Ralph Engelstad Arena
Grand Forks, North Dakota
The show starts with footage of Ego Trip in their locker room. Ringo claims he has the flu and says he is not up for his match against Gabriel Cervantes. General Manager Greg Banks comes in and says that someone from Ego Trip has to fight Cervantes tonight. Since NuTz and Cervantes’ brother R.C. are booked in matches tonight, Bernardo offers his services and tells Ringo he can beat Cervantes for Ego Trip tonight
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Jill takes on Queen Liana in the first match of the night and the crown is on the line. The Queen looks to be in great shape dominating until Jill counters and irish whip and crushes Liana with a corner splash. Jill throws the Queen to the outside with a gorilla press and then nails her with a double ax handle off the apron. The referee tries to get the divas back into the ring but Jill throws him into Liana and then levels her with a vicious clothesline. Jill spears Liana into the steel steps but the referee calls the match a DQ as he gets back to his feet. Jill stomps on the crown smashing it to pieces and says she doesn’t even care about it. Jill is just happy that she showed Liana tonight who the toughest diva on Carnage is
Krazy J cuts a promo with Jessica White and is excited to prove to everyone tonight that Thorn’s win for the lightweight championship was a fluke. Krazy tells Jessica that he is not upset the title is not on the line because after he stomps a hole in Thorn, he has bigger fish to fry like the money in the bank ladder match and the SIW Championship
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SIW Lightweight champion Rick Thorn and Krazy J heat things up with an intense back and forth confrontation. Things go downhill for Thorn late in the match after missing the forsaken swanton bomb. Krazy puts him away by pin fall after executing the Krazy Xpress. Krazy J celebrates in the ring and points to the Wrestlefest sign hanging from the rafters
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Jessica White finds R.C. Aries backstage and asks him to explain his actions last Monday on Brawl. R.C. says the answer is simple; Ragin’ Craig is responsible for his bothers suspension last year. R.C. claims that Ragin’ Craig committed fraud by switching blood samples with his former tag team partner. Aries says he is taking matters into his own hands since his brother refuses to believe the story. Will Ragin’ Craig accept R.C.’s challenge he made on Brawl for a match at Wrestlefest?
Gabriel Cervantes takes on Ego Trip’s Bernardo in the next match and dominates the loyal manager of Ringo. Bernardo ends up tapping out to the Cervmission but then Ego Trip members comes out to ringside and confront Gabriel and ask him to admit that Ragin’ Craig framed him or forced him to switch blood samples. All of a sudden Ragin’ Craig surprises everyone as he makes an appearance on Carnage and tells the fans that Ego Trip is full of shit. Ragin’ Craig accepts the match at Wrestlefest and says he will get even with R.C. for dragging his name in the mud. Greg Banks comes out and announces that next week were going to have a debate on Carnage to get to the bottom of these accusations
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The fans are divided with boos and cheers as SIW women’s champion Michelle and SIW Champion DDHK are talking backstage. DDHK thinks Michelle could have handled things differently but supports whatever she has planned. Michelle says she is tired of living in Xtina’s shadow and it’s time for the more talented and prettier sister to step up. Sonny Smith then confronts DDHK and they get into a stare down. DDHK wishes him good luck in his match against NuTz and informs everyone that he will be taking on commentary so he can get a good look at his work in the ring. Sonny Smith is the #1 contender for the SIW Championship at Wrestlefest
Scott Bastion and SIW tag team champion R.C. Aries compete in a submission challenge, a match put together last week by Greg Banks. Tension also started to build last week when R.C. accused Bastion for his loss to Smith. Bastion applies an arm lock after a snap mare takedown but Aries manages to reach the ropes to break the hold. Bastion delivers a knee to his opponents head and applies a sleeper hold. Aries elbows his way out and delivers an arm triangle facebuster. R.C. Aries applies the RCF in the middle of the ring an Bastion is in trouble until we see Ragin’ Craig make his way down the ramp. Aries ignores him and the match continues until the referee is knocked down. Aries delivers the Aries Rush combo and out of nowhere Craig pulls him out of the ring by his legs and whips him into the steel steps. Ringo runs out and attacks Craig but moments later Cervantes comes out and evens the odds. Ragin’ slides R.C. back in the ring and Bastion applies a chicken wing to make R.C. tap out. NuTz, Ringo, Bernardo and R.C. assault Craig and Gab. R.C. applies the RCF to Craig in the middle of the ring as the rest of the group holds back Gab so he can watch his former partner suffer. Security eventually manages to get things under control
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Before the main event, NuTz convinces Greg Banks to make Smith put his #1 contendership on the line. Banks agrees it will make the match even more interesting and sanctions his request. Could NuTz become the #1 contender tonight?
SIW tag team champion NuTz takes on the #1 contender Sonny Smith in the main event with SIW champion DDHK on commentary. Last week, NuTz’s tag team partner was not able to get the W over the #1 contender and NuTz has no intention of suffering the same fate. NuTz delivers a running powerslam and then goes for a leg drop off the ropes but Smith moves out of the way. Smith delivers a low drop kick to NuTz while he down and climbs to the top rope. Smith jumps but NuTz catches him in mid air and throws him out of the ring. They fight on the outside and NuTz whips Smith into the steel post and slides him back in the ring. NuTz covers but Smith kicks out before three. NuTz continues to dominate and delivers the NuTz N’ Boltz. The fans including DDHK are on their feet as NuTz covers but Smith shocks everyone by staying in the match by putting his left foot on the bottom rope. NuTz gets frustrated and delivers five elbow drops and covers again but Smith kicks out just before three to stay in the match. NuTz lifts him up for a power bomb but Sonny strikes him with lefts and rights and NuTz falls to the ground. Smith goes off the ropes and slides between Nutz’s legs and rolls him up from behind and surprises NuTz with a pin fall victory. After the match, NuTz levels Smith with a vicious big boot and throws him out of the ring. NuTz picks up the steel steps but out of nowhere DDHK levels him with a spear. Ringo comes out and attacks DDHK. All hell breaks loose between the four competitors as the show ends
QUICK MATCH RESULTS
DARK MATCHES
General Manager: Greg Banks
Queen Liana defeated Jill via DQ 12:21
Krazy J pinned Rick Thorn in a non title match 11:22
Gabriel Cervantes pinned Bernardo 11:02
Scott Bastion defeated R.C. Aries via submission 13:52
“The Assassin” Sonny Smith pinned NuTz 14:03
Kris Koll pinned Shane Ballance
Announcing Team: Mike "The Mic" and Marc Dustin
Officials: Sam Carter (Senior Referee), Bobby Glass, Jeff Renfrew, Rick Martin
Writers: Kevin “Titan” McColl, TJD
