Post by Lord Hastings on Jan 13, 2020 21:23:15 GMT -5
Welcome to GlobalTrollz LIVE Synergy Coverage for January 13th, 2020!
Championship Roll Call:
World Heavyweight Champion: Sarah Grey-Lacklan
Cross-Hemisphere Champion: Phrixus Deimos
Cooperative Champions: Blessed Vanity
Chaos Champion: Kenzi Grey-Lacklan
Your Synergy coverage begins, now…
- Vinegar, Hans, and Jay give us the usual intro that transitions into childish bickering. [/CopyPaste]
Ichabod comes to the ring and welcomes the audience to UGWC in 2020. Ichy sparks up a smoke and comments that he is aware it isn’t allowed, but given that his tenure as Creative Director is now up he has none of the fucks to give. Ichabod exposits that this would normally be the time that the new annual Creative Director would be announced, but as this is UGWC’s 10th Anniversary Year, something special is happening instead. This year will feature a rotation of guest Creative Directors, and every Pay-Per-View will reveal a new guest CD that will captain the ship for the next cycle. With his final announcement as the outgoing Creative Director, Ichabod is pleased to reveal that the first guest Creative Director of 2020 is…The Chimera.
So the first match of the first Synergy of the year that celebrates the 10th Anniversary of UGWC begins with the momentous occasion of the Dark Destroyer tripping over himself and face-planting on the stage. That’s an ominous sign if I’ve ever seen one. Tempest is accompanied by Ny-Otep and Daedalus and once you include the Destroyer in the mix this all looks like a rejected goth orgy.
The Destroyer attempts a sneak attack while Tempest and friends are posing in the ring, but misses all three of them and tumbles through the ropes to the outside. Tempest stares down at him hitting the far ropes, and he leaps over the ropes with a corkscrew plancha onto the Destroyer at ringside. Tempest gets to his feet, picking the Destroyer up and bouncing his head off the steel steps, as Alice Nasmith tells him to come back into the ring. Tempest shoves the Destroyer in and slides in himself, going to follow up, but the referee cuts him off as the match hasn’t even officially begun and backs him away. The Dark Destroyer uses the ropes to pull himself up and shouts a frantic declaration of evil, which Nasmith accepts as readiness and calls for the bell to the match to begin.
Tempest charges right away, but the groggy Destroyer tumbles into the ropes, inadvertently sidestepping Tempest and he charges into the turnbuckle and falls back onto the mat. The Dark Destroyer stumbles and flops onto him with an accidental headbutt low blow, and Tempest cries out in pain and surprise. Daedalus is up on the apron and Alice Nasmith yells at him to get down, but the distraction allows Ny-Otep to yank the Destroyer out under the bottom rope and lift him into the Collapsing Cosmoses at ringside.
Ny-Otep shoves the Destroyer back into the ring as Tempest is on the turnbuckle, and Tempest backflips into a moonsault guillotine leg drop that Covert Jay calls the Crystal Lake Mantra. Daedalus steps off the apron as Tempest picks the Dark Destroyer up into the God Eater, and that’s good for the three.
Winner: Tempest
Time: 2:51
And now it’s time for Tempest to reap what he has sown.
The second match of twenty-twenty sees two men facing off who had very different ends to their twenty-nineteen as “Deathwish” Hide Yamazaki faces off against “The Iceman” Konrad Raab. “Deathwish” ended his year on a high note as he earned himself a shot at the World Champion. Unfortunately for him it didn’t work out that way as his manager, Johnny Bonecrusher took the shot in what was eventually a losing effort. Hide still put two large trophies on his wall to get there as beat former World Champions Zane Scott and Alan Wallace at “Battleground” to get it.
Things ended differently for “The Iceman” as the German fan favorite earned himself an opportunity at the iconic Cross-Hemisphere Championship (then rechristened the “British Heavyweight Championship by former champion Sebastian Everett-Bryce III) at “Horizons”. Regrettably for Raab, he failed to walk out with his first UGWC championship as after a valiant effort, “The Face of Fear” pinned “The Caramel Coated Goddess” to claim the storied championship.
Momentum is a thing, ladies and gentlemen. Which man will start the year with momentum on his side?
“The Iceman” enters first and to a massive cheer. He walks to the ring to a massive cheer and slaps every hand he can reach on the way down. He enters the ring and acknowledges the continued adulation, which comes to a screeching halt as soon as the music changes. “Deathwish” stalks out to the ring behind his battered manager, the almost World Champion, Johnny Bonecrusher. Bonecrusher works his way to the ring gingerly as his charge, well...charges to the ring, chain swinging. This drives Referee Sam Green from the ring, while “The Iceman” stands stoically in his corner. Hide goes to charge at “The Iceman” as these two men have an extensive and contentious history, but his manager somehow manages to reign him in by yanking on his chain with just enough force to get his attention. Sam Green slides back into the ring, somehow gets “Deathwish” back to his corner, completes his pre-match checks on both wrestlers and calls for the bell.
The first part of the match is all “Deathwish” as he blitzes at “The Iceman” with fists and feet flying like a honey badger on crank. He drives Raab back into the corner and drives him to the canvas with a barrage of punches and kicks until Referee Green takes his life into his own hands and gets between “Deathwish” and what’s left of the reeling “Iceman”. Johnny yells at Green from the outside, but the veteran official basically ignores him and checks on “The Iceman”. “Deathwish” stomps back to the corner and forces Green out of the way, which draws a warning from the Referee. Not that “Deathwish” cares.
“Deathwish” goes to yank “The Iceman” from the corner but suddenly changes his mind and decides for a quite frankly nauseating facewash on him instead. He drags Raab from the corner, lands a pair of lariats, a release German suplex, a gutwrench powerbomb and finally a Death Valley Driver. Johnny yells at him to finish off the resilient German. Hide storms over to him, connects with “The Devil” and goes for the pin.
Raab kicks out at two point seven.
Hide snarls angrily and tries for another “Devil”, but throws Raab with a little too much force. The resilient babyface lands on his feet but is so disoriented that he falls to the floor between the second and top rope. Johnny tries to do Johnny things to Raab outside of the ring, but is intercepted by Green.
“Deathwish” takes the opportunity to throw Raab into the stairs, then tries a running knee to crush head. His attack ends with a thunderous crash of knee on metal and a sudden flying lesson. His Superman impression ends abruptly with Hide’s jaw and the ringside rail becoming friends. Turning points in matches have been made from less.
The fans begin to chant Raab's name, hoping to will him back to full fighting spirit. It seems to work as Raab grabs the still dazed "Deathwish" and drives him onto the back if his head on the floor with a release overhead suplex. Johnny goes to step between his charge and their opponent, but stops cold when "The Iceman" shoots him an acidic glare. He backs off with his hands up but continues to trash talk.
Raab tells "Deathwish" into the ring, ascends the turnbuckle from the apron and drops an elbow onto his dazed opponent. He spends the next few minutes bouncing Hide around the ring with nearly every suplex in his arsenal, as well as a fair amount of throws and punctuates them with a powerbomb. The entire barrage leaves "Deathwish" looking as he's run afoul of the business end of a speeding bus. Johnny's expression clearly says that his money maker is being deconstructed in front of him.
Raab goes for "The Frozen Pin", but Johnny grabs Hide's foot, drapes it over the bottom rope and then commences to yell like a maniac right as Sam Green counts the three. Sam sees Hide's foot on the rope and looks at Johnny suspiciously, but has to reverse his decision as he didn't see Johnny interfere.
Unfortunately for Raab, he doesn't see this happen as he's busy celebrating on the second turnbuckle what he thinks is a huge win to open his year. Johnny tells at Hide, who stands up, shakes his head a few times and instantly looks murderously angry. I guess that's how one resets the brain of a madman.
Hide runs to the corner. He kicks Raab in the back of his knees. Raab falls backwards off of the turnbuckle and Hide catches him into an Argentine Backbreaker, which he transitions into a Fisherman Buster. He snatches Raab up by his head, making sure to gouge his eyes in the process and spins him into a particularly painful and forceful use of "The Devil".
Raab somehow gets his foot on the bottom rope at 2.5, but Johnny shoves it off before Sam Green can see it and half a second later, "Deathwish" has his first win of 2020.
Winner: Hide Yamazaki
Time: 7:47
“The Dragon” Alex Kiseragi has Global Challenge announcements to make.
Alex takes a seat. As Hastings makes his entrance Alex and Nick discuss Donovan's big win at Horizons and some of the key points in his history with Alex. The music changes and Alan Wallace makes his entrance. Nick and Alex discuss Alex's complete lack of history with Wallace.
The match begins with a an impressive chain wrestling sequence, Hastings getting the better of it and hitting a headlock takedown. Wallace escapes back to his feet. The two lock up again, Wallace this time getting the better of the exchange and getting a single leg takedown into a step over toe hold. Hastings kicks him away and gets to his feet. A third brief chain wrestling exchange ends with Hastings in a headlock. He drops back to the ropes and pushes Wallace away, sending him running. The two meet in the middle on the rebound with matching shoulder blocks. Both stay standing. They stare each other down for a moment then run to the ropes again, return and shoulder block one another again with the same result. They make to run the ropes a third time but Hastings turns back and chases Wallace. As Wallace turns he is hit with a clothesline that sends him over the top rope to the floor.
Lieberjosch says something about veteran experience and ringmanship. Alex talks about what it's like to be in the ring with Donovan Hastings. Wallace gets back to his feet and climbs up on the apron. Hastings approaches him and Wallace backs away, telling the referee to keep him back. Hastings backs up as Wallace goes to enter again but then pushes past the referee. Wallace hs him scouted and hits him with a forearm, then pulls his head down over the top rope. Wallace slides into the ring as Hastings staggers back. He hits a dropkick that sends Hastings into the corner. Wallace gets up and hits a knife edge chop to the chest. He takes a moment to celebrate this small victory in which time Hastings grabs him, swaps their positions and hits a chop of his own. Wallace clutches his chest but as Hastings tries to follow up Wallace kicks him in the gut and uses the bottom rope to spring into a sunset flip. Hastings rolls through before the count begins, gets back to his feet and kicks Wallace in the chest. Hastings drops and goes for the Hands of Fate but Wallace quickly puts a foot on the ropes.
Lieberjosch talks about the great display of technical wrestling and psychology on show. Alex begrudgingly agrees. Hastings and Wallace get back to their feet. They go to lock up in the middle of the ring. Wallace transitions into a rear waist lock and hits an atomic drop. Hastings staggers forwards and bounces off the ropes, rebounding into a snap suplex from Wallace, he floats over into a lateral press for a two count. Wallace pulls Hastings up to his feet and drags him by the head to the corner, slamming his face into the turnbuckle. Hastings slumps back and Wallace tries to place him in a tree of woe. Hastings braces his arms against the ropes though and struggles, eventually mule kicking Wallace back. Wallace runs back in an Hastings goes for a clothesline. Wallace ducks it and as Hastings turns back, Wallace hits a European uppercut.
Nick talks about how hard fought this match is. Alex talks about the prestige that comes from a Global Challenge win and the greater opportunities it can lead to. Hastings staggers, trying to recover. When Wallace reaches him Hastings spins behind him, rolling him up into school boy. He gets a two count before Hazel East notices he has a handful of Wallace's trunks and breaks the count. While Hastings and East argue Wallace gets up. He spins Hastings around and hits an open hand chop to the chest. Hastings immediately starts staggering around holding his face. Hans condemns Wallace for blatantly attacking the eyes while everyone else calls him an idiot. Hastings turns and 'accidentally' stumbles into Hazel East, sending both of them spilling over the top rope. East takes a bump on the way down and doesn't get up. Hastings gets to his feet, still acting blind. Wallace reaches through the rope to grab him and Hastings, immediately recovered, hits him with a punch. Wallace goes straight down. The commentators notice Hastings removing a set of brass knuckles from his hand and kicking them under the ring. Hastings casually climbs back into the ring as Owen Peterson runs down and ramp and into the ring. Hastings makes the cover and Peterson applies a swift three count.
Winner: Donovan Hastings
Time: 11:24
Mitchell Dennis is at ringside checking on his wife and has no interest announcing Hastings as the winner. Indignant, Lieberjosch gets up from the announcers table and grabs a microphone, just before the Chimera makes an impact.
Up next is a match involving two entertainment professionals who didn’t end 2019 the way they would have liked. Both Sebastian Everett-Bryce the Third and Angelica Vaughn have enjoyed quite a bit of success during their respective stays here in UGWC, but with Angelica falling to Dave Rydell at Horizons, and the Sebmeister losing both the British Heavyweight and Cooperative Championships, it’s evident that both of them wish to begin 2020 on the right foot.
Both entertainment professionals make their entrances for this match, and as referee Brian Chartreuse walks towards the center of the ring, so too do the two participants. Chartreuse begins going over the rules of the match, as both Angelica and Sebastian bounce back and forth on the balls of their feet. With all of that out of the way, Chartreuse calls for the bell, and this match is officially underway.
The two lock up, with Seb quickly applying a side headlock. Angie is able to slip out though, maneuvering in behind of Seb and applying a hammerlock. Standing switch by Sebastian, and he grabs Angelica around the waist. Angie is one step ahead though, slipping out of the hold and sending Seb to the mat with a drop toe hold. Seb back to his feet, but is sent back down to the mat with a perfectly executed arm drag. Seb bounces back off the mat and speeds towards the Grand Slam Champion, but Angie uses his own momentum against him, sending him down hard to the mat with a double underhook overhead toss. Seb quickly rolls under the bottom rope and heads out to the floor.
Chartreuse’s count reaches eight before Seb hops up onto the apron and steps through the ropes. He cautiously moves towards the center of the ring, Angie doing the same, and the two move in for a lock up. Sebastian connects with a knee lift, Angie being lifted off of the mat due to the force behind it. He connects with a driving elbow to the base of Angie’s neck, and then moves in behind of her and wraps his arms around her waist. A split-second later, Angie is landing on the back of her head, care of the release German suplex that was nicely executed by Sebastian Everett-Bryce the Third. Staying on the attack, Seb pulls Angie to her feet long enough to send her back down to the mat, this time with a gutwrench suplex. He continues the onslaught, first connecting with a series of snap suplexes – three in all – before then dropping her on her head with a brainbuster. Seb makes the cover, but Angie kicks out at two.
Everett-Bryce the Third doesn’t appear to agree with the count, taking a moment to chastise Chartreuse for what he feels was a slow count, before turning his attention back towards Vaughn. Dragging her to her feet, Seb executes an arm wringer, snapping downward multiple times. He then applies a cobra clutch, before ultimately sending Angie back down on the back of her head with another variation of a release overheard suplex. Seb with the cover again, getting a two-and-a-half before the long legs of Angie allow her to drape a leg over the bottom rope, breaking the count.
Again Sebastian begins chastising Chartreuse on his count, looking down at the smaller official as he pokes him in the chest. Seb is still preoccupied with the official as Angie makes her way to her feet, and when he finally refocuses on his opponent, he is caught off guard by a backhand slap. Jumping into the air she then connects with a roundhouse kick that sends Seb back into the ropes. She charges forward, but Seb bends at the waist and sends her into the air with a back body drop. Angie grabs a hold of the top rope though, and safely lands on the ring apron. Seb turns around and eats an enzuigiri that sends him staggering back towards the middle of the ring. Angie springboards off the top rope and attempts a flying clothesline, but Seb connects with a superkick, and both entertainment professionals fall to the mat.
Both Angie and Sebastian get back to their feet about the same time, but Angie beats him to the punch and connects with a European Uppercut. Angie off the ropes and connects with a dropkick to the knees of Seb, sending him down to the mat on his hands and knees. Vaughn back to her feet and comes off the ropes again, this time connecting with a bicycle kick. She rolls Seb over onto his back and hooks the leg as she goes for the cover, but Seb kicks out at two. Seb tries to quickly make his way to his feet, but Angie steps in behind of him and executes a schoolgirl roll up that gets a count of two-and-a-half before Sebastian manages to roll his shoulder off the mat.
As Seb works his way back to a vertical base, Angie hops up onto his back, applying a rear naked choke. Seb flailing as he tries grabbing the hair of Angelica, prompting Chartreuse to begin his count. Seb fading fast, dropping to a knee as Angie struggles to maintain the pressure on the hold. With a last ditch effort, Sebastian powers back up to a vertical base and backpedals into the nearest corner, slamming Angie into the turnbuckle and forcing her to break the hold. Seb gasping for air as he makes his way back towards the center of the ring, but then suddenly turns and speeds towards Vaughn. He attempts a spear, but Angie moves out of the way, and Seb crashes shoulder-first into the ring post. Grabbing at his shoulder he attempts to stand back up, but Angie connects with a dropkick that sends him crashing back into the corner, before sliding down to the mat.
Vaughn backpedals towards the adjacent corner, before taking off full speed and crashing into Seb with a cannonball. Angie grabs the feet of Sebastian and drags him away from the ropes, but doing so costs her valuable seconds, and Everett-Bryce the Third kicks out at two-and-three-quarters.
Angie motions out to the crowd, who all cheer in unison. Focusing on Seb, she watches as gets up to his hands and knees, crawling towards the near ropes. She takes off towards him and goes for #Vaughnemous, but Seb is able to avoid the move, moving to his feet and grabbing her around the waist. Shoving her into the ropes, he tosses her overhead with a German Suplex, and then finishes off the Full Platter by connecting with a release turnbuckle German suplex, and then a standing moonsault kick that knocks Angie into the corner. Seb then sprints back to the far corner, before taking off sprinting and exploding into Vaughn with a Bit of a Kick.
Seb makes the cover, and Chartreuse counts the three-count.
Winner: Sebastian Everett-Bryce
Time: 9:13
The 5'2" Mafia make their entrance together for the first time in this new decade, during which it is brought to the attention of the commentary team, by Todd the Intern that not only is this the first Synergy of UGWC's 10th Year, it is also the 300th edition of Synergy. Lieberjosch remarks that all they did to mark the occasion was make him suffer through an entire match of Alex Kiseragi's attempt at commentary.
Deimos enters on his own, as do all of the opposing team of Rydell, Taylor and Pierce. When in the ring Rydell demands to start the match and he points at The World Heavyweight Champion, challenging her to give the fans an early preview of their match at Infinity. The crowd are loudly behind the suggestion and Sarah cocks her head and raises her eyebrows as she listens to the reaction. She then turns to both Deimos and her wife and nods for them to leave the ring.
As she steps to the middle of the ring the fans in attendance get louder, and when the bell is rung and the two competitors start to circle one another the arena is rocking. Amazing what a month of no UGWC can do to its loyal fanbase. The excitement, however, quickly turns to jeers when Lacklan quickly tags in Phrixus Deimos without so much as taking a step towards Rydell. As Deimos climbs in the ring Lacklan suggests he proves he is worthy of standing on a team with her. Deimos' face is obscured by the reflection of a ring light bouncing off the steel turnbuckle so we are unable to gauge his reaction.
Rydell isn't interested in the feelings of Fear however and he charges into him taking him down with a shoulder block, and then drags him to his feet and sends him into the opposite corner. The man formerly known as Red Fusion then runs at Deimos and drives his shoulder into his midsection and then flips him over onto his back and drops a knee on his still obscured face. Dave scoops Fear up and hauls him over his shoulder, before driving Deimos' own shoulder into his knee. He then tosses Fear down and shoots a look of disdain at an expressionless Lacklan before turning and tagging in Travis Pierce.
Pierce wisely starts to work over the arm that Rydell had softened up for him, and spends the next few minutes refusing to let go of Deimos' wrist as he attempted to twist and strain his shoulder. The plan is working well until he starts to get cocky and gets into an argument with Kenzi about who's mid-morning scheduling is better, allowing Deimos to roll out and escape his clutches and make the tag to The Chaos Champion.
Kenzi dives in and instantly ducks a swing from Pierce, and then sweeps his legs from underneath him. She then grabs both legs and double leg drops him in his most sensitive area. She then unloads on him with a series of open hands before he is able to tell out of the way. Kenzi isn't dismayed and she charges at Travis, but this time he dodges and she runs into the ropes, and on her return hits her with The Breakdown. It is a desperation move from Pierce and he is more concerned with making it to his corner, his own disorientation means it gives Kenzi an opportunity to start getting to her feet before he eventually tags in Sloane Taylor.
Slowness leaps to the top rope and just as Kenzi gets fully vertical 'The Sky Queen' flies and hits Skyfall, and makes the cover. But Sarah Lacklan is there to make the save after the two count. Sky, graciously allows Kenzi the space to get back to her feet, before hitting her with a Canadian Destroyer . Kenzi shows great ring awareness however and manages to roll under the ropes and to the arena floor, unfortunately for her she is on the wrong side of the ring...
Rydell immediately drops down from the canvas and scoops Kenzi up and throws her into the guard rail, and starts to unload on her, before driving her head into the top of the steel barrier. Unsurprisingly it doesn't take long for the World Heavyweight Champion to come dashing to her aid, but Rydell is expecting her arrival, and he spins away from Kenzi towards Sar', and catching her with a drop toe hold that sends her head crashing into that of her wife, splitting Kenzi's top lip open as he does.
Rydell laughing drops Sar with a DDT, before rolling the prone Kenzi back into the ring in front of the feet of an unimpressed Sloane Taylor. Rather than take advantage of the situation immediately she hesitates. Dave climbs back onto the apron and screams at her 'do her damn job and finish her'. Sloane glares at Rydell before telling him to do it and then she punches him square in the face. Rydell manages to stay upright by gripping onto the ropes, and then his face goes red, but before he can retaliate the official orders him into the ring as Sloane climbs out of it with a smirk.
Rydell tells Sloane he will 'deal with' her later and then turns and walks inti a small package from Kenzi. She only manages to get the two count but it is enough for her to make the tag to Deimos who then takes Rydell's head off with a lariat. He then ties Rydell up in a number of holds on the canvas, using Dave's own frustrations against him whilst thing him up. The effort of feeling outraged alongside attempting to break out of Deimos' expertly executed holds is draining Rydell's stamina far quicker than it would have otherwise. As is often the case Phrixus Deimos has observed the events that have unfolded before him impeccably.
Unnoticed to Rydell, but unlikely to have been missed by Deimos, Kenzi has crawled around to the other side of the ring to check on Sarah who has only just come round after taking the DDT on the arena floor.
Back in the ring Rydell finally manages to roll and drag himself to the ropes and forces Deimos to finally relinquish his grip on him, of course The Embodiment of Fear uses every second legally available to him to prolong his opponents energy sapping struggle. So when Dave finally gets his sweet release he finds it hard to stay upright without swaying, clearly feeling a rush of blood to the head, likely once more planned to happen by Deimos using very specific holds.
What Deimos didn't foresee, however, was Dave stumbling onto his knees at the very moment Fear would look to hit a spear, and he definitely didn't see the ring post smashing into his already bruised shoulder.
Rydell struggles to his corner looking for a tag, luckily for him Pierce is the closest person to him and he manages to tag out, had it been Sloane the look on her face suggests she would not have been so eager to aid the Number 1 Contender to the World Heavyweight Championship.
Pierce is back in the ring with Deimos and once again he has the upper hand, Fears shoulder causing him all kinds of trouble, but no matter what Pierce throws at him he doesn't stay down. The tide finally turns when Fear manages it reverse and Irish whip and Sarah Lacklan, back on the ropes manages to drive a knee into the back of Pierce without drawing the officials attention. Pierce falls to his knees and gives Deimos the opportunity to tag the World Champion in.
She immediately hits The Abyss and goes for the cover, as the officials hand hits the canvas for the first time Dave Rydell puts a leg through the ropes but Sar looks directly at him and wags her finger and mouths 'nuh-uh' and just as she does Kenzi emerges from behind Rydell, having never returned to her corner, and grabs his trailing leg pulling him down and out of the ring as the referee finishes the three count.
Winners: Kenzi Grey, Phrixus Deimos, and Sarah Lacklan
Time: 14:36
Sarah and Kenzi celebrate in the ring, but Rydell slides in and catches Sarah with the Virus of Life! Rydell rolls out before Kenzi can react, and he backs up the ramp with a sneer on his face as Kenzi checks on her wife, the World Champion.
End Show
Championship Roll Call:
World Heavyweight Champion: Sarah Grey-Lacklan
Cross-Hemisphere Champion: Phrixus Deimos
Cooperative Champions: Blessed Vanity
Chaos Champion: Kenzi Grey-Lacklan
Your Synergy coverage begins, now…
- Vinegar, Hans, and Jay give us the usual intro that transitions into childish bickering. [/CopyPaste]
Ichabod comes to the ring and welcomes the audience to UGWC in 2020. Ichy sparks up a smoke and comments that he is aware it isn’t allowed, but given that his tenure as Creative Director is now up he has none of the fucks to give. Ichabod exposits that this would normally be the time that the new annual Creative Director would be announced, but as this is UGWC’s 10th Anniversary Year, something special is happening instead. This year will feature a rotation of guest Creative Directors, and every Pay-Per-View will reveal a new guest CD that will captain the ship for the next cycle. With his final announcement as the outgoing Creative Director, Ichabod is pleased to reveal that the first guest Creative Director of 2020 is…The Chimera.
The Dark Destroyer vs Tempest
So the first match of the first Synergy of the year that celebrates the 10th Anniversary of UGWC begins with the momentous occasion of the Dark Destroyer tripping over himself and face-planting on the stage. That’s an ominous sign if I’ve ever seen one. Tempest is accompanied by Ny-Otep and Daedalus and once you include the Destroyer in the mix this all looks like a rejected goth orgy.
The Destroyer attempts a sneak attack while Tempest and friends are posing in the ring, but misses all three of them and tumbles through the ropes to the outside. Tempest stares down at him hitting the far ropes, and he leaps over the ropes with a corkscrew plancha onto the Destroyer at ringside. Tempest gets to his feet, picking the Destroyer up and bouncing his head off the steel steps, as Alice Nasmith tells him to come back into the ring. Tempest shoves the Destroyer in and slides in himself, going to follow up, but the referee cuts him off as the match hasn’t even officially begun and backs him away. The Dark Destroyer uses the ropes to pull himself up and shouts a frantic declaration of evil, which Nasmith accepts as readiness and calls for the bell to the match to begin.
Tempest charges right away, but the groggy Destroyer tumbles into the ropes, inadvertently sidestepping Tempest and he charges into the turnbuckle and falls back onto the mat. The Dark Destroyer stumbles and flops onto him with an accidental headbutt low blow, and Tempest cries out in pain and surprise. Daedalus is up on the apron and Alice Nasmith yells at him to get down, but the distraction allows Ny-Otep to yank the Destroyer out under the bottom rope and lift him into the Collapsing Cosmoses at ringside.
Ny-Otep shoves the Destroyer back into the ring as Tempest is on the turnbuckle, and Tempest backflips into a moonsault guillotine leg drop that Covert Jay calls the Crystal Lake Mantra. Daedalus steps off the apron as Tempest picks the Dark Destroyer up into the God Eater, and that’s good for the three.
Winner: Tempest
Time: 2:51
And now it’s time for Tempest to reap what he has sown.
~Commercial Break~
HIde Yamazaki vs Konrad Raab
The second match of twenty-twenty sees two men facing off who had very different ends to their twenty-nineteen as “Deathwish” Hide Yamazaki faces off against “The Iceman” Konrad Raab. “Deathwish” ended his year on a high note as he earned himself a shot at the World Champion. Unfortunately for him it didn’t work out that way as his manager, Johnny Bonecrusher took the shot in what was eventually a losing effort. Hide still put two large trophies on his wall to get there as beat former World Champions Zane Scott and Alan Wallace at “Battleground” to get it.
Things ended differently for “The Iceman” as the German fan favorite earned himself an opportunity at the iconic Cross-Hemisphere Championship (then rechristened the “British Heavyweight Championship by former champion Sebastian Everett-Bryce III) at “Horizons”. Regrettably for Raab, he failed to walk out with his first UGWC championship as after a valiant effort, “The Face of Fear” pinned “The Caramel Coated Goddess” to claim the storied championship.
Momentum is a thing, ladies and gentlemen. Which man will start the year with momentum on his side?
“The Iceman” enters first and to a massive cheer. He walks to the ring to a massive cheer and slaps every hand he can reach on the way down. He enters the ring and acknowledges the continued adulation, which comes to a screeching halt as soon as the music changes. “Deathwish” stalks out to the ring behind his battered manager, the almost World Champion, Johnny Bonecrusher. Bonecrusher works his way to the ring gingerly as his charge, well...charges to the ring, chain swinging. This drives Referee Sam Green from the ring, while “The Iceman” stands stoically in his corner. Hide goes to charge at “The Iceman” as these two men have an extensive and contentious history, but his manager somehow manages to reign him in by yanking on his chain with just enough force to get his attention. Sam Green slides back into the ring, somehow gets “Deathwish” back to his corner, completes his pre-match checks on both wrestlers and calls for the bell.
The first part of the match is all “Deathwish” as he blitzes at “The Iceman” with fists and feet flying like a honey badger on crank. He drives Raab back into the corner and drives him to the canvas with a barrage of punches and kicks until Referee Green takes his life into his own hands and gets between “Deathwish” and what’s left of the reeling “Iceman”. Johnny yells at Green from the outside, but the veteran official basically ignores him and checks on “The Iceman”. “Deathwish” stomps back to the corner and forces Green out of the way, which draws a warning from the Referee. Not that “Deathwish” cares.
“Deathwish” goes to yank “The Iceman” from the corner but suddenly changes his mind and decides for a quite frankly nauseating facewash on him instead. He drags Raab from the corner, lands a pair of lariats, a release German suplex, a gutwrench powerbomb and finally a Death Valley Driver. Johnny yells at him to finish off the resilient German. Hide storms over to him, connects with “The Devil” and goes for the pin.
Raab kicks out at two point seven.
Hide snarls angrily and tries for another “Devil”, but throws Raab with a little too much force. The resilient babyface lands on his feet but is so disoriented that he falls to the floor between the second and top rope. Johnny tries to do Johnny things to Raab outside of the ring, but is intercepted by Green.
“Deathwish” takes the opportunity to throw Raab into the stairs, then tries a running knee to crush head. His attack ends with a thunderous crash of knee on metal and a sudden flying lesson. His Superman impression ends abruptly with Hide’s jaw and the ringside rail becoming friends. Turning points in matches have been made from less.
The fans begin to chant Raab's name, hoping to will him back to full fighting spirit. It seems to work as Raab grabs the still dazed "Deathwish" and drives him onto the back if his head on the floor with a release overhead suplex. Johnny goes to step between his charge and their opponent, but stops cold when "The Iceman" shoots him an acidic glare. He backs off with his hands up but continues to trash talk.
Raab tells "Deathwish" into the ring, ascends the turnbuckle from the apron and drops an elbow onto his dazed opponent. He spends the next few minutes bouncing Hide around the ring with nearly every suplex in his arsenal, as well as a fair amount of throws and punctuates them with a powerbomb. The entire barrage leaves "Deathwish" looking as he's run afoul of the business end of a speeding bus. Johnny's expression clearly says that his money maker is being deconstructed in front of him.
Raab goes for "The Frozen Pin", but Johnny grabs Hide's foot, drapes it over the bottom rope and then commences to yell like a maniac right as Sam Green counts the three. Sam sees Hide's foot on the rope and looks at Johnny suspiciously, but has to reverse his decision as he didn't see Johnny interfere.
Unfortunately for Raab, he doesn't see this happen as he's busy celebrating on the second turnbuckle what he thinks is a huge win to open his year. Johnny tells at Hide, who stands up, shakes his head a few times and instantly looks murderously angry. I guess that's how one resets the brain of a madman.
Hide runs to the corner. He kicks Raab in the back of his knees. Raab falls backwards off of the turnbuckle and Hide catches him into an Argentine Backbreaker, which he transitions into a Fisherman Buster. He snatches Raab up by his head, making sure to gouge his eyes in the process and spins him into a particularly painful and forceful use of "The Devil".
Raab somehow gets his foot on the bottom rope at 2.5, but Johnny shoves it off before Sam Green can see it and half a second later, "Deathwish" has his first win of 2020.
Winner: Hide Yamazaki
Time: 7:47
~Commercial Break~
“The Dragon” Alex Kiseragi has Global Challenge announcements to make.
Alan Wallace vs Donovan Hastings
Alex takes a seat. As Hastings makes his entrance Alex and Nick discuss Donovan's big win at Horizons and some of the key points in his history with Alex. The music changes and Alan Wallace makes his entrance. Nick and Alex discuss Alex's complete lack of history with Wallace.
The match begins with a an impressive chain wrestling sequence, Hastings getting the better of it and hitting a headlock takedown. Wallace escapes back to his feet. The two lock up again, Wallace this time getting the better of the exchange and getting a single leg takedown into a step over toe hold. Hastings kicks him away and gets to his feet. A third brief chain wrestling exchange ends with Hastings in a headlock. He drops back to the ropes and pushes Wallace away, sending him running. The two meet in the middle on the rebound with matching shoulder blocks. Both stay standing. They stare each other down for a moment then run to the ropes again, return and shoulder block one another again with the same result. They make to run the ropes a third time but Hastings turns back and chases Wallace. As Wallace turns he is hit with a clothesline that sends him over the top rope to the floor.
Lieberjosch says something about veteran experience and ringmanship. Alex talks about what it's like to be in the ring with Donovan Hastings. Wallace gets back to his feet and climbs up on the apron. Hastings approaches him and Wallace backs away, telling the referee to keep him back. Hastings backs up as Wallace goes to enter again but then pushes past the referee. Wallace hs him scouted and hits him with a forearm, then pulls his head down over the top rope. Wallace slides into the ring as Hastings staggers back. He hits a dropkick that sends Hastings into the corner. Wallace gets up and hits a knife edge chop to the chest. He takes a moment to celebrate this small victory in which time Hastings grabs him, swaps their positions and hits a chop of his own. Wallace clutches his chest but as Hastings tries to follow up Wallace kicks him in the gut and uses the bottom rope to spring into a sunset flip. Hastings rolls through before the count begins, gets back to his feet and kicks Wallace in the chest. Hastings drops and goes for the Hands of Fate but Wallace quickly puts a foot on the ropes.
Lieberjosch talks about the great display of technical wrestling and psychology on show. Alex begrudgingly agrees. Hastings and Wallace get back to their feet. They go to lock up in the middle of the ring. Wallace transitions into a rear waist lock and hits an atomic drop. Hastings staggers forwards and bounces off the ropes, rebounding into a snap suplex from Wallace, he floats over into a lateral press for a two count. Wallace pulls Hastings up to his feet and drags him by the head to the corner, slamming his face into the turnbuckle. Hastings slumps back and Wallace tries to place him in a tree of woe. Hastings braces his arms against the ropes though and struggles, eventually mule kicking Wallace back. Wallace runs back in an Hastings goes for a clothesline. Wallace ducks it and as Hastings turns back, Wallace hits a European uppercut.
Nick talks about how hard fought this match is. Alex talks about the prestige that comes from a Global Challenge win and the greater opportunities it can lead to. Hastings staggers, trying to recover. When Wallace reaches him Hastings spins behind him, rolling him up into school boy. He gets a two count before Hazel East notices he has a handful of Wallace's trunks and breaks the count. While Hastings and East argue Wallace gets up. He spins Hastings around and hits an open hand chop to the chest. Hastings immediately starts staggering around holding his face. Hans condemns Wallace for blatantly attacking the eyes while everyone else calls him an idiot. Hastings turns and 'accidentally' stumbles into Hazel East, sending both of them spilling over the top rope. East takes a bump on the way down and doesn't get up. Hastings gets to his feet, still acting blind. Wallace reaches through the rope to grab him and Hastings, immediately recovered, hits him with a punch. Wallace goes straight down. The commentators notice Hastings removing a set of brass knuckles from his hand and kicking them under the ring. Hastings casually climbs back into the ring as Owen Peterson runs down and ramp and into the ring. Hastings makes the cover and Peterson applies a swift three count.
Winner: Donovan Hastings
Time: 11:24
Mitchell Dennis is at ringside checking on his wife and has no interest announcing Hastings as the winner. Indignant, Lieberjosch gets up from the announcers table and grabs a microphone, just before the Chimera makes an impact.
~Commercial Break~
Angelica Vaughn vs Sebastian Everett-Bryce
Up next is a match involving two entertainment professionals who didn’t end 2019 the way they would have liked. Both Sebastian Everett-Bryce the Third and Angelica Vaughn have enjoyed quite a bit of success during their respective stays here in UGWC, but with Angelica falling to Dave Rydell at Horizons, and the Sebmeister losing both the British Heavyweight and Cooperative Championships, it’s evident that both of them wish to begin 2020 on the right foot.
Both entertainment professionals make their entrances for this match, and as referee Brian Chartreuse walks towards the center of the ring, so too do the two participants. Chartreuse begins going over the rules of the match, as both Angelica and Sebastian bounce back and forth on the balls of their feet. With all of that out of the way, Chartreuse calls for the bell, and this match is officially underway.
The two lock up, with Seb quickly applying a side headlock. Angie is able to slip out though, maneuvering in behind of Seb and applying a hammerlock. Standing switch by Sebastian, and he grabs Angelica around the waist. Angie is one step ahead though, slipping out of the hold and sending Seb to the mat with a drop toe hold. Seb back to his feet, but is sent back down to the mat with a perfectly executed arm drag. Seb bounces back off the mat and speeds towards the Grand Slam Champion, but Angie uses his own momentum against him, sending him down hard to the mat with a double underhook overhead toss. Seb quickly rolls under the bottom rope and heads out to the floor.
Chartreuse’s count reaches eight before Seb hops up onto the apron and steps through the ropes. He cautiously moves towards the center of the ring, Angie doing the same, and the two move in for a lock up. Sebastian connects with a knee lift, Angie being lifted off of the mat due to the force behind it. He connects with a driving elbow to the base of Angie’s neck, and then moves in behind of her and wraps his arms around her waist. A split-second later, Angie is landing on the back of her head, care of the release German suplex that was nicely executed by Sebastian Everett-Bryce the Third. Staying on the attack, Seb pulls Angie to her feet long enough to send her back down to the mat, this time with a gutwrench suplex. He continues the onslaught, first connecting with a series of snap suplexes – three in all – before then dropping her on her head with a brainbuster. Seb makes the cover, but Angie kicks out at two.
Everett-Bryce the Third doesn’t appear to agree with the count, taking a moment to chastise Chartreuse for what he feels was a slow count, before turning his attention back towards Vaughn. Dragging her to her feet, Seb executes an arm wringer, snapping downward multiple times. He then applies a cobra clutch, before ultimately sending Angie back down on the back of her head with another variation of a release overheard suplex. Seb with the cover again, getting a two-and-a-half before the long legs of Angie allow her to drape a leg over the bottom rope, breaking the count.
Again Sebastian begins chastising Chartreuse on his count, looking down at the smaller official as he pokes him in the chest. Seb is still preoccupied with the official as Angie makes her way to her feet, and when he finally refocuses on his opponent, he is caught off guard by a backhand slap. Jumping into the air she then connects with a roundhouse kick that sends Seb back into the ropes. She charges forward, but Seb bends at the waist and sends her into the air with a back body drop. Angie grabs a hold of the top rope though, and safely lands on the ring apron. Seb turns around and eats an enzuigiri that sends him staggering back towards the middle of the ring. Angie springboards off the top rope and attempts a flying clothesline, but Seb connects with a superkick, and both entertainment professionals fall to the mat.
Both Angie and Sebastian get back to their feet about the same time, but Angie beats him to the punch and connects with a European Uppercut. Angie off the ropes and connects with a dropkick to the knees of Seb, sending him down to the mat on his hands and knees. Vaughn back to her feet and comes off the ropes again, this time connecting with a bicycle kick. She rolls Seb over onto his back and hooks the leg as she goes for the cover, but Seb kicks out at two. Seb tries to quickly make his way to his feet, but Angie steps in behind of him and executes a schoolgirl roll up that gets a count of two-and-a-half before Sebastian manages to roll his shoulder off the mat.
As Seb works his way back to a vertical base, Angie hops up onto his back, applying a rear naked choke. Seb flailing as he tries grabbing the hair of Angelica, prompting Chartreuse to begin his count. Seb fading fast, dropping to a knee as Angie struggles to maintain the pressure on the hold. With a last ditch effort, Sebastian powers back up to a vertical base and backpedals into the nearest corner, slamming Angie into the turnbuckle and forcing her to break the hold. Seb gasping for air as he makes his way back towards the center of the ring, but then suddenly turns and speeds towards Vaughn. He attempts a spear, but Angie moves out of the way, and Seb crashes shoulder-first into the ring post. Grabbing at his shoulder he attempts to stand back up, but Angie connects with a dropkick that sends him crashing back into the corner, before sliding down to the mat.
Vaughn backpedals towards the adjacent corner, before taking off full speed and crashing into Seb with a cannonball. Angie grabs the feet of Sebastian and drags him away from the ropes, but doing so costs her valuable seconds, and Everett-Bryce the Third kicks out at two-and-three-quarters.
Angie motions out to the crowd, who all cheer in unison. Focusing on Seb, she watches as gets up to his hands and knees, crawling towards the near ropes. She takes off towards him and goes for #Vaughnemous, but Seb is able to avoid the move, moving to his feet and grabbing her around the waist. Shoving her into the ropes, he tosses her overhead with a German Suplex, and then finishes off the Full Platter by connecting with a release turnbuckle German suplex, and then a standing moonsault kick that knocks Angie into the corner. Seb then sprints back to the far corner, before taking off sprinting and exploding into Vaughn with a Bit of a Kick.
Seb makes the cover, and Chartreuse counts the three-count.
Winner: Sebastian Everett-Bryce
Time: 9:13
~Commercial Break~
Kenzi Grey, Phrixus Deimos, and Sarah Lacklan vs Dave Rydell, Sloane Taylor, and Trais Pierce
The 5'2" Mafia make their entrance together for the first time in this new decade, during which it is brought to the attention of the commentary team, by Todd the Intern that not only is this the first Synergy of UGWC's 10th Year, it is also the 300th edition of Synergy. Lieberjosch remarks that all they did to mark the occasion was make him suffer through an entire match of Alex Kiseragi's attempt at commentary.
Deimos enters on his own, as do all of the opposing team of Rydell, Taylor and Pierce. When in the ring Rydell demands to start the match and he points at The World Heavyweight Champion, challenging her to give the fans an early preview of their match at Infinity. The crowd are loudly behind the suggestion and Sarah cocks her head and raises her eyebrows as she listens to the reaction. She then turns to both Deimos and her wife and nods for them to leave the ring.
As she steps to the middle of the ring the fans in attendance get louder, and when the bell is rung and the two competitors start to circle one another the arena is rocking. Amazing what a month of no UGWC can do to its loyal fanbase. The excitement, however, quickly turns to jeers when Lacklan quickly tags in Phrixus Deimos without so much as taking a step towards Rydell. As Deimos climbs in the ring Lacklan suggests he proves he is worthy of standing on a team with her. Deimos' face is obscured by the reflection of a ring light bouncing off the steel turnbuckle so we are unable to gauge his reaction.
Rydell isn't interested in the feelings of Fear however and he charges into him taking him down with a shoulder block, and then drags him to his feet and sends him into the opposite corner. The man formerly known as Red Fusion then runs at Deimos and drives his shoulder into his midsection and then flips him over onto his back and drops a knee on his still obscured face. Dave scoops Fear up and hauls him over his shoulder, before driving Deimos' own shoulder into his knee. He then tosses Fear down and shoots a look of disdain at an expressionless Lacklan before turning and tagging in Travis Pierce.
Pierce wisely starts to work over the arm that Rydell had softened up for him, and spends the next few minutes refusing to let go of Deimos' wrist as he attempted to twist and strain his shoulder. The plan is working well until he starts to get cocky and gets into an argument with Kenzi about who's mid-morning scheduling is better, allowing Deimos to roll out and escape his clutches and make the tag to The Chaos Champion.
Kenzi dives in and instantly ducks a swing from Pierce, and then sweeps his legs from underneath him. She then grabs both legs and double leg drops him in his most sensitive area. She then unloads on him with a series of open hands before he is able to tell out of the way. Kenzi isn't dismayed and she charges at Travis, but this time he dodges and she runs into the ropes, and on her return hits her with The Breakdown. It is a desperation move from Pierce and he is more concerned with making it to his corner, his own disorientation means it gives Kenzi an opportunity to start getting to her feet before he eventually tags in Sloane Taylor.
Slowness leaps to the top rope and just as Kenzi gets fully vertical 'The Sky Queen' flies and hits Skyfall, and makes the cover. But Sarah Lacklan is there to make the save after the two count. Sky, graciously allows Kenzi the space to get back to her feet, before hitting her with a Canadian Destroyer . Kenzi shows great ring awareness however and manages to roll under the ropes and to the arena floor, unfortunately for her she is on the wrong side of the ring...
Rydell immediately drops down from the canvas and scoops Kenzi up and throws her into the guard rail, and starts to unload on her, before driving her head into the top of the steel barrier. Unsurprisingly it doesn't take long for the World Heavyweight Champion to come dashing to her aid, but Rydell is expecting her arrival, and he spins away from Kenzi towards Sar', and catching her with a drop toe hold that sends her head crashing into that of her wife, splitting Kenzi's top lip open as he does.
Rydell laughing drops Sar with a DDT, before rolling the prone Kenzi back into the ring in front of the feet of an unimpressed Sloane Taylor. Rather than take advantage of the situation immediately she hesitates. Dave climbs back onto the apron and screams at her 'do her damn job and finish her'. Sloane glares at Rydell before telling him to do it and then she punches him square in the face. Rydell manages to stay upright by gripping onto the ropes, and then his face goes red, but before he can retaliate the official orders him into the ring as Sloane climbs out of it with a smirk.
Rydell tells Sloane he will 'deal with' her later and then turns and walks inti a small package from Kenzi. She only manages to get the two count but it is enough for her to make the tag to Deimos who then takes Rydell's head off with a lariat. He then ties Rydell up in a number of holds on the canvas, using Dave's own frustrations against him whilst thing him up. The effort of feeling outraged alongside attempting to break out of Deimos' expertly executed holds is draining Rydell's stamina far quicker than it would have otherwise. As is often the case Phrixus Deimos has observed the events that have unfolded before him impeccably.
Unnoticed to Rydell, but unlikely to have been missed by Deimos, Kenzi has crawled around to the other side of the ring to check on Sarah who has only just come round after taking the DDT on the arena floor.
Back in the ring Rydell finally manages to roll and drag himself to the ropes and forces Deimos to finally relinquish his grip on him, of course The Embodiment of Fear uses every second legally available to him to prolong his opponents energy sapping struggle. So when Dave finally gets his sweet release he finds it hard to stay upright without swaying, clearly feeling a rush of blood to the head, likely once more planned to happen by Deimos using very specific holds.
What Deimos didn't foresee, however, was Dave stumbling onto his knees at the very moment Fear would look to hit a spear, and he definitely didn't see the ring post smashing into his already bruised shoulder.
Rydell struggles to his corner looking for a tag, luckily for him Pierce is the closest person to him and he manages to tag out, had it been Sloane the look on her face suggests she would not have been so eager to aid the Number 1 Contender to the World Heavyweight Championship.
Pierce is back in the ring with Deimos and once again he has the upper hand, Fears shoulder causing him all kinds of trouble, but no matter what Pierce throws at him he doesn't stay down. The tide finally turns when Fear manages it reverse and Irish whip and Sarah Lacklan, back on the ropes manages to drive a knee into the back of Pierce without drawing the officials attention. Pierce falls to his knees and gives Deimos the opportunity to tag the World Champion in.
She immediately hits The Abyss and goes for the cover, as the officials hand hits the canvas for the first time Dave Rydell puts a leg through the ropes but Sar looks directly at him and wags her finger and mouths 'nuh-uh' and just as she does Kenzi emerges from behind Rydell, having never returned to her corner, and grabs his trailing leg pulling him down and out of the ring as the referee finishes the three count.
Winners: Kenzi Grey, Phrixus Deimos, and Sarah Lacklan
Time: 14:36
Sarah and Kenzi celebrate in the ring, but Rydell slides in and catches Sarah with the Virus of Life! Rydell rolls out before Kenzi can react, and he backs up the ramp with a sneer on his face as Kenzi checks on her wife, the World Champion.
End Show
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