PWL24, The PWL 24th Anniversary Show

PWL24
The PWL 24th Anniversary Show

MONDAY NIGHT, JUNE 10, 2002 - BROWNS GROUNDS, ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

Announcers: MIKE HOFFMAN and GENE WEST.

LADIES’ BATTLE ROYALE:

Dolly Might eliminates Beverly Kills at 1:41;
Weezie eliminates Lady of Pain at 3:02;
Dolly Might eliminates Margaret Thrasher at 3:36;
SuAn eliminates Dolly Might at 4:30;
Phyllis D eliminates SuAn at 4:51;
Weezie eliminates Phyllis D at 6:47;
Dark Crystal eliminates Weezie at 9:06.

Winner: DARK CRYSTAL.

8-MAN GAUNTLET MATCH:

First two competitors: FENWICK SHROYER vs. BUTCH HORNER.
Fenwick Shroyer pins Butch Horner at 3:16;
Fenwick Shroyer pins Bamm-Bamm Horner at 5:07;
? (Question Mark) pins Fenwick Shroyer at 8:29;
? (Question Mark) pins Verdugo at 10:12;
A. Purplegrape pins ? (Question Mark) at 11:44;
Weird Harold pins A. Purplegrape at 12:20;
Dirk Mercury pins Weird Harold at 17:16.

Winner: DIRK MERCURY.

SUPER HORNET (with Sweet Daddy Williams) pins SOUPSPOON at 10:55.

6-MAN TAG MATCH:

BUBBA SHAKESPEARE, DWAYNE, and T-BOY defeat IGGY, SIGGI, and FIGGIE SHROYER at 11:36 when Bubba Shakespeare pinned Figgie Shroyer.

THE GRITHER pins ELMO BLATCH at 17:51.

M. KLEATS (with Mondo Mbamba) pins SUPER HEAVY (with Sweet Daddy Williams) in 10:39.

LADIES’ WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH:

RUDI RAE MOORE (with Dolly Might and Human Tornado) pins EVE OF DESTRUCTION in 7:13. Rudi Rae Moore wins the Ladies’ World championship.

WORLD CRUISERWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH:

SMOOTH RUDY (with Mondo Mbamba) pins BILLY RAY VALENTINE, CAPRICORN in 20:14. Smooth Rudy wins the World cruiserweight championship.

MASHED POTATO GIGANTIC EGG SURPRISE:

The Official PWL 24th Anniversary Egg wheeled out from the parking lot. Mashed Potato announced that the Egg contained a legendary movie star, and as the Egg cracked open, Mashed Potato told everybody to put their hands together for the one and only CHEWBACCA. Unfortunately, SHAGGY and FREDDY emerged from the Egg instead. Claiming they were the biggest movie stars going today, Shaggy and Freddy loudly hyped their upcoming movie, due for USA release June 14. Then, they turned their attention toward Mashed Potato, and Shaggy began berating him as Freddy looked on, cackling. At that point, a helicopter landed on the outfield grass of Browns’ Grounds, and out stepped the real surprise of the evening, Chewbacca himself! Chewie ran to Mashed Potato’s aid, chasing away the belligerent Shaggy and stunned Freddy. In classic Mashed Potato fashion, he and Chewbacca spent the next several minutes dancing in the ring, as everybody in attendance showed their pleasure for the spectacle by hooting and flailing their arms wildly.

UNIFIED TAG CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH:

ADRIAN QUEEN and WILD PANSY (The Pink Flamingos, with Prince Vicious) defeat CHARLES NELSON MANSON and GRAVY TRAIN GLUTZ at 11:11 when Wild Pansy pins Charles Nelson Manson. The Pink Flamingos win the Unified tag championship.

NORTH AMERICAN TAG CHAMPIONSHIP:

DONNIE GOSSETT and BLACKMALE (Soul Glo) defeat REYNALDO GUERRERA and LARS LUNDQUIST (with The Woman Monique) at 10:44 when Donnie Gossett causes Lars Lundquist to submit. Soul Glo retain the North American tag championship.

WORLD TAG CHAMPIONSHIP:

JUSTIN TOXICATED and AL COHOLIC (A.A., with John Barleycorn) defeat TANKA SATCHMO and RUSSELL BRUTE at 15:51 when Justin Toxicated pins Russell Brute. A.A. retain the World tag championship.

QUADRUPLE CROWN HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP:

SCHOOLHOUSE ROCKY pins FAT ALBERT at 13:30. Schoolhouse Rocky retains the Quadruple Crown heavyweight championship.

NORTH AMERICAN HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP:

WILSON FISK pins EXTERMINANS at 15:01. Wilson Fisk wins the North American heavyweight championship.

MAIN EVENT, WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP:

COOLEROY versus THE TERROR

An extremely hot PWL crowd has been watching an intense match between their champion, Cooleroy, and the ultimate rival challenger, The Terror.

The match has ranged from fast and furious flurries of activity, during one stretch of which both men were wrapped in a small package and managed to get several two-counts on each other in just a matter of seconds, it seemed; to long moments in which the men seemed to retreat to their respective corners to regroup, replan, and attempt to retake an advantage on the other.

Most impartial observers would say that it seemed that the men were quite evenly matched. What Cooleroy lacked in strength against the obviously stronger Terror, he made up in quickness, which occasionally seemed to take Terror by surprise.

For the past few minutes, however, Terror had been able to mount a more continual work-down on Cooleroy, and Terror's heavy-handed tactics are clearly getting the better of the champ's stamina at this point.

Presently, Terror clamps Cooleroy in a front head-lock. Cooleroy seems to struggle momentarily, but then decides to save his strength. Terror grabs Cooleroy's left arm with a flourish, and looks to the crowd, pleased with his accomplishment.

"Aaah! Graah!," screams a female fan near the runway, apparently meaning nothing in particular.

Terror looks at the fan momentarily. Cooleroy takes the opportunity and lifts his right knee into Terror's midsection. Terror immediately breaks the hold and looks up, only slightly stunned. Cooleroy is going to have to do a lot better than that, his look seems to say.

Cooleroy turns and runs to the opposite side of the ring. Bouncing off the ropes, he runs back toward Terror at full tilt. He attempts to deliver an elbow to Terror's forehead. Terror deals with this telegraphed move as he should, and steps out of the way. Cooleroy is unable to stop his forward momentum and runs past Terror and headlong into the ringropes.

Cooleroy hits the ropes with his chest and is roughly flung backward into the ring. He hits the mat on his back and looks up, somewhat dazed. The crowd reacts to the spot with an electric "Uh!" They know that a missed opportunity like that at this stage of the game could cost the champ the match.

As Cooleroy attempts to regroup himself and rise from the mat, Terror appears over him. Cooleroy looks up momentarily, still somewhat groggy. Terror greets him with a foot to the forehead.

"Come on, man! He's down on the mat!" screams one fan from the balcony. Another howls, "Come on, ref, get in there!"

The ruddy-faced white haired ref seems to take no notice. In fact, he never has seemed very much to be too interested in the match at all, truth be told. It seems that every few seconds, he would look up at the big screen, in a somewhat nervous anticipation.

Terror laughs at the spectacle of kicking a man while he's down. That's exactly what he's talking about. In fact, it seems such a good idea that Terror begins to kick Cooleroy again, about the head and shoulders, in what could pass as a poor man's Garvin Stomp. The crowd has become infuriated. The ref is clueless.

As Terror surveys the seemingly unconscious champ lying upon the mat, he knows that the time has come to put an end to this charade, and an end to the champ's tenure. He looks to the crowd and holds aloft his hand, giving the entire house crowd and the folks at home a characteristic gesture.

It's time for the Terror Spike.

Apparently, it's also time for something else. The house lights immediately go dark, leaving only the ring illuminated by deep red lighting. The Terror lowers his hand, but does not seemed phased. He's far too much a veteran to let a few lights cause him concern.

At that moment, a masked shape appears on the video screen. A low, sonorous voice fills the auditorium, which has gone nearly silent. Cooleroy remains lying upon the mat, although he seems to have become conscious. The ref has become slightly more animated as he looks to the screen and nods. He appears to be quietly saying something to himself as he moves to the far end of the ring. Terror turns and looks at the screen with a mixture of incredulity and disgust.

Just who does this joker think he is, interrupting the match of the greatest wrestler in PWL history? He's got a lot of gall, showing his face around here after what he did to JTG. Sure, JTG is a broken down wreck, but he was Terror's mentor. And anyone that Terror allows to be his mentor has to have more class in his little finger than some dimwit wearing a mask.

(Shape): Hey, Terror. Hey, Terror! Listen here!

Terror stares at the screen.

(Shape): Since you ain't got no heart, maybe you'd like to see... Oh, forget it, then.

Terror shakes his head in confused disgust. Is this going somewhere?

Cooleroy has managed to pull himself up from the mat. He currently stands next to the near ropes and watches the screen himself.

(Shape): The fact is, Terror, you ain't no tinman. You got heart, don't you?

The Terror remains confused and disgusted.

(Shape): Yeah. The Leader knows you got heart, sunshine! That's the whole point.

The Terror looks truly disgusted. He yells something at the screen, but no mic pics it up.

(Shape): But even so, the Leader didn't care for your threats. The Leader didn't care for you roughing up a cameraman.

Someone coming through the crowd enters the ring from the far end.

(Shape): And the Leader begs to differ with the propriety of some of your, shall we say, product.

Terror continues to stare incredulously at the screen he does not notice a figure standing behind him. The figure is dressed all in black, with a black mask. On the chest of his black full suit is a word and four letters in silver: APOCALYPSIS IXXI. The figure carries a large baton.

(Shape): And so it behooves us to do something about it, brother. Don't worry, though. We're only thinking of you.

The Terror is far more disgusted than confused. He didn't need this interruption in his match. Terror gladly gives the shape on the screen the finger. The house lights come up immediately, and Terror turns to pick up where he left off.

He is met, instead, with a crack of a baton across the side of his head. Terror is stunned but not down. The figure in the ring then begins to attack the stunned Terror with a barrage of rather vicious closed fists to the head and neck. Terror attempts to defend himself, but remains somewhat confused from the baton hit.

The shadowy figure then quicly runs behind Terror and places him in a rather elaborate sleeper hold. Most of the crowd remains stunned. A very few in the crowd however, suddenly look to the ring with a new interest. These fans had been followers of independent wrestling in the past few years. One of them even quietly says the name that he had heard applied to this particular hold a few years back. He says it with a dawning satisfaction. "The Exterminator."

Terror, already groggy from the vicious hits, sinks down to the mat. He seems completely out. After a few second pass, the figure releases the hold. Cooleroy and the referee had been passively watching the entire spectacle.

The figure drags Terror the centre of the ring and presents him to Cooleroy with a flourish. Cooleroy nods, though he doesn't really seem as if he knows what's going on here.

The figure turns and exits the ring. He walks up the ramp toward the exit under the big screen. As he leaves, he looks up the screen and throws his right hand in the air. He gestures toward the nodding face of the shape, extending three of his digits. The figure then disappears into the back.

The shape continues to nod on the screen as Cooleroy slowly covers the downed Terror. The referee makes the count: one, two, three!

The crowd erupts only slightly. They're still trying to figure out what just went on. Only in a few minutes will they really start to celebrate Cooleroy's victory over the hated Terror.

As the referee hands the belt to Cooleroy, Cooleroy looks up at the screen. The shape nods one last time, and the screen fades to black. Cooleroy turns to the referee, and he nearly asks if the referee knows who that was on the screen.

The referee, however, quickly turns and exits the ring. The question is left unasked.

As medical technicians come, rather slowly, out to the ring to check on Terror, Cooleroy looks to the crowd. He raises the championship belt. The crowd begins to cheer.

COOLEROY pins THE TERROR at 19:08. Cooleroy retains the World heavyweight championship.