vladjarca Posted January 6, 2023 Author Share Posted January 6, 2023 February 2022 Week 2 We move onto the next show of this week, VWA Budapest 2022! - VWA Budapest 2022 Attendance: 569. Location: Budapest, Hungary. Card: VWA European Championship: © Hercules Johansson vs. The Abominable Snowman Ultra Fly vs. Cub Balowicz The It Crowd (Lauro Giordano & Night Spyder) vs. Brecher & Grimm Lothar Prime vs. Thunderbolt Jasper January & Despair Faction (Randy Haute & Merle O’Curle) vs. Bret Heartbreak & Team Italia (Giancarlo Giabroni & Grando Alessandro) - Show opening We’re live from Hungary’s capital, with a crowd that’s not really hot. They’re probably a bit sceptic, as last year’s Budapest show was one of the worse VWA events of recent history, being full of underwhelming matches and angles. As Dick Kerley runs down the card, we see some of tonights stars arriving to the arena: the Abominable Snowman is walking with no luggage whatsoever, and everyone seems to be avoiding him – he’ll be fighting Hercules Johansson in the main event; Brecher & Grimm walk through the backstage as if they own the place; Cub Balowicz enters the arena wearing his “Cub KOs” hoodie and an open face balaclava, and before the camera can pan out, VWA European Champion Hercules Johansson seems to be passing by, and Cub is the first one to see him! Cub: HEY HERCULES! Cub tries to attack Herc with elbows and forearms, but Herc brushes them of and hits Cub with a body slam right there through a table and onto the concrete floor! Herc: Play stupid games, win painful prizes, Cub. Not cheesy at all, Herc... With an annoyed look, Herc lifts Cub up and smashes him into a nearby wall and hits some stomps on his downed rival, before he walks off as staff scream for medical help. The crowd seems to be a bit mild, as the extra hits felt a bit cheap from Hercules, and Cub’s selling also made him a bit sympathetic. - vs. Match #1 – Jasper January & Despair Faction (Randy Haute & Merle O’Curle) vs. VWA Tag Team Champion Bret Heartbreak & Team Italia (Giancarlo Giabroni & Grando Alessandro) Jasper is as cold as ever, coming off yet another loss in an unsuccessful tag title challenge last month. But the beloved crafty veterans that make up the Despair Faction are here to lend a hand, as their appearance gets a nice reaction from the fans. Ironically, Randy & Merle first tagged together against Jasper January, back in January 2020, and at a short time afterwards the Despair Faction was born. Bret Heartbreak is coming in to a decent booing reaction, and despite his current rivalry with his father, Byron, Bret does keep mimicking his mannerisms, which invites the booing fans to chant “Byon’s shadow”, and Bret responds by giving them the finger. Team Italia arrive to a decent reaction too. Grando Alessandro is the new name of Alessandro Giordano, as he now tries to distance from Lauro Giordano, who’s been a face for a while now. The boys put on a decent, but unmemorable and lengthy match. Haute has a hard time keeping with up with the boys, and Alessandro is still a pretty bad worker, so the heat of the match is pretty much lost whenever they enter the ring. The match ends when, after 22 long minutes, Bret Heartbreak hits Randy Haute with the Heartache (Diving Double Foot Stomp) and gets the pin. Winners: Bret Heartbreak & Team Italia. - vs. Match #2 – Lothar Prime vs. Thunderbolt Lothar Prime has quite some momentum, as he’s coming off 4 consecutive 1 on 1 wins and is looking to make it 5. Thunderbolt is on a pretty good run, winning fairly often and looking good in the ring as well, as he’s been praised for tiding up his in ring work in recent months. They put on a decent 18 minutes match, although the match would likely have been better had it been shorter. Thunderbolt goes home with the win, as he outworked Lothar Prime and finished him with the Thunder Driver. Winner: Thunderbolt. - vs. Match #3 – The It Crowd (Lauro Giordano & Night Spyder) vs. (Lars) Brecher & (Ralph) Grimm As noted the last time they were in action, The It Crowd is a faction that’s mostly there to put the heels over some easy to love faces, but also to get Night Spyder some shine from being associated with veterans such as Lauro and Randy Haute. Also, worth reminding, last month a distraction from VWA Swiss Champion Matthew Macks led to the defeat of the It Crowd. Brecher & Grimm are ready for their 2 v 2 VWA debut, after last month saw Ralph Grimm’s long awaited VWA debut happen, when Brecher & Grimm tagged with Giancarlo Cabroni to beat O’Curle & The Bern Boys. They get 20 minutes and put on a decent little match, even tho Lauro is struggling to keep up with the others. The match ends soon after the sneaky Ralph Grimm introduces a steel chair to the ring. Lauro is crafty, tho, and doesn’t give him the chance to use it, as he dodges and counters each of Grimm’s attempts. Finally, at one point, the ref turns his back to try to calm down a fight on the outside between the illegal men, Spyder and Brecher. That’s when Lauro manages to grab the chair and thinks of trying a steel chair shot of his own. But out of nowhere, Matthew Macks jumps the barricade and manages to turn referee Fitz Nankervish towards Lauro, just as Lauro smacks Grimm with the chair! That’s a DQ! Realizing what happened, Lauro tries to hit Macks with the chair, but Macks escapes just in time and runes through the crowd! Spyder is looking towards Lauro with a visible disappointment, but Lauro tells him he was just trying to beat Grimm with a dose of his own medicine. That’s 2 out of 2 wins for Brecher and Grimm in VWA! Winners: Brecher & Grimm. - vs. Match #4 – Ultra Fly vs. Cub Balowicz Ultra Fly gets a decent reaction, and he looks confident. A bit too confident, given he’s fighting Cub, who, despite being 1-3 in his last 3 VWA matches, remains a top player. Cub Balowicz has some tape around his back from the earlier beatdown, but still looks fine as he enters and hypes up the crowd, who has a “love-hate” relationship with the knockout artist. The boys put on a pretty good 21 minutes match. Even tho Cub is the one who started the night by being beat up, it’s Ultra Fly who looks more tired near the end of the match, as he’s spent most of the match running towards Cub, trying to hurt his body with shotgun dropkicks from all angles. Still, Cub comes across as a proper monster, and the match ends with Cub’s famous left hook hitting Fly as he was going for a springboard crossbody. It’s a spectacular view, and even tho it’s the heel who’s winning, the crowd can’t help but applaud the finish. As he’s on the ramp, heading to the backstage area, he looks straight into a camera as he says: Cub: I don’t know how the hell I’ll do it, but at WrestleBowl there’s no damn way I’m facing anyone else but goddamn Hercules Johansson. Winner: Cub Balowicz. - vs. Match #5 – For the VWA European Championship: © Hercules Johansson vs. Abominable Snowman Despite putting a pretty mean beating on Cub earlier, Hercules comes out to a very good reaction. People are confident they’ll see an enjoyable exhibition of big meaty men slapping meat. Snowman also gets a good reaction, as despite being fairly repetitive and stagnant as a character, he’s always a sight to behold, as he’s goddamn massive and looks like a savage. The giants put on a great battle, and surprise the crowd by managing to keep going at it for 24 minutes! In the end, after multiple failed attempts, Hercules finally manages to hit Abby Snow with the Mighty Slam (modified Alabama Slam), but just as he’s about to get the pinfall, Cub Balowicz appears and kicks the ref in the head! With an unconscious ref, Cub picks up the tired Hercules and hits him with the Necksnap Drop (Neckbreaker from firemen’s carry), and heads backstage. Both wrestlers and the ref struggle to get up to their feet, but they manage to, and shockingly, after a few grappling exchanges, Hercules seems too tired to hit another Mighty Slam, but he surprises everyone by going for a double leg cradle, which secures him the win! Ab Snow is angered by losing in such a way, and slams his punches in the ground, but looking at Hercules, he realizes that he’s took to much damage and is unlikely to win a brawl, so he angrily leaves the ring and smashes chair and members on the staff on his way to the backstage area. Before the show goes off air, Hercules looks into the camera and promises he’ll put Cub in his place once and for all at VWA Settle The Score, which takes place next month! Winner, and still VWA European Champion: Hercules Johansson. - Show stats: - Rating: 51; - Viewership: 25 068; - MOTN: Hercules vs. Abominable Snowman. - Next week, the EWA will be the only European company greeting us with their presence, with EWA Weekly Warfare #31! Card: Steffen Strucker vs. Kruge The Executioner The Globetrotters (Jason Dempsey & Eugen Samper) vs. Nigerian Hit Squad (Rahabad & Rashid Lawal) Christopher Lister & The Addams Family (Jimmi & Kalvin Addams) vs. Michael Gregory & The Minds of Evil (Crusher Von Steinberg & Milo Morningstar) Future X (Petey Barnes & Eric Future) vs. Byron & Paolo Gandalfini 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DinoKea Posted January 7, 2023 Share Posted January 7, 2023 EWA Weekly Warfare #31 Predictions Kruge The Executioner def. Steffen Strucker Nigerian Hit Squad (Rahabad & Rashid Lawal) def. The Globetrotters (Jason Dempsey & Eugen Samper) Christopher Lister & The Addams Family (Jimmi & Kalvin Addams) def. Michael Gregory & The Minds of Evil (Crusher Von Steinberg & Milo Morningstar) Byron & Paolo Gandalfini def. Future X (Petey Barnes & Eric Future) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vladjarca Posted January 7, 2023 Author Share Posted January 7, 2023 (edited) February 2022 Week 3 Newsflash! Albert Thorp, owner of VWA, has said during a media call that the company’s next event, VWA Settle The Score, will NOT be main evented by Hercules Johansson vs. Cub Balowicz, despite what Herc said after his match with Abominable Snowman. Cub will be fined and suspended for the next show. As for Hercules, for trying to defy Thorp’s authority by attempting to book a match against Cub live on TV, Thorp has decided Hercules will be defending his European Title against an mystery opponent at Settle The Score! - Now, it’s time to get back to action, lovers of European wrestling! Let’s get into this week’s edition of EWA Weekly Warfare! - EWA Weekly Warfare #31 Attendance: 553. Location: Koln, Germany. Card: Steffen Strucker vs. EWA Tag Team Champion Kruge The Executioner The Globetrotters (Jason Dempsey & Eugen Samper) vs. Nigerian Hit Squad (Rahabad & Rashid Lawal) Christopher Lister & The Addams Family (Jimmi & Kalvin Addams) vs. Michael Gregory & The Minds of Evil (Crusher Von Steinberg & Milo Morningstar) Future X (Petey Barnes & Eric Future) vs. EWA Tag Team Champion Byron & EWA Intercontinental Champion Paolo Gandalfini - The German crowd is enthusiastic as a new episode of Weekly Warfare is about to (sportly) entertain us! This is the first ever Weekly Warfare episode taking place in Koln, and the first EWA card taking place in Koln in over 3 years! Mark Stanford and Dougie Horwood run down the card, and they seem extremely excited by the main event of Future X versus Byron & Gandalfini! - w/ Byron and Gandalfini open the show As Byron music’s starts blasting, the whole crowd boos. Byron and Gandolfini come out to the ring, followed by Kruge The Executioner, who looks as pissed as always and occasionally stares daggers into the eyes of Gandalfini. Byron and Gandalfini enter the ring and ask for mics, while Kruge is told to patrol around the ring to ensure their safety. Byron: As always, it’s a blessing to be here in the rich and beautiful German wonderland that is Koln! Despite the nice words, the crowd boos Byron. Paolo: You can boo all you want, fine people, the fact of the matter is that we’re well aware you came here to see US! The crowd boos even harder, and chants of “Future X” can be heard after the booing stops. Byron: Future X are a respectable team indeed. But let’s be realistic, my admirers, if there’s anything I dislike, it’s people that think too highly of themselves (ain't that ironic?), and when Petey Barnes promised he’ll take Paolo’s title 2 weeks ago, I was shocked.. and I was even more shocked last week, when he said he wants a match between US! US! And him and his lil’ partner Eric Future… Paolo: Do you know how that made me feel, mr. Byron!? Byron: How did it make you feel, young Paolo? Paolo: IT DISGUSTED ME! Not only have I defeated Petey multiple times in 1 on 1 competition, not only has he dared drag my name through the mud, but then he thought he’s worthy of sharing the ring not only with me, the greatest and most good looking Intercontinental Champion in the history of EWA, but he also dared challenge the greatest and most good looking Tag Team Champion in the history of EWA, MISTER BYRON! Byron: It was truly a disturbing scene… Paolo: But wait, raising that disgusting challenge wasn’t enough! As I was about to bring justice for the Dutch boys’ vicious attack on poor Kruge, they dared stop me! Byron: If it’s anything I hate more than my wrestlers engaging in illegal in-ring activities, it’s wrestlers that hate seeing justice, Paolo, I can’t deny this… Byron looks deeply hurt and disappointed as he speaks about the actions of Future X from last week… But Paolo places his hands on Byrons back and says, in a reassuring manner: Paolo: I share your feelings of disappointment, mister Byron… but there’s one thing I can promise you: tonight, we’ll be handing mr. Barnes and mr. Future the receipts – we shall welcome them to our ring in the main event, and we shall show them the errors of their ways by humiliating them in the ring, with our superior skills! Byron: And our superior looks! Sounds like a beautiful plan, mister Gandalfini! And it will be so easy, we won’t even need Kruge around! With this, Byron and Paolo shake hangs and share another oily hug, as Kruge keeps patrolling around and looking mean. Byron: Enjoy this amazing edition of EWA’s Weekly Warfare, Koln! Byron’s music plays again, Byron & Paolo leave the ring and head backstage. Kruge remains ringside, as he’s scheduled to take part in the first match of the night. - vs. Match #1 – Steffen Strucker vs. EWA Tag Team ChampionKruge The Executioner This is only Strucker’s 2nd TV match after his herniated spinal disc finally healed! He wrestler the whole 2021 injured (and won 0 matches), and will be looking to show how good he is when fully fit now! Sadly for him, his first 1 on 1 match is against Kruge, so his chances are as slim as a toothpick. They get 5 minutes, and it’s 5 minutes of violent dominance for Kruge. Altho Steffen is still very green, Kruge manages to get a good reaction out of the crowd tearing him apart. He ends the match with The Beheading (Big boot into head stomp). Winner: Kruge The Executioner. - w/ vs. Match #2 – The Globetrotters (Eugen Semper & Jason Dempsey) w/ Krystyna vs. Nigerian Hit Squad (Rahabad & Rashid Lawal) At Madness in Bremen, The Globetrotters faced off against the NHS in a 3 v 3 tag that finished with Dempsey pinning Rashid. The babyface duo currently has a 6-1 record in 2 v 2 matches, as they’ve been wrestling mostly in trio tags. Also, their only 2 v 2 loss came in their tag debut, back in May of 2020. The NHS want to avenge their loss and they need to prove they are still not to be messed with despite starting to slow down due to their age. The two teams put on a pretty boring 13 minutes basic tag team match, where Dempsey is the only one who actually manages to look kinda good. The gimmicky nature of the characters does manage to keep the crowd somewhat engaged, tho. The match ends when, just like it happened at Madness in Bremen, Dempsey hits Rashid with the Rabid Bulldog (Jump from the from the 2nd rope into a bulldog) and got the pin. Winners: The Globetrotters. - vs. w/ Match #3 – Cristopher Lister & The Addams Family (Kalvin & Jimmi Addams) vs. Michael Gregory & The Minds Of Evil (Crusher Von Steinberg & Milo Morningstar) w/ Colossal Karl Lister’s second EWA run has been a success up to this point, and it’s going extra well as he’s been featured constantly, only missing 1 episode of Weekly Warfare, and he’s on a 3 match winning streak! The Addams are looking to keep gaining momentum. Michael Gregory hasn’t really clicked with the EWA crowds yet, and things at the moment don’t look very positive for him, as he barely gets any reaction before The Minds Of Evil & Karl join him. The lads put on a fairly boring 17 minutes match. Sadly, just like last week, Milo is wrestling as if he’s 20 years older than he really is, and working with him is a mess for everyone, while Crusher and Kalvin also don’t click. The match’s end sees Lister tricking Michael Gregory into punching Crusher. Angered, Crusher locks in the Mind Crusher (Iron claw) on his partner, while Milo is alone in the ring, getting hit once more by the Addams with the Family Meeting (Jumping running knee to the chest from Kalvin and to the upper back from Jimmi). Jimmi pins Milo once again, while Karl unsuccessfully tries to get Crusher to stop crushing whatever’s left of Michael’s mind. It looks like the evil guys really need Landon Mallory if they are to have anyone take them seriously… Winners: Lister & The Addams. - vs. Match #4 – Future X (Petey Barnes & Eric Future) vs. EWA Tag Team Champion Byron & EWA Intercontinental Champion Paolo Gandalfini This is the first time we see Future X in tag team action since they lost the tag titles back in September of 2020! Still, Petey and Eric have often been featured together as having each other’s backs and also occasionally collaborating with Christopher Lister. You already know about Byron and Paolo! They’re cocky, they’re oiled up, muscular and looking like millions of bucks, and they always get boos while acting as if the whole world is bending down at their feet! The lads put on a good match, with Gandalfini and Barnes looking straight up great when they meet each other in the ring, and Byron and Future also holding their own weights properly! After 15 minutes, the heels decide to heel it up and as Byron is distracting the referee, Gandalfini goes down on one knee and punches Future right in the jewels, as Barnes explodes in anger in his corner. Gandalfini uses this moment to hit his finisher, the Chokeslam, on Future, and as Barnes was about to go and try to break up the pin, Kruge The Executioner appears out of thin air and drags Barnes off the apron! As soon as Gandalfini pins Future, Kruge starts beating up on poor Petey, while Gandalfini and Byron celebrate yet another cheap victory! Winners: Byron & Gandalfini. Christopher Lister comes running down the ramp and tries to help Petey overcome Kruge, but before he can do much, Byron and Gandalfini attack him like a pack of dire wolves! The show goes off with the image of The Rulers & Gandalfini standing high, raising their belts, and commentator Mark Stanford informs us we’re likely to see some form of Future X & Lister vs. The Rulers & Gandalfini on next week’s episode! - Show stats: - Show rating: 51. - Viewership: 50 044. - MOTN: Byron & Gandalfini vs. Future X. - And what a show we have for next week! Following the last episode of Weekly Warfare, Eric Future takes it to social media to let it be known that he feels Byron’s discourse about justice in wrestling disgusts him, since Gandalfini cheated by hitting him with a low blow for the win in the main event. To prove that he is a man of honor, Byron agreed to give Future the one on one match with Gandalfini he was originally supposed to get a few weeks ago, adding that he has 0 doubt that Paolo can beat Eric fair and square. These being said, let’s take a look at the card for Weekly Warfare #32! Card: Cassie O’Peter vs. Maisie Laurels The debut of Marianne’s talk show, „Marianne’s Specialty”! Jason Dempsey & The Addams Family (Jimmi & Kalvin Addams) vs. Ferdinand Arneaux & The Minds of Evil (Crusher Von Steinberg & Milo Morningstar) Double Dutch (Frank Van Heer & Henrick Van Bon) vs. Team Amazement (Bam Bam Johansson & Michael Gregory) Petey Barnes & Christopher Lister vs. EWA Tag Team Champions The Rulers (Byron & Kruge The Executioner) (non-title match) EWA Intercontinental Championship: © Paolo Gandalfini vs. Eric Future - And of course, let’s take a look at the predictions: DinoKea: 3/4. Not a bad start! Edited January 7, 2023 by vladjarca Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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