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Feb 19/03: Wednesday Night Rage #4












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Butte. Montana

Civic Center

Attendence: 2,902

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Opening segment:
 
Jack Larkin returns via Jumbo Tron, behind his locked office door. He challenges "Vicious" Manny Silva who trashed his office and gave him a beating two weeks ago to a match tonight - against his new head of security. In fact he told Silva he was taking the match, as per their contract, or he would surrender the appearance bond he posted.
Larkin also says he hasn't forgotten, or forgiven, Chrome for leaving him to the mercy of Silva. So tonight, Chrome is booked in a triple threat match against two other of his opponents for the 8-ball scramble; Dr. John Manfried and Menele. He reminds us that both those guys are certifiable.
Finally tonight, GPW is proud to present a contract to a remarkable athlete. Tenacious Z may have only one leg, but he has the heart of two men. The new "Z" man will be on hand tonight.
 

The first match tonight is a warm-up for the big six-man tag match at Alive.

 

Sam Holiday & The Patriot (w/ Stan Baker) 553 lbs. cominbed

V 

Allen Funk & Lash LeRoux(/w Raymond Bingham) 472 lbs. combined

 

LeRoux got into open clashes with his six-man tag partners Bingham and Funk, trying to stop them from cheating. In the end it was LeRoux's getting into fisticuffs with Bingham outside the ring that allowed the Patriot to hit the Patriot Missile and get the win.

[Holiday & Patriot beat Funk & Leroux when Patriot pinned Funk after the Patriot Missile at 7:14]

 

Menele (6'0 255 lbs., parts unknown)

V

Dr. John Manfried (6'2 275 lbs., Ft. Worth, Texas)

V

Chrome (6'9 328 lbs. Black Hills, South Dakota)

 

If this match was supposed to punish Chrome it didn't turn out that way. Much bigger then the other men, Chrome used his big boot and long reach to keep his opponents off balance, and staggering. He showed a lot of patience not going for the pin too early while the 3rd man was still strong enough to stop the pin. Finally Manfried and Menele combined their attacks somewhat to counter Chrome. But when they went for a double chairshot Chrome ducked out of the way and the two villians nailed each other with the steel chairs instead. Chrome then gave each man a chokeslam before devastating Menele with the Chrome Driver from the top rope.

[Chrome defeats Dr. John Manfried and Menele in a triple threat match when he pins Menele after the Chrome Driver at 10:39]

 

 

 

Damien Demento (6'2 288 lbs. the Outer Reaches of your mind) defeats Armand Rougeau Jr. (6'1 214 lbs. Montreal, Quebec) at 6:33 after the Demento kneedrop.
 
Backstage:
VP Dale Kuentz looking uncomfortable walks up to Lash LeRoux. He tells him that he has a message from President Larkin. LeRoux is not to screw up the six-man tag match at Alive with his false sense of allegiances. If he screws it up for the President his life will be miserable here in GPW. Kuentz aplogizes to Leroux and then walks away.
 
The next match is like last week where we mix up the tag partners that will be competing in the 4-team mini tournament at Alive for the tag team titles. Tonight we have the other 4 participants that did not compete in the match last week.
 
Vincent Regliatti & Shane Madison (combined wt of 456 lbs.)
V
Al Collins & Greg Pawluk (combined wt of 463 lbs.)
 
This match goes heavily in the favor of Al Collins and Greg Pawluk with each man being very proficient. They really have Shane Madison in a world of trouble when suddenly from the crowd emerges the Insane Clown Posse, guided by Derek St. Holmes. So this is the "World Championship" team that St. Holmes has been touting for the last couple of weeks?
The ICP open up fire extinguishers to blind everyone in the ring before laying out Collins, Pawluk, and Regliatti, with X-factors and bulldogs. Strangely enough, whether by design or mistake they leave Shane Madison alone.
[No contest at 8:31]
 
Post-Match:
As the mayhem subsides and tag partners come out to help each other out, Sinister Stan Baker makes a surprise appearance on the ramp with a lead pipe. He proceeds to use that lead pipe on the knees of Eric Scott and Vincent Regliatti, The Great Canadians. He tells them as they lay prone to keep their mouths shut next time.
 
 

Contract signing:
Vice-Presidents Dale Kuentz and Selita Segal come to the ring and introduce the one-legged wonder, Tenacious Z, to a huge applause by the crowd.
Not only does he sign a contract but Kuentz annouces that Z will premiere in GPW at "Alive".
This news brings out Asp Evergreen from the back in street clothes. Evergreen says this is a bunch of crap. He and guys like Chavez have been busting their butts in Butte, and this Johnny hop lately gets a PPV shot? Z looks a little pissed off at Evergreen but is holding his tongue. Finally, Evergreen gives Z a push, and the newcomer retaliates with a standing dropkick!
But when he regains his footing he is attacked from behind by Eddie Chavez who has climbed under the ropes. The 2 on 1 beatdown is on, and Z never has a chance.
 
Backstage:
After a commercial break we go backstage where Tenacious Z has got a hold of Deane Moore and Dale Kuentz. He asks Kuentz if an opponent has been named yet for his match at Alive. After Kuentz says there isn't one yet, Z asks him for Asp Evergreen. Kuentz gets a big smile on his face and says that Larkin will like that very much.
 
Videotape:
Earlier today GPW cameras were on hand in a local gymnasium where amateur greats Rulon Gardner and Cael Sanderson got down on the mats for a little amateur exhibition match.
"Freestyle amateur wrestling match"
Rulon Gardner v Cael Sanderson
Sanderson is no match for Gardner simply based on weight alone, but he gives it a good effort. After about 2 minutes of sparring Gardner is leading 4-0 when suddenly Boss Strickland shows up and starts berating both men for not inviting him to this exhibition.
Gardner invites Strickland to take Sanderson's place and he agrees.
"Freestyle amateur wrestling match"
Rulon Gardner v Boss Strickland
After about 30 seconds Gardner has been unable to take Strickland down, but the Boss has failed to mount any offense. After a break, when they cinch up again the Boss snakes out a right fist and nails a sucker punch to the head of Gardner. He follows up with a knee to the gut, a kick to the groin, and then sets up a double underhook, but is tackled by Sanderson before he can do any more damage.
Sanderson and Strickland are rolling around on the ground exchanging punches and have to be broken up by several of the on-looking wrestlers.
 
 
 
 
 
 
The next match came about as a result of a 3-way tie in their bracket to see who would go on to Alive to battle for the Heritage title.
Triple Threat Match
Union Jack (5'10 234 lbs., Liverpool, England)
V
Den Graves (6'3 260 lbs. Wiggan School of England, by way of Potsdam, Germany)
V
Gabriel Argos (6'2 252 lbs. Cyprus)
 
Graves was at a big disadvantage in this match as his past actions have made him the target for both Argos and UJ. In fact the only time Argos or UJ attacked each other was to break up pin attempts on Graves or when the German was obviously out of it.
That all changed quickly after an inadvertant ref bumb by Union Jack. As the Englishman tried to revive referee Melissa Coates behind his back Den Scarrman appeared from the crowd, grabbed a chair and blindsided Argos who was battling Graves. Scarrman was last seen in 2002 buried in the PWA roster. Next he nailed Union Jack in the back with the chair. Graves revived the ref and locked the STF onto a limp Union Jack.
[Den Graves defeated Union Jack and Gabriel Argos in a triple threat match after Graves made Union Jack submit to the STF at 16:29 after outside interference]
 
Post-Match Interview Backstage:
Den Graves welcomes his friend Den Scarrman (who also hails from Germany) into GPW. Graves said he felt he needed some backup. They call their alliance "Den of Thieves" and remind Argos and Union Jack that their is no honor amongst thieves.
 
 
 
 

Jack Larkin makes his way to the ring. He says he wants everyone to welcome to GPW his new head of security...formerly known as Farooq...but originally, and better known as RON SIMMONS !!!
The fans pop for this major announcement and cheer as Simmons reaches the ring.
Simmons takes the mic from Larkin. He says he doesn't always agree with Larkin's calls, but he does believe that there needs to be order amongst the workers, in the backstage area, and in the office. He is here to maintain that order.
 
Main Event:
"Vicious" Manny Silva (6'2 259 lbs., Oahu, Hawaii)
V
Ron Simmons (6'2 260 lbs. Perry, Georgia)
 
Simmons controlled early with a series of flying shoulderblocks, but Silva bounced back a double ax-handle chop and followed up with a well executed wheelbarrow suplex. That really showed Silva's power. This match went back and forth and the fans really got under Silva's skin chanting "poodle, poodle" making him grab his hair and yell at the ref Buddy Lane to make them stop. After a while Silva wasted even more time by going out of the ring and gettng into the face of Larkin. This was a mistake though as Simmons scored with a double ax-handle off the ring apron. He then tossed Silva around the ringside area drawing blood from the Hawaiian's forehead.
Both men were eventually counted out.
[Double countout at 10:48]
 
Post-Match:
They refused to quit however and fought over to the announce table. Silva got battered but managed to grab a hold of the ring bell and swing around clocking Simmons who dropped like a stone. Silva tried to go after Larkin with the ringbell but suddenly Chrome ran down from the back and nailed Silva in the back. Chrome continued to pound on Silva for a few seconds when just as suddenly Steve Riley appeared in street clothes and brandishing a pair of brass knuckles. He tried to coldcock Chrome but his punch was blocked. The two big men continued to trade punches as Silva and Simmons were regaining their feet. As the four men scramble into the ring and went toe-to-toe, they were joined by a charging Vendetta!! All 5 of these 8-ball challenge finalists now slugged it out in the middle of the ring, and as we came to a close it looked like Vendetta was getting the best of everyone.
 
FADE TO BLACK