Phoenix Championship Wrestling "Firebird TV"

Phoenix Championship Wrestling
"Firebird TV"
May 15, 2002

Show opens with Steve Corino carrying a samurai sword, promising to end
Harley Lewis's PCW title reign on May 17.

After the opening sequence, we have a triple threat tag-team contenders
match. First team out, making their PCW debut, is Prince Nana and Tiger
Khan. Khan grabs the mic from ring announcer Johnny D as he's introducing
the second team, and demands that the crowd show respect for the Prince.
Nana then does some nice mic work, informing us that he's in PCW looking for
his long-lost brother. Out come the other two teams in the match, The Power
Company Twins and Slayer/Beast Wenzel. All six guys start outside the ring
fighting. Slayer and Wenzel get in the ring, and Slayer launches off of his
partner onto everyone else outside. Wenzel then takes his large self to the
top and dives off onto everyone. Slayer and Nana get in the ring, and Slayer
clubs away and chokes him on the ropes. Irish whip and a charging
clothesline into the corner. Nana then reverses positions and lays in some
chops, following up with an Irish whip and corner splash, immediately then
rebounding off the ropes with a charging Booty Train before tagging his
partner. Khan comes in and chokes Slayer in the corner, then hits a low blow
before tagging back in Nana. Slayer falls victim to a brainbuster for 2.
Snapmare and hard kick to the back. Khan tags back in and Slayer is
double-clotheslined. Khan whips Slayer into the ropes again but is able to
counter with a satellite headscissors. Slayer goes to tag in one of the
Twins, but they both step off the apron to stay fresh. Khan nails Slayer
from behind with an elbowdrop and then hits a powerslam for 2, with Beast
making the save. Nana is tagged in. Slayer ducks a series of clothesline
then tries a sunset flip, but Nana tries a backsplash which Slayer moves out
of the way of. Slayer finally makes the tag to Wenzel, and the Beast
clotheslines and backdrops both Nana and Khan as the Twins continue to avoid
getting into the match. Finally, as the Twins are arguing with the fans,
Khan and Wenzel decide to both tag them in. Referee Mike Kehner tells the
twins they both have to come in! They enter the ring and argue with Kehner.
One of them is shoved by Kehner into the other one, and the Twins then begin
arguing with each other. In the process, Kehner is accidentally clotheslined
as the Twins start swinging at one another, but then they stop and hug. The
Twins then pound away on all of their opponents until Slayer hits one with a
top rope rana as the others fight on the floor. Khan enters the ring as the
Twin exits, and hits a nice pumphandle bomb on Slayer. Slayer slides to the
floor as the other Twin comes in and hits a Stunner on Khan. Khan rolls out
and Nana rolls in to nail the Twin with a spike DDT. Finally, that Twin
exits as Wenzel sets up for a spear, and he nails Nana with it. Wenzel
covers, but there's no ref. Wenzel pounds the mat repeatedly to count his
own fall as Kehner recovers and begins a count himself. Wenzel gets confused
as to who else was pounding the mat and releases the pin at 2. Both Twins
return to the ring and they hit Beast with a version of the Devastation
Device for the pin. Winners of the triple threat contenders match: The
Power Company Twins!

Donnie B is seen walking around the Rec Station. Prophet comes up to him and
complains of the upcoming Produce match with Jumbo Gunns. Donnie asks him if
he has no self-confidence, and Prophet angrily tells him not to question him.
Prophet insists that the produce stip should apply to Gunns as well. Donnie
says it's a fair request and grants the stip. Another vignette then airs
with Donnie informing Gunns that he had to go both ways on the produce
stipulation to make sure Prophet wouldn't back out of it. Gunns said no
problem.

It's now back to the ring, and another PCW debut. It's Cham Pain, one of the
top names throughout the indy circuit (formerly one of the Dupp Brothers)
with Pretty In Pink herself, Kara Slice. Cham Pain comes out.--you guessed
it--sipping champagne. He introduces himself to the crowd, "First name Cham,
last name Pain." He cuts a rapid-fire promo stating that Kara invited him to
this show tonight in this "rinky-dink promotion", and he came looking for a
challenge. Out comes "The Fallen Angel" Christopher Daniels, who replies on
the mic that he'll get an "ass-kicking of Biblical proportions." Daniels
charges Pain and gets the first offense with a leg lariat. Daniels chases
Pain around the ring, but Kara grabs Daniels's foot as he goes back in.
Nonetheless, Daniels is able to hit a drop toehold into a side headlock.
Pain rolls out into a front facelock, but Daniels turns that into a
hammerlock. Pain armbar and push into the ropes, Daniels shouldertackle.
Daniels blocks a hiptoss and gets a backslide for 2. Back to the side
headlock takedown. Pain elbows out, and once again Daniels comes off the
ropes with a shouldertackle. Back to the side headlock again, and once again
Pain elbows out of it. Daniels with a third shouldertackle, but this time
both men block the others' offense. Daniels trips up Pain with a drop
toehold into the side headlock, but Pain gets to his feet and nails a back
suplex. Pain hits an elbowdrop and legdrop for 2. Pain chokes Daniels on
the ropes and follows with a suplex and slam. Pain goes to the top and jumps
off, but fakes out the crowd by landing on his feet and simply dropping an
elbow on Daniels. Pain continues the onslaught with a clothesline and low
kick. Pain tries a powerbomb, but Daniels flips through it and sneaks in an
inside cradle as Kara distracts Kehner. Daniels finally gets a 2-count, and
Pain immediately nails him with a clothesline for his own 2. Pain attempted
piledriver is countered with a backdrop, but Pain holds on and takes Daniels
over with a sunset flip for 2. Pain back elbow smash and a rear chinlock.
Daniels rallies out but is taken down with another clothesline. Color man
Michael K Johnson says that Kara is the only beautiful woman in Toms River.
Daniels tries a rollup, but Pain holds the ropes. However, Daniels catches
him coming back and nails an STO. [MKJ: "What do you call a beautiful woman
in Toms River? Lost and looking for directions to get out."] Daniels hits
some punches and a backdrop, dropkick and clothesline. Daniels then signals
for the end and hits the Circle of Hell powerbomb [armbar into backdrop
driver pickup into spinning powerbomb] for a long 2-count. Kara grabs
Daniels's foot and he brings her to the apron, but Pain punches Daniels from
behind. Daniels reverses a whip into the ropes and hits a spinebuster, but
as he turns around Kara nails him with a top rope dropkick! Both men are
down, and Pain scores first up with a side Russian legsweep for 2. Pain
tries for a reverse DDT but Daniels turns and hits a Northern Lights bridge
suplex for 2. Pain and Daniels take turns with rolling pin attempts and a
series of 2-counts until Pain cuts Daniels off with a hard back elbow smash.
Pain then pulls Daniels to the apron as Kara grabs powder from under her
outfit. Kara throws the powder, but Daniels ducks and Pain takes the hit.
Kara comes into the ring apologizing, but Pain doesn't realize it's her and
gives her a kick to the gut and a DDT! Pain even goes for the cover, but as
he's hooking the leg realizes that's not Daniels's leg. Daniels hits Pain
with a short uranage and his double springboard moonsault for the pin.
Christopher Daniels is your winner in an impressive showing by all involved!

Donnie approaches Steve Corino in the back just a short while before his
match with Harley Lewis. Donnie tells Steve that he doesn't have to fight
Lewis. Lewis is an animal and he'd understand if he's having second
thoughts. Steve says that Harley is a disgrace to the belt, and he himself
is all about honor. Donnie wishes Steve good luck.

PCW head of security Ryan Maher is talking with Steve N of the PCW ring crew
and Webmaster Steve, who put together the layout for PHOENIXWRESTLING.COM.
As they're talking, Prophet walks by on his cel phone and cuts them all off.
He asks them what they're all doing standing around, and Ryan tells him
they're talking about him. Prophet angrily tells them they've got no future
if they keep that up. Prophet makes fun of Steve N's necklace and compares
it to his own. He tells them all they should be getting produce and getting
in line to peg Jumbo Gunns after he loses the Produce match. Prophet leaves
after telling Ryan to shut up and telling Web Guy Steve to lose his gut.
Ryan remarks that he hopes Gunns kicks Prophet's ass.

Wall is seen sitting and relaxing near the hockey rink. Donnie comes up and
asks him how his weekend was. Wall replies it was nothng short of brilliant.
Thanks to Donnie B, Gangrel is now out of the title picture and he--Wall--is
now the #1 contender to "that scumbag, Harley Lewis." Wall says he has an
emptiness inside. Donnie asks him if he's hungry. Wall says it's not that,
it's just that no matter how much pain he inflicts and no matter how many
tables he destroys, nothing quenches that emptiness. Wall turns the talk
back to Lewis and reminds Donnie of how he jumped Wall last time out. Donnie
says he's tried to control Lewis, but no one can. Wall tells Lewis to bring
whatever he wants on May 17 for weapons. Wall says he has enough hate
seething through his veins to end Lewis's reign as PCW champion. Wall warns
Donnie that Harley's blood will be flowing and on PCW's hands. Wall leaves,
and Donnie stares into space perhaps wondering if Wall-Lewis II was such a
good idea...

Main event time this week, as Harley Lewis defends the PCW title against the
"King of Old School", and former NWA and ECW champion, Steve Corino. Corino
comes out with the sword mentioned earlier. Play-by-play man Steve Payton
states that Lewis won the title exactly 13 months and 2 days ago to become
the first PCW champion. Color man Michael K Johnson mentions Corino's recent
work in Zero One in Japan, and the sword he carries was stolen from Otani.
Lewis comes out with a chair and the title belt. Lewis and Corino stare one
another down before locking up. When's the last time a Lewis match started
off with a lockup? Both men reverse armbars until Lewis reaches the ropes.
Another lockup, Lewis hits a forearm and some hard punches. Corino reverses
with his own chops, and a whip into the corner. Lewis catches Corino coming
in with a hard elbowsmash, followed by a headbutt. Lewis tosses Corino to
the floor and follows him out. Lewis rams Corino headfirst into a chair
right in front of our friends the Rivolis. Corino hits a boot and a series
of punches. Corino and Lewis proceed to then fight all over the place.
Corino takes Lewis headfirst to a chair, then throws him over a table,
toppling it. He finishes the beatdown by ramming Lewis into the plexiglass
hockey boards. Lewis and Corino drag each other to another area. Here comes
a sentence I almost say as often as I say "Good morning": Harley Lewis is
busted open. Lewis tries for a suplex, but Corino blocks it and hits his own
on the hardwood floor. Both men slug one another repeatedly while on their
knees. Corino drags Lewis to yet another area around ringside, rams him into
another chair, then rakes the bleeding forehead of Lewis. Yeeek. Lewis hits
a low kick which recoils Corino, but Corino springs forward with a haymaker
then sends Lewis flying backwards. Lewis hits a forearm and tries a
piledriver, but Corino backdrops out of it. Corino then drills Lewis with a
chair to the head. Both men exchange punches as they actually start heading
back towards the ring. Lewis is rammed into the ringpost before both men
return to the ring. Corino whip, Lewis moves out of the way and blasts
Corino with a hard clothesline. Corino blocks a slam and sets up for the Old
School Explosion, but Lewis turns it into a backdrop driver for the sudden
3-count!! Winner is Harley Lewis, as he barely escapes the challenge of
Steve Corino in what was a bloody brawl that barely saw any in-ring time.
Lewis defends against the Wall on May 17, and Michael Johnson defies anyone
anywhere to take that title from Lewis.

We pan in to Ryan and the two Steves again. Webmaster Steve asks Ryan thinks
Prophet's right about him being fat. Ryan says who cares, it's the Prophet.
Ryan then takes a bottle and throws it into a trash can. As they walk
away...the bottle flies back out. Confused, Ryan picks it up and puts it
back in. Nothing happens, so they leave again. And again, the bottle flies
back out. Ryan tells the Steves to check it out, but both say no way. Ryan
checks out the garbage can and freaks out as he notices someone's in there.
Suddenly, out bursts Slayer, toppling the can and sending the others running
off.

Quick promo by Christopher Daniels, where he says tonight another one was
taken care off. He challenges anyone in the locker room to take their best
shot...even though they'll keep missing the target.

Final vignette: Donnie is congratulating Steve on the website. They walk by
the women's room as none other than Ryan Maher steps out of it. Ryan
stammers that the plumbing wasn't working in the men's room, and when ya
gotta go ya gotta go. Donnie and Steve seem to accept that and they keep
walking. As they walk by the men's room...Steve N comes out of that one.
Donnie asks him if the plumbing's OK in there, and Steve says everything
works perfectly. Donnie remarks that he always thought Ryan was a little
weird...