[align=center] HPW 12: Red, White, & Bold[/align] [align=center]LIVE FROM THE HOLLYWOOD PALLADIUM – LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA TUESDAY JULY 4TH, 2017 [/align]
Camera opens cold on a perfectly dressed Hudson Hughes in the middle of the ring with a microphone. He begins by welcoming everyone to America’s birthday, “Where grown men died so you can cry about the words people use on social media” Starting the night he proclaims that even though CWC offices will not call him back he will get a re-match for Finch. Then he decides to call out Laughlin, whose music hits as the light dims but Hudson waits and mockingly looks down at his watch to say “how long is this going to take” After a minute or so Laughlin’s music fades out and Hudson begins to clap slowly and get the fans behind him before announcing “The Master of All Televisions and International Time Travel” As the music hits again Hudson points to the entrance where his personal security guard Rex has Laughlin over his shoulder lifeless and the television championship in his other hand. Rex gets to the ring and drops Laughlin at the apron rolling him in. Hudson embarrasses Laughlin screaming about how he’s nothing more than a freak show and will never represent this territory again and is stripped of the HPW Television Championship. Rex waves security down to the ring where they carry Laughlin out as the crowd falls silent. Hudson explains that’s how he handles things, with swift executive action and the two deserving champions will compete tonight. Lexxi D. Vine cuts Hudson off with her music and briefly explains that her dad told her she beat Eryn, who is now his assistant GM and if she basically ‘Like beat a GM and everything” then she deserves a shot and that Hudson will be hearing from her father if he says no. So Hudson Agrees. The Main Event of Hollywood 12 is another Triple Threat for the Television Championship. Jack Tillman v. Rachel Redding v. Lexxi D Vine. Hudson’s head drops before mumbling “Hollywood 12 Red, White, and Bullshit..” as the music hits to bring out the Shane Sisters
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[align=center] Azul34 vs. Dakota Shane The match began with a showing of respect from Azul who put his hand out to shake hands and Dakota Shane slaps it away before Azul puts his hand up for a test of strength and Dakota shakes flips her hair before Azul grabs her around the waist and hits a high release german suplex before taking control of the match using his size and and luchador wrestling ability but eventually gets distracted by Montana ringside allowing Dakota to roll up Azul for a quick two count before she takes control using her speed and brawling ability to deliver a combination of multiple dropkicks sending Azul staggering before she plants him face first with a bulldog from the middle rope and One Two Kickout. Dakota then locks in a headlock but is forced off into the ropes before Azul hits a hiptoss onto his knee for his own two count nearfall. The end of the match saw Azul lifting Dakota looking for the Blue Orchid near the ropes but was too close to the ropes as Montana stood on the apron and pulled her sister down from the vertical suplex hold. Azul dropkicked Dakota into Montana who flew off of the apron crashing to the floor below. Momentarily distracted Dakota checked to see if the other half of Team Hot & Trashy was okay long enough for Azul to stalk her and set up his Discus Clothesline that was ducked as Dakota ran into the opposite allowing her room to spin and look for her own discus clothesline that was countered with a Butterfly kick that landed with precision and the three count WINNER: AZUL34 [/align]
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[align=center] Vertigo vs. Montana Shane The referee goes to the outside to check on Montana who had fallen off of the apron at the climax of the previous bout. Montana shrugs off the referee’s help and slides into the ring rolling her sister out to the floor as the referee signals for the bell and Vertigo wastes no time going after Montana with a cartwheel backspring elbow combination sending her into the turnbuckle. Vertigo dominates the early going of the match with chain wrestling and rest holds making sure to wear down Montana. On the outside Dakota walks over to an oblivious Azul and slaps him across the face causing Azul to give chase around the ring to Dakota who tries to hide behind Hudson at the announcers table. The referee, again easily distracted by the Shane sisters’ shenanigans yells to the outside as Vertigo pays too much attention to Azul giving chase to Dakota. Deciding to finally focus back towards the match Vertigo turns into Montana’s ‘MKO’ ace crusher as she hooks the leg One Two Three Four Five The fans chant along as Montana gives up the hooked leg and looks up to see Dakota in the ring using the referee as a shield. Standing up to grab the referee she grabs Azul and pushes him to the side as Dakota shoves the referee blindly into her sister opening herself up to get clotheslined over the top rope by a freed up Azul. Montana, holding her face is then planted in the middle of the ring by Vertigo’s ‘DIMENSIONAL CATFLIP’ backflip hurracarana combination buying him time to get to the apron and springboard off in a 450 ‘INVERTED REALITY’ for the count of three WINNER: Vertigo [/align]
Dakota rolls into the ring to check on her visibly frustrated sister as Azul and Vertigo motion to their waists noting they want a shot at the HPW Tag Team Championship Switching backstage cameras show new Assistant GM Eryn in her office as he takes selfies in her professionally provocative outfit. A duck face, then a pouty lip, then as she stands up to sit on the desk for another selfie Finch Maruta bursts through the door and she shrieks nearly falling off the desk. Finch demands that Eryn call Hudson to change his match for the night to him against Dylan Styles. Eryn swipes on her phone screen before holding up to her ear and suggesting to Hudson, on the other side of the call, that Finch wants that. Eryn says she understands and hangs up. After taking a large, nervous gulp she tells Finch that Dylan demanded the night off and he has to either face Bianca or go home unpaid. Finch throws a forearm into her door before storming out of her office
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[align=center] Duff Briggs vs.David Mendes vs. Lizzie Jones vs. Kenny Sex As the four participants stare at each other in their respective corners of the ring Hudson notes on commentary that this match has future TV Championship contender implications depending on what he sees. On cue Mendes and Duff both sprint across the ring and leave their feet with identical front dropkicks sending Sex and Liz tumbling into the ropes and falling to the outside. Upon getting up Mendes and Dugg then go after each other and exchange forearms in the middle of the ring leaving each other staggered for a moment before they both realize that Liz and Sex are both standing up on the outside of the ring. Shrugging to one another the two then rebound off the ropes and fly through the other side with identical suicide dives planting Liz and Sex against the barriers. Both landing on their feet they turn towards each other and continue the exchange of forearms before Mendes throws Duff into the barrier and plays toward the crowd. Recognizing their opportunity Liz and Sex attack Mendes with a barrage of strikes leaving him pinned down against the barrier. Kenny then plays towards the crowd and even leans against the barrier trying to get the number of a cute woman in the front row before being blind sided by Liz diving with a forearm only to get met with a matching one from Duff who rolls Liz into the ring One Two The pin is broken up by Mendes who pulls Duff off and hits a snap suplex followed by an elbow drop One Two Sex breaks up the pin and now he pulls Mendes up and whips him into the corner following him in with a corner splash only to turn around and see Liz charging with a jumping knee leaving the two men in the corner who then get sandwiched by Duff as she dropkicks Liz into them before delivering a ‘SHINING DUFF’ wizard to Liz, Sex, and Mendes consecutively as they stumble out of the corner Scrambling to each one of them Duff hooks a leg and gets three consecutive near falls. Dragging them into the center of the ring and lining them up beside each other she jumps up and down in joy before jumping with a ‘STANDING DUFFSAULT’ moonsault but it met with three different pairs of knees as they all counter simultaneously. Pairing off in the middle of the match Sex would see success against Duff, who he had previously went move for move with against their competition. Meanwhile Mendes did his best to use dirty tactics while the referee wasn’t paying attention to maintain his advantage over Liz. As the four superstars showed clear signs of fatigue Mendes would trade off opponents with Sex and deliver a ‘FRANKENSTEINER’ to Duff who is immediately met with the suggestive hip movements of Sex while she is on the ground as the referee looks unsure whether to count the pin or not Mendes would climb back to the top rope and leap off with a ‘SHOOTING STAR PRESS’ landing on the back of Sex sandwiching him on top of Duff. Mendes failed to capitalize as he stumbled to his feet to meet Liz with an jumping cutter that was shook off before she wrapped his arms and planted him with the ‘BOTOX BREAKER’ unprettier in the middle of the ring for the pinfall and victory. WINNER: Lizzie Jones [/align]
Hudson says they have news something is going on backstage and the camera feed goes back to show two security guards on the floor face down with a pipe laying on top of them. CWC staff rush over to check on them as and call for help as they try to wake them up but soon a metal shelving unit falls over the top of the CWC staff and as the camera pans to see how it fell they see the skull painted face of Laughlin with his arms held out laughing maniacally. His laughs would soon fade as Rex enters the scene and snarls at Laughlin. Laughlin jumps from where he is and lands on top of Rex who catches him and throws him head first into a wall. Wasting little time Rex then picks Laughlin up and throws him in an equipment box before yelling that he’s going to throw him out to be with the rest of garbage.
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[align=center] WulfHammer vs. The Dragon Clan As the tag team division heats up in Hollywood Pro, the team that nearly defeated Hot & Trashy at Certified Fresh started hot and angry against WulfHammer. Forearms putting Wulf and Hammer into opposite corners were followed by an irish whip as WulfHammer nearly collided they instead hooked arms and used their momentum to swing each other around multiple times in circles. Both Eric and Lyra stood perplexed before Wulf and Hammer flew into the corner taking out each member of The Dragon Clan As Eric rolled to the outside Wulf took the opportunity to climb the corner and perform a front flip senton to the chest of Eric on the outside as Hammer worked Lyra over in the middle of the ring. Lyra, growing frustrated with her lack of size utilized an uncharacteristic eye rake in the blind spot of the referee allowing her to tag in Eric who had recovered by then and he came in full of steam taking out Hammer and then charging the apron to deliver an Irish Uppercut sending Wulf flying into the barrier. Turning his attention back to Hammer, Eric and Lyra frequently tagged in and out using separation in hopes to prevent Hammer from tagging in Wulf by cutting the ring in half. When Eric was in he delivered powerful strikes and multiple headlock variations to take the breath from Hammer, who Hudson noted, wasn’t exactly in the best of shape. After Lyra was tagged in Hammer countered a double clothesline attempt by ducking it and upon rebounding off the ropes leaving his feet and taking out The Dragon Clan. The fans began clapping along with Wulf on the apron as Hammer jumped to make the hot tag to Wulf who immediately climbed to the middle rope and met the Clan with a double front dropkick. Eric rolled to the outside and Wulf got a nearfall count of two. Wulf then taunted to the crowd before picking up Lyra and hitting the ‘AT WITS END’ lightning spiral leaving Lyra decimated in the middle of the ring. One Two Thr-NOO Eric pulled the referee out of the ring and threw his hands in the air denying WulfHammer the victory. Hammer jumped off the apron and turned the corner of the ring to confront Eric only to get met with a ‘DRAGON FANG’ superkick leaving him lifeless on the outside. Eric hopped up to the apron in time for Lyra to recover and tag him in as Wulf held his head looking down at his tag team partner he turned into the Dragon Clan stalking him and was able to duck their efforts at double team moves twice rebounding off the ropes and taking Eric out with a spinning wheel kick. Seeing Hammer beginning to stir Lyra got the apron and charged before leaping off with her ‘ONIS BITE’ pump kick. Inside the ring Wulf had Eric hooked and was swinging him setting up the ‘CAROUSEL DEL CRUELTY’ but as he rolled Eric shoved him off into the ropes but Wulf was ready and rebounded with a spinning wheel kick CAUGHT in mid air as Eric delivered a modified ‘RED DRAGON SUPLEX’ for the pinfall and victory
WINNER: The Dragon Clan [/align]
Shane sisters are backstage and rolling their eyes at a television showing The Dragon Clan pick up a victory. They quickly grow annoyed with each other after the events of tonight but agree that they are at least still the sole owners of the Tag Team Championships. Their satisfaction turns to disgust when Eryn enters the scene with a smile on her face. She informs them that next week the main event of Hollywood Pro 13 will be a tag team gauntlet match featuring the tag teams of Hollywood Pro where two teams start and as each team is eliminated another team enters until there are no teams left...then acting as if she forgot to add a small detail she informs them it’s also for the Tag Team Championships which sends the Shane sisters into a rage Team Hot & Trashy then take turns insulting Eryn’s slutty professional outfit as she shrugs her shoulders and leaves the room. “Who does she think she is anyway?”
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[align=center] Finch Maruta vs. Bianca Davis Coming off of being robbed at Gateway to the Graps Finch walked with a purpose to the ring and barely waited for the bell to start before he walks directly to Bianca and slapped her in the face. Staggering her she fell back and he told her to slap him back. As the two of them then exchanged slaps the slaps soon escalated to knife edge chops then to forearms. The fans cheering along in anticipation for each strike notice the two of them standing in the middle of the ring, not one staple pro wrestling move to be seen. Blood trickles from the lip of Finch and he wipes his lip and smiles. Bianca has some words for Finch who turns towards the crowd before throwing a knee into Bianca and backing her into the corner unloading on her before the referee breaks it up. This would be the theme of the match as Bianca would do her damndest to get the upperhand, but the rage inside of Finch never faded as he stretched out every one of the referee’s five counts. Utilizing the ropes for choking, mashing Bianca’s face into the turnbuckle, and even holding on to a headlock while her feet were wrapped up in the ropes. As Bianca made her comeback using the referee’s intervention during a five count she raked the eyes of Finch and then grabbed him by the hair and planted him face first into the mat for a quick two count. Finch would reverse her ‘BEAUTY SLEEP’ finish sliding off of her back and creating separation before hitting a ‘SUPERMAN PUNCH’ as he pounds his chest and points to a fallen Bianca Davis the fans begin to create commotion as Dylan Styles walks up to the barrier and sits ringside. This quickly catches the eye of Finch who hops to the outside and dives across the barrier and into the lap of Dylan Styles. The two exchange punches before Dylan pushes him into the barrier and takes off in the middle of the fans as Finch gives chase. The referee makes it to ten before Finch can remember he’s in the middle of a match and he calls for the bell WINNER: Bianca Davis via Countout [/align]
Sam Tolson who has the Hollywood Pro Championship fastened around her waist has a microphone in hand as the fans greet her with cheers and chants of ‘You-De-Serve-it-clapclap-clapclapclap’ A pre-prepared video package shows the highlights of the fatal four way championship and Samantha hitting the Victory Drop Alpha for the win. We come back to the ring live. She thanks them and explains that since she stepped foot in CWC she has wanted to be a champion. She thanks Hudson for giving her the opportunity and apologizes for not being able to overcome the dirty deeds of Ashley Tierney. She says the Hollywood Pro fans deserve to see her as a double champion, but as long as she is Hollywood Pro Champ she will be a fighting champion because that’s all she has ever known. Sam also proclaims that she will get her shot at Ashley again one day, but doesn’t want to look too far into the future and wants to focus on the now. Corvin appears behind Hudson in the crowd with a microphone in hand and tells her not to get too far ahead of herself because he still has a rematch clause. He harshly taps an uncomfortable Hudson on his shoulder and says he better figure it out and figure it out soon because he doesn’t want to grow impatient and have to contact the CWC executives and explain that they may need to look for another Hollywood Pro GM. Sam gets on the microphone and tells him that after their rematch when she wins Daniel will have to go to the back of the line. She also notes that Corvin is much like Ashley the way he cheats to win so she will take pleasure in taking him out. Daniel winks and says not if he takes her out first and tells her to keep her head on a swivel. Sam thanks him for coming and tells him this isn’t about him, it’s about Hollywood Pro finally having a champion that they can be proud of. She raises her hands as her music plays before standing on the turnbuckle and hoisting the Hollywood Pro Championship above her head making sure Daniel sees who the owner of it is now.
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[align=center] HPW TELEVISION CHAMPIONSHIP Rachel Redding vs. Jack Tillman vs. Lexxi D. Vine The triple threat match starts with the referee holding up the TV Championship to the fans before signalling for the bell. At the bell an annoyed Rachel and Jack both go after Lexxi who managed to weasel her way into the match before she slides out of the ring on the retreat. Rachel takes advantage of an angry Jack and rolls him up for a nearfall. Jack kicks out and charges Rachel who counters with back to back arm drags but gets her dropkick thrown aside as Jack pounces on her and locks in a front face headlock. Rachel struggles to break the hold as Lexxi grabs Jack’s boot and drags him to the outside. Throwing his hands in the air asking her what her problem is Lexxi’s eyes widen in fear as she gets thrown into the ring and gets to her feet only to be met with a ‘SNAP DDT’ from Rachel One Two NO! Jack breaks the pin and rolls Rachel off of Lexxi and looks to deliver multiple strikes but Lexxi rolls out of the way and tries to escape before Rachel catches her with an ankle lock and Jack slides on the canvas towards her head and locks in ‘THE RECLUSE’ crippler crossface. Lexxi taps but the referee waves his hands denying either of them the victory. The two of them let go and begin throwing strikes at each other as Lexxi rolls to the apron to recover. Rachel manages to get the best of Tillman and backs him into the corner and hits a corner step up enzigurri pinning Tillman One Two Nope. Jack kicks out and Rachel stands up to protest to the referee that it was a three count before getting rolled up from behind by Lexxi One Two Tillman breaks it up and Lexxi hits the ‘KOOL FOR SKOOL’ shining wizard on Tillman One Two Rachel breaks the pinfall as Lexxi slaps the mat and screams about how it should be her title now as Rachel blasts her in the back of the head with a dropkick sending her rolling out of the ring. Rachel screams at Lexxi then points to Hudson that this is his fault but Tillman rolls her up for a quick nearfall but takes adnvantage of a frustrated Rachel and lifts her in mid air and drops her with ‘THE MARTYR’ brainbuster onto his knee. The fans get to their feet as Tillman pounds his chest and stalks a dazed Rachel wrapping her up around her waist and holding on as he extends his arms and spins her before leveling her with the ‘BALL ROOM BLITZ’ The fans erupt as Tillman hooks the leg One Two LEXXI! She pulls Rachel out of the ring from under Tillman who failed to hook the leg. Tillman hops over the top rope with ease and to the floor giving chase to Lexxi around the ring. Hudson notes this episode has been more duck duck goose than it has actual wrestling. Lexxi hops the barrier as Tillman grabs a chair and heads towards the fans where Lexxi exited ring side. The referee grabs the chair from Tillman who notices Rachel is back in the ring hunched over and seeming vulnerable. Wasting no time he slides into the ring and is met with the GOLD PLATE of the Television Championship in Rachel’s hands. The fans boo as Rachel slides the title out of the ring and the referee who had put the chair back in it’s rightful place sees Rachel hook the leg as he slides in ONE TWO THREE!! WE have a NEW Television Champion who is met with boos from the crowd. WINNER: Rachel Redding NEW HPW TELEVISON CHAMPION [/align]
Lexxi who is still on the fan side of the barrier sees the enraged eyes of Jack Tillman as he glares at her. She holds the L up on her forehead and calls him a loser Hudson enters the ring and hands the Television Championship to Rachel Redding shaking his head and Rachel grabs the title before staring into it for a moment in realization of what she did and raising the championship over her head. On the microphone Hudson welcomes all of the fans and the members of the roster to the fireworks show he has put together outside of the arena to the melodic masterpiece that is Neil Diamond. Before long we are outside where fans are being held back from interacting directly with the talent of Hollywood Pro, but are close enough to say they watched fireworks with them. A select few members of the roster have chosen not to show up - Jack Tillman in particular who was disgusted with the way his title match ended. Hudson stands on top of a car on the street and throws his hands up on cue as the fireworks begin to light sky and erupt in explosions of assorted colors. Neil Diamond plays on the speakers outside of the Palladium and Hudson couldn’t be more proud of himself until a commotion breaks out causing him to jump off of the car and sprint into the middle of the area where the roster was standing as he sees Hollywood Pro Champion Samantha Tolson down on the pavement holding her knee as the fireworks illuminate the look of horror upon her face. A figure dressed in black sprints down the street as Hudson pops his head up and narrows his eyes with a scowl on his face as we fade to black.
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