CWL's last home show before the end of 2010 proved to be a fitting lead-in to the biggest event the promotion has yet to put on, scheduled for January 1st 2011.
The show opened with Kevin Jones facing 'The Red Dragon' Ian Davies in singles competition. The Dragon can easily count himself as a fan favourite, but even his support paled in comparison to the unqualified love shown for his opponent. The match was dominated by Jones, who, buoyed by the cheers of the crowd, was able to floor his opponent with a Running Powerslam to pick up the victory.
Kevin Jones defeated 'The Red Dragon' Ian Davies
After the competitors had left the ring, Petey Barnes, one half of our Tag Team Champions, had requested a moment to speak to the audience. This request proved to be slightly misleading, as Barnes instead called out Pavel Vanszycha for his career-ending attack on 'Geordie' Jimmy Morris last month. When Vanszycha appeared Barnes laid down a blistering verbal tirade, calling him unprofessional at best and outright sadistic at worst. To redress the balance, Barnes challenged Vanszycha to face him on New Year's Day, one on one, to see what rewards such conduct gets. Pavel's response was brief, but to the point: "I am Krakau Crippler. You are nothing. I will break you."
In as extreme a clash of styles as CWL has ever seen, 'Rolling' Johnny Stones faced Eddie Robinson. Stones' unorthodox approach seemed to catch the veteran Robinson off guard, but Stones' showboating almost proved to be his downfall when Robinson took the chance to lock his opponent into a variety of painful submission holds. Stones seemed to be finished, but was able to fight back for long enough to score his trademark Rolling German Suplexes for the victory.
'Rolling' Johnny Stones defeated Eddie Robinson
Next came a true David and Goliath contest as KAZ attempted to topple the unstoppable giant 'The Tower Of London' Danny Patterson. In this case, however, Goliath came out on top. Except for an initial punch KAZ failed to land a single offensive move as Patterson beat him around the ring with ease, nearly knocking the Japanese rookie unconscious with a Chokeslam before making the pin with a foot on his chest.
'The Tower Of London' Danny Patterson defeated KAZ
Not content with the beating that had been dished out already, Jeff Nova demanded that his client eject their fallen foe from the ring. Patterson duly obliged, raising the broken KAZ over his head and hurling him not only out of the ring, but into the front row of the audience! The despicable Nova proceeded to harangue the crowd, the wrestlers and the management of CWL for failing to acknowledge his client's extensive achievements. The crowd were vocal in their displeasure, but Nova carried on regardless. Only now, he said, had the CWL booking committee recognised the greatness of The Tower Of London. As a result of this, the main event of CWL's New Year's Day show is fixed. 'The Tower Of London' Danny Patterson will face 'The British Samurai' Robert Brown one-on-one for the Red Rose Championship - no time limits, no way to be saved by the bell. In 2011, Danny Patterson claims his first CWL championship gold.
The newly-appointed Number One Contender to the Red Rose Championship and his manager were then treated to a demonstration of their target's skills when 'The British Samurai' Robert Brown faced Crusher Von Steinberg. Crusher's skills at the art of submission wrestling are not to be denied, but he proved to be no match for the champion, who out-wrestled him at every turn. Brown seemed set on sending a message to his next opponents, showing off the combination of smooth mat wrestling combined with devastating Japanese-style slams and throws that has been his trademarked style since arriving in CWL. Strangely, though Patterson and Nova remained at ringside throughout the match, they made no attempts to interfere with or distract the champion.
The British Samurai defeated Crusher Von Steinberg.
In the final match of the night, Harder Better Faster Stronger faced The Wigan Bulldogs in defence of their Tag Team Championships. These teams have clashed on many previous occasions, and their experience at facing one another showed. The Bulldogs have never been able to keep up with the speed and intensity of Barnes and Menace's offence, but veteran savvy and dirty tricks gave them an advantage that the inexperience of the champions could not counter. The contest continued evanly back and forth until the arrival of Pavel Vanszycha provided a crucial distraction. Vanszycha taunted Barnes from ringside until, despite the urgings of his tag team partner, Barnes moved to retaliate. It was to prove a fatal mistake, as Walter Morgan was able to use the distraction to roll Barnes up for a shock pin, unseating CWL's first ever Tag Team Champions after nearly a year.
The Wigan Bulldogs defeated Harder Better Faster Stronger for the CWL Tag Team Titles.
OOC Recap Of Major Events Since ViP Started:
Very little in major terms has happened - CWL has mostly concentrated on putting on good shows one month at a time. However, there have been several recent developments:
Geordie Jimmy Morris and Joss Thompson are both out with serious injuries as of the last show at the Dome. Morris was stretchered out after Pavel Vanszycha refused to release a submission hold following their match last month, the incident that Petey Barnes refers to this show. Joss Thompson was brutally beaten by Danny Patterson after insulting him and Jeff Nova. Morris' injuries are probably faked. Thompson's injuries looked pretty damn genuine, except that he can regenerate when nobody's looking. Seriously, he got put through a table that had obviously not been weakened first. He's lucky he didn't get impaled.
Also, last month, Kevin Jones wrestled his match - the Main Event, no less - obviously drunk. Fortunately he had three opponents rather than just one, so Robert Brown put him in a headlock and refused to let go for the entire duration of the match before making Jones submit to a fairly basic submission hold. Nothing else huge.
