steel ring post, that only seemed to motivate Gama as he eventually put Taylor down with his Body Lock and press finisher to get the victory.
Suddenly as the Great Gama got his hand raised, BIG VAN VADER with is CPW Championship came down to ringside and started talking trash to Gama who stood in the ring and stared at the man who interrupted his dominate victory celebration. In the VIP lounge Kanter again had a big smile on his face as the gave a look over at Jerod, Big Daddy then went back to Val as he lit his big cigar."
HEARTLAND 2 OUT OF 3 FALLS MATCHbooked by: EpicDave Kelly Klien DEFEATED Holidead
FALL ONE:
"Despite hitting the End of The Match finisher, Kelly Klien could not finish Holidead off who made a tremendous comeback by taking her to the outside and smashing Klien's face into the steel post busting her open and getting her back in the ring and connecting twice with her Darkness Falls Finisher for the three count to take the first fall."
FALL TWO:
"Blood pouring down her face Kelly took blood off her forehead and smeared it on the chest of Holidead and as the bell rang to start the next fall the two threw haymakers at each other in the center of the ring, this action once again outside of the ring where Kelly smashed her opponent with a steel chair in the back of her head!
Kelly rolled her back in the ring, pump handle slam..kick out by Holidead...End of The Match Finisher...kick out by Holidead...Samoan Drop...PIN...match tied up at one a piece!"
FALL THREE:
"Blood is now trickling down the back of the head of Holidead as the deciding fall between these two tough as nails competitors begins. Several near falls had the crows on the edge of their seats throughout this final fall, in the end after two consecutive End of the Match Finishers Kelly Klien was able to get one of the hardest earned victories of her career."
CCW SUPERGIRLS FOREVER CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH booked by:
gabe727 Nichole Matthews DEFEATED Cheerleader Melissa & Saraya Knight "One hell of a main event between these three hall of fame worthy pro wrestlers that have represented CCW SuperGirls to the highest levels. To many near falls to count and as a matter of fact this match went 30 minutes (real time) with Melissa having thought she had the match all but won with the Kondo Clutch on Saraya the time limit hit.
Knight would break out of the hold, Matthews would crawl back in the ring as she looked like she was coughing up some blood after taking a running Samoan Drop on the wood floor! Melissa was screaming for 5 more minutes as was the crowd, Knight agreed, Nichole again with blood coming out of her mouth and holding her stomach in pain nodded her head yes.
The match continues and quickly Knight hits Melissa with a DDT spiking her on the top of her head! This gave Matthews the moment she needed to muster everything she had ignoring the pain she was in to deliver a knock out lariat to the back of the head of Sayara before Knight could go for the cover on Melissa. Matthews covered Knight for the unbelievable 3 count and victory to a standing ovation from the crowd.
Nichole could barely stand but she was up on her feet as Gabe came in the ring and put the SUPERGIRLS FOREVER CHAMPIONSHIP around her waist as confetti came down from the ceiling as the fans again got to their feet and cheered and chanted Tradition as the show ends"
-END
I just want to take a moment and say thank you to the promoters mentioned on this post, thank you my friends for giving me these matches to roll out under the Tradition banner, thank you for going along with this idea for this post, I really do appreciate it and I had a blast rolling out these great matches...I hope you enjoy reading them. Thank you for always being fans of Tradition.
-Rob
