Pro Wrestling Unplugged presents East Meets Wrest —Global Warming
Date: 7/22/2006
From: Philadelphia, PA
This is a joint show with Dragon Gate.
Outside, Aramis arrives to the venue and gets jumped by a masked wrestler in the parking lot. Security slowly comes over to get the masked wrestler away.
Opening Contest: Drew Blood vs. Detox: Detox gains waist control on Blood, but Blood counters with a wrist lock quickly. Detox slaps Blood across the face and taunts the fans. Blood turns Detox inside out with a strike. Blood keeps control with a chop against the ropes. Blood is dumped over the top to the floor. Detox leaps off the apron to deliver a clothesline strike. Blood sends Detox into the guard railing and rams Detox onto the ring steps. Blood counters a head scissors and spikes Detox with a tombstone. Blood chops Detox in the corner several times. Detox boots Blood in the corner and runs into a Death Valley Driver for a two count. Detox dropkicks Blood in the corner and hits a crucifix driver for a near fall. Blood forearms Detox, but Detox hits a sit out slam for a near fall. Blood boots a charging Detox and hits a top rope crossbody, but Detox rolls through and holds the tights for leverage to steal the match. (**. A decent opening match with both men showcasing some good spots. The finish is a little lame, but Detox came across as someone I wouldn’t mind to see more of.)
Second Contest: BxB Hulk & CIMA vs. Homicide & Jack Evans in a Dragon Gate Rules match: Homicide and CIMA kickoff the tag match. CIMA drop toe holds Homicide, but Homicide counters to wrist control and puts an ankle twist on CIMA. CIMA breaks free and snapmares Homicide leading to a rollup for a one count and they have a standoff. Homicide gets a rollup for a one count, but CIMA quickly gains control with a hammerlock. Homicide puts a rolling scorpion submission, but CIMA doesn’t give up. Homicide flips off CIMA in the corner. CIMA arm drags Homicide, but Homicide responds with an arm drag. They have a standoff after they both delivered leg sweeps. Hulk tags into the match and Evans gets tagged in as well. Hulk puts a side headlock on Evans and shoulder blocks Evans. Hulk runs the ropes, but Evans kicks Hulk. Hulk arm drags and dropkicks Evans. Evans kicks Hulk and hits a springboard spinning kick. Evans tags in Homicide to deliver several strikes in the corner. Homicide nails Hulk with a strike coming off the ropes. Homicide covers for a two count. Homicide bulldogs Hulk and tags in Evans. Evans elbows Hulk to the mat followed by a double stomp and a standing moonsault for a two count. Hulk fights back with several chops. Evans nails Hulk with a cartwheel kick and a double knee splash for a near fall. Evans chops Hulk in the corner. Hulk kicks Evans on a handspring attempt in the corner. Hulk stomps Evans on the mat followed by a backdrop and tags in CIMA. Hulk slams Evans and CIMA hits a slingshot senton from the apron before taunting Homicide. CIMA strikes Evans over the back several times.
CIMA puts the Gory Special on Evans in the middle of the ring. CIMA drives Evans down to the mat for a near fall. Evans is met with a double spinebuster. CIMA nails Evans with a Codebreaker and Hulk hits a standing senton for a two count as Homicide breaks the cover. Hulk slams Evans and hits a springboard corkscrew senton for a two count. CIMA tags back into the match and stomps Evans in the corner and Hulk double teams Evans in the corner as Homicide distracted the referee. Evans hits a springboard somersault elbow strike and tags in Homicide. Homicide tosses CIMA overhead with a suplex. Homicide sends Hulk to the floor and hits a somersault suicide dive. Evans takes CIMA out with a dive on the other side. Evans tries for a springboard, but CIMA hits a cutter for a two count on Evans. Evans hits a northern lights suplex on CIMA followed by a fisherman buster and a standing corkscrew splash for a near fall. Evans kicks CIMA, but CIMA responds with a dropkick against the ropes. Hulk kicks Homicide and hits a tornado DDT for a two count. Homicide elbows Hulk and delivers a lariat. Homicide hits a sit down powerbomb, but CIMA breaks the cover. CIMA delivers a suplex, but Homicide responds with a trio of suplexs. Evans goes to the top rope hitting the 630 on CIMA, but Hulk breaks the cover at two. Hulk strikes Evans and delivers a spin kick for a near fall. Homicide accidentally clotheslines Evans and Hulk kicks Homicide to the floor. CIMA superkicks Evans and hits the Air Raid Crash to win the match. (***1/2. A good tag match with constant action. I’m surprised this match when on early in the show, but apparently CIMA and Hulk are working a second time later on the show with an open challenge. I feel like the PWU crowd didn’t know how to react to the match for some reason.)
Third Contest: Jason Gory vs. Shiima Xion: Gory head scissors Xion to the floor to start the match. Gory takes Xion out with a somersault dive over the ropes to the floor. Gory rams Xion onto the apron face first, but Xion stops Gory with a reverse DDT on the apron. Xion stomps Gory on the mat and taunts the fans while putting a leg lock on Gory. Xion forearms Gory into the corner and is dumped to the apron. Xion shoulder rams Gory and delivers a slingshot stomp for a two count. Xion chops Gory, but Gory hits a standing hurricanrana for a two count. Gory tries for a slam, but Xion counters with another reverse DDT for a two count, but that’s because Xion pulled Gory up at two. Xion takes Gory over with a snap suplex and puts a chin lock on Gory for a few moments. Gory stops Xion with a Codebreaker. They begin to trade chops until Gory hits a Code Red for a near fall. Gory is met with an elbow strike by Xion. Xion leaps off the top to double stomp Gory on the neck for a near fall. Gory plants Xion with a Gory Special and heads to the top rope. Gory leaps off the top to hit a splash for a near fall. Xion drops Gory over his knee face first for another near fall. Gory blocks a snapmare driver and hits a cradle tombstone piledriver for the win. (***. These guys are regulars for IWC and they impressed here. Gory is a fun talent and Xion showed his charisma. Xion is playing a male model kind of gimmick and naturally the ECW Arena crowd decided to show their homophobia in 2006. Anyway, I enjoyed this quite a bit.) After the match, Xion attacks Gory and leaves Gory laying.
Fourth Contest: Pete Hunter & Trent Acid vs. Krash Krew (Gemini & Kwame): Acid and Kwame kickoff the tag match with Acid playing to the crowd quite a bit. Kwame shoves Acid to the mat to showoff his strength advantage. Acid delivers a few strikes, but is backed into a corner and choked. Kwame tosses Acid into the corner, but Acid and Hunter double team Kwame until Gemini gets involved and all four men brawl in the ring. Hunter and Acid are sent into each other and they are both driven down with spinebusters. Gemini sends Hunter to the floor. Kwame press slams Acid over the top onto Hunter on the floor. Hunter and Acid return to the match and are both clotheslined over the top to the floor. Acid and Hunter try to leave, but are stopped on the aisle. Hunter is sent into a security guy and Gemini punches the security guy. Gemini decks Hunter with a right hand in the ring. Acid tags into the match and missile dropkicks Gemini from the top rope for a two count. Gemini is double teamed in the corner. Gemini is taken over with a double suplex and a double elbow drop. Hunter covers Gemini for a two count. Hunter forearms Gemini and delivers a leaping elbow strike for a two count. Acid tags into the match and strikes Gemini in the corner. Acid kicks Gemini and delivers a forearm strike. Acid superkicks Gemini into the ropes. Hunter shoves Gemini over Acid to trip him for a near fall. Hunter shoulder blocks Gemini coming off the ropes for a near fall. Hunter slams Gemini and tags in Acid. Acid hits a springboard moonsault and taunts the crowd while kneeling on Gemini. Hunter heads to the top rope missing a moonsault. Kwame tags into the match and cleans house with strikes. Kwame clotheslines both Acid and Hunter. Kwame powerslams Hutner, but Acid stops Kwame. Acid is driven down with a double team slapjack. Kwame and Gemini grab a steel chair, but Acid and Hunter deliver chair shots. Hunter is backdropped to the floor. Acid is met with a double clothesline in a sandwich form. Acid is dropped chest first into a steel chair. Hunter manages to break the cover at two. Gemini misses a chair shot and Acid delivers a knee to the back. Acid lays Gemini onto a chair and goes to the top rope, but Gemini stops Acid. Gemini hits a middle rope fallaway slam sending Acid onto a chair back first. Hunter is speared by Kwame and that gets a three count. (1/2*. This match went thirteen minutes and I can safely say this could have gone six minutes and that would have been double the length it should have gone.)
Before the next match, Nick Berk cuts a promo about being featured on WWE television recently. Berk says the fans will be able to download his most recent match on WWE Heat with Val Venis.
Fifth Contest: Johnny Kashmere vs. Nick Berk: Berk prevents Kashmere from attacking his manager on the floor and rams Kashmere face first onto a steel chair. Berk hits Kashmere over the head with a weapon. Berk continues to hit Kashmere with weapons that the crowd had. Berk whacks Kashmere with a plastic bowling set that was under the ring. Kashmere throws something at Berk on the floor. Kashmere continues with a clothesline and whacks Berk with the Operation board game. Berk low blows Kashmere and hits Kashmere over the head again. Kashmere spears Berk coming off the ropes and locks in a figure four leg lock. Amy Lee helps Kashmere with extra leverage, but Berk doesn’t submit. Amy Lee low blows the doctor and splashes Berk’s manager off the middle rope. Kashmere grabs a bucket and dumps Hot Wheels onto the mat. Berk drops Kashmere onto the toy cards and picks up the win. (1/2*. I’m not sure what the hell the point of this was, really. Berk thinking he’s a WWE superstar was funny, though.)
Corporal Robinson revealed that he had Mickie Knuckles, Ian Rotten’s student, in his corner for the next match. However, Amy Lee came back out and whacked Knuckles with a chair shot to take her out.
Sixth Contest: Corporal Robinson vs. Ian Rotten for the vacant PWU Hardcore Championship: What if I told you this match was mostly just nonsense death match wrestling? Well, that’s what it is. Rotten wrapped Robinson in barbed wire and hit a senton splash to win the match in ten minutes. If you like this kind of stuff, well, you’d enjoy it I guess.
Mickie Knuckles issues a challenge to Amy Lee. Knuckles challenges Lee to the first ever women’s first blood match.
Seventh Contest: PWU Unified Women’s Champion Sumie Sakai vs. Megumi Yabushita: They lockup, but neither woman gets the advantage and they backoff. Sakai takes Yabushita down with an arm bar, but Yabushita gets to the ropes. Yabushita drives Sakai down to the mat face first a couple of times for a two count. They roll through a few rollups with Sakai getting a two count. Sakai puts a camel clutch on Yabushita and mocks the referee counting her pulling hair. Sakai head scissors Yabushita out of the corner. Sakai slams Yabushita to the mat for a near fall. Yabushita hip tosses Sakai coming off the ropes. Sakai forearms Yabushita in the corner, but Yabushita locks in an arm bar for a moment in the ropes. Yabushita hits a somersault dive off the top for a near fall. Sakai and Yabushita trade strikes in the middle of the ring. Sakai hits a bridging suplex for a near fall. Sakai hits a wheelbarrow suplex and goes to the top rope. Sakai hits a missile dropkick for a near fall. Sakai hits a snap suplex and heads to the top rope again. Yabushita arm drags Sakai off the top rope for a near fall. Sakai comes off the ropes and misses a clothesline. Yabushita uppercuts Sakai for a two count. Sakai tries for a slam, but Yabushita reverses with an arm bar, but Sakai reaches the ropes to break the hold. Sakai counters a tilt a whirl with a rollup for a two count. Yabushita uppercuts Sakai and locks in another arm bar forcing a submission to win the match. (**. The match seemingly came to an abrupt end as it’s suggested that Sakai may have been hurt legit during the move. I think she just sold the move well to make fans think that way. I wish this got more time instead of the previous match or the long tag match earlier in the show, too.)
Before the next match, Gary Wolfe cuts a promo on Kid Kash & Jamie Noble saying Wolfe is a real Pitbull. Wolfe comes across rather pissed off about it.
Eighth Contest: Gary Wolfe vs. Z-Barr: Barr attacks Wolfe from behind, but Wolfe takes Barr down to the mat. Wolfe controls Barr on the mat with some mat wrestling and delivers a leg drop to the back of Barr. Wolfe strikes Barr and comes off the ropes to deliver another boot to knock Barr to the mat. Wolfe smashes Barr with a chair shot on the floor. Barr strikes Wolfe in the corner a few times. Barr shoulder rams Wolfe in the corner and delivers a dropkick to the head. Wolfe misses a splash in the corner and Barr gets a sloppy rollup with his feet on the ropes to steal the match. (DUD. That was not good, at all.)
Ninth Contest: Briscoe Brothers (Mark & Jay) vs. All Money Is Legal (Murda & Pusha): Mark and Pusha kickoff the tag match with Mark gaining control on the mat with a wrist lock for a few moments. Pusha counters, but Mark takes Pusha down to the mat and delivers a kick to the back before locking in a sleeper. Mark takes Pusha over with a side headlock on the mat. Mark controls Pusha with a spinning toe hold, but tags in Jay to keep the advantage. Murda hits a hurricanrana on Jay, but Jay responds with a hurricanrana of his own. Jay controls Murda with a front face lock, but Pusha delivers a strike from the apron. Briscoe’s hit a double team spin kick on Murda for a two count. Mark scoop slams Murda for a near fall. Pusha holds Mark to allow Murda to deliver a knee strike. Murda holds Mark in a Boston Crab in the ropes allowing Pusha to dropkick Mark to the floor. Murda comes off the apron to stomp Mark and rolls Mark back into the ring. Pusha strikes Mark, but is met with an elbow strike. Jay enters to plant Pusha with a back suplex. Jay dropkicks Pusha coming off the ropes for a near fall. Pusha blocks a few chops, but not a strike to the face. Briscoe’s toss Pusha across the ring. Murda makes the save on a pin attempt. Jay elbow strikes Pusha in the corner before tagging in Mark. Briscoe’s shoulder block Pusha coming off the ropes. Jay hits a front suplex and a swinging neckbreaker on Pusha before locking in a half Boston Crab, but Murda prevents a submission.
Jay uppercuts Pusha in the corner and tags in Mark. Jay dropkicks Pusha and Mark hits a senton splash from the middle rope for a two count. Mark hits a gut wrench slam on Pusha for a two count. Mark headbutts Pusha into the corner, but Pusha sends Mark head first into the corner. Murda tags into the match and covers Mark for a near fall. Pusha leaps off the top to senton splash Mark as Murda held Mark’s legs open on the mat. Pusha eye rakes Mark and continues with strikes. Pusha dropkicks Mark coming off the ropes and runs the ropes to deliver a knee strike eventually. Murda returns to the match and works over Mark with several strikes. Mark avoids Murda in the corner and hits an overhead suplex before tagging in Jay. Jay enters and cleans house with chops to Pusha. Jay hits Pusha with a crossbody for a near fall. Pusha fights back with right hands, but Jay drop toe holds Pusha over the middle rope. Mark delivers a knee from the apron and hits a double stomp. Briscoe’s toss Pusha into the air and down to the mat gut first. Murda leaps off the top to hit an X-Factor on Jay. Murda tries for a suplex on Mark, but Mark blocks the attempt. Murda forearms Mark, but Mark avoids a suplex and holds Murda for a Razor Edge and Jay hits a neckbreaker on the way down for a two count. Pusha hits a DDT on Mark, but Jay stops Pusha. Jay tries for the Jay Driller on Murda, but Murda drops to a knee. Murda escapes the move and tries for the Un-Prettier, but fails. Murda hits a reverse hurricanrana on Jay. AMIL hit a running double Muscle Buster and pin Mark for the win. (***. A good tag match and this is probably the biggest win in AMIL’s career to this point if not ever. Briscoe Brothers come across as absolute stars.)
Tenth Contest: PWU Heavyweight Champion 2 Cold Scorpio vs. Devon Moore: Scorpio backs Moore into a corner, but cleanly backs off and taunts Moore’s size. Scorpio shoves Moore to the mat, but Moore kips up quickly. Scorpio shoves Moore to the mat a second time. Moore shoves Scorpio and delivers a flurry of strikes. Scorpio decks Moore with a forearm strike. Moore continues with strikes, but Scorpio no sells it and decks Moore to the mat again. Scorpio keeps a neck vice on Moore and switches to a headlock. Moore elbows Scorpio to break free and dropkicks Scorpio to the mat. Scorpio gets control with a waist lock, but Moore elbows free and gets a waist lock on Scorpio before switching to a wrist lock. Scorpio takes Moore down to the mat and gains control with a wrist lock. Scorpio takes Moore over with a back suplex, but Moore keeps a headlock on Scorpio. Scorpio hits a second back suplex, but Moore manages to keep a grip. Scorpio counters with an arm bar on the mat. Moore reaches the ropes to break the hold. Scorpio keeps Moore on the mat with an arm bar until Moore reaches the ropes. Scorpio powers out of a head scissors and they have a standoff. Scorpio kicks Moore in the midsection and delivers an overhand strike to knock Moore to the mat. Moore hits a standing hurricanrana, but Scorpio responds with a slap and they trade forearms. Moore dropkicks Scorpio to the floor where Scorpio casually walks around to regroup. Scorpio knee strikes Moore followed by a knee lift. Scorpio briefly struts and misses a clothesline. Moore hits a springboard moonsault for a two count. Moore dropkicks Scorpio to the floor. Moore wanted to go for a dive, but Scorpio moved out of the way and slowly returns to the ring.
Moore punches Scorpio a few times in the corner. Moore delivers a running clothesline in the corner. Moore missile dropkicks from behind to the floor. Moore takes Scorpio out with a dive over the ropes to the outside. Moore baseball slides Scorpio and hits a slingshot dive to take Scorpio out again on the floor. Moore sends Scorpio chest first into the railing, but Scorpio backdrops Moore over the railing into the crowd. In the crowd, Scorpio nails Moore with a chair shot to the face. Scorpio tosses Moore back to the ringside area. Scorpio chops Moore at ringside. Scorpio rolls Moore into the ring and hits a slingshot splash for a two count. Scorpio hits a somersault leg drop for a near fall. Scorpio strikes Moore on the back before hitting a release German suplex. Scorpio comes off the middle rope to axe kick Moore. Moore fights back with a few forearms, but is slapped to the mat. Scorpio heel kicks Moore to the mat. Scorpio heads to the top rope, but is crotched by Moore. Moore strikes Scorpio and hits a top rope hurricanrana. Moore covers, but Scorpio kicks out at two. Moore climbs to the top rope hitting a frog splash and covers Scorpio for a two count. Moore hits a springboard moonsault for a near fall. Moore sends Scorpio into a corner, but runs into a boot. Moore ducks a spin kick and kicks Scorpio to the mat. Moore hits a top rope blockbuster for a near fall.
Scorpio nails Moore with a standing moonsault kick for a two count. Scorpio plants Moore with a spinebuster and heads to the top rope hitting a moonsault for a near fall. Scorpio locks in the Rings of Saturn in the middle of the ring, but Moore refuses to give in. Moore uses his one free leg to reach the ropes to break the hold. Scorpio tries for a powerbomb, but Moore counters with a rollup for a two count. Moore nails Scorpio with a shining wizard, but Scorpio rolls to the ring announcers table. Moore sets Scorpio on the table and goes to the top rope. Moore is shoved off by Trent Acid from behind and Moore crashes through the table on the floor. Scorpio knee strikes Moore followed a superkick. Scorpio plants Moore with a straightjacket powerbomb. Scorpio hits the tumbleweed moonsault off the top and pins Moore to win the match. (**1/4. At no point did it feel as if Scorpio was taking Moore as a serious threat to the title. Moore felt like a major underdog, and that’s fine, but it prevented the match from feeling as if it was a big time contest. Commentary attempted to make it feel that way, but it didn’t connect in that manner with me at all. Acid’s involvement’s shouldn’t be a surprise since he’s a main event guy for PWU and it could lead to this becoming a three way feud for the title.) After the match, Moore and Scorpio knock Acid to the floor.
Main Event: PWU Tag Team Champions SAT (Joel & Jose) vs. BxB Hulk & CIMA in a non-title match: Jose and Hulk kickoff the main event with Jose delivering a shoulder block, but Hulk kips up on the three shoulder blocks. Hulk spin kicks Jose followed by a dropkick. CIMA dropkicks Joel into the ropes. Joel sends CIMA to the floor with a hurricanrana, but misses a baseball slide attempt. CIMA kicks Joel while Joel’s upside down on the apron. Hulk works over Jose with stomps in the ring. Hulk dropkicks Jose coming off the ropes for a one count. Hulk keeps a front face lock on Jose before letting go. Hulk strikes Jose on the mat a few times to maintain the advantage. Hulk snapmares Jose and keeps control with a sleeper. Jose shoulder rams Hulk into the corner and Joel chops Hulk. Joel snapmares Hulk and hits a dropkick to a seated Hulk. Hulk dropkicks Joel coming off the ropes. CIMA double stomps Joel on the lower back from the top rope. CIMA stomps Joel on the mat several times. CIMA prevents Joel from tagging out and drives Joel’s knee down onto the mat. CIMA puts a modified Sharpshooter on Joel until Jose makes the save. Joel dropkicks CIMA into the corner and Jose returns to the match to deliver a snap suplex for a two count. Jose puts a chin lock on CIMA, but doesn’t get a submission. Joel puts a Boston Crab on CIMA and holds CIMA’s arms to allow Jose to hit a slingshot leg drop for a two count. CIMA stops Jose with a jawbreaker and tags in Hulk. Jose comes off the ropes and is met with a double dropkick for a two count. Hulk slams Jose to the mat and hits a middle rope corkscrew splash for a near fall. Hulk chops Jose followed by an elbow strike over the back. They begin to trade chops until Jose eye rakes Hulk. Jose jumps onto Hulk’s back, but CIMA hits a backstabber on Jose to help out Hulk.
CIMA splashes onto Jose’s back to maintain the advantage. CIMA strikes Jose in the corner and headbutts Jose’s backside before delivering a dropkick to send Jose to the floor. CIMA drives Jose back first into the apron. CIMA sends Jose into the guard railing back first. Hulk enters the match and works over Jose with several strikes. Jose battles back with strikes and boots Hulk in the corner. Hulk misses a splash and is kicked from the apron. Jose missile dropkicks Hulk to the apron. Joel and CIMA trade chops until Joel hits a snap powerslam and a moonsault for a two count. CIMA strikes Joel on the middle rope and hits a slam. Joel counters a frog splash by getting his knees up. Jose hits a powerbomb onto his knees, but Hulk breaks the cover for a two count. Joel strikes Hulk a few times. Joel heads to the top rope, but Hulk dropkicks Joel. Hulk tries for a hurricanrana, but Joel holds Hulk for Jose to hit a Coast to Coast dropkick. CIMA leaps off the top to dropkick Jose and strikes Joel on the ropes. CIMA slams Joel off the top and hits a frog splash for a two count as Jose makes the save. Jose pummels CIMA with strikes, but is met with a superkick. Jose counters CIMA with a driver, but Hulk nails Jose with a spinning heel kick. Jose atomic drops Hulk, but runs into an elbow. Jose kicks Hulk on the middle rope. SAT grab Hulk in the corner to hit the Spanish Fly. Joel covers Hulk and wins the match. (***. A good match and a huge win for SAT. It might as well have been for the titles if SAT were going to win anyway. They did some big spots and maintained my interest the whole time. I expected this to go 20+ minutes and they went just over 14. A good way to end the show action wise.)
Final Thoughts:
I’d consider this a good show with several solid matches. The middle of the show as a bit a downer, but the major matches delivered quality action. I wish the crowd was a bit more receptive, but I think they preferred the death match style of wrestling that was on the show, too. I’ll give this a mild thumbs up overall.
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